The Paducah Daily Sun Newspaper, April 28, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LI—N UMBER 192 Take Your Prescriptions to NELSON * SOULE’S DRUG STURE Up to date ia all tives, M The purest Of liquors for medicinal use only, ICE CREAM SODA PURE! Ageut for Hayler's, Telephone 313 | [SAMPSON ORDERED TO REDUCE THE CITY. Goods delivered Good Bye Ola Headache PADUCAH, KENTUCKY THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1898 Two Hu The Invasion of Cuba Begins in Earnest---Mata a Base of Operations by the United States. Not an American Hu ndred Span | American Shot and Shells. nzas to Be Made iards Slain MATANZAS BOMBARDED Fe steamed boldly in between the bat- teries and soon blazed away with both broadsides at them. The battle took piace about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The batteries were silenced in eighteen minutes, The inet shot that was fred by the} Spanish came from Point Rubal Caya, The Puritan replied with one of her twelve-inch guns, The shell struck the battery with wonderful accuracy, and blew up a portion of it. After waiting in vain for the Span- ish to renew the engagement the ships rt, and Our Ships Not At All Damaged 11 you vse our Goo tye Head-|COMMUNICATION TO BE HAD WITH GENERAL GOMEZ ache Powders—4 «loses, 10c. By A‘miral Sampson Before Any Attempt Is J. D, BACON & CO, Made to Capture Havana—They Will PHARMACISTS Seveuth and Jackson COMING THIS WAY. London, Apri Gold Pink A The Majestic, from New York for Liverpool, which arrived here yesterday, Teports that Sunday morniag, when 1,700 miles off Queeastywo she passed a squad ron of Spanish weas,ard at top speed warships headiog here were #9 Lhe squadron one cruiser aud threc torpedo boats, with all save Leadlights extioguished, They are believed to be the n- ish warship Pelayo and covsorts. The: sfirm the advices that the batieship Pelayo, which saiied trom Cadiz os teasibly for the Caps Verde Islands was in reality dispatched for reports would seem to cou- Ameri can wa'err, CONSOLATION PRIZE. Madrid, April 28—An official dis Manila, capital of the Philippine istands, says the governor patch from of Hoilo, Philippine islands, announces that the Spanish guoboat El Cano has arrive! there, having captured the American bark Saravic, Capt. Barta- by, from Newcastle, NIS. W 26, for Lloi'o. 1,640 ov February e Sa- rao had tous of coal on board, BUCKNER IS READY. Washiogton, April 28.—General Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky, to the president in any capacity that might The of th brave old hero was greatly appreci- today offered bis services he desire. action ated by the president and has caused & wave of patriotic enthusiasm to sweep over the city, CITY OF PARIS. London, April 28 —Confidentia! information which has been furnished to your correspondent regarding the secret instructions given to Capt Watkins of the Annerican line steam er Paris enab!es him to say that the Paris will reach her destination safe ly in due time. No anxiety need be felt if the steamer does not arrive at New Yor! on Friday, when she would be due under ordinary circumstances, Jt would be indiscreet to give any farth er hint of the iutea lod movements of the Paris. koown that she escaped the first trap the Spaniards had laid for her, The principal warship assigned to cate! the big liner was the cruiser Empe- rador Carlos V. At 4 o'clock Monday morning the Act To BATTLE EXPECT EO AT MANI LA gether, these whiazed over the New York and one fell short. The ships left the |biy for the open sea, their object, withdrew, leaving both batteries in| ruins, A few minutes before 1 o'clock there was a puff of smoke from the east shore, and an eight-inch shelt whizzed toward the New York and fell short. Searcely had the report died away than another puff of smoke floated upon the Point Maya side and easily blew away, This shell also fell short. ‘The range of the east battery was nearly seven thousand yards, but the flagship jromptly opened fire with one of her eight-inch guns, The engagement in a few minutes became general, and shore and bay were coveted with the wiad-blown smoke, while the hollow betweea the The American and Spanish |*iscoveriog the wuereabouts of the] bills roared with the connousding, Fleets Are Getting Closer Together, RICHEST PRIZE YET CAPTURED. the Monitor Terror Makes a Bic Haul—The Prize Loaded With and Money. Merchandise GEN. BUCKNER TO THE FRONT. Offers His Services to the Govern= ment in Any Capacity Needed. As Brave and as Gallant As Ever. SPANISH SPIES ARE PLOTTING DEVILTRY. The bom- yesterday fleet has Adiiral been ordered to. sbell wl the big guns there which are very fo: midable, Washing bardment 0! April 23, Matanzas the Amer confirmed, afternoon by been officially Sampson ha the city and to destroy The bonbardment of Matanzas is the beginning of the work of opening the way for the invasion of Cuba A heavier bombardment of the city has been ordered for today, New York, April 24.—A Key West dispatch says that it is believed that three or four hundred Spaviards were killed by the bombardment at Matanzas. Key West, April 28.—According to the latest report from Mantanzas it is probable, that 200 Spaniards were killed by the powerful shells | batteries, having been accomplished. | shots were put on land from the three} ships at a range of about five thous- and yards (nearly three miles), The 1 and battery were apparently ploughed up by shells, All the ships in the engagement showed excellent | every shell took effect. Key West, April 28,—(Special | from the New York Herald andj Courier Journal dispatch boat.)—Ad- | miral Sampson yesterday —bom- barded, silenced and pretty well de-| stroyed the Spanish batteries ia posi- | tion and in course of construction at the entrance of the harbor of Matan- | zas, He did it with the flagship New York, the monitor Puritan and the eruiser Cincinnati, Not one of the American ships was from the Puritan’s guns, Not an Americ1 was hurt and the Ameri-]struck, the Spanish guonery being | can vessels were not dairaged in the slightest... Admiral Sampson is act- He will communicate with General Gomez after the Spaniards have been driven from Matanzas and the land- wild, I bave no means of knowing the Meantime, it is already Jing under orders from Washington, | number of dead and wounded on the Spanish side, It must be considera- ble. While the New York, Puritan and ing by the American troops has been} Cincinnati were reconnoitering in made, This communication with force for the purpose of locating and Majestic met the American line stcam-| Gomez will be made before any at- destroying the formidable detense be- er Paris, bound west, in Jatitude longitude 29:06, This is over 800 miles west of Queenstown. A TRUE TONI A tonic to assist nature is not » that simply gives tempo y stimulation, but one that ommends itself by the effect A substitute will not prove s isfactory to people so often dl appointed. ALLAN'S CELERY WITH IRON Strengthens the al forces, invigorates and the entire system and els that languid feeling. Sold hy LYNE & LYN DRUGGISTS tewpt is made to capture Havana, ing constructed, the flagship was fired on by the batteries on Point Key West, April 28.—The cruis-|Rubal Cava and Point Maya, guatd- ers New York and Cincinnati the monitor Puritan bombarded the Matanzas yesterday after-|eight-iach gun on the port side. She | much barm on the east side of the forts at noon, engagement began al 12:45 and closed at 1:15, were no casualties on the American side, Great damage is known to lave been done to Matanzas and it i believed that there was loss of life. The object of at Panta Gorda, the attack was to prevent the completion of earthworks and | ing the entrance to the harbor, The New York replied, firing ber it SPANISH ARTILLERY IN THE FIELD NEAR HAVANA, But far more important than the In the neighborhood of three hundred | destruction of the Matanzas battery |3 Crown Raisins per Ib ... is the conclusion about the fature which may be drawn from the bom- bardment. This conclusion is that) balf-completed Spanish earthwor! s Havana is absolutely at the mercy of Choice Detes, per ber lb.... all| the United States fleet whenever we | Choice Maple Sugar, per |b. may choose to open fire. Admiral Sampson with gurs cally three batterics im eighteen min utes. He steamed right in on them as close as be could get and not one of our ships was touched. What isto be said of a gunner who cannot hit a mark as big as the New York at two thousand or three thousand vards? The incident has greatly encour- , aged the naval officers, and they be- |tieve when they bombard Havana they will destroy all the defenses in about one hour, In point of time the engagement insted jast eighteen minutes. It be gan at fifty-seven minutes past 12 and ended a quarter past 1, It was a beautiful sight to see the target practice of the New York, A big balloea of smoke would suddenly rise from her side, ‘Tue eye, follow- ing the direction of the spot, would see an instant later a great cloud of dust and fragments of coucrete aad mortar fly high io the air, ‘Theo would come the roar of the piece. sullen and heavy. The Puritan was doiog frlly as There i > 8 ! bay as the New York was doing on west side, All this time the Cin-| ti had remained out of action, The Cincinnati was signaled to en- gage. The Cincinnati, in less time! than it takes to wri steamed up within two thousand yards, broad- side on, and began to let with her guns. The batterirs quieted and the New York was just giving the signal to retire, when one defiant shot was fired from | Rabal Caya, It was the Inst shot! that battery was ever to fire. Oneof the big guns on the Puritan bellowed back, It was the best shot of the day. It struck the battery just where the gun was, bored its way into the earthworks and exploded, doing great destruction. Cipt. R. J. Machugh, an artillery officer of the British army, who was a spectator of the engagement trom the Courier-Journai-Herald boat,ssid it wis one of the best shots he bad ever saen made. Having practically detmolished the Spanish batteries, the ships stood out to sea, THE ASIATIC SQUADRON. Hong Kong, April 28,—The ves-|t sels of the American squadron|f steamed away from Mits Bay for]! Manila yesterday aftetnoon. u cit fly ti surgent chief who is to lead the]t Philippine insurgent forces Many Spanish vessels are leaving Manila with passengers and treasure and the Americans are anticipating the capture of rich prizes. L fi To Cure Constipation Forever, ‘Take Casearets Candy Cathartic. We or %5e. If C.C.C, fail to cure, druggists retund money. from reaching the Spanisii army on| Common hal t t r ei Cheap Groceries. 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You'll be glad you waited---t’will cost you so little. the half-com) leted battery. ‘Two ot five or six light shells were fired from ft DALTON, THE TAILOR of the Spanish ship captured by the Terror is the richest capture yet made, from Manila are being eagerly await- | ed. t near each other, On | leet is superior to the Spanish fleet! board of One of the sbips was an in-| and no fear is felt as to the result of | necessity of the United States send- Water Hank antec SPANISH DEVILS, Washing'on, April 28, eroor of Georgia tod r ‘The goy- wired the Spanish spies are planning to wreck the trains carrying soldiers south CUBAN INVASION, | Washington, April 28.—A party American Fleet to Be Kept In of prominent Cubans left this city this morviog for Cuba bearing ims portant messages from General Miles to Gomez, Plans are being laid for the invasion of Cuba. THE RICHESY YET. Washington, April 24,—The Cap- tain of the Terror has wired that he has captured the richest Spanish prize of the war off Key West. The prize is loaded with merchandise of great value and with much money Key West. April 24.—The name Guido and it is the NAVAL BATTLE EXPECTED. Washiogton, April 23.—Reports | The Spanish Philippine fleet and he American Asiatic equadron are’ and are expected hourly to meet. ‘The results of the battle that will then occur wi | dec'de ‘or & time at least the contro! of the racific ocean, Admiral Dewey's he meeting. GENERAL LEE’S OPINION. Richmond, Va., April 28.—Gen Lee, who is still here waiting orders rom Washington, last night hat the Spanish army in Cuba will be forced to evacuate without the said The blockade will! prevent any provisions or other aid ing troops there. he island. | The fleet, Gen. Lee says, is too ‘ar from the base of operations to each there They cannot procure! president that be is warned that two HAVANA NOT TO BE BOMBARDED. tact to Meet the Spanish Armada When it Of- fers Fight. WAR SHIPS MUST BE SAVED, The Virst Naval Battle May Be OIF the Philippine [slands—News From That Quarter Anx- lously Awaited. MOVEM N'S OF SPANISH SHIPS UNKNOWN, Washington, April Secretary woag, of the navy department, de- clares Havana will not be bombarded until serious danger from the Spanish tleets is eliminated. He says the United States cannot afford to risk the loss of a war ship uniil the armadas lestroyed or| are no longer a menace to be greatly | feared. t It might b+ an easy matter to. si lence the gens of Morro Castle and Cuba would be a comparatively easy matter, and the eyes of the tacticians ire turned across the oO moves ments of the enemy's fleet. It is in- imated in naval circles that plans been made for the inion of the squadrons of Admiral Sempson and Commodore Schley if the Spaniards should attempt to mass their offensive power in the hope of catching cither one of the syuadrons unawares, to be destroyed before the arrival of re-epforcements. Itis thought teet cruisers will be sent out as scouls as soon as news is received of & movement of the ama- das to cross the Atlantic, and it is surmised that that is what the Colum- Minneapolis are doing now. The tactics of the Spaniards are a mystery, but it suspected they may make an attempt to bombard some of the big cities on the North Atlantic coast. It is possible that is the mission of the Pelayo and her consorts, and it is believed the American cruisers are scouting the ocean to intercept them. 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