The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-26
my SIGHTED The OREGON.
TaTaDLHEN WHO kZEv
uaTga run HUSTLE sHii's.
Coast Representatives In
~.shtngton Ovcrjoyed at the Hat
..~.hip.s wonderful Hecord-Son-
gr@ssiauni critics Are s'ienceo-

~aSuryrros. May .s-Ths Pacific
- eon.fngeng n Washington cannot
-. heir enthusiasm over tho remark
- ,,szforryganoe cf the 5attieshtp ore
REPRESENTATIVE Hi.ifsorn called a.
- uaxY DEPARTMENT to verify the news
- tse spip'z arrival. and ae found -"
sses.ls ~srs fully disposed 10 agree With
a.. r. all he bad 10 Say as IN the Ore
sa~.s grsa; record. lie ssys fhis perform
- has sftenced forever the congressional
s-s.;es Of basflesnips who nad declared that
- e.ffleship ever had crossed CT ever
...,n cross the Atlantic. for the oregoTi's
- aas fraaght with more peril and in
.~sssd s.ra.ght-away stretches 81 greater
,sse,h ,han the Atlantic passage IN @ny
ezason.
rsa tesatgon Of the oregon came about
a. ssealiaf wsy by means 81 beach
-.srtsrs. wao are on the alert for the APP
..oaei. Of hoai.le ships. These beach pa
IS continue nigai and day aud Hast night
a. na;rol aas rewarded by signaling The
~ American batileshlp. Signaling was
s.ag..u hy use 81 torches. and IN this WY
.s.sages TO and from the battieship were
Exchanged through me night.
HAS Lett Jupiter.
uspfTER. Fla. May a5.--The battle
sagu Oregon. whseh arrived hero AZ is,so
l.s, nlghl, Jeff Jupiter at 4 o'clock this
v,ovasng. An effort was made 10 inter-
yxu the officers but they declined 10 talk
"a Was impossible 10 get any informa-
tsn whatever Ensign johnson came
..sore for orders, bat declined TO be in
.svieSed He reported all on board In
feed health.
An Exciting Race.
NEW YORK. May ga dispatch 70
tss Evening World from Jupiter. Fla.
ays that Lieut.. Davis. ~ the hat'issnip
Oregon. came ashore there last night.
sT1nr race" zaid Davis. was d most
exciting 9ue aud especially after ne left
naAss for we knew then the possibility
Of iagereepti0r. Cap. Clark. however.
Kept the little feet In constant readiness
snf had we run into the Spanish fieet we
ws,ld have been heard from. As Il Is we
ere all happy that our race from san
srancsea Is now ended aud VIII have
4 CHARGE 10 take part with the fleets now
looking for the SPANISH
The Marietta and the Buffalo are with
.As Oregon
Officially Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. May Rather re-
.nctsntiy the navy department con
Armed The report OF tie presence Of the
Oregon FL Jupiter met. Florida. where
81 arrived last night. The reluctance ~
shown because the department has re-
EaFaed II ss good policy to keep the
enemy IN ignorance OF the Whereabouts
Of our vessels. While declining 20 give
sHy aetsfls ot The trip III this time the
sGseiais admit that the ship swung Gear
TO tn eastward or both the Lesser and
Greater Antilles after lesving Barbados
aniii she arrived 1t point opposite the
Bahamas when she turned sharply III
And made fo- thu Florida coast.
The Oregon Left Mare Island. caiifor-
n.s. i3eo miles away from Jupiter. on
March ~. 80 she has averaged pa mites
day for 81 days. As d matter Of fact
The sesse, has made better speed FOR 4
Ssea many days were lost In taking coal
I, The South American por1-