The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-03
THE REVOLUTION IN CUBA.
Affairs Said to be Now Drawing Il
to a Crisis.
OPPORTUNITY FOR INDEPENDENCE
Apparently Have Things Their own way
Eighteen Thousand Mon Well Dis
oiplined and Armed.

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thc steamship Ardanhu. which arrived
from Havana today. arc rapidly drawing
to n crisis. ma tbcr~ In M aouht ,,,
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va ee'' 'e' 'i'"ei'e""o"ee' A"e
Insurgents seem TO have matters well un-
dor control Tho vv,,oie t.Iana a. ,,,sthia
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"'ies ou' 70 sca ny reason OF the masses
or flame from tho sugar plantations fred
by the jnsurrents The ins,rncnt army
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''"" uaS was i''vV s'rons' conf
poseu OF men well disciplined and armed
TO tho teeth, but almost destitute of cloth
Among the pasSehSers prousnt from
Havana on tho Ardunhu was a civil en-
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wrecked by the insurgents. He says he
watched General Gomcy,s . r,ry cro.. t,a
"'"' e'"'' ''e
railroad track and that Il took IL almost
iour hours 10 march acrosS The rear OF
mo nr,,y ,,a. u,,ar5., H.. ,,.ran,, >,au>
Wv "''' vas k""'ueu W "e"erai 4""ee"
TO prevent attack from that direction,
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Havana, January Am engayemcnt h..
tween tho Spnn,sh t,.oon. a., ,,.,,.'...
b.s tota, 60. "A, w. ''s'i se"'s
'."s '""en pi"ec az III ns'ante south OF
Ahehso XII ana not far from the frontier
OF the province OF Havana. The ofac,n,
announcement, .a,,s a.. 49,, -.
-, says 'i'' mo 'roops cap
..teu me ihsursent positions, but that
the loss to the enemy WAS six killed II
liz admitted Tint txo snanisb o,asa... -,
several soldiera were k,iia1 n al 80, a'iu
were ipsur,.n,. .r,,, - 81. ",'e'eeh
' Insurgents. iho insurgents follow
ing their usual tactics. did not accent a
decisive engagement but o,,ar 49,.
shirmiah ,hc,, ,,r,.,.,,,,,.,, W"
s.,,i,, o' ptoeee"eu westward de-
N"ktauns The country as they marched OIL
ward. The authorities here announced tai,
sl,ilm,sh ansi addad ~, sl,r,i,,,,.,.
-, -, 'r, "'"ou 'io s's"iiicaht ttate-
'',' '""' Inc troops were moved closer
TO me province OF Havana" which would
seem to indicate that th. sn,niah fnr,a.,
IRA nrca ,,,, A., -. ',""'''' i''.es
""'e III ictieht' Later III the
uny IL was announced here that further
fighting between the Spnniard. and mo
Gup b, 3, was taking place IN the vicinisy
movement ~ the snn Man ,roo',s.. n 'useu
to the frontier OF Havana. leads peonl,.
ere 10 believe that the snsurgnnts hnwe
been In pursuit of Tho snnsish ,,n,,,s III ~,
that yic,p,tv VI ''e oi''"ish troops III
IN view Of the fine work and rand
progress or the insureent cavalry. Cen
ofilcinla an ri, tha dist,I,.hod d,, Ip a,''s ~,
seina MI thc i h ~" ', ~, u,nri1,s 70
an IN ordcr "p ns',s,, ,"ty nan NY nnnus
a., ~, -" H., -, W p'.seHt mem from .aliins
hn ,U ~" n ,an s on ne enehiy, me damnsc
bavn puruoJy ny ,"n'ns ~ 'or'ipie' iney
80 ' ~ Wv "ost pult ol INC Town
~ y, oasu.y INV w. caiti asius OF Ierin,
a., ~ ai,u hus.r, nm u, mat uistr,ct and
W N, v'na M"V T district the pinnta'ions
~ Nonas, menuez Iariy. Eschlant ana
I,h. ~. have neen destroyer by The torches
~ the spanish enemies. IN huditlon the
cuban forces have burned many houses
IN ,he tNrdenas district or the province
oi MitthnHhs ana nave set fire To and de-
Reyes. Buona Vista. Jag,cy Grande and
Mhcuriles districts.
IN addition iIe village OF In Yagua,
where inhabitants did not receive the IN
sufsents ps wen ms the latter would have