Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-02
FILIBUsTERs AWAITING TRIAL,
VIII he Court-MartinIcd ms Soon ns
AdmirnI NnNnrrO Returna.

VIII he COurt-NartinIcd ms Soon ns
Admiral Navarro Returns.
HAVANA, May 1.-The ilbusters who
were captured on board the steamer Com
pettor have been removed to the navy yard.
The preparatory proceedings against them
are being made. They will not be court
martialed until the arrival here of Admiral
Navarro, who is at present absent on an
inspection trip. This duty lies within his
jurisdiction and cannot be delegated to
any other authority. Steps have been taken
to I'M Erm him of the capture of the Com
petitor and to hasten his return. The total
number of flibusters killed during the cap
ture was eight.
The newspapers have been coming under
the displeasure of the captain general Ell
Pals, daily, has been fined for editorial
which, it is charged, belittles the prestige
of the army. La Discussion was fired also
for having reproduced an article from yes
terdays edition of the Dario de la Marina,
which, it was charged belittled the au-
thorities, The Diario de la Marina was
again fined for the publication of un-
patriotic editorial.
General Bernal has met numerous bands of
insurgents in the moutains of San Cristobal
province of Pinar del Rio He engaged a
large ban commanded by Perico Saens, and
although the enemy vastly outnumbered the
Spanish force, the insurgents hurriedly re-
treated, with the loss of three killed and
left seven prisoners in the hands of the
troops. The latter pursued the band and
overlook them between Minas and Villas.
In the engagement which followed the in
surgents were routed and left twenty-three
killed and five wounded on the field. General
Bernal always commands his troops in per-
son, and is to be found in the first fighting
line in every engagement
In several skirmishes in the province Of
Santa Clara, the insurgents have lost seven
killed.
notable act of barbarity upon the part
Of the insurgents Is reported from the village
of Punta de la Sierra. 1t is stated that they
took man named Julian Hernandez and
hanged him three times to a tree in each
taking him down just before life was extinct.
The mans neck is said to be so terribly
swollen that he is experiencing great diff
Guilty in eating. The insurgents are also al
legged to have killed with machetes a man
named Pedro Obregon, who was so years old.
Near Recea Colonel Recedos' troops killed
four insurgents in a skirmish. The troops
pursued the enemy and in another fight at
the Runfo plantation seven insurgents were
killed and the survivors retired with many
wounded. Two soldiers were killed and
three Cfilcers and twenty soldiers wounded.
column OF troops at San Migeul, province
or Matanzas, has been engaged with the in
surgents under Mirabel. Five of the latter's
men were killed. Colonel Amor at Hatilo
Vega, in the northern part of Santa Clara
has had brush with band OF insurgents
who lost six killed. The local guerrilla forces
of Yuletas have captured Sebastian Cabellero,
an insurgent leader. The Barcelona battalion
at Guada Bassageros, province Of Matanzas,
has been engaged with the insurgents COM
manded by Matos, defeating them with heavy
loss. Tho Rey battalion at San Jose de Las
Ramos met the insurgents led by La Cret
Five OF them were killed and tho troops had
three men wounded. Before this engagement
the insurgents buried forty men killed in a
previous skrmsh in the neghboring swamp.
The battalion of Cantabria has had an en-
gagement near Remates and Pnal del Rio
with the bands Of Lazo and Varona. A lively
fight occurred. when the troops charged with
bayonets and dispersed the insurgents, who
had thirty killed and many wounded. The
troops lost one killed and four wounded.