CRUISER IN COLLISION.

SPANISH STEAMER CRASHES INTO FRENCH BATTLESHIP. NEW YORK, October 23. Officers of the Spanish steamer Telesfora, which .arrived here to-day from Buenos Aires, reported that the steamer was m collision with the French cruiser Descartes m tho harbor of Castries, St. Lucia, on October 5. - The cruiser was badly injured, according to the officers, and had to be taken to Martinique for repairs. The collision occurred as .the Telesf ora was entering th© harbor, her officers said. They did not see the Descartes till the cruiser was dead ahead. The steamer's engines were reversed and she let drop her anchor. Her momentum, however, was tod great and she crashed at high full speed into the warship. The Telesf ora was made to give a bond to make good the cruisers repairs before she was permitted "to continue her. trip to Boston and New York. Her injuries were found to be insignificant. The Tolesfora is of approximately 2700 tons.