New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-04
TIE YALE AT NEWPORT NEWS.
MOTHER OF THE FAST SCOUT SHIPS COMBS
NORTH DIRECT FROM SANTIAGO
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,-,,o,. News Va June 3.-Ihe hu''h"'S
cruiser Yale. Captain Wiss nfri'en
,, =, c o'clock from Santiago Dc Cuba. The
.. IT., ras formerly the Paris was or
a.r.a north on son,e mission which Is "Ss-
- 49,. ~, officers. and before starting fhey
- ,rs,ructed IN put In at Newport News i"'
a,uh, hundred tons NJ coal She passed In me
,,,-,,r,a Canes at 6 80 o'clock tonight ana
s,oa,,oa su,ftly up to Hampton Roads. un'h
she reached the mine fields, "heh s"'
down and follow ed the zigzag course.
vben she passed Old Point. the ere" NJ 'nr
.,,,,,.r,. Cruiser Dixie. which Is stu anchored
,hor. assembled on the ships deck and gave 'he
vo,o rousinp reception. The sailors on inc
latter ship. fresh from the seat OF war iI''eu
har docks and gave a lusty response which
nos uen, nm until the Yale passed the POINT
~. ,urned in the direction Of Newport News
~ arriving here Captain Wise sent an order
o. ,,a Chesaneake and Ohio Coal agency for
,o,, hundred tons ~ steam fuel. and noats ar"
.,r loaded tonight 10 be taken out IN tne
Vi. 81. ors, thing IN the morning Captain
,,-,so aoc. not know what his next destination
,,u, he While T. wa. impossible for newspaper
mon n got aboard the cruiser tonight IN"
rr,h,,ro co-raspondent saw one ~ the ofncers
,o .or,s ashore and learned this much
rh. Vale left Santiago about the same nm"
80, 81. {, Paul left Admiral Sampson meet
., ,he north coast Of Cuba. and the two ships
ton, about the same distance apart all me way
nm the &, Paul arriving ut New-York ABOUT
ten hours ahead Of the Yale
Thar. e an interesting story about the move
rnen,s ~ the Yale FOR the last few weeks she
Was at Martinique undergoing some shsht re-
rairs when Admiral Cervera, with the spanish
armada. arrived there When the enemy : meet
called from Martinique Cervera left the torpedo
boat Terror behind TO sink the Yale just as soon
"a she should venture outside OF the three-rn''e
neutrality limit The Harvard was then sent 10
afford protection TO h"- sister snip. where"poh
the Terror followed Cervera and later on entered
Santiago Harbor Captain Wise was theh ne
tailed on scout duty and headed stra'ght IN the
,,,n sunnosed 10 have been taker by the enemy.
lie arrived of Santiago after tho armada m
tered the harbo:.
On Saturday last the Yale passed back and
forth in front Of the mouth Of the harpor' put
no hostile act was made by the forts On
Sunday morning the Yale steamed to within ha'
q mile Of the entrance. and crossed ana re-
crossed several times. About o'clock captain
Wise ordered full steam on and the faie naoe
n svift run to Port Antonio distant ABOUT one
hundred and ten miles. where he left dispatches
10 be forwarded 10 Washington the Harvard
started shortly before for Mole 81. Nicholas
The Vale left Port Antonio on Sunday even
,ra and sailed directly for Newport News FOR
coal The trip up was made without Incident
,ba .uift cruiser making the run on mn aver
~ - sixtcen knots an hour. The Yale IL like
~ "a remain here for two or three days.
The naval attaches in this section ana even
the officers aboard the Yale. regard the dspatch-
inc ~ the Yale the ST. Paul and the Cincinnati.
~ .rif, cruisers to these waters at the same
,tr,e "a rather mysterious. IT Is broadly limited
tha, the Department regards II essential TO nave
Inc Northern coast th' roughly watched py
maodv scout ships but this. OF course. Is merely
sneculati ion.