Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-28
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wounded.
SPANISH REINFORCEMENTS.

SPANISH REINFORCEMENTS.
HABANA. January G.--Yesterday at 10
o'clock the Spanish transport Santiago
arrived. She brought a large number OF
officers and l.c50 rank and file to rein
force the Spanish garrison In this city
At 6 o'clock the Steamship Segeve en-
tered this port She brought l6 officers
and 163 men.
Yesterday afternoon the steamer Al
fonso XIII. left for Corunna and SAN
tander. She embarked distinguished
Lodv of men, Captain-General Martinez
Campos. General Joseph Ardenis, ni'
brcther-ln-law: Colonel Maxine kamos'
Major Moreno; Captain Martinez Cam
80 con nj the Generals. and Lieu
tenant Joseph Campos. a younger son.
,ri,h lo2 soldiers and ~ marines, return
,nc IA Snatn. After they had embarked
no steamship Maria Herraz stcameu
r~st the Alfonso. The Heraz dipped her
days and discharged a quah'ltS u
rockets. ,, ms, Dt,pt.r :
pr,fEDIOS. January 9th via lAMi ~,
January g7.-The towyg of COLORADO anu
Iuiute i'm this jurisdiction. nave De.n
hovcofted by the rebels. Imperative oru-i'
h,ve been issued 10 the reoei chleis P'o
tibitlrg under pain Of death the ueiN.is
~ any beet or vegetables IN the "oos
named towns Both towns depehu Vn ~
small butchers and the farmers III 'us.'
reepective vicinities for the every -u"! III
cessarics of life. - e.,-arco
on the Mances road, near the entrance
., ,ho tou-n of Colorado. the body or q
man vas found suspended from tree
IL had heen delivering meat IN the tOWh'
ma on his return the rebels stopped MN
and hung him 20 n nearby tree as "h
evidence OF tneir earnestness.
Tbe rebel orders and this hanging nave
nroduced n veritable panic. No deaier III
meaf vegetables. or milk dares en.V'
tho towns named. To-day in TINS ei'y'
VOC need charcoal. milk, meat, vegetables
and fruits-the rebels preventing such
supplies from reaching us 49,,
General Oliver Verez arrived here rom
San Domingo. cuba, to-day. lie VIII ny
and restore his shattered nealth.
The Narcissa sugar-es,ate, the iai
I'm this section, is grinding some ca,e'
h,,, under many disadvantages, as the
rebels may dash in at any 'ime anu ,''' hsi,s
tho operators. In ten days the Narcissd
ground thirty-five arrobas ian arroba ~
b, nounds1 of cane. instead OF its usuai
weld of 1900 arrobas in that time. NO
other estate has attempted to grlnd cane
"THE CUBANS WILL WIN"
PHILADELPHIA. PA. January ~
gentleman VINO has just arrived in
This city from Cuba gives graphic ac-
count of the state Of affairs on the
island. A number Of prominent Spanards,
ne said. are in sympathy with the
Cubans. and the residents Of Habana
look for a revolution almost any day. II
Is the general impression that the ap-
nointment OF General Weylcr as Governor
Of cuba will be the downfall Of span
ish dominion on the island.
The Spanlards are said to have sent
some of their officers TO San Domingo
to raise a band OF murderers 10 lhau-
purate a guerilla warfare against the
Cubans. They promise these men
,.,v and all they can obtain by murder
and theft. IL is expected mat =" OF %
of them will be secured.
The gentleman says that the finances
Of the Spaniards are getting low, ana
IL is said that before long they Will
begin TO confiscate the property Of the
Cubans i'm Habana. or wherever they
can Law hold Of IT, This will be in line
with a similar policy adopted by the
Spaniards twenty years ago.
In Matanzas, Cardenas, Cienfuegoes,
and other large cities, The principal
citizens are i'm favor Of revolution, ana
the women are working earnestly to
raise money for the Cubans.
when Maceo was at Pinar del Rio
continued the gentleman, II paid him
visit. His men are all well-armed ana
equipped.
GOMEZ O. K.
81 also saw the army OF Gomez in
Nfatanzas. 1t IS in excellent condition,
and all the soldiers are well drilled
and well provided for. a number OF
Americans are among them.
This talk about General Gomez dying
Of consumption has no foundation in
fact. While he Is - years of age. ne
still retains the vfgor Of youth, and is
one of the most active men I'm the Cuban
army. In San Domingo he is known as
the Tron-Hand.' and General Campos
himself told me shortly before | left Cuba
that he considered General Gomez
one Of the most strategic generals he has
ever known.
.'There is little doubt that the Cubans
will be victorious The rainy season
will begin i'm about five or six weeks,
and the yellow-fever will then play
havoc among the Spaniards. This is
not the only disease which foreigners
have TO contend with. as typhoid-fever
and the smallpox also carry on hun
dreds. Both the latter diseases are very
prevalent at the present time. and the
has already started TO claim
a number Of victims.
"The Rcd-Cross Society is doing a noble
work for both the Cubans and Spanlards.
The Conservatives. however, are doing
all they can to prevent the society
from ministering to sick or wounded Gu
hans"