Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress
December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State
[Telegram.]
Mr. Olney to Mr.
Williams.
Washington, May 7,
1896.
Competitor case. Informed officially that only one
American citizen was taken and is now under arrest. If possible, report
by cable, who and where he is, on what charges held and how treated.