Show READY TO EXPLODE Hades May Pop in Puerto Principe at Any Time New York June 4A special to the World from Havana says The whole province of Puerto Principe Prin-cipe is in a state of the wildest excitement excite-ment says a merchant who arrived from there last night I may rise up any moment like an explosion in a powder magazine Realizing the critical situation in that region the merchant sold out all his belongings and came here The insurgents throughout Puerto Principe are only awaiting the arrival of General Maximo Gomez who is to assume command of their forces and for whom they are anxiously looking The houses open in this city for recruiting re-cruiting Cuban soldiers for the revolution revolu-tion continue enlisting men unmolested unmo-lested Santiago is completely surrounded by rebels and an attack is momentarily expected Telegrams from Santiago represent that the revolution is growing more and more serious in that department Santiago has been without meat three days A herd of cattle was brought into Santiago guarded by a force The troops were attacked by insurgents and routed last night According to the official dispatch the troops lost two men killed and four wounded while the rebels lost two killed and five wounded I is common knowledge here that the soldiers of the government do not want to fight and that the commissioned commis-sioned officers inflict terrible cruelties on them during tattles to make them fight Francisco Carrillo a naturalized United States citizen who has been imprisoned in the Moro castle since February 27 charged with implication in the revolution has been set at liberty lib-erty and sent on board a steamer leaving for New York I is rumored that Jose Marl Aguirre a prisoner on the same charge will be released Nothing has been made public pub-lic of their trial |