Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-08
INSURGENTS HANG A PRISONER.
EmpIoye Of n Sugar Estate strung
I'm Nenr JnrucO.

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Copyright, 1896, by Press Publishing Company
HAVANA, April 7.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special)- AN insurgent band
visited the Loteria sugar estate near Jaruco,
and took away the Mgr. Isadore Ortega and
hanged hi mby the roadside. On his breast
they left a placard stating that he was
hanged because he obeyed the orders of his
employer, Rafel de Castro. The gunboat AL
varado has had an engagement with a band
of insurgents at Maravi in Santiago province.
The action OF the Spanish government In
sending a diplomatic secretary to aid the
governor general is because of a number Of
purely diplomatic cases that come before
him. Consul General Williams has diplo-
matte functions to a certain extent, and as
several questions have been delayed at the
palace merely because of lack Of time to give
them attention, General Weyler requested
that a trained secretary be sent over to re-
lieve him of details. The Dygert was de-
delayed in reaching Weyler on this account.
Dygert will be released from prison as soon
as the judge of instruction at Guines has
completed details. The judge requested Dy-
CERT to sign a waiver of any claim against
the government, but refused. This may lead
to his attention on another ground than the
one on which the arrest was made, namely,
going outside of the line In time OF war
without a permit.
Antonio Maceo and Bandera are still in
Pinar del Rio province. The main body Of
the insurgents is the country north of the
Western railway between Vinalez and San
Diego de Los Banos. They are about fifty
miles from the military line extending across
the island from Mariel to Ensenado. K re-
port that Maceo had forced the line is false.
The Spanish troops continue to go to Pinar
del Rio. Half of the regular army is now in
that province. The Western railway is open
to Candelaria.
Quintin Bandera, at the head of a large
portion of Maceo's army, recently attacked
the town Of Consolation del Norte. in Pinar
del Rio, near Whales. There are several
small forts On roads leading from the town
to the country and in the darkness one of
them was approached by mounted men. On
being challenged by the ~sentinels they
answered that they were Spanish and a
portion Of them succeeded in passing the
forts. When the trick was discovered a
heavy fire was opened on them, the inhabi-
tants of the town meanwhile keeping to their
houses. The rebels in the streets were ex-
posed to a storm of bullets which swept
them down.
Several shops were broken open. but
the rebels did not have an opportunity to
do much pillaging. They had to retire, leav-
ing thirty-nine dead negroes in the streets.
The next morning, when the garrison made
reconnaissance, they discovered sixty more
dead. Bandera carried away a large number
of wounded. The Spanish loss was very
small because they fought under cover OF
the sorts and the parish church.
Calixto Garcia is known to be in Santiago
| province. 1t is expected that he will meet
Maxine Gomez and arrange for their future
action. 1t is whispered in Cuban circles that
Garcia will take Gomez's place if the latter
continues in his present bad health.
A rebel band got into the village of Salud,
on the Western railway, fifteen miles from
Havana, and burned forty houses. On leav-
ing they notified the station master that they
would return and destroy the railway prop
erty. WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN