Show CUBANS GAINING GROUND TO ME BE AT ar SAJID ralsa false reports sent out oat by S spanish p anish officials do not deter the cubans cabass atom fl oni pressing essing Ii on havana jan jam 4 unless all indications are misleading the end ot of the cuban insurrection la at hand band and the result must be in lavor favor ot of the insurgents whose armies under maximo damn comez antonio maceo and quintin dandera bandera aro are nearing nearine this city from three different directions this fact act so 0 o frequently denied in official circles the past two weeks Is now generally admitted although all sorts borts of larne lame explanations pla nations of 0 the triumphant adv advance a ot of the cubans aro are put forth in hope of calming public excitement step by step gen campos has been driven back before tile lie advance of the tha victorious army until here preparations are being completed on both sides for tho final and decisive struggle TERROR IN HAVANA well to do people in the districts around havana are flocking flock lne into the city tile the price ot of provisions hasi haa already begun to go up alarmingly in the streets the hustle and bustle ot of the military is visible every man or boy who can be ba planed placed under arms arma has har been called upon to shoulder a riela and the warships havo have landed every man and gun eun available for or tho the defense of 0 th the 11 city in the face ace of 0 these preparations to repel the enemy from without the most vigorous vleo roua plans have been laid out to battle with an ail enemy within the authorities recognize the fact act whon whoa the insurgents guns are heard beard in the distance they may be the signal for or a popular uprising which wilt trill divert if attention from the enemy and enable the latter to make a dash into havana which la Is expected to end the war and enable cuba to calm her independence COMING AROUND havana jan 4 the dallies dailies ot of madrid insist that the dellied reforms should now new be given to cuba senor canovas del castillo Castl llo president Preal dent ol of the spanish council says that ho he Is not disposed to undertake tile work ot reform during the time of war becaria this would only result in cuban independence pend pen dence enco at the of 0 the war |