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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1898. $200,000,000—payment of which will be uaranteed by the United tes. No of course, can tell how Spain will 1 this proposition. The rejeg- mean war, but it will be of Perhaps the next Spain’s own making. dence of Cuba. This of itseli would not be a declaration of war on the part of the United States, but Spain would doubtless so consider it, and, as an ex- cuse forerelinquishing the island hon- orably, might declare war herself. This is the general policy of the Presi- dent as far as now outlined. There is always a likelihood of some .new con- dition arising, so that any general pol- icy must be more or I speculative. It may be that Spain, acting upon the demand for indemnity for the Maine, of the proposition for the independen purchase of Cuban independence, will refuse to pay such indemnity. In such an event the President will put his de- mand in the form of an uitimatum, giving Spain probably twenty-four hours to comply. TWENTY PICKED MEN SENT TO FORT STEVENS. Go to Take Charge of the New Artil- lery Recently Installed There. VANCOUVER, Wash., A detachment of twen'ty picked men of the Third Artilles proceeded to-day under command of Third Lieutenant Miller, Battery M, to Fort Stevens, to take charge of the new artillery recent- ly installed there. For the present Fort Stevens will be regarded as a sub-post to Fort Canby. Captain Frank R. Keefer, assistant surgeon; Acting Hos- pital Steward George W. Hicks; two privates of the hospital corps, Francis N. Berry-and Ralph C. Herbert, and Recruits Bugene Day and Albert N. Boyce, have started for Fort Stevens to report to the commander there. The fortifications, while not entirely complete, are in shape to receive the garrison and will be a formidable bar- rler 0 the entrance of the Columbia River. Licutenant J. J. Bradley, Fourteenth Infantry, has relie Lieutenant Mil- lar, who was on staff duty at Fort Canby. ENGLAND'S FLEET FOR THE UNITED STATES. Suggestion as to the Placing of Her Warships at America’s Disposal. March 10,—In the House to-day the Hon. Hubert Duncomb (Conservative) Valentine asked the Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, Mr. Curzon, wheth- er, with the view of recognizing the identity of the interests of all English- speaking people her Majesty's Govern- nt would co! r the advisability of placing the service of the British fléet at the disposal of the United States in the event of complications between the United Sta any foreign power. In addition, Mr. Donald Monroe-Fergu- son (Liberal) questioned the Govern- n have been ex- :tween the British Embassa- hington, Sir Julian Paunce- nd the Government of the United SR SPANISH INVESTIGATION NOT YET COMPLETED. Rumor That the Board of Inquiry Has Already Reported Is Denied. NA, March 10.—The rumor that par sh board of inquiry has made an official report to the Minister of Ma- rine in Madrid is denied here. A gen- tleman connected with the palace told me to-day that it is the purpose of the Spanish board of inquiry to make the investigation as thorough as possible so that when Its report is made abso- lute confidence may be placed in its findings in Amer as well as in Spain Orders to a Surgeon. ;FIELD, I, March 10.—Dr. Krider, surgeon of the Sec- SPRIN ond Brigade, Illinc National Guard, received notification to-day from the War Department at Washington through the adjutant-general's office here to have all the appliancés of his department in readiness. WORKING TO OBTAIN. BETTER FREIGHT RATES. LOS AN( S, March 10.—The citrus fruit growers and shippers met to-day at the Chamber of Commerce, the object be- ing an effort to procure lower . freight rates on citrus fruits. E. W. Holmes of R.Hl':sldo was elected chairman and R. H. Young of San Diego secretary. Mr. Young was the first speaker. He sald that the industry of citrus frult growing in Southern California was the decline. There were 2000 or ?AJO‘D“CROI“:‘ loads more of fruit in the country than would be removed unless the rallroads came to the relief of the growers. A. P Griffith read a recent market report of the sale of Californla oranges, and said if better prices could not be procured it would be better to destroy the orchards. N. W. Blanchard of Santa Paula, B. W. Wall of Tusten and A. W. Keene of San 1)!\:50 also spoke on the subject. The final result of the discussion was the appointment of a committee of seven with Mr. Packard of Pomona as chair- man, to bring the matter to the atten- tion of the transportation companies, and to ask for s h reduction as in their judgment scemed advisable. The com- mittee is as follows, in addition to the chairman: A. B. Ruggles, San Bernar- dino; A. P. Grifith, Azusa; F. C. Klokke, Orange; N. W. Blanchard, Santa Paula: R. H. Young, San Diego, and A. P. John: Riverside. son, FOUR JAIL-BREAKERS FOILED AT RIVERSIDE. _RIVERSIDE, March 10.—Patrick_Tier- ney, Harry Thornton, Ed Chase and Al- bert Carson, four inmates of the County Jalil, dug a hole through the rear wall of the jail to-day and got out under the floor of the opera-house buliding, which ad- joins. From there thc¥‘ made their way into the opera-house through a_door in the stage, but the officers who were watching the gang took Tierney In charge, while the other three returned to | the prison the way they had come. The officers had known for some days that a break was contemplated, but did not lo- cate the hole in the wall until to-day. Tierney the leader of the break, was awaiting trial for burglary. Thornton is gerving six months for arson. Both are hard cases and have given the officers much trouble. . —- Rev. Dr. Jewell’s Promotion. PACIFIC GROVE, Cal., March 10.—Rev. F. F. Jewell, D.D., pastor of tha Method- ist Episcopal church at this place, has gm received formal notification from the acific Improvement Company of his ap- pointment as superintendent of- Pacific Grove in place of tlie late Dr. Thomas H. Sinex.. In this ca{)nclly Dr. Jewell will have charge of all business connected with the various summer conventions that occur here annually. He will enter upon his new duties March 15. S bl & General Rosecrans Still Alive. LOS ANGELES, March 11.—1:20 a. m.— General Rosecrans’ condition s un- changed. His physician says he fs slowly sinking. . March 10.— | T0 ADMIT WAR 1 i Intro- Joint Resolution : duced by Senator [ Chandler. Does Away With the Duty on Munitions Purchased | Abroad. | | AR | 1ts Object to Decrease the Cost of Preparing the Navy for an | Emergency. Special Dispatch to The Call. | WASHINGTON, March 10.—Senator | chandler of New Hampshire of the | Senate Naval Affairs Committee to-day introduced a joint resolution providing for the temporary admission free of duty of naval supplies procured abroad. Following is the text of the resolu- tion: That such guns, ammunition and other naval supplies as may be purchased abroad by this Government for the na- tional defense prior to January 1, 1899, shall be /admitted at any port of the | United States free of duty. The resolution was introduced at the request of the Secretary of the Navy | who, in a letter to Senator Hale, says: “Under the existing law a varying but considerable ad valorem duty on articles falling within the category of naval supplies is imposed. The effect of the resolution, if adopted, will be to remit all duties upon guns, ammuni- tion and other naval supplies which it may be found necessary to purchase abroad. The temporary remission of duty on these supplies {s deemed im- portant, inasmuch as without some special enactment of this nature such portion of the appropriation made by Congress for the purpose as may be expended abroad would be very ma- terially reduced by the deduction there- | from of duty amounting in some cases | to nearly one-half of the purchase | price.” Mr. Allison of Iowa called Mr. Chand- ler's attention to the fact that resolu- tions and bills of the character of the the Mr. Chandler admitted | that that was true, but said that he | had introduced it with the idea of hav- | ing it referred to the Finance Commit- tee. He was willing, he said, to trust to the wisdom of that committee to make proper disposition of the resolu- | tion. At this suggestion the resolution | was referred to the Committee on Fi- nance. THE PRESIDENT - WILL INTERVENE FOR THE CUBANS Continued from First Page. House. worn away. Some very conservative | advisers, who have been loth to ad- | mit that we should or could consist- ently intervene, are now telling the | President that a long-continued agi- | | tation and irritation is more perilous i to international peace and more dam- aging to the business interests of the country than the raising of one plain, | comprehensive issue which must be | met and settled at once, and for good. | As long as the President has pretty | well made up his mind that interven | tion is inevitable, their idea is that to waive all consideration of money damages in the case of the Maine and simply say to Spain that the war in Cuba must be brought to a close would put the United States before the world in a more unselfish attitude than if we were first to settle up the Maine incident and then come back | to the plan of humane intervention. But this is far from saying that the President has prepared a mes- sage, even in the rough. That he has made notes of current events and their bearing, preparatory to any- thing he may wish to write later, is | dealing with all public questions. The | probability is that he would go no | Senator Proctor and obtained his im- | pressions of the Cuban situation, and certain specific information which can be better reported face to face than by correspondence. The plan the President will propose to Con- | gress when he does recommend peaceful intervention is evidently not yet definitely shaped in his own mind. The idea of offering to guar- antee a one hundred million dollar purchase fund raised on bonds of the Cuban Republic is still uppermost, but indications hardly encourage the hope that a guarantee bill could be got through the Senate as now con- stituted. . There is not much danger in the House. If it bore the label of an ad- ministration party measure it would have a good-sized majority behind it. But in the Senate there are signs that some of the Populists and Democrats would object to the purchase of Cuba, when, in their opinion, her freedom could be equally well secured by a threat of war. That element has to be reckoned with, especially if it was given a chance to assail the adminis- tration on the score of playing into | the hands of bondholders and money lenders. If the guarantee plan is dis- carded it will undoubtedly be due to the fear of a hitch. —_— HOUSES OF BOMBAY RIOTERS EXAMINED. BOMBAY, March 10.—Search parties ex- amined all the houses in the riot districts to-day. They found twenty-five persons suffering from the plague. The authorities believe that the heads of the Julal committee Instigated the riot for other than plague reasons. It is un- derstood that a general rising and mur- der of Europeans was originally projected for to-morrow. The town is now quiet, but the patrolling continues. ———— Stricken by Apoplexy. NEW ORLEANS, March 10.—Professor A. D. Hurst of the Tulane University was stricken by apoplexy while leaving the Louisiana Club to-night and fell down twenty feet of stairway, fracturing his skull. " Death followed in a few hours. . SUPPLIES FREE! step will be to recognize the indepen- { one presented ordinarily originated in | probably true. That is his habit in | further than this until he has seen | PROTECTION FOR EVERY SEAPORT Urgent Military Orders Go Into Effect To-Day. | e Hitherto Unprotected Forts Will Be‘ Manned and Armed. Troops to Be Distributed Along the Coast From Boston to Gal- veston. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 10.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Mili- tary orders that will become operative to-morrow will cause the manning of hitherto unprotected forts from Boston down the Atlantic coast and along the gulf to Galveston. Baltimore will then be the only unprotected city in the de- partment of the East, and steps will be taken at once to garrison North Point and Hawkins Point on the sea- ward side of the city. These orders call for the utmost promptness in their ex- ecution, and as all the troops affected by them have been expecting to be moved at any moment it is likely that all of General Miles' plans for defense will be in operation within forty-eight hours. War conditions will at least be suggested in this distribution of troops, because all assignments are made to stations where there are neither quar- ters nor barracks, and the details will go into camp and live just as they would were they actually participants in a campaign. Artillery troops and signal corps are affected by the orders. Boston's modern fortifications on Long Island Head, at the entrance of the harbor, form splendid protection for the city. By to-morrow night they will be garrisoned by a battery of the Second Artillery, which will be moved up from Fort Adams, Rhode Island. Sandy Hook's big guns, which are relied upon to keep an enemy's ship from approaching New York, are to have a large complement before Friday night. Two batteries will be sent there from Fort Slocum, from Fort Hamilton and a third from Fort Wadsworth. Fort Monroe is one of the strongest and best equipped stations on the coast, and is able to part with some of its defenders. One battery of the First Artillery will be sent from there to Fort Morgan, Alabama, which, in con- junction with Fort Gailes, controls the entrance to Mobile Bay. Another bat- tery of the First Artillery, which is also at Fort Monroe, will be hurried to Tybee Island, Georgia, which gives pro- tection to the mouth of the Savannah River. St. Francis Barracks at St. Au- gustine, Fla., will be abandoned in or- der that men may be had for more commanding positions. The garrison headquarters band and a battery of the First Artillery will be transferred to-morrow to Sullivans Isl- and in Charleston harbor, South Caro- lina. Battery 1 of the Second Artillery, which is commanded by Captain Cas- eire, will go to Fort Coswell, which is on the mainland opposite Smiths Isl- and, at the entrgnce of the bay of | Wilmington, North Carolina. To strengthen the defenses of the na- | tional capital onme battery from thei | fort's artillery has been ordered to go | from Fort Monroe to the defensive | works at Sheridan’s Point, Va. This | fort is opposite Fort Washington, Md., | and both of them control the Potomac | River several miles below Washington. From the division of the Fourth Ar- | tillery, stationed at Fort McHenry, Bal- | timore, one battery will go to Fort Del- aware, Del., and Battery I, Fourth Ar- tillery, will be sent to Fort Mott, N. J. These two movements of troops are for the protection of Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden and other populous cities of that section. The forts that will safe- guard them are at the entrance of the upper Delaware River. - One battery of the First Artillery, which is at Jackson Barracks, New Or- leans, will be sent to the bank of Mis- sissippl River below New Orleans. An- other battery now at Jackson Barracks will go to Fort Point, in the harbor of Galveston, Tex. General A. W. Greely, commander of the Signal Corps, will also assume war- ilke activity to-morrow. 1In conse- quence of orders from the War Depart- ment he will begin to make telegraphic and telephonic connection between all stations to which men are being sent and department headquarters in Wash- ington. These orders for the rapid movement of artillery are the result of General Merritt's recent trip through the De- partment of the East. He returned to Governors Island as soon as he found the points where the country was in the greatest need of defenders,.and ar- ranged for a speedy strengthening of them. He intended then to start on a second trip within a few days, but the work of arranging for the transfer of artillery was so great that he was obliged to postpone his departure. He will leave Governors Island on Monday, he expects, and will inspect the fortifi- cations along the Atlantic Coast, pay- ing particular attention to Key ‘West. WAR SEEMS CERTAIN IN CENTRAL AMERICA. If Honduras Helps Nicaragua, Salva- dor Will Support Costa Rica. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, March 10.—Advices recelved from the Herald’s correspondents at vari- ous points in Central America state that war clouds are still hovering over those turbulent countries. The correspondent in La Libertad, Salvador, says the situ- ation between Costa Rica and Nicaragua is very serious, and that it is reported that troops have already gone to the field. It is thought that Honduras will aid Nicaragua in a war against Costa Rica, and it is reported that Honduras has already sent armed men to Nic- aragua to-combine with the latter coun- try's forces. alvador, meanwhile, is exerting all her efforts to avert war, but the government is resolved not to take any part where Nicaragua is_concerned. K ‘well-known diplomat in Salvador says that in case of the intervention of Honduras, Salva- dor will neutralize her action. The only interpretation is that should Honduras help Nicaragua, Salvador will support Costa Rica in the struggle. Guatemala’s envoy has left Nicaragua for Costa Rica, earrying important docu- ments which will decide whether the Cen- tral American countries will plunge into ™ 12 the ‘general belief that th t Is the general bellef that there wil be war in which three or more Centng American countries will be involved. e Orders for Projectile Machines. CINCINNATI, March 10.—Eastern projectile companies to-day placed or- ders with the Davis & Egan Co. of this city to rush werk on several large pro- Jjectile machines. The Cincinnati con- cern is figuring on Government work for coast arsenals. Orders from Waskh- ington have been received for immedi- ate deliveries. DR. SANARELL! FETED BY THE BRAZILIANS. Discoverer of a Cure for Yellow Fever, Finds Himself in Great Demand. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, March 10.—Advices geceived to-day from the -Herald’s cor- |f respondent in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, state[ that Dr. Sanarelli, who has recently met with great success in experimenting with his yellow fever cure on patlents in Sao Paulo, delivered a lecture and was given a reception in Sao Paudo on Tuesaay evening. Senor Campos Salles, Brazil's President-elect, assisted at the reception and made a short speech congratulating Dr. Sanarelll on_his success. The sanitary department of Rio Ja- neiro has invited Dr.’Sanarelli to visit that city. On leaving Rio Janeiro Dr. Sanarelli will go to Madrid to take part in_the International Medical Congress. Vice-President-elect Stiva has sailed for Europe to negotiate a loan for the Bra- zillan Government. COIN FOR THE OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Eighty 4housand Dollars Appro- priated for Carrying of > the Mails. . WASHINGTON, March10.-The postoffice appropriation bill, reported to the House to-day, contains a provision similar to that contained in last year's bill appro- grmm\g $50,000 to the Oceanic Steamship ompany for carrying the malls. BLAINE TO MARRY KUHNE BEVERIDGE The Announcement of the En- gagement Is Made at New York. It Was Not Very Much of a Surprise to Their Friends at the East. Speclal Dispatch to The,Call. NEW YORK, March 10.—It is' unofficial- ly announced that James G. Blaine, son of the dead statesman, and Miss Kuhne Beveridge, the sculptor, are to be mar- rled: Miss Beveridge 1s now in Paris visiting her mother, and the wedding will take place, it is said, when she returns to this country next month. The news of the coming wedding is not entirely a surprise to the friends of either Mr Blalne or Miss Beveridge, as they have often been seen together of late, and Mr. Blaine’s attentions extend over a period of more than two years. Both Mr. Blaine and Miss Beveridge have been married and both are sepa- rated by divorce from their former part- ners. For some time Miss Beveridge has lved and had her studio in a remodeled | stable building on East Seventeenth street, where a card in her own large handwriting did duty for a doorplate. Mr. Blaine is employed as a reporter on a local morning paper. He married in September, 1886, Miss Marie Nevins of Columbus, Ohio, who was at that time an actress with Modjeska. The Blaine fam- ily objected strenuously to the match and a separation was nearly effected, but his wife moved to orked as a reporter. Marital troubles beghn soon affer that, and on_February 20, 1889, Judge Thomas at Deadwood, 8. D., granted Mrs. Blaine | a decree of divorce and custody of their | child. She had alleged great cruelty on the part of her husband. Afterward Mrs. Blaine married Dr. W. T. Bull of this city, who had attended her during a crit- ical illness. Miss Beveridge was at one time wife of Charles Coghlan, the actor. They were divorced on September 27, 1884. Much of Miss Beveridge's life has been spent in California. DESERTED HIS WIFE AND BABE Arrest of Pearl R. Formerly a Bicycle Mer- chant of Salinas. young Blaine and Pittsburg, where he Brown, He Abducts the Child While the Mother Is Temporarily Ab- sent From Home. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. . i SALINAS, March 10.—A cruel case of desertion by a husband and abduction of a child has come to light by the arrest last night of Pearl R. Brown, a bicycle merchant of this city. The charge pre- ferred against the man has been pending for several months, but has never been pressed, owing to the delicacy of Mrs. Brown. Brown left ms wife five months ago in destitute circumstances and with an in- fant. He would have been brought back on a charge of desertion, but he agreed to deliver his wife all the property he possessed, provided she would not press the charge. The matter was therefore dropped, but not dismissed. About two months ago Brown returned to the county an. took up his resiuence in Castrovilie, while his wife and baby lived In this city. Yesterday, while Mra. Brown was absent from home, her hus- band came to this city, and, going to her house, abducted the child and took it to Castroville. On Mrs. brown's return she found that the child was gone, but sur- mised what had . ecome of it. She pre- sented tue new facts in the case to the authorities, and the officers went in pur- sult of Brown, and at once found him in Castroville. Brown was arraigned in the Justice ‘Court to-day, pleaded not guilty, and was admitted to bail, which was furnished by J. C. Brown, father of the defendant, and C. E. Brown, brother of the accused man. The charge of abduction will in all proba- bility be placed-against Brown in addi- tion to the present chu§e. Late this evening Deputy Sheriff Nesbitt left for Castroville to get possession of the child. e PICKS COLEMAN AS HARVARD’S CHAMPION. Oarsman Ten Eyck Believes the Cali- fornian Should Compete at Henley. BOSTON, March 10.—James Ten Eyck, the widely known professional scuuer, picks L. G. Coleman, formerly of Call- fornia, as Harvard's Henley champlon. He says: “I cannot help admiring the latent talent in the young fellow. I would like to see such a-promising American amateur brought out '::n noticed by those who have ruwh\v hm s oan O T acon, . on Coleman was December 7, 1877. Later he moved to Californi: His fathe: r, Major Coleman, comes from an aristocratic Southern fam ily and is quite wealthy. Young Coleman entered the scientific school of Harvard University three years ago. He {8 now a L:nlor and is studyving engineering. He s always been prominent in athletics, especially in football and bleyoling. He has won eleven first and two secol prizes in twenty-mile roas ces. e stands b feet 11 inches, welghs 180 pounds, and is a big-chested, large, muscular fel~ low. —————————— To Cure a Cold In One Day Tablets. Al | seventy or more are now available. The ARMS FOR THE OCEAN LINERS Owners of Vessels Con- fer With the Naval Officials. | Mapping Out Plans for the Manning and Equipping of Merchantmen. Work on Warships in the Several Navy Yards Progressing Fa- vorably. 5 Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON March 10.—The United States Government has not yet acquired a single additional ship for the navy. This is true not because of a lack of offers of warships, but simply for the reason that the Navy Depart- ment is proceeding with all the circum- spection consistent with the needs of the case in looking after the qualities and prices of the craft. There is a| strong disposition to refrain from being | drawn into bad bargains and to insist upon getting good vessels at prices not extortionate. Secretary Long was in receipt of a large number of cablegrams to-day, al- most all relating to offers of ships. Lieutenant Nibleck, the United States naval attache at Berlin, St. Peters- | burg and Vienna, is particularly active | in the quest of vessels. There was a | good deal of talk during the day about | assignment of officers to the command | of the auxiliary cruisers, the St. Paul | and St. Louis being especially men- | tioned, but Secretary Long set these | stories at rest by the statement that he | had not made any such assignments, and had only proceeded to the point of informing himself of the facllities for getting the ships officered and manned | quickly. While looking after new ships the officials of the Navy Department are not neglecting the old vessels, and ar- | rangements have been made to make quick repairs on several ships that in | thorough and time-consuming over- | hauling. Thus in the case of the Phila- | delphia, which has had five years' hard | work and has never yet been gone over, | as is the custom, orders have gone to Mare Island to put her into shape for | sea within forty days. The Yorktown | is not to be touched at the present, not only because she is in fair condition, | but also because she is not so formid- | able a craft as to make it desirable to divert to her repair attention required | elsewhere. | ‘At Norfolk the Newark is set down | for thirty days’ repairs, and as a good deal of work has already been done on her she will be almost a new ship when she comes out of the yard. The big monitor Puritan has practically com- pleted her repairs. The monitor Camanche at Mare Island has been examined and found in tolerable condition. At League Island the monitor Mian- tonomoh and the ram Katahdin went into commission to-day, although they have not yet had their orders. They | probably will remain in the Delaware | River or drop down into the bay. The | torpedo-boat Dupont sailed to-day from Mobile to attach herself again to the | flotilla at Key West. | A conference was held at 3 o’clock in | the office of Assistant Secretary Roose- | velt to map out plans for arming and | equipping merchant vessels as auxili- | ary cruisers. Mr. Roosevelt presided | and others present were Captain | Crowninshield of the Bureau of Navi- | gation, Captain O’'Neil of the Bureau of | Ordnance, Chief Hichborne of ‘the Bu- | reau of Construction, and Commander Bradford of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. This meeting had been pre- | ceded by a call from President Gris- com of the International Navigation Company, which owns the St. Louls, St. Paul, Paris and New York. The board meeting brought out a general discussion of the work the various bu- reaus would be called upon to perform in making these and other vessels ready as auxiliary cruisers. About 95 per cent of this work would fall to the lot of the Bureau of Construction, which would have charge of installing magazines, gun mounts, light protec- tive armor for the guns and magazines and the circles on which the guns swing. This work, it is said, could be accomplished readily within two weeks® time, as all materials, except the guns, are in hand. The Bureau of Ordnance could not supply all the guns required within that short time, although some | | supply would be adequate, however, for the most effective auxiliary cruisers and the complete armament of the merchant ships could proceed as rap- idly as possible thereafter. On the question of manning the aux- iliary fleet, the Navy Department feels that the most effective step would be to enlist into the United States naval service the present merchant crews of the several ships. These crews are thoroughly familiar with the vessels and could handle them with far greater effect than green crews of blue jackets. The ships would be officered from the line of the regular navy. In the case of enlisting a merchant crew the pay and allowances would be about equiv- alent to the rates paid ordinary sailors and the time of enlistment would doubtless be limited to short periods. The prorosed batteries for the aux- | iliary cruisers consist, in the case of the steamships St. Louis and St. Paul, of eight 6-inch guns, four 6-pounders and four machine guns; the Paris and New York, twelve 6-inch guns, six 6- pounders and six machine guns. It is designed to give vessels of the Caracas and Seneca type a main battery of eight 4-inch guns and from six to eight rapid-fire machine guns. Those of the Vigilancia class are designed to have a main battery ‘of six 5-inch and four 4-inch guns, four 1-pounders and three machine guns. The batterfes of the auxiliary cruisérs on the Pacific Coast, if those should be called into use, are substantially similar, 6-inch guns be- ing the largest designed for use in that service. ° The Navy Department finds itself in comparatively good condition- as to the supply of automobile torpedoes, which constitute one of the most deadly en- gines of naval destruction. The White- head torpedo is now in general use, al- though a few of the Powell class are still on hand. Fifty of the Whitehead torpedoes: were procured a short time ago, and with these there is<. total of about 350 on hand. This gives not only a.full outfit for vessels now in commission, but also the necessary re- serve supply. SAYS McCOY IS A FAKER. PITTSBURG, March 10.—M. J. Connel- 1y, Peter Maher's manager, says: “Kid McCoy’s claim to the heavy weight champlonship is a farce. He told me in a_personal interview that he was afraid .of Maher. He said: ‘I am challenging champions, but fighting suckers.” Our $6000 forfeit is still in the hands of Sam Austin for any man in the world to cover, and until MeCoy fights a top-notcher his claim is ridiculous. Maher has whipped both men McCoy is after now.” - HAVANA WILL ~ [PROMOTION FOR BUY A CRUISER| GENERAL MILES < Spanish Residents Plan to Raise Necessary Funds. Intend to Present a Modern Warship to the Mother Country. Public Subscription Will Be Opened in Support of the Desired Project. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, March 10.—Loyal Havana is planning to build or purchase for Spain a man-of-war of the improved type. By prearrangement El Diario, La Union, El Commercio and other newspapers, in editorials to-day, appeal to the patriotism of the residents of Havana to raise the necessary funds for the purchase of the best war ves- sel in the market, to be presented to the mother country as a demonstration of Cuba’s loyalty. There is also announced in these newspapers that a grand en- tertainment will be held in Lacon The- ater, the proceeds to go toward the fund. Boxes and seats will be sold at auction, and it is expected that the prices in the aggregate will reach far into the thousands. A public subscrip- tion will be promptly opened. The name of the cruiser is already chosen. It will be Isla de Cuba. The papers editorially announce that Spain must be in a position to stand for her honor in case of trouble with any nation, and that the residents of Havana will not expend their money in purchasing ships to challenge any oth- | er nation, but for the reason that they love peace and so must be prepared for war. La Lucha’s editorial says that the Lord only knows what the sensational journals of the United States will in- | Vent next to lead their country into war with Spain. It says Americans are a ordinary course would not be treated | great people, and in the last few years in that fashion, but would receive a |have progressed wonderfully in every direction. It adds that they appear to have sound judgment, but lack cool- ness, and are hysterical and fond of dreaming. They are gianis, the edito- rial asserts, with the heart and the un- derstanding of children, and it is in critical moments that their weaknesses are betrayed. (OFFICIALS WERE TMILIGENT Why the Fees of an Antioch Justice of the Peace Were Enormous. Special Dispatéh ¢o The Call. ANTIOCH, March 10.—There has been considerable talk on the streets about the large number of men who have been ar- rested for vagrancy and who, as soon as tney were put on trial, were dismissed, as there was clearly no reason to send them to the County Jail. The bills of va- rious Justices of the Peace have been enormous and there have been very few, if any, convictions. On Monday nig_- D. M. Pitts and C. E. Sweeney gathered in ten men and locked them up as usual on a charge of vagran- ¢y. Some of the ciuzens, hearing of the | haul, determined to visit Justice Gribble's court, where the men were to be tried, and investigate. r.ccordingly, just a..er the prisoners had been brought into court the citizens filed quietly in. They listened carerully to each case. As each man was questioned he pleaded guilty to vagrancy, and then proceeded to tell a story that contradicted his plea. Each ~made the same plea of gullty, and the similarity of their pleas made it appear as though they had been coached before- hand as to what to say. o After the court h: finished with the prisoners the citizens asked permi-sion to ask some questions and to make some re- marks. The prisoners were carefully ex- amined, and it was found that some of them had been up before Judge Grivble the day before on the same identical charge, and that their cases had been dismissed. It was also found ihat some of the prisoners had been before Judge Tyler two days before. None of them hi been in town before Sunday, and in the three days they had been here most of them had been arrested twice, and each time it had cost ..e county 33. After the citizens had clearly shown that the men were not gullty of vag- rancy and should not have been arrested, they proceeued to question the court and constable on their mode of issuing war- rants and of making arrests. The Justice admitted that he thouiht it was his duty to issue a warrant to the constable when- ever he made a demand for one. He was instructed that this was not the case, and that he .should investigate the case by ques(\onlng the constable and find out whether there was a reasonable amount of evidence against the man before is- suing the warrant. Some very caustic and pointed questions were -~ut to the court and its officers by the citizens. e INTERESTS THE COAST. Pension at Last Obtained for Mrs. Bridget Ryan. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Representa- tive Loud has recommended Elisha Ley- ton for Postmaster at Pescadero, San Ma- teo County. It is expected that the ap- pointment will be made in a few days. The Postoffice at Verdi, Ventura County, Cal., will be discontinued after March 15. Mail should be sent to Ventura. Representative Barlow has succeeded in having placed on the pension roll sirs: Bridget Ryan of Los Angeles. The case has been pending in the Pension Office since 1890, and she will receive about $1000 back pay. Representative Loud to-day presented several petitions of the Women's Chris- tian Temperance Union of Santa Clara County, Cal., askine the enactment of legislation to prohibit the sale of liquor in Gowernment buildings and in favor of restricting the sale of cigarettes and nst licensing %‘l;l!e-flsh . ensions have been granted as fol- lows: California: Original—William A. Cor- bett, Coronado, $8; Guadalupe Berryessa, Alviso, $6; special, February 26, Charles 8. Woodmanze, Grass Vallfi. $10. tional—Michael J. Byres, endocino, to Mexican war widows—Mary E. Cherry, Squaw Valley, 38. Oregon:__Increase—John. W. Hamaker, Klamath Falls, $6 to $12. Original widows, ete.—Laura D. Durkee, ortland, $8; Priscilla Musser, Salem, $5. Army orders: By direction of Secretary of War Captain William A. Kobbe, Third Anmeg. and First Lieutenant George B. Sage, Fifth Artillery, will Y;Pofl in Ker- son to Colonel Marcus P. Miller, Third Artillery, president of the examining appointed to meet at the Presidio, San Francisco at such time as they may be required by the board for examination as to their fitness for promotion, and, upon the conciusion of - their examina- tions, will return to their proper stations. %y direction of Assistant cretary of ar Privates Edward Bussard, Troop K, Fourth Cavalry, and Guy Coulter, Bat- tery A, Third illery, at' the -Presiuio, San Francisco, be transferred to the hos- B e oraer ot the post the Commanding s order at the post the commandin, -officer will order i : surgeon-for duty at the hospit: to report to the | al. i The Grade ¢ Lieutenant- General May Be Revived. By Virtue of His Rank He Would Receive the Ap- pointment. Proposed Change Would Make No Difference in His Official Status. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 10.—A ‘Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Should the Senate and House act favorably on the joint resolution presented to-day from the Senate Committee on Mili- tary Affairs to revive the grade of Lieutenant-General of the army, Ma- jor-General Miles will be promoted to that rank. The grade of Lieutenant- General which was revived for General Schofield a few months before his re- tirement lapsed with that retirement. The purpose of the resolution is to permanently establish the grade. It would be in the power of the President to promote any one of three major- generals to fill it, but it is well under- stood that Major-General Miles, senior major-general, now in command of the army by virtue of that rank, will receive the appointment. His promotion will make no differ- ence in. the official status of General Miles in relation to the army. Under the President he is now commander-in- chief of the army, and he will continue to exercise the same duties upon his promotion to the higher grade. As major-general he receives $7500 and al- lowances. As lieutenant-general he will receive $11,000 and increased al- lowances. He will also, be entitled to a largs official staff, composed of officers-of higher grade than the staff of major- general. In the event of war, whether given the highest yank or not, General Miles will have command of all the land forces of the United States, including the regular army and any volunteer forces or State militia that may be called into the service of the United States. Whether he takes the field in person or not will depend largely upon his own wishes or the wishes of the President. Should the operations of the army be extended over a wide ter- ritory, the President might deem it better to have the general in com- mand stationed at Washington, from which point he could maintain general supervision over all separated com- mands, but should the operations be confined to a limited area it is highly probable that he would take the field in person and conduct the campaign against the enemy. CANAL' COMMISSION CONCLUDES TS WORK. Completes the Inspection of the Route of the Proposed Waterway. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, March 10.—The United States Nicaraguan Canal Commission concluded its inspection of the line of the Panama canal to-day and will sail from Colon to- morrow evening or Saturday. After calg- ing at Port Lima and Greytown to taWs on board some members of the party who remained_there the commission will pro- ceed north. Although the members of the commission declined to talk of their visit to the Panama canal they appear to have a favorable impression of the work done. e YOU HIS IS ADDRESSED TO YOU! Have you ever heard of the stateméat made by one of the most famous men that ever lived which tells of manhood? It is this: ‘A perfect man is the noblest work of God.” That is so true that no matter whom YOU may happen to De, it is worth remem! for all the years that you have to live. Think it over for awhile! CAN Can you pick up ~ld anywhere? Does it grow on bulrushes? Your own sense tells you No! The Klondike may have all the riches that are told of, but it takespains to get them. It takes severe toil. Is your health of more value to you than all the riches of londike? If you think not, you will alter your opinion when you have lost it all. Reason to-day! Be fair with yourself. All the money on earth would do you no good if you comd not use it to satisfy your various ambitions. And what is the highest ambition that you have? If it is nct to ba a periect man; you are weak somewhere. Let us suppose that it is. Will ycu take the trouble to send to the Hudson Medical Institute and ask about it? A nalf score thousani people have testified to the efficacy of the treatment that is to be had there for YOUR style of case. You can have a lot of this testimony— much more than enougu to satisfy any fair - minded man, if you will but ask for it. s that not worth the trouble that it will take? A call, or for that matter, a postal card will do. —_— Manuood is like all oth, fts. It can be dlsslpme?ix: When it Is you can no longer claim that you are “One of tne noblest works of God." Is it not better to have ail people respect you? Is it not better to be sound in_ wind and mb? Is it not better to be a MAN? Ask yourself gx:'e:ec;mn and let your nsclence tell yor trutn. 71ry this day.y g n to have catarrh ; if igestion ; if 8 el feel you suf- ‘have any weak can to, the doctors with tha o . Jou that will hel PR (LT MANENTLY and SURELY, FTLY, PER- HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, BRUSHES = ers, bootblacks, = Eotises, billiard-tabis, .—_/.