The times., 1897-10-29
WARNED WITH DYNAMITE
Two Bombs Exploded Near III
CerrO, Havana City.
SPECIMEN SPANISH DUPLICITY
The Cowardly Assassination of Col.
Ad0lfo Del Castillo-Lured into al
Trap by Pretended Friend The
Body of the Murdered Cuhan
BarSa rously Mutilated.

Havana, via Key West, oct 2s.-Two
| dynamite bombs exploded ON Tuesday iii
the ncighboIlood OF FL Cerro, Havana city
The bolnbs did some damage to the bar
racks occupied by Spanish soldiers. but
neither killed nor wounded anybody. 1t
is generally believed that the explc sion
| was caused by Cubans merely 10 warn the
! Spanish @oiunteers not To carry out their
threats Of committing murder during the
| proposal demonstration Ia tLyOr Oi Gen.
| Weyl.sr
! There is no doubt that if the volun-
teers repeat their butcheries of 1869, some
! conspicuous Spaniards viii be killed by
| the Cubans in retaliation, and Havana will
| fail into a state Of anarchy in which the
foreign residents Will be imperilled. Only
| fear of Cuban revenge is likely tO prevent
rapinc and murder by the volunteers on
tne defenseless native families in the
capital.
Thereport that thegovernment0rSag
| in order to prevent those outrageS, intends
] To discharge the volunteers and 'lisarm
them is not or edit ed here by the people who
| know the relations which the Spanish gov
ernments have always maintained with the
savage nob, officially styled the most pa
! triotic institution Of volunteers OF Havana. =
! The details CT the death OF the Cuban
| leader, Col. AdolfO Del Castillo are shock.
! ing. Castillo, before the war, vas Ter
/ sUnal friend OF Senor Rafael de Castro,
an autunomist leader OF Havana A few
/ days ago it is said Castillo was sum
muned by Castro ard another man named
/ Angel Paz to a conference with refer
! encc to q treaty of peace.
The Interview took place In a house on
| tic highway between La Chorrera and
Managua. near Havana, a.ld Castro tried
| to convince Castillo of the adyisability Of
| surrenderiag 10 Spain ON the basis OF home
! rule. Tie insurgeut leader answered that
I ne would accept nothing short OF indie
/ pendence. and suggested that, on this
! condition. honorable arrangements for
I both parties could be made.
\ second interview was then agreed
| upon and Castillo, conftdinS i'll the good
| faith OF Castro did not attend the sec
! ond meeting, as he bad the first, with
! a heavy escort, but went alone and armed
| 8nly with his nachete. a trap " as pre-
| pared for him. The Spanish colonel, Pag-
lieri, and force OF Spanish soldiers were
concealed In the house aud when Cas-
| tiilo entered 70 meet Castro, after few
friendly words had been exchanged at
the door with Angel Iaz, he was sur,
rounded aHd murd cred.
! The body of Castillo was barBarously
mutiiated. The head was hanging rroin
! the rear OF the car in whb,h the body
/ was prought TO Havana. Behind the ear
/ hundreds Of volunteers and drunken span
iards came on crying Death 10 the trait
! ors'' and Lung live Gen. Weyler." l.
was tie most terrible demonstration OF
! Spanish Savagery seen iI the streets of
( Havana during the present war.
/ The command OF Castillo's insurgent
! forces has been given to Gen. Vidal Dac-
| cassi. / am informed that a resolution
! has been passed in the Cuban camp SEN
/ fencing Fernandez de Castro to death.
| Castro is q deputy in the Spanish Cortes.
! and the proprietor Of two large sugar es-
tates in Havana province. He is also
| accused by the Cubans Of the assassination
at the beginning OF the war Of the in
| surgent leader, Manuel Garcia.