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Havana Terrorized

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Parent Issue
Day
7
Month
February
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Havana: The government authori ties believe that an outbreak hera i Havana is imminent. The owners 01 shops were ordered to put up the shut ters by 5 o'elock each eveuiug1, au where there has been gayety and ap parent unconcern heretofore there il the stillness of death iiow. Marlt h;iK ironi! to li. int Goraez, but it begin: to look as if there is more dangei behind than in front. The farthei away Marín goes to discover Gomea the closer seem the soldiers of Gome; to encroach upon the suburbs of this city. Every citi.en loyal to Spain i: endeavoring to getaway with his fam ily and hnndïeds leave on everj steamer for Vera Cruz, Tampa, New York and other ports. Havana is uil confusión and the soldiery seem ai much at a loss what todoasanyone else. Thecold-bloodedness of the new captain-general, Weyler, throws a pal! of fear over all ashis reputation shows that he will huve no mercy on anyone who incurs his displeasure, and torture and death will be the portion ol many suspected Cuban sympathizers when Weyler arrivés from Spain. 'J'lie Cubans have won important engagements Trinidad, province of Santa Clara, where a garrison of 400 Spaniards was captured. At Saleda, near Cienfuego, (00 Cubana defeated lun strongly fortitied Spaniards with a loss of 40 on each side. A bloody encounter occurred between Cajuca and Quivicar on the Havana and Muta nabo railroad, which was the result of a pretty trick of Gomez. The latter with 1,(100 men Btarted last as thouph to 'oin Maceo in Pinar del Rio. Gen. Marín, temporary coramander of the Spanish forces, left Havana with a large army to intercept the Cubans. Gomez suddenly turned westward, circled around Marin and attackcd 1,200 Spaniards under ('mella, defeating them, killing 200, with a loss of only S0 men. Goine. pursued the flying Spainiards until they were reinforced and then he continued into Pinar del Rio. The news given out by the Spaniards authorities is all clearly patched up to suit themselves. The above is írom a trusted special correspondent, which is the only way accurate news can be obtained. Spaniards in Havana a cursing the Uuited States and insul ig American residents since the actK. f the senate committee looking 'oiv. 1 the recognition of the insurgents. Americans, fearing for their safety, want the United States to send a warship to Havana. A train was blown up with dynamite near Mimas, in which 10 Spanish soldiers were killed and 50 wounded. Maceo captured 3,304 carts with provisions. arma and ammunition near Pinar Del Rio. When Goraez passed through San José Las. Lajas he left six sick men there. A Spanish column came along and killed the six. Quintou Bandera learning this ordered the women and chüdren to leave the town and theii burned it. The insurgents continue the work of ravaging the province of Santa Clara and the destruction there is widespread. Kamberless families are asking homes in charity and seeking alma. The insurgent forcea in Santiago de Cuba are by no means depleted, and numerous bands are scouringthe country around llayama A dispatch from Placetas, in the province of Santa Clara, says that the plantations of Adela, San Augustin, Alta Maria, San Pablo, San Felipe and Zaza have been burned. The loss is estimated at $800,000. The mayor and eight of the aldermen of Dubuque, Ia., have been indicted for voting themselves more salaries than thü city charter allows.

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