Show 300 SPANIARDS TOE KILLED Several Hundred More Wounded In the Fight Off Cienfuegos Attack Thrr by the Ainwrln Ships aVery a-Very DIatro to the honh Fre Key West Da May 10CoPl righted 180S hy l the Assoclatid Press The Spanish loss during the recent engagement at Clonfuegos Is I now known 1 to have been much heavier than at first reported Throe hundred Spaniards were killed and several hun dd wounded Great damage ins done along the coast Soon after tile engagement the United States cruised Marblchead picked up several Cubans In an open boat some miles down the coast Including In-cluding Col Ortlze Lieut Ollvarcs and three privates from an Insurgent camp near Cleufuegos They reported that the Spanish loss and the damage wrought by the shells from the worships wor-ships were very heavy The hospitals at Cfenfuegos they say were llltn ot wounded men and fear provo lied everywhere every-where that the American warships would return to complete the work or destruction During the engagement the Marble head tin CM r0 shells Into the Spanish forces and 700 shots from her secondary batter The gunboat Nashville threw ns many more shell and 1200 shots from her secondary bamery Fifteen hundred Spaniard were Biased tloned In on Bia-sed fortress on a neck of land anJ upon this the chip concentrated their fire and It was hen that the most terrible destruction vva nigestrIterrible wrought During the heavy fire 01 sheila and Just after the lighthouse was blown up five Spaniard who were running together In an Attempt to escape es-cape were picked off by a shell from the Marblehead the gunner being ordered or-dered to tire upon them by Enslgr Pratt They were torn to pieces Spanish Ministry Taken orne Madrid May 10The new cabinet ministers took over their portfolios this afternoon The Spanish newspapers cursure the governor nt 1I0nltkong for permitting the American warship to ivvluual and they say they cannot understand Great Ilnltaln nllovvlmrthu United States to cut the British West Inlles able The cabinet will present Itself to the chambers tomorrow when Senor Ito mero y llobledo will ask for a statement state-ment on the crisis The CarllsU and republicans want to prolong the budget debate until the end of June Tho Pimca announces that the Pall road officials have offered the government govern-ment 250 000 ono pesetas In return for a prolongation of their concessions Spanish Destroyer lit I urt lie 1 ranco St Picric Martinique May 19 tCopyrlghted IbJS bj the Associated Ires1he Spinlsh torpedo boat lie troer Terror sit Fort de Prarfe ha3 completed her repairs and 10 ready to IcIave at any moment The Sp1nlh ambulance 1011 Alicante tlday changed her moorings front the Inner to the outer harbor In order to take on 0001Th The British steamer Twickenham with 2000 tons of coal has arrived at Tort de France H Is I report Pit that a contract has been made with tho Span tell government under the terms of which the Twickenham Is to furnish coal for a two months basis at IVr do Trance The Trench government has thus far refused to allow the All oante to coul from the Twickenham but the Spanish consul has obtained permission for a five day wait for the TuJckenham bcfiue declaring at customs The excitement among the Spanisli sympathizers Is 1 very great |