Show TELLS A STOR account 0 the march r gomez and macao by a prisoner st louis jan 8 the globa democrat of this morning publishes a leitar from havana under date of january aa follows hon S F laney a sugar planter choso whoso place is near barajas Na rajas arrived here today with ohp unusual experience of five days with the insurgents mez army hia place and was about to burn hia cane when li protested and started to look for brig general bayas with whom ho daa acquainted quain ted lie was promptly made prisoner and taken before mareo v ho turned him over to gomez the rebel commander look him aa a guest but for military reasons would not let him go home at once the general questioned him and was questioned by gioi during the five days of lakeya stay with the insurgents gomez army swung in a big circle first along t ha line of the railroad passing pedroso torriente claudio and coming around bouth of anra they crossed the east creased another railroad 1 lino north 0 aquada and re crossed it on tho arc near calimese calimete Cali mete this is where tho big light occurred but mr laney gives a very different account of it than that published according to uricial reports lie insurgents loat or more men while the losea of the spanish were put down aa eighteen killed and sixty tour wounded 1 I SAW one of men fall dead ad there were other casualties baya mr labey but no mine thin eight men were killed I 1 saw dead spanish soldiers on the field after the fight when the spaniards retreated the battle started just aa gome men were hanging a negro also of the command he biad a begres ne gres and w as condemned by court they were haleing him bak of the buildings f a cuaar when a volley was fired and one of the execution squad was killed the rebel infantry dropped into the grass and began to answer the fire with gibat effect while cavalry came aroun dand charged alie spaniards who had formed in iw squares the farat square was having pretty hard time with the crawling in the cane poured shots int it I 1 heard gomez order a ui achete charge on the other square andr udar that charge the square melted away abo soldiers finding thel ter and protection in the cane after the battle when the insurgents had mustered up quite a dumber ct mausert ma users they came back to the buildings where their wounded were later as the column moved away the spaniards opened fire with cannon but did little damage general navarro came up with more forces in our rear and fired the insurgents did not fire after leaving the plantation later on in tho march the rebel column was fired on by a train load ot troops another man was killed and there was a third engagement this did little damage from calimese calimete Cali mete the manh man h was norths eat the troops crossed the railroad just west of baro and re crossed it at corralitos Corra litos thence they marched to navajas Nava jag where I 1 was released near home there are I 1 should estimate about men I 1 understand there are a couple of thousand moio to tho north under lacre and perhaps an equal number in the south under lland cra was a story that goniea ass goins to avenge the execution ol 01 capi cillo acabo on certain prisoners he had and of mr laney said nothing could be v ider from tho truth prison era are nearly always released at once successor FOP campos jan 8 persistent rumors are in circulation here that general campos nill bo succeeded by general coln ie ja or general weiler in command of the sp anish forces ta cuba shoo jobbers akslen montreal jan 8 jas daggatt Lag gatt one of alie best known boot shioo and rubber jobbers in canada has made a voluntary assignment with liabilities of saturday ho was or bv pr mclean for alienating alie affections 0 tho wife |