The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-01-23
GOMEZ IS REPORTED Ill |.
The Cuban Insurgeht Commander Said
to be Frustrated.
GENERAL PANDO INTERVIEWED
The Spanish officer Declares the Insur-
rection is Ended so Far as the
Province of Santiago de Cuba
is Concerned.

HAVANA, Jan. 23.--It is reported here
today that Maxine Gomez is suffering
from an attack of illness. The columns
of General Cornell aud Colonel Macon are
at Jamaica, in Havana province, combin-
ing in a movement in pursuit of Gomez.
Meantime Generals Aldecoa and Linares
have stationed themselves at strategic
points, and the Spanish authorities once
more indulge the hope that they will
bring Gomez to fight pitched battle or
erive him into corner.
1t Is asserted here that Gomez feels much
trepidation over the critical situation of
Maceo in Pinar del Rio. The movements
of the insurgents in Matanzas and Santa
Clara are attributed here simply to a de-
sire to break up the line of the troops
there and afford line of retreat for Gomez
and Maceo together.
The insurgents have burned the village
of Nacarento, near Placetas. The garrison
of the fort succeeded in repelling the
enemy. The machine houses on the plan
tation of San JOSE the cane fields of Rubi
Lolas, several houses at Ranchuelo, Santa
Clara and the station and three houses in
the village of Sahinilla have also been
burned
uonJral Luis Pando who arrived here
with General Pratt on Tuesday, said in an
interview thHt he had come to Havana in
obedience to the orders of his superiors to
act as coadjutor to General Marin in the
temporary command ofCuba, pending the
arrival here of General Valeriano Weyler,
the new captain general of Cuba, when
he, General Pando, will be succeeded by
General Saurez Valdez. General Pando
announced himself to be in favor of con-
centrating and strengthening his forces in
the province of Pinar del Rio, and he hopes
10 take command of the Spanish troops
there in person when at liberty to do So
General Pando spoke in the highest
terms of the bravery and endurance of the
Spanish troops in his command. He says
that the raw young soldiers endured
hunger and thirst, sickness and fatigue
without complaint and that no troops in
the world could have behaved better or
have accomplished more under the circum-
stances.
General Pando claims that if the insur-
gents can be driven to fight a pitched
battle, the Spainiards will defeat them in
short order, even though the enemy may
be in larger numbers.
Concerning the advance of the second
insurgent army under Jose Maceo and
Rabi, General Pando said that this force
was trying to convey westward a consid-
cradle quantity of arms, ammunition and
other supplies intended for the insurgents
in this province and Pinar del Rio, But,
the general added Maceo and Rabi have
been engaged seven times with the Span
iards since they entered the province of
Santa Clara, and a considerable portion of
the war material, ETC., has either been cap
tured or lost en- route.
In the generals opinion the einsurrection
is completely ended so far as the province
of Santiago de Cuba is concerned, and he
asserts that there is very little activity
among the insurgents remaining in the
eastern part of the province Of Santa Clara.