The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1897, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIL—-NOQ. 417 PRICE FIVE CEN:I‘S. RUSHING WORK ON WARSHIPS Significant Activity Is Now Displayed at the Mare Island Yard. TWELVE HUNDRED MEN BEING ) Preparations That Show Uncle Sam Will| Not Permit Japan KEPT VERY BUSY. to Steal a March at Hawaii Pending Annexa- tion Proceedings. VALLEJO, CaL., Sept. 24.—Twelve hnn- | dred men, divided into two shifts, are ers Baltimore and Charleston, monitors | working day and night on the warships lying at the Mare Island Navy-yard. I Rear-Admiral Kirkham says there' is nothing unusual : 0 ng on there. ! Not since the troubie with Chile in 1891- | 92, over the Baltimore affair, has such haste been shown to get ships unaergoing 1 repairs ready for sea, as at present, yet | novody in autnority at the yard will ad- t that the least significance is attached | to the great activity. ! The rushing off 1o Honolu!u of the new gunboat Wheeling, before she had been given her offivial trial, or accepted oy the Government, is given a simple explana- tion by Commandant Kirkham. Just prior to the sailing of the last mail | steamer for the islands, he savs, he re- | ceived some cipher dispaiches to e trans- | mitted to Rear-Admiral Miller, at Hono- An error was made in transmission, which hindered tne translation until after the steamer had sailed, and as the Wheel- ¥7g was lying at the navy-yard in readi- j ss for her official trial, and it wonld be ome time before another steamer would rt for the isiand~, he sugresied {o the dJepartment that it would not be a bad ides to le the gzunboat act as & dispatch- boat and exten: her cruise to Honolulu. The suggestion was acted upon and the i Wheeling was ordered out at a day tice. The admira! did not explasin why it was advisable to send the ship ona ton ge for her official trial which ordinarily would not exceed forty-eigh hours, nor did 'he state why the «ispatches | to Aamiral Miller could not wait until the next regular steamer. Neither did he consider it necessary to say why cipher dispatches intended for | Rear-Admiral Miller first had 10 be trans- lated by him, even though their transla- | tion meant the missing of the maiiboat | end the dispatching of a warship 2000 | miles to bear them to the ofticer they were | intended for. Thursday afternoon another cipher dis- patch from Washineton was received by the commandant, and he with several | assistants were engaged until after 8§ o’clock that night in translating it. No- body seemed to know whetner a copy of | this dispatch ‘Wheeling. A subordinate at the navy-yard ad- vanced the ingenious theory yesterday that the Wheeling was sent down to re- lieve the Philadelohia, which is in sore | need of a cleaning, and that Admiral Mil- | ler would transfer his flag to her until 1he | Baltimore could take ber place. The case of a guntoat as a flagship did | not impress the officer as out of the way, but when he was asked if the Phila- | delphia could not continue in service | until the Paltimore could reach Hono- luly, in view of the fact that she is to sail October 1, he admitted that she could probably g2t along without cleaning. But while the higher officers at Mare NIsiand make light of the unusual activity the foremen and workmen, the depart- ment officials and the petty otlicers and ceamen regard the matter in a different lizht, and make no sec-et of the jact that the heads ot the Navy Department at Washington are exceedingly anxious about the condition of the ships on the Pacific station. They do net hesitate to cay that the prosecation of work day and | night can mean but oue thng, and that is that affairs in the Hawaiian Isiands) have reached a crisis. This morning the commandant issued | orders to have electric lights placed in the | steam engineering, consiruction, supplies, | iron plating and blacksmithing depart- ments in order to facilitate work atnight. | He was particularly anxious about the steam engineering department, and by noon the big building was strung with wires, incandescent zlobes were attacied, | and everything was ready to turn on the current at dark. The other baildings will | be in readine s to-morrow. The admural’s | haste to have the steam engineering de- | pariment ready for a night force gave rise to considerable speculation, for the Balti- more is the only sbip ac the yard that is receiving special attention just at present, and the steam engineering work on her is complated. Tsking that fact into consideration at- tention was directed to the Charleston. This ship has been at the yard for some time and a small force of men has been at work giving ber a general overhauling. Considerable work must be done to her engines, but this has not been consmenced vet. After the issuance of Admiral Kirk- bam’s order, bowever, the belief became prevalent that attention was about to be turned to the Charleston, and that she would be made ready for sea as speedily a= possible, although the admiral denied having received any orders to rush work on her. was sent down on the | | her repairs are completed or not. | decks and sides as | well | ago. There are now at Mare Island the cru Monadnock and Monterey and the gun- boat Marietta, a sister ship to the Wheel- ing, and like the latter ready for sea, al though she *as not been given ber official trial. Besides these there are the wooden corvettes Marion and Mohican and the old gunboat Pinta. At present interest is centered in the Buitimore, which bas been ordered to pro- ceed to Honolulu on October 1, whether In con- sequence of this order the cruiser fairly represents a gigantic beehive. Carpen- ters and calkers, painters and plumbers are crowded togetber so thickly on her to actually interfere with each other. From stem to stern on every deck rows of arc lights are strung in order that her repairs can be prosecuted by night as well as by day. The work is in nand now, and when she drops down the bay next week to proceed to Honolulu, where she will fiy the pennant of Rear-Admiral Miller, she will be prac- ticaily a new ship. The Baltimore was taken out of the drydock Thursday night and towed 10 the quay, where she will re- ceive her stores as soon as the workmen are ou. of th- way. Partof her armament was p'aced in position belore she left the | dock, four puns of ner main battery being mounted. The smaller swung into place Monday Just estern of the Baltim Cast defense vessel Monadnock, which came out of the drydock less than two months She is in readiness for servire at a moment’s notice and is lying at the yard awaiting the trial by court-martial of sev- eral members of her crew. Tuec urt has been oraered, and as soon as the tial is concluded she will return to San Fran- cisco unless she shouid be ordered to re- enforce the fieet as-embling in Hawaiian waters. Lying in the stream a short distance from the Monadnock is the Monterey, which moved up to the navy-yard Thurs- day. The Monterey will go into the dry- dock to-morrow for cleaning and paint- ing. Her engines and machinery are re- ported to be in good condition, so it will only a few days before she 1s ready for seryice. Between the drydock cnd gate lies the Marietta, her officers and crew on bozrd, and the vessel spick and span, as befit- tine the bauy of the fleet. When the large square red flag was run up to her forepeak early this morning, the signal that she was taking her ammu- ition aboard, she became the recipient of inusal artention and speculation. Less than twenty-four Lours before the Wheel- ing bad shipped her ammunition and started almost immediately after on a cruise that has excited the entire country. Powder is about the last thing to go on to 8 ship before she proceeds to sea, and it looked as though the Marietta was to fol- low the Wheeling. Her officers, however, denied that they had received any orders to get ready for sea, and scouted the idea that the placing of her ammunition on board was significant. Their attention was called to the fact that a pile of coal on the quay was being transferred to the gunbout’s bunkers as fast as a gang of rars could getit on board, but the explanation was readily made chat only ten tons—merely enough to keep her fires going—had been delivered, and no- body knew when the remainder of her supply would be received. But the fact that she has received her ammunition and can be sent 10 sea on twelve hours' notice is exciting much comment at the navy- yard. As yet, Admiral Kirkham alone knows wheiher she 1sscheduled for Hono- luln or not. Unless the administration anticipates trouble with Japan over the proposed an- nexation of Hawaii and is making all guns will be | preparation to meet it the signs at the Mare Island Navy-yard are all awry. e T PRECAUTIONARY STEPS. The Administratlon Determined to Ofifset Any Move by Japan at the Hawa lan Islands. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.—Last night’s disvatches to THe Cann to the effect tuat the administration had decideu to use every precaution to offset any move that might be made by Japan was to-day conceded to be the reason why the gunboat Wheeling was dispatched in such haste to Honolulu. Although the coun- selor of the Japanese legation here, Mr. Stephens, last night said to the press that the Japanese warship Naniwa had left Honoluly, the Navy Department has not beer apprisea officially of tbe fact. And, furthermore, jthe administration officers are susp.cious that the Japanese war ves- sel may not bave returned to Japan, even though she mignt have left Honolulu. They are suspicious tuat she may be hovering somewhere in the south sezs. SCENE IN THE STREAM < s s T VAol N OFFW THE MARE ISLAND NAVY-YARD. For this reason the Wheeling was dis- | patched to Honolulu with instructions to Admiral Miller to not allow the Philadel- phia to leave until it was certain that the Naniwa wason her way home, or at least till it was assured that sae could not re- tnrn to the islands until the gunboat Yorktown could reach there from China, which with the Bennington and Wheel- ing wou d be a sufficient force to main- tain the status quo until the Philadelphia could be relieved by the Baltimore. The administration is not seriously alarmed over the reported colonization of Japanese, but it was deemed prudent not to have the Philadelphia leave Honolulu with only the Bennington (a small gun- boat) to represent this Government there. The officials were suspicious that tne Naniwa might take advantage of the ab- sence of the Pniladelphia and attempt some overt act before the Baltimore could arrive at Honolulu. It is said at the Navy Department that there are 100 extra sailors on the Wheel- ing intended for transfer to the Yorktown, which has a short crew. Eighty seamen are now crossing the continent bouad for San Francisco to serve on the Baltimore. Orders were issued by ihe Navy Depart- ment to-day and telegraphed to San Fran- cisco to put the Baltimore 1n commission on October 1. When the Philadelphia steams for nome after tbe arrival of the Wheeling and Yorktown at Honolulu, Admiral Miller will transfer his flag tem- porarilv to the Yorktown until the Balti- more arrives. The Evening Star confirms the dispatch to Tue Carvlast night and adds: “Alinough the sending of the Wheeline 10 Hawaii will temporarily increase our naval streneth in that quarter, such is not the main purpose oi her zoing. It seems that the administration had some impor- tant communications to make to Admiral Miller in command of the naval forces at Honolnlu, an ! to Mr. Sewell, the United States Miuister there, which it was de- sired should reach them without delay, and the Wheeling was the only vessel available for the purpose. “Itwas intended to send these instruc- tions by the Paciiic Mail steamer which left San Francisco on the Z2lst, but they were not compieted in time. The next mail steamer for Honoiulu does not leave San Francisco until October The important character of the iustructions did not justify such a long delay in their transmission, and the Wheeling being reported ready for sea sae was pressed into service and started on her way to Honolulu last night. The Government will gain about a week’s time by the use of the naval vessel. Itis impossible to obtain ofticial information concerning the dispatches sent to the American repre- | seniatives in the Hawalian cavital, but it is generaily undersiood that they outline the course of action to be followed in the event of any atiempt on the part of the resident Japane<e or native Hawaiians to overihrow the existing Government as well as to guide them in the event of any internal outbreak or emerzency requiring positive action in the absence of specific instructions from Washington. *‘Although the Japanese warship Nani- wais now absent from Hawaiian waters, her movemenis are not known to the Washington authorities, and it is not improbable that she may rewurn here again within a week or so. This theory is based on the assumption that she may not have gone to Yokohama as has been supposed. Officials look for no trouble on that score, however, bu cerned over the possib riots among the Japanese ahd natives arraigned against Hawalian annexation, which, un- less speedily checked, might assume the proportions of an insurrection against the republic. At any rate, it nas been deemed prudent to take every precaution ior the maintenance of ths status quo on the islands. pending the action by the United States Senate on the annexation trealy.’” MISS LEEM FXONERATED. Postmistress Tried for Embezziement i Aequitted and Given an Ovaion. HUTCHIN:ON, Ka Sept. 24, —Mis- Eva Beem, accused of embezzling $1800 of Government funds whiie acting as as- sistant Postmaster here, and who was ac- quitted yesterday in the Federal court at Wichita, was given an ovation upoo her return to Hutchinson. Fully 2000 people, headed by the Second Regiment band, met the party from Wichita at the depol. ‘The people of Hutchinson bave, from the time of her indictment, last January, ex- yressed their unqualified bel.ef in her in- nocence. The crowd included the most prominent citizens of Hutchinson. Mies Beem will probably be reinstated at the postoffice. . — Council of Choson Frienda. LOUISVILLE, Kvy., Sept. 24. — The Supreme Councii ot Chosen Friends this morning selected Baitimore as the next piace of meeting, and fixed the date for the third Tuesdsy in September, the com- mittee having reported favorably on the amendment to have biennial meetings. Thesession willadjourn t¢ VIGTIM CLAINED bY THE PLAGUE Fever Not Spreading, but the Death Rate Increases. | ABOUT 15'PER CENT PERISH. So Far There Have Been 100 Cases at New Orleans and 41 at Mobule. G ONE PHYSICIAN WILL BE PROSECUTED. Falls to Report a Suspicious Sick= | ness Untll After the Death of the Sufferer. NEW ORLEANS, La., Sept. 24.—Emi- nent doctors beiieve that the work of the Board of Health is productive of good results and that the fever is not spread- ing, but, on the contrary, is being con- fined to localities. Thus far there have peen a few less than 10C cases and filteen deaths. The ceath rate is in the neigzhborhood of 15 per cent. It was in 1878 16 per cent, so that up to the present time tae disease is about as virulent as it was in the last great epidemic New Orleans had. One of the sensations of the day was the an- nouncement that the Board of Health had decided to prosecute Dr. Monluzin for having failed to reporta case of sus- picious fever. In one of the morning vapers a few days ago Dr. Monluzin wus qnoted as saying that there was little i any fever in New Orleans and thac the prevailing sickness was Burmah, or sun | ever, which he described as contagious or infectious, and quite likely to be at- tended with about the same mortality of yellow fever. This morning Dr. Monluzin reported to the Board of Health the case of Miss Dreyfons, who, he said, was suf- tering from yellow fever. It was not long belore this report was received that the board had to report the death of Miss Dreyfous. An investiga- tion proved that Miss Dreyfous had taken sick abonut six days ago and that Dr. Monluzin had failed even to revort the case as suspicious. There were nine new cases to-day and the following deaths: Salvador Cascinci, 1423 Charles street.} Frederick Gund, 535 Marais. Miss Dreyfous, old No. 36 Bourbon. Of the ninety odd casesin New Orleans, from the beginning only four have been among the negro population. There are several serious cases among those who are ill, but the Beard of Healtn is daily discharging patients as cured. Mayor Flower to-day ordered a force of rolicemen to guard the Beauregard School, on which a mob made an attack to burn | last nighi. Only a portion of the build- ing was burned and it is still possiole to use the structure as a hospital for the treatment of yellow fever patients. It was shortly after midnight that the mob ap- plied the torch to theschocl and thereby carried into execution a threat that had repeatedly been male during yesterday evening. When the firemen arrived on the scene their hose was cut, but the firemen worked pluckily and witn the assistance of a squad ot police uitimately succeeded in exunguishine the flames. The burning of the school created intense indignation here and the outrage was bitterly de- nounced. Every newspaper publishes ringing ediiorials, pledging ftself to support the Mayor in whatever action he may take to punish the culorits and carry into effect the original determination to establish a vellow fever hospital in the Beauregard schoolhouse. A committee during the day called on Mayor Flower to protest against | O:leans is losing hundreds of thousands ‘the use of the building as a bospital. His Honor fiercely denounced the outrage of last night, He said that such occurence: . would do New Orleans more harm than all the yellow fever epidemics combined. The question had arisen whether there should be law and order here or anarchy. So far as he was concerned he proposed to exhaust every power at his command to establish peace. A mob might threaten, but the city had decidea on a location and all tue threats in the world coild not de- ter him from his purpose to protect the Sisters of Charity and the surgeon who would be sent to the schoolhouse to care for yellow fever patients. The Mayor has the support of well nigh the entire com- | munity. The situation here is generally un- changed. Freightis moving slowly and there is practically no passenger traffic. The theaters are still open and amuse- ments are not restrained, but that New of dollars by foolish quarantine is not to be doubted. The ordering by the South- ern Pacific Company of the steamer El Norte irom New York to Galveston means that all Eastern freights destined for the Pacific Coast will go through the Texas port until the quarantine embargo against this city is raised. - DEATHS MOBILE, Father Murray Dies Aftar Telling His Fiock to Ba Prepared. MOBILE, Ara., Sept. 24.—There have been four deaths and three new cases sinee the report handed out yesterday at 2 o’clock. The deaths were: John G. Bourne, reported last night. Rev. Daniel Murray of St. Vincent's parish. — McDonald, aged 71 years, a new case. Frank Stewart, found late in the after- noon dying n a neg:o cookshop on Water street, near Church. Stewart had been on a spree for the pasiten days and was not supposed last night to have the fever. When he died, however, he turned yellow and thus caused the definition of yellow fever death. Father Murray was 30 years of age and a native of Middieton, County Cork, Ire- land. He preached at St. Vincent's last Sunday, telling the congregation to be prepared for the final summous. That afternoon he was taken sick and had a continued high fever from start to finish. The bulletin to-day reports forty-one cases, six deaths, nineteen discharged and sixteen under treatment. With one or two exceptions the sick are doing well. Dr. George A. Ketchum, president of the Board of Health, remarks that the sick of the fever are dwellers in one-story houses, that is to say, sleep on the ground floor. e infers that the poison moves along the ground. The steady effort to get the stringency of the quarantine against Mobile moditied is meeting partial success. The river boatson the Alabama River and the Tom- bigbee left to-night on the first trips for two weeks. ‘They will go up these rivers some 200 miles, carrying l.eavy cargoes of every kinds of supplies, but no passenges. The railroads are also daily doing more work and bringing in cotton and general merchandise. TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION. Gas Ignited From a Workman’s Lamp, iwo Miners Were Killed and Three injured. MARION, ILL., Sept. 24.—One man was killed and three fatally injured and six were severely burned and bruised by an explosion of gas in the Williams County coal mine to-day. An unknown miner is still imprisoned in the shaft and =was un- doubtedly instantly killed. The injured are as follows: 3 Frank Farrar, Italian miner, asphyx- ted, dead. G. Grie:i, burned by explosion, will die, Peter Casper, burned internally, will die. Joe Barlow, driver boy, bruised about the head, will die. A shift of forty-five men went down the main shaft in the carge at7 o’clock this morning. They had proceeded oniy a short distance up the main gangway when the lamp on the leader's cap ignited a large body of gas. A terrible explosion resulted. Farrar 2nd the unknown miner were knocked down, the latter being burned under a mass of broken timbers and rocks. Those who were able to crawl back to the foot of the shaft signaled for the cage which had been blown to the surface by tne force oi the explosion. Rescuers descended and soon all the in- jured men were brought to the surface. After-damp followed the explosion and put a stop 1o the search for the body of the unknown miner who no douot was instantly killed. FAPEEN ST BUBOUNIC FPLAGUE ACTIVE, Creeps Unobserved From Hamilet Hamlet in Indin. BOMBAY, Inpia, Sept. 24.—The native health statistics show that the bubonic plague is again active, having crept un- observed from hamlet to hamlet, until a wide area is affected. . The new-papers assert that the with- drawal oi the medical officers for service with'the troops on the frontier will entail consequences infinitely more disastrous than anything bappening on the frontier. o VELASQUE] i bate, and had atan early age been elected TAKES HIS OWN LIEE Remorseful Act of the Man Who Executed Arroyo. PUTS A BULLETINTO HIS BRAIN. Pleads Loyalty to President Diaz in Extenuation of His Crime. THE DEED PROMPTED BY A SUBORDINATE. Friends of the Inspector-Generai Say He Was the Victim of a Conspirator. CITY OF MEXICO, MEx., Sept. 24.— Ex-Inspector-General of Police Eduardo Velasqu:z, at the early age of 32year-. | Iies to-night a corpse, having takea his life 1n Belem prison scme time during this morning. The inspector blew his brains out with a revolver. He was proud, exceeding reserved, rarely being known to smile, and very ambitious, his ris from a humble position through various posts to the command of the police hay- ing been sufficient io attract attention 1o him as a man of great talent. He was subjected yesterday to a long exzmination by Judge Flores, and at the conclusion, on returning to his room in the prison, it was noted ihat ha showed great dejection and anguish of mind. He has always been in the habit of retiring late, and in prison kept up his cnstom, retiring about 3 o’clock. Last night he retired late, and at 11 o’cleck this morn- ing the warden of the prison went to call him. He foand the inspector dead with a bul- let wound in the right temple, and on in- vestigation found a small two-barreled pistol, with which the act had been com- mitted. The muzzle of the pistoi haa been placed so close to the tempie and pressed into the skin that it practicaliy made no noi<e on being discharzed, hence the reason of no report being heard by the guards. How the pistol reached the prisoner is under investigation, and a certain pris- oner is suspected. The body of the sui- cide was dressed and delivered to his relatives. A letter was found in the rcom in which Velasquez made his statement to the pub- lic, saying his death was, he felt, the sat- isfaction he owed to society, and he would therefore give that satisfaction by leaving the world. He also said that the crime was suggested to him by Inspector Vilia- vicencio of the second police district, who is in prison. Velasquez added that under any other circumstances, not having been a high cfficial in authority, nothing could have induced him to take part in the crime. He felt, he said, that his loyalty to the chief magistrate, whose life had been at- tempted, warranted him in putting Arroyo | to death. In fact he said this repeatedly when being questioned. 1t is generully believed by his friends that Villavicencio was his evil star, having from the time Velasquez became chief had a great influence over iim, though he was warned by tiose who had his welfare at heart to beware of the man. Velasquez had a very large acquaint- ance, having been emnloyed atter leaving college in the Department of Finance, and being at cne time -ecretary to the Minister of Finance. Atone time he was connected with the newspaver Ei Com- to Congress. Ha had effected many re- forms during hisincumbency as inspector. Farmer Chamb-riain’s Loss. LONDON, Exc, Sept. 24.—The Daily Mail this morning says: Joseph Cham- SPANIARDS RECOGNIZE PATRIOT Then Why Should Not Belligerent Rights Be Accorded? GENERAL GARCIA SO DECLARES. The Noted Cuban Leader Talks of the Capture of Las Tunas. RULES OF WARFARE WERE OBSERVED THERE. Having Fought So Successfully, the Insurgents Will Accept Nothing but Independence. NEW YORK Y., Sept. 24.—A special to the Sun from Santa Catalina, Santiago de Cuba, says: I left General Garcia yesterday between the villages of La Saba and Miguel de Los Ralos, marching west- ward after his great success at Las Tunas. Of Las Tunas nothing remains but ruins. Iobtained an interview with the general. I asked the general to what extent he believed his victory would impress the American Government in favor of the Cuban cause. “I had not the least idea about that,” he said. “when I first aetermined to take Las Tunas on August16. I have since given the matter little thought. In my opinion the United States may very easily solve the Cuban problem, ana that is by recognizing the belligerency of the repub- Jic of Cuba. That is the right step to take. It is not legally a compromise by the United States, and it is merely an act of justice, humanity, international daty.” ‘The general then bandea me a receipt signea by General Luque for rnineteen Spanish prisoners of the garrison of Las Tunas, who were exchanged for nineteen Cubans. +This document,”” he added, “will be sen:t by the Cuban Government to our delegate in the United States, Senor Es- trada Palma. It proves beyond doubt we are belligerents and treated as belliger- ents by the Spanish army itself. After this what argument can a foreign nation advance for treating us other than belliger- ents? *You have seen the honorable and hu- mane manner in which the Spanish gar- rison was treated by us. The commander requested to be permitted to surrender with military honors and I granted them to him. The Spanish sick and wounded received from us humane care. Is it not, therefore, an injustice to deny to the Cuban army the rights which our own foes give us and ask from us on the field of battle? We act as belligerents with oar enemies aud they recognize us in that capacity.”’ To the questioa what he intended todo next General Garcia said: “I would like next to entirely free Cuba, but what I certainly wiil do is to continue fighting until that great aim is attained.” Finally he said concerning the possi- i bility of any settlement of the Cuban war arising from General Woodford’s mission 10 Spain: I would be glad to know the United States had potified Spain she must stop this war in Cuba, but she woula have to stop it at once and on the ozly terms we will accept, which is a recognitiou of our independence. Other solutions, no rat- ter how liberal they may appear, will bs absolutely ignored by the Cubans. We fought to sever forever the bonds that join usto Spain, and not for autonomy. Spain in former years did not grant autonomy when the country was at peace. 1t was her duty then todo it, and some Cubans asked it through the press and in Parliamont. But now that is not the question. We are not sheading our blood ; we have not seen our country ruined; we are not sacrificin~ our property and lives for autonomy. To speak to us of that is nonsensical. “Qur independence is, furthermore, at hand in spite of all the boastful reports of Spanish generals. Is it 1o be supposed, when tue great dream of all Cuban pa- triots and heroes since the beginning of the century is about to be realized, that we should destroy all we have won in this war by accepting a prolongation of Spain’s rule in Cuba?” The general refused to say whether he intended to attack Jucaro Moron trocha or what recent advices he had received from General Gomez. General Garcia looks ten years younzer that when he leit New York. His agility on horseback is wonderiul. 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