Evening star., 1900-04-10
PRIZE COURT PROCEEDINGS
DISPOSITION OF. VESSELS TAKEN
DURING THE SPANISH WAR.
Report to the Navy Department of j.
N. STRIPPING, United States Dis
trict Attorney.

The Navy Department has received from
J. N. Stripping, United States district attor-
ney for the southern district Of Florida, a
statement of the results of the proceedings
conducted by him before the court In that
district in the matter of condemnation of
prizes taken by American warships during
the Spanish-American war 1t appears from
his statement that there were twenty-seven
ships declared prize, and twenty-four cap
tured vessels were released and restored to
the owners by decree of the prize court
These were the F. Raoul, Pilgrim Greenan
Castle Three Bells, Franklin, Paquette A.
Suarez, Espana. SeFereto, Buena Ventura,
Miguel Jover, Catalina, Regulus, Engracia
Fernandita, Orente, Lola, Wary, Nicker-
son, Tahasqueno, Quatro de Septemhre, An
tonic Y. Paco, Santiago Apostol, Poder de
Dios.
The twenty-seven prizes and the DISPOSE
ton made of them were as follows:
The Matilde, captured by the Porter, was
condemned, realizing S6452 for vessel and
cargo; Sofia, captured by the Cushing VIII
mirgton, Algonquin and Porter realized
S6,5o4 for ship and cargo; Tres Hermanos
captured by the Foote, Terror and Machias
realized S5,}S4; the Pinero, captured by the
CaStine and Newport, realized SG23. In the
case of these four vessels the Attorney
refunding the net proceeds on the ground
that the owners of the vessels were Cuban
sympathizers.
The other twenty7three vessels declared
prize and disposed of were:
The Candita, captured by the Gushing
and Wilmington, realizing $939 net: Pedro,
captured by the New York, realizing SOD :
:'6I net; the Panama, captured by the New
J ork and Mangrove, realizing $I5, ,S37 net:
The A. Bolivar, captured by the Terror and
Machlas realizing ST., ,432 net: the Lorenzo
captured by the Indiana, Terror Iowa, New
York. Porter and Amphitrte, rea!izint;
SIl,Jl2 net: the Guido, captured by the
Foote, Machas and Terror, realizing $685.
"21 net: the Carlos F. Roses, captured by
the Terror and New York realizing S111ll
net the Amapa!a, captured by the VII
nllngton. Newport ard Marietta realizing
S1,Sf4 nat; the Benito Estinger CAPTURED by
the Hornet, released on bond: the SantO
Domingo, now under consideration by Sec
retary of the Navy; the Gaiiito captured
by the Eagle, realizing $500 net: the Belle
4ncZ. captured by the Poynpey the Uncas
and Hudson, realizing s2Sa: the Domingo
Aurei1o, captured by The Maple and Topeka
feailZlnS S2,o'I; the Anguedita, captured by
the Nashville and Marblehead, realizing
s"ct: the Gibara, captured by the Nashville
Ieailzirg $Z,G91: the Dolares. captured by
the EaE;e, realizing 1863; the Cristina cap
tUre'i by the Hudson, realizing S151; the
Espresso, captured by the Nashville. real
ling $3.50: the Frasquita, captured by the
Montgomery and Indiana, realizing so 4ss!.
the Mascotta, captured by the Machias
Terror and Leyden. realizing s92: the Argo-
rauta, captured by the Eagle and the
Marb,ehead, realizing SIS. .923: the Restor-
mel, captured by the St. Paul, cargo con-
demned realizing S13.321. vessel released
cargo condemned realizing s1,o76. vessel re-
leased.