The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-30
AWAITING HIS SUCCESSOR.
Gen. Fitlhush Lee Win Return Home as
Soon as Relieved from Day.
HIS FAMILY TO SAIL NEXT THURSDAY,
A Fierce ,stt,. foush on sunday. and
Gen. Rivera tasen frironsr--''"mez
E.c.pes Weylcr Complete sue
cess o. Linfada's Expedition.


on Thursday ncNl General Lee himself
Will await his successor appointment.
ana 90 will. therefore be some time be-
fore bee takes his departure.
Charles Scott thc American. who has
just been released sailed Tor home on
The Ward Line steamer yesterday.
GOMEZ PROBABLY ESCAPED.
NJ news has been received from Done-
TAI Weylcr and tnc ucHcf is growing
here that General Gomez has easily cs-
cap,a thc columns meant TO surround
him as before.
Famine and disease are increasing
among the country folk. VINO have driven
into Aiatanzas ana are sleeping IN stables.
Two Thousand of THESE refugees went 10
the Mayor office q Few days ago and
begged permission TO so outside to gather
vegetables. They were allowed to 80 UNI
de- guard.
The opinion among them IS growing
that the spanish. having devastated the
.. . .... 4..... ......u o.. ... ..ss..r
before the war d. ended. Inc condition
of the mon. women and children is dcs-
pcratc. and the approaching rainy season
cannot fau 10 cause a. widespread pesu-
lCucc
D" .l'' ~. "'''.,'.. .,.o,,.,nor. In tbe
'"' "i'"i''." ,',,' ,,.,,i,,s and ATTACK
So-'"Iel p"'ii'u
the smaller towns nightly.
Dispatches printed here hint at efforts
toward compromise. bat all mere say
10 halfway measure viii bc considered
"s 49, .., r-rit.d States moves IN
,,.,,.r either I'm thc interest OF peace
80 an account of Unforeseen events
which may occur.
Tbo most pressing question here to-day
- what VIII happen 81 Woyler returns
from Santa Clara. AS before having zone
nothing but 20 lay waste lue Vgui ~,
AID leave me insuit, l-.1 ,1ts.atisea1-
molesttd an OPP" S''"" "
ZION Wouio Do 'n,'' 80 ,,oi.i,c, biilofs
NeheIdi Nt|i,i ~ ~. .ho,-
equal g" s"N'i' 'S Op'''. - -, ~ forc.
Keepers E,' ,' 49, 49,, ,,,(,,.,. ,,non the
10 ioist his p'" P"i,' go, mo do
country. nus - ..,,,,,t ,,onor ,nono.
cree ls i"uNi''t az 49, ,,,,st nunish
V'p' e, , ~ hecome ridiculous.
10y, ~ ~, D.. .,,,.l,,,.rd in, The extreme
ne - 80 r4.vana IS fevorish
anu '"' '"'' ,f....,,,l., Nelaeco. while
,h. hills of Pinar
rf, .cstcrdov encountered
". lat.,lsaos . marty of rebels one hun
-, 80, ,lrdor The insurgcnt gcncr-
80. ui,.ors
az. N".D NIL , stronc position
-. .t,,Alo,nl,. hut after an
anu i0"-'', 80. ~. yvaro defeated
ho.I ',-"1 -. ,,.,,rio IN withstand
anu 'iSi'' 1t.,,.',,d .,netofry ere
inc n'"'f
ct,>,rRAT. RIVERA CAPTURED.
80 '..' - Rivera. suffering from
i"'', Ii, .,',,,ds and his chief Of
- nm, were taken pris-
'.'" ,,,,t.,s,,, ,rerrv. Of the in
""''N' "'" - holi,: sounded
s"is'hl P'',s VIZ In 80 ,lso left
iN " il"-'',' N' ~ a." -. m. rebels
in t"e h"i''7 OF '.' ia Win thcm.
49,. co.. ala that tbcv were
nu' '''' a,h, ,rroons lost one
"'"'' ~ , ..,,. ,io,,ton,nt and TWEEN
..'',' ,t..,,. ,.o3rdad The prison
~ '.-' l, &c.. nj colonel Racailao.
VS. W g., rristohal but Lieu
49, 49,. Ill ~, ,,c rod
'','"'.. %. 1ienofcb from
LoNDoN' ''"' So. s,,.. ,bot
Maori" "" 'u' -, -, 49, .ntro-
the Spanish ."''"e' nav W. NV ~,
due" reforms mo 'he i"li'''''7-' go
affairs in cuba prior To the "peni"S
tls '1rtcs and upon the assthnllhS "i
the chambers. viii ask i'"t a DIN %. pass
al providing ind mniiN Tor lhe outlay H-
cured. The government VIII also lhs u
tutc reforms upon restricted Sc"l' ]"
the Philippine Islands.
WNSHlNGToN. March 81 oneui-"eh-
g.