Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
UNDER ARREST.
a Member Of the CHILEAN Parlia-
ment Taken in Custody.
He Is Held in Bonds of 1000 on a
Charge Of Violating the Neural
lily laws-What He Says.
WAR CLOUDS GATHER.


WASHINGTON. May 1S.--"Orders have
been sent the Charleston and other
United States vessels in Pacific waters
e. overtake and seize the Itata
wherever She may be found" said
Mr.. Raymond private secretary to
Secretary Tracy There are no fur
Their details which can be given to the
press at this time and Secretary Tracy
has decided that he will not talk at all
upon the subject" No further official
information than this uttcrance of Mr..
Raymond could be secured at the navy
department
SAN FRANCISCO, May IS.-Richard
Trumbull, a member of the Chilian
congress and a partisan of the insur-
gent party was arrested Monday night
by the nitcd States marshal for vio-
lating the neutrality laws. in con-
nection with the shipment of
arms and munitions Of war on the
schooner Robert and Minnie and
ON the steamer Itata. His bail was
fixed at $4,000, and he was released
with John ID. and Adolph Spreckles as
sureties Trumbull was arrested on
board the Oakland ferryboat. and was
on his way to Washington, to confer. it
is reported. with the CHILEAN con-
sui lie was at once taken
to United States Marshal Longs
Office in this city and made acquainted
with the charges against him. After
his release he stated that he had ex-
pected to be arrested but had made
4 II.
worry about this at all, " said Trum-
bull 1T is mere formality and means
nothing
''Will you make fight against the
.charge?" was asked.
"a victorious one; depend on that
Still, as ! say, it amounts to nothing.
/ have been Swallowed for several days.
and this event was deemed foregone
conclusion by my friends am
an attorney myself, and have studied
| the neutrality laws There is moth
ing in them by which can be
4 held The government of which /
i have the honor to be a high officer, re.
1 spects the United States and would
break none of its laws Intentionally.
| We feel that we are in the right in what
has been done, and would not do diff
! ferently if we had it TO do over again $
What have you TO say about the ac-
ton of the Itata?"
| Nothing. But | might add that
there is a precedent for that action in
| the case of the steamer Scandinavia,
which put out of the Mexican port of
Santa Rosalia with the Mexican mar
| shall aboard"
is the Esmeralda acting as convoy
of the Itata?"
THAT do not know"
| Mr.. Trumbull asserted that if the
Esmeralda were acting as convoy, under
no circumstances would she fire on the
| Charleston.
1T is stated that the cruiser Charles
ton is making for Acapulco harbor,
word having reached here that the
Itata had gone there to rejoin the Chilian
insurgent cruiser Esmeralda, which is
said to be taking in coal at Acapulco.
Los ANGELES, Cal, May 13.-Pilot
Dill, Capt. O'Farrell and the five sea-
men on board the Robert and Minnie,
along with George A. Burt. the super
cargo, were on Monday charged with
violation of the neutrality laws. In
the cases of O'Farrell, Din and Burt
bail was fixed at So, 600 each and in the
case of the seamen 81, 500 each. The
only one who gave bail was Dill; the
others are still in the hands of the
United States marshal