Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 505, 24 January 1902 — GRAVE ALARM FELT ABOUT THE FATE OF BRITISH SLOOP CONDOR [ARTICLE]

GRAVE ALARM FELT ABOUT THE FATE OF BRITISH SLOOP CONDOR

British Consul W. R. Hoare feels very much alarmed over the fate of the sloop of war Condor, which is now 51 days out from Victoria for Honolulu, and he is inclined to regard her as lost. The Ventura did not bring him any information from the Admiral of the Naval Station at ■ Esquimau concerning her where-j abouts, although it is possible that an answer to a telegram of inquiry which Mr Hoare sent some lime ago may have been seat in the registered mail. There are now seven sacks of maiij matter for the Condor at the local | postofllce. This fact seems to indi • cate that, when she left Victpdia. there was no doubt about her being bound for this port. ) Pr- ss dispatches brought by the Ventura state that considerable alarm is felt in Victoria and San Francisco about the fate of the Condor. The British vessel Phaeton is being prepared at San Francisco to go out and j search for her