Show The Three Friends Case Washington Dec 26The only information in-formation received by the treasury department de-partment concerning the seizure at Key West of the reported filibustering filibuster-ing steamer Three Friends wa contained in a telegram from the collector col-lector of customs at that port stating that the vessel was detained on suspicion sus-picion under the general instructions circular issued by the department to detain any vessel suspected of violating violat-ing the neutrality laws The officials of the department telegraphed tele-graphed the collector of customs at Fernandina from which port she is supposed to have sailed when her departure de-parture was reported in the newspapers news-papers asking whether the vessel had cleared properly but up to 4 oclock when the ipquiry was received no reply I had arrived The report of the Three Friends has been referred by the treasury justice treas-ury department to the department of I |