The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-01
Yesterdays Developments.

OAspatches from POrf-0u-PrinCe
and Cape Haitien, Haiti, say four
teen American wax ships under
Admiral Sampson attacked the for
tificatiOns of Santiago de Cuba,
and that some of the American
vessels forced entrance to the har-
bor and engaged the Spanish
squadron. Advices through Span
fsh sources also report a battle.
Cannonading is said to have been
heard in Haiti. The engagement is
reported to have lasted most of the
afternoon. None of the rumors has
been confirmed, and they are dis
credited by the Navy Department
at Washington.
There has been no change i'm the
military plans OF the government.
1t is still asserted that the first ex-
peditiOn is on it's way to Santiago
de Cuba and that a combined at
tack by the navy and army will be
made on that city. Porto Rico will
probably be invaded next, and it is
said General COppinger will be ap-
pointed military governor.
enth Indiana Regiment will
leave ChicLamauga Park for
Tampa. Fla, to-day. The men
will strike tents early this
morning, and at 8 o'clock will
begin the march to RinggOId,
Ga, where cars will await them.
The HOosiers will be the first of
the eight regiments to move. Col.
Smiths men hope to be ordered
South before long. Lieut.. Col.
Thayer and Adjutant Powell, of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eighth,
Lieut.. Col. Kiger and Lieut.. Vail,
of the Observation-Disclosures
have been ordered to Indiana to
recruit the companies of their reg
fments to the maximum strength.
Lieutenant johnson will secure re-
cruits for Battery A.
Officers of the One-hundred-and-
flfty-ninth Indiana, at Camp AIger,
are faring well. Colonel Barnett
is temporarily in command of the
Second Division of the Second
Army Corps. He will assume COM
mand of the Second Brigade to-
day, Colonel Mccoy taking his
place at the head of the regiment.
Samuel M. Compton will be acting
brigade quartermaster, and Lieut..
ID. r.. Gibhart assistant adjutant
general. Lieut.. G. ID. Mccoy and
Sergeant Bayard will return to In
dianapolis and recruit the regi-
ment to it's full quota. About 25O
men are needed.
The steamer Florida has returned
to Key West after landing a party
of over four hundred Cubans
and Americans near Guantanamo,
The expedition was under COM
mand of Col. Joseph Lacret, and
was met by "a party Of 1900 armed
insurgents. With the party were
Capt. j. A. DOrst, of the United
States army, Gen. Joaquin Castillo
and other prominent Cubans. One
hundred mules and horses, 1000
rifles and 100000 rounds of am
munitiOn were also landed.
Another batch of army promo
tions and appointments has been
sent to the Senate. The President
New York, to be minister to Tur-
key, vice James B. Angel, re-
( signed. Among the appointments
approved by the Senate yesterday
were those of w. j. Mckee to be
brigadier general and B. +. Ha-
vens to be paymaster.
The insurgents of the Philippines
have secured rifles and ammunf-
tion, and leader AguinaIdO expects
to soon have $4,000 armed men
ready to cooperate with the
Americans. Serious sickness is re-
ported ON the cruiser Boston. The
Spaniards at Manila are suspected
of poisoning fish. An attempt was
made to strengthen the defenses of
the city, but Admiral Dewey
stopped the work by firing ON the
Spanish troops. Nobody was in
juPed.