The herald., 1898-01-30

| A number of prominent persons at
tended the funeral of Gen. Arangueren,
who was buried in the private tomb of
| his family. Among those who acted as
escort to the body were three generals Of
1.-The insurgents in the last war.
| Reports from Sancti Spiritus say that
1.-TWO young insurgents, who have sur
rendered, have made an offer to the
Spanish general, Saliado, to surrender
lGep. Maximo Gomez for certain sum of
money.
| Yesterday morning papers appeared
lplacarded on the principal buildings in
Havana announcing that Gen. Calixto
Garcia and the insurgent leader, Rabi,
had captured Holguin on January 21st.
1t is reported that Senor Brudio Acos-
tia, one of Gen. Pandos' emissaries at
Manzanillo, has been hanged for offer
ling money to the insurgents to induce
them to surrender.
! Senior Antonio Gown, the minister of
the interior in the Cuban cabinet, is said
to have brought the authorization of the
New York Cuban junta to negotiate with
the insurgents and the Spanish govern
ment for the establishment of peace.
AN ADVANCE DENIAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Senor
Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish minister,
today received the following cablegram
from General Congosto
| "HAVANA, Jan. go, 1898.
"The correspondents of certain press
bureaus are already starting series Of
| horrors in connection with the killing Of
Nestor Arangueren. Not one of them
has been out of Havana, and all they say
has been manufactured by rebel agents
| The facts are as follows
"A combination of columns that had
been operating several days defeated
on the 9th the band of Arangueren of
about 13Q men. They captured one
prisoner, who led small force as guide,
and the rest of the troops covered all
the issues of place called La Pila en- ell
Monte, where Arangueren was in hiding
with his escort. The rebels, when dis
covered, fired at the troops, who replied,
advancing suddenly, dispensing the es-
cort, killing Arangueren and four others
and capturing five prisoners. The escort
| escaped and with it the mistress of
Arangueren.
"On lth.e ltiace wasSfound Al woman
wounded, who was not seen until after
| tllC engagement oHC was SstiiiC0 III q
litter to Campo F'lorido, in order to try
to save her by giving proper attend
ance.
| LAS proof of the falsehoodS of the
reports about to be circulated, there is
the fact that five prisoners have been
captured, and that none of the dead had
a single sabre or machete cut The
documents captured on the body of
Arangueren prove that he was Ruiz IS
assassin. The saddle he used was Ruiz $
saddle and he had two buttons of Ruiz's
uniform in his pocket, as already re-
ported"
A CRUISER COMING
CARTHAGENA, Spain, Jan. 29.-The
| first-class armored cruiser Vizcays
started for America today. The rest oi
the Spanish squadron is preparing tc
sail for Havana.
The iron-clad Cristobal will accom-
pany the torpedo flotilla later.
NO OFFICIAL ADVICES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-No official
advices have been received here as yet
to confirm the reported intention of the
| Spanish government to send a fleet of
| Spanish warships to Havana. The Span
] ish legation was informed some time ago
| that the small gunbOats now engaged in
| patroling the Cuban coast would be
| strengthened soon by the addition of a
| number of torpedo boats, and it is this
| hotilla that is expected to sail for Ha-
vana as soon as conditions permit.
PULAN is NON GRATA
| MADRID, Jan. 29.-It is announced
| that the cruiser Vizcaya, which the
| government has decided to send to the
| United States will not be commanded
by Capt. Concas Pulan, but by Capt.
| Eubate.
| This change in the command of the
| Vizcaya is believed to be due to the feel
ing produced by an address delivered in
| 1896 before the Madrid Geographical So
ciety by Capt. Concas Pulan, who
commanded the caravel Santa Maria,
sent over by Spain to the Columbian ex-
position, giving his impressions of the
| United States in such a manner as to
| call forth from Hannis Taylor, then
United States minister to Spain, a curt