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Show A LESSON IN MANNEhS. Ob Tsnahl III Himnlsnls li the tspuls ul lbs IImoIiiK. Havana, Jan i Captain Katon, of the auxiliary cruiser ItesoHc, captured a twenty-foot Spanish flag In the liar-bor, liar-bor, ami Incidentally taught the city (Spaniards a lesson In manners. A Spanish schooner of about seventy tons sailed alongside tho Itesolute, where It huve to mid with a cheer of defiance from tho men aboard an Immense Im-mense Hpanlili Hag was run up lo the masthead, with the Cuban beneath It, Captain Katon was forced to reeng. nlte the Insult and ordered Naval Cadet Narraut and Marine Ofllcif Thrope, wlli a file of marines, Into a steam launch, which apevillly otertooa 1 the Hpautarde. The captain refused to I obey the onler to lower the flag, where upon the marines went aboard and took forcible possession of the Rpanlah flag, leaving the Cuban flag flying at the masthead The occupants of the j schooner were then compelled to give three cheers for the Cuban and American Amer-ican flags, after which tho vessel waa allowed to proceed The captured flag will be hold as a prise. |