Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-06
Hrn0klyn Sails.

lne s@-colla move OF the 1tSlmS squad
ron WAS nlttlie yesterday molultng at 6
p'cl"ck, when Hht ili'sship 3l+ooklyn lent
| her anchorage near uhe sAripy>,rM and
| -'teanGd down To Old P,lnG.
| Owing - ~ rough weather Conrlrn.o-
lo1'e Scslt-y decided mot to put TO sea
10 test The eleva;ing5 gear on the S-inch
rifles and had 'tle Flagship anchored
nIe.al THE Columbia and Minneapolis.
This Alassa olruslAtts is NOV the only war
Ship here Capt aim Hdgg'ins1on says his
ship IS ready to sail at the command.
The work of THE divens who are scrap
ing her bottom having advanced almost
| TO complexion
J The Minneapolis is only half PAINTED
the severe Weather serving to retDrd
tth<. progress of the painters.
THE Work of Painting tlle Brookiyu's
turl'4:s lead COLOR HAS been finished and
nhey are now in keeping with The rest
OF the ship.
| 1t Us expected that the Cromwell uine
Steamship Creole, which lis ONE of tine
| moist successful Products OF tine New
/ pnrt News Shipbuildine, and Dry d
! Company, and which has been purchals-
| ed by THE Government, Will arrive ait
THE sthlpyuad to-day or uomnrrpw
| fitm New York, to be converted Unto a
! hospital ship for active service
! MIR. j H. Rla1Ektglkfltp, ONE of the
| government dr'aftsmen ait the shipyn.rd
is NOW in New York, having been deAe-
gated TO come down ON THE Creole as
uilr AroNti'flEfCliN : fSprSSeINelGiEe.
Captain L. c. C;aGnr, the 1unnllhng
master in THE Clstm We'll lime. has volun-
| teered his services no THE Government
IN .taEse his ship lis needed for service
| AMID ii lis presumed that Inc Will COM
| n;nild the Creole when SHE flies the I'm
! non Jack su,ll Red Cross pennnglIt.
| Captain j. wv. Fitzgerald. general SUI
psllntenRient of the Plant syst EN- of
| i;sa'nlsElii's. was i'm the city Ellis
week copsutn INiHzgerand stated
I.t,l
| Captain Fitzgerald stated ITO a 1S-par-
ter for the Evening Telegram last
might. THAT Mr.. H. p Plant. the owner
| of La I;rande Ducllesse. uhe FFprida,
Olivetts and other magnificent passen-
| ger ships, Will positivel not SELL any of
protest against compulsory purchase
| He now has agents i'm Washington to
book after his intelletsts in this respect.
Mr. 'Pllnlt according to Captain Fi,tz-
| Seirlld, claims THAT ONCE stripped all
| tered ond transformed into auxilieluy
cr,lis5Srvs his steamers will thereafter be
unfit fur the first class passenger traffic
Then, TOO. 1T win be Impossible to have
shipyards build veS,:vls in CONTRACT time,
! because the recent extensive merchant
| MARINE pur@iurcs by the Government
will mean a bona'nZa for American ship
! buflding concerns, which Will have
work enough no keep them busy for
| Years. . I.#.U..."
| NpPlithuL TIt~SSlStIl JUST 'USS-ll sup-
pointed by THE Governor of Florida as
| l',eutellant commander of the naval mi
| ltia i'm that state.
| LAYING; WIRES AT TINE CAPES.
i a dispatch sent out from Washington
says that the (Hetenses of tina, c.TdrS on
| Chesapeake Bay aTa it's tributaries
have been swen gthened wGthin uhs. past
few days by The laying of wires from
| Cape Charles and Cape Henry across
| ahc channels beading fnro Chesapeake
Bay anl Hampton Roads, TO which sub
| marine mines and :lurpedoeS can be cas-
| !1y attached WSnhuut trouble or delay ON
;i.e first outbreak of hosti!iAries.
Similar facilities have been provided
| f0r T.lS aitng mines and roI1pedoes i'm the
| .4hurnGlt4!; of the Potomac alt .and below
Sheridan Point and Fort WashEn g't~on.
| These Dangerous obstacles Will not be
placed in the river. however, ln It'll 1T be-
Genres aSossaaith-iy neceSs AIRY for the pro-
| teeNi.n OF the city. .
F.plft W.':llangton and Sheridan Point
nave been put i'm Geographic communi-
| Cation with etu-h other, and with the
War Department.