The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-26
ON THE LONG TRIP AROUND CAPE
HORN
THE BIG BATTLESHIP OREGON
Actually and Definitely Located at
Jupiter, Florida, Where She
Stayed for Two Hours

4 Jupiter, Fla, says that Lieut.. A. X. Z
\ Davis Of the battleshlp Oregon came 4
\ ashore there last night. +
\ "Our race" said Lieut. Davis, twas 4
\ most exciting one, especially after 4
\ we left Bahia, for we knew then Of pos 4
\ sibility Of interception. Captain 4
\ Clark, however, kept the little feet In +
\ constant readiness. and had we run =
\ into the Spanish fleet we would have 4
\ been heard from. AS 1t is. we are all 4
i happy that our race from San Fran 4
\ cisco is now ended and that we will 4
i have a chance to take part with the 4
\ fleets now looking for the Spaniards." +
i The Marietta and Buffalo are with 4
+ the Oregon. +
Oflcials Admit It
WASHINGTON, May 25-Secretary of
the Navy Long was at the White House
twice this morning to see the President,
only few minutes each time. On leaving
the second time he made the important
announcement of the safe arrival Of the
battleship Oregon at Jupiter Inlet, Fla,
about midnight last night.
At the same time Secretary Long, while
expressly stating that no official advices
had been received of the bottling up Of the
Spanish fleet in the harbor at Santiago de
Cuba by Commodore Schley's squadron,
announced that there was every reason to
believe that such is the case.
There is so little room for doubling the
report that Cervera and hts vessels are
penned In the harbor by Commodore
Schley's squadron that Secretary Longs
statement that there was every reason to
IA - . al 4
by the President, who in reply to inquiries
from Congressional callers, said that 1t was
undoubtedly true Secretary Long had
only brief talk with the President over
the situation.
The safe arrival of the Oregon at Jupiter
had been discounted to some extent by pre-
vious announcements Of Its safety.
Commodore Schley's catching up with the
Cervera fleet was source of much con-
graduation, for in the conferences that took
place in the White House there was feel
ing that 1t brought the end Of the war much
nearer. Asked as to the possibility of a
ruse of some sort arising from Admiral
Ceryera's deliberately entering the harbor
under the circumstances, Secretary Long
said the purpose Of the Spanish could only
be conjectured, but that it might be they
went into Santiago for coaling. While re-
framing from discussing specifically the
matter Of re-enforcements and the dis
patch of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet, now as
serted to be in the neighborhood Of Ha-
vana, to Santiago, Secretary Long had no
hesitation in saying Commodore schley
could have whatever aid he wanted.
A Great Record
WASHINGTON, May 25.-Rather re.
luctantly the Navy Department confirmed
the report of the presence Of the Oregon
at Jupiter Inlet, Fla, where she arrived
last night The reluctance Is shown be-
cause the department has decided 1t is good
policy to keep the enemy in ignorance Of
the whereabouts Of our vessels. While
declining to give any details of the trip
at this time. the officials admit that the
ship swung clear to the eastward Of both
the Lesser and Greater Antilles after leav-
ing Barbados until she arrived at point
opposite the Bahamas, when she turned
sharply in and made for the Florida coast.
Just what she Is doing at Jupiter cannot
be learned Perhaps she is lying there to
guard the great channel between the Ba-
hamas and Florida, as this would be the
course followed by the Spanish squadron
or by the torpedo boat destroyer Terror in
the event the Spanish had determined
on an attack on some OF the cities of the
North Atlantic coast. In that case moth
ing would be likely to pass the Oregon
without rendering fair account. On the
other hand, she may possibly be at Jupiter
awaiting instructions of the department
as to which way to proceed for cleaning
Oh has
prising IL she appeared at Port Royal to-
morrow and tested the new dock there for
the first time for a battleship since her
sister ship, the Indiana, was carried in a
couple Of years ago.
The Oregon left Mare Island, CAL, 10, 900
miles away from Jupiter, on March 49,; so
she had averaged 200 miles day for s.
days. As a matter of fact, the vessel had
a better speed, for a good many days were
lost in taking coal at the South American
ports The Pacific Coast contingent In
Washington cannot restrain their enthu-
siam over the remarkable performance of
this creation of the slope workshops. Rep
resentative Hilborn called at the Navy
Department to verify the news of the
ships arrival. and he found the officials
were fully disposed to agree with him in
all that he had to say as to the Oregon's
great record. He says that by this per-
Torrance the ship has silenced forever the
congressional critics of battleships when
they declared that no battleship had or
ever would cross the Atlantic for the
Oregons run was fraught with peril and
involved straight-away stretches of great
err length than the Atlantic passages in any
season.
The locating of the Oregon came about in
a peculiar way by means Of the beach
watchers, who are on the alert for the ap-
proach of hostile ships. These beach pat
rolls continue night and day, and last night
the patrol was rewarded by sighting the
big American battleship. Signaling was
begun by the use of torches, and in this
way messages to and from the battleship
were exchanged through the night. In
turn these messages were sent to the
Navy Department, which Is connected by
wire with the signal station Jupiter In
let, The Oregon has not yet sent the usual
notice of her arrival.
Again at Sea
JUPITER, Fla, May 25.-The United
States battleship Oregon, which arrived
here at 1880 pm. last night, has left Jupi-