The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-02-12


Hartford has left Puerta Plata for the
same place. 1t it probable that both
! these vessels will return to Dominican
waters While no definite instructions
! have been casled Minister Powell, it is
stated 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 cablegram confirming the news.
Demand Full Particulars.
| Washington, Feb. S.-"Send full
particulars about assassination OF
blegram which Secretary Moody Sat
urday dispatched to Commander Lewis
c. Heilner, commanding the gunboat
Yankee at Santo Domingo City. When
| the details Of the assassination have
| arrived the secretary will then be in
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 PrOvOcatiOn.
San Domingo, Monday, Feb. 1.-The
insurgents this morning deliberately
fired on the launch of the auxiliary
cruiser Yankee, killing j. c. 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 .hnston's death and this insult
to the ierican flag.
The i neral of tombstone took place
this me ming. The body was escorted
to it's grave in the Santa Barbara Gene
| 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 here went to the funeral
The provisional government sent 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 on 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.
Santo Domingo, Feb. 3.-Great sur
prise is expressed by all foreigners here,
especially by the Americans, that the
| 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
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. 3d.
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.. Woman 4S hours to leave
where he is or suffer the consequences.
Consequently, Mr.. Powell secured a
guard of 60 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 Worman's family into the city.
Munitions of War Seized.
| Cape Haytien, Hayti, Feb. S-Quan-
titles of munitions of war intended for
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 80.
Previous consignments of war NUM-
tons 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.