The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-28
GOT THEIR EYES ON MACEO
RumOrs Will Persist la Getting Themselve!
in Circulation About Him.


Havana, Cuba, April 27-Persistent
rumors are in circulation that Antonio
Maceo intends to leave the province Of
Pinar del Rio, and it is said he is being
closely watched by the Spanish officers.
Lieutenant Gambia, at Trinidad, San
ia Clara, has been engaged with a num-
erOus band of insurgents, which result
ed in their leader, Andrea Vigola, being
killed. No details Of this fight have
yet reached here, but it is believed to
have been important.
Employees of the banking house of
August Belmont & Co, New York, to-
day identified Urrialdo as the principal
in the forgery by which $4,000 was OBJ
tained from Belmont & Co, by a man
giving the name of Manuel Gonzales
ModOza, on March u last, who used the
name Of Hidalgo & Co, as the signers
Of a bogus letter of introduction.
Mariana Martinez VanenZuela, con-
victed Of incendiarism, was shot at the
Cabanas fortress this morning.
Captain General Weyler has author
lied DR.. Maceo and son 10 return to
Puerto Padre.
The insurgent captain, Borges, has
surrendered to General Arolas and was
set at liberty.
The insurgents have burned the rail-
road bridge between Punta Bravo and
Candelaria in Pinar del Rio. Passen-
ger trains are daily bringing from many
towns multitudes of persons who are
seeking refuge at Regal and Havana.
At Campo Florida also an immense mum
Der of families are gathered who have
been completely ruined. Some of them
are farmers and some labornig men.
Near POZo RedOndO, the insurgents
have hanged two men and at San Felipe
they have hanged one.
Yesterday hundreds Of families be-
gan TO gather at Guanabacoa filled with
fear of the insurgents. They belonged
to the villages Of Pope Antonio, Aruan-
quito, Cruz Piedra, Snata Fe, Sacra-
mento and Santa Rita
Between Punta Bravo and Hypo Co.
dorado the insurgents have killed five
guerillas.
At Holguin an insursent captain and
two Heutenants, together with seven
privates, have surrendered.
Others are making their quarters on
the high road to Coral False and on the
hills of Fray AlonzO. The largest part
Of them are homeless.
The rich plantations of Vega. Pedro
and Mauris, in Pinar del Rio, have been
burned.
New York. April ga dispatch to
the World from Havana says: "A re-
port is current that General Gomez had
leg ampuatted and died from the OPP
Grafton Another report is that he is
we'll and has arrived at Lacetas,
twenty miles west of Santa Clara.
The Spaniards are stiu concentrat-
ing troops along the trocha. There
must be $4,000 now operating against
MaCeo.
The Spaniards assert that there IS a
quarrel between Maceo and the white
insurgent leaders; that Maceo does not
trust the New York junta and is likely
10 demand supreme command Of the
whole insurgent army. General Ma
coos friends deny this
Jacksonville. Fla. April 27.-The
steam Bermuda, which has been
loading here with arms and ammuni-
ton, together with seventy-five men
she took aboard, sailed this morning.
with clearance papers bound for Hon
duras. The Spanish vice counsel called
on the government officials and obtain
ed a copy Of the manifest Of the vessel
but took no steps in the matter.
Tampa. Fla. April S1.-W. G. Dygert.
the Illinois minor. arrived here yester-
released from prison. He was sent 70
jail on a trumped-up charge and reports
that - had bad treatment
Madrid. April 27.-The final results
for the elections OF the senate are as
follows: NinisteriaIists 113; liberals
Al; Independents II; Republicans 4; Dis
sentIent Conservatives s; CaTl.sts >
London. April cS.-The STANDARD. has
a dispatch from Madrid which says:
Senator Callajes. who was superseded
q : governor and captain general Of Gu
ba by Campos. has been elected 70 the
senate 1t Is expected that he VIII
make piQuant declarations. The prin-
cipal features in the elections have been
bribery in Bsscay and the hard contest
in several provinces. where the oppo-
sition candidates won despiae the usual
official pressure
The Rome correspondent OF the Chroa
icle says: 1t Is rumored thar The uau-
co a, Madrid has approached Premier
Castillo with view Of inducing Spain
% accept the mediation OF the United
States on the Cuban question The
nuncio has had ceyeraI interviews with
Mr. Taylor. United States minister s,
Madrid.