Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-26
ENSIGN HOvEY KILLED.
Three U. S. Sailormen Wounded in
Clash With Philippine Natives.
POISONED DARTS WERE USED.
Victim a Graduate Of Naval Academy,
Class l90S-AppOinted From
New Hampshire.

Ensign Hovey, u. s. N, who has
been in command of the gunboat
Pampanga, has been killed and three
| American biuejackets were slashed
| by Moros on the island of Basilan, off
the Mindanao peninsular, in the Philip
| pine Islands. No details have been
received here thus far.
In clash with natives on the island
of Basilan, in the southern part of
the Philippine archipelago. Ensign
Charles E. Hovey, of Portsmouth, N.
H., on duty on board the United States
gunboat Pampanga, was killed and
three enlisted men were injured
Hovey had been in the navy only about
eight years.
The enlisted men who were wound
ed are: John H. Catherwood, of
Springfield, Ill, ordinary seaman; !;
severely wounded; F. II. Mcclure, of
Gordonsville, Mo-, hospital appren-
tice, slightly injured; George F.
Henrechon, of Hartford, Conn, ma
chinist's mate, slightly injured.
The tragedy was reported to the
Navy Department yesterday by Lieut..
John Schoenfeld, commanding officer
of the gunboat Quiros, which is sup
posed to be cruising with the Pam
panga. No details were given. All
the victims were attached. to the Pam
panga, a small gunboat of 243 tons
displacement, which is used for patrol
and survey work among the southern
islands.
The island of Basilan, where the en-
counter took place, is not far from
Zamboanga and is inhabited by primi-
tive Moros of the Yacan tribe For
many years there has been a naval
base at Isabella, where the small ves-
sells have made their headquarters.
When the report of the affray was
received at the Navy Department a
mistake was made in deciphering it
and it was enormously announced that
Ensign Haller Belt, of Dallas. Tex,
as published in last evenings Capital,
who is also on duty on board the Pam
panga, was the victim. Late yester-
day afternoon the mistake was discov-
cred, but in the meantime the news
papers had distributed the misinfor-
nation and caused Ensign Belts
friends and relatives much unnecessary
grief.
Ensign Hovey was appointed to the
Naval Academy from New Hamp-
shire on May 2, 1908. His mother,
Mrs. Louise F. Hovey, lives at 81
State street, Portsmouth, N. H. He
was graduated from the Naval Acad-
emy in 1907 and formerly served.
on the battleships Ohio and Idaho be-
fore being transferred to the Asiatic
Station.
Ensign Hovey is survived by his
mother and four sisters, two of whom
are wives of navy officers The sisters
are Miss Sallie Hovey, Mrs. William
M. Seabury, of New York; Mrs.
Kautz, wife of Lieut.. A. Kautz, and
Mrs. Klyce, wife of Lieut.. Scudder
Klyce, who was a resident of Annap-
oils last year, and whose home was on
Duke of Gloucester street.
Naval officers are of the belief that
the party was on an exploring expedi-
tion in the interior of the island and
suddenly met the Yacans, who are
primitive Mainyan tribe and fanatical
adherents of the Moslem faith. The
Yacans are very poor and their prin-
cipal weapon is the famous "sumpi-
tan," or blow gun, with which they
project poisoned daits to great dis
tances.