The Daily Kentuckian, 1898-05-14

on the ground and sustained a frac fracture - ture fracture of the right knee XXX John T Johnson was to day ap appointed - pointed appointed Adjutant to Major E S Helburn of the Second Regiment XXX l Captain Ballance has decided that the Adjutant of each regiment will be made its ordnance officer1 The ordnance officers will thus be Lieutenant Gallaher of the First Regiment Lieutenant Collier of the Second and Lieutenant Mitch Mitchell - ell Mitchell of the Third The requisition for supplies for their troops will be made by these officers at once - XXX We have been sleeping on straw with one blanket to every ten men but two thousand blankets arrived to night from Philadelphia These with 700 from Chicago and 450 from

Washington May 13 Special The Navy Department received the following dispatch from Admiral Sampson It is dated St Thomas May 12 and is as follows - A portion of the squadron under my command reached San Juan this morning at daybreak No armed vessels were found in the port As soon as it was sufficiently light I commenced attack upon the bat batteries - teries batteries defending the city This attack lasted about three hours and re resulted - sulted resulted in much damage to the batteries and incidentally to a portion of the city adjacent to the batteries The batteries replied to our fire but without material effect One man was killed on board the New York

WASHINGTON D C May There has been an entire change of plans by reason of the appearance of the Spanish flying squadron of Martinique Schley left Hamp tonRoads this afternoon destination unknown presumably to Jbin Sampson When Sampson left San Juan he went in the direction of Martinique ilM IIIW Spanish Torpedo Boats at Martinique fllPORT DE FRANCE MARTINIQUE May of the Spanish torpedo boats is here and six others are hov hovering - ering hovering around the coast The American auxiliary Cruiser Har Harvard - vard Harvard will be allowed to remain here indefinitely but must give 24 hours notice of her departure Six Spanish torpedo boats are off St Pierre

Doesnt Know When She Has Enough Gibraltar May 13 Special The second Spanish fleet now at Cadiz consists of the battleship Pelayp the armored cruiser Kmpera dor Carlos V the cruiser Alfonso XIII the Rapido and the Patria auxiliary cruisers formerly the Hamburg -American Line steamers Co Columbia - lumbia Columbia and Normannia and three torpedo boats It is reported that a strong uilitary expedition is being organized at Cadijj and that it will shortly proceed to Philippine Islands escorted I f r by the Cadiz fleet It iK claimed that sub ninrine mjnes have been placed so as to pro tect the entrance pf the haruqr pf Ca dfaf -

justice to dinners wdere tempting edibles are spread beneath the giant oaks in infinite variety From every point of view yester yesterday - day yesterday s sale u as one of the most suc successful - cessful successful in the history of the Church Hill grange As a gentleman from a distant city who chanced to be present remarked It was the best dressed best behaved and most cultured assemblage I ever saw gathered together in the open air Society rallies to these grange sales always The shade of the grove is inviting and all the en environments - vironments environments conducive to pleasure Scores of young people were out

Ex- Lieutenant Gordon Voorhies was notified to night by telegram from Senator Linsday that he had been made Captain and Adjutant to General Corbin He left at 9 oclock for Washington X X t Joe Simcox private secretary to Governor Bradley has been made Adjutant to Major Allen of the Second Regiment The First Regiment comprising the Louisville Legion and a compa company - ny company each from Ashland and set under command of Colonel John i a B Castleman wenttinto quarters at Camp Bradley this evening

depopulated It might be said that Ilopkmsville dined at Church Hill The stock sale was highly satis satisfactory - factory satisfactory to those who had stock to offer The cattle were below the average of these sales in quality hut prices were very high Two hundred head were offered the jm regate sum received for them bung 3474 The sale was under the manage management - ment management and direction of Mr J R Caudle Mr J W Williams of this cit officiated as auctioneer

NEW YORK May 14 1 a m Special A special to u the Evening Post says Off Cabanas Companies D and G First Regiment United States Infantry attempted a landing- on the shores of Pinar del Rio this afternoon and made the first land fight The engagement wasstuhhorn and hot while it lasted Twelve of the enemy were killed and they were driven back Hot an American received a wound Spanish cavalry were patrolling the shores and the American soldiers were protected by a gunboat