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Elks Scheduled to Meet Moose

Keaton and Koski Opposing Twirlers in City League Game Tomorrow.

The Moose and Elks are scheduled to play at 2 p. m. tomorrow afternoon at City Park. Keaton is billed to hurl for the Bills and Koski will probably occupy the mound for the Moose.

Although the Elks will be crippled by the absence of Bobby Coughlin, star backstop of the league, they are confident of maintaining their winning stride. With five straight victories under their belt they have visions of leading the league in a short time and expect to climb another notch tomorrow.

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Big Guns Thunder As Explorer Sets Sail

MacMillan Leaves Boston Amid Great Outburst of Enthusiasm

Boston. June 17.—(AP)—The arctic expedition of Lieut. Commander Donald B. MacMillan sailed from the navy yard at Charleston shortly after noon today In the steamship Peary bound for Wiscasset, Me. From Wiscasset the Peary and the schooner Bowdoin will sail on MacMillan’s ninth trip

The big guns on the navy craft thundered farewell as the little steamer slipped away on the first leg of the trip beyond the arctic circle. A navy band on the pier played “Auld Lang Syne.” The crowd which had crammed its way into the navy yard cheered. The harbor echoed with the shrill of marine whistles as craft at anchor joined In the parting tribute.

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June 14, 1862 – Destruction of the Merrimac

Com. Tatnall reports as follows to the Rebel Secretary of War :

“We observed from the Merrimac that the flag was not flying on Sewell’s Point Battery, and that it appeared to have been abandoned. I dispatched Lieut. J. P. Jones, the Flag Lieutenant, to Craney Island, where the Confederate flag was still flying, and he there learned that a large force of the enemy had landed on Bay shore, and were marching rapidly on Norfolk ; that Sewell’s Point Battery was abandoned, and our troops were retreating. I then despatched the same officer to Norfolk, to confer with Gen. Huger and Captain Lee. He found the Navy Yard in flames, and all the other officers had left by railroad—that the enemy was within a half a mile of the city, and that the Mayor was treating for its surrender.

On returning to the ship he found that Craney Island and all the other batteries on the river had been abandoned.

It was now seven o’clock in the evening, and this unexpected confirmation rendered prompt measures necessary for the safety of the Virginia.

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Red Live Lobster In Portland Shipment

Postcard with a harbor scene with a red lobster superimposed. Its text reads "Greetings from Maine."

Newark, N. J., June 12.—(AP)—A live lobster, scarlet in color, arrived here today in a shipment from Portland, Maine.

The authority on shell fish at the American Museum of Natural History in New York when notified said that a red lobster was a freak among lobsters, similar to the albino among humans. He stated that the museum has a blue lobster and asked that the red lobster be presented to the museum.