Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-05

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lie coasting steamer Ambrosia Boil
var near Cardenas, Cuba. The
prize had aboard $4,000 in silver,
800 casks of wine and a cargo of
bananas. The Terror also got the
sugar schooner Saco.
Miss Helen Gould, of New York,
offered President Mckinley for the
nations use 800, 900, and will
double the sum if il is needed.
Several coasting and fishing
were caught by our ships
and released with warning.
Gen. John Is. Hoods son in Lou
isiana has raised Il regiment of men
not subject to yellow fever for ser
vice in Cuba, and its services were
rendered the Government. Senator
Gallery assures the War Depart
ment that 10000 such volunteers
can be raised in New Orleans, and
the Department is strongly in favor
Of providing for 5000 by law.
The first regular battle took
place at l o'clock p. m. Wednesday,
April 9th, between the New York,
Puritan and Cincinnati on the u
5. side and the two Spanish batter
les at the mouth of the bay on
which Matanzas, Cuba, ia situated.
The enemy opened fire on the flag
ship New York. The latter sailed
in with her six S-inch rifles at Point
Rubal Caya, the west battery. The
Puritan opened on Point Maya, the
east battery, with her four l2-inch
rides. The two batteries of the
enemy fired twenty-five shots. The
three L. 5. ships fired eighty-six.
When they got the range they
pumped great steel exploding
shells into the forts every fire. The
Cincinnati ran in and opened with
her one 6-inch and ten 5-inch rap
id firing rifles at Rubal Caya. The
batteries quit. One defiant last
shot was made from Rubal Caya.
The Puritan answered with a ~
inch shell that struck right where
the gun fired and played hob with
it. A British artilleryman, Capt
r. j. McHugh, on the New York
Herald Courier journal news boat
said it was one of the best shots he
ever saw made. Not a shot struck
the ships, though three S-inch
shells hit close to the New York
After waiting in vain for the forts
to resume the battle the ships
sailed away. The battle lasted only
eighteen minutes.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt has secured au-
thority to raise cavalry regiment
of cowboys and plainsmen, all to
be expert riders and crack shots
He is a noted sportsman himself
and perfectly familiar with the
men of the West through long ex.
perience there as rancher and
sportsman. He wrote to Roger
Williams, the fox-hunter of Lex.
ington, asking if Williams could
raise a company of Kentuckians
suitable to form a part of the reg
iment if the quota of Westernert
couldn't be readily secured. viii.
liams replied that he could and
would.
In the Volunteer Army the Gov.
ernors of the States appoint the of.
ficers from and including colonies
down. The President appoints all
above colonies. The volunteers are
on the same pay and pension foot
ing as the Regular Army soldiers
The monitor Terror and gunboat
Machias had to fire on the captured
steamer Guido. Eight Spaniard'
were wounded. The Guido hat
provisions and 100000 in money
DIR. James L. Long, Of New Hope
Ga, informed Gov. Atkinson tina
two Spaniards are planning t.
wreck troop trains going to Key
West.
] The enemy claimed a victory a
the Matanzas bombardment becaus,
the ships left when the batteries
were silenced.
| Emperor Francis Joseph, of Aus
tria- Hungary, contributed 500, O0'
to Spain's naval fund. This is sal,
to be a lie of the enemy.
The Ogden Goelet estate refused
to take pay for the 100000 zach
Mayflower sold to the U. S. Gov
eminent for the auxiliary feet.
| Volunteers number five or NOR,
to one that is accepted.
I President Mckinley gives tn,
merchant vessels of the enemy un
til May 2lst to get out of the wa,
il departing from any U. S. port
That will cause the release of tn,
most of the ships captured at tn
outset.
| The American liner Paris reach
ed New York safely last Saturda,
morning. She will be transformed
QUICKLY into a warship.
There are excellent grounds fo
suspecting q large number of Span
ish emissaries to be ut work every
where in the United States to de
stroy ammunition and arms facto.
rIes and warships building at The
various navy yards, as well as t.
report on the armament and vul
nerability of the sea-ports.
Last Friday the Spanish squadron
at Cape Verde Islands divided anG
sailed away. Three torpedo boats
. transport and a collier started
north towards Canary Islands, but
coon put back, alleging injuries BY
q collision of two torpedo boats
The four formidable armored cruis
ers Vizcaya, Oquendo, Teresa and
Colon and three torpedo. boat des-
troyers started westward towards
Porto Rico. 1t is thought by some