Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-24

.N"N AAN
ts-.rf7 between the forces of Cen
rfnares and Colonel Su-
Irclan on one side and
.. Of Antonia Maceo, Pc
e raz and Quintin Bandera on the
has been heralded in the usual
5yaa- official dispatches as IA
mons victory. and Linares and Inclan
promptly scheduled for promo
Hu- ever since the fight carloads
wounded have been coming into
r.uiav and Havana. and it is grad
nan. leaking out that al Candelaria
af the most serious Spanish disas-
the entire war occurred.
spanish officer told me last night
their losses were 432 men killed
wounded and That Mace0' captured
piece of artillery after hard fight
Persons familiar with the Spanish
reports suspected this when the
s admitted that the arulerymen
. -o defend themselves with their
Gts This means that the inSur-
fought the artjueumeu hand 10
rI Thiry-eight artllerymen are
reported as among the killed and
1untel. and 4, is now said that the
-rl caiseOus and all the Spanish artil-
y ammunition fell into MaceO's
hands, Incan and Linares bearely saw
rI their commands from humiliation
The nsurgenJ loss was also very heavy
.l. NOS nearly so heavy as the spanish
colonel Frances who commanded i'm
recent fight at Cayajabos. is about
Id return rO Spain One report is that
i.L Another says the management
@, -le Cayajabos fight was no, s3tis.ac-
cory t1 the commander I'M chief Gen
a. Cornell has already sailed for
Spain. Illness IS given as The cause
DIR. DELGABDO'S DEPOSITION
Dir DeIgardo who is slowly gaining
strength. though ne is not yet out of
danger. completed his deposition before
1a Jni-ed States Consul General on
thursday. His story. as sworn to. was
identical in all essential particulars
In -l3t told 5y his father as publ sh-
.i ll last Sundays Herald The cap
an of volunteers who conducted the
prisoners before General Melquizo was
Captain Augusta Nillauueva. of the ia
RICO squadron. The informal deposit
Ho- OF Dr. Delgard0 describes the shoot
irg .n these Words
when we arrived I'm the presence of
'he brigadier general. MelQuizo.
showed him my American passport and
o. letter from the United States Consul
about our horses I also told him my
father and myself We're neutrals and
peaceful I had no sooner said these
words than DE became enraged. and.
mounted as DEE was. struck me three
times ON the head and face with his
hands. knocking off my hate At the
same time me said. Just as 2 win shoot
you so / would shoot Jhe American
Consul. ] care nothing for am these
papers of American citizenship
"Ali this NE said with the greatest
contempt and calling Captain VILLAIN
ueFa. ordered him with twelve men to
take The prisoners 90 the rear. The
captain took as about fifty yards to
The rear. while the Spanish column
went on in the direction of BainOa.
Captain Nillanueva ordered us TO be
tied together with a rope placed us
ag3inst a stone fence backed by bushes
and told his men To- cut us down with
their machetos. I'm the struggle the
rope was broken Tie then ordered his
men ,0 fire q volley at MS.
WITH BULLETS AND NACHETE.
"At the first volley I threw myself
face downward Stimulating death. but
retain ng fan consciousness. AT the
second vo0ey was struck I'm the right
.0u by q bullet. To was found I'm my
underwear when my clothing was cut
from me afterward They then struck
me with q machete ON the right side
at tha face but the force of the blow
WAS broken by the weapon striking the
stone fence and the bushes breaking
blade of the knife. I'm one of the
vo''ovs bullet grazed The crown of my
head.
90 Day perfectly still and rigid to APP
pear dead. 1 was then turned over on
my back, my pockets were searched
.ar money and one of the volunteers
noticed by the movement Of my vest
that 7 was still breathing I heard
him saw: He has some color i'm his
face. He is alive. Give him another
uache-e
They gave me another terrible blow.
then lost consciousness. When i
r.-aiued my senses / found myself i'm
mt room In our dwelling house.
was told that myself and VenanciO PenO
we're The only ones who revived. the
Other six having been riddled with balls
and cu- 90 pieces with machete
wounds"
The doctors statement was given i'm
detail. and supplemented by the certif-
e as t0 the character of the wounds
.r nr. Daniel ST. Burgess. sanitary in
rector for the United States I'm Havana
llc official medical attache o. the
Consulate
When q saw DR. Delgado he asked
eagerly whether I thought the Uni
I states government would take any
interest on his case. assured him that
Ono facts We're by this time wei known
As tnoggh the local press were not
Essed tight enough already bv means
"a. t1e censorship the government has
decided upon still less liberty The
Governor of Havana recently called to-
her an the editors of the Havana
papers ar the request OF the Cap
a General and informed them that
0 government was passing through
critical period. He therefore asked
.F cooperation i'm giving due pub
-..t -o favorable news and i'm aiding
-Hnrlessiug that which was unfavor-
-'.a lie minated broadly that the
government expected loyal support and
aF editors developing q critical spirit
.A t1e present crisis would. he said.
'0t themselves i'm trouble
NNe editor Isl said Co have been warn