The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-04
CAPT. S|GSbEE VIEWS
THE Spanish FLEET.
Saw Three Of Them Lying in the
Bay Of Santiago de Cuba.


SEG YORK. Juae f-If ne slightszt
ssHlbianee OF Doubt h8s b~@a entertained
isE iasAilssers 81 the ar board AMI me ALL
fhor9ties ~ the navy deQafgEle az as 20 ne
precise location u the Spafssa fleet. Z
Was estigs4y removed. says fbe " EsnEng-
ton correspondent - the IT.hu9ie. bF fhe
receipt OF important Information direct
from Captain sgsksef a.. the auxiliary
cruiser! -. PAU. wao came On BmEnr3.-
ai"Iy after reporting his arrival AZ New
York to Admiral BuBca. and e0nmUDsca-
ted to Secretary Lang adgtces from Ad~
rniFal Sampson ard Commodore Schley.
tseth Of whom be left few days ago, the
former then on his way sAr0u2h the
Windgard passage. bat the Latter hold
sag tight the Spanish vessels behind tho
outer defeHses % Santiago. Perhaps no
officer Of the navy IL more familiar with
the type Of cruisers now az Santiago tHla
the former commando ~ tha Maine. aud
having sect three of them living "a
anchor Ia the iaaf four days be II posi-
tive that the fourth l. there SIS we'll
Tie last occasion that captain s.gsbee
met the Ni2caya N8s ln Havana harbor
where she lay no. $50 cable lengths from
The Maine. and while there Captain sigs-
be-, not only carefully noted her qualities
and type Int sscuTed draw ings and acctl~
rate descr ptons Of the warshlp. He
has impIffed "a Secretary long the tx
persences Of the s. paul and Of Commo-
tiore seheys squadron ga trapping The
Spanish admiral at Santiago. Captain
Sissbes does not take f1lll credit for hav-
ang discovered tbs shit4 arst bar SAYS
that both BE and Commodore Schiry saw
them about tbs same tig.1. and tha' as
hIs signals wen. up 80 The Has@hip. con-
vsying the faci that ae a4d sighted two
or the ships. Commodore Seheys were
run up communicating the same iugorma-
: ton so him
For SIX days Capt sSsbee and The St
PAM lay OF tie iiarhcr expecting nightly
30 be attacked b. the Span|s3 torpedo
boat destruyera VIA Ma running lights
aonsed and "a SIDE lights out hs cIu}sed
CT and on about fifteen miles from the
tshore. under dasket3@d skies and with
steam a. low pressure. Tic uSe ~ svacch-
lights 10 sight any torpedo boat that might
DE lurking around ready 80 attack the
saips. wouid have revealed a'a preseeCe
10 the Spanlafds "a. SANTIAGO, and tAis VAS
What the captain dia Hot wieh them -
learn. WITH eVerv opportunity 81 attack
tng him. the two tniCty-kUot destroyerS
remained IN the haTbof ali the time and
Capt Sig shee accoants for yhis conduct pn
their part aa d3I> In iae desire oil the
Spanish admiral not ca permit his pres
ence 10 be known. Commodore Schey had
established al effective h.9t kade OF tho
port before the 81. raW steamed away
On leaving Santiago Capt Sigstee uaae
fer Mole 81 Nicholas. and from there
crulsed - the wesi uniii be me; Admiral
Sampson. from whom he received de
patches froH tie secretary 81 the navy.
The next move Of the s. Pau Nll be
probably IN the direction Of Porto Rice
and soon as she is coaled and rroyis-
toned. Capt Slgshoe says b. wii sail
again. He leaves here TODAY for New
York and vii probably pass out Of Sandy
Hook with his Ves@a1 sunday or Monday