Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-10

Spanish cruisers since their arr IiiS ~ ~
and many visitors have been ailuMe II,
go aboard and have Inspected w go
inch guns which landsmen b.iieNe M
proof of Havnna's lmprcgnanliit.s., an
Vlzcnya's captain on Monday stuvu ""
the quarter deck aud heaIu a In.
load from the shore use abusive -,
guagc us they rowed about tne ~.
Men on the latter vessel, althouEh s
knew the compliments were intehus1 "a
for them, Ignored the hillinEsgate anu
the shore party pulled to the NlSe's N i,
and boarded her When they WEI 80. o.
on the deck. near the laddei tne ~
tain of the spanish cruiser, WIZ ~
word to one or two OIL the NE, nc
stepped brlskly forward TO meet wv
newcomers. too
They smiled and bowed most obse.
quiously. Their salute had the enc
of placing their bodies In Il post s.e,
acily fitted to the captains Put
out shot neatly polished toot ahu
tho nearest obsequioua gentleman was
stralghtened by the shock WIN grenS
suddenness. At the cry which Followed
pain. surprise and injured pride iounu
voice. The captain, who had been car
rled away momcntarily by indignatlnn'
then stepped back. and the ma Iti :.
following his example, hustled anu si.is
booted the rest OF the patriots TO ONT
side.
AS they regalned their feet the cap
tain said with some feeling that tney
were persons OF sort which plsctu VIZ
country in a false position hlu SUM
times precipitated the sacrifice OF use
ful lives and money. The poat was
quickly pulled ashore.
Some friction has resulted from the
arrangements regarding the aneh9rage
OF the Montgomery. The ships desire
was that when the Fern LETT her puoy
near the Vizcaya and the oquenuo;
which berth had been at the disposal
of the United states government. the
cruiser Alfonso XIII should he placed
at anchor there and the Montgomery
relegeted to the Alf0nso's old anchor'
age. far up the harbor.
This was not at all In accordance
with the ideas Of Captain Sigspee' ana
when the Fern left her buoy he
watched carefully the movements of
the Alfonso Kill This cruiser. hav-
ing no boilers in her. was towed to the
anchorage that had been occupied by
the Fern. Captain Sigsbee politely
expressed his opinion to the admiral OF
the port that the government had given
that berth to the United States for
the time and that 1t was therefore
naturally expected that the Montgome-
ry would occupy 1t when she arrived
to replace the sunlten Maine.
The Alfonso XIII had been towed to
the buoy. and a representative of the
admiral explained that the Montgome-
ny was to go to n more distant anchor
age. This would group the Nizcaya,
Oquendo and Alfonso and gunboat
between the Montgomery and the har-
boris mouth at Moro castle. which
might mean nothing or something. ac-
cordingly as circumstances might
arise.
The American captain thereupon said
that this met his understanding of his
arrangements. but that he would re-
port to his superiors the manner in
which the expected cruiser had been
disposed Of
Then he was told that If the ar
rangements were deemed unsuitable.
the Montgomery would be given the
berth vacated by the Fern.
All this conference was marked by
extreme politeness. The helpless AL
fonso was Immediately towed back to
her old berth near Regla and the in
cldent closed.
American divers at the wreck profess
to find great amusement in the work
OF their Spanish colleagues. who are not
fond of remaining long under water,
and lose no opportunity to take a siesta
at the time the Americans are busy
below. Frequently II happens that navy
divers are mired ten times an hour
and each time must signal to be hauled
out of the mud about the Names shat
tered hull.