Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-05
Observation-Disclosures
DEWEY'S BIG BATTLE.

The United States Asiatic squadron, in
command of Acting Rear Admiral Dewey,
delivered crushing blow to The Spanish
feet Off the the coast of the Philippines,
between Manila and Cavite. between the
hours of and o'clock Sunday morning.
The Spanish flagship Maria Christina was
destroyed, the captain killed, the admiral
barely escaping u transport. The
cruiser Castillo was burned and the gum
boat, Don Juan de Austria, was blown up.
The Spaniards retreated, blowing up
smaller craft to them from the
enemy. There were two engagements,
the Americans retiring from the first
and renewing the attack which resulted
in victory. The Manila cable has been cut.
Spanish Steamer Guido Is Captured.
The monitor Terror, Captain N. Lud-
low, captured the big Spanish steamer
Guido, bound from Corunna, Spain,
for Havana, Thursday. The prize had
on board a large cargo of provisions
and money, intended for the Spanish
troops in Cuba. The capture took place
three miles off Cardenas after desper-
ate chase, during which the Terror and
the gunboat Machias fred, almost blow
ing the Spaniard's pilothouse into the
water.
Spanish Flotilla Sails at Last.
The London News publishes dispatch
from st. Vincent, Cape de Verde ISL
ands, saying the Spanish cruisers Maria
Teresa, Almirante Oquendo, Vizcaya
and Cristobal Colon, accompanied by
the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers
Pluton, Terror and Furor had, at the
hour the dispatch was filed Friday,
just sailed in a westerly direction, pre-
sumably going towards Cuba. The dis
patch adds that the Spanish torpedo
boats Azore, Rayo and Ariete, and the
Spanish transports San Francisco and
Ciudad de Cadiz sailed at the same
time in northerly direction, probably
going to the Canary islands.
New York Silences a Cuban Fort.
Cabanas, on the north coast Of Cuba,
was fired on by the New York Friday
evening and the fort demolished. The
firing began at 6 80 and lasted Is min.
| utes. Ten shots were fred from the
New York batteries. The New York
and Helena tried to draw fire from the
batteries OF Havana and Mariel but
failed Late Friday afternoon the flag
ship New York, with eight we'll di-
rected shells from the 6-inch gun on
her port bow and two from one of the
S-inch guns in her forward turret, COM
pletely silenced and rendered useless
for both men or guns two Spanish forts
at Port Cabanas, IL miles west of Ma
riel, and 80 miles from Havana AS in
the case OF Matanzas, the first shot was
fred by Spaniard.
House Passes War Tax Bill.
The house Friday passed the war rev.
enue bill with only the amendments
agreed upon by the Republican Emem-
bers of the ways and means committee
added. Many amendments were Of
fered to the bond feature of the bill
ranging from proposition for the sub.
stitution of an income tax provision to
the authorization for an issue of $l50,
00O,0 in greenbacks, but all were voted
down. On the final passage of the bill,
which was carried, ,lyeas, Isl nays, 13l,
the Democrats and Populists, with six
exceptions, voted solidly against the bill.
Movement OF Troops.
The Ninth cavalry and 24th infan-
try left Chattanooga on special trains
for Tampa Saturday morning. AS far as
can be learned no more troops will be
sent south from there for several days
General Brooke seems to think his COM
mand is there for some time, as he has
granted permission for large portion
of it to participate in parades in Chatta
nooga this week. The Chattanooga
Rome and Southern is building large
number of sidetracks at the park an6