| Show RIVERA MAY SOON BE PUT ON TRIAL At Present He is in the Cabanas Fortress NO ONE ALLOWED TO TALK TO HIM SUMMARY COURT MARTIAL WILL BE HIS FATE This However Does Not Necessarily Imply That He Will Be Executed Even Though He Be Convicted Colonel Bacallao is His Companion Compani-on Late Movements of Cubans and Spaniards Havana April 14 General Ruiz Rivera Ri-vera and Colonel Bacallao continue at Cabanas fortress Incommunicado with strict orders that no one shall be admitted orers shal mitted to see them except the prison officials All that is known as to Gen erql Riveras condition is that he OCcupies OC-cupies a comfortable room nothing being be-ing known as to when he will be tried The likelihood is that he will b tried by a summary court martial but this does notimply that even if sentenced he will be executed I The mayor of Sancti Spiritus Marcus Mar-cus Garcia and the well known Senor Spelterne had arranged to visit the camp of General Maximo Gomez with a view to settling terms of peace It is said that Gomez will not receive them unless they bring letters from the Cuban Cu-ban junta 1aA A Narrow Escape Havana April 14Via Key West FlaBanes an important port on the north coast near Gibra from which heavy annual exportations of bananas and cocoanuts to the United States and whIch is the site of the estate of 51 Dumois Co American citizens narrowly escaped complete destruction destruc-tion The expedition under General Ro loff by the steamer L urada carrying 2400 rifles 500000 cartridges and several sev-eral pieces of rapidfire artillery landed alongside the quay at Banes General Calixto Garcia with 5000 men came to protect the convoy of arms and ammunition ammu-nition but as Roloff had no men te arm Garcia was compelled to carry the arms into the interior I is reported re-ported that the insurgents hearing that a Spanish gunboat might arrive at I any moment closed the entrance of the port with torpedoes General Roloff assisted I as-sisted by local bands and finally by the I soldiers under General Garcia commenced com-menced to fortify the heights around I the port hastily casting up trenches to I make the port temporarily impregnable tc any Spanish forces in the neighborhood I neighbor-hood The gunboats Neuva Espanas and Mealicia had arrived at Nipe from Havana I I Ha-vana The cruiser ReinaJ < IfiteedesLhad leftHavana on the 12th with dMQ nanies of marines and infantry under the command of Rear Admiral Maren co to unite with all the forces which had left Nipe and Gibara wIth a view io a combined land and sea attack upon the insurgents position for the recovery recov-ery of the port of Banes Nipe Is separated from Banes by the San Ramon canal Three columns I marched on Banes where they were in full view of the formidable and nearly impregnabl insurgent positions Reinforcements have been sent forward for-ward by the Spanish and Admiral Na vario will sail tomorrow on the Legaspl for the Carnbean and thence for Nipe to personally direct the attack by sea Evidently an important battle is insight in-sight if the insurgents try to defend their advantageous stronghold and their claim of being able to hold a sea I port Great anxiety exists with reference to the garrison of 100 men in the fort I defending the quay at Banes It is believed be-lieved they will be compelled to surrender sur-render for lack of water and supplies The cruiser Pin on has twice been I compelled to break chains in order to enter the Banes port I i |
