Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1898, Page 3

—_— THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1898—14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. VENTION CHRISTL jONARY ce. SATURDAY p-m., First Baptist Cburch— ‘anton Temple ‘Speakers, ._ Rev. » Rev. Henry Wilson, Rev. C. AL Africa), Miss “Mattie Perry. southern Mev. M.S. Anderson, Rev. C; C. NEW coUNcIL ROY NUM WiLL BE a May 2, at 2d ‘floor. institut 3 All desirous of joining BRUN, Deputy G #0 ments, for men and womet ‘it WILL HOLD iT, & CG te quested to meet 20 p.m, with Naoiut to attend fair and expos UW. Iba M. mute mm city F $100 cash ar, EST OLN. T. Knife and ace ing done. to dressmakers. me while sit at OPPENHEIMER'S, 514 9th st. nw. apla-4t her you are patching up or building a- pala will pay you ing machines rented and Whe an old hous: the glazing. We carry largest and finest stock of glass in the city aud employ a large force pert giuzers. = We r order—great 0 guarantee absol ‘email— te satis- faction. HODGKIN 14 Glass Experi,” 913 7th st. MEN! ‘The desire to be well dressed 1s steadily becoming an absorbing ene with men. Conclusive proof of this is the rapidly increasing demand for better _ tailoring. We're making ten suits now to every one of former years. And we are doing better tailoring at considerably smaller prices. Suits s little as $18. ELD SIMPSO: MR. STANLEY €. AUERBACH, 623 PA. AVE. is the agent for the Celebrated Eldridge les for the D. api5-3t THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE POLICY holders of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Asso- elation at Parlor 10, Willard’s Hotel, Satur- day evening, at § o'clock, for Important businecs, apls-2t D. 8. STANL SPIRITUALISM.—WILL THE LOCKET PROPH- ecy be fulfilled? Read “THE an Aes BRENTANO'S, 1015 Pa. ave., and leading bool stores. 25 cents. apseis-2e> The Home of Stationery. lationery is always “‘at home”’ e comes under the head of St: Ty d Office Supplies—anything you’ to find in a thoroughly modern store— ‘r absent from our stock. Our prices modern, teo—very low. 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NEW MARKET—-22D AND P opened SEPTEMBER 1. Applications for space now Ueing received at the office of CHAS. E- BANES, lith and G sts. nw. sps-6t Might as well drink the best whisky 28 some of the abominations now be- ing sold as pure. Berkeley Pure Rye Whisky, sold by James Tharp, 812 F st. n.w.. Is the connoisseurs" choice. As a beverage or for family use it is yes the best upon the market. apQ-1nd OFFICE OF_ TE STON MON - ebine Co., Washington, D. C. Apa 1. 808 the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Lan- type-Machine Company will be held at ston M he Exchange and Ballard Hotel. Alexandria, _on THURSDAY, the St 1:20, orclock pum day of April, A. D. 1808, for the purpose of rectors to serve for the en- suing year and transacting such other business may properly come before it. Polls open 2 pa. Transfer books will be April 15, at P. By order of the board. apé-dtap2i B. F. COLE, Secretary. Best Horseshoeing Cheap. 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Pleasant, is by proceedings under the acts of July 22, 1892, and August 24, 1994, relative to the opening of alleys and minor streets. The District Commissioners have ordered that the public well at 9th street and South Carolina avenue be closed. : , FIGHTING JIM JOUETT The Hero Feels Confident of Presi- dent McKinley’s Courage. PRESENT NEEDS OF THE NAVY Torpedo Boats and Mighty Moni- tors Placed First of All. SOME INTERESTING FACTS — Rear Admiral James E. Jouett, retired, who wore the sobriquet of “Fighting Jim Jouett” during the war of the rebellion, is considered one of the best living authori- ties on the art of naval warfare and the implements most efficacious in its proper prosecution. He lives in Washington at No. 1313 S street northwest, and while now he is temporarily indisposed and confined to his residence, he is as vigorous and lusty Admiral James EB. Jouett. as a youth mentally, and will soon be !n the same condition physically. He carries his seventy years better than most men carry fifty, and every autumn finds him in the saddle riding madly after the hounds as they send a red fox skurrying through the hills of Maryland. His interest in the crisis which now confronts his country 45 | naturally keen because he was a great fac- tor in settling that other serious problem a third of a century ago. Jouett's record in the navy fills many a glorfous page. He is a Kentuckian, born there in February, "28, and proud of his descent from a brave and fearless ancestry that made itself felt in the wars of the old world and came to the new to blaze the way westward in the front ranks of the pioneers. His Naval Record. He entered the navy as a midshipman in September, 1841, and passed through the successive grades of the service to the out- break of the civil war, when on the night of November 17, 1861, he began his brilliant career. He was a lieutenant on board of the United States frigate Santee, and that momentous night he conducted a hazard- ous boat expedition against the confeder- ate vessel of war Royal Yacht, off Gaives- ton, Tex. He captured and destroyed that vessel, and in the hand-to-hand encounter on her decks, when he and his gallant men boarded her, he received a severe pike wound in-the arm and side. The country rang with Jouett’s praises. His immediate commanding officer, Captain Henry Engle, recommended him for a command suitable to his rank. Flag Officer Willlam W. Mc- Kean, commanding the squadron, compli- mented him in general orders, and he was ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, who | officially expressed the department's appre- ciation of his “daring and successful ex- ploit,"" to proceed to Washington so that he might “be given a command worthy of his gallantry.” Lieutenant Jouett was given command of the Montgomery, and became the terror of blockade runners, capturing scores of valuable vessels and performing many feats of valor in connection with them. He was equally active and success- ful when commanding the R. R. Cuyler, engaged in the same blockade duty. His Heroism at Mobile Bay. Being made a lieutenant commander, he was given command of the side-wheel wooden steamer Metacomet, which partici- pated in the fight in Mobile bay and was lashed to the side of Rear Admiral Farra- gut’s flagship, the Hartford, and passed the forts with her. It was in this fight, Au- gust 5, 1864, that Jouett again displayed an eminent fnd conspicuous courage. In his report of the occurrences u day Farragut said: oe ee owe “Finding myself raked by the boats I ord2red the Metacomet to cast off ard go in pursuit of them, one of which, the Selma, she succeeded’ in capturing. Captain Jouett was after her in a mo- ment, and in an hour's time he had her as his prize. * * * Lieutenant Commander Jouett's conduct during the whole affair ccmmands my warmest commendation. The Morgan and the Gaines succeeded in escaping under the protection of the gunz of Fort Morgan, which would have been prevented had the other gunboats been as prompt in their movements as the Meta- comet.” Again in his report Farragut com- mends Jouett. “Our little consort, the Metacomet,” he says, “was under my imme- dizte eye during the whole action up to the moment I ordered her to cast off in pur- suit of the Selma. The coolness and promptness of Lieutenant Commander Jcuett throughout merit high praise; his — conduct was worthy of his reputa- jon."” Jouett’s Devotion te Farragut. In Commodore Foxhalls A. Parker’s in- teresting narrative, “Battle of Mobile Bay,” he tells about Jouett’s courage and devo- tion to duty on that memorable occasion. “At a little past 8, however,” says Parker, “the admiral observing that all his vessels were clear of the forts, made signal = ‘Gunboats, chase enemy’s gunboats!’ The signal was hardly above the Hartford's deck, when Jouett, cutting the fasts which bound him to that vessel, started in obe- dience to it, followed at some distance by the Itasca, Kennebec and Port Royal. His vessel was very fast, but owing to the fact that she drew much more water than the ccnfederate gunboats he found himself be- fore long dragging the bottom. The execu- tive officer, Lieutenant Sleeper—than whom no cooler man lived—reported to him that the Metacomet had a foot less water un- der her bottom than her draught! This was startling, for should the vessel ground hard, the pursued might turn upon the pursuer and change the game somewhat, “Call the leadsman in from the chains, Mr. Sleeper,’ ordered Jouett. ir. Sleeper looked amazed. ‘1 tell you,’ said Jouett, who idolized rragut and was a strict constructionist, ‘the admiral has directed me to follow those gunbeats and I am going to do it. Call the men in from the chains at once, sir, they are demoralizing me!’ “At this, the crew—who knew their com- Beware 2 Gri the At just this season of the year it gets in its deadly work. Grip, with its sequalae, such as FNEUMONIA, CONSUMPTION, ete., has caused in the past more deaths than any one disease. rebel gun- GUARD AGAINST ITS INROADS’ by promptly | applying a Benson’s Porous Plaster. In LUNG and CHEST Palys, Colds, Broschitis and Posumsiuia,- ao ethan Shteeabeen: edy AFFORDS PROMPT -REVENTION and mender well—set up a loud laugh, and the Metacomet continued in pursuit with the result we know.” Justice Long Withheld. For the gallantry displayed on this occa- sion Commander Jouett, securing that rank meantime, was recommended by the board of officers, of which Admiral Farragut was chairman, appointed in 1865 “to consider the claims of officers of the navy for ad- vancement for heroic conduct in battle,” to be promoted thirty numbers, but for some reason this advancement was never made. He was made a captain in 1874, a commodore in 1883 and a rear admiral Feb- ruary 19, 1886. In the previous year, 1885, while in command of the naval forces on the North Atlantic station, Jouett, by his prompt, firm and judicious course during the rebellion on the Isthmus of Panama, restored order, re-established transit, pre- vented great destruction of property and loss of life, and was instrumental in bring- ing about a surrender of the insurgent forces in the United States of Colombia, re- flecting great credit upon this country and himself. He was retired February 27, 1890, and March 10 of that year Admiral David D. Porter strongly recommended that Con- gress place Jouett on the same footing on the retired list of the navy with Vice Ad- miral Rowan and Rear Admiral Worden, who were finally retired with full sea pay. In March, 1892, Secretary of the Navy Tracy strongly recommended similar ac- tion, and March 3, 1803, an act of Congress Was approved providing that Rear Admiral Jouett should be paid from that date the highest. pay and compensation of his grade. Thus justice, long withheld, was at last tendered to him. A Talk With the Admiral. The views of such a man on the needs of the present navy must necessarily be re- garded as weighty in leading to a solution of many of the perplexing problems now confronting the professors and students in naval architecture and construction. His expression of them, therefore, to a Star reporter will be regarded in their proper importance. Admiral Jouett received the reporter in his bed room, where, in a com- fortable dressing gown, he was reading the latest papers. : “It’s all a mistake to criticise’ the Presi- dent,” said “Fighting Jim,” looking up from an editorial stricture on the execu- tive’s course. “I think we'll be fighting in another week, and while Mr. McKinley has been patient and anxious for peace, I am confident he'll be found vigorous and right in front when peace can be no longer hon- orably maintained. His soldiers idolized him during the war, and fighting men don’t fancy cowards.” Torpedo Boats and Monitors. “The needs of the na’ he repeated, in answer to a question. “They are mani- fold, of course. We ought to have a hun- Gred torpedo boats at least. ‘The maneu- vers down there at Key West last week showed. what valuable agents they are. They simply put their lights out and had the ironclads virtually at their mercy. “But this is no time to build battle ships,” continued the admiral. “It seems almost ‘a sin to have the ways filled up. with vessels of this type that cost, say, $4. 00,000 » piace, and take three yzars at least to complete, and when completed are nearly out of date. What we want are monitors. A monitor can be built in eight months at the cost, say, of a round million dollars, that can ‘whip any battle ship afloat. A’ monitor can be built to draw not over sixteen fe>t of wa- ter, that can carry heavier guns than any deep-waisted boat that can safely go to sea.”” “Why have monitors, then, not been fa- vored ir. the consideration of the present critical outlook?" inquired the reporter. Assertions of Young Officers Met. “They have all been put in commission, big ones and little ones,” responded Admiral Jouett, “but we ne2d more of them. For twenty years the young officers of the navy have asserted that the monitors could not go to sea, or if they did they would be such unsteady gun platforms that their guns could not be used. Now, this is all bosh, pur2 and simple. The Star last week print- ed the address delivered by Capt. Sher- wood, an old naval officer, before the Loyitl Legion out in St. Louts, ‘in which he con- trusted the battie ships and monitors. His recital of the Miantonomoh’s marvelou sSeaworthiness in that storm in the Med- iterranean sufficiently refuted the ser- tions against the monitors on the score of sea-going qualities.” ‘an you give me any other instances?” inquired the reporter. Bunce and the Monadnock. “Any other?” ejaculated the admiral. “Why, it would take me all night to give you all such. Now, there’s Admiral Bunce. He's a pretty good witness, I reckon. ‘Well, Bunce sailed around th> world in the little old Monadnock. Bunce was a Meutenant when the wear closed, and the gcvernment wanted to send the Monadnock to California, and he was given th: com- mand of her. She was convoyed by the Vanderbilt, the biggest side-wheel steamer ever built in this country. The Vanderbilt was built by the Vand>rbilts and presented to the government. Commodore John Rodg- ers commanded her. Going around Cape Horn they met heavy gales. It was only occasionally that the Vanderbilt could see the monitor. Rodgers gr2w alarmed and signaled Bunce: ‘Keep up your courage, old fellow; I'll stay by you.’ Bunce signaled ‘What is the matter with you? Why ‘t you go ahead?’ Rodgers replied: can't.” Then Bunce, in that little monitor, put on st2am and stood for the Vanderbilt, passing her in a little while, going over six knots an hour through the gale. Bunce has often told me that he did not have to put a rack on the table and didn’t break a bottle or a glass in the whole gale. bd “Capt. Purnell F. Harrington, who com- mands the Puritan,” continued the admiral, “says she is the best sea ship he was ever on, and in my opinion she is the finest fighting machine afloat. Frank Wise told me that when he took the Amphitrite down to Charleston to the blockade maneuvers last year he had a twenty-hour storm, with as ugly a cross-cut sea as he ever saw, yet there was ncv2r a minute, he said, when, if it had been necessary, he couldn’t have fought all his guns effectively. The Monterey’s Marvelous Record. “I could quote authorities, as I said be- fore, on the seagoing qualities of the moni- tors and their surpassing qualities as steady gun platforms all night,” said the admiral, “but Kempff is enough. What Kempff? Why, Louis. He commanded the Monterey and went out from San Francisco in it in search of a storm to try her sea- qualities in. He was in two severe storms —about as bad as were ever known on the Pacific, and there was not a minute, so he reported to the Navy Department, that he couldn't have fought his guns with ease, or a point of the compass where the guns couldn't have been directed. “Kempff took the Monterey up to the mouth of the Columbia river,’ he con- tinued. “There had been a heavy storm, and a large merchant steamer had been trying to get out for two days. The seas appalled her. They were so high that Kempff couldn't see the channel buoy, but he got a land mark and ran the Monterey in. He has assured me that when he got on the bar the seas rolled on top and over the Monterey, and that one-third of the vessel from the after turret was eight feet under water. Any other vessel in the world but a monitor would have been sunk. Why didn’t the Monterey sink? Because a monitor is hermetically sealed, and can no more be sunk than a corked bottle half full of water can be when thrown over- beard. “We want more monitors,” said Fighting Jim, in conclusion. “They can go any- where and whip anything afloat. Any they are n2ver out of date as long as they are afloat. And we want torpedo boats—big ones, of the destroying type—to cruise after an enemy's commerce, if we get into diffi- culties.” Then the talk turned to fox hunting, but that is another story. _—- e-____. Sleeping Car Berths. Mr. Sullivan has introduc3d the following bill in the House: “Thst all common carriers of persons or passengers providing sleeping cars for pub- lic use, and which common carriers trans- port persons or passengers from one state, territory or the District of Columbia into or through any other state, territory or Dis- trict, ar2 hereby forbidden to let down or make down the upper bed or berth when the lower one in the same section of the car is occupied, such upper berth has been, at the tims it 1s let down, actually | sold and ready for occupancy by some per- son or pessenger.. And any common car- ag violating the provisions of this act shall Hable to a penalty of $100, to be recov- court of it jurisdictic OFFICIALS "GRATIFIED Pleased at the Arrival of the Cruisers From: England, ORDNANCE AND STORES WERE BROUGHT Captain Folger to Command the New Orleans. CALL FOR MILITIAMEN a The safe arrival of the cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans, although five days overdue, is a matter of gratification to the military authorities, as well as to payal officials, for the reason that they bring a large supply 0* ordnance and ord- nance stores for use in the national de- fense. The New Orleans in particular is Feavily laden with munitions of war, in- cluding twenty-five Maxim-Nordenfeldt rapid-fire guns and a large supply of am- munition for the same. These arms will be used as part of the coast defense, and mainly for the protection of submarine tines and torpedoes from attack by small beats sent to dislodge them. The govern- ment is somewhat short of modern arms of this character, and fs in special need of them just at this particular time. Commander of the New Orleans. There will be no delay whatever in’ put- ting the New Orleans into active service. Arrangements were made at the Navy De- partment today with that end in view. Captain William M. Folger, formerly chief of ordnance and now in charge of the New Yerk light house district with headquar- ters at Tompkinsville, was ordered to take command of the New Orleans at once, and a full complement of officers was assigned to duty under him. It is expected that the New Orleans will be taken to the New York navy yard and fitted out for service imme- diately. As is well known, this cruiser was built in England for the Brazilian navy, under the name of the Amazonas, and has just been acquired by the United States. Her trip across the Atlantic served as an excellent practical trial of her sea-going and other qualities, and that they were of a satisfactory character is demonstrated by the orders issued today to put her into readiness for immediate service. + Commodore Howell’s Position. The return of the San Francisco presents a troublesome problem to the Navy De- partment. This vessel was the flagship of Commodore Howell, commander-in-chief of the naval forces‘on the European station. ‘That station was recently abandoned in or- dcr to utilize all the Warships attached to it in the proposed operatioris—offensive and defensive—in the nedPby waters of the United States. The squadron, at the time of its disbandonment, ¢onsisted of the San Francisco, Helena ana Baticroft. The last two named vessels ajriyed home several deys .ago and are now attached to the home squadron under: Capt. Sampson. It is expected that similar action will be taken with the San Franciscé. This will necessi- tate the detachment of Commodore Howell and leave him without,a command. He has been-at sea only a. few: months, and under ordinary circumstancés, would have con- tinued in command of‘his squadron for at least twa, years. In, ¥Jew @f the fact that he outranks both,Commedore Schley, com- mending the flying: squadron, andCapt: Sampson, commanding’ the’ North Atlifntic Squadron, he cansot be assigned to any duty in connection with either flee?, with- out displacing elther of the officers named of command rank. Inasmuch as the department has:no in- tention of making any change in the two commands mentioned, It is not improbable that Commodore Howell will be temporari- ly assigned to special duty at the depart- ment in Washington. A rumor current in the department today was to the effect that Ccmmodore Howell might be placed in charge of one of the naval bureaus in or- der to permit of the assigament of officers junior to himself to more important duty at sea. The only bureaus in charge of line officers are the bureau of equipment, of which Commander R. B. Bradford is the chief, and the bureau of navigation, of whick Capt. I. S. Crowninshfeld is the chief. Commander Bradford is understood to desire a sea command in the event of hostilities with Spzin, but it is said that Commander Crowninshield prefers his pres- ent duties at the Navy Department. The statement is made, however, that there fs xo likelihood of any immediate change in either of these bureaus, and that some oth- er provision will be made for Commodore Howell commensurate with his rank, The American Line Vessels. Most of Secretary Long’s time this morn- inz before he went to the cabinet meeting Was occupi2d in consultation with Prest- dent Griscom of the American Line of steamers, Mr. 8. C. Neal, the attorney for the company, and Senator Sewell of New Jersey, who accompahied them. The con- farence related to the acquisition by the government of the four large vessels owned by the American Line for use in the auxil- jary navy. Later these gentlemen and Juége Advocat2 General Lemly of the navy accompanied the Secretary to the White House, where they talked with the Presi- dent and his official advisers regarding the matter. Work on Fortifications, General Wilson, chtef of engineers, said today that all the emerg>ncy work devolv- ing upon his department was well under way and that everything was being done to the full limit of the allotments made. The work gf building emplacements for th. es- tablishment of batteries had begun at Mi- ami, St. Augustine and at the mouth of the St. John’s river, Flo: #tid the fortifica- tions at Cumberland sptitq are being rapid-, ly put In order. Bn ae ~ ‘There is a gen2ral femgnd for fortifica- tions all along the Atlagtic,and gulf coast and it is being compliéd with to the full ex- tent of the funds av: COT the purpose. It has been deemed gdyjsable to keep the sites of new fortifications ag quiet as possi- ble for the present. .¢..4,-. Pay Director Edwin, Stawart is recelving the congratulations of bis many friends to- day on his reappointment,as chief of the bureau of supplies andi accounts, with the rank and title of paymaste¥ general of the navy. He has already jilted that responsi- bl2 position for two tepms,; covering a pe- riod of eight years, ad his reappointment for another term of four years is, almost without parallel in the history of the Raval establishment. It is certainly without pre- e2dent in the pay department, and his con- tinuance in office-at the head of that de- partment shows the high esteem in which he is held by the Presid2nt and the Secre- tary of the Navy. ay Oe Gen. Miles has issued the -follewing cir- cular to the army: =m. “In’ order to facilitate the prompt frans- mission of official communications by mail and telegraph, the Fra atl of War directs that the comman of military posts or stations.report at oncesuch changes-as may have been med3 ‘In their mail and tele- Braphic’ addi § gincé thé publication of the list in the current.Army. Register, and that such changes as may be made here- atier, and the corrsct ‘mall and telegraphic INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS. 4MUSEMENTS. ATTORNEYS. . AUCTION SALES. Page 14 BICYCLES. -Page 12 BUSINESS CHA} CITY ITEMS.. COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS COUNTRY REAL ESTATE... DENTISTRY. EDUCATIONAL. -Page 13 EXCURSIONS. -Page 10 FINANCIAL Page 3 FOR SALE (Bicye! *FOR SALE (Houses! FOR SALE (Lois) ALE (Miscellanea LEGAL LOCAL MEN'TIO: A ANOS AND POTOMAC RIV! PRUPO ‘PROP RTAKEKS. N'TED (LHelp) WANTED (Lot WANTED 8) cel addresses of newly established posts or sta- tions, be promptly reported.” Latest Naval Orders. The following naval orders were issued teday: Paymaster’s Clerk W. R. Patterson, ap- pointed on Franklin. Paymastr’s Clerk P. M. Ramsey, appoint- ed on board New Orleans. Lieut. W. W. Gilmer, from the Saratoga to the Merrimac, as executive officer. Naval Cadet F. L. Pinney, from the Ver- mont to the San Francisco. Naval Cadet P. E. Ridgely, from th> Ver- mont to the Prairie. Naval Cadet A. Crenshaw, from the Ver- mont to the San Francisco. Naval Cadet W. G. Roper, from the Ver- mont to the San Francisco. Ensign G. C. Davison, from the Sara- toga to the Richmond. Surgeon F. J. B. Cordeiro, from the Michi- gan to the New Orleans. Surgeon A. C. H. Russell, from the Naval Museum of Hygiene to the San Francisco. Paymaster L. Hunt, from the bureau of supplies and accounts to the New Orleans. Naval Cadet P. Washington, from the Vermont tr the New Orleans. Naval Cadet W. T. Tarrant, Vermont to the New Orleans. Naval Cadet W. B. Tardy, from the Ver- mont to the New Orleans. Naval Cadet C. P. Nelson, from the Ver- mont to the New Orleans. Naval Cadet W. C. Briggs, from the Ver- mont to the New Orleans. Naval Cadet G. 8. Lincoln, from the Ver- mont to the New Orleans. Ensign F. A. Traut, from the Constitu- tion to the New Orleans. Lieut. E. F, Leiper, from the Naval Acad- emy to the New Orleans. Lieut. W. F. Pullman, from the Naval Academy to the New Orleans. Iieut. W. R. A. Rooney, from the Rich- mond to the New Orleans. Lieutenant Commander A. P. Osborn, to the New Orleans as executive officer. Capt. W. M. Folger, detached from charge of the third lighthouse district and ordered to command the New Orleans. Lieut. IF. H. Saerman, from the Franklin to Brunswick, Ga‘, in charge of work of Preparing Passaic tor sea. Capt. E. M. Shepard, from the Richmond to take charge of the third lighthouse dis- trict, Tompkinsville, N. Y. Naval Cadet C. L. Poor, from the Ver- mont to the Yankee. Medical Inspe:ter C. U. Cravall, from the San Francisco to the New York as flee: surgeon. Assistant Surgeoa E. W. Armstrong, to the Scorpion. Lieut. R. L. Russell, to the New Orleans. Mate B. A. Benson, to the Yankee. Mate W. P. Stinsen, to the Prairie. Ensign J. M. Luby, from the Ailiance to the Merrimac. Assistant Surgeon W. H. Bucher, to the Vermont. Ensign J. R. Y. Blakely, detached. Capt. J. J. Reed, ordered to command the Richmond. Lieut. W. G. Miller, to the torpedo sta- tion at once. The Call for Troops. The question how many of the militia of the several states shall be called into service for active duty when military op- erations are decided upon is engaging the attention of the President and the officiais of the War Department. The opinion was expressed by one of the latter today that when an order is issued concentrating the regular army at some southern point the President will call for 50,000 of the militia- men. This number, it is believed, will suf- fice for immediate purposes. Opinions differ as to the exact time when the orders for the regular army to concen- trate and the call for the militia will be issued, some officials believing they will come tomorrow or the day after, and oth- ers when the President signs the resolution Geclaring for intervention. It was sug- gested that the administration desired to avoid taking steps for concentration in ad- vance of the signing of the intervention resolution, because it might be construed as a step intended for actual hostilities. The circumstances differed, it was said, from the case with the navy, in which, al- though both Spain and the United States were making active preparations, neither had assembled its fleet in the waters of the other. Secretary Alger was quoted as having said to some visitcrs today-that if Con- gress directed the President to use the land and naval forces in the case of Cuba a call by the President for 50,000 volun- teers (militiamen) would be made within forty-eight hours thereafter. The Secre- tary declined to affirm cr deny the report, but it is fully expected that such a call will b> made. Coasting Vessels. Through tke efforts of Assistant Secre- tery Meiklejohn, the department has infor- mation bearing on the carrying capaci:y and speed of every vessel engaged in the coastwise trade, which is of particular use just at this time. Mr. Meiklejchn desires the statement made that the War Depart- ment will not buy eny vessels for the pur- poses to which these vessels may be put, preferring to charter them in every case. | Orders have been issved directing Gen. Wesley Merritt, commanding the Depart- ment of the East, end Gen. Graham, com- manding the Department of the Gulf, to hurry work on the artillery posts under their jurisdiction. They will avail them- selves of all the facilities at their com- mand to carry this order into effect, ani will direct such movements of ariillery forces and men as may be necessary. Elephants Offered. - The department. today received word from a circus company that‘n the event of- from the from the Prairie jand West Virginia, FAIR TONIGHT. Pleasant Weather Indicated for To- morrow Also. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia fair weather tonight and Saturday; northerly winds. her conditions and general forecast— ‘ae pressure has risen in the lake and central valleys and fallen slig! the Rocky mountain districts. Th» storm-center has remained near.y sta- and is now central off the New Jersey The weather remains cloudy and thr ening throughcut New England, the lower lake region and on the coast as far south as Hatteras; 2Isewhere east of the Ko. mountaix Raia has fallen from southern ngtand to Georgia and westward as far as Ohio and eastern Kentuc The ten y and Tennessee. risen in ths M court and uppor Arka alleys, and has chang- The weather will probably clear today in e region and middie Atlanie aturday morning in New i fair weather is i cated through Saturday for the souta tic and gulf states, the lower Ohio Mississippi v: s. The temperai remain nearly ationary. Th: rise in the lower Missts ccming less rapid. A stage of 48. been reached at He a+ WI feet above th a stage of 47.5 feet, danger line, has be will c foot of the le: the river is 3 da line. The rise her-after will be very slow and comparatively slizht. River: fhe foliowing changes in the i (in feet and tenths) have occurred nd Ark. Vicksburg, Riser—Helena, New Orlean: Memphis, 0.1. ane and rising—Vicks- burg, 65; Helena, Ark., 4.8. bove the danger line and falling—Calro, 3.1; Memphis, 3.8 : Below the danger line and rising—New Orleans, 0. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, tion, 2S: receiving reservoir, temperature, ; condition at north connection, eondi- tion at south conrection, ; distributing reservoir, t2mperature, 52; condition ai in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Tide Table. Teday-—Low tide, 9:48 a.m. and 16:10 p.m.; high tide, 3:05 a.m. ) p.m. % Tomcrrow—Low tide, 10:50 a.m, and 11:07 p.m.; high tide, 4:08 a.m. and The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 5:23 a.m.; sun sets, 6:37 Moon rises, 2:58 a.m, tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun ris-s, 5:22 a.m. The City Ligh Gas lamps all lighted by tinguishing begun at 4:20 a.m. ing is begun one hour before the named. Arc lamps lighted at guished at 4:41 a.m. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the twenty-four hours beginning at 2 p.m. ycs- terday: April 14, 4 p.m., 48; 8 p.m., 45; 12 night, 45. April 15, 4.a.m., 45; 8 a.m., 44; noon, p-m., 48. Meximum, 50, at 1 p.m., April 15; mini- mum, +, at § a.m., April 15. The following were the readings of the bcrometer the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 2 p.m. yesterda: 46 “p.m.: ex- The light- time 7:31 p.m.; extin- mid- 2 April 14, 4 p.m., 29.47; $8 p.m., 29.48; 12 midnight, 29.46. ; 8 a.m., 29.47; noon, It matters little what it is that you want— whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. —d THE SATURDAY STAR. Partial List of the Contents of Tomor- row’s Big Paper. The articles in the big Saturday Star thi week will be unusually timely and inter- esting. It is impossible to give a complete idea of the wealth of good reading and of clever illustrations thet await The Star's readers tomorrow. One item is of particular importance. The final chapter of Rider Haggard’s thril- ling story, “‘Eliss2,” will be printed tomor- row. The first installment of a charming new ccntinued story by Robert W. Chambers will be printed in The Star a week from to- morrow. It bears the title, “Ashes of Em- pire,” and will be completed in fifteen is- It will be generally regarded as one of the most delightful pieces of fiction The Star has ever printed. The short story this week is from the pen of Robert Barr, and is entitled “The Warrior Maid of San Carlos.” The hero ts none other than Horatio Nelson—the fa- mcus British admiral. The scene is laid in Nicaragua, in the year 1780, and the story tells of an attack upon the Spanish fort of San Carlos. Nelson, then a young officer of twenty-one, goes upon a scouting expedition toward the fort, and falls in with the daughter of the Spanish com- mandant. What follows is told in Mr. Barr’s most piquant manner. Prominent among the other features of interest in The Star tomorrow may be mentioned the following: UNDER THE ANDES (Illustrated). One of the most readable letters of travel yet received from Frank Carpenter. In it he describes a trip up the Guyas river and to a city that he rightly calls the Bangkok of Ecuador. THEY WISH TO ENLIST (Illustrated). Some of the queer characters who are desirous of entering the army and the marine corps at the local recruiting stations. FOR WOMEN WHO RIDE. The Star's New York fashion correspoa- dent has a word to say on the subject of bicycle costumes. VIENNESE FASHIONS (Illustrated). hat the stylish women of the most aristocratic capital of Europe ar2 wear- ing this. spring. WITH ARTEMUS WARD. Some interesting remininscences of one of the greatest of all American humor- ists. COAST DEFENSES. An article by General Miles, in which he sets forth his views on a most impor- tant subject. PASSING THE WORD. Showing how necessary it is on a man- o’-war for the sailors to be on the con- stant lookout for the bo’sun’s whistle. TALES TERSELY TOLD. A column of interesting matter In which anecdote and incident mingle. RUM ROW'S OLD DAYS. sues. Stories of the time when gambling was much more common in this city than it | in the market. 8 <a A Breakfast, however good, is wasted on a cold, toneless, flabby stomach. It is un- just to blame the cook. He can supply only food; you must ‘ind the power to turn it into ficsh and blood. It is the part of wisdom to | recognize the signs of indigestion, and to stimulate the lazy stomaci with Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, a tonic never more valuable than now, when the body is tried by sud- den changes of air. 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