The times., 1898-02-13
.CUBANs ENTRAP MOL|E!!
They Nearly Annihilate His Com
mand in a Small Valley.
THEIR POWDER GIVES OUT
Otherwise All the Spaniards Would
Have Been Killed-Be Betancourt at
the Head of the Patriots-A Span
ish Outrage VIII Not Accept
Miss Barton's Help.

| Havana. via Key West, Feb. 12.-Let-
ters received from the country give de-
tails of the fight between Betancourt
and Molina.
The Spaniards who We're entrapped
in a small valley, We're not completely
annihilated, because the ammunition
of the Cubans gave out. Molina had
| 60 killed and loo wounded, and entered
| Ceiba Mocha in complete disorder. The
Cubans had three killed and fourteen
wounded.
1t is also known that the body which
| the Spaniards brought here as that of
Col Ruiz was that of the Cuban guide
! who accompanied him, and who also
was executed as a deserter in the SER
vice of the Spanish army. The grave
of Ruiz is known only to two men.
The sixteen insurgents who surren-
dered with Masso, after having some
what rested from the fatigues of the
field and bought plenty of clothes with
the money which was given them for
their surrender, have all gone back to
the field. Masso, becoming alarmed
lest the Spanish authorities should
think he had advised them to do SO,
has come to live in Havana, where he
is ignored by the Spaniards and de-
spised by the Cubans.
The Spaniards have added another
crime to their long list. This one was
committed on Thursday at Arroyo Are
mas, a few miles from Havana. The
h. of o N
named Manuel Lopez and attempted to
assault his daughter, Carmen, eighteen
years old. The father, who was not
far from the house, heard her screams
and came to her rescue. The soldiers
killed him, but left the house without
accomplishing their intentions. The
girl presented herself TO the Spanish
military commander of the village and
reported the case, and he replied that
as no harm had been done to her she
had no reason to demand the punish
ment of the men. and as for her father,
he had dared attack the soldiers, and.
therefore, deserved his dath.
Before the war there were 100000
resident Sraniards on the island. Now,
according to the census, which is being
completed for the coming farcical cleo
tions. it has been discovered that only
1S7 900 are left, which fact has greatly
alarmed the authorities, who are keep
ing it quiet. The cause Of the diminu-
ton of the Spanish clement is that
owing to the war there has been no en-
iEration from Spain during the last
three years, emigrants having gone to
South American republics instead. and,
further, the eXterminating policy of
Weyler has affected a few of them.
The Diario de Ia Marina today makes
a fiery attack on the New York Sun
for having published an article in refer
ence to a few deeds of Don Rafael Vas
salo, civil governor of Puerto Principe.
The article of the Diaria, which occu-
pies a column. does not give a single
fact to prove that what the Sun says
is not true The half of it is dedicated
to praise of Nassalo who is said to be
twice a gentleman, first because he IS
a Spaniard, and second because he is
Spanish soldier. The rest of the article
consists of abuse of the Sun, which. it
saws. is mot admitted to honest homes
i'm the United States on account of its
licentious and defamatory articles
against the worthy Spanish authorities
of Cuba
Miss Barton has been ignored by the
Spanish Red Cross Society.