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Show DOtVllNGAN REBELS HOLDING THEIR OWN j SA2C DOMINGO, Monday, Feb. 25. Go'ernment forces attacked San Pedro do Macorls lart Saturday. They went in in small boats with tho Intention of landing, but were received with a fuollade from the insurgents which resulted in many being killed or wounded. The gunboat Presldente then bombarded bom-barded the town and inflicted much damage. The attack and the bombardment bombard-ment wero renewed on Sunday. The rebels fired on the Presldente and damaged her about the waterllnc. This obliged the gunboat to leave and return here. Tho Government gunboat Inde-pendencia Inde-pendencia arrived here this morning. The United States training ship Hartford Hart-ford arrived here yesterday and relieved tho crule-er Columbia, which left for St. Thomas, D. W. I. Thle city Is quiet. |