Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-05-19

one was hurt on the Wilmington or
on the Hudson, but | think not.
have no fault to find with the Wins
lows crew. They acted nobly all the
way through The men who were
killed fell at the same time, We were
standing in a group and the aim OF
the Spanish was perfect shell
burst in our very faces, =
The Hudson shows the effect of the
fight Her smokestack is punctured
with bullet-holes and her cabin and
decks are smashed to splinters.
Ensign Worth Bagley was appoint
ed from North Carolina September Z,
1891. He was 26 years old His
mother, Mrs. W. II. Bagley, resides at
125 South street. Raleigh N. G. Bag
ley was one OF the best known men
who ever came ont OF the naval acad-
envy. lie graduated from the academy
In June last His local fame was
chiefly on the athletic field, being the
full back Of the academy eleven and
he played In the series of West Point
and naval academy games.
II is now known that the American
boats made furious havoc with Carde-
mas harbor and town. The captain
Of the Hudson said; Il know that we
destroyed large part of their town
near the wharyes, burned one Of their
gunboats. and | think destroyed two
Of their other destroyers, We were
in a vortex Of shot, shell and smoke
and could not tell accurately but we
saw one boat on fire sinking soon
after the action began Then large
building near the wharf, ! think the
barracks, took fire and many other
buildings were soon burning. The
Spanish have masked batteries on all
sides, hidden in bushes and behind
houses our large boats could not
get into the harbor to help us on ac-
count Of the shallow water
The battle lasted rs minutes 1t
was between the torpedo boat Win
slow, the auxiliary tug Hudson and
the gunboat Wilmington on one side.
and the Cardenas battery and four
Spanish gunboats on the other The
Winslow was the first main target and
was put out of service. The other
American vessels we're not damaged
except the fludson's two yentilators
were slightly scratched by flying
shrapncl The enemy's loss is largely
conjectural One OF their gunboats
caught fire and the men on the iiud-
son think Il sank The flames spread
TO the barracks and swept away sew
eral small warehouses and for time
the whole water front seemed 70 be
abIa7e. The Hudsons crew also
burned two Spanish torpedo boat de-
stroyerg. The Winslow was within
2, 500 yards Of the ships when the
shells struck.
Blanco's Version.
Madrid, May 10 A dispatch from
Havana says at 8 Wednesday
morning three large and three small
American ships appeared off Cardenas
The small boat was detached with
some marines who landed near the
fort and seized II They also seized
the semaphore station. taking the
coast guards prisoners. In the mean
while the warships began furious
cannonading Cardenas does not pos
sess defenses Of any kind Only The
little gunboats Llgera and Antonio
Lopez were In port They replied 10
the attack The Antonio Lopez was
disabled, but 200 volunteers defended
the town. prevented landing and oo"f-
PEELED the American Ships 70 rti~e
with considerable loss Spanish
sergeant aud seven soldiers we're
wounded CAPTAIN General Rlanro
has congratulated the authorities III
cardenas