The record-union., 1891-05-16
Special 10 the RrcoRp.US1oS.

Speed.
Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CRY OF MEXICO, May ia dispatch
received late last night from Acapulco
says: ''The Chilean cruiser Esmeralda
entered this port yesterday and sailed
again to-day. Several of her officers
were ashore, and used the wires and
made various inquiries regarding tho
action of the United States, showing that
they were informed that the cruiser
Charleston had been sent in pursuit of
the Itata.
ut is believed that she has steamed
north to intercept the Itata and protect
her should the Charleston attempt to cap
ture her. The officers who came ashore
are very reticent, but from one of the
sailors it was learned that they expected
to sight the Itata and act as her consott
down the coast The Esmeralda has
numerous crew, and in appearance they
are veterans and will fight"
The above dispatch was confirmed at
the War Department, but the officers are
inclined to be reticent. 4 prominent
official said that the cruiser was warned
not to remain in port, as Mexico was not
harborlng insurgent vessels, and did not
than that of Balmaceda.
REPORT CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-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 Itata. A long cable
dispatch in cipher was received this
morning, presumably from Admiral
McCann at Chile.l 1t is known at the de-
partment that the Chilean insurgent
cruiser Esmeralda put into Acapulco a
day or two ago. She appeared there late
in the evening and slipped out of the
harbor and disappeared before daylight.
AN UNKNOWN STEAMER.
SANTA BARBARA, May l5.-An un-
known steamer off the coast this morning
was acting in peculiar manner She was
first observed at 9:45 o'clock and she was
then going up the channel. She rounded
the upper end of Anacapa Island and sail
ed along the island on the outside, then
she turned and stood out to sea, 1t was
impossible to tell the size or the rig of the
steamer, as she was twenty miles away
and only smoke could be seen.
RUMoRs ABOUT THE CHARLESTON.
SAN DIEGO, May Is. - The cruiser
Charleston is reported here, on appa-
rently good authority, as having passed
Point Iona at 6:55 p. NJ, going north
SAN PEDRO, May 15.-The rumor that
night, going north, is not confirmed hero.
The lookout here has seen nothing of the
cruiser.
LATER.-It is now believed that the
vessel reported off Point Iona last night,
and which was supposed to be the Charles
ton, was the Pacific Mail steamship San
Bias, from Panama, which is due at San
Francisco on Saturday.
STOOD IN CLOSE TO HUENEME.
HUENEME, May ia large steamer
flying signals stood in close to this place
at IL O'Clock. AS near as could be made
out, it was the Pacific Mail steamer, and
the letters were P. q. G.. After saluting
| she stood off, bound for the north.
PROBABLY THE SAN BIAS.
SAN Francisco, May l5.-At the Pa
citic Mail Company's office it was stated
! this afternoon that the signal Up. q. ca
simply was cipher meaning REPORT
me TO my employers
| They could not state positively whether
| the vessel flying the three letters was the
| San Bias, due here tomorrow
! 1t is looked upon as strange that tho
cipher -. w. l.. b." meaning San Bias,
was not raised at the same time as the
| ''P. @. g." flags.
NEWS ANXIoUsLY AWAITED.
! SAN DIEGO, May 15.-The Pacific Mail
| Company's steamer Newborn will arrive
here from Mexican ports about midnight
i
ieyed that the Newbern will bring some
| information in regard to the Charleston,
ltata and Esmeralda, and her arrival here
is awaited anXiously.
STILL OFF ACAPULCO.
CITY OIL MEXICO. May l5.-Acapulco
adYices state that tho Chilean cruiser Es-
meralda is still off that port, waiting 10
| soc if it is possible to obtain coal Another
! strange steamer outside Is supposed to be
the Itata. There is no American steamer
| in sight.
| THE SAN FRANCISCO AND BALTIMORE.
New YORK, May ia Tribune Wash
ington special says: Admiral Brown,
who is in charge of the naval forces in
the Pacific. sent long cipher dispatch To
qae, where his vessel, the San Francisco,
has been for some days. The Baltimore,
which has been at anchorage near VAL
paratso, will join the San Francisco aS
| lquique. Both vessels will remain 40
that port until further orders, the tenor Of
which will be governed by the result of
the Charleston's search for the ltata.
The Pensacola. with Acting Rear-Ad-
| miral McCann, will probably remain i'll
the vicinity of Valparaiso. Should tho
Itata evade the Charleston, as is now not
unlikely, her progress toward Chile Will
be arrested by one of the vessels at
| Iquique. The necessity for having two
naval vessels together i'll Chilean waters
during the attempt to seize the rebel
I transport when it shall reach that terri
| tory has prompted the joining together
of the Baltimore and San Francisco.
NO AMERICAN VESSEL SIGHTED.
NEW YORK, May 15.-A World City OF
Mexico special says that adyices have
been received from Acapulco as lato as
| z o'clock this evening. No American
vessel has been sighted there up to that
hour, nor had any cruiser been seen off
Mazatlan or Manzinello. There is a vague
rumor from Zihuatentjo that several fish
ing craft have reported seeing large
cruiser going north at a high rate of
speed, but the report is not confirmed.
Great excitement prevails along the
coast. The Mexican Department of For
eign Relations is Watching matters care
fully. Orders are going. it is reported, TO
the coast military commanders, and the
local authorities are sending out small
craft to reconnoiter.
|
Bishop of Georgia.