Show NEW CRISEIIAE Uncle Sams Agent Made a Purchase In London ALMOST READY FOR SEA OLD GLORY HOISTED AN A CREW OBTAINED Busy Day at Navy Deportment Looking For a Coaling Station Signal Stations Along the Coast Sailing of Spanish Ships From Havre Naval Movements London April Lieutenant Commander Com-mander Colwell the United States naval attache here this afternoon purchased pur-chased from the Thames Iron Works for his government a cruiser of lSOO tons displacement and capable of a speed of 16 knots The vessel carries six 47inch guns and ten smaller ones She Is fitted with twin screws and has I a protected deck At 5 oclock this af ternoon Lieutenant Commander Col well hoisted the stars and stripes on the cruiser and had then obtained a crew The vessel will go to sea within three ays Lieutenant Commander CViIwel says the price paid was very reasonable I reason-able pd I A BUSY DAY Washington April 2Constant movements move-ments of officials numberless conferences confer-ences and a large congressional con tingent that was on hand made today a busy one at the navy department There were however no new or sensational developments In the situation Secre tary Long said there had been no or dens as yet Issued to the tying squadron squad-ron now at Hampton Roads The department de-partment Is taking active steps to secure se-cure a number of smaller class of ships The purchase of two viz the Creole belonging to a line running out of New York and the yacht Josephine has been consummated while orders have been telegraphed to agents of the government gov-ernment to purchase the following THESE WILL BE BOUGHT The yacht Sovereign belonging to a New York man and the Lebanon the Saturn and the Irrawaddy The later three are colliers and will be used i necessary to accompany the Heels and carry extra supplies of coal The Saturn Sat-urn It is understood hiS been prac tically secured by the department and will be delivered to its agents In New York early next week The Creole will be used as a hospital ship There will be urgent needs of vessels of the col lier class if the government fails to secure any foreign coaling station The action of the senate In refusing I to sanction the purchase of the Danish island of St Thomas a a coaling sta caing I tion was a source of much regret to the officials of the department though the naval authorities have not yet abandoned station hope of securing a coaling SIGNAL STATIONS I was reported at the navy department depart-ment today that a determination had been reached for the inauguration by the government in conjunction with the state naval militia organization of a number of signal stations along the coast by which the arrival of foreign I vessels n may be promptly reported The I states un have O heretofore worked VO VI along I this line and this will be of material assistance to the government in the work about to b undertaken The matter however Is in rather a chaotic I condition as the plans have not yet been perfected Late this afternoon the navy depart ment was informed of the salllns of I the Spanish ships Pelayo and < the Car los V from Havre and Toulon France for Carthagena Spain The officials I suppose that these vessels have been at the French ports for repairs and are returning to Carthagena where I there Is a Spanish naval station for such additional work on them as may tem a service be necessary preliminary to any active I |