The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-25
THE BURNING OF HOUSES.
Insurgents Attack Various Towns
and Plantations.
A SPY PROVED FALSE TO CUBA.
Smallpox Raging and victims Dying
at "a Fearful Ratc--Rcports of
Numerous skirmishcs.

Havana. via Key West, March 24.--Ac-
cording to official advices received here
the Insurgents ON Thursday night attacked
and burned the greater part OF The village
OF Blanquzail. near Manzanillo. The IN
Surcent leader. Acosta, Mt the same time
attacked the fortiications in the vicinity
of Shoyo Colorado. In the province of
Havana 1t is claimed that the Spanish
were successful. and the Insurgents re-
pulsed IN a number OF encounters. 1t is
reported that the nsurgent leader. Pancho
Carrillo sad 10 have been woundei In u
recent engagement. is recovering FROM
the effects of his injuries.
Adyices have been received hero to the
effect that forty Insurgents recently sue
| cee,icd In deraihng a train out from Isa-
bella to Sagua. The engineer ana seven
OF the traanmen were captured, After
| travelling with their prisoners for some
distance. the insurgents removed all the
| clothing from the train employees and then
set them free.
An insurgent spy recently captured near
tie town of Salud made a confession
| uuon condition of a pardon being granted
to him. He said that the insurgent forces
would attack the towr the next day. The
when the Cubans made an assault upon
the town they were easily repulscd. The
sDy also betrayed uhe insursent committee
III the town. and as result i've persons
We're arrested upon charges OF plotting
against the crown OF Span.
TWO thousand refugees from the fsmire
stricken districts IN the province of Ma
tahzSs recently called az abe headquarters
OF the insurgents in Matanzls and got
PERMISSION " 20 out into The country Tor
tht purpose OF Obtaining food.
1t Is reported here that lhe insurgents
recently captured lquaai. on the road
from Bayaino to Santiago de Cuba also
Santa Rita, located on the road 10 lio-
gum.
smallpox is raging at BAHIA Hondo.
Hundreds OF persons are dying The ref
uSees are said TO be in II pitable s.elte.
me situation can be compared 10 that
Reported from India.
III Is persIstently rumored here that the
San Juan de Las Playas and Sagtm La
Chica fllhustering expedition was escorted
20 me interior OF Cuba by the insurgent
Louder Tunez.
,Advices have been received stating that
me insurgents recently burned the town
o. OF ssfaimIancaS. in the province of Santa
cara. The church ed.fce was destroyed
DV ire and the contents tossed iato the
streets and burned. According to other
| hlVices. the Insurgents succeeded in set
ing IRE to that portion of Guano village
~ Inc province OF f-nar del Rio, rebuilt
since the former obstruction of the town
curing raid OF Cuh1ns. All OF the to-
hacco fields IN the san Juan Martinez dis
,rict' in the province OF Pinar del Rio.
nave been destroyed during recent Gu
ban attacks.
According 10 adviccs received here. the
insurgents have fired on the towns of
Abroya Polo and Calahazar in the prov
.nce OF Havana. Cababazar was burned,
and the splendid house owned by Sebas-
tan Mastre the former tnsurgent leader.
was destroyed by the flames. senior Mas
tire is now rcslng In Mexico. whore he
was recently married to Dolores Rubio,
widow Of the Spanish naval officer.
| Great discomfort exists among the que
| r.la forces al CIharen owing to the
fact that their nay has been reduced one
| third by the author ties.
the recent military operations in Santa
| Clara province. have been without prac-
| teal results General Gomez. who was en-.
| c.rcled by several Spanish columns nj
| bdnagal Santa Clara. succeeded in cvad-
| 'nR them and II "a SAID will invade Ma tan
zas during the latter part of this month.
if"No 90 HS 20 the RECOMMENDATION OF
troops at Santa Clara are contradlctory.
nrot lhiv about 900 men have joined
the insurgents. Both the tnsure ents and
mo regulars burned the canefields, leaving
the country bare.
1t IS reported that the insurgents, taking
odvanage - the darkness cp'arcd the
outskirts Of Nolgu.n and sacked several
stores. They burned fifteen houses. A
great many families have fed to La saud.
where several hundred houses have been
put up surfing the last fortnight to shelter
them from the weather.
General Xinaros. who with 1900 men left
for san Luis Palma. was repeatedly at
tackled by large hends of lnsurgents. He
finally arrived AT the Losas ranch, where
Chico was entrenched in II strong position
near HIM. IN he engagement which fol-
lowed he was defeated. According to re-
ports, General Xinarcs was attacked dur
ing the night and the next day while he
WIS reconno5lsrmg In the vicinity of Pie
dr1s. but defe itcd the insurgents. whose
loss q said to have been twenty-six killed
The Spanish troops had five killed and
twoHty wounded.
DILEMMA