The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-14

HAVANA, Jan, 13.-There Is no
foundation whatever FOR the rumor
that United states Consul General Fitz-
hugh Lee met With violence during the
disturbance last night or to-day. Dur
Ing the height OF the uproar last even-
Ing he walked about freely in Central
Park and In front OF the Hotel 1ngla-
terra. To-day he has been attending
10 official business rs usual. This even
Ing when this dispatch Is sent he Is
dining at the Hotel Iaslaterra.
1t is reported THAI an important en-
gagement has taken place between the
Spanlards and insurgents under Gener-
al Rabi in the district OF Manzanlllo, in
which the insurgents lost three hum
dred men killed and the Spanlards ono
hundred and forty men killed and
woanded.
! On account OF the concentration Of
the insurgcnt forces few leagues dis
tant from Havana, General Valdarama
left here yesterday with eight hundred
troops to engage the enemy.
AS several chiefs OF Spanish columns
have burned farms and canehelds and
have shot prisoners Of war. including
sick and wounded men, General Blanco
has Issued a new decree prohibiting tho
destruction OF all kinds of property and
forbidding the shooting Of prisoners
who are sick or wounded.
About noon to-day crowd gathered
in front OF the Office of FL Diario de la
Marina shouting death to Diarlo."
General Arolas used the regular troops
| to restore order and to compel the dis
persal OF the crowd. which kept up a
continuous shouting on the streets near
Central Park.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 19.-Uni-
ted States Consul General Lee has re-
ported 10 the state department from
Havana under date of yesterday the
facts connected with the riotlng there
yesterday. While the state department
officials do not divulge the text OF the
dispatch, It Is said that 1t corroborates
generally the newspaper reports on the
subject. According TO General Lees
report the disturbance had been quell-
ed for the time being, but he was ap-
prehensive OF another outbreak at
any moment. Nothing has been heard
from the consul general to-day, SO 1t Is
assumed at the state department that
the situation remains unchanged In Ha-
Vana General Lee did not ask to have
a warship sent 10 Havana and IL the
opinion of the state department officials
that Is sufficient reason for the as
sumption that there Is no occasion for
sending one. The officials are evident
ly not apprehensive OF any trouble In
the immediate future that will require
the forcible intervention OF our govern
ment. The disquletins feature of the
situation Is the horrible condition or
the poor In Cuba. According to General
Lees advices 10 less than 200,0 900 people
on the island are in the last stages OF
des'titution and are wholly dependent
upon charity. To feed these people on
4 ten cent ration per day would cost
10000 daily, which sum is double i.he
amount received so far In contributions
during the past ten days by the state
department. In the opinion OF General
Lee no less than 20 per cent OF thess
poo. people are surely doomed TO death
from starvation and disease. In such a
state OF affairs the existence OF any
form OF organized government is
threatened and the autonomy plans OF
the Spanish government command 1T
tie attention.
The Spanish minister, Senor Dupuy
de LONE. received dispatch from
Secretary General Congosto this after
noon. under date OF noon to-day at
Havana. II said: -
Your e1cellency can affirm that the
tumult OF yesterday has had so little
Importance that not shot was fired
and there Is no knowledge that any
body has been wounded or hurt. The
agitation was confined to one quarter
Of the city,"
This followed closely on another ofll-
cial dispatch from the same authority,
filed at Havana about 9 o'clock this
morning. It said:
Complete calm. The city has Tecor-
cred its normal condition"
The Spanish minister has been kept
constantly advised OF every develop
ment within the last twentvfour hours
at Havana, and he summed up his ad-
vices this afternoon by saying that
they show the uprising to have been
a. riot, pure and simple: that order has
been completely restored and that the
authorities have an ample force 10 af-
ford every protection; that the tumult
was conilued 10 Spanish dnd Cuban
residents, and that no indisnity was
put upon any American interest or cit
izen, public or private. G
The official advlces began arriving at
midnight last night and have come un-