San Francisco Call, Volume 83, Number 156, 5 May 1898 — SAN FRANCISCO CASTS ANCHOR OFF BOSTON. [ARTICLE]

SAN FRANCISCO CASTS ANCHOR OFF BOSTON.

Thought to Have a Spanish Prize Caught in Northern. Waters.

BOSTON, May 4.— A large : warship supposed to be the San Francisco was sighted about five miles off Boston Light this evening. She displayed many lights t and came to . ar :hor well out. Entrance to : the harbor was > not made owing to the, danger at night from the newly laid mines. It was persistently rumored that a number of persons , distinctly, perceived ia i prize under the wing of the I man-of-war, but owing to. the darkness and the distance from shore this could not be confirmed. Ii view of the published -rtories of the hearing of i heavy firing ' off - the : coasts of Rhode : Island > and , Maine recently, h -ever, this is not improbable. .-■■:-,: :,,.;.. :,,-__—• — . ..