The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 27, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1898. 3 TO FURNISH [T] FOR A WAR MONEY FOR WAR Mr. Hanna in with New York Bankers. The President Told He Can Have All the Gold Put Into Chest. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Senator Hanna’s visit to New York was a dual one. He had private bus- iness of a very pressing nature, and he also came to secure for President McKinley the assur- ances of the financial world re- specting a bond issue. These he received last night at one of the most important financial confer- ences ever held in this country. It was held in an uptown club, and among those reported p: were President J. Edward Simmons of the C S Pre: y Chase Bank of the Importers Bank. Rep several trust larger insurance which also pr met M 1 compa ip which a or ed capi- were CO0OOOCO00000000CCOOCO0C0CO00 en to understand that the ad- bankers to di who participated are sing the conference or nd in some cases posi- n made. The fact ace and was so har- h to do with bringing eadiness in the inna, when interviewed to-day, “My mission h on the :re bas no bearing reat national question which st in everybody's mind at to whether or not the de- Maine was caused by ign. I had the impres- news of the accident first 1s that was the result of on board ship, and I have opinion. I love and I am not precipitating nto the horrors of war. with others of my fe President Mc g the situati He ied to solve the prob- us and is not likely ally The man -w it superficially is not fit tt n the tor or an executive. It act that those whe are t in their utterances Maine disaster and talk ntly about eedom for not even, though abund- able, contributed a dollar toward ving the rings of the Cubans. I expect to leave for home to-mor- The Financier says: “The statement f the banks of New York city for the week ending February 26 is not as disappointing in its showings as had HBeen anticipated. The events of the week made it plain that heavy decreases were inevitable and yet, as a ult of all the changes, the banks e reduced their surplus cash only $2,729,125, an amount hardly ‘as large as current engagements of gold for Eu- 1ba have associated | on the Maine must be taken care of, Consultationi He Wants to the War | rope. The actual loss in specie and legal tenders was $7,418,400, but this was par- tially offset by an increase of $2,353,700 in spec naking the net loss for the week $ 700. The specie apparently went into half a dozen of the larger banks. “It is interesting to note that of the entire cash reserve of the New York banks, at least 58 per cent is held in the form of specie. The loss in,cash brought about by the heavy ship- ws ments to the interior and payments into the treasury, but the full extent of the former is not shown in the statement. While the larger part of the money now being withdrawn from York is doubtless in response to ed demands due to better trade | conditions, some of it reflects the un- settled state of excitement prevailing as regards the future. “But the New York banks generally lose a portion of their excess balance at this season of the year. In 1897, between the latter part of February and the end of March, the excess re- serve fell off $11,000,000. The loss dur- ing February, this year, has been twelve and three-quarter millions. The | reserve, however, is now about one- half of what it was twelve months ago, that the loss affects the market rather more acutely. “Still, the sensitiveness of the situa- tion and our strong position as regards | international balances are well Shu\\'n} in the fact that even the light increases | in rates last week have started gold imports. A continued firm market will | only emphasize this factor. For the moment the demoralization of the stock | market, the heavy liquidation and real- | izations have contracted the loan item. | There is nothing, however, indicating | that money is going to be excessively | dear, even should complications arise. | A study of the past week's operations | W illustrates perfectly the direction in| which relief can be looked for. In other words, our money loaned abroad can be made instantly available ” Russell Sage gave out the following authorized interview to-d | “From all the information received | there is little doubt in my mind that | our warship was blown up by outside agencies, and if the naval commission reports the time for action has come. There should be no wavering. This Government must demand the | fullest reparation, and that without | delay. Whatever action for war or otherwise President McKinley may | take he should and will have the full- | est support from both rich and poor, Republicans and Democrats. There is no question as to where the rich stand. In the Civil war, when it broke out, I bought Government bonds, and I did the same thing in 1854. So did other | rich men. We had confidence in our | Government. If the necessity arises now I will do the same thing again generously, and so will other rich men that I know of. I am an Americam, first and last, and propose to stand by the flag. “‘Party lines will be dropped. As to the stock market, that has got to take care of itself for the present. The | ticker is now a secondary considera- tion. The honor of the Government | comes first. 1 speak not only of my | own views on this point, but those of other moneyed men with whom T have | talked. Another thing, the families and dependents of every sailor killed | s0 Patriotic Bear in mind The Call’s great Scribner United States History offer closes March I1. date prices will be advanced 33 1-3 per cent. The greatest History of lished. 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NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Be- sides providing for the naval defense of the port of New York, the Navy Department inaugurated measures to- day for replenishing the magazines of men-of-war attached to the North At- | lantic station, and for securing a large | supply of coal. Secretary Long issued orders soon after his arrival at the | Navy Department this morning to Captain.Nicol Ludlow, commanding the Terror, directing him to take his ves- sel from Hampton Roads to New York, and to remain there until further or- ders. Captain Ludlow appreciates the reason for the orders is the desire of the administration to protect New York. It is believed by the Navy De- partment that the only contingency to be feared in the event of hostilities would be the sending of an armored TIMENT OF FOREIGN PRESS English Newspapers Do Not Believe War Is Near. But They Praise the Firm Stand Taken by the President. El Pais Says the War in Cuba Wil Only End When Spain Sends an Army Against Uncle Sam. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Feb. 26.—Sensational dis- patches, purporting to report alarm- ist utterances of President MecKinley, Secretary Long and other officials, are beginning to affect public opinion on this side of the Atlantic, and create the impression that possibly be truth in the reports that the loss of the Maine was not due to accident, as at first believed here. Although war between the United States and Spain is still regarded as improhable, the disposition in the city is to regard the apprehension respect- ing Cuba as altogether exaggerated. The Statist points out that this is a grave mistake, “as, apart from sentiment, the material losses inflicted upon Americans by the anarchy in Cuba must not be belittled.” The Statist believes, however, that President McKinley is strong enough to resist the pressure, and congratu- lates him upon the “firm and states- manlike qualities which the immediate responsibilities of his position have de- veloped,” and upon the honorable and | noble prnciples which he enunciated at | Philadelphia when he quoted Washing- ton. “At the same time,” continues the Statist, “we realize that the President cannot afford to quarrel with his sup- porters if the latter press war.” The Saturday Review is of the opin- ion that the “affair is gravely threat- ening,” and comments upon the silence | of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Maine as being “ominous,” as in the “nervous anxiety of President Mc- Kinley and his Ministers to avoid-a rupture with Spain, they would ob- viously have hastened to publish any- thing which would help to stop the mouths of Senators Mason and Allen, who, with the assistance of certain newspapers, are yelling for instant war in the best jingo style.” Proceeding, the Saturday Review re- marks: ‘“‘Secretary Sherman, having been silenced by the simple process of not allowing him to know anything, the executive has lately kept the secrets admirably, but it is shrewdly suspected that the pacific position of President McKinley is largely owing to the re- ports of his naval advisers to the effect that America is not in condition to go to war with Spain with any certainty of an immediate and overwhelming success. The Spanish fleet is not to be despised, and South American re- publics have not displayed any love for their northern sister, But. all this will net prevent the jingoes forcing the President’s hand if a scrap of evi- dence implicating the Cuban authori- ties becomes public.” The Spectator is certain that the United States Government, “‘whether moved by information from Europe or being only desirous of peace, is anxious here may | which allege | | policy of to avoid wa Still, apart from the loss of the Maine, the Spectator thinks the harrowing consular reports from Cuba ma the Americans that they will in ment ending American The uch miseries r then proceeds to re- ted war preparations in the United States, and concludes: “But grave persons everywhere in the Union are waiting for evidence and are not t upon their Govern- | | within | 0 TIME CAN NOW BE LOST inclined for war unless the honor and | Bodies From the Wrecked the country really require A Advices received here from show that while the revolutiona v or- gans, such as El Pais, are shrieking denunciations and threat the respon- sible newspapers have adopted a con- ciliatory attitude. For instance, Bl Liberal, in a leading article, made a | birthday and expre | nifying of human conscience. | The Ministers declare that the pes- sympathetic reference to W d approval President McKinle: peech at Phila- delphia, considering it to be a ** for those seeking to embroil United States and Spain,” and express ing the hope “that the President’s tion will be in accord with his word In conclusion EIl Liberal s “Time will tell, but for the present we ought to ery a truce to suspicions and animosities in honor of the memory of the great man who, in addition to lay- ing the foundation for the liberty of his people, contributed as few others have done to the redeeming and dig- simistic views of the Spanish press are “‘only the echo of the sensational state- ments mad; by certain American newspapers.” SPANISH PAPERS PLEAD FOR PEACE. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. MADRID, Feb. 26.—The tenor of dis- patches from Havana published in some of the American the utmost surprise here, whe: icans until now have been co o0l end calm in their judgments. Sorme papers publish a list of serious raports published in the New York papes lote, one after the other being proved uairue, and many comment especially upcn the Herald's tone. Public senti- ment here is quite calm. The Min- isterial statement issued, after regret- ting the credulity given to false re- ports, says that no incident has oc- curred which can alter the friendly re- lations between Spain and the United States, and that the unfortunate disas- ter to the Maine, even if the explo- sion came from a malicious hand, can lead to no complications. El Liberal, Senor Sagasta’s organ, after referring to the troubles as adjusted, says that the all-important question is the prompt pacification of Cuba; that it is urgent and cannot be delayed. The Globe heads a leader with Gen- eral Woodford's ringing words printed in English, “Peace Forever.” The Im- parcial, generally a jingo, even talks of peace and urges action toward as- suring it. It says: “Everything now depends upon our soldiers in Cuba to quell the war. It matters little what expeditions are sent out from the United States, our troops in spite of them shouid be able to extinguish the opposition in two and a half months before the rainy season. Diplomacy has smothered all other difficulties. If the war in Cuba does not terminate it is the fault of our soldiers. If a war oc- curs with the United States it is the fault of a few journalists.” The Dolphin to e Made Ready. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The Dol- phin is to go into commission in New York on ‘the 24th of March. Ailthough rated as the President’s yacht, the ves- sel, which has been thoroughly over- hauled and furnished with new bollers and decks, carries even now a suf- ficlent battery to make her, when speed is taken Into account, a very ef- fective gunboat. - Her ‘personnel will remain the same as before she went to the yard for repairs last fall. —_—————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with' or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. -him:lnn's: of | papers causes | of | the | | tion of the Should Be Recovered. Maine Arrangements Made for Send- ing the Remains to Key West for Burial. It Is Believed That the Corpses of Jenkins and Merritt Can Be Identi- fied by the Uniform. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Feb. 26. In the absence of news from Havana on any subject other than the disposi- dead bodies, the official mind turned to-day to an analysis of the Spanish statements, made with | more or less degree of official sanction, re secting the total absence of sub- marine mines from Havana harbor, and it was regarded by the Navy De- | partment as negativing the mine theory of an external cause of the explosion, | just as recent letters put an end to the | exploding boiler theory as an internal | still ignorant of its plans. cause for the disaster. Nothing was heard to-day from the court of inquiry, and the department is In fact, the only news coming direct from Havana to the Navy Department during the day was contained in the following dispatch from Captain Sigsbee: “HAVANA, Feb. 26.—Have succeed- ed in making arrangements by which bodies may be sent to Key West in hermetically sealed zinc cases. Refer to Forsythe for burial in Key West. Probable -that bodies hereafter cannot be recognized. Probable that bodies will not remain intact. Condition of bodies requires immediate action. Jen- kins and Merritt may be recognized by uniform. Can secure health permit at Key West to land the bodies there. Divers cannot get down aft after bodies this morning. Much debris. ‘Will clear it away. Wainwright placed in charge of wrecking matter.” The following reply was sent: “WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—To Sigs- bee, Havana: Referring to your tele- gram of this date, send bodies that may hereafter be recovered to Key West for burial. Send by Bache. “LONG.” To Key West a dispatch was for- warded as follows “WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—To Naval | Station, Key West: Sigsbee ordered to send bodies that may hereafter be re- covered to Key West for temporary burial. Will arrive ., in - hermetically closed zinc cases. Make necessary ar- rangements. -~ Bodies will arrive by Bache. 5 LONG.” It is believed at the department that there are probably in the neighborhood of fifty bodies remaining to be dis- covered and extrieated from the wreck. Only One Boat at Havana. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—A Washington special to the Herald says: The dis- patch boat Fern will be left for the present to safeguard American inter- ests in Havana harbor and Lieutenant Commander Wainwright will represent the Government in wrecking opera- tions. Secretary Long told me to-night that he had not determined when to dispatch the Montgomery or Nashville to the relief of the Fern. It is the gen- eral impression that no orders will be issued for the dispatch of a ship on a peace mission to Havana for some time. | cruiser to an undefended port to do as | much damage as possible and then get | away. It is proposed by the authori- | ties to keep the North Atlantic squad- | ron in Florida waters, and it is, there- | fore, considered advisable to have Charleston and Port Royal defended | by the Amphirite, Baltimore, Washing- | ton and Norfolk by the Puritan, which | will drop down to Hampton Roads | within the next two weeks; Philadel- phia by the Miantonomoh, which will shortly be placed in commission, and New York by the Terror. These monitors, the department be- lieves, can take care of any cruisers which might be sent against the ports named. The department’s scheme for the defense of ports along the New England coast has not yet developed, but it is expected within the next week that precautionary measures will be adopted. partment to-day that the movement of the the Terror was the result of the departure of the Spanish cruiser Viz- caya from New York yesterday. “The department proposed,” said an official to me, “to send the Terror to | New York, and would have done so several days ago had it not been that it did not care to menace the Spanish visitor. Had the Vizcaya's captain an- nounced that he intended to remain an indefinite period in New York harbor, the department would at once have sent the Terror.” I understand that orders to fill the magazines of the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron are in accordance with the department’s desire to be pre- pared. It was said to-day that many of the ships had thus been engaged in target practice and had thus shot away many rounds of ammunition. The department proposes to assemble all additional supplies of powder and | shell at the New York and Norfolk navy yards and at the Key West sta- tion, where ships will take them on board. the navy has not sufficient ammuni- to-day there was enough on hand to fill up all of the ships of the navy, with a little to spare as a reserve. " Commander R. B. Bradford, chief of ‘&he Bureau of Equipment, appeared | before the House Naval Committte to- day and urged that the committee ap- propriate $100,000 to be immediately 7 ’‘lable for the purchase of coal for the naval ships. Commander Bradford | explained that the appropriation made for the present fiscal year would soon be exhausted and that additional money would soon be needed. In case the committee should author- ize an appropriation and it should pass there is reason to believe the depart- ment would immediately purchase large quantities of coal to be shipped out by Commander Bradford on his re- | cent trip along the Florida coast. I understand Commander Bradford has urged upon: Secretary Long the neces- sity of securing coaling stations as the most important necessity in case of a naval war. Shipments of guns from the Wash- ington gun foundry to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, orders for which were is- sued yesterday by the Navy Depart- ment, as told in the Herald this morn- ing, will begin next week. 1nhe foun- dry will equip guns with sights and | generally put them in condition for im- | mediate service before shipping them. | The first lot to go will consist of twen- ty-two 5-inch guns and mounts and ten 6-inch guns and mounts. Four- | teen of the 5-inch guns were manufac- | tured for the cruiser Chicago and six of the 6-inch guns for the cruiser At- lanta. In case of immediate emergen- cy it is recognized by department of- ficials that it would be impossible in the present stage of repairs to the Chi- cago and Atlanta to arm them and the weapons intended for them would con- sequently be placed on auxiliary cruisers. WILLIAM TALKS OF THE DISASTER. Germany’s Emperor Evidently Be- lieves It Was Solely Due to an Accident. BERLIN, Feb. 26.—With the carnival ball on Tuesday, the season’s big court fetes ended. At this ball, which was attended by the whole of the Embassy and 2000 guests, court etiguette is al- ways relaxed. The Emperor chatted with the Embassadors and others quite informally. His Majesty conversed at length with United States Embassador ‘White and spoke admiringly of the children of Mrs. Wiborg, a niece of Secretary Sherman. He said it was a It was admitted at the de- | Although it is generally believed that | tion to fight a battle, I was informed | toc Key West and other points picked | revelation to himself and the Empress to meet such well-bred American chil- dren, as the latter are generally be- lieved in Germany to be lacking in manners. “-iut,” the Emperor added, “if the Wiborgs are the typical Ameri- can children, then the latter have been grossly maligned.” His Majesty also spoke of the American comic papers and the excellent drawings in them. The conversation turning upon the loss of the battle-ship, Mr. White thanked the Emperor for his telegram of sympathy sent to President McKin- ley, particularly because it was sent in English and was thus understood by every one in America. Emperor William pooh-poohed Count Von Aran’s remarks in the Reichstag, criticizing President McKinley for his alleged lack of courtesy in not fram- ing his reply in German, saying the cases were not similar. His Majesty further remarked that the disaster was doubtless due to.an unlucky accident and not to the work of a Spanish fa- natic, adding that all the evidence pointed that way. Incidentally, the Emperor said he had been misrépresented by some American newspapers as to his dislike for Americans. On the contrary the Emperor said he liked many traits in the American character. s | HASTENS THE WORK ON THE- PRINCETON. Chief Constructor Hichborn Pays a Visit to the New Gunboat. NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Chief Con- structor Hichborn reached Camden late this afternoon and made his way quietly to the shipyard of John Dia- logue & Son at Kaighns Point, where the gunboat Princeton is being built. He and Mr. Dialogue held a consulta- | tion privately, left the office and went unaccompanied aboard the Princeton. After the inspection of the gunboat Hichborn left the shipyard at once, reached Philadelphia by the nearest ferry, and no one seemed to know what became of him. In fact, Mr. Dialogue | seeemed unwilling to even admit his isitor's identity, but finally did so. The Princeton has been lying in the Delaware, receiving but little attention | for several months. “The Government was in no hurry for the boat,” explained Mr. Dialogue | to me to-night, “so we attended to pri- vate work. - Last week we received or- ders to make some alterations in the placing of guns, and have been attend- ing to them.” ‘““What had the Chief Constructor to say about the Princeton to-day?”’ I asked. “Nothing, only that the Government wants her,” he added. “Did you fix a time for delivery?” “Not definitely; she is practically ready for sea,” said he, “all except re- pairs.” Vill she be finished and ready for sea in a week?” I asked. | “In very little over that time,” he ad- | mitted. ““An extra force will go to | work Monday morning, possibly to- | morrow.” . 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