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Show A LESSON IN MANNEHS. Ono Taught the Spaniards by the Captain Of tilt) IlfcHfllUt. Havana, Jan, 23. Captain Eaton, of the auxiliary cruiser Resolute, captured a twenty-foot Spanish flag in tho harbor, har-bor, and incidentally taught tho city Spaniards a lesson In manners. A Spanish schooucrof about seventy tons sailed nlongsldo tho Resolute, where It hove to and with a cheer of defiance from tho men aboard an im-menso im-menso Spanish Hag was run up to tho masthead, with tho Cuban beneath It. Captain Eaton was forced to recognize recog-nize tho Insult and ordered Naval Cadet Narrant ami Marino Ofllccr Thrope, with a file of marines, Into a steam launch, which speedily overtook tho Spaniards. Tho captain rofnsed to obey tho order to lower the flag, whereupon where-upon the marines went aboard and took forcible possession of tho Spanish flag, leaving the Cuban flag flying at the masthead. Tho occupants of tho schooner were then compolled to glvo thrco cheers for tho Cuban and American Amer-ican flags, aftor which tho vessel was allowed to proceed. The captured flag will bo hold as a prize. |