The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-01
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WATCH UPON RESIDENCE OF Mn
ISTER wOODFOED

The Spanish Fleet tn be Concentrated at
Havsna-Csptxin sigsbse Calls Upon Act
ing Governor General Parrsdo-His Cor
dial Reception-A Cuban Camp Surpris-
ed and General aranguen kiIled-Pessi-
mistic View Of the War by an Ex-Min-
lister of Spain
Havana, January 27.-Captain Sigs-
bee. ct n United STAGES warship
Maine, accompanied by Consul General
Lee and Lieutenants Howard and
Haleman, of the Maine, paid a visit to-
day to General Parade, the acting
captain general, who received them
| ~courteously and cordially. They ex-
pressed themselves as well satisfied
with the interview. Tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, General Parade, ac-
compaTfied by Consul General Lee, Will
| return tine visit on board the Maine.
General Blanco has arrived at Man
zanillo where he has been formally re-
ceived by tine authorities and by the
auuoiomist committee. Large crowds
turned out en- his arrival. General
Blanco visited the hospitals, the forts
and the barracks.
Reports from Remedies say that
many families of the reconcentrados
are lying about in most Wretched con-
dition, no one giving them any relief.
The wFarships in the port ara flying
cOlors in honor of the birthday Of EN-
paror William. Artillery General Feun-
ties today visited the German schoolship
Gneisenau.
The Ward Line stGame Seneca. which
! reached pOrt today, brought a cOnsign-
ment of provisions for the destitute.
which has been turned over to Consul
General Lee.
The conservative municipality of
Colon, in Matanzas province, has APP
pointed a~utOnoniSt officials.
At noon today Lieutenant ColOnel
Benedioto, with h Spanish Reina
battalion, surprised near Tapaste, this
province, the camp of the i%nsurgent
Rrigadier General A~ranguren, killing
A~ranguren and four privates, captur-
ing five of the insurgents and Oun
! ing others who made their escape.
The body of Brigadier General Aran-
guren was brought by train to Havana
his afternoon and delivered ito The mil
itary authorities. After Identification
it was sent to the morgue. General
A~ranguren was evidently about "a
years of 6 of 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 cashmere panta-
looms, gray wooden coat, yellow shoes
and CATERS comparatively new. 1t is
aid that the CATERS and the vest once
belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Joaquin
Ruiz, the aide de camp OF Capital
General Blanco, who having gone last
December to Arrangements camp with
terms of surrender, was executed by
Aranguren or with his approval.
According to the Spanish authorities
General Aranguren wa surprised while
on a visit to a young woman ON THE
Pita farm. He was and on
trying to escape was shot dead.
Among h prisoners is the father of
the young woman. He was the dyna-
miter of Arrangements band.
Madrid, January 27.-Ex-minister
Canale Jesus, the impartial announces,
HAS arrived at Cadiz from Havana,
having visited the United States and
Cuba to study the political situation,
and has expressed a pessimistic view
of the duration of the war, declaring
tthe insurgents have THE means to
greatly prolong their resistance in the
mountains.
Admiral Bermejo, the minister of
marine, has ordered the fleet to con-
centrate AIT Cadiz. "A transatlantic
steamer will be chartered to supply THE
| ships with coal and stores.
A local newspaper asserts THAT meas
ures have been taken to keep United
| States Minister WoOdfOrds residence
under surveillance"
London, january 2S.-The Madrid
correspondent CT the Daily Mail says:
! ut has been decided that the whole
Spanish fleet shall concentrate at Ha-
vana, though not Immediate unless cir
cumstances demand"
Madrid, january 27.-The public pros
ecutor demands a sentence upon Lieu
tenant General Weyler of two months
imprisonment.
United States Minister WoodfOrd's
mote, announcing the cruise OF the
battles11ip Maine and the reply OF
the foreign minister, Senior GullOn, in
ltimating that a Spanish war vessel
will visit America, are 9th co'ched in
markedly polite and friendly terms.
1T has been decided to send the first
class cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa to
America instead of the Vizcaya- be-
cause the latter's commanding officer,
Captain Concas, in the course of a lee
ture before the Madrid Geographical
Society, in 1896, cenSured the United
States in a mAanne that provoked the
American minister, Hannis Taylor, to
demand an explanation
The InfantaMaria Teresa, which was
i'm New York harbor at the Grant
mauSoleum ceremony, is an arInOred
cruiser ~Cbarbette) of Z 600 tons displace-
ment. She was built in 1890 at a cost
of 50, 900, 600. She has a complement OF
500 men and her normal coal supply is
1000 tons. She is $40 feet long and s.
feet i'm the BEAM She carries two H.
inch guns, ten So inch Call Hontoria)
gums, eight % inch quick-firing guns,
eight 4-inch guns two MaXims n six
torpedo tubes.