The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-08

u,vANA, Feb. 1.-The insurgents
,,y. aynamlsed train bewtcen Bonai.
:, and vlncrr,c province OF Santiago
\, r,ba destroying n hrst.class pas
,.are. ca. and another car loaded with
..nIe Five passengers were Killed and
,-,r,y.,eycu wounded. The Spanish
ss,.lon OF the affair adds that the In
,,,vcp,s afterwards attacked the train.
tr, we're repulscd by the fire escort IN.
~ he arrival OF re!ntorcemcnts.
.ssordinS 10 Information from SPAN
,,S ,ouTces column ot troops, com
E..s,Jsd ~ by Lieutenant Colonel Hervas.
s;' bs,n engaged with IN insurgcnt
s,-.s ~ a. Canada Ia Vicja. province OF
s,s,, 80 clara. After intict!ng some loss
~ y. enemy the Span!aTds followed the
=. ,.r...ents In the direction OF Arroyo
U..IS end later became engaged with
tN Ir,urrent Infantry and sixty iusur-
-.,t rayalrymen. who occupied IN en-
sss,rspd ros!i!on. commanded BY Ale
t.,I-o Rodriguez, Esterlln Maya Victor
-sWarhaiO. Tie Span!ards, ills claim
- ,,ler some lively firing, d!slodged
,sa Ins.rEcrts. who rctrcated with a
ios. Of twenty-scven killed and leaV-
iry one wounded prisoner. The loss OF
he Standards is said TO have been In
Gsrrral LuQue. while reconnolterins
q, Meloncs. on the heights OF HolGuin.
,royirce Of Santiago dc Cuba, with his
troops, killed six Insurgents In skir-
mIsi. IL wish the Spanish had nine
rsn TouEded.
General Liaarcs reports that he has
errayrd with Lao-aiands, In the Hol-
min district, with an insurgent force
commanded b. Torres and others. The
.r.ny 1nlinuously opposed the ad-
rance OF the Spanish troops, but were,
1, /, asserted, compelled to give way.
III. troops, the Spanish report says. lost
t,u: rea killed and had two officers
and th!rty-seven soldiers wounded.
On Saturday several officers OF the
Z. S. cruiser Montgomery, then at Man
.as. visited at Cascorro. Matanzas. the
residence OF a majority OF the recon-
cen,.ados, distributing considerable
amount OF aims. while other officers OF
the cruiser distributed aims in the
streets OF Matanza., In this case a ma
,ori,y o. those relieved being children.
4 considerable number OF reconcentra-
DOS OF all ages and sexes, invaded the
United States consulate. Later in the
day. Saturday, the Montgomery sailed
for Santiago de Cuba, to which port the
Spanish guatoas Antonio Lopez has
rene.
Tie 800 donated By ex-Secretary o.
sey for the relief OF the reconcentrados
has been delivered to the asylum for
TIE children OF the reconcentrados at
Natanzas. with twenty boxes OF con-
tsassd T:ilk. also an American gift
Aiv!ces from Cempechual, In the
ailzari!lo district, says severe artil-
tEy f.iag has been heard from Los del
Calnc. where important insurgent
camps are located. It Is added that
Spanish brigade has been operating In
that neighborhood.
About $50 sick and invalIded soldiers
'al!ed for Spain to-day.
Senorita Georburgi, an autonom!st,
has expressed the belief that the rad.
ical autoaom!sts should come to power,
adding that their influence with the In
suFgents would bring about the surren-
cts OF the latter and peace in Cuba,
which the present government can
hardly accomplish, considering that the
radical autonomists have more inau-
enet with the Insurgents than che his
to'!c au.oIom!st,.