Show CUBAS CAUSE I latest 1 That it i Doing Remarloi l > ly Well HAVANA Dee 5The steamer Leon Trece has arrived at Guantanamo with the battalions of Principe de Toledo and Sairustugi and the steamer Buenos Ayres has arrived at Cayo Frances Aye Zargosa Sabre Pavia and Catalune battalions numbering 6000 soldiers Captain General Campos has arrived here and reports a good impression of I the condition of affairs in Santa Clara I The Manzanillo plantations are planting with grain and several of p1antng wih gain those in Matanzas are doing likewise GOTO Will Retire I NEW YORK Dec 5A dispatch tote to-te Herald o Panama says I President Care will retire temporar I ly from the presidency General Rafael Ra-fael Reyes minister of the interior will act as president The Heralds correspondent in Guay aquil Ecuador sends word that the government forces under command of Colonels Moraes Alfairo and AveUiano defeated the clerical troops near Cha puy after two our heavy lighting The rebels fled taking refuge in Colombian lombian territory Many of Ithem were Idled Another Cuban Victory KEY WEST Fin Dee According to advices which reach here from Havana Ha-vana the Cubans Wave once more won a notable victory over the Spaniards The battle was fought between Cama guay and Las Villas Generals Gomez and Sanchez with 3000 insurgents encountered en-countered Generals Suraz Valdez and Garnet command ng 2500 Spanish troops Three houis of desperate fighting fight-ing was waged the Spanairds retiring with a loss of 200 killed and 300 wounded wound-ed Among the killed were several offi eels Insurgents loss about Half that of the Spaniards It is asserted in Havana that the report re-port that Gomez and Macei were routed rout-ed was ordered cabled to the United Sttc by Campos t prevent if possible possi-ble the recognition of the insurgents by congress Siorr in Cuba ST LOUIS Dec 5Tho mystery surrounding the disappearance November Novem-ber 18 of Captain Rosser Roemer who was in command of the famous Busch Zouaves has been solved He is now in Cuba at the head of a band of 200 Americans fighting for Cuban independence inde-pendence and with him is Sergeant Prank Hilligas also a member of the Zouaves When Roemer left St Louis ostensibly ostensi-bly to visit the Atlanta exposition it was quickly whispered among his friends that his destination was much more remote than the metropolis of Georgia I was known that about tho same time certain leaders in the Cuban cause with whom Captain Roemer had been in consultation left the city 3aeeo > and Gomcz NEW YORK Dec 5A special to the World from Havana says The Spanish column under General Suarez Valdez met Antonio Maceo at La Reforma on Dec 2 La Reforma Is a cattle estate in Puerto Principe province about twenty miles from the eastern border of Santa Clara province pro-vince Maceo had united forces with Gomez Dec 1 With him were the officers of the newly formed Cuban republic The total insurgent force is estimated at 4000 including 240 cavalry General Valdez had the Valladelid and Cuba battalions about 70 cavalrymen and a section of light artillery Gomez adopted his usual tactics He threw out the skirmish line and firing continued contin-ued some time General Valdez advancing advanc-ing until he occupied the camp used by the rebels the previous night General Gen-eral Valdez followed the retreating rebels and was joined between Jicotea and Rio Grande by a column 3000 strong under General Alcoa who con tinued the pursuit General Valdez in his dispatch to General Campos ex tolls the conduct of Lieutenants Churchill and Bartez of the British army who were with him |