| Show J IJJOT BELIEVE I the Rumor or be Death fililS Deny I of inlooio Uaceo OIVIIEItE 111 IIVIDENCC 1St BOllr Idard 111111 d tho IdlIlIcollOIl I rODlphlo 111I1 Are hi unilinit SJw YORK Dc 9Dr Elrda lee > sod Dr J Cattlllo of the Cu ITtanUln Ibis city reluae to give I a report ol the death ol the IDcoIO Autonlo Maceo In a recent ocrei pont with Major Clrujelaafter IDlbolrocbl In the western part CUb d Tuli the seventh time that the 1101 Mactoa death bee been olrou the iemblatce of omelet Wri with II M Dr > cu rho itnimri 1101oraid II bId alwlYI boo the cue that Mlceo had fallen In report to bDl gel whenever he compelled Ibo loss of pulib 13 retreat with heavy I u death will not end II hale dud tile I 115gtiiOsi1 saId Dr Catlllo who 1 ouied ta bo lookd upon the nncrt In tbe light of a Bpanlihlake I unlll l7bill reiero nay deolalon oatie note ulbootlo lolormalloo jeeail tOrt onI1 rums would cay Dr CorUUo Iblnko strange that 10 01 hlooo soling Ibo IdotUlootioo leIoco 10 the lour bullet It no h y endI 0 > UUDO bread WI mId = Visa Ike report 01 bb hlb death bId to cIcuJolo one 01 the poillta 01 IdUnOuoo we the IIndlDI 01 hta theta A M 00 Ibo saudi le I se Ihe saddle aod knew Ibro were esccb letters onttadded the doctor ebtiehopeiui I that tho tailor report I jii Iota out to bee pure laorloUoo The VVortde Key West pocl1 II VlTtle Havana advices flatly deny t lie Bpmliti report that Macao has been hbied The tory was concocted at the k tiUce to counteract the bad efleot of berets lacceta In croialnif the trocba between two tipaulih forla without lot I lof amtn c Iho newsl solo Mecto given the Ioelprosa by Major Cliujoda aud to lltfoielcn corretpoudenta by she preta reason centalua no proof of autben uMj was not authorized by the gen enl tall and did not bear the cud cu-d lomtry btadlng official The lob lo-b coined government newspaper Li llilon ConstItutIonal this morning t domed nothing of Ha own knowl olIO Iud qualified every atatemtnt md editorially referred to Miceoa Icath as current rumor supremely Im tirlanl if Iran Vartone residents rf1 Punts ISrava JJol llAK wltn ihe Wortu roeroepoadena eeteitay and they scouted the report ci I Mcoo death f hey say She irwrtunJer Clrujeda wee tbe aubjael ofacroiolng iieieat The rebels pur aced Item to the outskirta of the town NeIghborIng paolfloos said the In iuriDlt were commanded by Herann r ttucatz whom Cjpanlth reports killed tell 010011 10 SeMI Clara province iJJlDjthallf Maceo were with tbe party lbs fart woe kept quiet The mm Important Cuban lu Havana illibllve Ibo story of Maceo drain lIsp admit his entry Into Havana froilnce and believe he forced the iiccbtln response to an order Irom VInes lo attume command ol the opcttlDt In the center and reorganize tQaluiQrgnt lorcea In Havana Ma limit and haute Clara provinces Another lad proving that the truth limit In the BpauUh nltpatcbes about fierce I It tibet a World correspondent iinluioj all Information aa to tote iot1yA A subordinate SpanIard explained It In Iblt way Maceo seriously eoloedod was b11I1 conducted east toUblylo the principal hospital of Cubans In Clensga do Seapala ititltiy The eacort was attacked tlBrttnartfa under Mj Ctrnodaanu the wounded chief naa reptolell and killed Clrujrda attempted to return to Pools Brava with the corpie when rebel reinforcements attached him on the road rmuulng the body TilE BlANlSH STORY f HAVANA Dee 9The confident claims at 1 the Scanlh officiate that Ibey have abundant proof of the death of Autonlo Moo and tile young aide Francisco Oomcz aou of Maxi mo Oomez continue without abatement abate-ment The dslallt announced today of the facts relied upon for Ibo Identification Identi-fication of the two Cubans have caused an undercurrent of doubt lu Ihl city Major Clrujeda who commanded tOo Spaniel forces lu the engagement at Punla Peace on Monflay and whose 1I00p dlloovred Ibo to bodlo uod go Ibo evidence 01 1110 IdulllloIUoo conaeuted 10 bo Interviewed on the clrcumitacces of tbe caee Ho old today to Ilia coriepondent of the Ac BcclittLl Prct that when the rebels were routed It wee evident that the body of tbu chief woe abandoned on tho Hold The Spanish column without with-out atopplnu lo explore tbe Held wrul In hot pursuit ot the Iniurgeuta and followed them for a mile or more Meantime young Gomiz la supposed to havo committed suicide by Maceca aide fbo body of Maceo Major Clru jeda continued wes relieved of a ring clothing etc The guerrilla wbo performed the act were at tbe time quite unaware that the body woo tbat 01 Maceo 1 In tact little attention was paid to the Identity of tbo bodlci It was already > Ilk on Ibo Hold and It wan raining Varloua other bodies were alio aenrcbed The two bodies were tied by the root to Ibo tIll ot aoiue lionet and thus dragged over the ground the In tentlou being to carry them to town for Identification Rut after proceeding proceed-ing lor a whllo tbe uoraer became tlroJ with their burden and tbo bodies were therefore cut totes atoll tell 10 Ibo I roo J JMajor Clrojeda telegraphed to bead quartera yesterday that after the battle Kt Punta Brave ho bad beeu obliged to abandon Ibe bodies which lu Ibo course of a reoonnolsaoce hIs troops bad dlecQVeradto bu ties bodies I Au tonlo Macao and FrancIsco Uomez The guide of the column said that the body looked line Maceoa Sumo ooe atandlus by observed tbat Mnceo wIn w-In Pinar del Rlu but tile neverbelets believed that the bodies were Ihoee 01 tho Cublll ieedere The loouraol upon notlog the email force ot tbe reconuoltorlni 1 party par-ty rushed In wltb a large number ol troopa and succeeded lu currying away She body eald to be Maceo ° n Cut without with-out aecutlng any of she jewelry nod paper which had boon found upon II When Ibo troops reached OusloMJ Clrujeda proceeded to read the docu menu wblch bad been found upon Ibo bodIce I and which were deacrtbed In a dispatch exclusively by the AwocluleJ Ireae yeatrdy After loadlug thooe dLcumOol Mlj ClluJoea lays bo bo came convinced that too bodies whlcb his troops had abandoned were thute of Antonio Maceo and young GOIUKZ But It was then too latu lo return and recover tbem MtjClruJoJohowever expreuei tbe firm ujnvloilon that tbey were thee 01 Maceo sell Uuiutza loa Otis thus area that them ha beeu nu actual Identification ot Ibo bodies tbcmtelvea the conviction aa to the Identity retting upon Ibo evidence of document and arllolta found upon them There Is no doubt of the assurance of the general public here thai Maceo Is dead It la pointed out that he met hla death lu a sImilar manner to that of Jotu Mull ellll Zayns Ills bee la I regarded as the bouVI1 blow Ibo revo Iutlo has rclved cad It Is I 11t that hIs continued hOe was all tbat could save Ihe Insurgent movement |
