Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-30
HABANIANS WARNED
Insurgents Preparing 10 Apply Dyna-
mite 10 The Cuban Capital.
THE CITY MAY BE DESTROYED.
IL VIII he Laid In Ruins IL Neces-
amy TO Drive the Spanish Out
Prominent Acccssions to Party OF
Separation.
General Bradley T. Johnson In New
York Journal)

ally served notice on the people or Ha-
bana that plans have been completed and
will be carried into execution this summer
TO wipe out every vestige OF the city by
means Of dynamite. II 1t be necessary TO
go to that extreme to drive Spain off the
island.
Copies OF the circular conveying this an
nouncement have been left at the houses
Of all the well-to-do people Of the city.
A copy was handed to me. 1t is entitled
Dynamite Circular to Cuban Families"
and reads as follows:
THE WARNING.
1.-THE summer campaign is to be sup
ported in the large towns by the revolu-
tionists residing therein, and to this end
terrible means must be resorted TO. the
employment of dynamite.
THE inhabitants Of Habana are fully
aware that the announcement OF this
plan is no vain threat, as the plans agreed
upon for the explosion have already be-
gun to materialize. The edihces doomed
to be blown up have been selected, and
one after the other shall fall.
The Revolutionist party cannot retrace
its steps. and, IL 1t is necessary TO totally
destroy the city of Habana for the pur-
pose of expelling Spain. it shall be de-
stroyed. Therefore, our compatriots'
families must become fully aware as to
the Importance of hurriedly abandoning
the country, and to those who cannot, we
charge them to be ever on the alert and
employ the constant and indefatgable
vigilance proper to those who find them
selves next to mine loaded to the
utmost"
One needs only to recall the recent
a
pletely wrecked the aqueduct and men
aced Habana's water supply to heed the
warning contained in the circular that II
is no vain threat" 1t has occasioned
uneasiness that bids fair TO develop mo
panic on the next demonstration of the
nature that the circular describes.
TERRY TURNS REvOLUTIONIsT.
Great excitement has been created here
In political circles by the announced
change Of front OF Senator Eliseo Giberga.
just elected by the University TO the
Cortes. and the only Autonomist who was
elected at the last election in Cuba, and
Emilio Terry, a former Cuban deputy In
letters received in the last few days Sena-
tor Giberga and ex-Deputy Terry, WHO re-
side In Paris, announce to their friends
here that they are satisfied that nothing
is to be expected from Spain, and that,
for the independence of Cuba. They are
men of great influence. Terry is one OF
the largest gar-p.anters in Cuba, and is
immensely wealthy. This accession to the
party Of separation is a great increase Of
| strength and influence to it,
/ was asked when in MatanZaS a few
| days ago by a Spanish official why Ameri-
can correspondents cid not write up the
barbaIities committed by the insurgents,
as well as those committed by the Span
! iards. About that time my attention was
| called 10 the report Of a combat, in which
twenty-five volunteers had been surprised
| by insurgents. Seven of them were killed,
| three wounded. and three, including the
commanding officer, taken prisoners.
The fight occurred near Cardenas, on
| June 4th. The detachment OF volunteers
| had left the Precloso plantation to escort
| three soldiers who had been summoned
TO go to Cardenas 10 the boat landing at
| Riguapa. After the soldiers had en-
| barked the volunteers started TO return
| to Precioso, but before going far the in
surgents fell upon them. Only twelve of
the twenty-five Spaniards succeeded IN
getting safely back to the estate whence
they had come. An alarm was imme-
diately sent to Cardenas, and a column
OF regular troops came to the rescue
two wounded volunteers.
PARDONED BY INSURGENTS.
The report was given out that the lieu
tenant who commanded the volunteers
and two of the privates had been carried
off 10 be either hanged or cut up with
machetes, but the day following the OIL
Ger and his three men turned up in Car
| denas, without scratch, telling how they
| had been tried by a cOurt-martlal, anu
| then pardoned.
Since the story was published | have
| been able to communicate with one or the
| insurgents belonging TO company ope-
rating between there and Cardenas, ana
he has kindly furnished me with copy
| of the summing up Of the court-martlai
which tried the three prisoners. This
document shows magnanimous IDEA Oh
war and Is worth reproducing:
| "Consldering that the lieutenant OF
| Snanish volunteers, Don Manuel Nelaquez'
| Who was taken prisoner with two pryates
| of his company in action Of war, pertains
10 the class of subalterns in the Spanish
army. and that to offer armed resistance
against the liberating army OF CUBA Is
| only n compliance with their obligation,
| as they are subject TO the military discip-
line which controls all armed bodies, anu
| considering that obedience 10 duty eA-
empts one from the responsibility or any
| act committed in compliance with superior
| orders. the Court declares that IT shouiu
| and does absOlve the lieutenant or Spanish
volunteers, Don Manuel Nelaquez, ana MS
two privates. made prisoners by the lpe-
rating army. and does HEREBY order tha'
said prisoners be set at liberty immediate
ly. CAhLoS ho'Ao'
Cuban Camp, June 8, 1886.
LET the prisoners be notined and COM
| ply herewith. God and country.
F'' "ROJAS."
! The Journal dinner to General Lee
seems to have made more of a sensation
than | apprehended. 1t was Intended 70
be a newspaper demonstration by great
journal which would include in comrade-
ship all the press OF Habana and be abso-
lutely without color OF politics. There
fore. several officials of the government
were invited. ! learn. TO my surprise,
that their declination was on account OF
the Journal. They could not have such
| host.
MEAN TACTICS EMPLOYED.
The order expellng Gay, the American
CORRESPONDENT, was served during the din
ner. | at first thought 1t was only the
awkwardness Of the police inspector who
served 1t, to have chosen an inauspicious
hour, but have discovered that the hour
was selected purposely to produce confu-
sion and dismay among the guests.
on the 2lst instant the column of Aldoa
operatipg in MatanZas Province burned
| the buildings on the stock farm OF MT
Francisco Maria Fernandez, who resides
in Brooklyn, n. Y. On the same day the
same party burned the buildings of an
| other stock farm belonging 10 Manuel
Fernandez and several houses owned by