Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 May 1898 — Page 2

<Ehc3?itw County flciujcrat M. McC. STOOW, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : : INDIANA. The entire army stationed at Chickameugu park has been ordered to the front. The government of Uruguay has refused permission to establish in Montevideo a Red Cross society in aid of the wounded Spaniards. The Philippine rebel chief, Gen. Aguinaldo, has issued a proclamation to the insurgents of Manila to obey the orders of Admiral Dewey and United States Consul Williams. The steamer Roman arrived at Boston, on the 8th, and the captain reported that he had been held up by a Spanish ship 300 miles from Boston. No particulars were stated. It was officially announced, on the 13th, that Queen Victoria had accepted the resignation of the earl of Aberdeen « as governor-general of Canada.to which office he was appointed in 1893. A sEMi-orrici-U. note has been issued in Paris denying the report that a number of French artillerymen were landed at Havana by the Lafayette, which was allowed to enter that port recently.

The ambulance ship Solace, haring on board four surgeons, eight nurses, the finest surgical appliances and accommodations for 100 wounded, arrived at Key West, Fla., from Hampton roads on the 11th. Reports from Cadiz, on the 10th, stated that the Spanish Cape Verde fleet, for whieh Admiral Sampson has been looking in West Indian waters, had turned up at that city. This leaves the way clear for the homecoming pf the Oregon aud for the invasion of Cuba. Later accounts from the bombardment of San Juan. Porto Rico, by Admiral Sampson V fleet, on the 12th, show that two Americans were killed and seven injured. The batteries were not silenced, but the town is thought to have suffered much destruction with loss of life. Assistant Secretary Arles of the ' navy department received information from private sources, on the 12th, that • a number of torpedo boats had been •een off the New England coast. The president was informed, and Mr. Allen was instructed to place the facts before the war board at onee. The torpedo boat Winslow, damaged In the engagement off Cardenas, came to Key West, Fla., on the night of the 12th. under her own steam, in charge of Ensign Hailey, of the Wilmington. It is believed the torpedo boat can be repaired and made realtor active service again in a few weeks* Admiral Dewey’s victory was celebrated in Topeka, Kas. ,ou the 10th,with as, elaborate demonstration. A great parade was arranged, in which Grand Army veterans, the new volunteers and semi-military organizations took a prominent part. Several thousand school children were also in line. In the Spanish chamber of deputies, on the loth, the Catalan iau deputies strongly protested against the proclamation of martial law in Barcelona, as there have been no disorders there. The minister of the interior, Seuor Capdepou, replied that the authorities of Barcelona undoubtedly had good reasons for their action. , On the 10th the United States treasury began paying out gold over the counter in lieu of currency. This will be continued indefinitely. The available cash balance on ha.ud,including the 1100,000,000 gold reserve,is $21N,313,aS5. Of this amount Ssj,32s.1.»1 is free gold aud the balance is made up of silver, treasury aud United States notes, etc. A dispatch from Port-au-Prince, j Hayti. on the 12th. said that Admiral j Sampson arrived that morning before j San Juan, with niue ships, and imme- ' - diately opened lire upon Morro fort, whieh was soou reduced to a heap of debris. Duriug the engagement a Spanish steamer was captured by the Yale. The place surrendered at tip.in. j •....1 Tue Russiau consul at Tien-Tsin, ! China, has notified his colleagues that ' foreigners will not be allowed at Port Arthur or at Ta-Lieu-Wan without j passports vized by hiui. Both Chinese j and foreigners bitterly complain at this, inasmuch as the taung li yamen expressly instructed their officials that these ports were to be treated as treaty ports.

A Hong Kong special of the 13th said: **A trading vessel from the Philippines reports having witnessed the destruction ot a bpauish war ship by the United States gunboat Concord at Iloilo, The tight is said to have lasted two hours, at the end of which time the Spaniard went down with colors flying. There were no casualties on board tne Concord, and no damage was done the gunboat. Ensign Worth B.vglkv and four men of the torpedo boat Winslow were lulled, on the 11th, in a battle off Cardenas, on the north coast of Cuba. During an action between the Wilmington, flagship. the Machias, Hudson nnd Wiuslow. ail small vessels, on the one side, and the forts of Cardenas and four gunboats on the other, the Winslow was suddenly attacked at ahort range by a masked battery aud quickly disabled, aud it was while in inis helpless condition ,that the casualties occurred while the men were still serving the guns. The crippled boat was later towed out *)f rauge by the Hudson, after which the batteries were silenced by the guns of the other ▼easels. The bpauiarda suffered great

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEW8 XH BBIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Is the senate, on the 10th. four war measures were passed, among them the so-called “immune bill*’ and a bill for the enlistment of a volunteer corps, two-thirds of the members of which must be expert electricians or telegraphers. The post- office bill, carrying more than 100,003,000, was passed. The resolution submitting to the legislatures of the various states an amendment to the constitution of the United States changing the date of beginning of the term of president, vice-president and members ot congress from the 4th of March to the 4th of I May was adopted.In the house the session lasted but five minutes, and no business of imI portance was transacted. | In the senate, on the 11th. the railway arbi- j tration bill—a measure designed to adjust, by I means of voluntary arbitration.differences that i may arise between railroad officials and their j employes—Occupied most of the day 's session, j a number of amendments being agreed to. The i bill was stilt under consideration when the ! senate adjourned.In the house the session j was devoted to consideration of -house resolu- | tion to submit to the states a proposition to { amend the constitution so as to provide tor the | election of senators by direct vote, which was j passed. The house refused to concur in the ] senate amendments to the post offlde appro- j priaiion bill and asked for a conference. In the senate, on the 12th, the railway arbitration bill was further amended and passed. A bill was passed, also, removing all disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment t* ! the constitution on persons who were at on* ] I time engaged in rebellion against the United j I States.In the house two emergency me as- | | ures. one providing for the organization of a j | special line of coast defense vessels and the j | enlistment of men adequate to man them, and | the other the senate bill to establish a volun- ] I teer signal corps, were passed. These were the features of the session. ; : Thk senate was not in session on the I3th ^.. . In the house the entire day and an evening session was devoted to pension and private claim bills. The house adjourned until the 16th.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. William A. Aubrey i»k Vere Beauclerk. tenth duke of St. Albans, hereditary grand falconer of England and captain of her majesty's yeomen of the guard, died on the 10th. lie was "born in 1840. Ox the 10th the comptroller of the currency issued a-call for reports on the condition fo national banks at the close of business on May 5. TuE transport Gussie sailed from Tampa. Fla., on the 10th, carrying companies E and ti of the First infantry and a large cargo of miscellaneous supplies for the Cubans. They were, accompanied by 22 Cubans clad in the new canvas uniforms of tha I’uited States army. Their lauding point is not known. Admiral Montejo, commanding the Spauish deet which was annihilated by the American warships, is reported to have been slain with his two sons. Montejo escaped from Cavite, and succeeded in reaching Manila only to be put to death by the infuriated populace of that place. Maj.-Gkx. Fitziicoii Lee is to have an interesting St iff. Two of the selections made for him are Algernon Sartdris. the grandson of Gen. Graut, aud Russell 11. Harrison, son of ex-Presi-deut Harrison. Mr. Harrison is to be appointed captain aud commissary of subsistence. The president, on the 10th, told those of his friends who have persistently urged delay, frankly and plainly that the administration had, after much consideration, reached the conclusion that the ends of the campaign could be best subserved by immediate and vigorous action, and that there would be no more waiting. Mr. F. J. Babcock. who was piivate secretary to Secretary Sherman, 1/as been requested by Secretary Day to continue to serve him in the same capacity, and has accepted. . According to a provision of the United States revised statutes the pay of private soldiers in time of war is increased from SCI to $13 a lujuth. and that of non-commissioned officers in the same ratio. The engagement of Mrs. Pauline Aubrey, daughter of Chief Justice Fuller, And Mr. Jessup- lltair, a wellknown society man of Washington, is announced. Since her divorce from Aubrey, with whom she elop.nl several years ago, she and her daughters have made their home with her parents in Washington. 1*riu.-Gex. Joux L. Rodgers, senior officer of the artillery branch of the army was. on the 11th, appointed chief of artillery of the army and placed in charge of ail the coast defenses. Until recently he was in command of the Fifth artillery, stationed at Governor's Island. New York. lx an uttempt to arrest Joseph Bennett, on the 11th, Chief of Poliee Cun- j ningham of lodiaua. Pa., was shot and killed. Bennett was intoxicated, and was riding a bicycle and tiriug his revolver at every one he met. The house of representatives, by a vote of 1S4 to 11. on the Uth. passed a resolution to submit a constitutional ameudment to the states providing for the election of senators by popular vote.

There was an engagement off Cardenas, near Malanzas, Cuba, on the ; 11th. the Wilmington. Winslow and | Hudson taking part. Ensign Bagiev, of : the Winslow, and four of the crew were ! killed and several others wounded. The j Hudson took the bodies of the dead to i Key West, t apt. Bernadow of the Winslow among the wounded The official announcement in Madrid j that Spain is'’preparing to send a big I fleet of 10,000 troops to the Philippines is looked upon with suspicion in Washington. but it has made the authorities more anxious than before to reinforce Admiral Dewey. Sknora Man ton. wife of the chief of police at Ponae. Porto Rico, has been cast into prison because she was sus- ' pectedof sympathy with the insurgents and the Cubans. Two hundred other patriots have been arrested, and executions are of daily occurrence in San Juan. The president, on the 11th, nominated, and the senate promptly confirmed, Commodore George Dewey as rear-admiral. The president also signed the resolutions passed by the ! senate and house extending the thanks j of congress to Comn-odaro Dewey, his : officers and men. *

O. H. P. Belmont and Charles VI. Moore; of New Vork, who offered the government a swift dynamite gunboat, saw the president, on the 11th, to announce that the navy department had declined to accept their offer. The president was sorry that the offer could not be accepted, but expressed hi* thanks. Maj.-Gkx. Wesley Merritt will accompany the military expedition to the Philippines, and will be military governor of the islands. The appointment is considered a highly honorable one, and was made on the urgent recommendation pf Secretary Alger. More than a million bushels of grain in Armour's “D” elevator, in Chicago, was destroyed by fire, on the 12th, I together with the immense structure containing it. The flames also spread throughout a portion of the vast lum- j ber district around Twenty-second and Morgan streets, the whole entailing a loss estimated at nearly $1,000,000. There are, it is alleged, only twc Spanish war vessels now left in Asiatic waters, and one of these is in dry dock at Hong Kong, while the cruiser Boston is searching for the other, under orders to engage and sink it. Ox the 12th Maj.-Gen. Wheeler wa* ordered from Chattanooga to Tampa, Fla., to command the cavalry about tc leaye for Cuba.

Germany has mtimated to tht United States, it is saitl in Lotion, that she expects to have a voice m tht disposition of the Philippine islands. The British war ship Linuet, which arrived at Hong Kong, on the 12 th, from Manila, reported the whole eoun* try in a state of anarchy, aud Admiral Dewey powerless to restore order. Tue house committee on foreign affairs agreed, on the 12th, to report fa vorably the resolution for Hawaiian annexation. Tue United States steamship Mohican, which left Honolulu April 29. arrived at San Francisco ou tlje J2th. There is much uneasiness in Ma drid ou account of failure of the bread supply in all the bakeries. Senok Sagasta, the Spanish premier, is experiencing unexpected difficulty in forming a new cabinet. A bombardment of Manila is imminent should the Spanish attack tht American blockading squadron. The schooner Jennie S. Butter, from Cienfuegos, which arrived at Boston ou the 13th, reported that her mate, John Purchase, of Portland, Me., was killed by Spaniards before the vessel sailed from Cienfuegos: Lloyds' agent at Manila cabled from Iloug Kong, on the 13th. that the. blockade of the capital of the Philippine islands was strictly maintained, and that the cable was aboard au American vessel. •Owing to demonstrations ou the part of the students, the universities of Naples, Bologna aud Rome have been closed. The suppression of newspapers coutiuues. A special from St. Thomas, on the 13th, reported thu. a luiirai SainpsOa had left San Juan la meet the Spanish fleet said to be near the island of Martinique. The second Spanish fleet was still at Cadiz, ou the 13th, and, it was expected, would escort a strong military expedition to the Philippine islands. After the landing of the Gussie expedition at Cabanas the bodies of three Spanish soldiers, killed, by the American fire, were found. The Gussie failed to land her cargo. The first battalion. First regiment Oregon volunteers, numbering about* 330, arrived in San Francisco on the' 13th. __ LATE NEWS ITEMS* The following dispatch was received from Admiral Dewey on the 15th. “Maintaining strict blockade. Reason to believe that the rebels are hemming in the city by land, but have made no demonstration. Scarcity of provisions in Manila. Probable that the Spanish governor will be obliged to surrender soon. Can take Manila fit any moment. Climate hot aud moist. On May 12 captured gunboat Callab, attempting to run blockade. Have plenty coal. One British, one French, two German, one Japanese vessel here observing.” Some £2.000,000 of tHe Chinese indemnity are expeeted to be remitted from London to Japan to replace the drain of gold coin since the gold standard was introduced. Otherwise, the Japanese government intends to hold the indemnity as a reserve in London, only releasing a portion occasionally for the payment of indebtedness for naval armaments. It is officially denied from Madrid that the cabinet changes are connected with the peace movement. Ou the contrary, it is declared that Premier Sagasta's ministry, when the new cabinet is formed, will continue to prosecute the war with the full resources of the country.

Dcfey Dwyer, a player at the uem theater in Deadwood, S. 1)., shot his wife and then shot and killed himself, on the night of the 14th, at the Clark house, a tough lodginghouse. His wife was an actress at the Gem and he was jealous of her. It is thought the worn* an will lire. VVu*s the United States troops at Tampa embark for Chba they may be followed soon after by some of the famous evangelists in the U nited States. Gen. O. O. Howard, U. S. A., retired, now an evangelist and Maj. D. h. Whipple, will be among the number. Edward Wentz. T.6 years old. his little daughter. Lulu, four years old, of l*aUtmore,Md..and Miss Lucy Plugrath, of Chicago, were drowned in Hound bay, Maryland, on the 13th. The boat in which they and three others were sailing was capsized. The navy department announces that the U neas ieft Key We.it shortly before midnight, on the night of the 14th, with instructions to arrange, under a flag of trace, for an exchange of prisoners between the Spanish and Americans. Edcakd Hemkxyi, the Hungarian violinist, dropped dead at the Orpueum theater, in ban Francisco, on the 13th, while performing.

Arrival cf Admiral Derey’s Dispatch Boat Hugh McCulloch at Hong Kong, China. ] LATEST ADVICES FROM TEE ISLANDS. Capture of a Spanish Gun boa —The Insurgents Ash and Receive Cor: litlonal Permission to Attack Manila -Most Commit No Outrages - Forelp Has* Displayed for Safety if City is Captured. Hong Kong, May 16.—I lie United^ States dispatch boat Hugh McCulloch arrived here yesterday from Manila with dispatches for the United States government. She reports that the Spanish gunboat Callao, fro i a the Caroline islands, recently entered the port of Manila, being ignorant >f the outbreak of hostilities between Spain and the United States. An American war j ship fired across her bows and sig-1

nailed a demand for her surrender. The demand being disregarded, the American ship fired direct at the Spanish gunboat and the latter su rendered. The following dispatch ha s been received from Admiral Dewey: Maintaining strict blockade. Reason to believe that the rebels are hemming in the city by land, but have made no demonstration. Scarcity of provisions m Manila. Probable that the Spanish governor will be obliged to surrender soon. Can take Manila at any moment. Climate hot aud moist. On May 12 captured gunboat Callao, at tempting to run blockade. Have plenty coal. One British, one French, two Herman, one Japanese vessel here observing. Dewey. In another telegram Admiral Dewey thanks the president for his promotion , and pays complement to the officers of his squadron. The populace of Manila is reduced to eating horse tiesh and the prospect of relief seems far distant. The Hugh McCulloch also reports that the Philippine insurgents applied to Rear-Admiral Dewey for his approval of an attack by them on the city. The admiral, it appears, approved of the plan, provided no ox- | cesses were committed. The insurI gents then pleaded that they had no arms, with the exception of machetes, to which the admiral replied: “Help yourselves at the Cavite arsenal." The city of Manila, however, has not yet been attacked. About 3.000 Spanish troops are guard- : ing the road leading from Cavite to | Manila. I There is no truth in the reported massacre of a numoer of Americans. There has only been _a trifling incident during police duty, and nobody was hurt. The Hong Kong correspondent ol the Standard says: “After the Callao's crew landed they were released on parole, and the Callao was paraded in full view of Manila city, aeeompanied by the United States cruiser Concord. When Mr. Williams, the American consul, landed at Cavite last week, he was received with great enthusiasm aud followed iu the streets by a crowd i of 2,000 people, shouting: “Viva I,os i Americanos.” There were no signs i that the Spanish authorities in Manila ; were prepared to capitulate. All the Spanish inhabitants aud : many British and German families • have sought safety in the suburbs, taking all their belongings. in the business quarters the buildings are eov- j j ered with foreign flags, the British ' ' predominating, with a view of protee- | tion should the insurgents.capture the city. “There is much feeling against the British residents; but fortunately the uunber of foreign men-of-war off Ma i:ila is constantly increasing, and the position of Europeans is becoming ' daily less precarious. Aguinaldo, tiie | former insurgent leader, is now in Hong Kong, actively negotiating, I understand, with President McKinley. I have reason to believe that he is seeking to arrange for the future government of the Philippines by a native administration under the proteetorat^cf I the L nited States.

' At present there is a deal of dissension among the rebel factions, some of which are negotiating* with the Americans and others with the Spaniards. Whether Aguinaldo possesses enough influence to reconcile these differences and to induce the insurgents to pursue a common policy is questionable. Admiral beiwr is well advised in waiting for reinforcements, since the ! fall of Manila would produce anarchy throughout the islands. The English • here advocate a joint Anglo-American administration. It is asserted Wiat Admiral Dewey has recoaled three British ships. It Wm A Spanish Victory. St. Thomas. Danish West Indies. May 18.—The British steamer Twiekinghatn, from Scotland, with a cargo jl coal for Porto llieo, has called here for orders. The captain-general of Porto Rico telegraphed to the Spanish consul here. “Eleven American war ships have bombarded the forts of the town. A heroic .defense was made. The soldier® arc prepared to fight to the death. ! The Americans retreated. Several of their ships were damaged and one was j towed away. It was a Spanish victory. ’

ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of Indiana Recorded by Wire. Identify n Lake Victim. Bremen, Inti.. May 14.—The body ot the man found floating' in the lake near the Chicago two-mile crib was identified as that of Alexander Kipfer, once a prosperous farmer living here. Elmos Hardy, a brother-in-law of Kipfer, who also lives at Bremen, called at the4 undertaking establishment in Chicago with Mrs. Kipfer and recognized the remains. According to Hardy, Kipfer was an eccentric character. He had disappeared from his home on four occa-i sions, the last time on April lt>. Kipfer S.vell to do and when he left home 170 in his possession. On a previous iofi last spring he disappeared? $500 and was discovered in CincinHis friends do not believe he met with foul play, but are of the opinion that he either accidentally fell in the lake or committed suicide. He was 39 years old. liis body was brought here for burial.

Charged with Murder. Anderson, Ind., May 14.—Affidavits were sworn out charging* Thamer Cory with murdering David Hedrick, a' 50-year-old farmer, in cold blood. He is now in jail. The two men. according to Cory's first story, were out hunting and Cory's gun went off by accident' and shot Hedrick. The last few days, however. have led to the conclusion that the man was murdered, for $12 and a gold watch he had in his possession. The body was exhumed and it was found that he was shot twice through the head and that his throat was cut. It has also developed that Cory started to bury him. The partially dug grave has been found. Cory at first denied any knowledge of it. but now says that after the accident he became terrified and con ceived the idea of burying the body. Soldiers Prepare to l.eave. Indianapolis, Ind., May 14.—:Orders were received at the camp of the Indiana volunteers to prepare to leave for Chicknnutuga at once. Later another i dispatch was received ordering the officers in command to communicate with Chicago for transportation. The officers say ttier« is no probability of getting away before Sunday or Monday. Two thousand of the men have not been uniformed, but uniforms are on the .way from Washington. The conunisettry ordered ten* days* rations for the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh.regi-ment to l>e packed fti barrels and to be on the ground not later than Sunday afternoon. The regiment ‘will start Monday and the ethers will follow as rapid’y as possible, (lev. Mount has appointed W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, paymaster general of Indiana. River Pilots In Demand. Jeffersonville, hid.. May 14.—Capt. Mitch Smith, of this city, and four other pilots have been ordered to report for duty to the government and hold themselves in readiness to take government supplies from Pittsburgh to New Orleans at any time. What significance there is in this is not known. At the government depot here 7.000blouses are being turned out weekly by sewing women alone, and a number of firms have orders which they are filling by machines liutity of Embezzlement. Marion, Ind., May 14.—Henry von Brock, treasurer of the cigar-makers’ union in this city, who was captured in Cincinnati about three weeks ago by Sheriff Alexander and brought here to answer tothe charge of embezzlement, was found guilty of the charge in the circuit court and sentenced to the penitentiary for from two to fourteen years. Von Brock, it is also charged, embezzled funds of a church in this city and of William Leash man, a cigar manufacturer. for whom he worked. Klrat Quota of Troop*. Indianapolis, Ind., May 14,— Indiana claims the honor of having mustered in and put ;ti readiness the first quota ot troops called for by t’he war department. Capt. Wakeman. U, S. A., examing surgeon, soys that, taken as a whole, he uever examined a finer body of men. Up to the minute of departure the troops will be actively drilled and perfected in tduties. Ail the commissions have been issued and the troops are impatient to be off. Jury Kalla to A*rree. Waterloo, Ind., May 14.—The trial of Perry Fair, ex-deputy treasurer of De Kalb county, for raising county orders came to a c^ose in the Steuben circuit court. The jury disagreed, standing four for conviction and eight for acquittal. Some startling evidence was brought against the prisoner. This is the last of the De Kalb county men held under indictment for conspiracy to ^qsbthe county of $30,000.

Avrnce it Dok'i Death. Terre Haute, Ind.. Mar 14. — A dog: frigh*encd James Meehan, of this city, in u saloon in Chicago and Meehau killed the animal with a billiard cue. Loungers in the place became incensed and were so vigorous in their protests to Meehan that the services of the police were required to quell the disturbance and remove the injured man to tbi county hospital. Horn In Indiana. Indiampolis. Ind.. May 14. — Capt. Charles V. Cridley. who commanded Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olympia./ at Manila, is a native of Indiana, and graduate of Annapolis 'nl.vJ.I. He was made a captain in March of last year. He saw service in the civil war. uotablyi in tile battle of Mobile bay. / To Be Kenontinated. Indianapolis. Ind., May 14.—Jlepre* senlative Jesse Overstreet won in the Seventh district congressional primaries Jterc. Johnson county has also instructed for Overstreet, and he will thus be She republican candidate for a third terra

Ml II HIH ! 4 Hot Time Precipitated by th* Sending of a Party in Small Boats to Cnt the Cable. ;• - ONE MAH KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED Vhe Spaniards, Who were Assembled U Foree Alone the Shore, Suffered Se» ▼ereljr from the Fire of the Marblehead, Nashville and Wlndom, Which were Coe erlng the Working: Party—A Fort Do■nollahed. Washington, May 14.—The navy department has just received a dispatchfrom Commodore Remey, at Key West*. [ confirming the report of a severe en- ! gagement at Cienfuegos last Wednes- | day. He transmits the report of Capt. McCalla of the .Marblehead, showing that one man was killed, Herman Reagan, a marine, on the Marblehead, and Lseveral in jured. Severe losses were inj tiicted upon the Spaniards, and the?, ( main object of the attack, which wasI to cut the cable, was accomplished.

Story of the list tie. , Key West, Fia., May 14.—The Unites States cruiser Marblehead, the gumboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom, steamed up to the harbor of Cienfuegos early Wednesday morning with orders to cut the cable connecting Havana with Santiago da. Cuba. This task was accomplished,, but only after a terrific fight between our warships and several thousand. Spanish troops, which lined the shore and lay concealed, behind improvised breastworks. One man, a marine named Regan, of the Marblehead, was killed outright in one of the working small boats, and six men w'ere severely wounded. In addition, a large number on board the ship received minor wounds. Capt. MatJuire of the Windom believes that several of the si* badly wounded men who were brought to ! Key West on the Windom can not re- | cover. Following is a list of killed apd bad* ; ly wounded: ~ KIIJ.ED. \ S Herman Regan, a maritie, of the.: | Marblehead. i \ BAPLY WOf^PtUX/ John Davis, of New York. John J. Douran, of Fall River. Mass Ernest Suntzfauiekle. Herman llochneister. Harry Hendrickson, all of the Marblehead. 1, Robert Boltz, Carter' county, N. C., ofe the Nashville. " Soon afte^- the arrival of the war* ships off Cienfuegos four boats were launched and'proceeded in shore for the purpose of grappling for the cable in order to cut it. The warships lay to about 1.000 yards or more off thebarbor. It was observed that the Spanish, troops had assembled ashore, but it. was not known that heavy guns had been placed in a masked battery, and that the old lighthouse, far out on a. neck of land, had been transformed into, a formidable fort. The small boat proceeded cautiously and, for more than an hour, worked . unmolested bn the cable. Suddenly, just as the work was about completed, the shore battery tired a shell at the boats. It was followed by others, anc the Spanish infantry opened tire then with their rifles. Then, like a flash, the Marblehead sent a shell inlaud, and followed it with a perfect shower of shot. The Nashville was quick to follow suit, and the little Windom cut loose her four-pounder^^ * Meanwhile Spanish bullets fell in the • small boats. Though the attack bad come suddenly fiercely, the blue jackts were fiot dismayed, and, protected by the terrific return fire of the warships, work was continued and the ca ble <?ut. J When the boats returned to Yh* ships Regan, who was in one of th* Marblehead's boats, of which then* were two, was found to have beet, killed. Six men were badly wounded. The Spaniards had by this time suf .* fered severe loss. Their shot from thi> ligh thouse struck the warship?several times, and, although they did not do much damage., the fire aroused the determinatior of the American officers to exterminate the fort. Thereafter, for a moment the fire of the warships wap concentrated upon thb lighthouse and the improvised fort was blown to pieces. The dispatch adds that the Spanish loss is estimated at 400, and that of the United States fleet four killed and four wounded. The lighthouse was demolished, it is reposted, the arsenal destroyed and the batteries on shore silenced. The town was set on fire by shells from the American fleet. i

Daughter* of the American Hevolutiw • Hospital Corps Nurses. ' Washington, May 15. — Four ladies, all trained nurses, are on their way tcthe army hospital at Key West. Theyhave been regularly enrolled in the army, and are the lirst woaen to havethat distinction. They belong1 to the Daughters of the American Revolution hospital corps, and have been selected. l»y Dr. Anita Newcomb Metiee, director of the corps, for this cuty. T wo of ', them are themselves dan'liters of thesi revolution—Miss Alice Lyon, of taePittsburgh chapter, aul Mrs. JohncttA. t>autrer, of Baltimore. f