The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-12
GEN. MAcEO IS STILL DEAD.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS TEND ONLY
TO CONFIRM THE STORY FIRST
TOLD.
cuBANs ARE Now LOSING HEART.
Do Not Yet Admit Their Loss, hut
Realize the Weight of the
Evidence.

Ter arrived once more in this CITY at
o'clock this evening on horseback ac-
companied by members of his staff and
a cavalry escort. The streets of Ha-
yana were thronged with people, and
the houses of the town had been gaily
decorated. The Marquis Ahumada.
vice governor general, accompanied by
colonel of his staff met Capt. Gen.
Weyler at the entrance of the palace
Gen. Weyler soon appeared on the pal
ace balcony, bowling his acknowledge
ments to the vivas which the multitude
In the square were shouting for Spain,
Spanish Cuba, the king, the queen,
the army, the navy and the volunteers.
Capt. Gen. Weyler made a brief ad-
dress, in the course of which he said:
Il have only directed. The army has
done ALL
Various civil and military delegations
were received later by Gen. Weyler at
the palace. Marquis Ahumada also Of
fered his congratulations upon the
death of Maceo. Capt. Gen. Weyler re-
sponded that the credit for the combi-
nation which had resulted in the fall
Of the Cuban chief was all due to the
Marquis Ahumada, but the latter said
he had only seconded his chiefs plans.
The city is Illuminated tonight in honor
OF the captain generals return
There has been another attack by an
1nsurgent band on the town of Guiana
bacoa, in which the insurgent leader
Agueron was wounded The attack
was repulsed without serious damage.
DR.. Zortucha, the physician of Ma
Geo, who, after surrendering to Col.
Tort, at San Felipe. furnished conf1rma-
tion Of the reported death of the Cuban
leader, has given to the press, in an in
terview at Melena del Sur, additional
facts In connection with the case 1t
seems that Antonio Maceo and his com
panions did not cross the trocha, or
military line of Pinar del Rio, in the
sense generally understood They
passed from Pinar del Rio into Havana
province by sea, in an open boat, five
trips being required to take the whole
party Of insurgents from Pinar del Rio
to near Banes, this province and as
the boat would only hold eight men, in
addition to its handlers, it will be seen
that Macee's party was composed of
forty men only The night was dark
and stormy.
Maceo was accompanied by Miro, an
other important insurgent leader and
others Of his staff They landed near
Banes, and shortly afterwards occurred
the encounter with the Spanish troops
under Cirujeda, resulting, as alleged.
in the death of the Cuban chief The
meeting between the Spaniards and the
insurgents was seemingly Of an acci-
ta1
idea at that time that Maceo had sue
ceeded in leaving the province of Pinar
del Rio.
In spite Of the official accounts of the
death of Maceo and Francisco Gomez,
there are many here who refuse to
credit the report. Friends of the in
surgents express their belief that eth
er the jewelry and other things alleged
to have been found by the Spanish
soldiers did not belong to Maceo, or
else that they were placed upon the
body as a ruse, in order to throw dust
in the eyes Of the sSpaniards, While
Maceo pushed on eastward and com
municated with Maxine Gomez.
Some doubt having been thrown upon
the statement that Dr. Zortucha was
the personal physician of Antonio Ma
GEO, he was questioned on the subject
today, and declared that. after the
death of DR.. Hernandez, in Pinar del
Rio, a physician of higher rank in the
insurgent army, he succeeded Dr. Her
nandez by appointment, as Maceo's
physician, leaving the body of insurg-
ents under Diaz. to which he had been
attached, for that purpose.
DR.. Zortucha, also stated that Mai.
Cirujeda narrowly escaped a severe de-
feat and possible capture at the hands
of the insurgents. He also says that
the insurgents in the vicinity of Melena
have deserted the Cuban cause, and
have surrendered to the Spanish au-
thorities, as they are worn out with
the many fatigues they have endured,
and the privations suffered during the
long and wearisome campaign. The
doctor adds that BermudeZ, one of the
most important of the surviving in
SGrgent leaders, was wounded fatally
in the abdomen on Dec. In an engage
ment fought in the heights Of Governa-
dora, with the Spanish troops under
Gen. Inclan.
Dispatches received from Gen IncIan
confirm this 1t is officially stated here
today that Miro, the insurgent leader
who accompanied Antonio Maceo out of
Pinar del Rio, was also wounded by
the side of the great Cuban soldier, and
that Alberto Nodarez, Alfredo Justir,
Ramon Ahumade and Gordon, all staff
officers Of Maceo, were wounded in the
fight during which their leader fell.
DR. Zortucha, who has been given his
liberty, has asked for permission to
leave Cuba for Spain, and there is little
doubt that his request will be granted.
Business on the bourse here has been
suspended In order that the members
NAV indulge in the manifestations OF
lioy at the death of Antonio Maceo.
A dispatch from MatanZas says that
the local guerrillas there have killed an
irsurgent leader, Maj. Juan Pablo Toro.
Adyices from Palma, province of Santa
clara, are that the local guerrilla force
there has killed another noted insurg-