Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-01-29
| ALL EYES IRE ON HAVANA.
ALARMING RUM0Rs AFLOAT.
The Arrival of the United States
War Vessels at Key West-Insur-
gents Unusually Active in the
War Provinces of Cuba.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. PA special
to the Times Union and Citizen from Key
West says:
There has been much excitement in this
city owing to an alarming telegram from
Havana, stating that the streets had
been flooded with an anonymous ultra
Spanish circular calling upon anti-Amer-
leans to mobilize and raid the American
colony
Captain General Blanco, fearful that
the rabid element of the city might at
tempt such violence, has placed an extra
military guard around Consul General
Lees office. Many of the Americans of
the city who believe they are in real dan
ger have prepared their affairs for any
emergency.
This news is what gave rise to the ru-
NOR that General Lee had been assassinat-
ed. The feeling of uneasiness felt here be-
cause of the proximity of this city has
been much allayed, especially since Ad
miral Sicard's fleet of battleships, con-
sisting of the Indiana, Massachusetts,
Iowa and Texas, arrived off the bar. The
Maine, Montgomery and Detroit, and the
torpedo boats Cushing and Dupont left the
harbor and joined the fleet. the whole
making an impressively formidable ap-
pearance, and one inspiring confidence in
! the strong right arm Of Uncle Sam.
The Spanish consul here was uneasy
over the repeated rumors to the effect
that General Lee had fallen victim to
assassination, and wired to the authori
ties of Havana for the truth.
Arrival of the Fleet.
/ Jacksonville, Jan. PA telegram from
Key West says:
Adnirla Sicard, with the battleships
/ New York. Indiana. Massachusetts, Iowa
and Texas. has arrived off the bar. The
Maine Montgomery and Detroit and tor
pedo boats Cushing and Dupont went out
and joined the fleet. An important mes
sage has been received for Admiral ST.
card, but there is no way OF transporta-
! ton to the fleet. kilograms received
| from Havana state that extra guards had
been placed around Consul General Lee :
! office for protection. Circulars were dis
! tributed around Havana calling on the
volunteers fer the protection of the Amer
] lean colony. There is no news of an at
tempt to assassinate Lee.
Message From General Lee.
/ jacksonville, Jan. 24.-The commands,
. of the naval station at Key West has re-
ceived a message from General Lee. He
says the city is safe, but there is sup
pressed excitement in the American col
ony The white squadron is anchored at
Key West and will sail for Dry Tortugas
at once.
i Activity of Insurgents.
Havana. Via Key West, Jan. 24.-In-
surgents concealed behind the railroad at
San Miguel, eight miles from Havana, fired
upon train, killing several animals in
one of the cars. Another band entered
the cultivated zone of the town of Las
Vegas. near Havana, destroying all the
huts and the crops that had been planted
General Pando has sent Colonel Domin
60 of Captain General Blanco's staff back
to Spain nder serious charges.
The coast line steamer Mortera has left
Havana with two battalions of troops and
one battery for Gibara to aid the garrison
at Holguin, which is besieged by Genera
Calixto Garcia.
A private report from Puerto Principe
confirms the report that Castellano has
destroyed Esperanza lat the extreme west
of the Sierra Cubitas). the headquarter:
OF the insurgcnt government, which NOV
ed to Nava JAZZ. saving documents and
files. When the insurgents retired they
left 81 of their number dead on the field
but carried away the wounded. The gov
ernment troops lost p killed and 81
wounded.
Juan Masso. whose surrender was re
Gently reported, is nephew of Bartolomo
AIasso. president of the Cuban republic
not a brother as before stated
1t is reported here that the governor o
Havana province, who is a stakeholder il
La Discussion, has secured a subvention o
1925 monthly for that paper.
Additional troops are to be sent to thu
province of Santiago de Cuba to carry OF
the operations there.