The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-16

ers. who were quietly sowing corn I'm
patch OF ground, and. without warning,
outrisht. leaving the bodies on the ground
70 Dee devoured by the buzzards and dogs.
Here are the names OF the victims:
freder.co Garcia, llorelciO Yoras, secun-
dino Hernandez. Slsto MOrejou.
Two days before the same gucrriiias
Killed a tenant OF the said estate named
Celedinio Cruz, father OF fourteen
children, OF which two daughters are mar
ried TO cornorals In the Spanish army. one
a civil guard and the other OF the -sular
They also burnt the farm buses Of
the tenants OF that same estate, belong
ing 20 Federico and Ramon Iauera,
brothers, and AsidrO Sanchcsz. all white
men OF some means, saying that since
the rebels are burning Spanish towns
they would burn Cuban homes
Next day they returned and threaten
cd the other tenants and the man iu
charge of the estate that they would
burn all the buildings OF the same IL
they diq not clear out OF the place im-
Alfredo. Hernandez. the owner, being
an American citizen, reported the facr
TO Consul Lee, who Immediately pre-
Is said orders were issued TO protect the
property and stop committing further
outragcs on the same.
or course, an the above crimes have
been reported as victories" obtained
over rebel bands, and the house burned
as camps surprised and captured"
Havana. June l5.-The gunboat Cen
tnela, while escorting a lighter and a
steamer up the Cauto river near Manzan-
lilo. was attacked by rebels who were lo-
Gated on both banks OF the river. A tor
pedo was exploded under the boats light
compelled them 10 withdraw with the loss
or some Of their number one man was
killed and eight wounded on the lighter,
five wounded on the gun boat, and one
killed and ten wounded on the steamer.
Col Moroto reports that his command
met force OF rebels near san Miguel, In
the province OF Matunzas. The rebels Oc-
cupied strong positions. but the troops
dislodged them after a fight which lasted
two hours. The insurgents lost twenty
seven killed, leaving nineteen of their
dead on the field The troops lost sixteen
A number Of sklrmishes have been re-
ported from other places. The official
reports Of the fights place the rebel loss
hfty-seven killed, two wounded and
was thirteen wounded
The number Of houses burned at Bata-
bano by the rebels was fOrty-five. In ad-
dition to the mayor of the town, three
residents were wounded in the fighting
that occurred there.
Capt Gen. Weyler has ordered the peo-
pie residing I'm the vicinity Of the troeha
to remove to the towns or 10 the hills
This action is due TO his belief that many
Of them are acting as spies for the rebels
Ihey VIII now be compelled to either
so 10 the towns, where it rs believed their
opportunities OF furnishing Information to
the insurgents will be scant, or else join
the rebels in the hills Of pinar del Rio.
Tho order OF the captain general also
prohibits the establishment of stores or
huts near the trocha. The troops viii re-
spcct only the property Of foreigners and
estates owned by persons Of whose 10y
atty there Is no doubt.
Consul General Lee visited Captain Gelt
eral Weyler to-day and obtained from
him n prol' ee 10 postpone fas Hftean days
the order expellng from the island Mr..
fff4 iaf fl f
New York Herald, who Is charged with
having furnished that journal with false
information. Gen. Lee was accompanied
by William Ryan, the internal revenue
collector Of Richmond Va, who is vis-
iting this city on leave Of absence. The
visit to the palace lasted fifteen minutes
Havana, June 15.-Further details of the
battle at Nagasaja have been received
here. According to these reports the coll
umns under command of Gen. Castellanos
and Godoy, have returned to Puerto Prin-
cipe. IL IS believed that the rebel leaders
fight The insurgents have burned a por-
uon OF the town of Batabano, thirty-five
miles from Havana, and have seized the
funds of the municipality. During the
fight which followed the attack by the re-
bells the mayor of the town was wounded
A band of rebels exploded a dynamite
bomb under a passenger train near
Bendes, wrecking several cars. After the
explosion the insurgents attacked the
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Of the latter.
Philadelphia, Pa, June 15.-John d.
Hart, the head Of the Hart Steamship
Line, who, with Capt Edward c. Reilly,
was arrested here on Saturday on the
strength Of a deposition from Jackson
vile, Fla, charging him with engaging
In a Cuban hlibustering expedition on the
steamer Bermuda, this afternoon, accept
ed ball and was released from the county
prison. When Mr.. Hart and Capt. Reilly
Of the Bermuda were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Craig on Sat
urday afternoon and held in 81 600 bail
each for a further hearing on Thursday,
the former refused to accept a bondsman
and declared that he would go to Jail
and then enter suit for false arrest. He
was, accordingly, imprisoned. At the So
licitatiOn of Attorney W. W. Ker to-day,
however, Mr.. Hart changed his mind, and
when the bail bond had been signed he
was released. Capt Reilly entered bail
after the hearing and went to New York
The authorities have not yet been able
to locate Col. Emilio Nunez, the we'll
known Cuban leader, who Is also wanted