Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-20
PRICE On WEYLER's HE.D
Insurgents Will Pay. $4,000 for Him
bend ALIVE.

There rs price Captain General Wey-
Ter $. head, Ths, agent Of a Chicago powoer
and dynamite firm passed through Atlanta
Ga, yesterday, according to a s,.ciaI "a
the Pbssa delshia~ Inquirer on his WAY homo
from Cuba. He says that the insurgents
nave Set price on General Weyler's head
and that he will be taken or killed If he
Ee's near the 'insHrsent lines. A company
OF sixty Texas rangers, armed with rifles
landed on the island three weeks ago. and
these men are on the lookout all the Time
for Spanish officers. The rifles which are
Sharps needle guns, with wind gauges and
telescope sights. weigh twenty-eight bounds
Inc natives cannot use them, but an in
sIrSent accompanies each sharpshooter and
carries strong field glass. With the glass
me native scans the country for officers
When one is found the ranger gets i'm ac
ton with mis- rifle, firing from a rest These
Texans operate chiefly from tree tons For
every officer whom they kill or fatally
wound they get 81 600. and the man who
kills Gen. Weyler is TO get $4,000 The in
surgent with the glass watches the result
OF every shot, and he can tell whether il
kills or not. AT long range ii is imaossi-
BILE for the Spanish to tell where the sharp
shooter is, for the smoke cannot be seen
and the report cannot be heard
The seat of the filibustering will probably
be transferred from the South Atlantic
coast 10 the Louisiana and Texas coast. on
the gulf. The American revenue cutters
Georgia aid Florida coasts
Advices received at Tampa by last nights
boat from Havana say that on last Sunday
night Weyler was encarlped on the Estrada
province Of Pinar del Rio. He had 10000
men with him. Nothing has been heard
from him since.
Col. ARGOS Takes the Field.
Col Angel ARGOS. with four battalions of
volunteers, departed from Havana for the
field yesterday Gen. Ahumado reviewed
the troops in the presence of an immense
ccncourse, who manifested great enthusi-
asm.
New was received that the insurpent
Serafin Sanchez, a. the head Of Zoo fol-
lowers made an Intellectual attempt to cap
ture the village of Condado. He sent a
demand that the town should surrender
and that the families in II should take their
departure, as in case of the refusal of the
town to surrender he intended to lombard
it. Some families went into the country.
while the rest took refuge in the factories
OF The town. BY using a dynamite gun the
garrison compelled the insurgents to re-
treat, to the great enthusiasm of the house
holders and of the small garrison of seven
ty men. The insurgents in the course of
their retreat burned all the country dwell
ings along the way and thousands of tons
of cane.
An Amazon Arrested.
News was received that the insurgent
Banos announces the arrest of a Cuban
amazon, Juana Garcia, a woman of great
bravery, fine equestrenne and niece of
the celebrated insurgent leaders Garcia
and Fundoza. She was armed, had a guam
tity of cartridges and had been assisting
the insurgents.
Lieutenant Colonel Arminan has attacked,
at Manguitas. province of Santa Clara, the
united insurgent forces. numbering about
1000 men, commanded by Seratin Sanchez.
GARLIC and Miguel Gomez. The enemy
was obliged TO retreat and left nineteen KILL
ed on the field.
Near Guira Melena. the insurgents
have derailed military train, on board
of which General MunoZ who,
as already caoled, is on the sick list. The
rails were lifted ard the train fired
upon, bnt without result.