The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-02
ANOTHER SMALL PRIZE.
COasting Steamer Loaded with Fruit
CAPTURED by the EOOte.

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KEY WEST, Fla. May 1.-The day has
been very quiet, no news from the fleet
or the outside world being received. Miss
Clara Barton and her Red Cross aids came
ashore from the relief steamer State of
Texas this morning and attended church.
The eight hundred marines on the trans
port Panther remained huddled on the
steamers deck in the roasting sun. The
Amphitrite, Montgomery and Newport
sailed this morning in the direction of the
feet.
The government tug Leyden brought in
the small coasting schooner Mascotte. which
was captured by the torpedo boat Foote
yesterday twenty miles west Of Havana
while trying to run the blockade. The
Mascotte, which, with her cargo, is worth
$1,000, was on her way from Jibara to Ha-
vana, with fruit.
The harbor regulations which took eff
feet tonight forbid vessels to enter between
the hours of s in the evening and in the
morning. A patrol has been established
which will instruct vessels how to pass
through the mine fields.
The steamer Mascotte while entering port
this Afternoon fouled the Spanish prize
schooner Perineo, carrying away the lat
ter's forward rigging. The hand railing on
the upper deck of the steamer was torn
away.
Gen. Emilio Nunez and Col. Baldemere
Acosta arrived on the Mascotte. General
Nunez is very anxious to confer with Rear
Admiral Sampson and left tonight for the
feet.
The enlistment of Cubans to-day at the
Mart Club resulted in the enrolment of
$50 men. The enlistment roll will be open
tomorrow, when more names are expected.
The arrival Of General Emilio Nunez, Col.
Acosta and Senior j. E. Cartaya has great
ly augmented the enthusiasm of the Cuban
colony. General Nunez has been the di-
rector of numerous expeditions. Colonel
Acosta was formerly a daring cavalry lead
Ell in Havana province. He escaped from
the island seriously wounded and is anxious
to return.
Col. Acosta, with his many marks of bat
tie, notably the loss of his right ear. is the
center OF an admiring throng. Seror Car
exnedition wrerked off the east end of fnne
island. Tonight Gen. Nunez and his party
are arranging for the departure on the
Mascotte tomorrow of the Key West con-
tingent of the Cuban regiment now form
ing at Tampa The Cubans hope this regi-
n ent will be one of the first to land. Gen.
NuneZ is acting under instructions from
Senior Estrada Palma. Tonight he endeav-
Oreo to obtain passage to the fleet to confer
with Rear Admiral Sampson. but he was
ohSdeSSSSAhAs a. AO OOdA Lell lOF the nag
ship.
General Nunez is much taken with the
ldsa or making Matanzas the base of oper-
ations. Although the city itself is subject
to the fever, the hills a mile and a half
back from the coast would furnish an ideal
camp ground, In every way more healthful
than Tampa. The weather in Cuba, General
NuneZ says, will be excellent until June Is.
Americans there should taste no Cuban
fruit Of any kind ana must use boiled wa
ter. The Insurgents have had much sick
ness during the rainy season, but this has
been due to the fact that they have camped
in forests and swampS. Malarial fever re-
suited and the Cuban troops were generally
without quinine. There has been no yellow
fever among them at any time, and, accord
ing TO General Nunez, Americans in the Gu
ban army a usually been exempt from
all disease. There is much fever at Ha-
vana, Matanzas and Cienfuegos during the
summer because of unsanitary conditions.
On the other hand. Sagua la Grande Is
healthful always. The Spanish troops are
decimated by disease, General Nunez saws.
because not cleanly and because of improp-
er food. He would favor sending shoes. RI
fies and horses to the Cuban soldiers. The
Cubans are splendid horsemen, but their
mounts have been killed or their shoes worn
out.
When last heard from Gen. Maxine Co.
mez had, in all the armies, 5000 able-bodied
lighting of consequence, and the Cuban
armies must now be in better condition, ex-
cept In the matter OF clothing. There is
forage everywhere in the island.
There is no truth whatever in the renort
OF the execution last evening or Jose lgIa-
sias, who 10 under surveillance on the mon
tteF Ppritan ~ the result OF suspicious be-