The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-10
HIS DEATH DENIED
The Maceo Story Considered
Here Spanish Fake.
MINISTER DE LONE SILENT
General Palma Says Maceo Has
Been Killed Seven Times.
pEATH or GOMEZ PROBABLE
Yellow Fever and Small-Pox Prevailing
--Over o,ooo Spanish Soldiers
Said to be Either Sick
or Wounded.


Said to be Either Sick
or Wounded.
New York, Dee. 9.-Dr. Thomas
Estrada Palma and DIR. j. Castillo, of the
Cuban Junta in this city, refuse to give
credence to the report Of the death of
Gen. Antonio Maceo, in the recent en-
gagement with Maj Cirujeda, after
crossing the trocha in the western part
OF Cuba.
"This is the seventh time that the news
ef Maceo's death has been circulated
with the semblance of official authority,
said DR.. Castillo.
Continuing the doctor said it had al
ways been the custom to report that
Maceo has fallen in conflict whenever
he compelled the Spanish to retreat with
Nheavy loss of life.
IF he is dead, his death viii not end
the contest" said DIR. Castillo, who init,
mated that he looked upon the report
in the light of Spanish fake"
Those of the Cuban sympathizers In
the city who had floeked TO the Junta
headquarters to-day in the hope Of OBJ
tanning more definite information as
to the truth or falsity OF the report We're
clearly respondent, but professed te
place little reliance in the story of the
death of Maceo and Francisco Gomez
II shall reserve my decision until | re
ceive more authentic information, was
all that Gen. Palma would say.
DIR. Castillo thinks it strange that in
making the identification of Maceo's
body, reference to the four bullet wounds
1on his breast was not made" When the
sixth report of his death had been cir
culated, one Of the points of identifca
tion given was the finding of his initials
"a NJ an his saddle. | saw the saddle
and knew there were no such letters on
it." added the Doctor, who is hopeful that
the latter report viii turn out to be a
pure fabrication.
SMALLPOX AND YELLOW FEVER
Both on Increase and Over 10000 Span
ish Soldiers are Sick or Wounded.
Washington. Dee. 9.-The Marine Hos
pita1 service has received reports of small
pox and yellow fever in Cuban seaports.
Under date OF November 24, the Uni
ted States Consul at Cienfuegos, reports
that. during the week ended November
%. there were in that city twelve deaths
from 42iEOW 1EADT anu lWO HUH
pox. The United States sanitary inspec-
tor ut Havana reports go new. cases
and 81 deaths from yellow fever and 54
deaths from smallpox during the week
ended November 26. The inspector also
says that yellow fever has not diminish
ed. particularly in severity during the
week ended November %, that small
pox has increased considerably among
civilians and that enteric and malarial
fever and dysentery have augmented
among all classes. Eighty-three of the
81 deaths from yellow fever, during the
week ended November 26, were among
Spanish soldiers in the military hospitals.
The inspector says he is informed from
what he believes creditable sources, that
In the eighty government military hos
pitals, which are established in the city
and its immediate suburbs. there are
over 10000 sick and wounded Spanish
soldiers. The weather continues unsea-
sonably warm, with a temperature rang
ing from 70 to 81 degrees fahrenheit,
night and day.
The inspector at Santiago lie Cuba says
yellow fever still prevails more or less
among the soldiers. Malaria, as usual,
is causing many victims. The scarcity
of food is being felt among the poorer
classes and fruit and vegetables are
sometime luxury on the rich mans
table; many people can get no work and
paupers and beggars people the streets,
SO that if this state Of affairs continues
long, Santiago will become q city of poor,
hungry y-stricken inhabitants
The sanitary Inspector at Yokohama,
Japan, under date of November 9th, calls
attention to the increasing prevalence
and great mortality Of smallpox in
Hiogo Ken, where the disease is confined
chiefly to the towns or Hiogo and Kobe
and their immediate neighborhood, on
which account the United States Consul
at Kobe has deemed it advisable to treat
the port as infected. He calls attention
to the renewed and severe outbreak of
plague in Formosa, SO far confined to the
district of Taipeh.