The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-16
Defeat of the Rebel Forces at PAL
dicated In First Dispatches.
GENERAL MACEO CAPTURED
AND FLOR CRoMBET, HIS CHIEF ADJ
WISER, KILLED IN THE FIGHT.
About 2,O00 Insurgents Pitted Against
Leaves Porto Rico for Cuba.

CINCINNATI, April 1.-THE staff eorre-
spondent of the Tribune at Havana says:
Cuba's cause is lost. Brigadier General
Crombet is killed ard General Maceo is
captured. On the battlefield of Palmarito
are buried the dearest hopes of Cuban lead
ers, and the Pearl of the Antilles is stiH
fettered by chains of Spanish domination.
In a desperate conflict at Palmarito yester-
day the Spaniards defeated the insurgent
forces. Crombet was not only killed but
his body was mutilated by sword thrusts
of the vindictive Spariards, who spat upon
him after he was dead. Without the two
leaders, Crombet and Maceo, the Cuban
revolution dwindles to merely filibuster-
ing expedition. General Camposs services
will not be needed. The rebels whom he
came to conquer are rebels no longer. The
spirit of liberty fled from this tyrant-ridden
land when Crombet died and Maceo was
put in chains Everything seems to indi-
cate that the war is enCed. Reports from
the scene of battle are meager, but enough
is known to show that the patriots cause is
lost forever
The Spanish authorities, as soon as the
news was received FASTENED to post it on
their bulletins, and royals is in Havana are
celebrating the ending Of the revolution.
There will, of course, be some filibustering
parties, but without Crombet and without
Maceo there can be no real war. The Gu
ban army met the Spaniards yesterday at
Palmarito. The rebel forces amounted to
the spaniards was about $500 A desperate
battle followed. The fighting. according to
official reports, lasted about two hours,
and at the end of that time the rebels re-
treated They were pursued by the Spanish
troops and Maceo was captured His sec,
rotary was also taken, and all the personal
and private papers of General Maceo were
confscated. Flor Crombet. Maceo's chief
Id IoVfl nfln4d 4
was he who was chiefly instrumental in
organizing the provisional government at
Guatanaro. Marti the president of that
government. is said to have fed to the
United States.
The battle at Palmarito, which is the
last conflict of any consequence which win
take place during this revolution, was one
in which the insurgents fought desperate
ly against odds. The Spanish soldiers were
disciplined and resisted with remarkable
courage the onslaughts of the rebels.
Maceo and his army had been in the noun
out for the Spaniards. 1t IS supposed that
the number of the soldiers was under
rushed down the mountain side and en-
deavored to engage the troops In hand TO
h f WAS oose at hand and
effect. A number Of Cuban officers, one
of whom was a colonel, were killed.
Maceo was a leader OF the rebel forces
with Gomez curing the last revolution.
able distinction. At the outbreak of this
revolution Maceo landed at Puerto de. Ba-
rancoa, March 81. With him were the fol-
lowing officers of the new rebel army
Brigadier General Flor Crombet, General
Jose Maceo. Colonel Augustin Celreco. Col.
Patrice Corona, Frank Agramonte,
Pedro Duverger and Jose Marti.
Captain General Calieja, when | called
on him at the palace this evening, said that
he had received the official news that
Crombet had been killed and that Maceo
had been captured. He added that the
Spanish had only lost few soldiers, while
that of the insurgents was heavy In the
extreme. He said: 'sTell the Americans
that when they know that the Spanish
thorities on this island have put down the
revolution themselves, they will that
they have greatly exaggerated the revo-
lutionary sentiment which prevailed in
Cuba"
The war seems to be practically ended.
There may be few filibustering parties,
hut so far as real ana sincere struggle
for liberty is concerned, all is over.
Defeat of the Rebels Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. April 15.-Oficial tele-
graphic reports from the Captain-general
of Cuba, received here, state that the Span
ish troops have cut to pieces the insurgent
band led by General Maceo and General
Crombet. Eleven were killed, wounded or
taken prisoners. CTOnlbet was among the
killed. General Maceo was among the rem
nant of the band who escaped but tbs re-
port says that they are closely pursued in