The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-21
HAY UNDER GUARD.
Spaniards Place Thousands Of Troops
10 the City.
UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS AT BRIBERY
Captain Puau Is Shot for Trying to
Buy Hernandez.
INSURGENTS MN VICTORIES
Raid the spnn,ards and Capture the
AOrNes Of the CryNlrx-Rcuu.
INSURGENTS MN VICTORIES
Raid the spnniards and Capture the
Horses az the CnvnlrS-Rcgu-
lars Flee without Firing.

Havana. January 2O.--Sincc Saturday the
| rioters have been quiet, with the exception
of dynamite bomb exploded in the Plaza
de Colon, which did no harm.
The rumors that the volunteers would re-
volt against the government have had no
foundation. Nevertheless on Saturday scv-
erai generals arrived here from Matanzas
province and the outlying portions OF Iiav-
ana province with additional reinforce
ments. About $4,000 men are now located
within the city limits and in the outskirts.
Certain politicians have industriously
circulated rumors that the volunteers would
Join in the riots, and have sim further in
creased popular passion by saying that the
government intends TO disarm them. 1t
| has also been asserted that the volunteers
would not have the ballot because in the
| pay OF the government, which Is not the
fact. as only the buglers. the modified
guerillas and few others are paid. The
rest are merchants and clerks, serving
without government pay. Those RESPONSE
! BILE for the circulation of these rumors are
Interested it Is asserted in palace circles.
| in breeding trouble between the govern
ment and the volunteers. SO as TO have the
latter disar,ned and TO be assured OF 5000
men less against the insurgents.
| tl,n Igyy,, hn. ami 10. In,
greater part of the troops have returned TO
their respective stations. Among the gov
| ernment supporters the riots are explained
as Spontaneous and wholly without pre-
| vious arrangements" They are ascrlbed
| to the violent attacks upon not only array
| officers but also upon prominent loyal
| Spaniards like the Marquis of Pinar del
Rio and Madame Eva Camel the we'll known
| newspaper woman. The rioters, on the
! other hand, blame the authorities for toll
| Grating newspaper attacks prohibited by
| law. Though without social standing, the
| rioters insist upon their patriotism.
| II IL not true that the conservative mu-
nicinalliy OF Cienfuegos has deficit OF
| $4,000. This charge is only a political
intrigue 10 enable the governor to suspend
/ the municipal authorities and 10 appoint
autonomists. The money In question was
invested In hospitals and In defense of the
city.
Upon the body of Captain Puga, mill
tary commander Mt kincoD, this province.
was found letter signed by Puga offering
10 Insurgent Leader Hernandez $1,000 and
free passage to the United States IL ne
would surrender with fifty armed follow
ers Another letter answering the above
was addressed to him saying If he contiD-
,ied his attempts 10 corrupt the insurgents
he would be court mariined and shot II
- a.,.It, Hos
/ Hernandez 10 surrender, he began negotia.
items with the leader, Juan Deisado
through the latters father. Leader Her
/ nandea. having learned OF this, captured
and shot Captain Puga without allowing
him to communicate with Delgado. When
this was known a Spanish force left Rincon
and recovered the body with the letters
on it,
The government also sent 100000 TO the
military commander at San Juan de Las
Yeras TO procure the surrender OF Leader
l.oreto Cepero and his nephew
The insurgents last night raided karuco.
this province, and without firing shot
carried away the horses of the Spanish
cavalry squadron, whose members fed at
the sight OF the insurgents and took shell
ter in the civil headquarters. The Span
| iards will he court martiaied.
| Last night the reflection OF large fires
In cane fields in the direction Of GUIANA
1
Marcos Garcia, civil governor of the PROV
ince OF Santa Clara, has gone to Remedies
| TO await, ii Is said. the surrender of an
.nsargent leader whose name is not yet
/ given.
| The members OF the cabinet VIII i.sue a
manifesto explaining the salient points
OF the scheme OF autonomy and It's advan-
tazes over Independence. together with
an appeal 10 the insurgents 10 surrender.
i when Senior Gown. minister OF the inter-
Tor. landed here last Saturday. ne FASTENED
through the rear entrance OF the custom
house in order TO avoid being Kissed by the
crowd.
| After dynamiting the passenger train
near Dagog, province OF Pinar del Rio
and partially destroying the engine. as al
ready cabled. the insurgents attacked the
train, killing one passenger Ia negro.
wounding five OF the train escorts and
wounding or otherwise inturing twenty-five
passengers,
| Another expedition landed Monday nigh
near Trinidad. on the southern coast. a
band OF twenty insurgents entered Mana
qua and carried of u number Of oxen. The
repnrt that goo insurgents from Maianzas
have entered the province near Cienaga do
4 Guapanamo is confirmed. az well rs the
report tta. the inhurgent leader betan'
court with 300 men from Matanzas. has
4 passed near San Nicolas.
Il The insurgents under leader AugusuI
Cfryantcs entered San Antonio de LoI
Pianos at night and piundered store u
the outskirts OF the iown.
Two hundred insurgents entered CoIiseo
this nrovince. and Dlundered seyera
stores. The Insurgents. in full view from
tbe town of cabanas. province Of Pinar de
Mo. carried on n number OF oxen anS
boldly challenged the garrison TO come out
side the town and fight
Cosmc Blanco has not drilled his regi'
ment. the Fifth regiment NJ volunteers
since the riots. for fear his men wouit
hiss him because of his offer 10 Genera
Blanco to face the rioters without a specia
raIl "a the palace Lieutenant Colone
caIdsrcn OF the Fifth battalion volunteer
has rendered his resignation as protes
| arainst the shouts al the pAlace aeains
General Blanco and autonomy
The total ioss during the siege Y osm.
pschuls in the Manzanllio 'islrlct We''