gine out of commission. Fortin,., inch guns thundered out at the sleep- AN ANCIENT CUSTOM. CUSTER CHRONICLE WILMINGTON'S it was the aft boilers and engine wheih SAMPSON HITS THE ing hills, and for fourteen minutes SPANISH FLEET SHELLS From Ht^publica -i City, were being used. of starboard broadsides on Traveler, Ark-aneas The uecurucy the she poured ha k in this is ac- coast. the Indinim, the Spanish gunners case the Meanwhile Pilgrimage* to some shrine of St. Vitus, for the fact i BURN CARDENAS counted by that buoys i PUERTO RICO FORTS New York and other ships repented WERE AT CURACOA to cure the as St. Vitua’ 'rcles bad in from the The lowa disease known JOSEPH KUBLEIi PUBLISHER concentric been located the dose rear. dance are no longer made. The modern the upper bay to give them an exact turned and came back to the Wampa- way of treating column, this affliction is within In a certain town in MassachuseU* range. When the guns were trained tuck's bout and again led the reach of every household, as is shown by not far from flic Rhode Island line re- rhe Fate of the Winslow Is Quick- on tlie Wilmington they either ou r- Works at San Juan Are Destroyed the forts replying fiercely, concentrat- Taking on Coal and Provisions the experience of Karl A. Wagner, the sides a woman of Portuguese birth, shot or their shells fell short. ing on the Detroit, which wr as about 11-year-old son of George Wagner, of 515 9th Arkansas whose husband is a Slie ly Avenged by Her Fight- Fragments of bursting shells, how- by the Guns of 700 yards away, all the batteries on the Preparatory to Starting street, City, Kao. The Spaniard. father the story as follows: flung a flag- the breeze to ever, were time and again showered eastern arm of the harbor. Thrice the tells national to ing Mate. Fleet, North. “Over a year ago, he says, “Karl was show' her loyalty and patriotism, and upon the decks of the Hudson und Wil- column passed from the entrance of mington, a man was the to the extreme taken with St. Vitus’ dance and continued incidentally an with but not touched harbor eastward grow daring to be on equality aboard either .ship nor a rig- to worse: five months he wan her deor neighliors. The dear neigh- piece of battery. under a physician’s care. Ilia tongue be- ging carried away. Two dents were was shown for the recognize the Hag, an a SOON SILENCED THE BATTERIES THE RESPONSE IS VERY FEEBLE Utter iudifference ADMIRAL SAMPSON IS NEAR HAYTI came paralyzed and we could not under- bor* did not found the Wilmington nc r the port wounded previous rain caused i iu enemy’s fire. The were stand a word he said, lie became very storm or two had bow after the action, but Captain Todd quickly attended, the blood wushed thin, lost the use of his right leg sud the colors to run a little. Several war thinks they were made by shells burst- away and everything proceeded liko seemed doomed to become a hopeless in- meeting* were held in neighboring Burning Town Lighted the Heavens ing in shore, lie says he fired 100 nhabitants and Consuls Take Re- target practice. American Squadon Cruising in the valid. We had about given up hope when ulbuius, over kitchens; old cigarette, picture shots before the guns were silenced. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were reeom- showing the Hags of all nations, were For Hours Demonstrating fuge in the In- Ordered to Retire. Vicinity of the Windward meuded to ray wife by a lady whose 'I he shore guns used smokeless jmiw- Admiral Sampson sig- consulted, but with littleor no success. could At 7:4ft a. ai. daughter laid been cured of a similar af- Work Well Done, dcr and their location only be terior, “Cease firing.” Passage. fliction by the pills. Then the gossips got in their fine work. flashes. As the Are naled judged by the of was sounded on the lowa “I bought a box of thwn at once and Tho woman was Portuguese; her hus- the at “Retire” Wilmington was directed them soon no- <¦¦¦ band wns a Spaniard; ergo, the Hag and she headed from the shore. The and at the gunboats Tying in the shel- the last ship in the SCOUTS COVER THE OCEAN tic e d a i <i| must l>e Spanish—it must come down. DISPATCH BOAT WITH PARTICULARS moles, THE WORKS CRUMBLED EASILY Terror was liue change for ter of the many of her shells and to see the admiral's LJi Tho constable was appealed to, and thiH their way through lower failing signal, the better I—— 1 plowed the banged for about half an functionary, goiug to see pare of the which was alt tibluze away alone without city, hour, concert of shore roar- guns _ ilk whether it was a Spanish flag or not, Winslow (Va* Alone Damaged--- when the action ceased und the Hud- Spain’s llano of Supply Is Undoubt- the Yale Sights Two Hpauish Warships condition. 1/ \ ing at her and tlie wnter flying high was so wol ( ' railed upon tho woman at jicr place of Smokeless Powder Used by son towed (»ut the crippled torpedo edly t»y Tills Time a Part of Which Were Evidently Look- 1. CK Ji\ her, around her from the exploding shells. p 1 eased business and commanded “in the the Spaniards in the boat. Controlled by Hut she possessed a charmed and ing for the Muiit* name and lire the nnd Terr!tur> life of tho peyplo of the town The spread through city reluctantly retired at 8:1ft. gomery. bought f (be Massachusetts, light. for half glare Uncle Sain, rV commonwealth of the night the lurid of As at Mutanzas the unsatisfactory more of A\ to haul down that Spanish rag forth- burning buildings dyed the heavens a them, a n d conditions, f * the Rmoke and the distance, when he /T .f\ with.” Regarding tho constable with a blood red. Considering the fuel that and Curucoa, Dutch Indies, May 17. -—Tf /As Jf Key West, May a London, 14.—Evening prevented important conclusions West had taken (—W |\ // look that would have withered n book 10.—The Associated perfect storm of shot and shell was .May News 1 ' • i being drawn. The town of Kan Juan —The Spanish cruisers Marin Teresa, fi v e boxes sir, an J’ress dispute]! boat Kate Spencer fur being poured in the Winslow, the Si. 'Minina* agent, sh« said: ‘‘That flag, is upon Special: Han Juan, Porto must, have suffered, although protected the disease A Itopeleea Invalid. best, nislies the following in rclutiou to the officers of the Wilmington consider Vizcaya, Almirante Oquendo and Cris- old colonial Hag, and tho thing Itioo, nt O hills, os high lisappeared. which her from surrendered o’clock yes- by the the shots must you and tin* people of this small town engagement at Cardenas In the escape complete destruction of the tobal Colon and the torpedo boat de- “That was six months ngo and there boat was so badly lit*tle of miraculous, li.-ul of terday evening. have reached it. No traces bom- can do is become acquainted with the torpedo Winslow short any were on the forts stroyers Pluto and Terror, which ar- baa been no return of the disease. The used: her torpedoes exhaled or the Washington, May bardment discernible American national emblem.” Those had shot 14.—At 7:30 this small fires which were appar- rived off the harbor Saturday morning, 7ure was effectual and permanent, and I Cardenas bay, in which the encoun- which her forward boiler exeept feel satisfied that no other medicine could who did not meddle in the matter are penetrated morning the navy department received ently extinguished before the fleet re- are atlll here. Only the first two named harbor, passed through »ave produced so marvelous a result. We having a laugh at the expense of (Lux ter took place, is a picturesque the one iu use she the following from Sampson, dated St. tired. were admitted to the port. have seventy miles west of Havana, ft i-> j would have been blown to atoms. They feel rejoiced over the restoration of our constable and the gossips.” Thomas, The t’nsnnlOes. bought coal, provisions and mealcineft ion, cannot broad and shallow, with two jutting May 12: and help hut fed thdt Dr. Killing ol* Ensign II igley. and will remain In port. The other Pink the re- fangs of land close at the and “A portiornof, the squadron under my New York, 13.—St. Thomas spe- William*' Pills are most Napoleon sundry efforts to mouth It was the May outside waiting. markable medicine on the made a outside, practically last shot that morn- cial: The casualties to the Americans warahips are market.” learn the English language while at picket line of coral keys mid command reached San Juan tills Puerto Plata, Dominican No discovery of modem times has its is studded other green killed Ensign Kagley. The firing from In the iKmibnrdment of San Juan were Republic, *Sf. The result was quaint. In surface with ing nt day-break. No armed vessels May 17.—A1l tJie of the Unib- proved such a blessiug to mankind as Dr. Helena. crowned keys through which the tor- shore had almo-(. eea ed. He had gone aa follows: wounded Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. a'collection of autograph letters in up were found in port.