| Show WEYLERS BAPTISM Insurgents Surprise Him Outside the Village ol Copaste Axornmt WAlt VEISCLUAPIUBED Sianlshlroopi 1 rii ally Interfere Hilt aim ralIIoco l cplnu for li lire lulu NEW YoitK Jan 3A dlFpalch ID tile Herald from Havana sayi General Weyler has received his baptism of On In Ibo geld Hu may even have been abounded by Ibo brilliancy ol tile SlAlb ol the Insurgent steel before hU vury eyes At all events eighteen ol hill eticlal escort ol guides a corps ol Cuban egroes who enjoy the distinction of kuardlog the person ol the captain general when bo takes the Held have arrived here seriously wouuiHa with machete thrusts Several baY since died From their acts It la I clear thai early on Tuesday morning the rebels under Aranguieu and Arango made a start llngly bold and dashing attempt to capture the captain general vclci was nearly crowned with eucoesi General Wejler wbo was marchlnc surrounded by the column of Col Begins entered IIo village ol IJjBtro Ctmlroa ouMonday afternoon Older were at once given Ural t nil the Iniiabl I Ants t should leave tnelr I oiaes within two hours Tile village being deserted the lorob wit applied auto all nB houses aliaut 80J In number were destroyed Tbe captain general then proceeded Inward Copulate elxteeu kilometres further on tile road to Gulnrp Cunasto was reached alter night fail uuj a corpn ol kUldts was gent forward to leooniioiler General Woyler with tho main kllaolab column under General Beglirs Bulled memo distance outilde Ibe vlllaiie Tliu Insurgents at the orders ol their leaders bull poncenlel I tl 0 an elves la the buunog el 1 tl e town Their plant were evidently well laid and It la quite Profitable that they uilgbhavutuccecdcd In capturing tbu desired JIlzOIhs bpanlab uiinander JImoll In may nol foul their Covert tby could Leon loaillod great 1 ota upon tbe Spaulbb column as It tutored Ibo town unprepared for on ambuihi conceived under such uu usual cucumstancea null 1 In no bold a moor I Uiilortunatelv for tile fain Iment ol Ibo designs ol the Insurgent lenders Willie the Bpanlsh scouls were engages In the rtconuolteraoce the guns ot some of the concealed rebel were ncoldently disc harstedgi vl ng the sirree to the royal troops before the Bpsn lib advance guard recovered treat fto surprise the rebels seeing tbat their 11 I tau bad partly fallml t rubej from their place ol concealment and attacked at-tacked the enemy with great fury In Hiding severe louiea In their reslellesi uislaULht Ho bold In fact wall Ibo In lurgenta column that It pursued the rapidly retreating Bpaulardg to a paint alnoat within range ot tbe troops lu General Wtylerj main body Anti easily within Ito compass of a gold clots II the captain general bad cared lo Inspect the dlapeiial ol his own loldlerir Captain General Val ler spent Wednesday nlaht lu Guinea and ao cording to clllclal repottr received Ibo I-bo expected to enter Matanzae yesterday STOPPED A FUNEIIAX PROCESSION NEw Y IlK Jan 23A Tamps 1 Jj apiclul 10 Ibo World says Carlos Antlloftt well nowu literary nan and a Cuban by birth ultd Sunday Sun-day at Uuanabacoa The luneral procession pro-cession on Monday wa stopped by n mob ol gpai lih Idlers who broke open the ofUn look out the corpse Anti alter brutally bundling and l beat IDE II with muskets unit l awards threw It Into tile Irool and llolLoco Ibo mooln ers to tttiro t It up The people dlipersed In hur 01 their lives but some bouts later finding that the soldiers had left they recovered tho body and l Lvcrled It The bodies 01 three school clrla who UltatrxareJ < last week were found Tuesday on bo outskirts of Quaia biuoa mutilated and with hardly a ihrrd cl clothing upon them Dogs bad partly eaten them DfVOT1 TO CUD VN LIBRE NEW YOUl Jan 23Tbo World this mOIDwg say 0 Francisco Iteeado ol Iqu nu called l onUclctiatelalmalistnlubt lie la a lepbow of Ocnral PILL Hondo who Wall Ono 01 the most note C lien lose era during tile tau years war and who lulreudered under the flat ol I truce being shot two days later I Frar citco la In 1 New York lo loin tho Cuban forces lie said For years my father had taken uu Interest lu Cuban sOalrs hot when he heard ol General Mao < oa death and the Bjanhh treachery which led to II he called I me to him and gave mo tl 1000 rhlpl be isald irlll Lo eniugh to lay I your extonaea to Cuba by way of Now Yeah llepcrt General Palms and net Into Ice Held 81 soon ai piatlble From this time on your life and mine mutt be devoted to the cauie ol CUba IIbo 00 ANOTHER MAN181I 8II11 GONE KIY WLBT FIJI Jan 23Advlc received here state that me tipaulih I unboat Cowl has beau captured ana burned by the insurgents The Contain which was ouo of Ibo mot powerful the smaller Spanish vessels In Cuban waters bo been cruising near Cardeuaa to prevent tbe landing of filibustering expeditions For toras lime Ibe boat has bean accuiiomed to Recline at nlRbl oil blerra Uorena The place where Ibo gunboat anchored WAN favorable lor an attack rom abort Tbo Iniuigeila opeued fire on lie vciiel with aI pcuud dotoblrla Cun The veiiel was struck several finite Out badly damaged by shells from the 11010bkh guo null while the crew WAS In CDI lualon boats loaded with joint genie left the shore and the Cornet wag bjaided A dciperaln band l to hand tight took Racoon Ills deck of Ibo gun boat Tbe CubaLS umd the machete with deadly affect and finally alter the Hf I anlib commander and l hall I 01 his lUeo had Leeu killed thi tutvl veto lurnnJered The Insurgents ont the prisoners netiord and Ih1I looted the velsl aeiurlJg n grant luaullt of ammunition miny cm l > srs and pstola and 1 Blew rlllai 1w quick flrln < caouan were also removed loo tctursenta then fired lh hI hich wits soou burned I lo the waters ajgt SCALPERS TICKETS Petitions to Congress Against tho Passage of a Law 1101III1ITIM1 1 lilt MAU or Tllbll lluy Were signed hr Vfiibrrj of the Legislature lIul I Iromluent Citizelm Tile Interstate commerce commit oleo recently mado a recommendation tu Congress urging that a law to reaped I prohibiting the salu ol sralpori tickets It Wa contemplated 10 forbid the sale of railroad I tlcUela by all per tons except duly authorized agents of tile railroad l corporations Many ol these scalpers tickets are sold at 1 re uncoil I rates and It sometimes occurs that rople who purohssa Hem are either Put oft the tram or compelled I to pay I their lao When ninllcatlon Is made lor redress at the olllccs of Ibo companies lilt refused ou the ground that tie ticket was not liansler ible To avoid this the recommendation was made that the silo of three tickets bo stopped Two petitions have been sent Irom this city urging Congress lo take no action to the matter The Patti tlona were signed by members 01 the Utah Legislature now lu session and by other prominent citizens 01 bait Late The position taken against Ibo pas sago of the law Is I that It would bo lu The Interest of the railways and again tile people generally The etltlons have been circulated nmuntr leading cilluo for signatures and It Is I understood under-stood were sent to Washington last ovolll |
