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Early Incidents of the Present War

The Ibarra Band the First Organized-Coloma and His Fiance, Being Captured, are Married in Moro Castle-Efforts Made for Peace, but the Disturbance Spread Rapidly-General Campos, President Marti, Gomez, and Maceo Land in Cuba-Marti's Death-The Cause of Guerilla Warfare.

ON the 24th of February, 1895, the citizens of Havana were greatly surprised to learn that public order had been disturbed in two different sections of the country. Captain-General Calleja had received an official communication from the civil governor of the province of Matanzas, stating that an insurgent band had made its appearance in Ibarra, while the civil governor of Santiago de Cuba had telegraphed him to the effect that mobs were causing trouble both in Baires and in Jiguani. Further information gathered was not reassuring to Calleja, and by his proclamation of the 28th of February, "martial law" was put in force in the two provinces named. According to Art. 3 of said proclamation, no penalty whatever should be imposed on any rebels who would surrender in eight days.