The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
REPORT OFGOMEZ DEATH
AFTERWARDS MODIFIED TO STATE
NE IS BADLY BOUNDED,
1t Has Not Been Confirmed and is Not Bes
Iieved-General Lee aud His
Son Exonerated.

HAVANA, June pa passenger train
bound fr,m Hdvana to Matanzas has been
dynamited by Insurgents between san
Miguel and CAMPO Florida. The loco
motive was throw from the track and
capsizs1, and two cars were derailed. The
engineer and firemen We're injured.
A bali Of Insurgents to-day entered
the village OF Ca'ahacar. in HavLna prov
ince, and pluncered several stores
GOMEZ DEATH REPORTED.
RumorS have been 3fOat here since yes
terday morning probably -emanatinS from
official circles that General Maxine Co
mez, rhe ~insursent commander in chief,
has been killed in a fight near the mill
tary line. i'm the province of Puerto Prin-
cipe. extending from Jucarc 70 Moran.
The reports have not been confirmed.
Captain-General Weyler arrived this
morning at JuracO, and continues his trip
to ManiZillO. IL is officially stated that
hundreds of families continue 20 surrende
TO the Spanish authorities at Trinidad
and Sancti Splritus, province or santa
Clara
General SECURE. in an interview. inform
ed a correspondent OF La Lucha that the
insurgents are 50 weak IN the blatiitt
OF Sancti Spiritus that the local gucrllli
forces are sufficient TO fight the insur-
gents. whose surrender there TO the
Spaniards is shortly expected.
Ii is reported the Spanish Columns nave
brought 800 head OF cattle into Sancti
Spiritus. Later to-day the report or the
killing of General Gomez, was modihed 10
the statement that he has been seriously
wounded. but nobody outside OF official
circles believes this report 10 be- true.
La Lucha publishes q dispatch from
Tunis giving a report Of an interview hai
by its correspondent with the Spanish
General SECURE. in which the latter said
that In the last engagement between the
Spanish forces and the insurgents under
General Maxine Gomez, the horse dden
by Gomez was shot under him. Accord
ing 10 official advices. q number of in
surgents who have SURRENDERED 10 the
authorities at Placates assert positively
that in the same engagement IN wnich
General Gomcz's horse was killed the
insurgent leader himself was
Official reports say that no engagements
of Importance have taken place recently
WOODFORDfS APPOINTMENT.
La Lucha. commenting upon the APP
pOintment Of Gcrcrai Stewart l.. Wood
ford TO be United States Ambassador TO
Madrid. says the report that the General
carried with him some important dOcu-
ments from President Mckinley 10 Spain
has caused a certain amount or excite
ment as indicating the possibility OF d.
rect or indirect Intervention Tor CUBA
on the part Of the United States.
The editorial ettack of the impartial
OF Madrid, upon the son OF Genera tltz-
hugh Lee, the United States Consul-Gen-
eral. he'e charging the young mar with
being implicated In the pre- nature publ
cation OF his fathers report OF the re-
suits Of the investigation into tie death
DR.. Ricardo Ruiz, the American citlzen
who meS his death by violence IN the JAN
OF Guanabacoa, is refuted by he Havana
correspondence OF the newspaper which
published the report. He has written a
letter 10 La Lucha denying most en-
phatically that an advance copy or me
report was obtained from either General
Lee his son. or from any emplOye Of the
United States consulate in Havana.