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DEAD ON the FIELD.
Antonio Maceo's Life ~ Last offered
Up for Cuba Libxe.

Antonio Maeeo's Life =, Last offered
Up for Cuba LibEe.
Havana, Dec l0.--It 10 stated In
most positive terms by the Spanish
authorities that Antonio Maceo, the
great insurgent leader, and the hear
and soul Of the Cuban cause, has been
killed in Havana province. after hav.
ing effected the passage Of the western
trocha. near Mariel, at It's northern ex.
tremity. With Maceo died the youth
Francisco Gomez. son Of Maxine
Gomez, who accompanied the mulattc
general ON his passage Of the trocha.
Most explicit details Of the finding Of
the corpse Of the fallen leader of the
Cubans, and Of the facts relied upon
for the Identification. are at hand
through the report of the Spanish com.
mander. Major Cirujads. who contest
ed the passage Of the trocha unsuccess-
fully on December 4 (last Friday, with
Maceo, and who sustained another con-
fiict yesterday with the forces under
the insurgent leader.
Ii was in q reconnaissance, after the
latter engagement. that the Spaniards
found the two oorpses. not separated in
death. which they identified az those of
Antonio Maceo and Francisco Gomez.
The authorities now permit the pub
location Of Major Cirujada's report of
the engagements with Maceo. ON Decem-
Der 4. when he forced the trocha. and
which was q fearful combat. This is
the first official admission that Maceo
brought with him across the trocha a
considerably equipped following, and
fought hot engagement to effect MS
passage.
After the Cubans had passed into
Havana province the Spanish COM
mander effected fresh concentration
in that province and awaited the ar.
rival of Maceo. He had received q
confidential information of the proposed
movements Of the Cubans, and arranged
his forces accordingly. He had, in ad-
dition, received detailed description
Of the horse Maceo was to ride, as we'll
as of csprisons.
The expected battle occurred yester.
day, but no details of the engagement
are given for publication here.
After the fight, the Spanish troops
made reconnaissance of the ground
previously held by the Cubans. Here
were found the two corpses lying to-
gether, and, indeed, almost locked in
the embrace Of death. The one body
was that of mulatto, stout man
with gray, crispy, curling hair, and the
other that of a slender, dark haired
youth. Both men were dressed in
white linen duck suits. When the
linen was removed from the corpse Of
the elder of the two it was found to have
underneath it fine undershirt, with
the initials "A. NJ. upon il. The
pair of black silk socks on this body
contained the same initials. worked in
red ink. There was gold ring ON the
finger containing on the inner rim the
engraved inscription:
Antonio Maria. "
A revolver, with an ivory handle and
marked. together with small gold.
mounted telescope. was also found on
the body. The head of the younger
mans body was resting upon the body
of the first. There were found on it a
silver watch, an ammunition bag and
several handkerchiefs bearing the ini-
tials, IF. O..
Such are the details of the identifica-
tion upon which the Spanish officers
rely for their firmly expressed convic.
tion that Antonio Maceo has met his
end.
No news has been received since the
outbreak Of the insurrection that has
caused so great sensation in Havana or
mas been deemed 30 encouraging to the
Spanish cause. Since the famous raid
of the Cubans across the whole Of the
island last year, when Maceo invaded
Pinar del Rio, while Gomez returned
to the eastern provinces. the mulatto
general has held his own in the west
ern provinces against the utmost efforts
of the Spaniards to dislodge him. He
transferred the whole seat Of war from
the east to the west, and while his en-.
emies claimed he had run into trap
and built a. strong trocba across the
island to keep him there. he continued
his indefatigable campaign and con.
sistently claimed always that he could
cross the trocha when he wished and
effect junction with Gomez in the
east.
The diary Of Macso's operations
found with the dead body. in addition
to the details already stated, says Ma
Geo had been wounded before crossing
the trocha in a skirmish at Vei-ranom,
December 8. After crossing the trocha
December 4, he joined the lo,al Ha.
yana bands Of the insurgents.
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