The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-04-26
THE BLOCKADE OF HAVANA
TORPEDO BOAT PORTER MAKES
DARING TRIP no SHORE.

Lieutenant Freeman, Her Commander,
Lands with Small Party and Obtains
Valuable Information-Morro Castle
Flashes Powerful searchlight-A
Gauntlet of Vigilance.
Copyright 1898, by the Associated Press.)
On Board the Flagship New York. off
Havana, April 25-10 a. m.-The early
morning hours to-day were taken up
by a vigorous chasing of moving lights.
The only vessel spoken was the British
schooner Iolanthe of Windsor, N. S.
She was allowed to proceed. She was
just out of Matanzas. No shots have
been fired since yesterday morning on
either side. The Dolphin and the con-
verted yacht Eagle arrived from Key
West this morning. The Dolphin car
ried the officers and prize crews who
had been placed on the steamer Pedro
| and the schooner Antonio yesterday.
All were glad to get back, although
they said they had had no trouble with
their prizes.
| The torpedo boat Porter made a dar-
| ing trip in to the shore under cover of
| darkness last night and Lieutenant
| Fremont, her commander, landed with
| a small party and obtained valuable
| information. The blockade continues
under beautiful weather conditions.
| flo 10 H1nnlxa n la
| line about $50 last evening after an
| uneventful trip. Nothing Of Importance
| apparently had occurred during her abb
sence. When darkness came on last
night Moro Castle showed powerful
searchlight and flashed it nervously
around the horizon. Another short
| searchlight was also seen. 1t looked to
be from the direction of the Santa
/ Clara batteries, to the westward of FL
MORO. The searchlight itself could not
be distinguished, only its rays being
| visible This is due either to the ex-
| tremely low position of the light or to
| it's distance from the blockade The
Moro light is placed higher and is an
| excellent light.
| Last night was the first time these
|
benefit they will be to the Spaniards
no one knows. They may possibly in
duce the batteries to expend some more
| ammunition in futile shots at the fight
4 ing squadron, but the blockade con-
tinues as before, searchlights or no
searchlights, as of course they do not
reach far enough to show our ships. If
| any ships run the blockade they will
have to run gauntlet of vigilance
! that has never been surpassed The
alertness of the officers and men con-
tinues at the same pitch as was ex-
| hibited the first night the squadron ar
| rived. Admiral Sampson is l1andi-
capped in his blockade. In many cases
the civil war commanders We're in such
a position that they could anchor, but
it is different here.
One Of the sights of yesterday was
the handling of the torpedo boat Cush-
ing by Naval Cadet Boyd, the only sur
| vivor of the Maine with the fleet. Leu
/ tenant Cleaves, commander of the
Gushing, spent the better part of the
/ day on the flagship During his alb
sence Cadet Boyd handled the Gushing
with dash and skill that was remark
able considering the fact that he was
assigned to her only yesterday and
never handled a torpedo boat before
and all this in sight Of Morro Castle,
in the shadow of which lies what is
left of Cadet Boyd's old ship, the
Maine.