Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1895 — THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. [ARTICLE]

THE CUBAN REVOLUTION.

Unconfirmed Report* of an Important Rebel Victory. A Tampa, F!a„ special, AprillQ, says: Late reports from Havana assert that the Santiago with more than 300 wounded Spanish soldiers. They -were taken to the hospitals ther<Lbecause-the- hospitals at Santiago are crowded. A letter from Santiago mentions a battle at Trocones, near the Canto river, in which;-the Spanish General Salcena, with 1,000 men, engaged a band of revolutionists under Rabi, about March 26. The Spanish loss was said to be 380, while the Cuban loss was four killed and. thirty -> nine wounded. •The Spanish troops were mostly bays, the letter says, and in- th<i battle pity was taken on many who were I caught and their lives spared. J Cuban society at Tampa held a rousing mass meeting. Wednesday night, in sym-. (lathy with the revolutionary cause. A! telegram was read announcing that a bidbattle had been fought and won by tha Cubans at. Ramon de Las Yaguas. A telegram from Cuban sources confirms Guillermo's death, The program continued until midnight. It was the largest meeting ever held in Tanqia, and has created fresh interest in the cause.