The herald., 1898-05-30
TORPEDO BOAT TERROR
RAN LIKE A RABBIT AND GOT
AWAY
A TRANSPORT CARRYING RICE
Is Not So Speedy and Dares Not At
tempt to Run the CubaD
Blockade
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
ST. THOMAS, Danish West Indies, May
| 29.-(Coprighted, 1898, by the Associated
Press) The report that the Spanish tor
pedo gunboat Terror has reached San Juan
de Porto Rico Is confirmed. She arrived
there from Fort de France, island of Mar
Unique. on Friday morning. Her boilers
are still said to be out of order. The Span
ish transport Alfonso XIII, chartered by
the Spanish government and loaded at San
Juan de Porto Rico with provisions for
Cuba, Is now said to be scouting in the vi
entity of the Porto Rican coast, her crew
having refused to try to run the Cuban
blockade. The Alfonso XIII Is also said
to be carrying freight between the differ
ent ports of Porto Rico.
There is a revival here today of the qIes-
ton OF the purchase of the Danish West
Indies by the United States, and the mat
ter Is causing excitement and favorable
comment.
The Danish wooden corvette st. Thomas
arrived here this morning from Copenhagen
with the object of assisting the local govern
ment to observe Danish neutrality during
the war between Spain and the United
States. The st. Thomas was built in 1871, is
OF 1871 tons displacement, has eight 4.7-inch
guns and six rapid-fire guns. She carries
| crew OF 81 men, and has speed of about
thirteen knots.
| Captain Cotton says that he has no d.
rect information that Admiral Cervera's
fleet Is In the harbor of Santiago, but he as
sumes that Commodore Schley has a rea-
sonable certainty that the Spaniards are
| there, or he would not be off that harbor
| with the American squadron.
The marine observer sighted a warship
far outside the roads this evening. She
could not be identified.
| The United States auxiliary gunboat
Eagle, which has been coaling at Port An
tonic, sailed today for an unknown desti-
nation.
| The Chicago Record dispatch boat Her.
cules has arrived here.
Harvard at Kingston
KINGSTON, Jamaica, May %, Z D. H.
delayed in transmission 1.-THE United
States auxiliary cruiser Harvard, formerly
the American line steamer New York, is
coaling here, taking on 700 tons, her full ca
pacity. As something trifiing is wrong
with her steering gear, and her boilers are
dirty, she will be allowed 10 remain here
twenty-four hours longer than usual, under
the neutrality regulations. With the ex-
ception Of medicines, the Harvard has
not taken on board any supplies.
Captain Cotton Of the Harvard said that
all were we'll on board the squadron when
he left the vessels under the command Of
Commodore Schley yesterday (Friday).
Rear Admiral Sampson was then sup
posed to be of the northwest coast of Cuba.
Commodore Henderson, commanding the
British naval station az Port Royal, was
asked today If he had, as reported. received
Information that Admiral Cervera is not in
the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The COM
modore wrote the following reply:
by the latest news Cervera Is still In
Santiago harbor"
Presumably Wrong
CAPE HAYTIEN, Haytf, May 29.-(Copy-
right, 1893, by the Associated Press.) No
news from Santiago de Cuba was obtain
able here this morning, but, on the other
hand, 1t Is reported that two vessels of the
Cadiz fleet, said to be the Francis Joseph
and the Maria Theresa, left Gibraltar yes
| terday for Cuba. These names are prob
ably wrong, as there is no Spanish vessel
known here as the Francis Joseph, and the
Infanta Maria Theresa is understood to be
the flagship of the fleet commanded by Ad-
miral Cervera.
Two Austrians
NEW YORK, May 29.-The two vessels
reported from Cape Haytien to have left
Gibraltar yesterday for Cuba may be the
Austrian cruisers Kaiserin Maria Theresa
and Kaiser Franz Joseph, and not
two vessels of the Cadiz fleet of Spain.
The Spanish fleet organized at Cadiz is,
according to official Madrid advices. either
at Cadiz or moving of the coast prepara-
tory to sailing for some destination to he
determined upon by the government. The
utter absence of news from Santiago de
Cuba, which is connected with Cape Hay
tien by cable, is causing more and more