The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-20
.PANDO Is 4 PRISONER
SPANS Only Real Fighter
Captured by Cubans.
AUTONOMYS DYING GASP
It is Clear What the Insur-
gents viii do With 1t,
AUTONOMYS DYING GASP

| New York, March Especial dispatches
under date of Key West today report that
| General Pando of the Spanish army, has
been captured by General Garcia, the in
surgent commander.
At the headquarters OF the Cuban junta
in this city nothing has been heard of
the reported capture of General Pando
There was a disposition to discredit the
| story and to ascribe its origin to some
enthusiastic but irresponsible person.
St. Louis. March ia special to the
Post-Dispatch from Key West Florida,
says: "A dispatch from Havana an
! nounces that General Pando, the second
second in command of the Spanish forces
in Cuba, has been captured by a band of
insurgents under General CaIixto Garcia.
The capture was made in the Trinidad dis
trlct Of eastern Cuba
This news is considered by Cubans to
mean that the greatest blow that the
insurgents have yet dealt to Spain has
fallen
General Pando has long been considered
the only real fighter among the legion of
against the Cubans. He is spoken of as
the one who never sleeps, and during the
past few months has engaged in numer-
Gus battles with Generals Garcia and
Rabi along the river Capto, in the east
ern part of the island.
Key West is gay with American and
Cuban flags, and Cuban sympathizers are
besides themselves with joy over the news
of Pando's capture.
Hand in hand with this information
comes news that the Cubans have sue
ceeded in landing a large force on the
island of Porto Rico, where a general
uprising has taken place.
There is much conjecture as to what
will be done with General Pando.
AUTONOMY'S LAST DITCH.
Havana, via Key West, March 19-The
military operations have been suspended
by General Pando in the east of Cuba
and he is seeking conference with Cen
eral Gomez, President Masso and Cen
eral Calixto Garcia. and other prominent
chiefs.
Insurgents to the number of several
thousand have gathered on the east and
west sides Of the Jaruco- Moron trocha. in
the province of Puerto Principe. which
is much weakened by the withdrawal of
troops by General Pando.
1t is believed this conference is the last
card of the autonomist government,
backed by Badrid, to secure peace. A
formal tender is sought to be made of
the offers of the radical wing of the
autonomists, the same being the practical
independence Of the island Havana off,
Gals believe that the offer will be &C
copied and that the war will be ended.
The insurgent authorities and the best
posted merchants, bankers, etc, believe,
on the contrary. that the failure of the
conference means the death blow of
autonomy. while it is probable that a
large force of insurgents will break
through the trochas and will raid the
country up to Havana
THE JUNTA REJOICES.
New York, March 19.-At the offices of
the Cuban junta in this city there was
general rejoicing this afternoon when the
foregoing dispatch. received by the Asso-
ciated Press from Havana, was trans
lated T. Estrada Palma read the bulletin
very carefully and said:
"Of course we don't doubt that the !
Spaniards have suspended operations in |
eastern Cuba and that General Pando is
seeking a conference with Cuban leaders. |
General Pando has been trying to do the |
same thing ever since his arrival in Cuba. |
So far he has been unsuccessful, and we /
are positive that he will remain So"
The gathering OF large Cuban forces /
near the Jucoro- Moron trocha is probably /
for their passage through it in order to |
invade the western provinces, as was an
nounced in the Associated Press cable
grams a few days ago.
There will be no conference between
the Cuban leaders and General Pando or
any other Spanish representative.
1.-The belief of the Havana officials that
the Spanish propositions will be accepted
is preposterous.
1.-The latter portion of the dispatch
speaks for itself.
1.-The Cubans viii not admit Of any So