The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-31
An Insurgent Leader Dies For
Cuban Freedom.
ENRIQUE ALEMAN is SHOT
Condemned by Court Martial
and Sentenced to Die.
GEN. wEYLER's CRUEL POLICY
TwentY-Sx Prominent Persons Ar.
rested and Thrown into Fortress
of Cabanas on the Charge
of Treason.

OF reason.
Havana, March 3O.-CoI. Moncada. re-
connoitering in the vicinity of Siguance
province of Santa Clara, has been en-
gagged with the insurgents who left
eight killed and thirteen wounded. The
troops also captured $50 fine horses.
The insurgents recently attacked the
village and port Of Sumidero, in the
province Of Pinar del Rio, but were
repulsed with a loss of eight killed
and retired with their wounded.
The insurgents have made another
attempt to pass through the military
line drawn across the province of
Pinar del Rio. This time they tried
to get through in the southern part
but were repulsed.
The insurgents leader, Aguierre,
was engaged near Baineo by Gen. Mel
quizo, The latters cavalry charged
the insurgents and killed twenty-five
of them. The troops had two officers
and five soldiers wounded
Col. Sogura has been engaged with
an insurgent band at Villas, The
enemy left seven killed and retired
| with numerous wounded.
The insurgent leader, Enrique Ale
man, brother of the celebrated insur-
gent leader of the same name, was
| shot this morning in the fortress of
| Cabanas.
Ramon SeTpa, the insurgent leader,
has been killed in an engagement with
the troops near Sancti Spiritus, pro-
vince of Santa Clara.
Abelerdo Font, who was taken
| prisoner on the Olivette last week, has
been sent to the African penal colony.
| The insurgents have made an at
| tempt to pass by the Cienaga military
| line into Pinar del Rio, but they were
repulsed.
Columns of troops are pursuing
| Maceo, without ceasing, in the noun
tains of the Sierra Cuzco, in the vest
ern portion of Pinar del Rio.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonzo Doce,
while off the coast recently at night,
| sighted the Spanish steamer Alava.
| The commander became suspicious Of
| the steamer and fired upon her. She
sailed away in the wind and rain with
| out the result of the shot being known.
| The cruiser continued the pursuit and
| fired five solid shots at the Alaya,
which thereupon stopped and gave an
! explanation.
1t is reported that Maxine Gomez
with only 600 followers has passed into
Santa Clara. 1T is said that he passed
by Placetas in the direction of Sancti
Spiritus.
Twenty-siX prisoners have been sent
to the fortress of Cabanas, including the
| ex-Mayor of Sannicolas Igancio Pizar-
TO, who is charged with conspiring
with the insurgents to enter his VIII
lage. Reports received here indicate
that the insurgents in the province of
Puerto Principe are in a disheartened
and disorganized condition.
The authorities of the war courts are
investigating and gathering all the
facts in the case of Walter Grant
Dygert, the American who has been
imprisoned for working with the insur-
gents and whose case has been the OBJ
iect of representations by the United
States government. The authorities
are striving to clear the matter up in
order to determine whether to indict
Dygcrt or not.
Rumors of the recall of Capt. General
Weyler are pronounced to be untrue
and he is said to continue to enjoy
the complete confidence of the Spanish
government,
THE CUBANS MOURN.
New York, March 3O.-A represen-
tative of the Associated Press took the
news of the execution of Aleman, to
the Cuban headquarters here this
morning. The greatest gloom spread
over the assemblage there and Senor
Joaquin Castillo, who acted as spokes-
man said: 1T is just as we expected
Poor Enrique Aleman! Poor Cubal
Another patriot gone but the cause is
safe and we will win eventually
Gen. Weyler has adopted the same
tactics that prevailed during the ten
years war when Cuban patriots, after
being made prisoners, We're considered
bandits and incendiaries, which charge
meant death the moment they were
brought before a drum-head court
martial.
Enrique Aleman who is a brother of
Cristobal Aleman, colonel of the in-
surgent army in the province Of Santa
Clara, belongs to one Of the best
known families in Matanzas He was
captured by the Spanish troops about
three of four weeks ago in a battle
near Matanzas; from there he was
transferred to Havana and jailed in
fortress Cabanas He was tried by q
military committee which is better
known by the name of court-martial
and sentenced to be shot Enrique was
a thorough soldier, and am confident,
met his fate nobly as soldiers and
patriot"