The record-union., 1898-04-30
The Report of a Traitor on Board
the Puritan Also Untrue.
HustlIng Day Among Troops at Chickamauga
Park, Mobile and New Orleans
Soldiers Departing for Points
in Florida.

KEY WEST (Fla), April 29.-To-day
was one of wild rumor and little action.
First came the story of the bombard-
ment of Cardenas by the ships Of the
fleet stationed there The rumors sud-
denly developed from nowhere, and
they developed Justify, acquiring an
elaborate finish Of detail and orna-
mentation. Then the monitor Puri-
tan steamed into port, and Captain
Harrington, the commanding officer of
the Cardenas fleet, gave the story it's
quietus by a firm declaration that there
had been no bombardment of the Car
denas batteries, incidentally adding
that there were no batteries there, and
only one or two insignificant gunboats.
which had made no signs of offense.
The Puritan was hardly in port, to
which she came for coal, when another
picturesque story appeared. This was
that Spaniard was in the crew of the
monitor and had. been detected with
bunch of skeleton keys. attempting
to pick the lock of the powder maya
! u.
His name is Yglesias, and he is eccen-
trio and a trifie unbalanced, but was
never suspected of anything but the
heartiest loyalty to the United States,
in whose navy he has been for seven
years. He was seen the other day in
one of the turrets by d fellow seaman.
who reported an attempt to break open
the magazine door, adding that cot
ton waste and rockets had been found
on him. The man was Immediately
put under restraint. and a court of in
quiry has been appointed to make an
investigation. No court-martial has
been ordered or recommended, and
while Captain Harrington refuses to
discuss the affair pro or con. other high
officials say that reasonable inter-
probation of the incident is preposter-
Gus.
A small Spanish sloop, the Engracia,
was captured by the United States gun
boat Newport, Captain b. F. Tilley, off
Cardenia yesterday, and was brought
here this morning in charge of a prize
crew.
Only one blank shot was necessary to
bring the Engracia to. She had a crew
of seven men and a cargo of fish The
men had been in the Spanish navy. and
served as a sort of a naval reserve.
The officers of the Newport say the
capture is important, in view of the
fact that the little vessel was attempt
ing to carry into Havana news OF the
movements OF the United States fleet.
The crew of the Newport are anxious
to have part of the prize money of
the Catalina, if the prize is not re-
turned. They say the Newport was IL
sight when the cruiser Detroit made
the capture of the Spanish steamer.
The Engracia, it is claimed, is the fifth
prize the Newport is interested in.
The Red Cross ship State OF Texas,
with nurses. provisions and medicines
on board, lies here awaiting the ar
rival of Miss Clara Barton, President
of the Red Cross Society Of the United
States, who is expected here on the
the State of Texas should go to Sagua
la Grande but owing to the fact that
the war broke out after the ship left
New York, she will remain here and
await the instructions of Miss Barton.
The State of Texas viii be used as
a hospital ship for the troops and fleets
of the United States.