Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1897 — BERRIZ ORDERS A SLAUGHTER. [ARTICLE]

BERRIZ ORDERS A SLAUGHTER.

The Spanish Consul Sends Insurgents to Be Killed. Col. Berriz, for whom Evangelina Cossio is in jail, ordered several prisoners to be macheted near Bejucal. Among them is the son of Gen. Diego. Baldomero Acosta, the Cuban leader, is in the field and has not been captured, as was claimed. The story was that Acosta was taken Friday, just as the American steamer Concho was leaving Havana harbor. The police inspector of vessels, undeF orders from the chief of police of Havana, boarded the boat, and, it was claimed, placed the insurgent captain under arrest. Acosta, it was said, entered Havana in disguise last week, suffering from a serious illness. The Cuban captain and his wife were evidently trying to reach the Mexican shore. The story is denied. ■ insurgents entered Luyano, two miles from Havana, captured a number of cattle and sacked several stores. Juano Delgado has attacked-San Antonio Banos, in Havana province, and captured arms, oxen, etc. No resistance was made by the Spaniards. Misses Adaola and Dolores la Peyre, daughters of a respectable family, have been placed under arrest. It is claimed their father is > a member of the insurgent government.