Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-02
FoRTY-oNE FILIBusTERs DROWNED
Two Bonts from Three Friends Upset
-weyIer Says Rebels Are Scarce.

Two Bonts from Three Friends Upset
-wcyIer Snys Rebels Are Scarce.
HAVANA, Jan. 1.-Prlvate advces have
been received which confirm previous re
port that forty-one fibusters from the
steamer Three Friends, under Arano, hav
ing in their possession $50 rifles and sail.
ing in two boats, were capsized off Jaruco
on the north coast of Havana province by
reason of the rough seas. 1t is said that
all OF the men were drowned.
Captain General Weyler arrived tonight
at Bayate, near Candalerfa. Captain Cen
eral Weyler announces that there are only
5000 rebels left in the province Of Plnar
del Rio, divided into two groups, under
Ducassi. General Weyler says further that
he believes that his presence in the prov
tnce Will be unnecessary after a few more
days. and that he will be able to take the
Spanish forces out OF the province and con-
tinue his plan OF campaign In the other
provinces.
Tho war correspondent of La Lucha oil
this CITY, Senor Canarte has telegraphed to
his paper the substance of an interview
which he had yesterday with Captain General
Weyler, whose column he Joined at San
Cristobal. The captain general assured the
correspondent that there were only about
500 insurgents in the province of Pinar del
Rio, adding: II am able 10 say that the prov
ince is pacifed. Sickness bullets and hun
ger will terminate the revolution. | will
treat the leaders with consideration II they
surrender all or nearly all of their followers.
Nobody can consider himself the owner Of
the cattle in the mountains and woods which
were born last year, and allow the soldiers
and the poor 10 gather them together and get
what benefit they can from them l have
also provided for the establishment Of cul-
tivated zones In order to avoid famine, and
| congratulate myself upon the suppression
n In oil n rphplg
are lacking In valor and other elements to
make the uprising success.
with the assistance of the commercial
chambers | hope to establish cultivated
zones in the province of Havana between the
two railroad lines, but | cannot allow peo-
pie to build houses outside of the towns, as
they only serve as a refuge for bandits.
"Ruis Rivera Is disregarded by the
Cuban partsans and is lacking in the quail
ties 20 make an insurgent commander, and
neither Quintin Banderos nor CaliXto Garcia
has as much prestige as Antony Maceo'
At San Cristobal General Weyler Joined
forces with those of General Obregon from
Candelaria.
Colcnel PAWS while on a reconnoiterinG
expedition, surprised and dispersed an in
surgent camp of 100 men at the heights OF
Gener on the Matanzas.
ACTIVITY OF INSURGENTS.
The insurgents have again attacked the
village of Cobre in the province of Santiago
de Cuba. They WERE however repulsed with
lose.
The insurgents have blown up the railroad
near the village of Cristo. The insurgents
attacked the train, but were repulsed by the
military escort.
Captain General Weyler will continue en-
camped at Bayate Until tomorrow
Weyler ordered a double ration Of food
and wine to be served to the troops today.
Senator-elect Money of Mississippi, wh1
is a member of the committee on foreign
affairs of the American house of representa-
tives, paid visit today to the palace, ac-
companied by United States Consul General
Lee and Vice Consul Springer. The mar
quis of Ahumada, acting for the captain
general, was absent and an aid-de- camp in
formed the visitors that General Weyler
would soon return to Havana. Mr.. Money eX-
pressed his regret at not seeing the marquis
of Ahmuada and at being unable to await
the return Of General Weyler before he left
tho island
Vice Consul General Springer will sail for
the United States tomorrow on the steamer
Olivette.
Francis Rovessa was sent yesterday to the
Chafarinas, but upon arriving at Porto
Rico he was liberated it being proved that
he was a Mexican. He will, however, be
expelled from the island
NEW YORK. Jan. IA Key West dis
patch to the World says: There is abso-
!uteiy NO truth III the report capleu from
Madrid that forty-one men of the Three
Friends expedition were drowned after hav-
ing been landed on a key off the Cuban
coast. The cargo was safely landed with
half a dozen men to bury it until they could
find a large body of insurgents to carry it
away. The commander of the expedition.
Major Morales. did not land at that point,
but took thirty-four men with him to a key
on the coast to await the coming of another
expedition, which was to carry nearly 100
men. AS both expeditions were to land at
the mouth of the San Juan river, Major
Morales determined to prevent the second
from running into the Spanish trap as his
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