The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-12

they had not sighted half dozen yes
seis stree 7ae San Jose. California,
Mare i j., IA seen only one ship
since i- % Janeiro Nay 3. The
officers srqa...l eagerly Cor news. They
SAID they 49,. 40 information about the
war excep: .h5 first bulletin announcing
Dewey's victory at Manila The reporter
told them the full extent of this victory;
told them of the bom5ardment OF Ma
zanzas; Of the affair at Cardenas; of
the cable-cutting episode at Cienfuegos;
OF the battle Of San Juan: OF the trapping
Of Cervera's feet and of the fighting now
in progress at Santiago. The officers and
crew crowded around the stern Of the
boat and listened to the recital. except
OF the Cardenas tragedy. with laughter
and EXPLANATIONS OF surprise. The launch
hurried 70 the shore. sent over the wire
a bulletin announcing the arrival Of the
gunboat and longer dispatch describing
the voyage and then returned 70 the
Marietta with lot of newspapers. The
reporter went on board and was taken TO
the mess room, where the officers gath
cred about him.
Tell US everything they said. 1--WE
have been out OF the world for ten weeks"
So the reporter gave brief account OF
the war. speaking especially of the bat
tie of San Juan, at which he had been
present: OF the death Of Ensign Bagley,
who was well known to the officers. and
giving list OF the ships with Sampson
and Schley at Santiago. on the Havana
blockade and IN The ha-hOr
Just after the Marietta anchored the
pedo boats Foote and Rodgers on either
flank. With the large number of ships
already in the harbor. the newcomer
made a lively scene. and the Mariettaz
officers asker particularly about ships
that could be seen from her decks. in the
ofting, and the Vesuvius and the OLD
fashioned Lancaster close by.
The officers, after getting an idea Of
the present state Of affairs. began to
think OF the folks at home and inquired
about cable facilities. The reporter told
them that in every town in the United
States with over 500 population the Mari
etta's arrival had already been bulletined
and that il was not necessary to send
word home 10 relieve the anxiety. Some
OF the officers asked if the arrival would
be bulletined even in Brooklyn, where one
of their number lived. and was assured
that it would. They were very much re-
heved to learn that rumor published in
the Brazilian papers that the Marietta
had been sunk, had received no cTedence
in the United States.
On her voyage the Marietta watched
eagerly for the Spanish torpedo boat Tenn
cratic, said to be lying in the River
Plata to intercept the Oregon and the
Marietta when they should come up from
the straits of Magellan, and were disap-
pointed in not seeing her. The Temerario
would surely have been sunk, the Mar
iettas officers say.
Coming from the Brazilian the Mariet-
ia took the Providence channel and saw
no American warships until yesterday,
when she fell in with the Yosemite and
the Armenia. The Yosemite held her up
very promptly. hosting the American fog
and making signals which the Marietta
did not understand. Finally they were
able to converse in the wig-wag tongue
and the Marietta learned how thoroughly
out of dote she was, with her black paint
and old signal code. The Marietta reach
ed this harbor without further incident.