The Wheeling daily intelligencer

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day, these make up the routine life on

the blockade. There are plenty of col

liers coming and going In the Heet. but

supplies of other sorts appear to be

very short. Press boats are prohibited

by International law from earning

clal messages back and forth, on their j

frequent trips to Hayti and Jamaica

with news, tut tliere Is nothing to pre

vent their buying onions, mineral wa

ter and such necessaries for the officers

cooped up on the battleships. These

small ofilces are gratefully received and

go-far toward making the press boats

tolerated'in the squadron.

But nearly every boat In the presi

fleet has been shot at one or more times

at night and one of them has been hit.

Fortunately there were no casualties.

The higher naval officials recognize

the great service performed by these i

boats in collecting and handling the

news.

Cnnrrrmtlon.

When 3 press boat halls the flagship

fo^ the last news before.heading away

for Kingston. Port Antonio or the Mole

St. Nicholas, there is considerable ex

citement on board the warship.

This Is a sample conversation yelled

through the megaphone at two hundred

"a?Sav, old man, don't forget that loaf

sugar for the commbdore, and the Ju

nior mess wants to know if you canit

cet a whole crate of onions. And don t.

don't forget the polly water. And say. I

forgot, we must have some tobacco.

"What sort? Oh. anything that _ will

smoke. Much obliged. Good-bye.

perhaps the British empire. If It knew,

might term this "giving aid and com

fort to belligerents," but when th

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Wheeling daily intelligencer. (1898). Wheeling, W. Va., 1898-06-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026844/1898-06-21/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Wheeling daily intelligencer, 1898-06-21.