Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-13
IiIDER SIMPSONS GUNS
..,,. If San Juan de Porto Rlco's Forts Re-
duced to Ruins.
SPANISH FLEET IS AT MARTINIQUE
co,,e Closer and Give the Ameri-
cans Chance to Engageit
inIsRttic.

~. an Prince May 12.-(copyright-
a ,sos, by the Associated Press')-ihe
W. ,c,n geet, under Rear Admiral
n bombarded San Juan de
sam p,co today. The following are
.,o details of the bombardment thus
'' ,r, commandment began this morn
pgar Admiral Sampson, with
'as, worshlps, arrived before san Juan
,nst before sunrise,
signal the battleship Iowa fired
..n FIRST shot, which took effect.
w Thsp the 'battleship Indiana opened
fire. - oro Norm fort
ro5uced to heap of ruins. the
wa W.. na1e little effort to respond, ana
~. .as siienced almost Instantly.
M spanish steamer Rita was cap
..rad by the United states auxiliary
er,rser Yale. which took her crew On
board. .,, ,onu,a,tor and the
~ consuls have sought refuge In
he Interior Of the island.
"" Tha foregoing dispatch from Port au
,,Iineo was not carried there by the
lisnstch boat Of the Associated Press
.,iSich is with Admiral SIMPSONS
snmadron, and viii be heard from
either at st. Thomas or at san 20,
tnsn The information telegraphed
~ from n reliable staff correspondent
., pn,- an Prince, who received his In
ssr,,,tion from foreign sources. His
nG,ices are believed to have reached
lin, direct from Porto Rico. via Santi-
"gn 10 Kingston, and thence to Port au
Prince. =. 49, c p,.,oo
lived a cable message today from
mo cantain general Of Porto Rico,
,rSich saws that this morning an
american fleet Of eleven vessels opened
Gre mon the forts, which answered
Vigorously. The dispatch says that at
IKE time it was sent, am, no person
al losses had been sustained. and little
material damage done.
FLEET AT FORT DE FRANCE.
Iondon. May 13.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says;
Admiral Bermejo late tonight (Thurs-
day) admitted that the Spanish fleet Is
Al Fort de France, on the west coast
q Martinique, French West Indies"
Madrid May IA dispatch from
Martinique to Ell Heraldo confirms the
rsrors OF the arrival of the Cape Verde
sluduIuu O. ~ - 49, ~
Fort De France.
London. May 12.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Daily Mail says:
The government has received In
formation that Admiral Cerervas's
voyage to Martinique was uneventful.
The route TO be taken to Porto Rico Is
not known, but II was embodied in Ad-
mlra Cerervas's secret instructions.
He was instructed to coal at neutral
port and probably selected Fort De
France for that purpose"
New York, May ia dispatch from
S. Pierre, Martinique, says the Unit
cd States auxiliary cruiser Harvard
IiiFei at st. Pierre Wednesday even
Eg and anchored.
cruiser brought out the statement that
che had not sighted the Spanish Cape
De Verde Island fleet though her cruise
continued for several days and covered
hndreds OF miles around the points
where the fleet would naturally have
first appeared.
Key West, Fla, May l3.-The Wins
low arrived last night in charge of En-
sign Bailey OF the Wilmington. one OF
the crew who came In on the Winslow.
says that when he left Clrdenas 1t was
understood the Wilmington would go in
and lombard the town today.
-Four of the men killed on the Wins
low We're laid to rest in the city Gene
terry at Sunset. They Were buried In
the shallow lime rocks, side by side
with graves Of the victims OF the Maine.
The body of Ensign Bagley will be
sent home for interment
me bodies We're prepared for burial
IN the local undertaker's room, and all
the afternoon curious crowds loitered
aoout 10 see what was going on. No
friends of the dead men were present.
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