The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-08
EXPLOIT OF THE MANGROvE
navy Is Laughing Over the Cnp-
ture of The Panamn

ture of the Panama.
From the New York Sun.
KEY WEST, Fla, April 2S-Tb,
story OF the capture of the stean,ar
anhlna by the Mangrove is so re-
Ma, nsaoie as 10 be worth retelling. Tho
man rive is, IN the eyes of naval
Iilah' mere tub, very good Iiebt-
mousse supply ship doubtless. but az
Warsnlp we'll nigh ridiculous h.
Inodel and power enable her ubor
providence also helps to steam at e5rht
hhols. When it was decided to MAKE
d W,arshlp OF her, Lieut. Commander
,,' nliahi n. Everett was placed in com
49, anu TWO slX-pounders were
mounted, one on each bow. This done
siie was placed in commission. aItboIigb.
Sne mad neither musket nor revoIverr
LOT the use of her crew, and only a few
the navy. 'ou ia
IA AFTER the squadron had been gone a
uay or so the Mangrove followed ord
on her arrival off Havana went wasb-
ing ABOUT on station that kent her
oEoolIinohly In sight of the flagship On
1nonody evening, soon after darknase
sel H. she was lying perhaps fourteen
nii Ie northeast of Havana. with tba
t 80 In sight TO the westward. when
inv, f f,s oI steamer were seen COM
ing from the northeast The Manerove
burning u' Hsnt
We ate dinner in the galley and npt
noouS over our cigars" said one Of
ane oHcers: That was figurativeIv
HIpeahing' OF course, but accurately IL
Illustrative. IL
The cigars had not vet been Anistoa
When the steamer lights appeared AMI
an nands went to quarters. Tberea FIR
they waited in silence until the Panar,a
MAD arrived within easy range wban
plank shot, as is usual on slIch oc-
cas4ohs' was fired. The Panama turn
eu at once to westward as if to escana
OUT capt. Everett ranged alongside aF
ter firing a solid shot, and said ha
would fire into her if she did not beave
70, Wnereat she stopped, although tha
fanana carried two 14-pounders ir,
edcn Droadsfde, with a Maxim lead
SQUIRT on the bridge. She is rated as
hlefnDer of SPANS naval reserve, while
lrei Speea is not less than a half great
er THAN the Mangrove's.
However, it is but fair to saw +bo+
hef captain could not see clearly and
couiu not know what kind of a shin.
litu neid MIN up. 1t should also h.
SAID that the breech blocks of his rifles
We're slowed in the hold.
having stopped his snip. Cant Evar-
EFT mad next to board it. He had nut
In a requisition for muskets. with n,!pI
er peits' cartridges, ETC., and if had
peen approved and forwarded More
over, word was received as long ago
as April IA that the arms had bae,,
sent. But they had not as said haen
received, and the only weapons IN he
Iound among the crew included ono
revolver, the property of a cadet mid
snlpman, and the swords of the tbraa
oiucers. In fact, the crew who Manned
the cutter to put the boarding office,.
Oh the Panama were not even in mi
FORM; However, away they went. and
the boarding officer, Ensign DAYTON
with the utmost coolness, took posses
sion OF the Panama's bridge and head
ca the ship for the Indiana
AS captor and prize hove to near the
1nalana Capt. Taylor, of the battle.
snip, hailed in the usual fashion and
after moment of perfect silence. Cant
everett replied that his ship was tbG
Mangrove, and I'VE have captnra5 t the
Panama" GU TIE
"Whoo-ee" The crew of the Indiana
forgot for moment, in the absurditv
of the contrast between cantor anS
prize thelr discipline, and yelled at tha
top Of their voices 1t is but fair 20
say that the officers were no less am,,s
eu II they were less demonstrative
The Indiana, of course. supnIied
proper prize crew, and sent both Mar
grove and Panama to the flaesbII,
whence they We're ordered to Kew IVES,
Whlle the naval officers laugh ar the
contrast between captor and prize and-
talk Jokingly about "the luck of some
men, tney also speak in hearty praise
u the spirit and courage of the entire
crew OF the converted lighthouse ship.
1t was, in fact, an instance of the cooi-
proud -