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a. York, June 4.--Tne World this
nfng nblishes the following special cor,
londence from San Cr.stobal, Cuba,
S1sEaIted May 10: sl:ss
he following story Of the co1d -blooded.
hut chery Of more than forty wounded and
dick Cubans IN hospital and Of four pris-s
tsl1ers after the fight at Las Tomas de Jul
noes, WIS told to your correspondent by
spanish soldiers who took part in it, and
they spoke as IL such massacres were every
day occurrences with them ''Our column,
under Gen. Serano, left San Cristobal May
~ to operate in the mountains between here
and the north coast. At midnight we
&camped but at 5 a. m. the bugleesounded
Il Tor Jus to be UP. We were preparing to
break camp when suddenly there was q call
Yto arms. A moment later there came per-
&fectsrain of bullets. Then the Insurgents
began to close in upon US. Several times
1 they came down upon us with tremendous
fury. swinging smachetes above their neads,
I but 1t was impossible for them to stand pc
h fore the fire of our Mausers.
q ST 1--WE waIa under fire and constant men
! ace from td6 naachete until past noon, when
II the enemy apparently withdrew. "A consul
I tation was held by our officers ana IT was
4 learned that retreat was cut Off.
Wien night came we were stu on the
4 mountain side Day dawled and with light
1 came the enenay's fire. Thus we fought on,
4 our boys falling about us in dreadful MA
/ ner, when suddenly we heard distant boom
81 cannon. We knew assistance had ar
rived from Bahia Honda and that the enc
my was being attacked in the rear. The
Insurgents fire was gradually withdrawn
and we succeeded in taking possession OF
their camp. They had retreated, but had
occupied another height, where they deted
us.
3sts ' ut was all we could do to attend to our
dead and wounded. OF my battalion we
had to bury ten and gather up thrty-seven
wounded. Each Of the other battalions lost
as many or more. We then killed four prls-
oners who had been captured, including q
Il Chinaman.
eve carried our wounded to Bahia
Honda, where they were sent to Havana,
Then after rest we returned to this
place. On the road the day before the
fight in the forest we had passed Tine
house. It was general had stopped
there and had been we'll received by a
man occupying the place, who said ne
knew nothing Of the insurgents. AS we
cametto this house on our return halt
4 was ordered and our officers went into
I the house. The general went up to the
man, shook hands with him and then
invited him out doors, where he ordered
him to be killed with the machetes. We
then examined the house and found var1-
Gus bottles of medicines that satisfied US
that the house was an insurgent hospital
and the man whom we had Killed was
their doctor. Then we went through
the house and found upward Of forty
sick and wounded. These we killed with
our machetes and then applied the torch.
Those who had died outside of the house
we threw into the flames. We then re-
sumed our march
u g5 New York, June 4-The Herald's Mad
sartd correspondent cables the following:
n; sam authorized by Prime Minister Cam
ssf,yasS to state that there is absolutely no
Ri Foundation either for the Worlds. Madrid
cable dispatches to the effect that Capt.
y Gen. Weyler will retire because his to-
bacco edicts were annulled and on &C
$ count Of the rehearing of the Compete
tor case next month by the supreme court
Of naval appeals, or for the Madrid AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch saying that an
] agreement eSists between Premier Can
/ oyas and the United States that the war
/ Is to end hN October, Cuba to have an
autonomy, the United States to guaran-
tee the pacifcation Of Cuba, and Spain
4 to make concessions favorable to the
!! trade between the United States and
Cuba. 5ae .
~ Madrid, June 1.-The attempted duel be-
B tween Generals Martinez Campos and Bor-
4 lei, which was prevented by the timely in
/ reference of the captain-general Of Madrid
who arrived upon the scene just as the prin-
sSsc..pals were being placed in their position by
\ their seconds, is the sensation Of the hour
,ssf me Impartial publishes the text OF the
( Iotter written to Gen. Martinez Campos by
cen. Borrer, which brought the quarrel be-
4 tween the two generals to crisis and pro-
i. voked Gen. Martinez Campos to challenge
4 the writer. The letter concludes as follows:
or many years you have been my enemy.
H Mn patience Is ended and am now ready
,to do to you what the rebels in Cuba could
4 not do H..
4 s Tue ministers are endeayoring to induce
Cen. Borrer to Withdraw the letter, and II
he refuses to do SO he will be court-mar-
\ tailed. r-.