The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-28

DdOJOllObs
KEY WEST, April 25.-Ensign Christy,
with a crew Of l6 from the cruiser De-
troit and four from the flagship, brought
into port the captured Spanish steamer
Catalina, Captain Fano. 3,40l tons,
which left Cadiz on March 7, and was
bound from New Orleans for Barcelona,
via Havana. for which latter port she
was making when taken.
The Spanish ship Michael Jover was
also capteed by the fleet.
The guuboat Wilmington captured
the Spanish schooner Candida, with a
deckload of charcoal intended for Ha-
vana, where it is extremely valuable for
fuel.
At this writing the Cushing is bear
ing down on a schooner to the south
east. The breeze is slow, and while she
has on all sail, the Cushing will over
haul her shortly. She has the start, but
the Gushing has the steam.
The torpedoboat Porter captured the
Spanish cruiser Antonio laden with
sugar for Havana. The Antonio was
sent to Key West with prize crew of
four men under Naval Cadet Duboise.
A special from Biloxi, Miss, says the
revenue cutter Winona from Mobile,
captured the Spanish steamer Satur.
nina at Ship Island, Miss, but likely
will have to remain in quarantine with
the prize for a time.
According to dispatch boats which
have reached this port from the United
States fleet the port of Havana is block.
AIDED.
The Associated Press dispatch boat
Dauntless arrived in this harbor before
midnight Saturday night.
The fleet range from eight to ten
miles from the shore, along which they
are extended for fully 20 miles in the
follow ing order, running from west to
east: Maytiower, Iowa, Newport, De.
troit, Marblehead, Indiana, New York
and Wilmington, with the torpedoboat
Porter attending the flagship.
MORO Castle and the city of Havana
are in good view from the flagship with
glasses, but the coast, as Is always the
case, Is covered with haze. No news
Of what is occurring in the blockaded
city has been obtained, and the news
paper men are equally in doubt as TO
the intentions Of Rear Admiral Samp-
son and the United States government.
Soon after o'clock Saturday morning
the Amphitrite, Puritan, Cincinnati,
Castine, or Machias, and three torpedo
boats, after much interchange Of sig
nails, parted company with the flagship,
sailing in northeasterly direction, pre-.
sumably to blockade Matanzas, Cardenas
and Sagua la Grande. When the flag.
ship New York started off at 20 knot
clip to capture the Spanish steamer
Pedro, the Dauntless veered and fol-
lowed and was in at the death. Soon
after came the stirring incident of the
capture of the Mathilde followed by the
determination to return to Key West
with dispatches.
The Dauntless was asked through the
megaphone to tow the Spanish prize
Mathilde to Key West, which was a
fitting ending for the day. 1t was an
example of the grim irony of fate which
gave to the Dauntless, the most famous
ex-filibuster the first opportunity to tow
q Spanish prize to the United States.
The hawser was frightened ON the
Mathilde and the Dauntless, with her
prize, rushed through the water toward
Key West. The passage to this port
was rough one, of course, but it was
no worse than usual, and without any
special event to chronicle.
The New York, with the torpedoboat
Porter in close attendance, was lying
about eight or ten miles off Havana,
when the smoke of a steamer was seen
a few miles to the eastward. The flag.
ship and the Porter started for her inn
mediately, bat, when they drew near,
they found that she was the Italian
man. .Of-war Giovanna Bausan, bound
for Havana. The Italian ran the Ameri-
can colors up to his masthead and fired
a rear admlral's salute of 10 guns, il
being the first salute Rear Admiral
Sampson had received from foreign
warship since his appointment to his
present rank The New York returned |
the salute and as the firing occurred
only few miles of shore, the incident
probably created CONSERVATION i'll Tia
Vana.
Wires here are taken by the govern
ment. Press matter is censOriZed. Ha- |
vana connections are abandoned.
The Weather.