The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-20
CUBAN REVOLUTION.
Positive Evidence OF Spanish Attempt
to Bribe Insurgent Leaders.

Positive Evidence OF Spanish Attempt
to Bribe Insurgent Leaders.
Havana, Jan. 20.-Upon the body oi
Captain Puga, military commander al
Rincon, this province, was found let
ter signed by Puga, offering the insur-
gent leader. Hernandez. $1,000 and a free
passage to the United States IL he would
surrender with so armed followers. An.
other letter answering the above was
found addressed 10 him, saying that II
he continued his attempts to corrupt
the insurgents he would be court mar.
tailed and shot IL captured. AS Puga
could not induce Hernandez To spr-
render, he began negotiations with Lad
er Delgado through the latter's father.
Hernandez, having learned OF this, cap
tured and shot Puga without allowing
him to communicate with Delgado
When this was known a Spanish force
left Rincon and recovered the body with
the letters on it.
The government sent $50 900 TO the
military commander at San Juan de la:
Yeras TO procure the surrender OF Lead
er Cepero and his nephew.
The insurgents raided Jaruco, this
province. and without firing a shot car
ried away the horses of the Spanish cav
airy squadron. whose members fed and
took shelter in civil quarters. The latter
will be court-martialled
The members OF the cabinet will issut
a manifesto explaining the salient points
of the scheme of autonomy and it's ad.
vantages over independence. together
with an appeal TO the insurgents TO sur
render.
After dynamiting a passenger train
near Dagame. province of Pinar del Rio
and partially destroying the engine, the
insurgents attacked the train. killing one
passenger Ga negro). woundng five OF
the train escort and injuring % pas.
sengers.
Another expedition landed Monday
night near Trinidad, on the southeast
coast. A band of 20 insurgents entered
Managua. near this city. and carried of
a number of oxen.
The report that 200 insurgents from
Matanzas have entered this province
near Cienaga de Guenanamen is cor.
firmed. as we'll as the report that the in
surgent brigadier. Betancourt. with 30(
men from Matanzas, has passed neal
San Nicolas.
The insurgents under Leader Augustir
Covantes entered San Antonia de las
Banos at night and plundered a store
On the outskirts OF the town. Two hun.
dred Insurgents entered Coliseo anc
plundered several stores The insur.
gents in full view from the town of Ca
banas, province OF Pinar del Rio, carried
off a number of oxen and boldly chal.
lenged the garrison to come outside the
town and fight.
Now the disturbances have quiete;
down, the greater part of the troop.
have returned 10 their respective sta
tions. Among the government sup
porters the riots are explained as "spon
taneous and wholly without previous ar.
rangcment." They are ascribed to the
violent attacks upon not only army off.
GERS, but also upon prominent Spaniards
The rioters on the other hand blame the
authorities for consenting to newspaper
attacks prohibited by law. Though
without social standing. the rioters in.
sist upon their patriotism.
II is not true that the conservative mu.
nicipality Of Cienfuegos has defcil
of $4,000. This charge is only a 20.
litical intrigue TO enable the governor
TO suspend the municipal authorities anc
TO appoint autonomists. The money ir
question was invested in hospital ant
in defence of the city