The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-26
MOVEMENT OF FLEET
AND THE CAPTURES,
Italian Cruiser sighted and F,r., =, W..
believed 60 Be a warship
Of spain.

On Board the flagship New York. of
Havana April %. sp. m. Filed at Kew
West at midnight, April 90. lCopy.
nghted 1885, by the Associated Press !
The Puritan, Nashville. Marhlehead
ana Ericsson arrived from Key wes,
this morning. The Ericsson almost i'm.
mediaiely returned to Key West with
dispatches. At 10 o'clock this morning
the Puritan, Cincinnati. the gunboa,s
Maehias, Nashville, Castine and New.
port and the torpedo boats Foote and
Winslow left the squadron 20 blockade
hantanzas, Mariel and Cardenas. They
formed separate divisions and after they
had passed out Of sight the remainder n
the fieet took up regular formation.
having dr;fied some IS miles from Moro
castle. The general advance was mads
at half speed. Capt. Evans, not cutie
certain Of the position he was entitled
to take with tho Iowa, caught nm
abreast with the flagship and shouted
throagh the megnphono: 'How near
may l gol" Rear Admiral SAMPSON
who was standing on the after bridge
replied; "As near as you can without,
drawing the fire OF the batteries" [" aAnl
right" shouted hack Capt. Evans. The
Iowa then went ahead.
About half an hour after the souadron
was wei under way the cruiser Cine,u.
nan was seen in the eastern horizon.
Inc smoke puring from her tunnels. Sic
had been headed for MatanEAs and eyi.
ientiy had turned hack 10 chase sore
Fessel The object Of her chase was
''on made out to he a foreign warshiu
standing well in toward the coast The ,
'ruiser Marblehead and the gunboat
wilmington Immediately turned out Of
heir course to head the warship OIL
.xcitementwas aboard the vessel IN the
hase, for IL was lelievcd 70 be a spap.
sh vessel. After few minutes. when ,
lbous 1900 yards separated the New !
ork from her target, the American !,
ag was run mp by the warship and a
hen it was known she was not a spap. !
ard.
A pun OF smoke issued from her sides !
nd the boom of a gun sounded across :.
L III
ne waters. Il was only salute, but /.
hrst many on hoard thought Rear :
admiral Sampson Lad been deceived = !.
'ui the warship fired 10 guns as salute :,
'hich was rcturned by the fiagship !.
'hich also flew an Italian flag The :,
ranger was then made out to bo tho :,
iioyanna Bansan, powerful cruiser = :
Without further formalities, she pur. :. =
led her course and entered Havana =
lrbOr.
The salute Of the Italian had scarcely = =
Zen rturned before schooner was o
en on the coast The torpedo boat ~
orter' which had been following close
the flagship, was dispatched 10 cap- u
ne her. The Porter fairly flew through m
e water, and after few shots fired =, ~
om her Npounder the stranger hove u
B Captain Fremont did his work well co
ID quickly, aud when he towed tho an
hooner back to the flagship il was ."
nnd she was the Mathildo from siern III
orena, east Of Cardenas, and bound en-
'm Havana laden with sugar and up
aimed by Spanish naval reserve men. Al
us proving quite good prize The ua
plain OF the schooner was brought on 'e'
ard and the Mathilde was towed back nos
Key West by the Dauntlcss. tn
The New York later in the afternoon
oined the squadron and vigilant na. an
! was kept mp. The castle and sur. sue
lnding Notifications could b. plainly 'o'
n without glasses from the aagship WI
Iile the schooner and the preparations IN
~ In PROCESS. yo'
IN Board the Associated Press Dis. lol
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