Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-02-09
Fired without Provocation.


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 tombstone took place
this morning. The body was escorted
to its grave in the Santa Barbara ceme-
terry by detachment of marines, blue
jackets and officers of the Yankee, headed
by the ships band There were In all
100 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 herewent to the funeral.
5 the prov1s1U:1a1 guyernment-senr de-,
tachment of troops to act as an escort.
< The flags over the governmental build
tngs 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 on behalf of EN-
peror William, while others from the:
American legation, the American COM
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.
Anpnzed Mt nelnv
Santo 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 steamer from
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 yet the city on fire by means
Of shells. Fighting is going on continu-
ally, with NO appreciable advantage on
either side. The city land sidesis sur.
rounded by insurgents.
san Domingo, Saturday, JAM. 3d.
The German consul here requested Unit
ed States Minister Powell to afford pro-
lection to Herr Woman, the German
vice cepsul, that he might bring his
| family INTO the city, as the insurgents
| have given Mr.. Woman 48 hours to leave
| where he Is or suffer the consequences
Consequently, Mr.. Powell secured a
guard Of so men from the United States
| cruiser Columbia and informed the gov
eminent that it was the intention of the
German consul and himself to bring
Herr Wormap'a family into the city,
Munitions OF War Seized,
Cape Haytien. Hayti, Feb. s.-euan-
| titles of munitions of war intended for
l Gen. Jiminez, the Dominican revolu-
tionary leader, were seized at Puerta
Plata, on the northern coast OF the re-
public of Santo Domingo, Friday, after
having been landed there from the
| Clyde line steamer New York. from
New York, January 30.
| Previous consignments of war NUM-
tions for Gen. Jiminez, landed late last
month by the steamer Cherokee, Of the
same line. were also seized by the au-
| thorities at Puerta Plata.