The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-26

vions night and with necessary delays
on the following day, the Associated
Press dispatch BOAT DauntleSs saw the
last BOAT Of the naval and newspaper
fleets leave Key West harbor on trldaE
morning with her anchor still down at
100 o'clock. when the stern of the C1i-
ted States dispatch gun boat Dolphin
near fouled her while the latter vessel
was winging out from 4 coal pier. The
captain Of the Dolphin sang ont: 4
guess YOU are all right. We usually ram
with the other end"
At 800 Il. m. with her anchor aOcak,
the Dauntlcss got under way. As she
passed ont 4 hearty cheer was given for
the United States cruiser Nashville and
her prize. the Ruena Ventura. Then she
squared away for the fleet, not even the
smoke of which was visible at that time.
The DauntlcSS dashed ahead until .
o'clock when many black streaks were
| seen making parallel lines across the
southern horizon. Ten o'clock. and the
| vessels left Key West one hour and
twenty minutes behind the other boats,
but in four hour and Il half she was
ut the head OF the procession. and quiet
| CAPTAIN Floyd. who knows the boat bet
ter than any other person living. re-
marked: 'Shc can't beat fourteen knots
| at her best but it's funny how many six
| teen and seventeen knot clippers she does
leave astern.'' When the flagship New
York. after the hills Of Cuba had been
| sighted and she had started off 1T n
twenty knot clip to capture the Spanish
steamer Pedro. the DauntleSs veered and
followed and was in at the death. Those
on the Dauntless saw the first hostile
shot fired. and as the flagship swung
| around fn. hnr chase flor whot prnvap
> to be a German trading steamer. the,
gave the New York the first cheer. AT
ter 4 night of rolling in through a heav,
sea. to get under way in the mOrnin.
the better to see the Iowa and the IN
diana. in fighting trim. start seaward anG
better still TO follow the New York as
she raced eastward to intercept wha'
proved to be the italian man of war
Giovanni RanSan. from which vessel Rear
Admiral Sampson received his first Rea1
Admiral'S salute from Il foreign wa1
ship. came the stirring incident of tn.
Mathilde. followed by the determination
to return to Key West with dispatches
The Associated Press dispatch boat
DauntleSs was asked through the mega
phone 10 tow the Spanish prize to Key
West. which was 4 fitting ending fol
the day. 1t was an example of the
SiHii 'ohN vi IL III SdNt I'D n
most famous e~x-filibuster the first oppor
tunity to tow a Spanish prize to The
United StateS. for which the thanks ot
Captain Chadwick were received. As
the Dauntless passed under the lee of thu
New York. she received the heartiest OF
cheers from the blue jackets. while III,
officers Of the flagship clapped thei,
hands. the megaphone rOared some en-
conraging words. and Admiral Sampson
lifted his cap in answer TO the saint,
, of the correspondents.
Inc sea pictures there presented ha6
for Il background n pale haze. beyonl
WHICH were the mountains of China onf
in the middle distance saffron lined HI
vana. with n speck of yellow strine,
with red. floating from MORO Castle
How long will that standard stay
there! This was the thought which on
, tered every mind as the hawser tighten