Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-25
ALL ON THE QU| V|vE.
At the Two Outposts in the
Southern End of the Uni.
ted States.
KEY WEST AND TAMPA WAITING.

Great Events Looked for at Both Places
Alleged Spy Captured at Key West-An- |
other Account of the Cardenas Fight
Engagement at Santiago de Cuba Il
Tampa Believes the Move on Cuba Very |
Near at Hand.
Key West, Fla, May 25.-An fmpor- |
tant arrest of a supposed Spanish spy
was made last evening by United States
Marshal Hbar. The prisoner is Domin-
GO Sapatero Jimenez, who~was among
those captured on the steamer Panama
and has since been held aboard ship as
a prisoner Of war. Jimenez is supposed
to have obtained information concern
ing New York harbor and its defenses,
with charts Of the harbor, which he is
attempting to getto the Spanish hauthori-
ties. He is about 40 years Of age, q
Spaniard ard civil engineer, and tells
very conflicting stories. He stoutly de-
nies the charge and a search has failed
| to find the alleged charts. He will be
held until a thorough investigation of
his case has been made.
More of the Cardenas Fight.
A new aspect was given yesterday to
| the engagement at Cardenas. where En-
| sign Bagley and four men Of the United
| States torpedo beat Winslow were
| killed. by a statement Of insurgent Col
onel John J. iowa, who has been fight
| ing under General Maxine Gomez. Col
| onel Jova has been in Cardenas since
| the engagement and he says the NOR
| tality on the Spanish side was by no
means 50 great as reported at the time
in the United States. According to his
information, which seems to be cor
roborated by the testimony of other
| Cubans taken aboard from Cardenas
by the vessels of the blockadirg fleet,
only nine persons We're killed on the
Spanish side. A shell from one of the
American ships fell in one of the streets
of the town, killing two women ana
three children, while three sailors and
one medical officer On a Spanish surboat
fell under the fire of the United States
ships.
No Batteries Were Engaged.
The firing from the shore was not
from a masked battery. but from the
three Spanish gunboats, to attack which
the Winslow was sent in. Two Of them
were disabled, but not permanently
damaged, and the third ran away. No
fewer than three Spanish flags were
brought down by stray shots from the
Wilmingtons guns. One shell struck
the fiagpole on the Casino in the heart
of the town, crashed through the roof
and exploded In a china shop below.
The place was wrecked, but no one was
hurt. The second flag to come down
was flying from the Spanish barracks
and the third from a building formerly
! used by the American consulate, flying
S defiantly on the very pole where the
\ stars and stripes had once waved.
Sharp Fight at Santiago de Cuba.
The United States auxiliary tue
8 Wampatuck brought in a story of 6
sharp skirmish off Santiago de Cube
e last Wednesday. The tug with the
O United States auxiliary cruiser 81. Loui:
went into the Santiago channel to GU
: the cable. While the vessels were en-
gagged in the work they were fired OF
:, by the shore batteries. The St. Loui'
: returned the fire and lively fusillad'
e ensued for about half an hour. TIL,
Il Wampatuck eventually succeeded IL
e cutting the cable. None of the Span
: ish shots reached either boat, whil,
: neither of them. in turn, boasts Of hav
o ing inflicted any damage upon the enc
d my. From Santiago the two ships pro
J. ceeded to Guantanamo, the Wampa
a tuck going in about 400 yards from shor
1t to cut the cable there, the st. Loui
e lying out of range. The shore batterie
20 again opened fire and the st. Louis sig
nailed the tug to come out. which sh
did. without having cut the cable a
that point.
arl Great Naval Battle Imminent.
The presence of the Spanish squadro
se in south Cuban waters Is confirmed b
70 all incoming bulletins. although no In
:. formation has ben received from GU
ships. The feeling that a great nava
~ battle is imminent amounts almost t
N conviction.