Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-12-16
PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER is, 1898.
OUBANS KILLED IN HAVANA
Were Fired Upon by Spanish
Soldiers.

CubRns Attempted to Close n Theatre
in Recognition of Gen. Garcia's Death
---Cub"n Generals Charged with Com
spIracy TO Seize the city.
Three Cubsns were killed and one Span.
ish officer and two Cubans were wounded
at Havana Sunday night in an ARRAY be-
tween some Spanish officers off duty and a
number of citizens and party of Cubans
who wished to close the Tacon theatre on
account of the death of Gen. Garcia. The
Spanish troops on duty interviewed and re-
stored order. The Cubans succeeded in
closing two places frequented by Cubans,
but the management of the Tacon theatre,
where there were many Spanish officers in
the audience, refused to close the house.
Thereupon Allegrete, former captain of
insurgent troops, got into an excited argu-
ment with the manager of the theatre, and
Allegrete was escorted to the sidewalk by
the police. There Allegrete entered into
heated discussion with Spanish officer,
who struck him across the face with the
flat of his sword. Then there was a ccll-
sion between the Cubans and the Spanish
military men, more blows were struck on
both sides, and many persons from the
cafes and parks cheered for Spain and
brought crowds of people to the spot from
adjacent streets and squares.
Suddenly shot was fired, and the Gu
bans retreated into the Hotel Inglaterra
More shots were fred on both sides, and
Arturo Tuset, French citizen born in Ha-
vana, was shot and severely wounded
while sitting at table. The Cubans ran
through the hotel office and upstairs. Jesus
Sotolongo, Cuban, fell wounded on the
stairs and another wounded man broke in
to the room occupied by Lieut.. Fitzhugh
Lee, son of Gen. Lee, demanding protec-
ton. Gen. Greene and several members
of his staff, who had been out on balcony
watching the crowd, heard the uproar in
the hotel and went into the corridor. When
the Spanish officers saw Gen. Greene they
stopped the pursuit of the Cubans, saluted
aud retired. In the meantime Eastaquio
Lemus had been fatally wounded in the
streets and Pedro, Blesa and Jimines had
been killed. Soon afterward the Spanish
guards on duty swarmed in from the neigh
boring streets and order was restored.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
| Spaniards ran through the Hotel lnglaterra,
Gen. Humphreys was in the lobby talking
with Maj. Martin of Gen. Greene's staff
and others. A bullet shattered a mirror
near which they stood, and two others
| splintered the staircase. r. S. Rowland,
editor of the Providence journal, and w
| l.. Riley New York contractor, were
| josted by the sudden rush of shouting and
| fighting men.
The hotel was full of American officers
and civilians, and some of them with their
wives were standing on the balconies at
the imminent risk of being hit by bullets
fired at an upward angle to scare the
crowds. From that point they watched
the spectacle in the electric lighted square.
1t is reported that, in addition to those
killed and wounded who have been pre-
viously mentioned, IA are being cared for
in private houses. Three arrests were
made.
Capt. Gen. Castellanos accuses the Gu
ban generals, Gulio Sanguily and Lacret, of
plot to cause an uprising and seize the
city of Havana at a time when the Span
ish garrison is greatly weakened and be-
fore the American troops have arrived in
numbers sufficient to enforce order. He
declares that the riot of Sunday night was
provoked by Sanguily and Lacret, and he
issued directions Monday for their arrest.
Sanguily and Lacret were in the Hotel
Inglaterra. Spanish guards were at all the
entrances to the hotel, under the assump-
ton that they were needed to protect Gen.
Greene and the other American officers.
Intelligence of the captain generals pur-
pose reached Sanguily and Lacret, and
they promptly appealed to the British con-
sulate and to the American officers for pro
lection. Mr.. jerome, the British consul,
requested the captain general not to carry
out the order of arrest. Gen. Clous and
Capt. Hart, on behalf of the American
evacuation commission, went to the palace,
asking that Sanguily and Lacret be lei
alone, and they were allowed to proceed to
the Cuban headquarters at Mariauao. The
Americans believe the charges to be false
Sanguily has been in New York recently
not arriving in Havana until Sunday night