The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-01
MUCH SICKNESS IN CUBA
THOUSANDS OF SPANIARDS AND Ma
TIVES ARE SUFFERING.
Hospital Accommodations to Be In
creased-WeyIer Still Talking
About Pacifying the Island.

HAVANA June 30.-La Lucia publishes an
interview which it's correspondent at San
tiago de Cuba has had with Captain Cen
eral Weyler regarding the latters plans for
the pacification of that province. The gem
eral is quoted as saying: Il came east
personally in order to see the condition of
affairs existing here, and to carry out my
plans. Important movements are impos-
sble now, owing to the rainy season, but
have come to study the problem as on a
chess table so as to be better able to make
the necessary move when the proper time
arrives. 1 am quite satisfied with the mil
itary commander of the province, General
Linares. L cannot say when the operations
will commence"
General Weyler. from Santiago de Cuba,
will go to Manzanillo and personally inspect
the military works in that district In his
opinion the star of the insurgent M
mander in chief, General Maxine Gomez,
has suffered eclipse. and at present Gomez.
according to General Weyler is simply
seeking to escape capture. 1t is still claimed
that Gomez is wounded The captain gen.
eral hopes for a prompt pacification Of the
province of Santiago de Cuba as soon as
the plan of campaign is put into operation.
A special dispatch to La Lucha from
Santiago de Cuba says that General Wey-
ler's chief of hospital staff has ordered the
immediate construction of additional bar
racks with beds for the sick 1t is added
that the local merchants will voluntarily
pay the expenses incurred in the erection
of these buildings. The hospital facilities
Of Guantanamo are also to be increased
and new hospitals are to be established at
Cobro, Longo Palma and Tiguabo, all in
Santiago de Cuba province
There are fifteen hundred sick soldiers in
the hospitals at Manzanille and sickness
prevails at high ratio through the entire
province of Santiago de Cuba, where at
least tWo-flfths of the troops are incapac-
lated by fever and other disorders. Beds
and other nursing facilities are>being for
warded from Havana. The Beattie Broth
ers, a prominent firm of English planters
in the Manzanillo district, have offered the
government one of their warehouses as
military hospital.
At San Crist0bal, in the province of Pinar
del Rio. six thousand "reconcentrados" are
suffering acutely from the existing state
of war and disease. 1t is reported that the
well-lnown insurgent leader, BaldOmero
Acosta, has succumbed to fever
The Ledera column brought fourteen
women as prisoners to San Cristobal,
among whom Were Rose Gomez and Juana
.Ayeline. who had been wounded with bull
let's. Both were sent to the hospital at
There has been considerable skirmishing
during the last two days. On the night of
the 10th the insurgents attacked the viii
lage of Vega Alta. but the Spanish sent
achievements and drove them off They
also made an attack upon the fort at Re
mediOs and burned the farmhouse on the
ElbrO plantation near the town
Leader Alfredo RegO attacked and en-
tered the village of Camanayagua. near
Cienfuegos, plundered several stores and
inflicted severe losses on the garrison. He
also destroyed the telegraph lines near
Cruces.
1t is reported that leaders Lacret and
Merlot have passed the trOcha near Jucaro
from east to west. The insurgents have
burned several houses in the outskirts Of
the village of Santa Maria Rosario, in the
province of Havana, while news comes
from Batabano that there is considerable
concentration of insurgent forces there
Gen. Rus Rivera has been removed from
Cabanas fortress to the military. hospital
of San Ambrosio in this city. He is COM
fortably CHARTERED in the room of an officer.
To-day the government returned to Spain
100 soldiers who were on the invalid list.