Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-06-02
THEORECONA lat HOME
Thrilling Account Of the Trta up
the Eastern Coast.
RACING THROUGH MAGELLAN STRAITS


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KEY WEST, Fla, May aa-Capt. Chas.
L. Clark and other officers of the Ore
gop came ashore at ten O'Clock and re-
ported all well on board and the ship
lin good condition.
The Oregon aft San Francisco on
March 10, arrived ut Callao April q, left
there ON April Z, and passed
Sandy Point ON April "a. arriving at
Rio Janeiro on April SO. Tho bat
tleship reached Bahia on May 8.
and touched at Harbadoes on May IS.
At the latter place the war ship was
Qaarantined, bat she wa only detained
one day,
The ~battleship arrived of Jupiter
lighton May 81, and then communicated
with Washington
The Oregon picked up the cruiser
Marietta and the dynamite cruiser
Nietheroy between Rio Janeiro and
Bahia, but she parted company with
them afcer a few hundred miles.
Capt. Clark said the crew of the Ore
gon had suffered from the heat in pass
Ing twice through the tropics.
"Au the way along" he added, 1--WE
were wondering whore the Spaptards
were, and we never acocrtained that
fact until we reached here
DO you know now2" Capt. Clark
was asked,
Well" he replied. III imagine we
an make q YER accurate guess"
The Oregon will remain here for or
The Oregon ooaicd four times on her
trip, at Callao, Sandy Point, Rio Ja-
metro and Barbadoes, and reached here
with plenty OF coal and water on board.
The first news the officers and crew
of the Oregon had Of tho Manila vic
tory Wa NJ RIO Janeiro, where Capt.
Clark received a telegram from WASH
ington.
On leaving the Barbados the Orc
gon sailed almost directly north, GO
ing to the north of Porto Rico. about
$50 miles. Tho northerly course IA
continued until the Bermudas wcro
sighted, when she sailed for the east
coast of Florida.
Capt. N, Clark explains that the O
son for going to Jupiter inlet, instead
Of putting in at Key West. was to en-
able the Oregon TO be ready to 60
either 70 Key West or Hampton Roads
In short order after getting informa-
ton from Washington. Capt. Clark
had no official knowledge o; tho situa-
ton after leaving Rio J~ancaro. April 20.
During the entire trip the crew ex-
pected moinentarily 30 meet the Span
iards. Only once. however, was there
q call 10 arms. This was shortly after
midnight on Lowing BIO Janciro. Al
the Oregon wos blowing through the
black equatorial sea a dark object was
discovered shead. The oaal to quarters
was sounded. the men rolled out OF
their berths with the enthusiasm Of
boys on a circus day, and almost In
stantiy every gun was manned.
The Oregon kft her cours and CIR
cled around he blach pursuer. only to
find it a harmless bark, instead of q
Spanish war ship.
Bach to their berths crept the men
with mutterings Of disappointment
and disgust
At Rio DO Japciro Capt. Clark was
told that the Spanish torpedo boat
Temerario was following him. The
report gave new interest to tho trip
for q day and night, but at the next port
Of call he was informed that the Teme-
rario had gone into dry dock at Rio
Janeiro Just after the departure OF che
Oregon.
The cruise through tho straits Of
Magellan was most interesting. 1t
~s,o "a $Ata Co. aax~n xrninA ~ NhA
American hemisphere that the crew
expected % receive q visit from tho
Spaniarda. In many places the chan
mel Is very narrow and crooked, with
| hidden bays and ooves, and back Of
them mountains towering into tho
clouds on either side Moreover, they
| were In the land Of 10y winter. For
! more than o month they had heen sail
| ing under troph1cal skies. and now the
blasts of December whistled among the
| crags above them, and Zoe at night lay
on the decks.
But the Oregon did not lag, Capt.
Clark had nc ideo of giving the Span
iards, II they were there q chance to
| catch him mapping. II the great bat
| tleship wcTe 10 be caxght 1t should be
Q catch on Tho wing The engines
were warmed up 10 their best work.
md wherever n ~as nSe md possible
the oregoo bowied along Of Is knots
an hour. The machinery worked well
and on occasions the speed was tn
| creased throe Knots In o few minutes
A stop Of throe days was made at
| Sandy Point, where coal ~as taken on
and other supplies secured
The Oregons b officers and crew OF
425 seanen wcro we'll and happy when
| the bottleshap cast anchor off Sand
Key lighthouse OF 0;3O yesterday morn
| ing. The Oregon Is In iirst-class shape
and ready for another cruise as long
rs the tnst ended The excellent
| condition Of the men after their 90
| dayeis perhaps even moro remarkable.
Throughout the entire trip there were
| no cases of serious ifinoss on board,
| and Inc men are a. eager for imme-
| hate activtty as II they had Just come
from q vacation in the mountains.
spanssh vosssTs 30 be YmpFSssed as Auriii-
AIRY Cruisers
MApnIp, Nav y VT Is currently re.
| ported here that the Spanish govern
| mept hos ordered all the Spanish
steamers from 1000 tons up. capable OF
stcomin8 q minimum OF 10 knots, TO DO
impressed Us auxiliary cruisers.
The Spanish commanders ak the vazi-
ous ports. u Is adtcd, haze been In
saructed TO take charge of such steam-
ess. whether mail boaSs OF oeherwtsc.
Ihave been q sufferer from chronic
diarrhoea ever since the war and have
used all kinds Of medicines for II. Al
last found one remedy that has been
a success as a cure, and that is Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.-P. e. GRIsHAM.G aars Mills