The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21
CUBAN MUNITIONS CAPTURED.
ne LONE THINKS THEY WE'RE PUT
ASHORE BY COLLAzO's BAND.

A Fight Between Troops and Insur-
gents Reported to Have Followed
the Landing of the Expedition.
CaDtain General WeyIer Denies the
RumOr That He Has Contemplated
ReSfgninE-MaceO in Pinar del Rio.
washington. March 20.-AIinister Dupuy
De LONE received the following telegram
from the governor general of Cuba this
r,orning: Havana, March %, 1S96.-The
defachrnent of Naradero, near Cardenas,
captured $50 boxes of ammunition for
bennington and Winchester rifles; nine
boxes of cavalry rifles, fourteen tin boxes
az medicines, twenty knapsacks, covered
with oil cloth. two boxes of explosives and
three boats Weyler"
Minister D., LONE has no doubt that all
this material was that landed by the Col
iazo expedition from Cedar Keys, in the
schooner J. s. Mallory, captured by United
Stafes revenue cutters. released by the
customs authorities at Tampa, ana after
wards transhipped near the southern
coast of Florida to the steamer Three
Friends. which landed it in Cuba several
days ago.
Havana, March 2O.-A government
launch has arrived at Cardenas, having
in tow three row boats that had been used
Varadero beach. A fight between troops
and insurgents followed the landing of the
eXDeditlOn. NO accurate account OF the
result of the fight is obtainable. Addi-
tional troops have been sent in pursuit
of the rebels.
There is no news of Naceo's operations
in the province of Pinar del Rio. Eight
train loads of troops and one ambulance
train have been sent to reinforce the
columns operating against him.
Philadelphia, March 2O.-From informa-
ton received to-day the seizure of arms
and ammunition made by the Spanish in
Cuba is not so important as the official
dispatches from Havana would indicate
The munitions seized were not those
taken out on the Mallory, but were from
the schoOners ArkeI. THE Arkel was al
anchor at place called ElVaradero AL
the arms aboard had been landed save IA
cases of ammunition, when the gunboai
Caradad hove in sight. The men on the
ArkeIl abandoned the schooner and hast
lily escaped to the shore. The Caradad
seized the Arkell and l45 cases or ammu-
milton.
Madrid, March 2O.-Prime Minister Ca
novas del Castillo has received a telegram
from Capt. Cen. Weyler declaring that he
is satisfied with the course of the military
operations in Cuba and that nothing has
hitherto occurred to induce him to resign
While the warship Maria Teresa was
testing her guns Off Ferrol to-day one OF
them exploded, injuring three officers ant
six seamen.
Trenton, N. j., March 2O-Gen. Weyler
captain general of Cuba, was to-nigh
burned in eftigy by fifty students of this
State Model School. They met on tbs
banks of the Assapink, near the school
and held a mock tIeal of the general. Ht
was charged with a long list of crimes
and no one spoke for him. The boys dis
played several flags and cheered them
selves hoarse for Cuba.
Philadelphia, March 2O.-Informatior
was received here to-day which makes il
quite probable that the Commodore has
transferred her cargo Of arms and ammu
pition to the Bermuda. OFF Chincoteague
Va, yesterday the Bermuda lay to-, while
a steamer, which, in all Likelihood, was
the Commodore came alongside and tras
ferTed a numben Of packages ano
heavy cases to the filibusterer. 1t is re
ported that Gen. De Soto, one of the
veterans of the ten years war, was pu
aboard the Bermuda.
Washington, March pa dispatch tC
the state department to-day, from Con
sui General Williams at Havana, reported
that he has Investigated the arrest anC
Imprisonment of OliveG-io Agramonte al
alleged American citizen charged will
completely in the Cuban insurrection, anC
had asceTtained that Agramonte was
Spanish subject This disposes of thu
case so far as the interference of this gov
ernment is concerned. Agramonte ha!
friends in New York city who reported hi:
arrest to the department. He is the man
ager of a plantation in Cuba.