The sun., 1899-05-29

she's Been Doing Errands of state for Us
in several Hot Weather Ports.


The only war vessel left at anchorage of
Tompklnsviilo is the little gunboat Machias.
which did effective work in the war with
Spain she arrived from Nucvtas Yesterday
She has been cruising in the West Indies on
special duty about six months. and her officers
ana men were mighty glad to See what some
OF them call "a white mans country" again.
Just after the Machias dropped anchor in
shore and about abeam Of the Indiana.
Lieut.. John II. Hutchns OF the gun
boat and Lieutenant Commander Winslow
Of the battleship swapped sentiments. in
an unofficial way. with 'wigwags." Lieut..
Hutchnss flag remarked: Il congratulate you
on your promotion" Licutenant- Commander
Winslows flag delivered itself thus: Thanks.
! congratulate you on getting North" To APP
preciate the force Of Lieutenant Commander
Winslows observation, per wgwag. it will be
necessary to relate the troubous cruise OF the
Machias. which had been hoping to get North
about three months before the welcome order
came that brought her here. She left here
on Jan. 10 for Havana She was there
w that squad of barefoo!S had SHOT 6ppened and
killed an American named Pears The officers
BE- eh na T60
"Garefoots" lie didn't know what they y we're ere
ieveel at him, The " Garefoots" then killed
him. Honduras wanted to submit the case to
Arbitrator UncIe. sam, said. that. In view
f th e%Sts slo0o3 andenniH To1d
Cienfuegos and thence to Guantanamo. where
she Joined Sampson's squadron hoping 70
in III prison at Port Livingston. Guatemala, ana
Fns the there Ssfe the NsS s'b Be-
partment. and soon the Machins was bound
for p ns hy"ke" She ossefs sS eers saa Ap5 aa
iDTaf iH Prison @ danssr Then she % v@s ordersd
Rico She had been there about week when
she was, despatched to Nuevites to Investigate
e ganbat Yn@%
and sister vessel. which, with the 300 ton
nsas PSaf5 Il the the h'TSST eSG
the war. The cruiser Montgomery had
chased these boats up river in May. The
MadTG to raise the hey got the 2o Wo
little ones up. but the other. being IN about
Naturally. Commander T.. g, Logan had moth.
ing TO say about the result OF his inyestiga-
fhe @ To be deed @ ,1
over S to to Vessels they Deliberately seuttIed in
What we missed most; said one OF the gun
boats, officers, were the newspapers see
another blow for the man behind the gun. Va
were In only three really pleasant places In the
fSh"S fSh"SSm Is Fast i2 Porte Rico 1"iiSH"%y isST thPy
are going it rather too strong in
the Puritanicql line for the natives in
Cuba. Why. they have even stopped cock
fighting on Sunday and that is In the nature
OF interfering with the natives religious lib
crty. At least they think so When we left
they were taking steps to organize a society
for the promotion OF vice
Among the officers of the Machias ars Lieut..
Willard. who hOisted the nrst American flag on
Cuban soil over "A blOckhouse near Cardenas.
and Ensign Curtin to whom Ponce surrendered
under threat of hombar1ment. The other Of
ilcers Of tn" Cunboat ARE; Lieut. A W. Grant.
Lieut. sawyer, Ensign Macarthur Cadet Briggs.
Chief Engineer Dyson, Paymastrr lizard and
Surgeon Richards. The Machias Is here on
waiting orders.