Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Lane to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States of America,
San José, Costa Rica, April 16, 1899.

No. 22.]

Sir: I have the honor to report the arrival at Limon yesterday af ternoon of the U. S. S. Detroit.

Under instructions from Minister Merry I telegraphed Captain Dayton that “the minister expected to go on board the Detroit at Greytown April 20, important,” and I have the captain’s reply that he would be there on that date.

With the assurances, etc.,

Rufus A. Lane,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.