An item reported the departure on Monday of the American cruiser USS Chicago (1) from Tamatatee, Madagascar towards the Delagoa Bay, South Africa and via Cape of Good Hope bound for Brazil. She was however to stay nearby this cape as long as needed for protecting American interests in turbulent Transvaal (2) where Americans were working in the diamond fields of possessed gold mines.
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1. Protected cruiser, ordered on 3 March 1883, building awarded on 26 July 1883, laid down by John Roach&Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA on 29 December 1883, launched on 5 December 1885, commissioned on 17 April 1889, decommissioned on 30 September 1923, renamed Alton on 16 July 1928, sold on 15 May 1936 and foundered while under tow from Hawaii towards San Francisco on 8 July 1936.
2. Between 11 October 1899 and 31 Mau 1902 were the Boer States South African Republic or Republic of Transvaal and the Orange Free State at one side and the United Kingdom an the other side involved in the Second Boer War.
