New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-25
Two Great Soaps
CASHMERE BOUQUET
and WORKS
4 FIGHT THAT NEVER WAS.
FOUR OF SIMPSONS FLEET CHASE
WARSHIP.
EVEN THE ADMIRAL WAS SURE 1T WAS 1HE
yrzcAYA OR THE ooUENDo. But 1T TURNED
OUT TO BE THE ITALIAN CRUISER
GIOVANNI BAUsAN.


fcn,vr,gb, 1905 by the Associated Press)
On Board the Flagship New York. OF havana
April 90 2 p. m oiled at Key West M'uhls"''
April 23).--The Puritan. the Nashville the MA'
blehead and the Ericsson arrived from Key "es'
this morning. The Ericsson almost ifhineu'a'eS
returned 70 Key West with dispatches. AT III
o'clock this morning the monitor Puritan, 'he
cruiser Cincinnati. the gunboats Machias. Nash
VILE Castine and Newport. and the torpedo
boats Foote and Winsow left the squadron 10
blockade Ma.anzas. Mariel and Cardenas. They
formed separate divisions. and after they had
nassod out Of sight the remainder OF the fieet
took up a regular formation. having drl'ted some
fifteen miles from Moro Castle. The general
advance made at haf-specd.
CAPTAIN Evans. not quite certain OF IN" POSI-
ton he was entitled TO take with the Iowa. came
up abreast Of the flagship ana shouted through
the megaphons: How near may | go! Rear
Admiral Sampson. who was starding on the
after bridge, replied: "As near as you can with
out drawing the fire of the batteries. All
right" Captain Evans shouted back. in tones
that expressed the kecnest disappointment The
Iowa then went ahead.
THE CINCINNATI HOT AFTER HER PREY.
About half an hour after the squadron was
on the eastern horizon. the smoke pouring from
her tunnels. She had been headed for Ma
tanzas. and evidently had turned back to chase
soon made out to be warshp standing we'll in
toward the coast The flagship. tie cruiser
Marblehead and the gunboat Wilmington i'm
mediately turned out Of their course to head the
vessel off The rest Of the squadron proceed d
to the westward.
Smoke poured from our ships. The flagship
was making eighteen knots. the whole vessel
throbbing with the vibrations Of her twin screws
The little Wilmington steamed UP In splendid
shape and the Marblehead kept nearly abreast.
The formidable trio bore down upon the
stranger. Then shout went UP. she is
Spaniard." For the next ten minutes the ex-
element was terrific. The distance which sepa-
rated the vessels rendered 1t impossible to make
out the warshps identity. She was thought
to be the Vizcaya or the Almirante Oquendo.
heading hard for Havana.
EVERYBODY FULL OF FIGHT.
The men at the guns shouted with glee The
stokers off duty below cheered vociferously and
begged to he allowed to go on deck The Off
GERS crowded on the quarterback as elated as
the men. though under better control The
buger blew general quarters. All hands few
10 their posts Down came the shrOuds with a
rattle The lifelines vanished from the deck.
Admiral Sampson. standing on the bridge. said
deliberately to Captain Chadwick Yes. the
Oquenoo the Vzceya" and then added. Il
should like to bag them both"
Then It was seen that the chase was flying an
Italian flag but this proof that behind
her still invisible guns S7aniards were not con-
cealed ready to shoot under advantage or sub
terfuge. All the guns on the NETWORKS port
side ard In the forward AMI after turrets were
trained on the stranger. few minutes later.
when about fifteen hundred yards separated the
New-York from her target the American flag
was run up by the warship. and then IT was
known she not a Spaniard.
A puff Of smoke issued from her sides and the
boom of gun sounded across the waters. II
was only a salute. but at first many on board
thought Admiral Sampson had been deceived.
! The warship fired fifteen guns az salute. This
was returned by the flagship. which also New
| an Italian flag. The stranger was then made
out to be the Giovanni Bausan. rather power
ful cruiser Without further :ormalities she
pursued her course and entered Havana Har-
Dor Thus an exciting incident ended in dis
appointrnent but it served TO show how anxious
all hands are for a real fight and also how
good the discipline Is
| CAPTURE OF THE MATHILDE.
| The salute Of the Giovanni Bausan had
| scarcely been returned before n schooner was
seen on the coast The torpedo-boat Porter,