Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28

Key West Fla, Jan. 25.-A horrible
story comes from Jumante, Province OF
santa Ciara, telling of quick retribu-
non 10 the Spaniards for their barber
u methods of warfare. A Spanish
iorce under Capt. Martelh entered the
pace. which had been the camp of the
insurgents, and before going away Sc.
cretiy poisoned the wells; that even
ing q Spanish band Of guerrillas en-
tered the town and used the water
from which over twenty-five died. The
guerrilla captain charged the Cuban
residents with poisoning his men. He
took the principal residents prisoners
and shot them dead. He then turned
the women over to the tender mercies
OF the men who shot young boys who
attempted to save their mothers and
SISTERS. He burned the village.
Insurgents Destroy a Gunbont.
Advices received here state that the
Spanish gunboat Cometa has been
captured and burned by the insurgents.
The place where the gunboat anchored
was favorable for an attack from
shore. The insurgents opened on the
vessel with a underground Hotchkiss
gun. The vessel was struck several
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the crew was In confusion, boats load
ed with insurgents left the shore and
the Cometa was boarded. A desperate
hand-to-hand fight took place ON the
deck or b gunboat Tie Spanish com.
mander and half his men having been
killed, the survivors surrendered. The
insurgents sent the prisoners ashore
and then looted the vessel, securing a
great quantity of ammunition, many
~cutlasses and pistols and a few rifles.
Two quick-firiDg cannon were also re-
moved. The insurgents then fired the
boat which was soon burned to the
waters edge.
Attempted To Capture weyler.
New York, Jan. GA dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: Gen.
Weyler has received his baptism of
fire in the field. Eighteen of his spe-
cial escort of guides have arrived here
seriously wounded with machete
thrusts. Several have stree died. From
their account IL is clear that early on
Tuesday morning the rebels on Aran-
guron and Arrange made a startling,
bold and dashing attempt to capture
b captain general, which was nearly
crowned with success
butchers
A Key West Special to the World
says: Spanish guerrillas surrounded
n Palmeras, twenty miles south Of
Artemisa. at midnight and fired all
the dwellings. AS the inmates rushed
out they were shot down, women as
well as men. When morning came
more than fifty bodies were seen
among the ruins. A Cuban band, at
tracted by the firing, came up two
hours afterward and started after the
~Spaniards. Catching up with them a
hot fight ensued, and out of a company
of seventy-fye guerillas thirty-five
were killed.
Capture OF Santa Clara.
City of Mexico, Jan. %. Various
travellers just arriving from Cuba con-
firm the capture OF Santa Clara by the
Cubans. They also bring news that the
insurgents have been fighting In the
near vicinity Of Havana and q few
days ago wrecked a passenger train
within two miles OF that city.
Well, Why Don't He Try Its
Madrid. Jan. 25.-The reported at
tempt of the insurgents in Cuba to
capture Capt. Gen. Weyler is declared
here as unfounded. According to a
Havana dispatch Capt Gen. Weyler
declares that there are only a few reb-
els left In Havana and Matanzas prov
incee, and that they can easily be dis
persed.