Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-07
EVIDENTLY A FALSE REPORT.
Story of the Capture Of Havana by the
Insurgents
Denied on the Best Authority-A
Report that General Oampos Had
Resigned Also Denied-The Reb-
els Are Doing Very Well, How
ever, and Have the Spanish Forces
Badly Scared.

ever, ana have Cn6 Spanish I rOIC0S
Badly Scared.
BULLETIN.
Boston, January 6.-The Traveller has
received the following dispatch:
Batabano, Cuba, January 6.-At 1870
this morning the cable operator here
received the following dispatch:
"Cubans have captured the city CHa-
vana). MOrro Castle alone holds out.
General Campos-"
Here the dispatch ended abruptly as
cable communication between Havana
and this point was cut off.
Key West. Fla, January 6.-Jesus
Petuna, a we'll known Cuban patriot,
received a cipher dispatch from Gen.
Gomez this morning, declaring that
the Spaniards were hemmed in on all
sides and that before nightfall Havana
would be in possession Of the pa
triot troops.
BULLETIN-Madr:d, January 6.-El
Heraldo announces that Martinez Cam
pos, captain general of the forces in
Cuba, and Governor General of the ISL
and, has resigned.
New York, January 6.-There has
been no confirmation of the statement
contained in the foregoing dispatch that
Havana has been captured.
New York, January 6.-The follow
ing dispatch is the reply Of the Associ-
ated Press correspondent at Havana to
the notification cabled to him of the re-
cent report current in the United States
that Havana had fallen.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Havana, January Cloud disclaim-
ers are uttered by the authorities here
that they have any fear for the welfare
of the city. 1t is pointed out that the
city is we'll fortified, being protected
by the strong fortress Mora, and being
garr,soned by the Cabanas Principe,
Alares, Santa Clara and Reina troops
with heavy artillery, and by 10000 vol
unteers with 10000 more loyal citizens
in the city willing to take arms. With
these forces at command, the authOri-
ties express the opinion with great con-
fidence that it would be impossible for
the insurgents to capture the city un-
less they we're provided with siege ar
tillery. 1t is claimed that only small
bands of insurgents are engaged in the
outrages under Gomez and that they
are successful in small towns.
The main forces of the insurgent
army is now in the province Of Pinar del
Rio. the advance guard being at Pastoral
and at JacO TOGO. A small band is re-
ported at Hoto Colorado and at Slaud.
The opinion again holds here that the
movement Of the insurgents is directed
against the country districts, and al
though preparations have been made
here against a possible surprise, there
is no present fear Of an attack.
"A statement credited to DR.. ArtigasX
that the Spanish military doctors are
poisoning the sick and wounded troops
is pronounced untrue and is attributed
to professional jealousy. DR.. ArtigasX
course is pronounced most ungrateful." L"
London. January IA dispatch to
the Times from Madrid says that the
report that Captain General CampOs has
resigned is denied in official circles.
Havana. January 6.-The Spanish Of
ficials assert that there is no probabil-
ity of any fighting in the near future
between the Spanish troops and the in
surgent forces now around Havana
The captain general is engaged in
bringing westward all the troops avail
able. and until these movements are
completed it is not thought that the
attack upon the enemy will be COM
menced.
Little news is received in this city
regarding the movements of either the
Spanish or Cuban forces, the lines or
communication being cut in every dl-
rection cut of Havana. Enough is re-
ported from points in the Flnar del
Rio. however, to show that the insur-
gent columns have covered a wide ter
ritory in that province, and are unceas-
ingly destroying the sugar cane ana
damaging the tobacco crops.
At Cabanas, seaport town Oh con-
siderable Importance on the northern
coast, the insurgents have destroyed
the light house.
The destruction of Guira Melena, the
burning of which was yesterday re-
ported in these dispatches, seems TO
have been complete. Guira Melena IS
an important village of 1000 inhabi-
rants. situated in a fertile district. The
report from there said that the insur-
gents plundered the church, the busl-
ness houses. the stores and private res
licences and then destroyed them en-
tirely. They are also said to have kill
ed the mayor and a prominent mer-
chant of the place. Similar tales come
from other towns in the route of the in
surgents' march. Guara, a small VII
lage east Of Guira Melena, and west Oh
Guines,
WAS ALSO BURNED.
The mayor of the village OF San Eel
inc. il is said. was intent upon Offering
a vigorous resistance to the invasion OF
his town by the insurgents. The may
or's temerity caused much surprise 20
Maxine Gomez, and his forces set
about to burn the village. The cit
zens went 10 the mayor with the request
that he offer no resistance TO Gomez.
and thereupon. says the report, he de-
sisted. The zone included in the coun-
trv about the village Of Quivican. Duran
and San Felipe, in the southern part
of the province of Havana, has been
swept clean by the destructive touch
&c rho insuvgents and the plantations
of Salvador Julia. San Agustin. Santa