Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-12
wAniiilE RUMORS AFLoAT.
About the Sow Famous Flying suuudro
Sostcrdy.

-.'''' go $500 'S''t~ ''to"N'S'
fostcrdy.
], vas rum"roi Yesterday trlUt ORDERS
/ Iui hrcn received by Commodore SGlley
IL have his squadron under way by
o'clock in the afternoon.
To Investigate TN. truth Of the report
q Daily Press reporter went to Old
Point. The ships were OIL anohoredoGt
the places they nave occupied since
:hey arrived at Old Point and although
| .tley had fun steam up they did not
sNtin 10 BE- about To put to sea.
orders have been received to be ready
al any moment. but ut Just wilat TIME
| The move vii b.. male Commodore
-'hloy doves not know.
Shortly after 3 o'clock a torpedo boat
arrived from Norfolk aEd in q few lIrn-
u.es IN" government pier was crowded
| wi;Gl pe"pl. anxious to see one of these
| much-ialkcd Of vessels. She went
nluns'id. tho flagship Brooklyn and
after Il short stop returned to Norfolk
| Her name could not be aScertsuined.
/ ut SHE was drought 20 be the Rodgers.
which WAS cnnn.s7 Toned 4 short time
ago.
! Immediately after the torpedo bout
| left, the BrorlilyI began signalling and
| wntS answered. by THE other ships. 4
| launch, in answer Ia Il SiSHul from the
| iJicr, came ashore from the Bpyoklyn
| AEI returned with dispatch After
thMt more Signals were exchanged ami
| chen everything about the ships became
quiet.
| NJ one WIS allowed to- board any of
| ;hc shapS II tile squadron yesterday
| except With the permission IF the COM
! uirIur.
J Tho govcrimnc!gt ,s;,slmcr Luccrnc Wits;
IhnvcinS :trutrild Old P.!nt all THE af-
| l.rn,''n.
Although no sailing orders had been
| received up 10 Il Ian" hour las, night,
he ships may leave before tonight.
SUNDAY AT Old POINT
Easter Sunday SIM NOR. people 4 I
Ipi Point t1Inu any day since The naval
rcnll-zvnuS in iSI. Of couIEc the lead
I,S,lnr.a dying squadron III American
.Na;sQ,rs anchored in Hampton Hoat,ls;
mis the attraction. aUd many wcrr the
favorable comments placed on tru.
: ans nrw u.:.y booking defenders. II
Ms an id'.li day. and beauty ami ASH
!"n from the country over rciSncd SUI
pr,'lIv.
on. thing n"ti,subir WAS the aTbscnce
l'r naval officers ashore. while The crews
'f th,. various shifsr hr.N'l THE decks.
l'I'h"s. 'Iavki,ss' WISHED "a s,-t ashore.
hu, The powers thai be wiIlcd it other
| wise
The vessels wcr. in this position:
I:r,-pklyn UiEship. Massachusetts,
Mjnu'>lpyl.:'. Columbia. Texas and the
ugly old rTmu kntuhiin. which looked
lik,. - submerged wreck
| Ilun,iT,ris uf pr,ri,, from Newport
lNews, spent thc day AT Old Point.
1h,r. are some confined far murder
,taI seine fur t. lcs"r drGrr-. ni sin.
mi yet they M" ,liSgiaccd by the law
N's.ch ;hcy haze broken. II yVu should
ask mo fur TN. worst failure in Keeping
M. Law Of CHRIST without the mercy of
God. would point you ~ yourself.
II. that is wt;hUut sin let HIM cast
,;l,. lir,, store Milo will east It?
tell YOU ii viii not come from the pun
pil Iur | have rlcht'nuSrrSs only IN
7nr.s; Your best claim 10 the ward
,.,b,. of heaven is your need of the gar
m.nt III righteous ncss. Your only
claim to mercy is tt'at You alc Il sin
~ CAPTAINS CONFER.
| * conference. Il all The captains T
tn. vessels 81 IA. dying squadron walls
hold sunday lG'vinuVn on the ltSshsi'
I!r,crkiyn. piys,'!s't over ny t"nliio
dor. Srhlry At is conclusion ole OF
,h,. ,,nic,rs Ssii that the meeting was
held for the purInac nf tIk!nS lni"r-
muIly over various plans for action.
t'n.nmu,inr,. Srh!.y sylNl he had re
ceivrd ~ orders 1" Mtach Tile NII'l
Ea,ah,i!n To- h; squadron. but sSh" Is
sum living AT Old PniW. 1t Ms believe"
tina, She will lie !eft to StarN the MR.
Dor in conjunction with Fort Monroe
should thc iirct sail.
l. NlDI3IuWlslT'f.R IN QuARAN'liNE'
Tie tug Underwater ana barge Lone
Star. which We're chartered by the
government and sent tn Havana to re-
inov,. scrvicrahlr parts from the Maine
wreck. arrived in port 1T an carry
hour SUNDAY morning "hd are now
in quarantine in til. channel almost
directly off the Casino, loaded with
| wrr'kagc.
captain Wiley was advised 10 leave
Havana harhnr ten days ago.
AS both crafts come from AN infect
rd port II will he necessary for them
to remain in quarantine ten days. ;ic-
cur,limg To- the spirit III the state Law.
\ yellow ilag flies from the forward
mast Of the Underwriters. Both the
Lone Star and the Underwater carry
large American flags.
When the quarantine Is raised, these
vessels viii go into the service of the
Atlantic Transportation Company, by
which they were purchased from the
| l;oSton Tuwboat Company.
FL. SUD ARRIVES.
The Morgan Line Steamship FL Sud.
the first of tho four first class auXil-
larry cruisers to arrive. steamed up the
river at no u'c!rt.k Sunday mnrnng
and tied w ut the shipyard. The FL
sud came directly from New York.
Til" plans which We're on file nj the
Hhipyard. have been rcarrangcd and
h" work Of converting lii. Morgan
liner into an armOr"d commerce de-
Stroycr will he pushed forward as
rapidly as possible.
ANoT7IIF FIR SHIP RoITGHT.
The steamship hicrrimac, formerly
tn" SuivcIs. which was l,:trt.y DESTROY
ed in the disastrous. chesapeake e.
ohio fire. April 81 last. passed Old
| Point sunday afternoon at 1 Oclock
on route 1" l.nmbcrt'S PoiI.. where she
Is now taking oh cGni.
J The Mrrrimac has hccn purchased Ey
the government to hc used as n collier
III event of war. ON the trip down
from baltimore. the Mcr: ilnIc's hold
was rc-arrangch ana il can now rc.
ccirc an unusually large cargo Of
bunker coal
II is understood that the AIrrrimac
ana the Saturn. which IL we'll known
here. from its frequent lEpl .Or the
iioSton Tnwhoai Company. and which
has been purchased by the government
10 he used as Il c"lii"r. will both he as
signed to the GIVING srIa Iron for the
pnrlosc Of kccping thci, hunkcr.; sap
piled all the while.
tn" Mcrrima" will .,robnhly rcturr,
IL iiainri"n H;'i''a To-Day AMI her
master will report to ,'pmmudn.n
Schlcy.