The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-20
REBEL HANDS DYED IN RED.
ARANGUEREN PUT TO DEATH SIM
ULTANEOUSLY WITH RUIZ.

The Order For the Double Execution
Issued by the BIOOd-Thirsty Rod
riguez-The Men Executed Met as
Friends and Ruiz Not on IN OIL
ciaI MissiOn-Gen. BIancO Looks
Upon the Tragedy as Proof of the
Strength of Autonomy.
Washington, Dec. 19.-The following ca
legation to-day:
Havana, Dec. 19.-Absolutely trust
worthy reports permit us to affirm that
Lieut.-Col Ruiz was shot with Aranguer-
en- Friday by order of Alexander Rodri-
guez. After several letters exchanged be-
tween Ruiz and Arangueren, Ruiz left EIa-
vana on Monday to meet Arangueren, not
upon an official mission. and only as
friend. 1t is not known how Rodriguez ar
rived but the fact is that the leader or
dered the shooting of both.
THE ferocity of such act and proceed
ing indicates better than anything else the
faith in autonomy, the insurgents being
obliged to resort to terror to prevent the
disbanding of their bands. Such is the gen.
mously qualities such acts as savage and
unworthy. Blanco"
London,De 20--The Madrid correspond
ent of the Standard says: Gen. Blanco
reports that negotiations with several In
fluential insurgent chiefs are progressing
so favorably that he hopes to detach from
the rebellion important forces, which are
willing to accept autonomy.
''Senor de LONE has cabled the govern
ment that the American government ex-
poets to command a sufficient majority in
the House of Representatives to check all
military motions until the summer recess
in July next, thus securing Spain respite
for a year"
Havana, Dec. 19.-The official statement
as to the execution by the insurgents of
Lieut.. Col. Joaquin Ruiz says he was shot
on Friday last by order of the insurgent
commander Alejandre Rodriguez, with the
the approval of the insurgent commander
Arangueren.
The general opinion is that it was bar
barous act.
A Spanish detachment at Guamo on the
province of Santiago de Cuba, was be-
sieged from Nov. to 12 last and valiant
ly repelled the insurgents. On Nov. 27 a
fierce attack was made on the fort by a
large body of insurgents with two can.
non. More than $50 cannon shots made
a sieve of the fort and destroyed fac
tory. Finally the insurgents got inside
fIa rfra
on the garrison TO surrender. The garri-
son officer, according to the official ac-
count, refused to listen to the demand, and
with heroic pride continued the defense
until Dec. TO-"
The insurgents left twenty
six killed inside the wire fence,
and quantity of arms and
ammunition, which the garrison used, ac-
oording to the official account, to pro-
long its desperate defense.
Gen. Aldave, while accommodating in the
neighborhood, found the bodies of three
other insurgents, and as many graves.
During the attack on the fort the in
surgents lost, it is officially asserted, 200
killed and wounded. The garrison had
only six killed and thirty-one wounded.
But the fort was completely destroyed and
the garrison was without water with
pestilence all around and only a little
food.
Gen Pando and the column under Col.
Bruna, assisted by the gunboats Deepen
diette, Louisa, Centnala and Velassuez,
found in the river Cauto three large tor
pedoes and also many small sunken YES
sells. They destroyed with dynamite a
quantity of the effects of the insurgents at
Cienega del Buey and Cayaman
Gen. Aldave, who left Cauto del Embos-
cadero about the same time had an en-
gagement on Dec. 8, at Laguna de Ytabo,
losing 20 killed, among these two captains,
and 80 wounded, among them a doctor and
two officers. The insurgents were com
PEELED to abandon their trenches and re-
tired after heavy loss.
While reconnoitering the extensive zones
in that district, Gen. Aldave had one SOL
dier seriously wounded and a captain
slightly wounded.