The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-05-20
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Battle at Cienfue eos.

In fight Off Cienfuegos Wednesday
between t e Marblehead, Nashville and
an auxiliary gunboat and several thou.
sand Spanish troops, one seaman of the
Marblehead was killed, six were sewers
ly wounded, and number of othe,
Americans were slightly wounded
Three of the wounded Americans are
likely to die. The man killed on the
Marblehead was named Began. The city
was set on fire by shells from the Amer
ican fleet. The Spanish loss is esti-
mated at 100. The lighthouse was de-
molished, the arsenal destroyed and
the batteries on shore silenced. The
fleet succeeded in it's mission of cutting
the cables.
San Juan de Porto Rico Shelled.
The American feet under Admiral
Sampson bombarded San Juan de Porto
Rico Thursday. The batuleship Iowa
fired the first shot, which took effect.
Then the battleship Indiana opened
fire and in a few minutes MORO fort
was reduced to heap of ruins. The
fort made little effort to respond and
was sllenced almost Immediately. One
Amer lean sailor was killed. The Amer
leans did not attempt to take possession
of or destroy the town beyond razing
the Notifications.
First American Victims of the War.
When the United States gunboat Hud-
son arrived at Key West Thursday the
bodies of five dead men were lying on
her deck. They were the remains of
Ensign W. Bagley and four members
Of the crew of the torpedo boat Wins
low, who were killed in an engage
ment in Cardenas harbor Wednesday af-
ternon. The bodies were covered by
the stars and stripes. The Winslow, how
ever,w well avenged. The Whining
ton shelled Cardenas after the other
ships withdrew Thursday evening. She
sl1enced the masked batteries aud all
forts, and her shells set the town on
fl The town is be ieved to be moth
ing Iu a heap of as',es Friday
n2nrning the Wilmington landel hnl.
s -na / 30 is to inspect the dam go Ia
the ilas!sea bait ry lis dead Spaniar!s
We're found. Three hundred other
bodies We're found in the forts.
Spanish Ships are Avoiding Battle.
The Spanish feet was sighted Satur-
day, this time ah3u5 one hundred
miles off the coast Of Venezuela, go
ing west. This movement is surprise
to the navy officials at Washington,
who can only surmise that the Spanish
admiral desires to avoid an engage
ment, and is waiting an opportunity to
make a dash for Cienfuegos or Havana
The fleet when sighted was going at
full speed and had steamed about $50
miles since last from off the west coast
of Martinique two days before. Ad-
miral SIMPSONS fleet is on the way
back to Cuba. .Schley's flying squadron
put to sea Friday and is hunting for
Spain's fleet.
War Rumors on London Change.
The London Stock exchange last
Saturday closed distinctly pessimis-
tic. War rumors were freely circu-
lated A member Of the government
is reported to have prophesied that war
between France and Great Britain will
break out within month Precaution-
ary insurances are purported to have
been effected at l5 per cent against
the risk Of war between France and
Great Britain within the next six
months. Spanish embassies in Europe are
circulating an official dispatch saying
attempted landings Cardenas and
Cienfuegos have been repulsed with
loss to the Americans. The dispatch
adds that the American feet has been
much damaged and forced to retire