The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 22, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1898. MONEY FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY. STRENGTHEN | THE ARMY AND NAVY Senators Fully Aroused to the Need of the | Time. When Foreign War Threatens It Is| Not Meet to Haggle Over the Expenditure of a Few Dollars. NEW YORK, Feb.21.—A Wash- ington special to the Herald says: So strong is the opposition of many members of both houses of Congress who live in the interior of the country to adequate preparation for pos- sible war that it is doubtful if they will be taught a lesson by the present emergency when the diplomatic relations with Spain are strained to the point breaking, or whether they will vote appropriations which will prepare the country for possible future contingencies. of R R R R R SR T R R 2 R o e b ab R R SR R S R R S Representative Hilborn of California, | a member of the House Naval Commit- tee, said to me to-day: ‘Though have not enough ships what the navy most needs for an emergency such as exists at present is drydocks and am munition. The ships we have cannot | fight without powder and projectiles we and if they should be disabled they cannot be repaired without drydocks. These two “tors of naval strength should not have been neglected so long. Former Cong es should have provid- | ed fcr them.” Another man with whom I lZl“(M]: who fully appreciat. the responsibili- ty of Congress for the present, condition of the navy and coast de es is Rep- resentative Cousins of ITowa, one of the most conservative members c¢f the Committee on Foreign Affairs, who said: “I have favored adequate appropria- | tions for the army and navy, and had | proper steps been taken years ago we | would be all right. The time when steps ought to have been taken was | twelve years or so ago, when we had | in the tr ury a cash balance cf $400,- | | | | 000,000. Had this or half of it been ju- diciously spent for national defens there would have been no difficulty in meeting any emergency that | arise.” That the responsibility of for national defe is fulLy apprec ed by leading Senators is shown these talks I had with a number them to-day. Senator Foraker of Ohio—It seems to | me that nothing but fifty tons of dyna- mite is able to move this country: I believe we are criminally negligent in not providing most liberally for strengthening our coast defenses and building more ships for our navy. Ial- ways advocated liberal appropriations for the army, navy and coast defense before I came to Congress, and I have continued to do so at every opportunity. I do not know that my efforts in that direction will do any good if the policy | of the administration is to cut down appropriations ~11 along the line. I am one of those who believe that the public money cannot be better expended than | in the protection of our people from foreign assault. Senator Murphy of New York, mem- ber of the Committee on Appropria- tions—I am in favor of the most libera expenditures for the increase of ou navy and improving the efficiency of | our army and seacoast defenses. Our committee ‘without hesitation voted to double the amount for fortifications, and I would cheerfully double the| naval appropriation bill if necessary and provide for the building of several additional ships if the House wishes to | do so. I hope the war scare which is | now on will pass away, but I trust| nothing will prevent Congress making ample provision for the protection of | our country against the threatened at- | tack of a forelgn power. Senator Hanna of Ohio—I am in favor of liberal appropriations for the army and navy, for I believe in the old adage, “In time of peace prepare for war.” I 2m not a member of the Committee | on Appropriations, but, as one of the committee on naval affairs, I will will- | ingly support any reasonable proposi- | tion calculated to increase the efficiency | of our navy. We have not yet consid- | ered the naval appropriation bill, but | from the present trend of things it does not seem to be in the direction of con- | struction of more battle-ships. The | Secretary of the Navy tells me that we | have several new ships on the stocks, and he only recommends one additional | ship. However, I belleve the country will ratify any reasenable expenditure we may choose to make in the interes of self-preservation. . Senator Vest of Missouri—Under ex: isting conditions I am in favor of the | most liberal expenditure for fortifica- tions, seacoast defense, the army and navy. I do not believe it Is wise to put s0 much money into great battle-ships. | My idea is that the money can be bet- ter expended in the construction of fast cruisers to be used in destroying the enemy’'s commerce, and monitors | and torpedo-boats for the protection o our harbors. With strong fortification: and meonitors and torpedo-boats grea.t‘ battle-ships are, to my mind, unneces- | sary. As commerce destroyers we could | employ cruisers to great ndvamue.} might | Congress by | of | formed for the wrecking of the Maine. | they might blow up the ship. As it is, | | | We have no commerce to lose, because | it is all carried in foreign ships. We | have but little part in the carrying trade of the world, and for that reason we are in greater need of crulsers than | battle-ships. Senator Platt of New York—We can spend our money to no better advan- tage than by protecting our seacoast cities and building war ships. I will vote for the most liberal appropriation | on that line, and I believe every loyal | and patriotic citizen will justify our | action. We can well afford to econo- | mize in other directions, but when we | are threatened with war by a foreign | power it is our duty to take every pre- | caution to protect our people, even at | the cost of being charged with ex- | travagance in the expediture of pub- lic money. I do not know what the in- tentions of the Naval, Military and Appropriations committees are in this respect, but I will give my vote and whatever influence I possess for gen- erous appropriatio PLANS FOR RAISING THE WRECKED MAINE Queen Regent of Spain and Her Son, the Boy King. v {INGTON, Feb. 21.—Captain Lemly, the Judge-Advocate-General of the. Navy Department, with Captain | Bradford, chief of the Equipment Bu- | reau, and Commodore Hichborne, chief | constructor, were in consultation for some time with Secretary Long, re- | porting to him the plans they had Captain Lemley suggested some further | changes in the details of contracts | which are now being drawn with the | wrecking companies ard it is expected that within a few hours after Congress | shall have enacted and the President | shall have signed the necessary bill | making an appropriation for the work, | the contracts will be eigned. The incoming mail at the Navy De- | partment brought a most interesting | contribution to the news of the day in | the shape of an excellent photograph of | the wrecked Maine, as it now lies in | Havana harbor. This was forwarded | to the Secretary of the Navy by Lieu- tenant Hood, lately attached to the Maine. It is'a view from the port side | and in features represents the last | newspaper cuts of the wreck. Secre- tary Long took it to the White House and gave it to the President, who was much interested in the details as shown in the photograph. The Navy Department has not yet determined definitely which of our warships shall replace the Maine in Havana harbor, although it has deter- mined that, as a matter of policy, an- other ship must be seat there. The choice may be the Montgomery, now on her way from San Domingo to K West, or the Nashville, a gunboat, now at Galveston participating in the Mardi Gras festivities. If the latter termin- ates some time this week, as expected, the Nashville will probably be selected for the trip, as the Montgomery is just returning from a cruise in the West Indies, including two ports of Cuba. and has been on patrol duty also. MEN ON THE MAINE PREDICTED DISASTER. BOSTON, Feb. 2L—Mrs. Timothy Tcomey received the following letter | from her brother, Michael J. Downing, of the Maine: “I would not object to a little scrap, providing we were outside the harbor, as they say the harbor is a network for torpedoes. Anyway, pre- pare for a fight if we do nct leave here for a month.” | The following letter, written by John | H. Bloomer, a seaman on board the | Maine, was received by his mother be- fore the disaster: “There are torpe- | does set at the bottom of the harbor, | and all that is necessary is to press an | electric button on the shore, and we | would fly sky-high, ship and all. We | can’t go ashore here, as they would kill | us in a minute. If they get the chance they are a bad lot, and we can’t trust | them."” The following letter was sent by Bloomer tc his friend, U. H. Osborne of Deering: “The Cubans sank the dry- dock by sending a diver out from the shore, and he bored holes in the bot- tom of the dock and it filled with water | and sunk. The Spaniards might do the same thing to us before we get out of | here. None of the crew of the Maine is allowed to go ashore, for the cffi- | cers are afraid that some of us will get killed.” ———— WAR VESSELS IN BRITISH SHIPYARDS. LONDON, Frb. 21.—8ix armored ves- els, six protected crulsers, thirteen torpedo-boat destroyers and five tor- | pedo-boats are now building in Great Britain for foreign Governments, of which a number are purchasable, al- though Japan is supposed to have an option on several of them. The war- ships which have been ordered for South American Governments are con- sidered as being for sale to the highest 1dders. Thompson Bros. state that Spain has arranged to man the two remain- ing destroyers of the four completed some time ago at the Civde Bank Yards, but not delfvered, presumably owing to the lack of payments. | Residents of Coast Cities PATRIOTISN AND MOURNING Honor the Dead of the Maine. Prayer Services and Speeches] Made by the Leading Residents. While the Memory of the Lost Sea- men Is Kept Green the War Spirit Runs High. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. STOCKTON, Feb. 21.—One of the most unique services ever held in this city was in progress all day to-day at the house of Rev. D. L. Munro, pastor of the Independent Church, at the cor- | ner of Channel and Sierra Nevada | streets. Rev. Mr. Munro is the pastor who retired from the First Presbyterian | Church a few years ago, and since| founded an independent congregation, | who worship with great seclusion. Rev. Mr. Munro conducts a schocl in con- | nection with his church, and to-day he} told the children that there would be | no session, but that the hours would be devoted entirely to prayer for the | men lost on the battleship Maine and | the intervention of Providence in the outlook for war. The small coterie of | converts gathered in the room, and| there they prayed on bended knee for | the greater part of the day, nflerlng‘ supplication for the seamen who went | down in the waves of Havana Harbor. CHICO, Feb. 21.—Mourning day was | generally observed in this city, and all | business houses were closed this after- | noon. Memorial exercises were held in Armory Hall, the largest building in the | city, but entirely too small for the crowd. Hundreds were turned away. | The hall was beautifully decorated with | flags, evergreens and pot plants. Pa-| triotic addresses were made by Mayor | Rodley, General John Bidwell, Jo D. | Sproul and Rev. Seneca Jones. “Amer- | ica” and other patriotic airs were sung. Never before has Chico seen such a pa- triotic demonstration. SANTA ROSA, Feb. 21.—All flags at | Santa Rcsa were at half-mast to-day | out of respect to the memory of the seamen who lost their lives . in the| wreck of the battleship Maine at Ha- | vana Harbor. The war spirit runs high to-night. A number of leading citizens and business men have signi- fied their intention to offer their serv- ices as soldiers should hostilities begin. In a few hours a big company of vol. unteers could be raised from the best men in town should war ensue. WATSONVILLE, Feb. 21.—The Wat- sonville flags were flying at half-mast all day here in memory of the burial of | the Maine's dead. OWENS WILL BE HANGED. | Found Guilty of the Murder of His Wife at Modesto. MODESTO, Feb. 21.—The jury in the Owens murder case this evening brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, | fixing the penalty at death. Owens killed ! his wife, shot his daughter, Mrs. Tiede- | mann, in the breast, and then put a bullet through the top of his own head but failed to kill himself. The cause of | the trouble was the desertion of Owens by his wife because of his cruelty. MAY AID IN THE WRECKING Government. Will Proba- bly Charter the Tug Right Arm. The Vessel Equipped With All Appliances Needed for the Work. Only Expert Divers Can Do Effective ‘Work in the Muddy Waters of Havana Harbor. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—A Key West special to the Herald says: Consider- able speculation is indulged in as to the course of the negotiations now pending to send a tug from this port to Havana to assist the investigations now being made by the naval authori- ties to ascertain the cause of the dis- aster. The tug Right Arm, Captain McGee, owned by the Merritt Chapman Derrick and Wreckage Company, which arrived yesterday from Norfolk to tow the schooner Belle O'Neil to New York, is still here awaiting orders as to her final destination. Several correspondents of mnorthern papers, following the lead of the Her- ald, which with its characteristic enter- prise has, since the Maine disaster, sent two steam vessels to Havana for its exclusive telegraphic service, have endeavored to negotiate a charter for the Right Arm. The negotiations, how- ever, went no further than to ascertain the price for which she could be se- cured and submit the terms to their papers. There is no danger whatever that the Right Arm_ will be employed as a dispatch boat. I learn on the best authority that the Right Arm will be employed by the United States Govern- ment to assist in saviag the Maine, if such a thing is practicable, and, if not, in recovering her armament and what- ever else aboard that can be reached. Before the departure of the lighthouse supply steamer Mangrove for Havana yesterday evening with members con- stituting the board of inquiry, those officers visited the Right Arm, and were pleased with the size of the tug, and were much gratified at the com- pleteness of her equipment for prose- cution of the work which will be re- quired to make the investigation. I am told the admiral was so favorably impressed with the tug that he ex- pressed a determination to secure.her services at any cost and dispatch her to Havana without delay. This deter- mination was communicated to the authorities at Washington late last night, and a favorable answer is awaited. 1 saw Captain McGee to-day relative to the matter and asked him when he expected to leave for Havana. He said he was not at liberty yet to say any- | thing on the subject, except that the naval authorities had requested the use of his tug and negotiations were pend- ing. He had come here under charter to tow the schooner Belle O'Neil, but if the Government desired his vessel to go on the more important mission of assisting the Maine at Havana, the schooner’s charter could be annulled’ and another tug sent here to tow the O'Neil to her destination. He sald the Right Arm was thoroughly equipped with every available appliance for the purposes of wrecking, had ample power to easily handle the Maine's heaviest guns and experienced divers to make & critical examination of the ship's bot- tom. An ordinary diver, no matter how willing, could not render decided services for various reasons. The waters of Havana harbor are not clear, on the contrary are foul and muddy, making it questionable in his opinion if anything could be discerned under the surface even by the aid of electric lights. Again the Maine is known to be set- tled deep in the mud, making it im- possible for a diver to go under her bottom except with the assistance of the most modern appliances. These are found aboard the Right Arm, and a diver could dig an eight-foot hole clean under the v SENATE INVESTIGATION OF THE DISASTER Passage of a Resolution Directing the Naval Affairs Committee to Make an Inquiry. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—The gal- leries were filled to-day when the Sen- ate convened, the crowd of spectators doubtless being attracted by the prob- ability of further debate upon Cuban affairs or matters connected with the catastrophe to the battle-ship Maine. Allen of Nebraska introduced the fol- lowing resolution: “Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be and is hereby directed to make a thorough inquiry into the destruction of the battle-ship Maine in Havana harbor on the 15th inst. and to report to the Senate.” The resolution was passed without a word of debate. The joint resolution providing for the taking of the bodies of officers and men from the wrecked battle-ship and for the recovery of valuable property on the ship, which was passed by the House of Representatives last week, was presented to the Senate and passed, and it now only needs the Pres- ident’s approval. It carries an appro- priation of $200,000. EIGHT HUNDRED WANTED TO ENLIST. Great Rush of Applicants for Serv- ice in the Navy of the ¥ United States. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—There was more bustle and real activity in the Brooklyn navy yard to-day than on any day since news reached it of the destruction of the battleship Maine. Officers in full uniform paraded about, there was an extra force of yard po- licemen on duty and blue jackets and marines = were seen everywhere. Encugh men and boys put in applica- tions to become blue jackets to equip several such vessels as the unfortunate Maine. Fully 800 applicants presented them- selves to Lleutenant Purcell, recruiting officer on the Cob dock. When he had inspected them they were questioned by Chief Yeoman John Cross, who in turn passed them to Surgeon John M. Edgar and Assistant Surgeon. James Dunbar. As the’ Government needed only ninety-one sailors immediately, the majority of the applicants were turned away. Their names and ad- dresses were taken, however, as is the rule, and they stand first on the list for future calis. All the needed men were soon obtained. They are twenty landsmen, twenty coal passers, forty apprentices of the third class, six ma- chinists of the second class and five shipwrights. . WARSHIPS RE MOVING NORTHWARD South Atlantic Squadron on the Way to the Caribbean Sea. Both the Navy and War Deparw ments @Actively Preparing Defensive and Offensive Measures. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. — A ¥t Washington special to the Her- ald says: In accordance with the administration’s policy of being prepared for emergencies, the vessels comprising the South Atlantic squadron are now on their way to the Carribean Sea, and orders were issued to-day directing the completion of re- pairs to the monitor Terror within forty-eight hours. The Navy Department has kept se- cret the orders sent some days ago to the cruiser Cincinnati, the flagship of the South Atlantic station, and the gunboat Castine, to come north and join the vessels of the North Atlantic station. I learned to-day that the gun- boat Castine left Para, -Brazil, several days ago for the Barbadoes, and that she will be joined later at that point by the Cincinnati. It is officially stated at the department that the reason why vesssels have left Para, Brazil, and | come to waters within the North _M'- lantic station is that yellow fever is raging in Brazilian ports and in orfler to prevent any of the men catching the disease it was determined to have them come farther north. On the other hand, I understand that the vessels were ordered to leave Mon- tevideo some weeks ago and proceed | to Bahal, Brazil, and upon their ar- rival at that point they were directed to continue their voyage to Para. In- | structions were sent to ships upon their arrival at Para directing them to pro- | ceed to the Barbadoes, and it is ex- | pected that the ships will arrive at} {hat point within a few days. The dis- | tance from Para to the Barbadoes is 1150 miles—a five days’ voyage for the Cincinnati and Castine. With these two ships at the Barbadoes the United States will be represented in the waters south of Cuba by the armored cruiser Brooklyn, protected cruiser Clnc\nn'au, and gunboats Wilmington, Castjne, | Annapolis and Vicksburg. The gunboat | Newport is at Greytown, Nicaragua, with the Nicaragua Canal Commission. Orders issued in regard to the com- pletion of repairs to the Terror con- template getting that ship ready for service in two days. Naval Constructor Stahl has been informed that the de- partment authorized him to employ men night and day on the monitor. Captain O'Neil, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, directed the ordnance of- ficers at Norfolk navy yard to place ammunition on board the Terror,*and when completed she will drop down to Hampton Roads, where she will await sailing orders. The department has not definitely determined where to send the ship. The probabilities are that she will proceed to New York harbor and remain there for the protection of that port in case of emergency. The department has taken measures to protect several ports along the northern coast by monitors. For in- stance, the monitor Amphitrite is at Port Royal, and could in case of neces- sity proceed to Charleston in a very few hours. The monitor Puritan, the repairs to which are also being pushed, will be kept at Hampton Roads for service in protection of Norfolk, Rich~ mond and Washington. The monitor Miantonomah could be quickly placed in . commission at League Island for the defense of Philadelphia, and the Terror will probably be stationed at New York. What course the authorities will pur- sue for the protection of Boston, Port- land and Augusta in case of emergency has not yet developed, but the depart- ment arrangements are very complete and those cities will be taken care of when it is evident there is danger of trouble. Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn said to me to-day: “The War Department is not pro- ceeding on the assumption that there is shortly to be an outbreak of hos- tiMties between the United States and Spain or any other country than there has been for many months past. The department at no time failed to appre- ciate the necessity of increasing the military résources of the country to as great an extent as the available ap- propriations permit. Perhaps it is bet- ter to say that the department au- thorities are not allowing any oppor- tunity of putting themselves in as good condition as possible for emergency to be neglected. The quartermaster general will im- mediately contract for 45,000 army blouses and an expenditure of about $200,000 in various clothing and other quartermaster material to 'be made. The available supply of quartermaster stores. now on hand which have not been issued to the service is consider- able. Iam told by a high official of the quartermaster department that more than 25,000 tents are stored at the vari- ous depots ready for issue if needed. These tents are of different styles and capable of sheltering between 75,000 and 80,000 men. In addition to this, over 5,000,000 yards of canvas duck is on fogeg=BageFaPaReFagagayel feg=RegaguBeFagaTagayni hand that might be made into tents in | | volunteers will | Spanish_language are expert a short time. There is likely to be requisitions of considerable size on tha department for accommodation of the artillery which is being detailed to the ungarrisoned sea forts. At most of these points where there are any bar- racks at all they are dilapidated, and it will be impossible to erect suitable buildings for occupancy before next winter. The absence of such buildings, however, in case of actual hostilities is not a great loss, as in the event of ac- tive operations the conspicuous build- ings at the artillery posts would be de- molished by order of the department that they might not present a large target to the enemy’s fire. There is on hand at the quartermaster depart- ment at this time a sufficient supply of uniforms which will clothe about 50,- 000 men. The sustenance department is in excellent condition to furnish am- ple articles of food at short notice for the sustenance for as many troops as the quartermaster department is able to clothe, anditsfacilitiesfor obtaining large supplies are complete, and the quartermaster department is fully pre- pared by arrangements made some time ago to meet an emergency of transportation of troops and supplies. ARIZONA COWBOYS ANXIOUS TO SERVE. | Will Tender a Regiment of Fiying Cavalry in the Event of Hostilities. PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 21"—As the result of the sinking of the Maine in Havana and the feeling prevailing that be called for, initial steps are being taken in this city form the First Regiment of the ! zona Flying Cavalry and turn th same over to the service of President McKinley in case of war with Spain. The regiment will be 1000 strong, equipped with Winchester rifles, forty five Colt pistols and the horses to be native-bred. The personnel of the force will be made up principally of cowboys, all of whom in addition to speaking the mark: men and skilled horsemen. Colonel / 0. Brodie, a graduate of West Point, class of '68, is to chosen the comman- der of the regiment and in a few days he will be en route to Washington to officially ask permission to organize the body. e He Slept Four Hours & Physici . ysicians tell us %fiv‘fin?}:@:’ that eight hours is You Sleep ? a proper amount of sleep for an or- dinary man, but there are innumerable people who suffer from insomnia. That horrible dis- ease is usually the result of overstrain in some way—mental, it may be, or per- haps it is due to excess of some sort. But here is the case of a man who actually lived on only four hours' sleep a day. It is true that he was becoming emaciated, and that he was nervously incompetent to do much that Realthy people do, but it is a fact that he had but four hours’ sleep a day for years, That, too, he says, was troubled, and the joy of sweet, peaceful rest he knew nothing of. The usual resort to sopor- ifics was had, but with no avail. The attention of the Chief Consulting Physi- cian of the Hudson Medical Institute was called to the case, and he at once diag- nosed it as severe nervous debility. From all ‘that can be learned this sleepless man was at once placed under the “Hudyan" remedio-treatment, and now he explains that he sleeps seven hours and a ‘half regularly and refreshingly. He was *ottering from a depleted nervous system when he had the good fortune to go to this eminent doctor, but he looks quite a manly man to-day. His nerves are all right, too. If You Do Not Get the Sleep You Want Sesk for the Trouble The Hudson Medical Institute, where this man was treated, is at the junction of Stoekton, where all curable diseases are cured promptly. Blood taint in either the prim- ary, secondary or tertiary stages is erad- icated by the “30-day blood cure.” Cir- culars and testimonials showing what it has done, as well as most convincing tes- timony of the power of “Hudyan,” sent free to all inquirers. Doctors’ advice 18 lllp free to you. Market and Ellis streets, 4