Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-23
HAD AiOIsTINGUIsHED CAREER
FOUGHT in the Ten-lears War and
In the War for indie
pendenCe.
II United States Step In II Means PACT
lication win be Followed BY
Annexation.

Havana. Aug. s2.-The body OF the
negro. General quentin Bandera the
most daring insurgeut in Havana prov
ince. lies ig the morgue al Havana TO-
day hsnked by those Of two muatio
comrades. all frightfully gashod By the
long. heavy machetes Of the rural
guards who ended their career. Across
the street, in Neptune park, great
crowd, mostly negro friends OF Ban
dera, are watching the morgue with
silent interest
The arrival Of Bandero'S body here
was the first news Of the fight in which
he met his death. The conflict occurred
at the Silyeirs farm, near Punta Bra
va, Is miles from Havana. \ detach-
ment Of IS mounted rural guards. under
Capt Ignacio Dclgado and Lieut. Mar
tinez were searching throughout the
night for Banderas party. At o'clock
this morning the guards were breaking
through a wire fence az the edge of
The SllVeira farm when they were sud-
denly fred upon by Bandera's follow
ers 20 In numher. The guards rushed
upon the insurgents. but with the eX-
ceptlon Of their chief and his two lead
ing comrades. they an succeeded H.
getting away. The guards made the
chief and his two companions q spscia
object OF attack and al three received
several bullet wounds and were horri-
bly, mutilatod by machetc cuts. Not one
OF the guards WAS wounded
Tho bodies Of Bandera aud his two
companions were placed In a wagon
end taken "a Havana An cXamlna-
ton Of Bandera's body showed that
his principal wound was severe
lnachete blow on the head which cut
N his left ear and made an ugly in
cision In his face. He also had bullet
wounds In his arm and breast The
condition Of Bandera's dead compan-
ions was oven moro shocking. Their
faces aud heads were terribly ganhed
and they also had machete wounds IN
their breasts and on their arms. The
clothes on an three men showed every
evidence Of the hard life they had been
living while eludlng pursuers.
II has been an open secret among
the rural guards that Bandera would
never live TO be tried for treason. his
death being the main object Of the
government forces operating I'm Ha-
Nana province The smaliness Of the
party accompanying Bandera has caus-
Cd surprise here but II Is believed that |
ne only had portion ~ his band with |
him. In any case, however, n ir be- /
lieyed the insurrectionary movement I
81 western Havana has been broken I
mp by Bandera's death.
SAN JUAN DE MARTINEZ TAKEN. !
Havana. Aug. 23.-Thc insurgent 4
forces commanded by Pine Guerrero /
lave captured san Juan de Martinez !
tho terminus " the western railroad |
and have occupied the town and rail- /
road station
There was no hloodshed az the occu- I
patton ~ San Juan de Martinez. ac- .
c0rding to reports just received. The |
email force 81 rural guards which held /
the town fed 40 the approach Of the .
Insurgents
WHAT INTERVENTION MEANS.
New York. Aug 22-Livcy interest I
IN the outcome ~ The political disturb /
unce N Cuba rs ey.nced in This city
which has not only harborcd from time I
70 time many OF her prominent men I
but IS bound to the island republic by /
eyer-strengthening commercial ties. |
Advices 20 business houses here from /
Havana insist that the revolt has not /
ye, assumed alarming proportions but /
tend 10 qualify the official assurances |
that the government has the situation /
thoroughly IN hand. 10 Is believed thar .
The next few days viii demonstrate /
neither the present uprisiugs may be /
fsnihed with term rebellion or are .
o. be classed with the sporadic outlaw.
ry with which the government has al
ready successfully COPIED. The active
loyalty Of many Cubans OF Influence l.
admittedly in doubt To what extent.
n any. the sentiment for annexation 20 /
The United States figures in The unrest I
and what stand the Americans in the
isle Of Pines viii take has awakened .
considerable speculation.
Unofficial effort TO quiet the disturb
crs are told Of In dispatch cabled ear
|. 10 the Associated Press. The dis
patch says that so veterans ~ the rev.
oution met last night and IN a resolu-
iion pledged themselves 20 use their
personal influence To bring the strife
io a bloodloss termination.
John :. Fiske of the firm ~ J. NJ.
'eballos a Co., Cuban American bank.
crs. last night said that the cables dis
patches received by his firm from Ha.
vans. Indicate that there WAS no need
for alarm a present tie added.
III President Palma finds that his
government II unable 20 cope with the
situation. he viii call upon the Tnnea
states Tor aid. That would mean paci.
hcaton first and then annexation. In
any country governed by white men ID
Is natural consequence that the col
ored men viii be 10 A certain extent
kept In the background That Is What
has happened ln cuba. and Is AZ ths
bottom Of the insurrection"
Among the press adVices received
here nom Havana are the following.
special correspondent has sent
signed interview with Pine Guerrero
rom bis headquarters in which the
iebel leader SAYS the uprising Is pro-
test against the violation 81 the con-
and Illegal elections. which
must Dc annulled and others held Re
sald ne had kept on the defensive IN
order 10 give the government time 10
consider the question. He also saws
me government must pay for every.
ming consumed hy his forces. which
number 2.eUe men These are dis.
lribuied AZ various points IN the vicin- /
liN OF Pinar del Rio There are 300
~ The headquarters. Or Julian Betsn-
court Is the chief OF staff. The front
ktends i've miles one flank resting al
sladderhiil, one mile from the city Of 1
Pinar del Rio. The government forces
II Pinar Del Rio number only 400.
There Il another uprising OF NAL
contents al Palmira IN the province
~ santa Clara. under the leadership
~ Edward Guzman There are also
about loo rebels under the leadership