The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-28
ed ladies and gentlemen, reported last

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week.
Venancio Sorenz, a Spaniard, command
ing detachment of troops in Santiago de
| Cuba, has Joined the insurgents, carrying
the arms and ammunition of the fort he
had in charge. consisting of 100 rifles and
| 5000 rounds of ammunition.
An expedition is said to have landed at
La Ca.eta, near Cape Maysic.
! 1t is also reported that Ruis Rivera gave
a severe thrashing to Gen. Melgulzo. near
! Whales, and inflicted heavy losses the
| Spaniards losing thirty dead and eighty
wounded. This is known at the palace
but the facts has not been given out Cffi-
cially, because they still persist in making
the people believe there is no lighting in
Pinar del Rio, the rebels being all demor-
! allied and scattered all over the country
! 1t is reported that when Gen Weyler
was marching down Candida hill. near
! Guines, six shots were fired at him by
some party hidden in the bushes near by
wounding lieutenant at his side and a
! private. 1t is also rumored that two of
his adjutantnts were wounded.
| yesterday occasioned considerable laugh
| ter, saying that Minister de LONE had
| communicated to the state department
that the provinces of Havana and Ma
, tanzas were virtually pacifed, and that
| all the sugar estates in these sections
were actually grinding, when, in fact, not
one estate in either of these sections, nor
any other, as far as known in Havana
are grinding, since all the cane fields are
| now on fire. The Toledo estate right at
| the gates of Havana, has had to stop
| grinding, because it has no cane, all hav-
| ing been burned.
| Advices received from Sagua la Grande
| from trustworthy source, give shocking
details of the doings of the notorious
| Capt Carreras of the local guerillas of
! the place, and we'll known for the part he
| took in the outrage committed on Ameri-
| can citizens last year.
On the 18th instant passing by the town
| of Malpaez, six miles southeast of Sagua,
| he ordered it burned, and at the same
| time he arrested and carried off a number
of the peaceful citizens of the town.
| Among them four were well known in Sa-
| qua, and he had them all hacked to pieces
with machetes. One, named Francisco
| Diaz, was quiet, unoffensive man, highly
esteemed for his honesty and hard work.
| ing qualities.
| The guerilla chief brought into Sagua
1
! them poor cripple, only 2S years of age,
| with a wife and three children. a French
| citizen, on whose farm this poor cripple,
| EstanislaO Rogue, was employed, says
that he viewed the dead body after being
| brought into town, and that the imprint
/ of the cords with which he was bound
| were plainly visible. The names of the
| rest of the killed are as follows:
Pedro Nodarse, aged 32 leaves a wife
and seven children.
Jose Rogue, aged 26, leaves a wife and
! four children.
Francisco Diaz, aged 3s, leaves wife and
| seven children.
Stanislao Rogue, aged, %, leaves a wife
and three children
member of Carreras' guerillas gave the
| above facts and when asked if he did dis
| like such method of warfare he cooly
replied: "At first it was sickening to me,
| but now I do not mind 1t" He also said
| that they had orders from the commander
! of that zone to kill everybody and every
thing in sight, burn everything they could
burn, and that which would not burn is
to be cut down, even to banana trees. That
| this is being done, there is information
| from unquestioned sources
The same authority says he witnessed
over twenty families tramping into Sagua,
! driven from MalpaeZ. Some OF the wo-
| men and children were virtually nude. He
| also says that in the town of Quenmado de
! Guines, fifteen miles west of Sagua, there
are 300 families camped inside OF the forti-
| hcations with nothing to eat and no shell
| ter driven from their little country huts,
which the Spanish troops burned, together
with their clothing, etc. He also learned
from a Spanish officer that three days ago
Gomez's infantry encamped on the Mana
like zstbecomhqx xono2x l4oXe
janbo plantation, which is between Santa
Clara and Camajuani. He also Informed
the same party that there was no doubt
Gomez had received a big expedition at
some point along the Sagua coast
One of the ultra-Spaniards said to him
a few days ago: II cannot understand the
motives Of our government in destroying
the island. We Spaniards own or have in
terests in most of it, and by the policy
being pursued Spaniards are the real suf-
ferers'
Beyond question, the troops have official
authority to lay waste wherever they 60
The situation in Sagua can be summarized
thus: The insurgents, convinced that the
troops will destroy everything In reach
have ensconsed themselves behind the
hills and are giving them full play, but
this should not be regarded as cowardly
on the part of the rebels I'm making no
efforts to prevent their non -oom batan.s
from being murdered as they have
enough 70 do in holding their own against
the overpowering forces they have to con-
tend with.
The rabid Spanish papers of Cienfuegos
report that the local guerillas Of Manacas
q town about ten miles from Santo Do
mlngo. met an insurgent force, that sew
enteen guerillas were killed outright. and
the balance had disappeared. The insur-
gent account of 1t Is that they killed nine
guerillas and captured the entire band.
As the guerillas receive no mercy at the
hands Of the insurgents the Spanish re-
port Of the disappearance is about cor
rect.
LOAN ASSOCIATION SHORT