St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-16
THAT TIREsoME SEA CHASE.
No Reliable News of Any Char
aCter to Be Had.


CITY OF MEXICO. May IA dispatch
received late Wednesday night from
Acapulco says: The Chilian cruiser
Esmeralda entered this port yes
teTday and sailed again to-day.
Several of her officers were ashore and
used the wires and made various
Inquiries regarding the action of the
United States, showing that they had
been Informed that the cruiser Charles
ton had been sent in pursuit of the
ltata. 1t is believed that the Esmeralda
has steamed north to intercept the Itata
and protect her should the Charleston
attempt to capture her. Moth
ing was purchased here by any
of the officers. The officers
ent, but from one of the sailors it was
learned that they expected to sight the
Itata and act as her convoy down the
coast. The opinion prevails here that
should the Charleston attempt to can
ture the Itata naval engagement will
take place, and the United States will
get the worst of it. The above dispatch
was confirmed at the war department
yesterday, but the officers were in
claimed to be reticent. Minister of War
Henolosa said that the ESmerada had
sailed into the port on Tuesday and
had said out again yesterday. l. was
ton from him. The following dis
patch was received here at 5 D. m.
Yesterday: San Bias Topic. May
IA long, low rakish craft is
lying on and off this port. with steam
up. and flying no colors. Fishing boats
report her as being manned by large
crew and protected by formidable guns
A steam yacht has been sent out to in
vestigate. Later advices received here
from Acapulco state that the Esmeralda
is still off that port, waiting to see if it
IS possible to obtain a supply of coal.
There is another strange steamer out
side. supposed to be the Itata. No
American steamer is in sight.
ACAPULCO. May IA number of
kilograms addressed to the United
States cruiser Charleston have been re-
ceived here and from that fact it is pre-
sumed that that vessel has orders to
stop here. The Esmeralda is said to be
anchored Off shore fifteen miles south of
here. She did not obtain coal or NUM-
tons here, but was allowed to take
water and provisions.
WASHINGTON. May Is The same re-
ply. mo news" was made by Acting
Secretary Ramsey this morning to the
question as to whether he had heard
from the Charleston or the Itata. A
long cable dispatch in cipher was re-
ceived this morning. presumably from
Admiral McCann at Chill. but three
naval officers have not as yet
succeeded in unraveling its contents.
It is known at the department that the
CHILEAN insurgent cruiser Esmeralda
put into Acapulco a day or two ago.
QnnpqTnH thnrn OF IN ha
and was not. so far as is known. warned
off by the Mexican authorities.
but had slipped out of harbor
and disappeared before daylight.
1t appeared later in the day, wnen the
cable dispatch had been deciphered,
that it had been sent by Admiral Brown
from the San Francisco, which is now
at some CHILEAN port. Information
as to its contents was refused at the
department further than that it
was an answer from Admiral Brown
to the instructions cabed him last
week. This is an indication that even
IN the event of the failure of the
Charleston to catch the Itata, the latter
vessel will not have escaped all danger
and will still have to run the gauntlet
OF the United States vessels now on the
CHILEAN coast. Up to the close of bust
ness hours at the department no advices
had been received of the Charleston OF
the Itata.
II SAN FRANCISCO. May 15.-The steam
er Montserrat, which has been loading
cargo of cereals and provisions here
for Chill, left this afternoon. Watch
was maintained over her to the last by
customs officials that 10 arms or contra
band goods be shipped.
SAN DIEGO, May 15.-It is now be-
lieved that the vessel reported off Point
Iona last night, and which was sup
posed to be the Charleston, was the Pa
cifc Mail steamship San Bias, from
Panama, which is due at San Francisco
Saturday.
LONDON, May 15.-The Standard in
an editorial this morning, says: 1--WE
can only account for Americas ex-
traordinary zeal in pursuing the Gillian
steamer ltata on the assumption that
the government is delighted at having
an opportunity of retrospectively justi-
tying its Alabama contention, as against
England. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether this ingenious behavior can eS-
tablish any new dictum in interna-
tional law"