The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-29
MIR. BEAUPRE IS AT COLON IF
 Declines tOe $ ,cuSS COlOm- bia1 ! olitics. fS IS ON r 3 OF ABSENCE Brought from Cartagena on the Cruiser olympia. ofhcers of the American Vessel Are Treated with All Courtesy, But
 With No Show of Great Friendliness.
IS ON usR OF ABSENCE
Officers of the American Vessel Are

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 Colon, Dec. 2s.-Admiral Coghlan's flag I ship, the cruiser Olympia, arrived here l tnis afternoon from .Car,akena, prlnging
 A. M. Beaupre, United States Ministe- to Columbia. and M. s. Reaupre. Minister and Mrs. Beaupre arrived at Cartagena ] from Bogota last Saturday and boarded ! the Olympia on her arrival yesterday af- 1 ternoon. The OIympla immediately sailed | for Colon. Minister Beaupre will sail for New York on the steamer Yucatan tomor- row. The reception of the Olympia at Cartagena was friendly. The naval au- thorities here received instructions from Washington Christmas day not to send | the cruiser Atlanta, the converted cruis- CT Mayfiower and the gunboat Castine to Cartagena with the Olympia as previously | projected. ~
 The Cartagena Sighted.
 The Olympia. therefore, sailed for Car tanega alone at daybreak last Saturday
 and arrived oft the Boca Chica entrance | to the big lagoon on which Cartagena ia situated early yesterday morning AS the Olympia nearer the entrance she de~l scried the Colombian cruiser Cartagena four miles distant making every effort
 to reach the entrance and to pass into l the lagoon ahead of the Olympia. which
 she succeeded In doing.
 The Olympia steamed slowly to the tor- tuous entrance between two old Spanish l forts which apparently were deserted. and found that the Colombian cruiser
 had taken up a position a short distance inside, but commanding the entrance. It
 was learned subsequently that the Car 1 tagena had grounded there and that later she was lowed into port. The Olympia passed the Colombian warship and pro- ceeded to Cartagena, which is eight miles from the entrance.
 Colombian Flag Raised.
 Anchoring about q mile from the town,
 the Olympia hoisted the Colombian flag at her main and fired a salute of twenty l one. guns Shortly after the Colombian
 battery at the edge of the town returned | the salute. Admiral Coshlan then sent a
 boat ashore to communicate with United States Consul Orr, but ft was learned that Mr. Orr shad left E&rtagena nbout a 1srt-l night ago for Barranquilia. The British
 Vice-Consii at Carta@ana, who Is very sick man and is hardly expected to live,
 had undertaken to look after United States interests pending the arrival of Mir. Orrs successor.
 Admiral Coghlan then arranged to pay an official visit to pr. Jose Insignares, the Governor of Bolivar. which he did fin the afternoon, accompanied by Captain H. c. Colby. Both officers were fin full dress uniform.
 A big crowd gathered at the docks to meet Admiral Coghlan and Captain Colby, and 1t silently followed the carriage con taining the officers through the streets to the palace, where another big crowd had assembled. Governor Insignares, sur rounded by @ large number of secretaries and aids, received Admiral Coghlan in the large salon of the palace, to which the populace was admitted. The latter, k.I kI. taries by a railing.
 Greetings in F~'-nal Style. Admiral Coghlan and Governor Inslg- mares exchanged the regulation formali- ties. the crowd listening attentively. The Governor said he would return the visit immediately, whereupon Admiral Coghlan and his party returned to the Olympia. The officers were in no way molested or annoyed by the crowd which followed them closely all the time. Neither by words nor looks did the populace display any hostility. The Colombian battery fired a rear admirars salute as Admiral Coghlan pulled off for the Olympia.
 About o'clock in the afternoon Cover nor Insignares. accompanied by a numer- ous retinue, boarded the Olympia for the return visit and remained for fifteen min utes When the Governor and his reti- nue were disembarking the Olympia fired a Governors salute of seventeen guns and immediately thereafter hoisted anchor and steamed out of the lagoon.
 While Admiral .Coghlan and other Americans were treated civilly and cour- teously and while their visit was not marked by the slightest unpleasant or un- toward incident it was evident that the authorities at Cartagena were not glad to see the Olympia and were very glad when she took her departure.
 Quick to Get Away.
 Admiral Coglan was careful to leave at the soonest possible moment evidently remembering the absolute loyalty of the department of Bolivar to the Bogota gov- ernment. It Is suspected that the Bogota government had spies in Cartagena who were watching for any indica tons of dis loyalty since the Cartagenian authorities evidently desired to avoid all unnecessary friendliness with the Americans. cover nor Insignares kept himself surrounded by his stan of secretaries during his in- terviews with Admiral Coghlan in order, no doubt. to have witnesses to prove that he was no more friendly than the circum- stances required.
 No political references were made du- ring the interviews. except by the chief of cartagena customs, who while aboard the Olmpia, proposed with great earnest ness. a toast to the continuance of the friendly relations between the United States and Colombia
 Comparatively little information as to the general situation could be gained at Cartagena. There are probably $500 troops there and there are reported to be 5000 at Barranquilla. The government is doubtless slowly concentrating troops at Bsrranquiila and moving them toward TItumau in small numbers. There are possibly 1,2O0 Colombian soldiers at this latter place and this number gradually being increased
 All Courtesies to Beaupre.
 Minister Beaupre had a good trip down the MaGdalena river and was greatly Rratified to find the Olympia had been sent to Carta gena, The Bogotan authori- ties extended every courtesy to the min- ister who left Bogota on a special train and was carried down the river on a special steamer. He made the trip from Rogota to Cartagena in seven days
 The Associated Press correspondent | questioned Minister Beaupre concerning l