Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1895 — REBELS TAKE A CITY. [ARTICLE]

REBELS TAKE A CITY.

PUERTO PRINCIPE SAID TO BE IN PATRIOTS’ HANDS. Something: Like Reel Strategy Said to Hare Been Employed—New Plan to Develop Trade in the South—G. A. R. Encampment at Louisville. _ _JSpanish Troops Worsted. _ - A great battle has been fought in Puerto Principe, with defeat of the Spanish and the capture ot she capital by the in- - surgent forces, according to a copyrighted to the New York World from its special correspondent send to Havana. It is said that a strong force of Spanish troops left the City of Puerto Principe to make a bold attack upon the insurgents, who were besieging the town. The insurgents fled after making a weak resistance, but it was only to draw the Spanish into an ambuscade. The rebel forces obtained a complete victory and entered the capital triumphant, 14,000 strong. Gen. Campos’ immediate departure from Havana for Neuvitad is suggestive of the happening of something serious. The insurgents, taking advantage of a cyclone which was predicted a few days before, and knowing that the Spanish gunboats would take refuge in the harbor, have been landing their filibustering expeditiousunmolested. Gen. Collazo brought his fifth expedition and landed it successfully on the north coast near the Sierra Morena —Mountains, between Cardenas and Sagua. The chief object of his expedition was to bring a quantity of ammunition and rifles, and only about 100 picked men were landed. Gen. Collazo is said to have returned to the United States or the Bahama Islands to organize other expeditions. Veterans Take Louisville. The twentymiuth encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was opened Monday at Louisville, Ky., with a parade on the arrival of Commander-in-chief Lawler and staff, at 7:30 a. m. The Louisville legion was a feature of the parade. At the Galt House, the headquarters of the national officers are beautifully decorated and elaborate arrangements were made for receptions during the day. While the reception of the commander-in-chief and his staff was the moss impdsmg event of the day, the receptions at the depots of Grand Army of the Republic posts and veterans arriving in other groups were equally interesting Special trains arrived as fast as they could be handled in the depots, and the local escorts were kept busy. Many veterans recognized old comrades at the depots. From early morning and throughout the day drum corps were heard in all directions, as the veterans were being escorted to their respective headquarters on their arrival. The roads : were full of extra trains, and the local arrangements were certainly equal to the entertainment of all that came. Fpr, Closer Trade Relations. : Leading-business men of~the~SoctU are" now organizing for the purpose of developing the industrial interests of that section of country and promoting trade relations with the North. A syndicate is to be formed composed of representatives of the different Southern States. The capital stock of this syndicate is to be not less than $300,000, of which SIOO,OOO wifi be in founders’ shares, and $200,000 in preferred shares. Each Southern Stine is expected to take not less than SIO,OOO of the capital stock, and each subscribing this amount will be entitled to one director, in the company. The plan contemplates the creation of an exchange and actual market in each of the principal trade centers of the North. An agent in the South will be expected to procure for the company the most attractive business in his territory. An agent in the North will be expected to take to the company the best people who are looking for or cap be induced to make investments in the 'South.

For Wounded Patriots. The first fair to be held in the United States in aid of the wounded patriots of Cuba opened Monday at the SpanishAraerican 6 . Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn. It is undef the auspices of 100 fair women of Cuban birth or extraction, who are banded together in an organization eollecf the “Hijas de la Libertad,” or the Daughters of Liberty. All the articles displayed for sale have been made by members of the society and are mostly of southern pattern. The gross receipts of the fair will .be used exclusively for the purchase of medicines, arnica, aft* sorbent cotton and other necessaries for the wounded patriots of the isle of Cuba. Two Sportive* Young Men Wounded. Ebr some time past the residents of Frospect avenue, Massillon, Ohio, have been annoyed by what superstitious people called ghosts. Sunday night Frank Webb and Wiiliam Conrad, wishing to have sport, dressed themselves to. represent the- ghosts. Henry Uyder, on his way home, saw the pair and, thinking they were the much-talked-of ghosts, fired at them. Webb received a flesh wound in the arm and Conrad got a ball in his heel. Their wound are painful, though not serious.