| Show SAID TO BE ABSURD auxiliary cruiser not sunk in santiago channel may have been an old hulk sent in to be scuttled in order to place a cork in the neck of ot the bottle 3 abe vary department part ment bad had no official news up to midnight of the fight at t santiago today and no credence ie is eiven given to the rumor from t that hi t acif an amer american I 1 can auxiliary a r y cruiser was sunk while trying to force the entrance to the bay this mornine morning the latter rumor Is ia branded as absurd en its face ace it ia Is poe eible the american commander comander in t eat a 0 old fd hulk inta the channel to bo be acu ecu tiled in order to cork and nd seel the bottle in which the spaniard fluda finds himE olf if V a warship had keen teen bown up there would have been considerable lose of life beyond doubt but the spaniards report no euch such loss they allege that one officer one ea engineer ginter and six sit sailors wore captured and they would mate make large enough a crow crew to take an old bulk into jb the 0 C channel b ann el t to ob blockade joe kade I 1 it t the merrimac Merrl mac reported sunk at santiago is is a collier commander comman omma n ded deJ by can tain J miller |
