River Will Be Shot
New York, March SO.- A dlspatch rom Havana, referring to the capture f General Ruis Rivera, says: General Ruis Rivera was surprised at nis camp at Cabezdas, four miles west of Consoacion dei Sur. General Velazco, who vas at Consolación with 800 men, earned of the whereabouts of General Rivera, and also that the Cuban general had been wounded and had few men with him. By a quick movement he urrounded the camp, and Rivera and his staft were made prisoners. Rivera's vounds did not allow him even to try o escape. Will Probably I5 Shot. General Rivera will be brought to Havana from San Cristóbal, and wlU probably be shot here. Requests have jeen telegraphed to General Weyler to spare his Ufe, as a civilized act, which would win sympathy for the Spanish government, but it is very doubtful whether Weyler will agree with this view. The successor of General "Ruis Rivera as commander of the Cuban forces in the province of Pinar del Rio will be Colonel Vidal Ducasse, a brave native of the province of Santiago de Cuba, who carne with Maceo in the invasión from the east. Ducasse is a mulatto, and he and his brother have always been considered by General Weyler as redoubtable foes.
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