Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-19
TIE SPANISH VERSION OF IT
Ana tho Cruiser Firsd on uor while
sailing ono ana Ono-half Miles
ON the Coast.

HAVANA, March l0.-Tbo namo Of
the Spanish wRrship that fred On lie
American steamship Alliance IL now
known. IL Is the spaniah cruiser
Condo de VCnadito. This fact became
public todey when the captain Of tho
cruiser repotled that he tried to stop a
strange steamer and had opened hrs
on her when enc persisled In proceed.
ing on her course. According to the
tt1ry VI tho Condo do NOuadit0's com.
mauder. while cruising on tue eastern
C0nst Of Cubs on March stu, he sighted
steamer heading Tor MHyei Point,
ana shaping her course 10 the north.
east! Tho cruiser hoistUl v flag and
the steamer replied by raising the Eug-
lish nag. The cruiser again signallod
the steamer 10 stop, nut without
effect. AZ the steamer proceeded
at full speed the cruiser
FIRST fred two blank shots aud
then two solid shots The commpu Ger
claims that he did not duslro % hit the
steamer, but that he fred the ~.
merely % cause hor 10 heAvu TO. Hu
asserts that thu steamer was but ono
anu one-half miles Oh tbs coast when
the flriug occurred. This authorities
here have ordered full iuquiFy ~ be
made into the commanders acts.
10 Il reported here that the Alliance
carried $4,000 rltlBe south on the trip on
which che WIS fired A. IL 90 also 70.
ported here that there were landed on
tue eastern end Of tho Island SONS
men who were passengers ON the
Alliance. These men, 10 10 reported,
were taken cn the Alliance Ia fishiuE
smackB tho night preceding the nRht-
ing. The lnianta lsabtl 10 Rn exact
counterpart Of the Condo DO Nrnuuitu
which ~ nameI gB the v,airl which
fired upon the Alliance. The NBna.
ditto II an iron bark rugged guuboat o.
comparatively modern uuslgu, having
been launched Ia l5ss, Sl0 IL Que Of
SIX laid down In tho same plan VI the
came time. Her length h 20 feet; beam
81 feet; uraughi, ~ feet; uibplartmoni,
1880 tUnti speed, tJurtuun knots. Her
engines arc sixteen hCfsu power, driy-
ing q single screw, Her battery con-
sists Of four twelve centimelcr (i.74
inch) btStOh'logding ritlvH (HontOTla
pUtetnG two thfee.pOundeTa anu Hnyen
machine guns. Sne has two torpedo
tubes.
The gun with which the Condo de
NeuaditU Hired ut the Alliance was the
forward one Of the l.79.iuch guns, on
the port slide. Not having nu gbso-
lutcly straight head fire, the Spanish
cruiser was Obliged 10 yaw out OF her
course Ia order 10 bring gun to bear.
The gun Is lil feet long and weighs 30
t0na, IL throws an armgT piercing
prgjeclile weighing 90 pounds but IN
hiring at the Alliance uudOublUdly used
tue common cast iron thull, weighing
AZ pounds. The charge Of powder IL
.a.1 pounds anu the velocity given 10
1875 feet a second, as the smell leaves
The muzzle. That velocity would, II
course, diminish with the projsctilt's
flight, but ifit had hit the Alliance, 10
would have gone into her AMI cx-
plOded, tho bursling charge Of the
common hhell buing about y pounds ui
powder, which would have wrecked a
good deal OF material,
E2cITEMEST ABATINu.
Madrid, March lg.-Vhe Epooa an
uOuncua mat the Spanish ministvr 10
tho United States, SunOr Muruagn,
hns cuOlod TO senior GroisaTd, minister
Of foreign atiairs, that tho excitement
In the American press, owing to the
tung upon the steamer Alliance, 10
abatng. Senior MuIuasa, according 10
~ Ep9ca, ADDED that tho resentment
shown by the American newspapers
was never shared by President Cleve-
land.
WAS IA THE ENOLIsH or THE UNITED
sTAIE3 FLAG2
WAsuISGroN, ID. O., March TO-
Az Tar AS learned the state department,
has not ye. heard from either UnItsd
States Minister Taylor or from Consul
General Williams at Havana upon tue
question al the identity OF tho Spauish
cruiser which ilrud upon thu Alliance.
A. tue commander Of tho Como uu
Nrnuuilo reported that tho steamer
upon which he hEel was dying tue
British ilaW there Is probability
tha, bis story tefers 10 another mol.
dent which may result In bringing
Great Britain ~ tue o. ieuse OF her
ensign, tor the Spanish cruiser, accord.
ing 90 tue position taken by Secretary
Gresham, WAS bound To accept tue
cOlora displayed ia answer 10 tho
signal, US establishing the nationality
OF the weasel.
II 'beuluB To amman that our pOVeTn.