Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-04-28
4 4. BATTLE REPORTED
Engagement Between an American
Monitor and a Spanish Ship. :
1HB SPANISH TORPEDO FLo1lLLA.


uAChbON VhkLEs Auss AP''' -"
cording TO private dispatches received
BY the Times Union and Citizen last
night the first naval battle Of the war
took place opposite Boynton, about Is
miles south OF Palm Beach, at ten
o'clock yesterday morning. George
Lyman, q reliable man, and several
others, who were fishing In Lake
Worth, which is separated from the
ocean by narrow strip OF land. heard
heavy firing and ran to the beach.
They reported to the railroad agent
and postmaster at Lantana that q
United States monitor was chasing
and firing upon a Spanish manor
war or gunboat conveying . coal or
transport ship The spaniard replied
shot for shot The men say they
watched the battle for an hour, or
until only the smoke from the tunnels
was visible on the southern horizon,
In which direction they were travel
ing. lf 49,
4 special dispatch to the Times.
Union and Citizen from Lantana says:
An eyewitness has just arrived from
Boynton and reports supposed trans
port vessel southwark bound guarded
by q man-of-war pursued by monitor,
keeping up q heavy running fire.
THE SPANISH TORPEDO FLoNLLA
GALVESTON, Tex, April o. The
British steamer Asloun. Capt p. Fl.
arrived yesterday from Las
Palmas, tirande Canary. one Of the
Canary island group lie arrived at
Las Palmas March 81, two days after
the Spanish fiotilla left that port He
was reliably informed that the
Of the several tor.
pedo boats and torpedo boat
destroyers was purposely disabled
In pursuance Of a plot by
the engineers. They did not rel.
ish the trip across the ocean in
torpedo boats, and, finding the Span
ish government determined 70 make
them 20, as q last resort crippled the
None Of the engineers we're
allowed to repair it, the work being
done by local machine shop at Las
Palmas. Capt Garnett says the tor.
pedo Aotilla did not want to encounter
q United States feet II 1t could be
avoided They will likely keep out OF
The track OF our vessels and may con-
tent themselves with picking up an oc.
,asional prize. The torpedo hotilla
left Las Palmas March 30 and Its
destination was unknown.
THE FLYING SQUADRON.
FoRT MONROE, Va, April 3D. Visit
ors were not allowed on board the
ships Of the flying squadron during
Yesterday. The fact that two GOLFERS
and hospital ship have been rushed
to the squadron and that one OF the
GOLFERS was hurriedly filed seems to
'naicate 'hat hurried call 10 move ID
The opinion Of many off,
GERS seem 70 90 that this meet VIII
move the instah. ~ becomes known
that the cape ae Verae islanas nee. Oh
the spanish Is IN mot'on' IL tne neet
stays mere ior any perloa OF Iime ~
would no. DC surprising II the oolum-
Ola ana minneapolis were sent OUT on
expeditions
SPANISH SHIP CAPTURED
KEY WEST, Fla, April @-Ihe
United states heet was about II miles
of Sand Key light yesterday morning
when the Spanish merchantmen Buena
Ventura was sighted, bound north.
Inc gunboat NASHVILLE ran her down
and put q shot across her bows. The
Spaniard ignored theshot, but another,
closer to her bows, brought her to. A
prize crew under Ensign I. I. Ma
gruder was put aboard. Capt Lucar'
raga, In command OF her, was astound-
ed. lie said he did not know that war
had been declared; but when he was
informed OF the state OF affairs, he
shrugged his shoulders and accepted
the situation philosophically.
RuMoRED CAPTURE OF THE PARIS.
LONDON. April 90. The Daily Chron.
icle publishes q dispatch from Liver.
pool which says private cablegram
received there reports that the Ameri-
can fleet Oft Key West has captured a
British steamer, probably the Gracia,
flying the Spanish flag, which cleared
Pensacola April IS, and was bound for
Liverpool. The Daily Chronicle Glso