The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-28
Calls With Consul General
Lee on General Parade.
A PLEASANT INTERVIEW
GEN PARRADO TO GAIL WITH
Gen. LEE ON CAPT. SIGSBEE.
CUBAN LEADER ARANGUREN SHOT DEAD
Body of the Young Insurgent Carried u Havana
.-lhe Whole Spanish Fleet May be Or
dered to Concentrate at Havana
Wo,dfnrd Guarded,
Woodford Guarded.

dered TO concentrate al fiaVana'
Woodford Guarded.
Havana. Jan. 2T.-Captain Sigsbee, of
the United States war ship Maine. ac-I
companied by Consul General Lee and
Lieutenants Howard and Haleman, of
the Maine, paid visit to-day, to General
Parade, the acting Captain General,
who received them courteously and COR
daily. They expressed. themselves as
well satisfied with the interview. To-
morrow morning at ten o'clock Gen Par
RADIO. accompanied by Consul General
Lee, will return the visit on board the
Maine.
Gen. Blanco has arrived at Manzanillo.
where he has been formally received by
the authorities and by the AutonOmistI
committee. Large cowds turned out on
his arrival. Gen. Blanco visited the hos
pitfalls, the forts and the barracks.
Reports from Remedies say that many
families of the rec0ncentradOs are lying,
about in most wretched condition, no OheI
giving them any relief.
The war ships in the port are hyinga
colors IN honor of the birthday of EN-
peror William. Artillery General Fuentcs
to-day visited the German school SHIN
Gneissenau.
The Ward Line steamer Seneca, which
reached port to-day, brought consign-s
ment of provisions or~the dcstitute.s
which has been turned over TO Cons 4
General Lee.
The destitute conservative municipal
ity, Of Colon, in Matanzas province, has
appointed antonomist officials.
SPANISH CRUISER COMING.
Madrid Jan. 2T.-United States Min
lister WoodfOrd's note, announcing the
cruise of the Maine and the reply ,of the
Foreign Minister, Senor Gullon, inti-
mating that a Spanish war vessel will
visit America, are both cOuched in
markedly polite and friendly terms
1t has been decided to send the first
class cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa to
America, Captain C0ncas. in the course
of n lecture before the Madrid Geogra-
phical Society, in 1896, censured the
United States in manner that pro-
yoked the then American Minister,
Hannis Taylor, to demand an eXplana
ton.
The Infanta Maria Teresa, which was
i'm New York harbor at the Grant
Mausoleum ceremony, is an armored
cruiser (Barbctte) Of 1000 tons displace
ment. She was built in 1890 at Il cost
Of 100000 pounds sterling ($3,000,000l
She has a complement of 800 men and
her normal coal supply is 1,200 tons.
She is $40 feet long and siXtY-iive feet
in the beam. She carries two II inch
guns. ten 50 inch tall HOntoria) guns.
eight % inch quick firing guns, eight
IA inch guns, two making and six tor
pedo tubes.
MINISTER WOODFORD UNSAFE.
Madrid, Jan. 27.-E-Alnister Cana
lejas, the Impartial announces, has ar-
rived ut Cadiz, from havana (having
visited the United States and Cuba to
study the political situation) and has
expressed u pessimist tic view OF the duIa-
ton of the war, declaring the insur
gents have the means to greatly pro-
long their resistance in the mountains
Admiral Bermejo, the Minister of Ma
rine, has ordered the fleet to conecn
trate at Cadz. A transatlantic steam
er will be chartered to supply the ships
with coal and stores. A local newspaper
| asserts that measures have been taken
to keep United States Minister Wood
fords residence under surveillance"
WHOLE SPANISH FLEET COMING
London, Jan. 2S.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail, says: 1T
has been decided that the whole Span
ish fleet shall concentrate at Havana,
though not Immediately unless circum-
stances demand"
DEATH OF ARANGUREN.
Havana, Jan. 27.-At noon to-day
Lieutenant Colonel Benedicto, with the
Spanish Reina battalion, surprised near
Iapaste, this province, the camp of the
insurgent Brigadier General Nestor
Aranguren, killing Aranguren and four
privates, capturing five of the insurgents
and wOunding others who made their
escape.
The body of Brigadier General AraD-,
guren was brought by train to Havana
this afternoon and delivered to the mill
tary authorities. After identification it
was sent to the mOrgue.
Brigadier General Aranguren was evil
IDENTIFY about twenty four years of age, nf
fair complexion with blonde hair and a
small mOustache. The body. which shows
two bullet wounds, one in the head and
one in the right leg, is dressed in cash
mere pantaloonS, gray wooden coat, yell
low shoes and CATERS comparatively
new. 1t is said that the CATERS and the
vest once belonged to Lieutenant Colonel
joaquin Ruiz, the aide de camp Of Cap