Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-19

total battery of Tour IL two L. ,
six g. and two l-pounders and four
machine guns. Compared with the
best u. :. vessels they will encoun-
ter the Spanish squadron is swifter,
has lighter armor, smaller great
guns and fewer of them, more me-
dium size rapid guns, and
smaller size or displacement.
If true that the encmy's squadron
from Cape Verde Islands has
reached Martinique il made the trip
across at about II knots speed. 1t
came on "A route that would inter
cept the Oregon, Marietta and Mic
theroy Tor Butfalo) from Bahia,
Brazil. When it was reported back
at Cadiz Admiral Bermejo, at Mad
rid, said the squadron was where
it ought to be-" intimating that it
was not at Cadiz. Something of
the sort was expected because the
Spanish consul protested against
the Danish authorities permitting
the Herald-Courier. journal dis
patch boat Tyr, which flies the
Danish flag, to stay at the st. Thorn
as harbor, claiming it was acting
as an American spy. Admiral Ber-
mejo also admits that the squadron
reached Martinique. 1t probably
coa!ed at Fort de France, that Is
land. Other reports confirm the
squadron's arrival there.
1t is reported from Madrid that
Moret, Secretary for the Colonies
Gullon, Foreign Minister; Bermejo,
Marine Minister; Xiquena, Public
Works Minister, have resigned
from the Cabinet. That is inter.
preted by Spanish high authority
to mean peace with the giving up
of Cuba and Porto Rico in order
to retain the Philippines.
On Thursday Admiral Sampson
with his squadron bombarded San
Juan, capital of Puerto Rico.
The gunboat Concord, after a
two-hours' fight off Iloilo, without
loss to herself sank one of the
three remaining ships Of the enc M
at the Philippines and in Asiatic
waters. One of the other two is in
dock at Hong Kong, and the cruiser
Boston is on the hunt of the other
The mi-ofiicial North German
Gazette of Berlin says Americans
can not doubt German strict and
perfectly loyal neutrality after the
repeated official declarations.
A British ship at Hong Kong re-
r"-.- .hs-nhiEnpina insurgents To
be uncomfortable by De~ry--a,s-a
state of anarchy to prevail in the
Islands. Manila is holding out
against Dewey's blockade.
Major General Otis will be Sec
ond in command to Gen. Merritt,
and will take $4,000 troops to sub
due the Philippines as soon as they
can start.
On Wednesday, May 11th, the
gunboat Wilmington, torpedo boat
Winslow and cutter Hudson went
into Cardenas Bay, Cuba, and at
tackled four small gunboats. Aided
in range-finding by some buoys, a
four-inch shell disabled the Win
slow. The Hudson went to tow her
away and both vessels received a
damaging fire. A large shell from
the enemy exploded on the Wins
low, killing Ensign Bagley, three
firemen and one sailor and wound
ing Lieut.. Bernandou, commander,
and four more Americans. The
vessels got away and the Whining
ton sbelled Cardenas and sank a
gunboat. This was the first Amer
lean loss of life in the war.
While the fight was going on at
Cardenas when the Winslow was
disabled, the gunboat Machias
shelled Diana Cay and hoisted the
stars and stripes on a demolished
block-house flag pole.
Ensign Worth Bagley, who was
killed on the Winslow, was the An
napolis room-m of Ensign 10
Breckinridge, who was drowned
near Key West. Bagley was from
Raleigh, North Carolina, and was
the handsomest and most popular
cadet at the Academy.
Admiral Montejo blames his
government for his defeat at Ma
Mia Bay. He says it did not give
him the supplies he asked for. He
says his flagship was hit seventy
times before he left it. Then when
he went to another ship it, too. be-
came the target and he saw defense
was hopeless, so he ordered ships
scuttled. Dewey sent him word
that after the war he would like to
shake hands and congratulate him
over the brave fight he made. He
estimated 400 killed and so wound.
ed on the ships, and "a killed and
100 wounded on shore.
Admiral Dewey took aboard his
ship one end of the cut cable and
is dispatching directly to Wash
ington.
Geo. Downing, the alleged Span
ish spy, hanged himself at WASH
ington City barracks, using towel
and silk handkerchief.
The German steamer Sophie
Rickers reports being chased and
shot at three times by a Spanish
torpedo boat on the New Foundland
banks.
SATURDAY, MAY 14TH.
The Gussie landed 40 of the u.
S. Fret Infantry regulars Thurs
day near Cabanss, Cuba, and had
a fight with the enemy's cavalry
and infantry. 1t was the first land
engagement of the war. The ex-
petition was made like a holiday