The age-herald., 1898-02-21
VISITING VIZCAYA POLITELY RECEIVED She is Now Guarded and Anchored OlI TompskinSEille.
 
 -i HER FLAG IS AT HALF MAST .ss In Token of Regret For ihe Loss of the Maine and the Dead Heroes. Formal Greetings Were Exchanged
 By the Officers.

New York, Feb. 2O.-The Spanish cruiser vizcaya in command of Captain Eulate, came through the Narrows this afternoon and anchored off Tompkinsyile. s. l.. where she is closely guarded by q navy yard tugs and police patrol boats.
 The Vizcaya has been lying outside of the bar since Friday night and was unable to come into the harbor owing to the dense fog and rain storms which have prevailed for over forty-eight hours. The Spanish cruiser has been expected to arrive here since last Monday and the unfortunate catastrophe by which so many American sailors and marines lost their lives in Ha- vana harbor last Tuesday night aroused more than the ordinary interest in the arrival of the visitor. The feeling which prevails among a great many people in this vicinity that the American battleship was destroyed deliberately by enemies of the United States, prompted the naval authoritis to guard againt any possible harm being done to the visiting Spaniard at tine hands of fanatics.
 A HEAVY GUARD
 Rear Admiral Bunce, commandant of the New York navy yard, received orders from Washington last week to establish care fui and well appointed patrol to guard against any such emergency. The com mandant immediately put himself in com munication with Chief of Police McCu- lagh and appointed Lieut.. John A. Dough- tery, of the navy, to take charge of the protective patrol. Chief McCullagh, re- sponded immediately and informed Rear Admiral Bunce that he had instructed Capt. Smith, of the harbor police, to hold him. self in readiness and he desired a number of patrolmen. The navy yard tug boats Nina and 'Narketa were immediately placed at the disposal of Lieut.. Doughtery. Lieut.. W. c. B. Neville, of the. marine corps, received instructions to take com mand of thirty-eght men. This body will relieve each other in four hour watches during the stay of the Spanish cruiser.
 DOWN THE BAY.
 By special permission a representative of the Associated Press was permitted to go aboard the Nina, on which tug Lieut.. Doughtery established his headquarters This boat as well as the Narketa, was in readiness to go down the bay and meet the Vizcaya from the moment that the lat ter was sighted off the coast last Friday, but it was not until o'clock this aafter- noon that the weather conditions permitted the naval guards to proceed down the bay About that hour word was received at the navy yard that the Spaniard was on her way over the bar, and the marines were immediately ordered on board the Nina Lieut.. Aaron Ward, representing Admiral Bunce, lost no time in boarding the com mandants, the steam barge Undine, and the three vessels left the navy yards
 There was nasty northeast wind blow ing at the time, which was accompanied by continuous downpour of rain and light fog The tug Nina led the way and as she rounded the Battery large -erowd had assembled in the vicinity of pier A, where the little vessel was to take har- bor police aboard. As soon as the Nina got alongside the pier, Captain Smith and Lieutenant Doughtery exchanged greet ings as we'll as official documents.