The Daily Kentuckian from Hopkinsville, Kentucky • Page 1

li 4 i A VOL 1 NO 32 orders which were sent to Sampson when he was instructed to join Com modore Schley The transports with the troops are on their way and word has been received here that the second division is off Key West Before they reach Santiago Sampson and Schley are expected to have utterly demolished the fortifications at the entrance of the harbor of Santiago 1 and Sampsons general orders arc to take the city capture or destroy the Spanish fleet at any cost A Under Brig Gen Hilling May Go to the Philippines Chickamnriiga Park Ga June 3 The Third Kentucky Regiment ar rived here at oclock yesterday morning and was assigned to the quarters recently vacated by the One Hundred and Fifty seventh Indiana The regiment has bjsfirf assigned to the first division of the first corps and third brigade commanded by Brig Gen Hilling- The soldiers are in good health are well quartered and are enthusiastic over areport that they will probably be sent to thePhiippines Spanish Prisoners Paroled- Forty Five Returned to Spain Uoit Wnol 1l 1 -5 1 Tl a lu 1 orty nve oujeers of the Span ix nmtrcuafti or naval reserves held as prisoners of war in the liar- 1 iiuiwi iiiiu iiiiiuiiMi nv iimiiwi xintMci vi vo 11 1 im rm -iii niv nMuiiiimiun xuuy jJicwyuw 7 iworaot honor to jfo back to go back to Spain and neither NJJgrmp againtl uilftllejS State nor ad her enemie until the war 2 0r te Wttsybilnil for fri A 1 A- a lorty Uve comftriw the captain ttte of the Catkin lilmntoli ill HOPKINSVILLE KY SATURDAY MORNINO JUNE 4 1898 EIGHT AMERICAN PRISONERS CAPTURED the Maine Disaster Repeated At Santiago Says a Span ish Report Port Antonio Jamaica June 3 Special Santiago advices say that the Amcricanfleet renewed the attack upon the harbor fortifications and Spanish warships at 3 oclock this morning This fire was well sustained until 4 oclock An American auxiliary cruiser attempted to force a passage of tiic harbor but was sunk by the explosion of a torpedo Eight Americans were made prisoners by the Spanish The story comes from Spanish sources and has not been confirmed from any other source The Washington Authorities Refuse to Credit the Jamaica Story Washington June 3 Special A brief bulletin telling- Schleys reconoisance at Santiago Tuesday is all the information the navy department has given out today This bulletin confirms the press reports of the firing- on the fortifications at Santiago It appears from the bulletin that Schley concentrated his fire upon the Spanish defenses It seems probable that had he found the conditions more propitious than they were he would have made an assault upon the forts Notwithstanding the positive statument coming- from Jamaica that the second Spanish fleet from Cadiz has crossed the Atlantic and is about to join Cervera at Santiago the officers of the Naval Department declare that the Cadiz fleet is still at Cadi CapLSig sbee of the St Paul reported to the NaVy Department to day and had a conference with Acting Secretary Allen Thrall and Jones thetwo newspaper men vho were in prison at Havana and were exchanged for two Spanish officers also reported at the Navy Department during the day OFF FOR PORTO RICO THREE REGIMENTS LEAVE MOBILE Mobile Ala JuneS Special The Second Cavalry the Third In fantry and the Twentieth Infantry took passage on transports this evening- It is believed they are bound for Porto Rico Other troops will probably leave by rail for Tampa tomorrow LISTENING FOR NEWS THE PRES IDENT HAS HIS EAR TO THE GROUND Washington June 3 Special The President informed the mem bers of the Cabinet when they mej to day to be in readiness to answer a summons to the White TJouse as he was expecting a report from Samp son and the fleets at any moment now This expectancy is based on the do Pedro Argonauta AmbroslaBolivar and Miguel Jover and the captains of most of the sailing- prizes There are nearly 450 seamen crews of prize vesselshcreand they will be released on the same terms All matriculars under the Spanish laws are subject to instant conscription on their arrival at any Spanish port Marshal Horr will carry parole blanks to the vessels to morrow As soon as the men sign them theyjjwill be moved to the Catalina and Miguel Jover which have been released by the United States District court and will sail for Barcelona as soon as bonds equal to the value of the ships and cargoes have been filed by their owners Tennesse To Manila The Second Regiment Ordered to Asia Washington June 3 Special Gen Corbin this afternoon telegraphed orders for the Second Tennessee Regiment to start for San Francisco at once to embark fOKthePhilippines under Gen Merritt The Second Tennessee and thelFifth Iowa were added as Corbin said for the reason they wanted two first class additional regiments for Merritt Schley Heard from afcLast His Attack Was a Success Washington June 3 Special The Navy Department has received an official report from Commodore Schley regarding his recent at tack on the fortifications at the entrance to Santiago harbor It was read at to days cabinet meeting and received with satisfaction MRS ATKINSONS TRIAL Case Against the Wife of West Virginias Governor Wheeling- Va June 3 In the second trial of Mrs George Atkinson wife of Gov Atkinson on BJBMIHlBWWWWIMjpijWPlllB Com- el- modore Schley says that his attack was made for the purpose of deve the enemys position to locale their batteries etc In that re- spect it was he says entirely successful and he accomplished what he set out to do None of his vessels was touchedby the enemy volleys and there were no casualties or mishaps on his vessels He says in addition that he has no reasonable doubt thatCerveras lleet is inside the harbor at Santiago SAY WHAT YOU GIVf fi US WELL BELIEVE IT WHEN WE SEE IT Kingston Jamaca June 3 Special The correspondent here of the Associated Press has been informed from an apparently authentic source at Port Antonia this island that a Spanish lleet from Cadiz is nearing- West Indian waters The Spanish lleet is said to consist of sixteen warships among them being battleships and three torpedo boats The British second class cruiser Indefatigable Capt George A Primrose has sailed for Santiago with several doctors on board in order to watch the impending- battle and aid the wounded SUCCEEDS PROF RYLAND Prof Jones Will Be President of Bethel College Russellville Ky June 3 Prof Thos Jones President of Bethel College Cuthbert Ga has been the charge of forgery and jointly in offered and has accepted the Presi dicted with Covens as dency of Bethel College at this sory Judge Blizzardsustained the place He is a young man but demurrer of the defense and so far thirty one years old but has a rep- as Mrs Atkinson is concerned she is temporarily released It will be remembered that Mrs Atkinson was indicted on a charge that she had forged the signature of a previous husband the late Judge Gideon Camden to certain receipts and other papers given to Owens in some real estate transactions and that on her first trial last winter the jury disagreed At the former trial the defense was that Mrs Camden had proper au therity to sign her invalid husbands name to business papers and practically handled all his business for him The prosecution claimed that the papers or some of them were given after Judge Camdens death Unfounded Rumor It was reported last night that George Ratcliff a colored man who recruited in this city Thursday and was sentSouthtojoin thcTenth cavalry had been killed while en route The rumor said that his head was struck by a car while he was looking out of the window of a coach Investigation failed to substantiate the rumor There is a hot contest between the Louisville Legion and an Iowa repimeut for the honor of being the lit regiment mustered in under lh fif calf for 135000 eera utation as one of the ablest educa tors of the South His wife is said to be a fine musician and declined an offer of a large salary to teach music in a seminary in Cuthbert Lynching Probable Nashville Tenn June 3 George Scott a young colored man is in jail at Springfield Tenn charged with attempting criminal assault on Mrs William Scoggins wife of a well-to-do farmer living jnst across the line in Logan county Kentucky Mrs Scoggins successfully resisted the negros assault and her husband chased him some distance getting close enough to pepper him with bird shot from head to feet He will be lynched it is thought when taken back to Adairville BASEBALL NEWS SIKCIAr Baltimore 4 St Louis 5 Washington 4 Louisville 10 Brooklyn 2 Chicago 1 Philadelphia 4 Pittsburg 8 New York 10 Cincinnati 10 Boston and Cleveland games postponed 1 Senor Polo Bcrnabe formerly minister to thp United Statcs has bn appointed uuder secretary in the foreign offiee at Madrid TTJWPJNHWFi 1 WARRIORS Colored Cavalry Recruits Who Have Gone to the Front Lieut Johnson Secures Nineteen Men and Will Put In One More Day Lieut Johnson of the Tenth Cavalry has had good succcssJhere in securing colored recruits for his regiment The first day he got none at all but the second day he received eight and these were sent to the front Tuesday night Yesterday ten more were added to his list and sent last night to Port Mc Pherson The complete list is here published for the first time John Wright Wm Wagner Mc Clellan Redd John Brewer Henry Owsley Ed Ratcliffe Geo Ratcliffe Geo Layne Richard Buckner Buford Young William Pryor Fairlcigh Broadie James Gregg William Lloyd Robt Buck ner Lawson Smith John Hurt and Thos Taylor Lieut Johnson will remain here one more day and expects to get several more The men enlisted have already gone in two detachments to Atlanta where they will report for duty at once Lieut Johnson will go from here to Paducah He has been out in the State a month and has recruited 125 men which he regards as going unusually well as the work of examination is tedious and laborious A great many other applicants failed to pass ALFONSO XIII Reported to Be Safe in the Harbor of Puerto Rico Madrid June 3 The report that the Spanish troop ship Alfonso XIII had been captured by an American auxiliary cruiser is without foundation It is annouueed officially that the Alfonso X11I is now landing- her cargo of provisions at Puerto Rico The Captain General of Puerto Rico cables that theques tion of subsistence has raised no difficulty in the island as several vessels have entered the ports with provisions MORE DELAY Gen riiles Taking It Leisurely at a Six Dollar a Day Hotel Tampa Fla June 3 -With the establishment of general army headquarters at Tampa and with Major General Miles on the ground personally directing the movements of the army affairs here almost stagnant for some time have again taken on a considerable degree of activity but no embarkation of troops has as yet taken place trom this point Although the work of preparing the army for the campaign continues with unabated vigor until the fate of the powerful Spanish lleet is settled no orders for the invasion of Cuba are expected Admiral Cervera is apparently thu unknown quantity in thm problem of war When he is disposed of it is probable the opportunity the army has so long waited for will come and come quickly Clarksvllle Criminal Court The ClarksviHe Criminal Court will adjourn today Chancery Court convene Monday and the minutes yill be kept open for tw weeks tmmmmmm -lit rBKignatipnitud wyef JB I list i 1 1 ft PRICE 2 CENTS FORGED AN ORDER Leslie Shipp In Jail for Alleged Crookedness 4 Charged With Forging Adams Daltons Names To An Order For Goods Leslie Shipp a colored boy was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging- him with forging orders on Mathews He has been in the emplov of Adams Dalton a contracting firm and this firm has been trading with Mr Mathews doing an order business Knowing- this Shipp forged the firms name to an order for goods upon it He was arrested by officer Cravens and was arraigned for trial before Judge Leavell He waived examination and in default of bond was sent to jail to await the action of the grand jury that meets next week Shipp appears to be in a verv hnri serrini MATRONS To Mend Darn and Wash For Each Regiment of Volunteers Washington June 3 Senator Faulkner has introduced a bill authorizing- the Secretary of War to appoint tvo matrons to each regiment oi volunteers to serve durinjr the war with Spain Their duty is prescribed as follows To mend darn wash the clothing and see to the sanitary condition of the men of of their respective commands The bill provides that the matrons must be between the ages of 35 and 55 and of good moral character Senator Faulkner explained that the bill was introduced at the request of a number of worthy ladies BLACK CANNIBALS Eat Ten of Eighteen Prisoners Captured In New Guinea San Francisco June 3 Mail advices received from Australia contain a brief account of the cannibal outrage in New Guinea A number of native prisoners held at Mom bare escaped and lied to the bush tribes in that neighborhood The fugitives gathered a strong- force and returned to Mombare They attacked a peaceful village below the police camp whose people they suspected of treachery and carried olf all the women They captured and killed IS men 10 of whom they te STARS AND STRIPES Will Hereafter Float on San Miguel Islaud Los Angeles Cal June 3 Capt Waters the owner of San Miguel Island has made the discovery that this bit of land was never ceded to Mexico by Spain By some oversight it was omitted from the list of islands given up when Mexican independence was acknowledged As soon as he learned this fact Captain Waters hastehed to his little Inland hoisted the American tlag and took formal possession in the name of the United States The Howard Baker Feud Barboursulle Ky June 3 The ITownrd Baker foud broke out ag ain last night when Tom Baker shot and instantly killed Beverly While a member of the Howard faction They met on the highway seeral miles of Manchester More trouble is expected when Bakers trial comes Up next Monday Mr ami Mrs I Wiles of lk view were in town yesterday IK nil assv twtulen at 3k per couyt interest yr it a fl lit ill TVS 1 i 1.