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Show I J HISTORIC OLD SHIP ' 1 . IS SOLD TO MEXJCO SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. -Jl. -Admiral J Dewey's old Meamer. Jiuflro. which car-' car-' rled the coal dupply for the AmerJcan ' fleet, at the battle of Manila bay. !m3 beeniflold to-the Mexican government, a , bill of sale niacin out lo Mexican ofticluls s having been deposited In escrow yester-s yester-s day by the collier's owner. J. Zccvo of Seattle. The purchase price has not 5 . been given out. Iiu L it Ib believed to bo comparatively small, as Zoevo recently bought the vc.?hc from the American go -eminent for a small stlm. J Admiral Dewey acquired the Zartro from her British owners In Hongkong j Just before Hailing to attack the Spanish fleet. Ho needed ji cargo of coal and the owners, refused to part with It unless the collier was taken. I'nder the nrgen-i nrgen-i . cy of the occasion. Admiral Dewey agreed j and bought the vessel and her c.ngo for 1 $1 ."n.000. Since the Spanish-American , i war the Zatlro has been out of commls- flan hero. Although the vessel wn purchased pur-chased by the American government twelve yen re ago. she was never trans-' trans-' ferred fvom British registry and still fls the KngllFh dug. |