The Irish standard., 1896-12-05
CUBAN WAR,
Terrible Story of One of the Recent

E" Engagements.
New York Nov 2-Lieut Jose Felix Rios,
eminent to the junta in this city, arrived
here last Tight On the Clyde line steamer
Algonquin, from jacksonville. This after
quarters OF the Cu1ans in this city which
would go to show almost beyond doubt
that battle which took place, in the tn Rub; Rubi
hills In October last and in which 2, 0GO Span
| iards are SAID to have been killed, had been
construed into an engagement with Wey-
week ago. co. The details Of the october battle
are strikingly similar to the details Of the
story Of Weyier's alleged engagement which
now denies that he ever gave out such in
formation. He declares, instead, that what
he said about the alleged engagement with
sonville while he was there. His story is as
| follows:
when II years s eid For era long %g time have
| been III the commission business in Havana.
Having worked hard for the Cuban cause,
in the Gomez army and took part in The
battle of Sartoga, Oct. q last. ! was given
documents by Gen. Gomez and by the Gu
csner esV at town caled an
campment near Canaquay. With eight men
I left certain part of the island in a small
rived there in five days. a, Spanish gunboat,
which was hunting for us. got into port
9 hours Later but E she was aer
t to this aee c!iy "s''' - '''As''l> '''
! Lieut. Rois off into the details of a fight
that he said occurred in the Rubi hills. just
where Gen. Maceo's engag cement with Wgy.
ler's troop is said to have taken place. He
declared that he knew it to be, an absolute
fact that the Spanish general, Melqnizo,
with $4,000 men, the exact number that
ago, came suddenly upon Gen. Maceo, with
5000 Cuban patriots behind him., As usual,
the Cubans got to work first and before Me-
quizo could get his line into shape he W, vas
greeted with shower of leaden hail that
moved great gaps in his line. The battle
tor some time 6eo re-
soldiers, began to slowly retreat. At this
point, as described in the. Weyler engage
men the dynamite sd nGidsns comes f
substance under their feet The carnage
followed slowly by the broken lines Of the
Spanish forces. Then, from an eminence
(his same .eminence is mentioned In the al
dynamite gun to bear on the Spanish
and Killed Off several hundred Of spain's
soldiers before darkness ended the fighting.
Maceo and his victorious troops got away.
Rios declared here that. the Cuban loss was
only 80. The Spanish he declared, lost near
ly 1000 men.
Lieut. Rios was then asked if the story:
| dated Nov 26. from Jacksonville Fla, and
| purporting to be an interview with him
was true He replied that the Mgy yer s story
he was told it's purport,. that he had heard
| the same thing before leaving on the AL
! gonQuin for this city.
tDo you know whether 1t was true!' ne
was asked. .
His His reply was that he know nothing at all
This seemed to settle the story of Gen.
! VIEWERS engagement with Maceo's men in
! the Rubi hills district. which, ne declared
| was an untruth ana Wh1cn the CuoaHs nave
| said was fact,
| Lieut. Rois says regarding the occupancy
| of the province Of Can1aquay by. the Gu
bans: The Spanish have give. 1t d,g up; = In IN
J houses the new government OF cuban
Liber'' conducts schools for the. children OF
the patriots. The pupils range in age from
! to 13 years, all the boys a greater age than
| that being engaged in the fight for the
islands liberty. In the province Of Cana, ,
quay and Orieti they have shosmakers S
| diers and blacksmith shops for the shoelng
| Of the patriots horses. A sort of tax is
| levied there by the government, but 1t IS
governors .Mandosa and Manuel Cesnedes
| are in charge of. A very small force of men
is all that is necessary to protect the people
The The documents sent by Gomez and Cis-
neros are in the hands OF the Cuban Junta.
! Jess-They say heaven lies about us in
our infancy. Jack-Possibly. Anyway,
| the world does when we grow up.
Decidedly Eighty makes you
think he is f1ighty?" Because he has
scheme in his head for navigating the
4 air"
Footlytes-Why don't you try to write
an original drama? Seenor-Flow can
I don't know single foreign language.
| 1t always bothers Frenchman VINO IS
learning English to read one day that
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