The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-16
THE AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
BlancO Finds Difficulty in the Way
of His Amnesty Dccrees.
CONDITION OF THE ARMY.
The New Captain General u soovers 80.
Tious Compilations Among His
Fighting Men Wounded sol.
diers Rsturasd by Cubans

OF the government TO persuade or COM
pei grinders to resume planting and az.
ford protection. The action OF the In.
surgents does not seem TO have been
taken into consideration and without
their consent In exchange for tribute
no amount OF government protection
can suffice TO prevent the burning OF
cane Already the work OF lncendl-
arism Is said to have been begun.
Smoke has been rising to the south.
west Of Havana. distant apparently
abou, twenty miles. and Il Is reported
the rebels are burning plantations.
Even assuming the insurgents would
permit and reconcentrados flock 10 the
plantations. II Is said to be impossible
Co harvest the crop. owing TO the ox.
termination OF oxen.
Application OF the decree OF amnesty
Btill hangs FIRE Gen. Blanco Is anxlouI
20 get the American prisoners Oh his
hands, but Is fettered by red tape. the
Competitor prisoners being In the
hands OF the naval authorities. and
many formalities must be gone
through before they are released. Il ls
expected, however. that they will soon
be at liberty. Louis Somelllnn, who
Is a prisoner here. Is Ia the same pre-.
dicament. being In the hands Of the
civil authorities The only other two
Americans are In Santiago de Cubs
and their release has been ordered.
Gen. blanco's Investigations into the
condition Of SPANS army In Cuba
have already reversed a dcplorable
condition Of affairs. Not only are
frauds IN connection with the payment
Of troops being brought 10 light. bui
proof Is being obtained that Of the two
hundred thousand men sent 10 Gen
Weyler, only a small percentage are
now iit for active service.
The towns are garrisoncd principal.
ly 10y convalescent soldiers. too weak
In many instances 20 ofor more than .
feeble resistance 10 the attacks OF the
rebels.
One OF the first army surgeons says
the new administration will be- % card
Tor SPANS ~ troops In not one II
the city hospitals 81 Havana. for ex.
ample Is there any available beds on
November 6. the military government
OF this city received a message 90 the
effect that 900 100 and wounded sol.
diers were on their way TO Havana by
the Maianzas railroad. lie communi. |
Gated this fact 10 the hospital authorl. |
ties only 20 receive the reply that Il !
was absolutely impossible % receive
another man
The military commander in Guues re-. |
ports that patients IN the military hos. |
pltal they are entirely without mcdi. |
cincs and other neccssaries. and that
the food supply Is entirely made. |
quatc. The small hospital fund. no
states. Is long since expended and |
large amounts are owing 90 shopkeep. |
ers. Proprietors 81 stores have notl. |
fed the hospital authorities that they
will not furnish any more goods on
credit
The chivalry Of a Cuban leader. Juan
Delgado. has numined this harbaroui
war. nelgado and his forces had .
hard fight with the Spanish regulart
IN the Hanbre hill. near Managua In
brilliant charge and after hand tc
hand battling Delgdo captured oil
Spanish captain aud fourteen soldiers |
Most Of them were severely wounded /
by machetes. While Weyler was
here scores Of wounded Cuban wer,
stabbed 90 death with bsyonets or shot
to death AZ they lay stretched on the
field
Il Jared differently with nelgado't
prisoners. His surgeons were not toe
busy with their wounded 10 dress the
wounds 81 their enemies Then. while
the fight was stlll raging. nelgndt
hoisted a Tag Of truce and under Il n.
turned 10 their commander the 10 men
who. with their wounds stanched. Thea
had a chance for their lives.
The splendid chivalry of this action
touched the Spanish commander. whs
retired, sending word hack 90 Dclgade
by the wounded men and said II win
not nrht longer to-day with an enemy
who has treated wounded spanish sol.
oilers so nobly"
Alexander Rodriguez. the Cuban
leader, machetcd thirty Spanish guerll.
las near San Felipe Strong forces
were sent after Rodriguez Il ls now
announced trmmnhantly aud Officially
that the Spanlards Killed twenty oil
RodriWez's soldiers near Managua on
November 10
a plot Is on foot 10 capture or krlI
Raoul Arrange and Nestor Arangueron
the two Cuban leaders. who have been
90 active Ia the vicinity OF Havana
Beside harrassIng the spaniard. theh
presence 90 near the city utterly con.
Pounds all the official statements about
pacinCatiOn." the "suhsidence OF the
rebellion" and such Spanish twaddle
The best efforts OF the Spanish have
failed 60 KIN or capture Arrange and
Aranguoren on the ncld. So the plol
was on foot 10 buy their followers "a
bctray them.
just so Gen. Castillo was BETRAYED
by a false friend into the hands of
the civil guard. The man who betrayed
Castillo cllnked Spanish coin In hh
pocket and openly boasted Of His per.
fdy In this city.
Those In the plot against Argangu.
eron and Arrange are the alleged au.
Rafael Fernandez. Herman.
doz, Volasco. who asplrcs to hc an
officer OF guorillas aud a certain Cant.
iala, friend OF Aranguerons surgeon
hut the Cuban leaders know OF this
plot too. Three days ago Felix &c
vault was sent by the government NJ
nm omissary 10 Arangueron. who
promptly banged him Two other 4
sent by the government have not YET