New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-04-17
CUBl'S HOPE GONE lyO Tier lgK
General Maceo a Prisoner and
Cronbet Killed in
8 Battle.
DEATH 81 oW TO REBEL LION


Hard Fought Battle in Which
the Spaniards Were
Victorious.
& Havana, April 49, Maceois captured
and Cuba's last hope is gone. Crombet
has been killed. Without these two
leaders all is chaos in the insurgent
ranks, and liberty S most ardent friends
admit that the Cuban cause is lost. The
Spanish authorities are posting bulle- /
tins, and the loyalists in : Havana ma are ar
celebrating the ending Of the reyolu-s
ton. Without Crombet and Maceo
there can be no war. On Saturday the
Cuban army and the Spanish soldiers
met at Palmarito. The rebel forces
numbered 1000 men, while that OF the
Spaniards $1,000. A desperate battle
followed, and according to official re.
ports, lasted two hours, at the emu OF
which time the rebels retreated' were were
nursued by the Spanish troops ana
Maceo captured. His secretary was
also taken. and all the personal and
private papers of General Maceo were
then confscated. The battle was hard
fought one, and the insurgents
Battled Desperately Against Odds.
The Spanish soldiers resisted with re-
| markable courage the onslaught OF the
rebels. In hand to hand conflict, a
number of Cuban officers, one OF whom
was a. colonel, were killed.
Maceo was leader of the rebel forces
with Gomez during the last revolution
Though but youth, he achieved con.
| siderable distinction At the outbreak
of this revolution, Maceo landed at Bar
acoa, March 81. With him were the
following officers of the rebel army:
Brigadier General Flor Crombet, Cen
eral Jose e. Maceo, Colonel Augustine
Celerco Patrick Caroona, Frank Argrar
monte. Pedro Duvergar, Jose Martl,
Juan Jostiser, Joaquin Sanchez, Jorge
Estrada, Adolpho Pena, Domingo Guz-
man, Jose Palacin, Jesus Maria Dan
tana. Alberto Boy, Luis Guerinel Man
mel Ganda. Juan Limonta Isidore Nor
iega, J. l.. Jarvey, Silverlo Sanchez
Luis Sober.
Better Have Been Killed.
Maceo's fate is known III advance. Ii
vould have been far better for him II
he had been killed, as was Crombet,
than to have been brought here tc
Havana and put in old Moro castles
gloomy prison. He will be kept there
for some time and possibly ne Will oe
given mock trial. 1t is certain NJ
will be garrotted.
1--WE have no need of Campos and hi
troops now" said Spanish officer
when he heard of Maceos capture ane
Crombet's death.
| Consul General Williams is prepar
ing for an early departure, and Vlc'
Consul Springer assumes the duties
the Office at once.
Calleia, captain general of Cuba, VIII
is in supreme authority until the arr1va
of Campos, who, by royal proclamation
is commander whenever he lands, wa
: seen at the captain generals palace
and was asked if the news OF the cap
ture of Maceo was true. he conflrme'
the news of the capture of Maceo. II
added that all of the filibustering wa
nearly at an end. Calleja seems to b
highl y gratifed that the revolution ha
been put down without the aid Of Cam
pos troops.
3 "When you Americans see how easil
we can crush out the rebels here in tn
island, without the aid Of home trooI
or with only few of them, you wi
alize that the amount of anarchist
sentiment in this land has been exat
| 7nSo
'Tel your people," he added, thu
Cuba is loyal to Spain, and that Spai
I has never oppressed the island as rel
resented"
Resuming the discussion of the bait
at Palmarito, Calleja said that he ha
official information concerning the ca
ture of Maceo and the killing Of Brig
der General Flor Crombet. He all
had news that the Spanish loss w
- little, while the rebels have met wit
overwhelming defeat
Maceo Not Yet Captured.
WASHINGTON, April 16-Oficial tel
graphic reports from the captain ge
- eral of Cuba received here state tn
~ the Spanish troops have cut to piec
"a the insurgent band led by Gene1
j Maceo and General Crombet. Flew
. were killed, wounded OF taken prise
y ers. Crombet was killed. Maceo W
- among the, remnant Of the band W
i escaped, but report says they are close
pursued in the woods, with the expect
ton that they will be overtaken.
- IN THE NAME OF THE EMPER(
Dispatch From Shanghai Says He Is {
able to Govern Longer.
LONDON, April 16.-A dispatch fro
Shanghai to news agency here sd
that a proclamation bearing the e.
peror's name has been issued, descr
!. ing the empire as finished, and iasse
y ing that he is unable to govern a
b. longer, and that the officials he trust