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


and blue, with stars and stripes all
over. The 1920 soldiers will make
things lively.
The Spanish up to Saturday had
only captured the schooner Saran-
nc, near the Philippines, while the
had taken eight steam
ships, four schooncrs and three
sloops, some very valuable prizes.
but which will mostly be returned,
owing To Presidents proclamation
giving till May Dist for the enc
my's merchant ships to and from
our ports to get away.
John A. Logan, James G.. Blaine |
and Russell Harrison, sons of noted I,
sires, have applied for army com
missions. Fred Grant has already |
been made Colonel of New York !
regiment.
An attempt was made to fire the
Wolff h Swicker works at Portland.
Oregon, where two torpedo boats
are building.
Friday at dusk the cruiser New
York fired some four-inch shells at
a party of soldiers who had shot at
the ship near Mariel.
The torpedo boat Gushing met
with an accident and went north
for repairs.
The enemy are jubilating over a
mythical victory gained by their
gunboat Tigeria. Nigeria or Lige-
ria over the torpedo boat Foote,
eleven shots being exchanged, the
Spaniard's tunnels being shot off,
and the American going away limp
ing.
The cruiser Cincinnati captured
Lieutenant Pedro Fernandez going
to visit his newborn baby. He was
released on parole.
The enemy's big fighting squad
ron from Cape Verde Islands is due
at Porto Rico about May 7th If it
has really started there.
The Cuban blockade has caused
food to 60 up to klondike prices in
Santiago. Tuesday of last week
meat was 81 per pound, -four 10
cents, lard 80 cents. chickens $3.50
each and other things in proper
ton. Fourteen hundred sick in the
hospital get only bean soup and an
ounce of meat per day.
1t is said that the Spanish peo-
pie taken on the ships were vastly
astonished that instead of being
murdered by the yankee barbara
ans" they are treated kindly.
France is said to be preparing
her feet on rush orders and provis-
ioning sea-ports.
The nations that have declared
neutrality are Italy, Netherlands,
Norway and Sweden, Columbia,
Russia, France, Corea, Japan, Ar
gentine, Uruguay, Portugal, Great
Britain, Switzerland.
VIM. Nickles, of Jacksonville,
Indiana, sang america" He asked
his daughters Mallnda and Mary
Belle to join in the singing. In.
stead they laughed like Spaniards
at the old mans lack of melody.
That was too much. The old fell
low drew his gun and cut loose.
The daughters had him arrested.
The old man allowed that in these
patriotic times it WAS not seemly
for girls to get gay, though he shot
to scare only.
The small cruiser Topeka, bought
of Brazil in England, has arrived
at New York. The officer that
brought the Topeka over Gays she
is fine ship and was a good bar
gain.
The sentiment of the people OF
Montevideo, Uruguay, is SO pro-
Spanish that the U. S. legation has
to be guarded. The Government
has declared neutrality.
The Oregon, Marietta and Mic
theroy are due in Cuban waters
some time next week.
The Government has strong cir.
cumstantIal evidence that two in.
mates of Spanish Jesuit monas.
terry caused the explosion Of the
powder mills near Santa Cruz, Cal.
ifornia.
| Newspaper enterprise in report.
ing intentions of the heads of the
army are causing embarrassment to
the Government and there is talk
of a press censorship. The public.
lily given in such matters enables
the enemy to take steps in time to
strengthen his positions.
| The apparent coming of the big
Spanish squadron to this side OF
the Atlantic has caused the inva-
sion OF Cuba to be deferred. The
Idea now is to find and collect q
strong enough force to defeat it.
When such a battle takes place it
will be the greatest the world has
ever known on the sea. There is
some probability of a small force
landing to open communications
with the Cubans.
The little gunboat Mangrove's
capture of the Panama was a piece
of reckless bravery. She was armed
with 6-pounders, while the Panama
had 14-pounders and is 5000 ton
steamer, worth about 500, 1000.
The Spaniards captured down
around Cuba all expected to be
killed, and since they have been
treated as kindly ss possible while
prisoners they doubtless are aston
ished at the revelation of American
character.
There was some talk in the news
papers that Matanzas and Havana
would both be bombarded Tuesday
of this week and a landing attemp-
ted at Matanzas to supply the re-