The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-21

His OGicers and Men VIII Accept No
Invitations of ANY Kind.

NEW YORK, Feb 2O.-On the receipt OF
telegram stating that the Vizcaya had an
ehored off Tompkinsville. Staten island. Sc
nor Don Manuel de Suarez, secretary of the
consul general of Spain, in this city ac-
companied by representative of the Asso-
ciated Press. proceeded to the war ship in
the tug Lehman to deliver mail and tele-
grams to the officers. The Vizcaya was
guarded by the navy tugs Nina and Mar
keeta and the police boat Patrol. The three
We're slowly circing around the big cruiser,
and the Lehman was warned off. After
lengthy explanation she was given permits
sion to proceed. An officer and guard of
four marines received the secretary of the
consulate, and a card to Captain Antonio
EuIate led to an invitation to proceed to
his quarters aft on the main deck. There
very friendly reception awaited Senior Don
Manuel de Suarez and the reporter.
In an interview with the Associated Press
representative. Captain Eulate said that
while his ship was in this port his officers
would accept no invitations of any kind.
The Spanish war ship had come here on
visit of courtesy and friendship. and when
the dreadful accident to the Maine was
learned tho flags were put at half mast,
and there they would remain until the ship
took her departure. He likened his visit to
that Of one intimate friend TO another, When
disaster had overtaken the latter, the same
delicacy dictated what to do. to mourn with
the friend and to avoid all festivlty. no IN
vitatfons of a social character would DC ac-
cepted-this he wished to have understood.
Referring 10 the catastrophe that had over
taken the Maine, he declared that ne ana
his officers were greatly shocked and that
the sympathy of all was with the tamliles
who had lost their near and dear. he SAID
that he had duly sent telegram h,s 70 ee ene
secretary OF the navy, expressing MS scui-
ments and those of the officers a.
Anropos OF American ships ana oInceIs
he mage dessnh Se Nelson Miller whom he had
met while the latter was III coInnanu Vi
the Brooklyn. at Portsmouth. iast sum
mer at the jubilee of Queen victoria ~ re
dweIt at length on his meeting the chi
caeo and her officers in Venezuelan waters
some years ago, and of the many TREND
First Lieutenant Count vilar del Fuentes
gave a graphic account OF the Vlzcaya
trip from her first anchorage INSIDE o.
sandy Hook to that off TomplxinsViile: AZ
ii O'Clock to-day the anchors We're hauled
in 1t was very foggy when the snip soe
under way, so foggy that tney nsia i !rhs,.
SAINT difficulty in finding the buoyS. Tney
came up by way of the main channel:
rounding the Spit. The heavy draught OIL
the Vizcaya, the fog anu tue eoi'uou'
Captain Eulate. when asked how long the
ship would remain in port. said that ne
had no orders from his government, put
ne evidently expects to be here for some
time. He was eloquent in his praise of ms
shin during the hurricane met between the
RermuClas and Cape Hatteras. she rode
the heavy seas without an effort and al
though the storm lasted thirty-rour hours
no accident of any kind occurred.
The Vfzcaya has a full crew or engineers
marines torpedo corps, and carries ten tor
~pedoes. marine artillerymen, quartermas-
Iers and other officers and diver a total
abandonment of 1872