Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — MAY SAVE THE OREGON. [ARTICLE]

MAY SAVE THE OREGON.

A Press Dispatch from Che-Foo Encourages the Navy Department. A press dispatch from Chefoo encourages the Navy Department in the belief that the battleship Oregon, Which grounded on uncharted rocks near Chefoo, will be saved. The dispatch states that the

pumps are holding the water down, which indicates that the holes in the ship’s bottom are not of much Importance. 'The work of lightening the battleship has proceeded with all posible haste. The fight to save the battleship is being earnestly made by the men and the machinery of the big ship, Admiral Kempff's favorable report of the condition of the Oregon is believed by Secretary Long to lx* based upon the report of the commander of the Japanese vessel which generously offered assistance.