Gilpin observer., 1904-01-14
olympia AT COLON.
ADMIRAL GIVEN FRIENDLY RE
ccPTION AT cARTAaGNA.
Cruiser Returns to Colon rieh Minis.
ter Deaupre-Colomb;dn Relresent-
atives ciosing UP Lecatiau ed %ssn-
ineton-Reyes Prepares 20 -eavc.

Ter Deauprc-CoIcfnpidn ffe l-'-sGHt L
atives closing UP Lecatia ed #ssn-
inston-Reycs Prepares 70 -eavc.
Colon, .-Admira tJrl.ans
flagship The cruiser Oiym 4.liged
here from Cartagena. briL n. A. NJ
Beaupre. United States M YER 10
Colombia. and Mrs Be- Mir.
Beaupre will sail for New larl. Oh
the Yucatan today.
Mr.. Beaupre is going home on a
leave of absence. which has =. long
deferred. He said that he thought
that any trouble between The uGited
States and Colombia was Improbable.
and that the Americans in Colombia.
of whom there were very few. only
about ten in Bogota and soile pros
pectors in AntioGuia and other places,
were in no danger of moles on.
The reception of the Olympia at
Cartagena was friendly. IS the
Olympia ran in toward the entrance Of
the big lagoon on which Cartag sna IS
situated she deserted the Colombian
cruiser Cartagena four miles distant,
making every effort to reacn The en-
trance and to pass into the lagoon
ahead of the Olympia, which she sue
ceeded in doing. The Olympia steamed
slowly TO the tortuous entrance be-
tween two old Spanish forts, which
apparently were deserted, and found
that the Colombian cruiser had taken
up position a short distance inside,
but commanding the entrance. 1t
was learned subsequently that the
Cartagena had grounded there and
later she was towed into port. When
the Olympia passed the Colombian
warship she hoisted the Colombian
flag at her main and fired salute of
twenty-one guns. Shortly thereafter
the Colombian battery at the edge of
the town returned the salute.
Admiral Coghlan then sent a boat
ashore to communicate with United
States Consul Orr. but 1t was learned
that Mr. Orr had left Cartagena a
fortnight ago for Barranquilla. The
British vice consul at. Cartagena, who
is very sick man and is hardly eX-
pected to live, had undertaken to look
after the United States interests. Ad-
official visit to Dr. Insignares, the gov
ernor of Bolivar, which he did, accom-
panied by Captain Harrison Colby.
Governor insignares. surrounded by
a large number of secretaries and
aides. received Admiral Coghlan in
the large salon of the palace, to which
the populace was admitted. Admiral
Coghlan and Governor Insignares ex-
changed the regulation formalities,
the crowd listening attentively. The
governor said he would return the
visit Immediately. whereupon the ad-
miral and party returned 10 the Olym-
pia. The officers were in no way mo.
Tested by the crowd. Neither by words
nor looks did the populace display
any hostility. The Colombian bat
terry fired a rear admiral's salute as
Rear Admiral Coghlan pulled off for
the Olympia. Later the governor, ac'
companied by numerous retinue.
boarded the Olympia for the return
visit and remained fifteen minutes.
When the governor and party were
DISSEMINATING the Olympia fired gov
ernor's 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 courteously
and while their visit was not marked
by the slightest unpleasant or unto
ward incident. it was evident that the
authorities at Cartagena were not
very glad to see the Olympia and were
glad when she took her departure
Admiral Coghlan was careful to leave
at the soonest possible moment. evil
IDENTIFY remembering the absolute 10y
atty of the department of Bolivar TO
the Bogota government.
Comparatively little information as
to the general situation could be OBJ
tanned at Cartagena. There are prob
ably $500 troops there and there are
reported to be 500 at Barranqailla
The government is doubtless slowly
concentrating troops at Barranquil!a
and moving them toward Titumati in
small numbers There is probably
200 Colombian soldiers at Titumati
and vicinity and this number is grad
ually being increased