The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 12, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LXX SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WORKING ON THE CHARLESTON BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. DENT KNOWS A MINE DESTROYED THE MAINE { | | | | | KIR KLAND SAYS WAR CAN. HARDLY Rattle, and the BE AVOIDED Least Incident May Precipitate a Cri 11.—The entice boys n, has Mo- dinner. posed of r the next rkmen, peremptory orders up to 10 o'clock a the ng of ste ard. But ow in various shops and the and iron is distinctly to be h vait till the full number of men—over ployed at th all answer the Then the s is to be divic f eight hours each ymphony of ham is now being perio leston will ext d Yorktown, the stream d into three and er work wiil go on. erve the mer i ps will be read: ion at the end the s given for this work Kirkland has rtise for machin- of them, to. supnly for skilled labor the cloped. business has made ’ said the admiral to- day. “We're very short-handed. Every mechanic, everybody that can go, is going up tc ;old fields, and we'll have to look over the State before of men we require. are the men going crowds of them are being empl an Francisco fit- ting out vessels to sail for Alaska. We'll ake all the machinists we can get and work will go on day and night till the ships are rea 2 “And dosyou really think there will be war?” the ranking rear-admiral of all the navy v is asked. The admiral blew a thoughtful whiff re- | SIS. 00000C00000000000 o & REBELLIOUS ISLANDS. by James Gordon t Cops Hongkong, rebels continue They have at- ish quarters at Apolit, capturing ammunition. The northern provinces are affected. Many rich natives and half- castes are closing business and leaving the islands. The natives refuse to via MANTLA, March 11 he es s in connection were ‘The land 1 with the cable at Manila n March 7, near Bo- particulars are ob- tainable. DOOOCOOO00VOCCCCOO0D0 © C000CCCO000C0C00000 r and settled himself com- big leather arm-chair in | front of his desk, which, like the hills | about Vallejo, is blooming in yellow. | O that the ad al's desk yields tele- from Washington instead of pop- and buttercups. t's hard telling,” he said, following ze of pale b smoke with a spec- ve eve Spain and America are d un for battle now. It may come at > of a hat. We can have war if t it. And Spain can have war f she wants it. The smallest thing now s likely to g it about. My personal | opinion is”"—the admiral hesitated— | “well, I dom’t see how we're going to | avoid it. | “It'll do us good, too, though neither Spain nor the United States is in a po- | sition to benefit materially by war. But 1l teach us Americans that we can't | conquer the world with our chins.” n his 1bly in 1 | rather, with hair that looks more a pale [ blond than gray; shrewd, twinkling gray cyes and a gallant, bluff, jovial manner such as is the birthright of the ruler of the seas. He laughed aloud as he alluded to what has been called the Yankee method of fighting. Admiral Kirkland was reminded that once unon | a time, in 1812, the American navy had done some fighting, and not with chins. “1812!” he repeated. “Why. England was busy over in the Old World. She didn’t give us much of her attention. No, we haven't had a chance to fight against one of the big powers. And I'll tell you one thing that this trouble with Spain will teach us. When the United States realizes the trouble she’s put to in being unprepared for war with a bankrupt country like Spain, it'll give us some idea of what we'd have to do | “a#8d PUOPES UO PARUPIUOD CO0O00000000000CCOO00000 Admiral Kirkland is very tall, florid | 'GENERAL ALGER | IS WORKING AT | HIGH PRESSURE America and Spain Lined Up for Orders Will Be Issued To-Day‘;pm e i ' Forming a New Military De- i partment With Headquar- ters at Atlanta. Cull Office, Riggs House, Washington, March 11. The most important and signifi- cant deve'opments of the day were the decision of the House Naval Committee to place in the naval ap- prepriation bill a provision for three new battle-ships, and a conclusion on the part of the Secretary of War fo issue to-morrow morning an or- der creating a new military depart- ment, including within its confines that part of the country which would be in all likelihood nearest the field of hostilities in case it should come to that. in The order will cause a commotion | the South. The present Department of | Texas is abolished, and the headquarters, | { so many years, are abandoned. | | a new one—the Department of the South. | General Graham, at present the commander | of the Department of Texas, will command | the new department. This department will | include the States of South Carolina, Geor- | gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis- | jana and Texas. All of these States, save | the last, are at present attached to the De- | partment of the East, under command of General Merritt of New York. - It is said at | the department ‘that General Merritt is | fully compensated for the sirength of the | command which passes away from him by | the addition to his forces of the two regi- | ments of artillery now recruiting. Head- | quarters of the new Department of the | South will be at Atlanta, Ga., chosen be- cause of its fine strategical value and from Jits excellent railroad connections. At pres- ent the Government has no accommodations in Atlanta for the headguarters of the department, so it will be obliged to hire the most available buildings. General Wilson, chief of engineers, who | has been in Florida, is expected back to- | morrow to report to Secretary Alger upon the progress of the fortification works in that section of the country, and probably especially as to the defense of Tortugas. | For the first time to-day the officials of {tha War Department admitted that they | were straining every nerve to improve that | part of the defenses of the country confined to their care. It is without question the most unusual mark of confidence inm an executive officer to empower him to give lom'ers without limit on the purchase of war i In place of the old department is created | | which have ‘been at San Antonio, Tex., for | x| NRRRRRRNNNS RLUNES| CUBA TO BE FREE. & b 1 NEW YORK, March 11.—The & | >spondent of % | the following: £ | ho is very close & | ration sald to- & | President had % | ade up his mind the in- % | dependence of Ci is inevi- % | table. No one could be % | to see a demand for i ‘."'i for the blowing up of the Maine | and the f the American % | allors accom demand & | for the immediate ending of the 2% war. % The Herald repeatedly & % for week fores & % probable action P % the most likely developments of % % the situation would be the treat- % % ment of the ne disaster and & % the insurrection in Cuba as kin- % 23 dred subjects. % % I can also say on authority & % that the recognition of the inde- % % pendence of Cuba is impending. % % Matters are very rapidly taking % 2 shape in the public mind. The % # President will act very speedily % 2 after the receipt of the report &% % of the Court of Inquiry, and the 2 23 public will at once be taken into % 2 his confidence. He is shaping & % his plans so that he will have a & %3 united Congress behind him, just 2 as he had on the bill for the na- & £ tional defense. £ . ‘OS' LERNSNNNNNNG SuNnn material, yet this is what the President and Secretary Alger have done in the case of General Flagler, Chief of Ordnance. | And that officer has not shown any disposi- | tion to shirk this large responsibility, but | has instructed every concern capable of supplying war materials, such as rapid-fire guns, shot, shell and ammunition, to go to work at full capacity. SCENE AT HAVANA DEPICTED BY WIRE. Hummel’s Invention Utilized to Il1- lustrate the Arrival of the Montgomery. NEW YORK, March 11.—The Her- ald to-morrow will print the latest por- trait of General Gomez and a picture of the cruiser Montgomery entering | Havana harbor andsaluting Morro Cas- | tle. They were sent from Key West, and received by means cf the transmit- | ter and receiver invented by Ernest A. | Hummel, a manufacturing jeweler of | St. Paul, Minn. The distance is over 2000 miles, and the work was success- | port of the Naval Court before mak- | officials may be excused for resprt-| THE COURT’S REPORT IN HIS POSSESSION SINCE SUNDAY LAST While the American People Are Shocked at This Awful National Crime, the Kaiser Says the Yankees Shall Never Take Cuba. 0000000000000 00000 AN BB B N 9-=-E-a Q [N e = o o B o o o B B o a B B i amely | © THE KAISER = : s FAVORS SPAIN. THE COURT FINDS - long as William II is Emperor of Germany the Yankees shall not take possessiofl of Cuba.” 00000000000000 of the Court of Inquiry investigating the Maine disaster will contain the following statements: ‘“The disaster in Havana Harbor was due to the explosion of a sub- marine mine. This mine was planted by officials of the Spanish Government and exploded by Spanish officials in Havana. The Maine was purposely moved to the . vicinity of this mine, and the explosion was evidently timed when the Maine should, through the influence of the wind and tide, lay directly over it. Traces of the submarine mine were discovered by the court and previous to the explosion by Lieutenant Jenkins, who was killed by © MADRID, March 1—The cor- O POSITIVE PROOF OF e e e b SPANISH TREACHERY © that at a family dinner party © last night Emperor William o BT T, o g What) degeccds imcar O WASHINGTON, March 11.—The report a [+ [+] [+] 00000000000 0000C0Q | Call Office, Riggs House, | Washington, March 11. It is now certain President McKin- ley has received in advance an inti- | mation of the findings of the naval court, and tnere is scarcely a doubt | he has been thus informed for near- | ly a week. It is suspected Stenog- | rapher Hulz of the Naval Court came to Washington to submit to him in advance this information. The rea- son the President desired the find- ings of the court in advance of its re- He wanted | to gain time in which to make prepa- ration for possible trouble that might | ensue from Spain’s refusal to grant | the large indemnity that will be de- manded. This also accounts for the slow proceedings of the court. 'm the eXDIOSiOn.” Besides, there is no longer the [ ] least doubt that the President will at o-E-EE o-8-0-8-8-8 first propose a peaceful intervention | L= o e wi— -0 -0 H-S-0-R--B-8E-E-E-R-E-R -5-885-8-8n B2 in Cuban affairs, and that failing in | ing any further recommendation to 0000000000000 00000 this the independence of Cuba will be | Congress. |0 Q recognized. It was stated to-day by | To-day evidence is accumulating @ SIXTY MILLIONS [+] one who knows the facts that on Sun- | to show that the Spanish officers had O FOR WARSHIPS Q day last President McKinley knew | knowledge of the plot to destroy the o * Q the Naval Court would report that Maine, even if they did not partici- O 7 ¥ S the Maine had been destroyed by de- | pate in the dastardly work. These @ ~LONDON. Iarch 11L—The @ ¥ _ | © American embassy has received & sign. Hence his request for fifty rumors were abroad early this morn ©. b netionabich ihduce (RS AE million dollars for national defense, ing. Secretary Long, when ques- © belief !‘h‘l‘l e e sant tedd by © made on the next day. +ioned, endeavored to evade the query © Spain f:;r the puschase: of war- & It was also declared this afternoon by derying that the administration | & (pips is sixty millions of dollars, © that on Sunday last the President | had any advance information, but @ which sum has been deposited in © was informed the evidence taken by |the Washington correspondents, who & a London bank. [+] the Naval Court would show the at first implicitly believed the state- | QO [x] ments made by those high in author- ©00Q0000O000C000000 e o heaty o, swaliowy | 198 to the fine art of “gilded” di- with a few grains of salt the infor- Plomacy (otherwise known as lying), mation given them by Government but the Washington correspondents | officials. have lost faith in the information All is fair in war, and perhaps the given them. It is asserted confidently Maine was destroyed by a torpedo, manipulated by Spanish artillery of- ficers from ashore, but that in view of the letters received from Consul General Lee and Senator Proctor Pres- dent McKinley hesitated to believe this, and concluded to await the re- and is fully accomplished in a short space of time KIRKLAND, U. S. REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. N.