The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-02-12
Dominican Insurgents Make a De-
liberate Attack on Launch of
Cruiser Yankee.
BULLET STRIKES J.C. JOHNSTON
IN The HEAD ABOVE The EYE
United States Minister Powell Directs
Captain of Yankee to Take Drastic
Measures to Avenge the Death of
the American and the Insult to Our
Flag.

Of February /, confirming the press dis
regarding the assassination of
]. G. Johnston, an engineer on the gun
boat Yankee. The cruiser Columbia has
left San Domingo for Guantanamo. The
Hartford has left Puerta Plata for the
place. 1t it probable that both
these vessels will return to Dominican
waters. While no definite instructions
have been cabled Minister Powell, it is
that the American commanders
will make every effort to apprehend the
parties responsible for the assassination
and if captured they will be forthwith
disposed of as bandits.
The navy department also has re-
ceived a cablegram confirming the news.
Demand Full Particulars.
Washington, Feb. 8.-"Send full
particulars about assassination of
Johnston" is the substance of a ca
blegram which Secretary Moody Sat
urday dispatched to Commander Lewis
c. Heilner, commanding the gunbcat
Yankee at Santo Domingo City. When
the details of the assassination have
arrived the secretary will then be in
a position to give specific instructions
as to the course to be followed.
Deliberation, it can be stated, will
be observed in the handling Of the
Dominion situation. If the press dis
patches are confirmed it can be stated
that the naval commanders will be in
structed to demand and to obtain the
fullest reparation.
Fired without P"rovocntion.
San Domingo, Monday, Feb. 1.-The
insurgents this morning deliberately
fred on the launch of the auxiliary
cruiser Yankee, killing J. G. Johnston,
the engineer. The bullet entered his
head above the eye. United States Min
lister Powell has directed the captain of
the Yankee to take drastic measures TO
avenge Johnston's death and this insult
to the American flag.
The funeral of Johnstone took place
this morning. The body was escorted
to its grave in the Santa Barbara GENE
terry by a detachment of marines, blue
Jackets and officers Of the Yankee, headed
by the ships band. There were in all
LOO men from the cruiser in the cortege.
United States Minister Powell, the
American consul and vice consul and
nearly all the diplomatic and consular
representatives here went to thefuneral.
The provisional government sent o de-
tachment of troops to act as an escort.
The flags over the governmental build
ings and the various consulates were
at half mast.
The coffin was covered with wreaths of
flowers, one of which had been sent by
the German consulate IN behalf of En-
peror William, while others from the
American legation, the American con-
sulate and similar sympathizers. The
streets of the city were thronged with
people as the funeral procession passed
and there were many expressions Of sor-
row at Johnstone's death.
Amazed at Delay.
1Santo Domingo, Feb. 3.-Great sur
prise is expressed by all foreigners here,
especially by the Americans, that the
commander of the Yankee has not de-
manded Immediate satisfaction for the
inexcusable killing of tombstone and for
the firing upon the American flag by the
insurgents.
There was heavy firing all day to-day
around the city. A German steamerfrom
Europe was obliged to leave the port
with its cargo on board because the
crews of the lighters refused to work
on account of being exposed to the in
surgents' firing from across the river.
The United States cruiser Columbia
has landed marines to protect the Ger
mans In the suburbs. Parieta, one of the
suburbs, is BURNING. The INSURGENTS
have made desperate but unsuccessful
efforts to set the city on fire By means
of shells. Fighting is going on continu-
ally, with no appreciate advantage on
either side. The city land side is sur
rounded by Insurgents.
San Domingo, Saturday, Jan. 20
The German consul here requested Unit
ed States Minister Powell to afford pro-
lection to Herr Norman, the German
vice consul, that he might bring his
family into the city, as the insurgents
have given Mr.. Worman48hours to Ieav,,
- ~ LIZ Lie consequences
Consequently, MI. Powell secured 4
guard Of so men from the United states
cruiser Columbia and informed the gov
eminent that it was the intention of Il
German consul and himself to bring
Herr Worman's family into the city.
Munitions II War Seized.
Cape Haytien, Hayti, Feb. s.-Quan-
titles OF munitions Of war intended for
Cen. Jiminez, the Dominican reyolu-
.tionary leader. were seized at P,xrta
Plata, on the northern coast of the r..
public Of Santo Domingo, Friday. after.
having been landed there from fba
Clyde line steamer New York. from
New York, January 80.
Previous c~onsignments Of war NUM-
tons for .Jfminez. landed late last
month by the steamer Cherokee, of the
same line, were also seized hy the au-
thorities at Pnerta Plata.