Show irtr1 II r1 a The Oregonian has this II It i r 1ho Mcrrlmnc Incident by which 11lUL HobBon won fame has been cn closed 0r I I Ncver a barricade to the < < harbor of San tlaco do Cuba tho I vcasel has been for S nearly three years or thereabouts an Im pediment to the commerce and to some fdent a menace to the navigation mcnaS V F 1 on of tho port A darln 0 more daring but an tho results 1 proved a more useless feat was luwm accomplished than that of sinking thIs 0 collier at the entrance < ° f this Cuban i The ease with whlih tho Spanish porl fleet camc out of the < llrl > 0r In the broad tHin light or R tropical morning tlhowetl the V futility of theJiacrjjIce of the vei C I with r out ilowcclI In the least dlHcrcdltlng the bravery by which It was a accorn pUshed 0 0 f The Oregonian has forgotten a little I l of the story The i Intention Hobson vas to run the ship Into the mouth I of thd harbor to the narrowest point of I 4 entrance swing it broadside on and 4 0 then sink it But he was dIg z covered by a Spanish battery which opened lire him 0 upon and one shot carried away hte rudder which left I 1 tho Hhlp helpless and all he could do was to sink It aa best ho could |