Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-11
KILLED BY THE SPANItRDS.
Coal Poser on me Bancroft Shot During a
Sharp Fight.
ameroan. ran In to Mahc Capture on
the plnar Del Rio Coast. when The
scrimmage Occurred.


Key West Aug 10. $50 %. m.-ouc
mofs namc has been added 60 the small
list OF the nnvy's war Victims Emanu-
Ell T. Rouriouric "a coal par5.f on ths
gunboat Bancroft, Woa ahoi and in-
stantly killed durlne re- sharp cngaFr.
ment with Spanish r.n0mon 90 "a point
Of land juiting in c0lfls ray on Che
south coast " pinar del no ono August
2. 70 la not known how muny span-
iards lives paid Cor bio but ihc span
ish loss was undoubtedly severe In'
bancroft WIS cruising about coils bay
on blockade duty when slii was seen
close 90 the land. about ien miles to
the northward The gunhoat steam
launch WAS armed with unn-rnuni. !,
and Lieut. Henry 49, wilson. Win
{, urtsen men. 80 Carrying rifles MlA
sent boo t0 Intercept the stranger she
turned ont 90 be- r. Spanish schooner
WHOM first observed 90. splnilfds lny
near the wreck 1f ihr HIutn Domingo
recently sunk hy che ElFlr.
Ily the time the steam launch rfnrhci
that point the schooner hni Nnih. N
into n port and party nj spaulnrdh
were attempting Oh haW hor ashore.
The launch stood boldly Dol ANA nii'H
hfe frrm her one puuufer scat .a
The crowd. The SpaniardH TOOK GOV lt.
IN hlgh rrasH On The righi hhul,, nv,
In grita W the fact that ihn party 20
the launch WIS ignorant 20 th0 DhNWN
strength the Americans went ahead
with thoir work with admirable 'nol-
ness
James Monroe. % nrst class appren.
tlcr. gwam 20 thr schooner and mld'
"a Hue fast ta her 10 order 20 puN h.i
out A. the rHmc Time N1il'ihah
IIohourrr. nn ordinary ii1ln y,
dropped over ths r'ir N ih' llln.n
and made for p'.r WH.t a H'l,u
iaurrh fhrn commenced o. haul ~ tht
schooner. hrt ihe 900. parted ana VINO
another was h.Iur run tn nor tN
sp1ni4rir. who had sought shelter 'n
tie wlI1r. poured Doe q WlfifIIu.
ride mr.. Kml1uric, VINO wh l.itlrt
over ihr side uf the launch, was ahlt
through M breast and fcll dead. Voc
tin4isiy nl one eife was even injured
Instantly me men loo iho launch began
a rinld return ~ nre wish lhflr riH n,
while Lieut. Wilson mlnuuvcr.d lh.
launch no az 90 take line thrown ug
Huhenrrcn from the small boat WI. 3
h. had showed N from me pier 10
bow was pulled nut ani tha one pound
~ was up ned 700 ihH 1mhuHrn1. Win
such wolf directed aim that h Span
iards were routed without 10 chance OBJ
return tn American hff.
The schooner had ln thH meantime
guno hart aground ana hHlnE al dam
aged nH 90 b. almost uHUlrlt, enough
shells wers soni into her o. finish be-
destruction. NhH was llndli Win
gr5an corn. grain AMI rum.
f. D.. j T. Il
ths r4Iaufrg Hf coo nuugh uarty,
which ma not filisr under heavy ore
but directed 40 800 rnffEIfs il r.H.ulng
H0hHngfHu. WNI. alone ln ih wharf
was Ia a p.riluuH situation.
ltouluuris WIS buried 40 fca tha hame
afternoon.
Among hls cnec,s wis found a letter
a. his father addressed 20 the irle ~
Slppanta. care ~ the q. y minlsiar at
Athens, Greece.
The nlNt morning the bancroft
si arifd for Hlhunfa Ray. whore thH
ruubpat Maple had gone 90 blockade
and Hluud out a passage. on Angus
I. Commander Clover who was senior
of'icFr there. Transferred HE nag 90 che
Mapir while Nc Bancroft boilers were
undergoing rrpairh ~ took she
launch with him under Ensign NaEol-
sang r'lli armed with her one FOUNDER
They proceeded CO. thH northwest *
trrmliy ~ the Isle NJ Pines ana there
cav al0np and large schooner an
chorcd In shore. The launch went la
after them but a. soon AZ Hho was OBJ
sryed approaching thH crews NJ the
Spanish vessel took o. thoir small
boats, The Hlonp NaH aground aud
toward this vessel Ensign NanrvlHanE
headed The launch A. Tho lnitHr drew
near ~ the HluIp q party 81 spanlHrda
on shore upened lre uu The Americans.
Th0u ihT iaunchH unr-plunder again
opened nfc on tho enemy. tiui before
opened nr. with hrr HE.p1undtr tui
swept thc brush lined beach. while
the dfnHr foliage ashore gave fhf
enemy dHIdad advantage no Amerls
cans we're hit nut 10 10 safe % aiy that
under The Naples heavy mr. large
numhtr ~ Spnnlnris were Killed 0r
wounded.
me sloop turned out to be- q trading
vessel with no cargo m board ana not
being worth the trouble NJ Htndlur 10
an American port. q fsN shots fium
the Maple put her under water
The schooner, however, proved 90 he
or value. sho was tho Chrmlth loaded
hauled out ana anchored until thf next
morning when IN Maple towing thf
schooner aud launch resumed h|r
Journey "a siEunea iiaS.
Commander clover says that Hn exc
tfnHiVe trade IN wood. charcoal and
rplnsea. with some chickens ana fruit
4 hclng carried On between iiatahnnl
on tho south coast ~ cuba from
which port there u % railroad running
into Havana. There arH however mo-
signs ~ foreign products urtung into
any ~ The ports between lihiah1np
ana Clloma, and Doc communism thinks
no such products have entered o1 me
AA-aL nm ~ m. mimi