Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-26
t4AYTrS TROUBLES.

Iegiti most Gnn-}>unts Hu,,E,arA Cape
EAJns Doing Mnch DHnAngo te the
Town, anh Killing Nu,uErr nt prnnin
--Tneir rlre KeturnsA un,t Thcy Arr
Forced ~ II0treat.
NV ioKk, Dec. 10 --l'n-uou.nra Oh thc
Atoumcr t'us,ina which Urr:YCN hHlc
Tuesday afternoon frIn Enu Uun.,uun X.
port thnt on december ! i"Gi'tnc's r,>u.
| of WAY bnmDArird Cap" iinyti Aitcr grant
ing th,rty-slx hour,' tho for ruusuls and
"lttr Foreigners ~ leave tbs place 4 E~NIt
fifty shots were fired. Tho nnt vs.s H;"r,
H. eng TO the muuA1aina wh&u Csc :'!@i" "
sailed
Tho gun boats droprch an Nor ','lr ".'
five M,lHs Off the shore, y M; '>r,:+'!4 Is y
the town. The guns nf uI".c vr4Ar!s ,;,'rr
. " first charged with llAuk rurty "',H
which Wero ShOt off as Il unti," OF IT," vice.
like .ltrnrlou ol tho fleet. the people He'd
inbn tie l.ils tANing with ,urnI ~ Jl,urh of
! their prol crtY III. they coulH carry. MntHs
were in great ltnanN, npN ~, the supply
was Nm:trd 10 fifty or sixty, f4h,.lcu"
prices were paid fer their use D.y the
wealthy residents, III some instanr,7 500
hNiuh paid for ,tln use Of Que OF the
animals for one AFTERNOON bose Of the
pourer CLASSES who owned mules preferred
kirlng them out 10 using lhrul to 3.A\ y
Their own goods
At the txpi-a'io,A II thc thirt y-i,- hours
timc given for folo'gn Consu,s 20 leave
the city tho DoniDarnncnt was com
mcuccd IN earnest. Tic bonlbarding >cs~
sis weln The Uassns!nes, Belize, Ious
sd MT, E'Ourrrturc aul one other name
! unknown. The TUuSsant fred the first
shot, which bur ed itself in thr rand on
tho beach III frort Of the lrAit bamboo
houses OF thc poorer class. nae other yes
sells Jr! owed suit and fired wildly In
few minutes, however, tho shots ''"Eau
20 tea" through the Gown, tl'mulsh.n3 l. @
bamboo huts and damaging the stronger
stone houses. Despite the waning they
hNu received to leave the town many Of
tn" residents clnn- 10 their Affiliations.
In Eurt, it had been imposs Dle to re
, move rany Of ito SICK within tl,t
time allowed by The I."gjtlluistH
; " hito Gags were placed ca all houses
III which were sick ems, but this d!i
, not orrE, TO have any effect upon the gun
! nHrs None Of th, russcngcrs of the Sag
nav cam say how many persons wcr',
killed ba. it is thong ht that 1T least IT,
tHt,. or twenty liz % had been lost up ~
Iuc tllI'o VI 1hc sailing Of the Saginaw.
lcSit ma is said to bo losing the con I'll.
dence Of tho bcoi,le whose symputhic, a,c
now with the North
On the 9TH .hc gun beats venturcu a Nltle
further III shore, and preceded with Me
BEN b@rimcDt, congratula: rg thcmsel yes
on their SUCCESS so far. But their dc!!y t
did not last long. Puff CANT q little cloud
| OF smot., FROM the fort, and o rebel shell
dropped INFO the water not far
from - bolnUardin2 vessel Toe
first shci. from the fort vas
qrickly followed hy others ll;r!y-wcii
armed. This vas something the officer Of
the ;un-boats had not counted upon. :n.i
after firing tour shells altogether Ies;-
; times SQUADRON turned tail and rnu out to
ga. Soon ntter they disappeared beyond
! The horizon, leaving the insurgents to bring
tr'ir families nome in safety. This was
the hna!o Of tho first attempt to bonn bard
the stronghold Of the North.