The herald., 1898-01-28
SPANISH
WARSHIPS
Ordered TO Concentrate at
Cadiz
TO BE HEADED FOR HAVANA
IF CIRCUMSTANCE DEMAND
SUCH ACTION
TO BE HEADED FOR HAVANA
Ruiz's Execution Revenged by Cap
ture and Death of Arangueren.
False Reports of Victories
Associated Press Special Wire

MADRID, Jan. 27.-Admiral Bermejo,
the minister of marine, has ordered the
fleet to concentrate at Cadiz. A trans
atlantic steamer will be chartered to
supply the ships with coal and stores.
A local newspaper asserts that meas
States Minister Woodford's residence
under surveillance"
The public prosecutor demands a sem
tence upon Lieutenant General Weyler
of two months Imprisonment.
HEADED FOR HAVANA
LONDON, Jan. 2S.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
1t has been decided that the whole
Spanish fleet shall concentrate at Ha-
vana, though not Immediately unless
circumstances demand it.
RUIZ REVENGED
HAVANA, Jan. 27.-At noon today
Lieutenant-Colonel Benedicto, the the
Spanish Reina battalion, surprised, near
Tapaste, this province, the camp of the
insurgentg general, Nestor Arangueren,
killing Arangueren and four privates,
capturing five of the insurgents and
wounding others who made their escape
The body of gadier- General Aran-
gueren was brought by train to Havana
this afternoon and delivered to the MILL
tary authorities. After Identification,
1t was sent to the morgue.
Brigadier- General Arangueren was
evidently about 20 years of age, fair
xxit 1a hot,
small mustache. The body showed two
wounds, one in the head and one in the
right leg; is dressed in cashmere pants,
gray woolen coat, yellow shoes and
CATERS comparatively new. 1t is said
the CATERS and vest once belonged to
Lieutenant Colonel Joaquin Ruiz, the
aid-de-camp of General Blaneo who,
having gone last December to Arangue-
ren's camp with terms of surrender, was
executed by Arangueren, or with his ap-
proval.
According to the Spanish authorities,
Brigadier-General Arangueren was sur
prised while on visit to young woman
on the Pita farm, between Campo Flor
ida and Tempeste. He was wounded,
and, In trying to escape, was shot dead.
Among the prisoners is the father of
the young woman. He was the dyna-
miter of Arrangements band
A FAKE VICTORY
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
The Spanish account of the victory
of General Castellanos and the capture
of the headquarters of the rebel gov
ernment in the town of Esperanza is
11 e.. h r-l
is no such town as Esperanza near
Cubitas. The name of the town founded
and occupied as the capital by the rebel
government is Agramont. Spanish
troops are unable to get near this place,
being repulsed in the mountains and
forced to retire with a heavy loss. In
the western provinces the troops keep
pretty well on the move but neither side
has achieved decisive results. General
Molina had what is called here an i'm
portant battle with the rebel general,
Betancourt, at Canaiiricoa on January
23rd, General Molina had fifteen hun
dred infantry and four hundred cavalry.
He attacked the rebel camp and there
was fighting for five hours, but finally
he was obliged to retire without sue
cess. The loss on both sides was insig-
nificant.
The rebels are still devoting their at
tention to preparing for the coming wet
season. Every day large quantities of
supplies of all sorts are sent to them.
Radicals here say General Blanco is
playing his last card in his present visit
to the eastern provinces for the purpose
it is said, of attempting to induce Cen
erals Rabia and Salvadorias to lay down
their arms. Both these men refused to
at the close of the last war
and the Cubans believe them incor-
ruptible. Before leaving Havana Cen
eral Blanco, it is known, drew from the
treasury $3SO,OOO.
General Blanco received news that an
American warship would be ordered to
Havana at Batabano but did not delay
sailing for the East. He is expected
to return at the end of the week.
THE SCARE OVER
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The last ripple
of visible excitement attending the
arrival of the Maine has died away, says
the Herald's Havana correspondent, and
the ship as she lies at anchor attracts
no more attention than any other ves-
sci in the harbor The papers made the
briefest possible allusio1 to her arrival
and La Union Constitutional, conserva-
tive organ, prints Washington dispatch
that the visit of the Maine to Havana
is merely an act of courtesy showing the
friendly feeling to Spain and to. counter
act the anti-Spanish utterances in Con-
gress. La Union adds that the visit will
be returned by Spanish ships in Amer
lean ports.
In spite of this, there is strong under
of feeling in Havana as evil
denced by the excited talking of angry
groups assembled in the cafes. The
general impression among Radical Span
iards is that the cause of Spain has been
betrayed by the Blanco government and
the nation has been Inundated by what
they regard as the first step in the di-
rection Of American Intervention.