The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-18

ru,rolulu dispatch to the New YORK
,,,,,s. Not since The arrival here OF
to Japanese cruiser Naniwa has Hon
u, amin been so much excited over any
s,.,mshIp's appearance In the harbor
a.t was yesterday morning by that of
~. United States gunboat Wheeling,
which anchored in man-of-war row, af-
,,opJue days run from San Francisco,
RsIDr sunday little was known about
,s WhecIing's mission until about
r,op when the report was circulated
,b,t Japancsc troops were embarkins
sj Kobe Tor Yokohama for service IN
laval and that the Wheeling had been
t'r, IA warn Admiral Miller and 10 no
nd, him that the Oregon would arrive
w. w. rev days, also that Spain and
I,pan had formed an alliance against
H. United States. ! repeat these ru-
mars Ia show nervously eNcitable thiI
Community IL. When It was learned
tbgt the Wheeling had merely brought
Admiral Miller orders to send the Phil
sJclnbla to the Mare Island navy yard
and 10 ny his flag during her absenca
on the Bennington, excitement cooled
down , -.
,ar facts connected with the Wheeling's
,rlp which have set navy officers to
wondering what really lies behind the
anDalently innocent purpose OF her voy-
are The Wheeling was about to start
on her Rnal acceptance trial and was
destined for duty In Alaskan waters.
per officers and crew had been notified
10 prepare for cold weather, and they
had supplIcd themselves with heavy
clothing only The only charts supplied
10 her were those of the coast north of
San Francisco. She was hurried away
10 Honolulu with one days notice and
was ordered to go with despatch"
which means full speed. Navy people
are asking why she was diverted from
her acceptance trial, and from her cruise
in Alaskan waters. where she was much
needed, also why the navy department
went 10 this great expense when the
mail steamer leaving San Francisco on
October would have brought Admiral
Miller his orders within five or six days
Of the WheellnG's time.
NAVY DEPARTMENTS PREPARA-
TIONS.
No one here believes that the mex
pcable haste shown by the navy de-
partment was due TO complications
with Japan. II any special Significance
attaches to II the reason therefor must
he found In the Cuban situation. II Is
believed possible that the Philadelphia
will be dry locked, cleaned and repaired
IN thirty days and will return here as
flagship, while the Baltimore will sail
for Valparaiso to be nearer the scene of
possible trouble In the Atlantic, but the
navy department does not intend to
leave Honolulu unguarded. The Wheel
iHg brought nearly fifty men for the
cruiser Yorktown, which Is under orders
( 10 touch here en- route for the Asiatlo
station to San Francisco, and the York.
town, the bennington and the Wheel
Ing will remain here. Admiral Miller's
Tag was hauled down on the Phlladel-
phIa this afternoon and holsted on the
Bennington with the usual salute. The
Philadelphia will sail for San Francisco
h daybreak tomorrow morning. The
admiral will be Obliged 10 live ashore
until the Philadelphia or the Baltimore
Drives.
Japan intends evidently to keep up the
farce Of pretended willingness to arbi-
lrate the immigration dispute with Ha-
wall BY the steamer China day before
Yesterday Minister Shlmamura received
dispatches from his government, but
owing to the absence Of Foreign Minis
ter Cooper who has gone TO the island of
Hawaii, he will not present them TO the
Hawaiian government for several days.
1apan's reply to the latest letter from
Hawaii will propose that the two ma
tons shall agree upon the facts to bN
laid before the king OF the Belglans for
determination as to whether Japan or
Hawaii has right on her side In the i'm
migration controversy.
lnasnuch as Japan positively refuses
10 submit to arbitration those points
upon which the whole OF Hawaii's case
rests no one Is able 10 see how the two
governments will be able 10 agree about
facts most Of which Japan rules out OF
court II Is believed that Japan's an
twor viii not advance the dispute to-
ward settlement and that no practical
pan VIII he proposed by either nation
nntI the United states has acted on the
tnneSation treaty.