New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-26
HELD THE TOWN AGAINST HEAVY ODDS.

| HELD THE TOWN AGAINST HEAVY ODDS.
THE STOUT DEFEN~E OF DOS CAMINoS' CUBA BY
| A HANDFUL OF SPANISH TRooPs-ANoTHER
DEFEAT OF INSURGENTS
Santiago de Cuba. April Conc hundred in
| surgents. under Ramirez LoZano attacked Dos
| Caminos eighteen or twenty miles from mere
last Saturday There were Twenty-Five spanish
soldiers in the town They stood toSether ana
! kept up steady fire on the stormng party Until
| IIozano gave up the attack ard peat Il nasty
retreat with his men. The Insurgents loS' 9SNeh
| killed and fourteen wounded. Deheral 0d'ceuo
| commander-in-chief Of the troops III 'hlS prov
| nce. has given medals TO the twenty-five ''''
! who defended the town.
| Gustave Richlieu ard August Bolton the
| American sailors imprisoned weeks ago Oh" '"9
picion Of helping the insurgents, were ie.eas9" ~
day in Difference to United states OoIsuI II!
| urgent representations. They were instructed 90
ronort 10 the court once a week until their 'rla!
| Mr.. Hyatt has note 10 inc NoN NJ
questing their absolute release 10 thr ..,,.
| Press correspondent both sailors too pr t.,
straightforward story. They were causn' .h ~,
| gale off Hayti and were swept over u '"o
! Cuban coast.
Madrid. April 25-A dispatch from Havana
this evening says:
! Colonel Toeorizo with 260 troops. yesterday de-
faatod zoo Insurgents A Spanish captain ana
civ Spanisb soldiers were killed. Twelve In
! surgents were killed and forty were wounGeu'
| General SacedO is pursuing the lnsulseit e""''
Naceo who Is in the district of HardsuNd'
Havana. April 25-The steamship Nillaverde
| arrived here at 10 o'clock this evening VII"
| General MARTINEZ Campos and his suite inc
streets were decorated and Illuminated anu
thousands had gathered near the uochs 70
| greet the new Cdptdln-OeI'ldi d. Inv
was inCcssant.
Paris April 25-The Government or COSTA
| Rica has instructed the Costa Rican Agent
here to proceed to Madrid at once and iurnish
| the Spanish Government with all the aNaliaoie
information in regard to the cXpcGltloh Oh 'Ao
| insurgent leader. Maceo, against CUBA
| Senior Dupuv de LONE. the Spanish Minister
70 this country. Is at the Savoy. Senior dc LONE
arrived from Havana Yesterday. lie IS Wen
built dark and wears full beard trimmed closely.
He speaks English and French huently speaking
OF the present instruction in Cuba. Senor de LONE
said: Il do not wish 20 rush INTO PRINT hp'u'
Cuban affairs Any controversy between TINS 'ou''-
try and Spain over cuba will not be helped by my
discussing it the newspapers As to the hrIhs on
The Alliance that was an unfortunate AFFAIR, ana !
have no comment to make about the way the qu'S-
ton was handled. II seems 10 have been ehlHeF
scttltd. | should say. however. That IN my "P'o"
| il would have been much wiser Tor the commander
| % ~ Alianca to have stopped when ordered ana
thec demanded indemnity "fierward. me
action o. the commanding officer on tho Spanish
man is be judged by the proper tribunal
and not b! me.
The new Minister thinks that the accounts or the
inSurrecto IN cuba have been greatly eNdgSeIdtcl
lie said: The papers IN America have ieemci with
reports OF battles and oppression. You would sup
pose from newspaper accounts that every IN
habtant of Cuba had raised his shackled hands and
cried cut agains, Spaush oppression. That Is wr"nS
There il very lite interest being taken IN inc re
Volt by t.. people IN u tNaus think the uprising
will s:4"6.ly be put down The arrival o. General
MARITIME. CAmpos has brought orIe" oIt Of thhoH.
has shown clear tie people ina; Their interests
WI 20 protected. and az resdI; has caused a
Geas:ai feeling OF security
SeAor &c Lone spoke highly Of the campaign
OF SPANS policy toward cuba. He said
There is ono thing about Genera Cdmpos. He
does not say that ne s gong 20 do this or 20 do
thai but he goes right ahead ana does H. lie Is a
soldier ever" inch and 0Ot a TOY nghtrr ~" is
LOYAL TO his country but he - humane. ana AZ lar
as possible ht VIII treat hts enemies l"nienty. IN
the a OF the leaders OF the revolt however. severe
Justice Will bc melted out. Spain Will. before the
hrst Of next month. hay" an army OF HVD men
stationed in cuba. with such n force the Tevo-
luton viii easily be put down. 1t is untrue that
purpose OF buying of the leaders OF the revolt.
Spain does not fight her battles that way.
Senior de LONE Will remain in this city for few
davs before going Washington He vii, be joined
by his "a mii,- I'm few DAYS
4 dinner 10 Manuel Cesp"des, tho son OF that
Cespedes who was once President Of the Cuban
Republic. was given last night al the Leon No. %
West Thirty-nrstst About seventy rNe people were
present. rhomaso Estrela Palma. th" laSt Prcsl-
dent o, the Cuban Republic presided. Many stir
ring speeches were made.