The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-04

His Trial Ey Court Martial Being Procee"'
ed with Behind Closed Doors.

ed with Behind Closed Doors.
HAVANA. April s.-The report sent out
from Key West. to the effect that Gen.
Rivera was shot at sunrise this morning.
Is untrue. The trial by court-martial or
Gen. Rivera is being proceeded with be-
hind closed doors at San Cristobal
Dispatches from Cienfussos, province OF
Santa Clara, announce that Capt. Gen.
Weyler has ordered the arrest and i'm
prisonment OF the Chief of Police there.
senor Merina; several police inspectors.
ana thirty-nve other persons. IL appears
that the Captain General. while Nlsiling
the marine hospital, which contained
twenty patients. made inquiries which
elected the information that the ratioDs
there were OF poorer quality than those
served I'm the military hospitals. wnere
there are 300 patients. Thereupon he Is
sued orders 10 the effect that while all
useless expenditure was 10 be avoided, al
persons convicted Of deprving the sick %
what is due TO them will be severely pun
lshed.
Among those who are said 10 be impli-
Gated in the scandal Is prominent prop
erty owner and member of the santa
Clara provincial deputation. II is further
other and more important persons Of high
social standing 10 is also said that sep
eral officers Of high rank viii surely he
arrested in connection with the same 81
fair.
The Captain General has given a dinner
10 the commanders Of the volunteer corps
OF the Cienfuegos district force which
he holds In high esteem. lie praised the
volunteers for their always honorable
services i'm the past, saying they mad
shared with the regular army in the toll
and suffering which fell TO the lot Of
those who were saving the country. The
Captain General In conclusion informed
the volunteers that they represented the
nerve OF the Spanish nationality IN tne
Antilles.
The military comma nder OF n certain
town i'm Santa Clara recently telegraph
ca 10 the Captain General. announcing
that the surrender of an important local
insureent leader and his followers was
impending. and asking Gen. Weyler %
call back the columns OF troops which
were IN pursuit Of the leader referred 70
and stop all active operations against him
pending his surrender. The Captain Cen
eral replied that he would not suspend
hostilitics. adding that the lives OF those
who desire 20 surrender and present them
selves 10 the Spanish authorities VIII De
respected by the troops.
The military line across tho province or
I Puerto Principe. from Jucaro. IN the
south. 10 Moron, in the north. has been
entirely closed The Spanish troops, oc-
curying the iaiand Of Turiguana, on the
/ Moron coast. have constructed fort ma
| the only pass which it is possible 10 gel
| through. and the Spanish military author
/ tiles believe thai the line or forts now
stretching across that part OF the island
/ has so restrained the movements OF the
insurgents under Gen. Maxine Gomez
that nothing IS left 10 the latter but to
escape by sea In boat.
/ 4 dispatch from Santa Clara announces
/ the arrest there Of Senior Joaquin Pena.
editor Of El Universe. The FIRST tele-
graphic dispatch received from san Juan
" MARITIME I'm the western part Of the
province Of Pinar del Rio. since the In
surrection broke out. arrived here yester-
dav. The Marquis Palmer0la, Secretary
I OF the government. has arrived here from
/ Cienfuegos. and trains are now rum ng
east and west without any difficulty.
which is pointed to by the Spanish au-
fhorities as being proof positive OF the
+ decline of the insurrection.
The Alfonso XIII. battalion az ford
across the Henahana River on the bor-
+ dors of Santa Clara. near Gueracabuya.
was engaged with a force Of 2lO insur-
gents. who were trying TO cross the river
I into the province OF MatanZas. The enemy
occupied good positions. whore they
awaited the advance of the troops. In
the ncht which followed the insurgents
were defeated with the loss OF many men