The herald., 1897-03-30
Reaches Correspondent
Crosby's Heart
GEN. MAcEo'S SUCCESSOR
FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF THE
SPANISH
Filibuster Ruiz Fined Five Hundred
Dollars and Sentenced to 16
Months Imprisonment
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was received from Con-
sul-General Lee, dated Havana yester-
day: C. e. Crosby of New York repre-
sentative of the Chicago Record, is re-
ported killed while watching a combat
between the Spanish and insurgent
forces near Arroyo Blanco. close to the
boundary of Puerto Principe and Santa
: Clara. He came to the island January
80th.
Mr. Crosby was not an experienced
newspaper man, but his energy supplied
any lack on that score, and his corre-
spondence, which was signed Don Car
los" was of the best that came from the
insurgent side. Crosby was of English
birth and was educated from the cele-
brateG military school of st. Cyr. He
entered the French army and served in
Algiers and elsewhere. Later he became
a civil engineer and as such built a rail-
road in Mexico. in which country he re-
sided for six or seven years. He went
to Cuba as correspondent for the Chi
cago Record last winter. and at once
went tuIOuSH tllt lllCS anu CdSl liio lOl
tunes with the insurgents. not as COM
batant but as a newspaper correspond
ent strictly. His work has been highly
regarded.
A STRAY SHOT.
HAVANA, March 29.-According to
private information reviewed here from
Santa Clara, c. f. Crosby, correspond
ent of the Chicago Record, was present
at an engagement which took place re-
Gently at Arroyo Blanco. in the Sancti
Spiritus district of the province of Santa
Clara, between a Spanish force under
Col. Arizona and body of insurgents
commanded by General Maxine Gomez
Mr.. Crosby was in the camp of the in
surgents. from which place he was
watching the fight through fieldglass.
when he was killed by stray bullet
fired from the Spanish ranks. Nothing
seems to be known of Mr.. Crosby's
death in official circles.
ONA MELTON DYING.
HAVANA, March 29-Ona Melton,
the American newspaper correspondent
who is confined with the Competitors
crew in Cabanas, is reported to be dying.
A lady who went to Cabanas recently
to see relatives incarcerated there, states
that Melton is so weak that he is able to
speak only In "a whisper. He could not
raise himself to the window without the
assistance of his companion. Melton's
cell is damp and foul-smelling. A fellow
occupant of the same compartment with
Melton died with typhoid fever few
days ago.
Melton has had no medical attention
and is now a mere skeleton. He told the
lady mentioned above that he felt that
his end was near and that he was fully
resigned to his fate, preferring death
here now to transportation in chains to
a Spanish penal station off the African
coast later on.
Al SPANISH VICTORY.
HAVANA, March 29.-Gen. Herman
dez velasco, continuing his operations
in the hills of Pinar del Rio with troops
under his command, was engaged yes
terday morning at Cabazedas, Rio Hon
do district, with an insurgent force of
100 men under Gen. Ruis Rivera. The
insurgents ware dispersed and their po
sition captured after hours of fighting.
The troops captured number of pris-
oners, including Maj. Gen. Ruis Rivera,
his chief of staff Col. Bacallao and adju-
tant, Lieut.. Terry. Gen. Rivera and
Lieut.. Terry were both wounded. Ri
vera, who succeeded Antonio Maceo in
command of the tlnsurgent forces of
Pinar del Rio, is considered next in
military Importance to Gen. Maxine
Gomez. The insurgents left ten men
killed. The troops pursuing the enemy
captured a quantity of arms. ammuni-
ton, dynamite caps, etc. The troops
had one man killed, Lieut.. Wolgestraf-
fen, and twentyfour soldiers wounded.
Gen. Rivera and chief of staff, Col
Bacallao, were brought in prisoners at
San Cristobal, Pinar del Rio, last even
ing. Lieut.. Terry, adjutant of Gen. Ri
vera, who was made prisoner at the same
time, died on his way to San Cristobal
He was wounded by the explosion of a
Spanish shell during the engagement at
Cabazedas.
RUIZ SENTENCED.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 2S--Dr.
Joseph J. Ruiz, convicted of filibuster-
ing, was sentenced in the United States
court today to Jail for eighteen months
ard fined 500. Bail was refused pending
an appeal
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