The Secretary of State to
the British Ambassador.
Department of State,
Washington, January 20,
1906.
My Dear Sir Mortimer: I send you a copy of a
letter which I have just received from Mr. Gardner, the Representative
of Gloucester in the House, which indicates the kindly feeling happily
existing between our American fishermen and the Newfoundland
officials.
Faithfully, yours,
[Inclosure.]
Representative Gardner to Mr. Root.
House of Representatives,
Committee on Arts and
Expositions,
Washington, D.
C,, January 18,
1906.
Dear Mr. Secretary: I spoke to you to-day
about the appreciation expressed by Gloucester people of the
courteous act of Inspector O’Reilly, who by prompt action recovered
American fishing gear and fish that would otherwise have been lost
in the ice. I quote from a letter just received from William H.
Jordan, collector of the port of Gloucester, Mass.:
“I thought you would be interested in knowing that a letter Mr.
Merchant received yesterday from Doctor Webber at Bay of Islands,
sent at the request of Captain Ross, stated that Inspector O’Reilly
of the Newfoundland cutter Fiona went into
Penguin and Goose Arm last Tuesday, which were frozen over, broke up
the ice, and recovered all the fishing gear and a large haul of
herring that would have been lost except for that act of courtesy on
the part of Inspector O’Reilly.”
Very truly, yours,
