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Show NEGRO COniSPIRACY UNEARTHED IN CUBA i HAVANA. May 20. There Is no room for doubt tonight of there having been formed a negro conspiracy extending to all the provinces of the Island, with the apparent Intention of taking up arms against tho government today, which was the tenth anniversary of Cuban Independence. Independ-ence. The negroes appoear to have been roused to rebellion by the denial of what seems to them thoir Just political rewards re-wards for services renderod in the war of independence, in which they constituted consti-tuted a great majority of the Cuban forces. The situation Is considered sufficiently gravo for the government to dispatch a column of 1200 men from Camp Columbia, Colum-bia, composed of cavalry and Infantry, with field and machine guns, bound fox-Santa fox-Santa Clara and Orlente provinces. Near Sagua la Grande a squad of ru-rales ru-rales had an engagement with an armed hand of negroes. One of tho guards was killed and the negroes escaped. From Cruces comes the report that the people of the country are fleeing to the cities. |