The San Francisco call., 1896-11-02
CONSUL GENERAL
LEES DEPARTURE
Sails Away From Cuba for
the Metropolis of
America.
Refuses to State His Mission,
Saying He Will See the
President.
FILES PROTEST WITH WEYLgR
Correspondent Milton and the Crew of
the Competitor Must Have
Fair Trial

HAVANA, CUBA, Nov. 1.-Consul- Gen.
eral Lee sailed to-day for New York on
board the Ward line steamer Vigilancia
Captain-General Weyler sent an adjutant
aboard the steamer to bid him adieu. A
number of General Lees personal friend>
also went on board the steamer to see
him off.
General Lee was very reserved as to the
true motives of his voyage The only
thing he would say was that he would
see President Cleveland in Washington.
Major Fondevilla reports that his COM
mand had an engagement to-day on the
outskirts of Cojimar, near Havana, with
2500 re bells led by La Crete and Aguirre
The first report placed the rebel loss at
twenty-seven killed, but a later one says
that fifty-two were killed. The loss of the
troops was one captain and four privates
wounded.
Owing to notice of protest from Con-
sul-General Lee, filed just previous to his
departure for Washington, taking excep-
ton to the new court-martial of the cor
respondent Milton, Captain Laborde of
the Competitor and other members of the
Vessei's crew, commenced in Fortress
Cabanas recently. the proceedings in the
case have been temporarily suspended,
though summons has been published in
local papers requiring various witnesses to
appear and file written evidence against
the prisoners, and one member of the ex.
pedition, George Ferran, who after land
ing surrendered to the Spanish authori-
ties and was pardoned under Weyler's
ann sty decree, having since resided
with hls family in Guanabacoa, has just
been arrested and thrown into Jail await
ing the trial as a witness.
James Brown, a British subject and
prominent in Havana business circles, has
been imprisoned on political charge.
LONDON. Eng. Nov. 1.-The Standard
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
Madrid saying that the loan to be made to
the Government by Spanish bankers, an
nouncement of which was made to the
Cabinet on Thursday last, amounts to
about $4,000, ,o0O redeemable in eight
years and bearing per cent interest. OF
this amount 20, 600, 900 pesetas will be used
to pay the Spanish transatlantic
Steamship Company the arrears due
it for transporting troops to Cuba;
50,000000 pesetas wills be devoted
10 the reimbursement of the Bank
of Spain for its latest advances, 63,-
600, 900 pesetas for the REIN mbursement OF
the Bank de Paris ct du Pays and the re-
mainder for war expenses in Cuba.
Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Prime
Minister, in announcing the success of
the loan said the issue would be made in
Decem Der and would be guaranteed by
the customs.
The Government hoped to later issue q
loan of !, 1000, 000, 900 pesetas guaranteed
guaranteed by the tobacco monopoly.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. IA Herald
special from Key West, Fla, says: A
promin ent Cuban resident OF this city said
to-day that the city of Havana would be
besieged by Maximo Gomez within the
next sixty days. To that end it is said
Gomez and the rebel forces were now
marching toward the capital.
This Cuban is in direct communication
with the insurgent leaders in the field and
is the local medium through whom ali in
surgent correspondence for the New York
junta passes. He also stated Saturday
that there was no confirmation of rumor
circulated by Cuban passengers who ar
rived here Saturday night that the towns
in the Immediate outskirts of the city of
Havana had been already besieged by the
insurgents.