| Show SPANISH WARSHIP IN NEWYORK NEW YORK great orf the latest spanish kin new york tib feb 31 21 the spanish armored cruiser vizcaya Is in now new york waters after ft a voyage of 13 days daya from the canaiy lalands islands 17 when hen her officers and men man learned the startling Bt artlin disaster to tho the american battleship maine and of the downfall of de lome they broke into a wild uproar of talk for a couple of minutes all discipline on the great warship vanished men rushed below to tell their comrades on the lower lowar decks the vizcaya in command of captain eulaio came through the narrows this afternoon and anchored ored oil off tomp kinsville stilton staten island where she la Is closely guarded by navy yard tugs and police patrol boats the vizcaya has been lying outside of the bar since friday night and was unable to como come into the harbor owing to the dense denae fog and rain storm which have prevailed for over forty eight hours the spanish cruiser has been expected to arrive here here since last monday and the unfortunate catastrophe by chice so many sailors and marines lost their lives in havana harbor last tuesday night ar roused more than ordinary interest on the arrival of the visitors the fooling feeling which prevail among a great many people of this vicinity that the american battleship was destroyed deliberately by enemies of the united states prompted the thena na val authorities to guard against any possible b harm arm being done to the visiting spaniard at the hands of an amer ican roar rear admiral bunco commandant of the new york navy yard received received orders from washington last week to establish a careful and well appointed patrol to guard against any such emergency the commandant immediately put himself in communication muni cation with chief of police mccullagh and appointed lieutenant lieutenant john A dougherty of tho the navy to talce take charge of tho the protect protective i ve patrol the navy yard tugboats tug boats nina and markota Ma rhota in charge of captains bell and contain Can tain respectively were immediately placed at the disposal of 0 lieutenant dougherty lieutenant neville of the marine corps received instructions to tc command 33 38 men wi buu prat sergeant three sergeants ser gents ahr three es corporals and 31 private marines who will relieve each other in four hour catl watches hes during the entire stay of t the he spanish cruiser |
