The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1898. WAR PREPARATIONS STILL GO ON PRESIDENT HOPEFUL OF PEACEG | SANTA BARBARA OPENS Queen Victor That War Wili Not Come. The Facts Remain That Spain Must Settle for the Maine’s Loss and Cease Fight- ing in £ #* NEW YORK, March 9.—The Herald’s Washington corres- pondent telegraphs with positive knowledge that Spain is finan- cially unable to carry on war; that the powerful influence of reat Britain is being exerted to prevent war, and with his hands fully strengthened to meet war the President more hopeful than ever it will be avoided. Hok kK ok Rk R X * * * * * * is * * * The air in Washington to-day was harged with stories of various kinds as to the prospective policies of the administration in dealing with the Cuban question, and of all sorts of for- eign complicaticns that would follow. I am unable to state, however, that the most important development of the day which tends toward peace Since the Maine dis- r there have been many evidences tish official and unofficial sympa- with the United States, and in the of th the visit of Sir Julian ident yesterday Diligent in- light Pauncefote 1s of peculiar significance. quiry as to the cbject of this visit de- to the Pr¢ velops the fact that Queen Victoria h through the British Embassador, veyed to President McKinley her ification at the wise and conserva- course which he has thus far pur- sued in relation to the Cuban ‘and anish situation. She has also ex- pressed to him her thorough sympathy with the efforts put forth by the United States to relieve suffering hu- manity in Cuba, with the hope that these endesvers may be conducted to a successful conclusion without war. The in Xpr were not sent 1 offi form y would have been communicated through Mr. Hay, States - Emb ador to Great Britain, but for the fact that he was sent on a voyage on Tuesday night. The e, therefore, made directl uncefote with the requ he convey them in person to the ient. There has been no correspondence with this country upon the subjeot, so that the Queen’s sentiments do not ap- ia Also Hopes Cuba. | tion. Tt seems equally certain it not | accompanied by it will be closely fol- lowed by a further representation to Spain in the direction of securing prompt peace in Cuba. | I am assured, upon the highest au- thority, that the President, while not having any definite intervention policy | in view, does contemplate an early move in the direction of securing the | independence of Cuba. He will adopt the means which will be the least likely to provoke war, but will not shirk the responsibility of acting through any | fear of war. | If the Maine matter can be settled | promptly and satisfactorily the Presi- | dent, if existing conditions continue, | will first propose a settlement of the Cuban question on the purchase basis | —that is, the Cubans to be given their independence by agreeing to pay a por- tion of the war debt, payment to be | guaranteed by the United States. If| this should fail, then it is believed that | the President would go to the extent of recognizing the independence of Cuba, and then allow Spain to say for | herself whether she wanted to make war on the United States for adopting such a course. Every cent of the $50,000,000 appropri- ated for national defense will be ex- pended, whether there is certainty of war or not. All hands are proceeding on the theory that nothing is more cer- tain to prevent hostilities than thor- ough preparation. Even though the | Maine disaster and the Cuban question | may both be peacefully settled, the | amount appropriated can be spent with advantage in preparing the country for \ the next emergency. | CONGRESS SOON TO { CONCLUDE ITS LABORS. | President McKinley Will Settle the Cuban Question in His Own Way. | NEW YORK, March 9.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: The| aim now is to get Congress out of the | | way as quickly as possible, so that the | | Cuban question can be settled during | pear on record. The desire of the . et o "€ | the summer by the President. Speaker | Queen that war should be avoided was | {e SUmmer by the Bree to ent. e | emphasized for several reasons. It was | gesires to go to Europe in May. As | pointed out that the commercial rela- | a matter of fact, Congress could ad- | s of Great Britain wi States were too extensiv ardized by war in this country, and a Spanish blockade of the port of New York, for instance, it was pointed out, would be of irreparable damage to Brit- ish shipping, while the cessation of the shipment of supplies to England would be exceedingly serious. No representation of the attitude of England in case of hostilities was con- tained in the Queen’s message, but the assumption seemed to be that war would be avoided. The reply of the President expressed | his thanks and said that he hoped it would be possible to avert war. public announcement of the real pur- pose of the visit of Sir Julian, as well as a denial of the fact that it had re- lated to the present crisis, has been due entirely -to the fear that miscon- struction might be given to the inci- dent. It was thought that the appro- val given by the Queen to the Presi- dent’s course might displease persons of ultra-American spirit and might be regarded as having undue weight in influencing the President’s future ac- tion. This is the question upon the answer to which will probably depend the issue of peace or war. That a demand for in- demnity will undoubtedly be made as | a result of the decision of the court of inquiry there is now little, if any, que: h the United | e to be jeop- | The journ in a week with all the necessary | work done. | There will be no river and harbor bill. The House Committee voted to-day to | not report the bill. Ten appropria- | tion bills have already passed and some are in the conference committee over amendments. Only two appropriation bills remain to be passed—the naval ap- propriation bill and the general de- | ficiency bill. I It is argued that with Congress ad- journed another element of danger would be removed and the President could be free to act on the independ- | ence of Cuba by proclamation, if that should at any time become necessary. BRYAN APPLAUDS THE | ACTION OF CONGRESS. | | Says It Gives to the World an Ex- ample of Our National Unity. ATLANTA, March 9.—Hon William J. Bryan spent a few hours in Atlanta to-day on his way to Macon, where he spoke to-night. “‘When asked his opin- | fon as regards the action of Congress in placing $50,000,000 at the President's disposal for the national defense, Mr. Bryan said: “1 am glad the House acted promptly and unanimously. In fact, it might have been better to have made it a hundred millions to show the world that Congress and the American peo- ple, without regard to political differ- ONLY TWO DAYS REMAIN HE CALL’S great discount offer of Scribner’s History of the United States closes Friday, March lith. 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Fine Display of Choice Breeds Dogs and Poultry and a Bis Attendance. SANTA BARBARA, March 9.—The first annual display of choice breeds of dogs and poultry, under the auspices of the Santa Barbara County Poultry and Pet Stock Association, began to-night and will continue four days. There was a large attendance, many of the prominent ladies and gentlemen of this city and Montecito being seen among the throng. The management is in the best of hands. C. A. Loud, the superintendent, has par- of ticipated in many bench shows, hence has the details well stematized. C. | H. Mower, the secretary, Is well quali- fied for the place, and the opening of the show without hitch is due to him. There are twenty-seven varieties of dogs exhibited and they number in all 110. Santa Barbara shows well to the front in this class, both in numbers and in merit. Los Angeles, Ventura and San Franclsco exhibit some fine dogs. The most noted dogs on exhibition are: Defender, Dane, owned by C. G. Saxe of San Francisco, and winner of the puppy novice prize ot Sacramento in 6. King Menelex, St. Bernard, owned by Mrs. ) L Saxe of San Francisco, and winner of the novice and junior prize at Sacramento In 1895 _Princess Flora, St. Bernard, owned by L. Samman of Pasadena, and winner of first prize in 1596 and third open at Los _Stamboul, glish setter, property of J. Singer of Los Angeles, winner of prizes at many shows. Nita Gladstone, English setter, property of C. A. Loud of Santa Barbara, winner of pecial, any clas an Diego, 1396 glish setter, winfier at San 7, over 300 dogs. cocker spaniel, Santa Barbara winner at San Francisco in 15%. der, fox terrier, Sunset kennel, San . 'first puppy prize at Crystal Palace, ‘Queen Counts neisco_in 1 Vic, ueen kennel Def don. B! Godfrey’s fox terrier, winner of prizes San Jose, 13%; San Francisco, 1897, and W at acramento, The fowls on_exhibition number 250 and are of the Plymouth Rock, Leghorn, Minorca, Polish and Bantam varieties. The pet stock makes a good showing. The show is being held in Armory Hall, a_room well adapted for the purpose. Every indication points to the show be- ing a success, financial and otherwise. INDOOS ATTACK THE CHRISTIANS Riot in Bombay Over a Raid by a Plague Search Party. Frenzied Natives Fall Upon Europe- ans and Are Shot Down by the Police. Spectal Dispatch to The Calt. LONDON, March 9.—Special dispatches from Bombay report that a riot broke out at noon among the low caste Hindoos and Mohammedans against the Europeans. It had its origin in an attack upon a plague search party. Two soldiers, as these dis- patches were sent, had already been killed and the police had fired on the mob, killing six persons and wounding many others. Other speclal dispatches from Bombay report that the plague inspector and everal men of the Shropshire regiment were stoned to death. BOMBAY, March 9.—To-day's riots arose through a plague party inquiring into the cause of the sickness of a Mo- hammedan woman. An enormous crowd of castemen gathered and stoned and mobbed the party, which retired for an escort of armed police and then returned and redemanded the surrender of the pa- tient, which was refused. A Parsee mag- istrate who exhorted the populace not to resist the police was himself struck, whereupon he _ordered the police charge. They did so and four Moham- medans were Kkilled and several were wounded. The disturbance spread with alarming rapidity until the whole quarter around the Bhendi Bazaar presented a spectacle similar to that of the riots of 1893 The Mohammedans, who were joined by the Hindoos, assatlted every ~European or Eurasian they met and a hysterical mob attacked Buropean dwellings in the sub- aulla, The residents barri- selves in_their houses and fired blank cartridges from thelr windows which drove the rioters off. In the meantime troops were hurried to the scene and a battery of artillery is now patrolling the Bhendi Bazaar. The outhreak was specially directed against Christians.. It is rumored that two Eu- ropean soldiers were nearly killed, but it is difficult, owing to the excitement, to obtain correct details. WANAMAKER TO RACE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP. Candidate of the Pennsylvania Busi- ness Men’s Republican League. PHILADELPHIA, March 9.—John Wan- amaker will be the candidate of the Busi- ness Men's Republican League for Gov- ernor. He gave out his letter of accept- ance to-night, addressed to the notifica- tion committee appointed at the meeting of representatives from nearly all the counties in the State held at the Bourse in this city on February 7. Mr. Wanamaker's delay of over a month has led many of his friends to be- lieve that he would decline the nomina- tion. He has been ill for some days, but is now much better, and he stated to- night that he would begin active political work at once. It was intimated that Mr. Wanamaker would be his own campalgn manager. 4 . OVERRIDES THE COURT. Hawaiian Minister of Foreign Af- fairs Refuses Registry to Ships. HONOLULU, March 1—The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in spite of the ruling of the Supreme Court against his conten- tion, has announced that he will decline to grant Hawalian registers to foreign bottoms, as it is_contrary to the Govern- ment's policy. This ruiing followed on the application of Colonel George Me- Farlane for a registry of a Norwegian vessel now owned In San Francisco. e Wreckage at Grays Harbor. The three-masted schooner Beulahcame into port last night after breaking the record for the round trip to Gravs Har- bor. It is just two weeks ago that she left this port in ballast for Grays Harbor. She ran up in about three days before a gale of wind tunat drove her along right merrily. The next week was spent in loading 400,000 feet of lumber, and then ghc made the run down in less than four ays. 1§he previous record for the rouna trip was sixteen days, and the Beulah’'s time cuts two days from it. Captain Miteneil, her master, has been running up an down the coast for the last sixteen years. The vessel Is sixteen years old ang car: v wies a araw of eight men all told. DE BERNABE 03 | MERICAN SOIL Spain’s New Minister to| America Arrives at New York. He Is Greeted With Acclaim by His Countrymen of the Metropolis. Declines to Talk of the Differences Between Madrid and Wash- ington. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 9.—Senor Luis Polo de Bernabe, #he new Spanish Min- ister, who succeeds Senor Dupuy de Lome at Washington, was a passenger on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm I1 which arrived at her pler in Hoboken at 6 o’clock this evening. He was most enthusiastically welcomed by the Span- ish Consul-General and several of his countrymen. The Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived off the bar at 5 o'clock, when a Herald-Call re- porter boarded her from a tug. Senor de Bernabe was found writing a letter in the first cabin saloon. He spoke in excellent English as he received m “I left Madrid on February 26, said, “and embarked at Gibraltar on February 28. We have had pleasant weather and the voyage has been an agreeable one. 1 have made some very pleasant acquaintances among the Americans on board. You see I am somewhat of an American myself; [ spent some time In your country and acquired the language, though I speak it imperfectly. I am very glad to get back again, for I am by no means a stranger he At the mention of the present trou- bled state of affairs Senor de Bernabe shrugged his shoulders and exclaimed: “I can say nothing of the present sit- uation. 1 have not seen the newspa- pers for ten days and 1 have no knowl- edge of what has taken place in that time. I have come as Spain’s Minis- ter to the United States. I can say nothing of politi 1 have come alons, except for two attendants. My wife re- mains in Germany to visit her father, the Spanish Embassador there. She will join me later.” As he spoke the new Minister re- garded Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth and their frowning guns with some in- terest. One of the passengers told me that Senor de Bernabe had said tnat he believed Cuba would be won over to Spain by autonor Captain Hogemann of the Kaiser Wilhelm II gave a dinner to-night in honor of the Minister, and Ignatius C. Grubb, Judge of the Supreme Court of Delaware, presided, welcoming Senor de liinabe to this country. Senor de Bierrabe replied in a few words. but avoiaed any reference to Cuba or Span- ‘ish merican affair: Fenor de Bernabe's reception s | pier in Hoboken was an enthus one. From the Spanish legation hington Senor Pablo Soler, tary of the embassy, military attac | eive their new chief. With them | were Consul-General Arturo Baldasano, | his son, Vice-Consul Fabregas, Presi- | dent Castillo of the New York Spanish Society, and many other Spaniards. As soon as the Minister was recognized he was greeted with great waving of | hats from the Spaniards on the pier. -~ th at first , and Senor La had come to to | | | He responded by bowing, and was | greeted with cheers. As soon as the | gangway was let down to the pler | Senor de Bernabe appeared with one | 0t the first cabin ladies on his arm and wilked slowly down. At the bottom | hewas seized by Consul-General Balda- | sano and the two men threw their arns about #ach other's necks. Senor de Bernabe was embraced by each man |in turn and again by Consul-General | Baldasano after he had gone all round. Extept for the Spaniards who sur- | rounded him, however, Senor de Ber- | nabe was treated rather unceremoni- | ously.| A policeman told him to “move | on” wiile he stood near the gangway | and seteral times the dock emploves | swept lim to the side. Senor de Ber- | nabe ayd Consul-Genéral Baldasano | got Intog carriage and were driven to | the Waldprf-Astoria. | Consul-Seneral Baldasano said that | Senor de 3ernabe would leave here for Washingtm early in the morning, and would present his credentials to Presi- | dent McKiey. | ©On boardthe Kaiser Wilhelm IT with Senor de Jernabe was Franklin C. Bevan, Unfed States Consul to Al- meria, Spaini who has just resigned his office for fanily reasons. In speaking of the situafon in Spain Mr. Bevan said: “Among tht sensible people of Spain, the well infomed and middle classes, there exists Wthing but the kindliest va)d America and Ameri- cans, They @plore the idea of a war. They feel no mmity toward this coun- try. The Spaiish hotel-keepers are de- ploring the #ct that Americans no | Jonger patronge them. ~The general sentiment, aj I have found it is | friendly to\\'aé the United States.” SUDDEN DIATH OF A KERN K}MTY PIONEER. Joseph E. Smth Succumbs to Cancer of the Somach at Bakers- | fleld. BAKERSFIED, March 9.—Joseph B. Smith, one of he most prominent plo- neers of this comty, suddenly expired in his room at thdArlington Hotel in this city about 10 célock last evening. He | had been in badhealth for a year past and came to towh last Sunday from his | | Weed Patch ranh to be nearer his phy- siclan for more 4tentive treatment. He was on the strees all day to within a | few hours of hil demise, meeting and talking to his frihds as usual. He re- | tired shortly aftg 9 o'clock and | quested & friend | main with di€l within a minute. | “His ailment ¥as @ncer of the stomach. was a few months over He came to this county everal years conducted a in 1870, and fo Some years ago he gave | blacksmith sh ! up his businé$ and moved on a large | BB 'S¢ land A (he Weed Pateh, a rich locality near his place, and on this ranch he first dinonstrated in this county the success of Bmping water for irrigat- urposes. esent his ranch is D P acsbnio 1. this county. S Qinith ‘came td California in 189 from Iilinois. Results ¢ New Orleans. NEW ORLEAN, March 9.—Robert Bon- ner. Globe II Kingstone were the | | Globe II won, Ud | chine. winning favorites to-day. Weather fine; track fast. Results: First race, six furlongs, selling, Taka- nassee won, Meddler second, Sim W third. Time. 1:14% Second race, two-year-olds, five fur- longs, selling, Sulphuric won, Dolly Re- gent second, Dr. Sam third. Time. 1:03. Third race, mile and twenty yards, sell- ing, Robert Bonner won, Nannie L's Sis- {e{l; second, Little Bramble third. Time, “Fourth race, six and a half furlongs, second, Bertha Nell third. Time, 1:2215. Fifth race, one mile and an eighth, sell- ing, Kingstone won, Jim Conway second. Dumaine third. Time, 1:57%. Sixth race, seven furlongs, K C won, Lillian E second, Hurns third. Time, 1:28. ENGLISHMEN INVADE BRAZILIAN TERRITORY. Their Purpose Said to Be to Instigate a Revolt Against the Government. BUENOS AYRES, March 9.—The Her- ald’s correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, informs me that newspapers from Amazonas, just received in Rio Janeiro, give details of an Invasion of Brazilian ferritory on Rio Branco River by Eng- lishmen from British Guiana, whose pur- pose it Is to instigate a revolution. The Brazillan Government will demand satis- faction. NO APPROPRIATION FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS. Action of the House Committee a Great Disappointment to Our Representatives. WASHINGTON, March 9.—The House Committee on Rivers and Harbors to- day, by a vote of 8 to 7, decided not to report a river and harbor appropriation bill at this session. This Is a great dis-| appointment to Representatives Loud, Maguire and De Vries, who hoped to se- cure appropriations for the removal of | Arch and Shag rocks In San Franeisco | harbor and_the fmprovement of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers. st BURGLARS AT WOODLAND. Weider’s Cigar Store Looted of Goods | and Money. WOODLAND, March 9.—George Wei- der's cigar store and factory was burg- larized some time Tuesday night. The | thieves effected an entrance by taking a | pane of glass from the rear door. Once inside it was an easy matter to conduct | operations without much chance of de- tection. A big wooden shutter shuts out all view from the front. The thieves car- ried away a big lot of cigars and tobacco, some pipes, a lot of clotning and a small | amount of money, about $14, found in the | drawer and the nickel-in-the-slot ma- The officers have not yet obtained any clew. * POWER SUPPLIED AT LONG RANGE The Fresno Electric System Is Continued Into Kings County. Waters of a Mountain Stream Util- ized to Operate the Industries of Hanford. Special Dispatch to The Call. FRESNO, March 9.—The city of Han- ford will this week have the proud dis: tinction of being the terminus of the long- INCREASING THE ASIATIC SQUADRON America Making Ready to Seize the Philip- pine Islands. Battle-Ship Oregon Ordered to Sail at Onc Francisco ¢ From San to Chinese Waters. o NEW YORK, March 9—A O O Washington special to the Her- O O ald says: Having in view the O © wresting from Spain of the Phil- O O ippine Islands in the event of O O nhostilities, the naval authorities O O are considering the proposition O O to greatly strengthen the Asiat- O 0 ic squadron. This proposition © O contemplates adding the battle- O O ship Oregon to Commodore Dew- ©O O ey's effective fighting force. The © © Oregon arrived at San Francis- O 0 co to-day from Bremerton, O 0 Wash., where she will be O O docked and her bilge keels af- O o fixed, and she will take on board O O a large supply of coal and mu- O ©O nitions of war. o =] o She will be ready within a week, and from present indications she will be di- rected to proceed to Hongkong, via Honolulu. There has been some talk of | bringing the ‘battleship around to the Atlantic Coast, and of assigning her to Rear Admiral Sicard’s force, but the vessel would take at least two months to make the voyage, besides the run- ning danger of not being able to coal at South American ports in case war should be declared. The advantages which would result in adding the Oregon to the Asiatic station are considered so great by the naval authorities that the vessel will probably be sent to Hongkong to join the cruiser Baltimore, which will leave Honolulu on March 15 for ‘China. The cruisers Olympia, Raleigh and Boston and the gunbeats Concord and Petrel | are at Hongkong. This determination of the authorities est electric transmission power system in the world. Power Is derlved from the | north fork of the San Joaquin River and | delivered in Fresno, a distance of thirty- | six miles from the generating station, and | utilized there for light anc poses. Th 'stem has now tended to Hanford, a distance of thirty- | three miles, and there will be utilized for | light and various power purposes under | a pressure of 19.60) volts. | his electric_installation is the longest | line and the highest voltage in the world | to-day. With the improved machinery in vogue the use of such a high voltage | has been made perfectly practicable. In | the transmission of this po such a | long distance (sixty-nine miles) the the- | oretical loss is phenomenally low, being | only from 10 to 15 per cent, which also | inciudes water-wheel loss at the generat- | ing station. Under the improved methods | of adjustment of the machinery at the | station the power is as well secured to | the city of Hanford as it is to Fresno, notwithstanding the fact that Fresno is thirty-three miles nearer the source of wer. This is an absolutely new point of elec- trical science, which has only been made possible within the last two vears. A par- | tial trip over the system demonstrated | the fact that the work of construction | from start to finish has been exccuted in a thorough manner, and it can be said that nowhere eise in the world can the system be sur] YHEATRICALS Af FOLSOM. “Rip Van Winkle” Helps to Liqui- date a Church Debt. FOLSOM, March 9.—“Rip Van Winkle"” | presented here to-night, and in the t of characters were the familiar names of William Calder, Frederick San- | ford and Mrs. and Miss Calder, besides several young folks residing In Folsom. The round after round of applause which greeted Mr. Calder must have reminded him of a similar event which took place twenty-five years ago in the city of Portland, Me., when the original produc- tion of “Rip Van Winkle”” was given with Mr. Calder in the part which has since given him fame and fortune on both of the Atlantic. While the name of Joseph Jefferson is inseparably linked with the grand old play, the Rip Van Winkle of Mr. Calder is deserving of a niche by the side of Jefferson, where no laurels will be taken from either brow, but will remain to bear equal testimony to renown well earned. Since Mr. Calder's retirement from the stage he has taken up his home among the groves and orchards of Orange Vale, a settlement in the northern portion of Sacramento County, along the banks of the historic American River. Within this Settlement there is a little church, and, as is usually the case, this little church has a debt to pay. But for that henevo- lent purpose the people of Folsom may never have received the treat they had to-night. The hall where the perform- ance took place was by no means large enough to comfortably seat the audience, which found in its number people for forty miles around. The complete_c: W was_as follows: Rip van Winkle, William Calder; Derrick. Frederick Sanford; Heindrick, H. L. Lut- Nick Vedder, T. B. Hagarty; Phan- tom Dwarf, D. McDonald: Seth. F. T. Taylor; Cokles. W. A. Hyman: Gretchen, Mre, William Calder: Mennie, 'Miss Dora Calder: Heindrick, Ethel Brahe; Mennfe, iss Mample. M M William Calder and her daughter, Miss Dora, were exceptionally clever in their portrayal of their respective parts; and in fact the entire cast acquitted it- self in the very best manner. There was a large attendance from Sacramento. ——— VENTURA ENTERPRILSE. Town Trustees Working for a Muni- cipal Electric Plant. VENTURA, March 9.—The Board of Town Trustees to-night adopted a resolu- tion In favor of submitting to the voters of Ventura at an early day a proposition to bond the town for an electric light plant. It is the board’s purpose to_ call an election as soon as bids can be adver- tised for and recelved and estimates of the cost of the plant made. The trustees favor the erection of a plant to cost about $20,000, andeit is altogether likely that the proposition will win by an over- whelming majority in the election. to increase the Asiatic squadron by the addition of the Oregon is not based upon information that the Spanish Government has sent any vessel to-re- enforce its squadron in Philippine wa- ters. So far as the authorities are ad- vised, Spain is represented in the East by only six ships, all of small tonnage. | They are the cruisers Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, Don Antonio Ulloa |and Don Juan de Austria, each of 1130 tons’ displacement, and the Velasco of 1152 tons. The Oregon would be needed, however, for her heavy guns to reduce the fortifica- tions of Manila and other ports and for thé large number of men she car- ries, who could be used for landing a party. Recognizing that the detachment of the Oregon from the Pacific station will considerably weaken the force pro- tecting the Pacific Slope, Secretary Long has issued orders to have the cruiser Philadelphia placed in commis- sion within forty days. The depart- ment directed that the Philadelphia be repaired, so as to be available for one year's sea service. Working night and day, this will take forty days. To obviate the necessity of making a large shipment of guns to San Fran- cisco for the cruiser, the department has given instructions that the six 6- inch breech-loading guns now on board the Yorktown be transferred to the Philadelphia. Six additional 6-inch guns will be sent from the founéry to San Francisco for the Charleston and Yorktown. The Yorktown will not be ready for service under three months, but the Charleston will be ready in three weeks, the men working three shifts a day. For the protection of the Pacific Coast the United States will then have on the Pacific Slope the mon- itors Monadnock and Monterey, the | eruisers Charleston and Philadelphia, lthe gunboats Bennington and Marietta and the corvette Alert. It is appreciated by the authorities | that Spain will be unable to send a 1 force of vessels against the cities of the | Pacific Slope or to even send an errand | cruiser, as great difficulty would be ex- } perienced in obtaining coal, which is | contraband of war, and which South | American countries would be allowed to | ell to vessels only in order to get to | their nearest home ports. TIVO BURCLARS INTHE TOILS Osecar Ridon Had a Cheap Way of Doing Business in the Shoe Line. Frank Kiley Successfully Played Being Drunk, but Was After- ward Arrested. Oscar Ridon was booked at the City Prison early yesterday morning by Policeman Higutower on a charge of | burglary. Heynemann’s shoestore on Pine and Fil.more street was entered by a burglar last Thursday night and about $30 worth of shoes was stolen. Ridon had been | noticed going around the neighborhood | offering shoes for sale, and Hightower on examining his room found some of the | empty boxes which had contained the | shoes and which rfeynemann identified. Entrance had been effected to tue store by cutting a hose in the panel of the door near the lock large enough to permit a man s hand to pass through and turn the ey. | _Another burglar booked yesterday was | Frank Kiley, who is accused of breaking | into the cornice works of O. B. Dreusick, 140 Eighth street, on March 7, and steal- ing a lot of tools. He also broke open the receiver of the telephone box and stole several nickels. That night Policeman F. | W. Esola, while going along Eighth | street, between Mission and Market, noticed a man crouching between two buildings. He went up to him and the man threw something away. The man, who was Kiley, acted as if he were drunk, and Esola sent him to the City Prison, where a charge of ‘“‘drunk’” was booked against him, and next morning he was discharged. It was not till the next day that Esola, on making an investigation, found that the cornice works had been’ broken into, and on_going to the place where he ar- rested Kiley he found a file, four nickels and a slug, the two latter having been stolen from the telephone receiver. Yes- terday Esola swore to a warrant for Kiley's arrest on a charge of burglary, and soon had him in custody. ————————— WARNING TO TOUGHS. Thomas Dolan Gets Six Months and Peter Gallagher Thirty Days for Insulting Ladies. Thomas Dolan and Peter Gallagher, who | were convicted by Judge Campbell Mon- | day of using vulgar language to Mrs. E. L. White and Mrs. Florence Higgins in Golden Gate Park last Thursday after- noon, appeared for sentence yesterday morning. 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