The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-19
Is AT NEW YORK
THE SPANISH CRUISER IS ANCHORED
OUTSIDE THE BAR

hiaoorate Precautions Taken Tn
Prevent Any "Accidentsv while
the Foreign War Ship Is Paving
Her Visit of Courtesy tn tb.
united States-Big Patrol Fleet.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Tbe Snanieb
armored cruiser Vizcaya is In Neyy
1Crk waters. She dropped her big an
Chors nVe miles south of Sandy Hook
lghtshlp at $50 D. M, after thirteen
udy voyage from the Canary islands.
neh her officers and men heard the
startling news of the disaster TO the
American battleship Maine in Ha-
vana harbor and of the downfall or
orfner Minister de LONE. they broLza
INTO a wild uproar of talk For a cou-
PIE or minutes all discipline on the
great warship seemed to vanish to the
winds. Men rushed below to tel their
comrades In the lower decks.
Early tomorrow morning the Vizca,,,
VIII come up to the anchorage selected
Tor her In the upper bay.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-Rear Admiral
6unce has given final Instructions to
Lieut.. John A Dougherty. who viii
nave charge of the patrol tugs. six i'm
mum Der to guard the Spanish cruiser
'izcaya during her stay in this vicinity.
Lieut. Dougherty will make his head
quarters on the navy yard tug Nina.
ana VIII nave entire charge of the
patrol which will consist besides the
tug mentioned of the navy ward ting
Narkeota, two tugs Of the sunervieo7.
or the harbor and two police natrol
poats. The watches will be divided be-
tween the six boats, two to be on dutv
on each turn. Each boat is to have nv,
board, While on watch, four marines
anu one non-commissioned officer of
marines MAJ ana a roundsman and four
poIcemen of the Metropolitan force.
While on duty the boats are to patrol
carefully the waters in the vicinity of
the visiting Spaniard and no boat or
person Will be allowed to approach the
ViZcaya without the sanction of the
commanding officer of that vessel. The
Nina VIII be always within call of the
visitor.
Usual COurtesies.
AS soon as the Vizcaya drops anchor
in the upper bay, or In the North river
Lieut.. Dougherty in full uniform. and
representing Rear Admiral Bunce
commandant of the navy ward. New
York, will board the cruiser and con-
Vey the usual courtesies extended for.
elgn vessels of war entering an Amer
lean port and will also explain what
the patrol is there for
At night 1t is intended to keen tbe
Vizcaya brilliantly Illuminated with
electric lights, and the watch boats
Will be also lighted, so that there can
De no possible means of approaching
the vessel without detection.
1t was stated tonight that the Viz
caya would come up the bay early to-
morrow morning. In passing up tho
bay she will be saluted by Forts Ham
llton and Wadsworth and return the
formality. Then she VIII steam to a
point off Tompkinsville where she Will
drop anchor. This it is said, was con-
sldered the best place for the boat to
anchor, as she will be freer from en-
croachments of small boats there than
elsewhere.
Police Capt Smith was informed by
Admiral Bunce at o'clock tonight that
| the Spaniard had anchored off Sandy
Hook and that at sunrise tomorrow
morning the fleet of government and
| police patrol boats would steam down
the bay to escort her to her anchorage.
Applications for leave to accompany
the fleet down the bay on the patrol
have been refused all persons except
newspaper men. Two detectives, who
| claimed they had come from the Span
ish consulate, one of whom spoke Span
ish fluently. presented letters of intro
duction to Capt. Smith and asked per-
! mission to go down with the fleet They
were referred TO Chief McCullach. who
afterwards telephoned that he had
given them permission to go down The
men said they had business with per-
! sons aboard the Vizcaya. but neither
| they Lor any one at the office of Consul
Baldasano would say what their mis-
sion was.
The police have provided the Spanish
consul general in this city with q spe-
cial guard A harbor policeman today
sat in the outer room Of the consulate.
in the hall a policeman in full uniform
was stationed and on the street extra
precautions were observed by the po-
lice with beats In the vicinity Consul
General BaldasanO declined to discuss
the presence of the policemen.
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Feb.
18.-The Spanish armored cruiser AL
mirante Oquendo left here today for
| Havana. The Italian third-class
| cruiser Giovanni Bausani is expected
| here on Saturday next. She is on her
] way to Cuba.