The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-15

Sanguilly and Aguirre, and managed to sc.
cure the release of Aguirre and the re-
a % trumped"up $ cha Charge 2 's of Conspiracy co an was
made against him. and he to-day is on his
way. to the African islands, IL he is not
exceptions. Spaniards, and men who have
no knowledge or acquaintance in the city,
and hence their interests center with the
government, on whom they are dependent
for their living.
In order to ferret out the work of the
insurgents the Spanish government has
Now Orleans. and four 70 the Florida
towns. all Cubans, and of the provinces of
pose of mixing in with Cubans. ascertain
ing their pans and then advising the Span
fsh government.
which much blood has been shed. and they
have been suppressed by the censor. Gen
eral Echague met a terrible defeat, and he
1t is feared he will die. The battle was
fought at Guayabitos. The Spaniards left
San Diego de Los Banos some 1,50o strong
and with a section of a battery. They met
the insurgents, who were fortified. and the
fight lasted all day. the Spanish remaining
on the offensive, only advancing when the
insurgents had Withdrawn their men from
the hills. From men who were in the en-
gagement ] learn that the artillery was
without officers, and one entire company
Of the AraDiles Battalion was almost an
initiated. The official report to. the Cap
tain General reads that there were only fif-
teen killed and ninety-three wounded but
, from one Of the lieutenants who came to
Havana / am reliably informed that the
deaths were sixty-five and the wounded ITO.
Among the wounded were Lieutenant Col
onels Aragon, Rodriguez and Romero. 1t
seems that the insurgents had their dyna-
mite gun in working order, and did much
damage with it.
By newspapers received from the United
States l learn that the insurgents are re-
ported to have been dislodged from their
positions That tbs is mot trIe 81 Ths pnar nsSp r
Rio: Maceo. with Z small band, went M to
cials cabed that he had been dislodged
They will have a time in getting him out
of the mountains, and as Maximo Gomez,
with q strong force, is coming up from
Camaguey it is much in doubt IL General
Weyler will be able to remain in Havana
long. He will either have to go to Pinar
del Rio or to Santa Clara province to di-
rect operations. In fact, even his own men
are complaining of his inactivity.
At Guao the insurgents defeated the
Spanish troops under Bernal, and though
they report only nine dead and thirty-seven
wounded after five hours fighting and give
the Cubans loss of 100 dead and 800
wounded still from medical student who
Is stationed at Regla learn that from this
action the Spaniards brought ninety-seven
wounded soldiers to the hospitals, to say
nothing of the number OF men who were
left behind too badly wounded TO be car
ried.
The plantations of San Jose de Marcos
and San Luis, two of the finest on the ISL
anu, nave DecIl DuIHeu Uy Tie lIlSuiSeIlts
in Matanzas. The Guenaventura plantation
was burned with machinery and outhouses,
including a beautiful brick residence.
The executions continue as merrily as
ever, and it has come to such a pass now
that the court-martial is held at night, and
the officers often decide the death penalty
without even having the prisoners present
to make a defense. In the past few days
twenty nine Cubans have been executed.
The deaths of the Spanish officers during
the past five days are as follows-that Is.
absent on commission of the service in or
der TO hide their disappearance: Capt.
Manuel Alcazar, Ramon Verdura, Lieut..
Santiago Rodriguez, Maj. Manuel Quintana,
Lieut.-Col. Ramonbringas, Maj. Juan Bau-
tista Pallu, Lieut.. Arturo Briones Lieut..
Carlos La Rubia, Brig. Gen. Luis Benedito
chief of General Arolass staff; Brig Gen.
Franco c. Botas, Col. Manuel Moncada y
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