| Show MORE PHiZES TAlmN Big Spanish Steamship Panama Is One of Them I TWO OTHERS ARE COASTING VESSELS Tb 1ma Was au AIIIr Crulr ad Carried a V161 Cg Key West Fla April GTho U S gunboat Newport Captain H F Tilley has brought In the Spanish sloop 1a quete and the Spanish schooner Plreno Cuban coasting vessels I which I she captured off Havana this morning Key Wt April 26 lllS a mTh big Spanish steamship Panama of the Ccballos line which left New York on April 20 for Havana with a number of Spanish refugees on board and a very valuable cargo Including It Is I understood stores for the Spanish army las captured last evening about twenty miles from Havana by the little lit-tle lighthouse tender Mangrove now belonging to the mosquito fleet The Mangrove mounts two six puunders and four 38 revolvers She Is I commanded by Lieu Commander Com-mander W H Everett and has a crew of thirteen mn Th Ianma Is I of about 2SOO tons and a very valuable prize When the Mangrove sighted the Spaniard she lan up to her and fired a gun across her bow The liner did not take the hint and a second 1 shot was fired after which tfie Panama slowed down a little A third shot was fired across tho bows of the Panama at a hundred yard and the officer on the deck of the Spanish vessel was hulled and notllltd that If I he did not heave to a shot would be sent through his vessel This notlnrutlon caused the Panama to bo brought to Ensign Dayton boatded the Spanish steamer and took possession of her The battleship Indiana then steamed up and Commander Everett nutllled Cap In Taylor of the Indiana that he had vJpturcd the Panama and bored bor-ed prize crew from the battleship consisting > ot Cadet Falconer and fit ten maln The Manrove was ordered or-dered to report to the flagship and Hear Admiral Sampson told Commander Com-mander Everett to take his prlzu Into Hey Wet The Ianama Is I understood to have Ihtrtnlne pusangtru on board As she founded to after the little Mon grv captured her the latter knowIng know-Ing the Panama wamfln auxlllry cruiser expected to be fired upon It Is not yet known whether the Panama had guns on board New York April 2GIt was slated at the olllce of the Spanish Transatlantic Transat-lantic line which owns the Panama that the vessel was valued at 1200000 and her cargo at 75 000 |
