The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1898, Page 3

” THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1898. AMERLCA [MFRESSES TIE WORLD Her Attitude in Time of Danger Excites Admiration. Congress and the People ised Throughout Pra Europe. 1 for the Nation’s Applauded by gland’s Press. BELIEVES WAR IS NEAR. Spain Too Proud to Accede to the Demands This Government May Make. | ch to The Call. 12.—A recipient March diplomat, | is the )NDON, ably purpose the she could not 3 i n its im- e had such the way in and the \d risen | eloped ar et upon Europe executive, Cong met the cr | n deal- ing with the Such is undoubt action article, the 1 that the ational . incident vterial, that by the new school, n is the proph the weapons r adds: sible deficit, a pension of the re United States n the world that The Spanish heed the in Cuba by . and they ¢ bring down in of avoiding | ssition does the United 1ces steadily tending y in Cuba will not 3 nmount of prepara- Spain cannot end the re- will not grant independ- 15 comply with the Ameri- ctator is of the opin- | ricans will franklyand | lude that S must n Cuba, 2 take ary action ere long.” | or concludes: “Quoting Americans are irresolute bts up to the point when drumming guns that | After that there is | ution Il the last shot is | apers here the Madrid D at the United nerally regard acionai’s prop- States annex 2 me her debt. They | g aper to buy than to ac- | but they all ize | ity of the Spanish Gov- ient daring to consent. The feel in the money market is that if war is inevitable, much gold will probably go to New York, and | -refore, will become dearer. s are uneasy at the danger larger amount of gold may be n from the Bank of England, serve is already low. time, Madrid is deluged | with sensational journalism. Canard | 1s piled on canard, to be denied In the | next edition, and eventually abandoned in favor of fresh excitement. The jingo tirades of the Imparcial and papers of | its class are keeping the nation amused, | thus distracting attention from the ap- | proaching elections, at which the Gov- ernment anticipates capture 80 per tha withdraw A good which the pears in the organ, the Correo. It is in the shape of a letter written to | Don Carlos from a correspondent in New York 3 | We ar er of a It 3 only the Maine but has been blown up. are falling like fiery nety-nine per cent | s rds for the ng pre- | is one of | rs they have stion was all s for them- suddenly their fear 1ad at the an of worth, | situation, and | : people in the deserve. We few r sins, find ourselves ze that'if Spain gave tic blow they would not 1d quickly cry for merey, i war to this country would ible foe. Men of money | they have no spirit and no | It 'we quickly landed a few | the demoralization would be | and they wouiu surrender | [ t they 1o e are vy op i etting vortunit slip this pos- Providence sibility will giv spect, cred v and money Don Jamie, the son of Don Carlos, st will receive the Cannes, where he is clares he will then pr eclaring himself the pretender. If | this is true, the news is very important, | but the Spanish Gover iproraasil to have no fes outbieak | AT Deputies at ng, and he de- ed to Spain, Surveying for New Electric Lines. SANRAMON, March 12—A party of eight surveyors are surveying a line for an electric road from Haywards to Dan- ville; also a branch line from this place to Livermore. TUGS T0 SERVE |N NOW NMOTHERS Who consider their little clothes, we have got something that's going to please youw. We're doind to dive yow an extra pair of Trousers, with a Suit, at less than the regular price of the Swit alone. How will that please you? cither Reefer style of Swit, wi'h breastod style $2. men terrors on the question of For this occa- sion we have taken some 250 Swits, in the| double-breasted jashion, knee trowsers, for boys between the ages of 6 and 15 We have taken a lot of pretty | Reefer Suits, with sailor col- lar,collar hand- somely braided, trousers have little buckle at the knee — for lads between the | ages of 3 and 10 years. TheSwit alone, either style, is worth $3.50.| The extra Trow- | sers would be | 75c—that’s 84 25. You can have | your pick from | extra Trousers, or the dowble- | or larger boys, with extra pair of Trowsers—either | style, including the extra pair of pants—at 48. One of‘the pleasing fe a t- wres of this sale will be the sell- ing of 150 doz- en of the E. Z. Waist, patented Nov. &, 1895. 7. Underwaist has these . It is made of knitted webbind, with knitted elastic bands attached to the garment crossing the back and over the showlders like suspenders. It yields to the strain on l)u/i{m«: and saves them from being pu'led off or buttonholes from being torn. The E. Z. Waist, be- ing made of knitted webbing, ventilated and does not get clogded with perspiration like thick cloth waists. Theregular price is 25¢, according to size; | we will setl all Monday, at i r O We will sell a lot of Boys’ Heavy Ribbed Black Hose, all sizes, beginning Monday, at o s beginning We have dathered together about 350 dozen Sille Windsor Ties, switable for boys and ladies ; new eolorings—the kind that yow would be willing topay 25¢ for; these, bedinning Mon- day, at c. ADVERTISEMENTS. Siittittttittiite + A sowvenir for 'St : tPatrick’s Day. Mon- ¥ + day we'll distribute + $ them. They're awfully ¥ 1 pretty. Wor't you have + : one of them? Spring’s [nspira= tions, Coming into our howse these days is like enjoying the perfumes and fra- grance from @ Sarden-bed, of Spring flowers. Every department s in towch with the glad season of Spring. That's all we have to show—new Spring goods. + + + [ We bring to your notice, in our picture opposite, what is correctly termed two absolutely swell styles. The Overcoat is made in the box length; it has a pure silk facing to the edge. Can yow conceive anything more swell than an overcoat like this? It’s made from the highest grade of fine Black Vieuna. The sleeve linings are of pure Skinner's Satin. Money can’t put together a more fashionable coat. In the suit we bring to your notice whatistermed the proper and correct cut of the singdle- breasted Sack for Spring wear. with its dowble-breasted Vest. This garment is lined throwshout with Satin—a pretty plaid Satin. The colorinss are bright and in keeping with the Spring season. That they're fashionably tail- ored, the lines of the darment show that. That they’'re abso- lwtely correct, owr name as fashion leaders bears that owt. These two garments, in con- Junction with nwmerous others, will be offered to yow when we open Monday morning ai $10.00. When we get abowt to do any- thing we do it on alavishscale. | with Suspend- ers this week. Yow'll find it so | We’'ll show youw penders. We | have taken a big | Lot of hidh-class Suspenders and | divided them into three lots. Lot | : | Consists of 250 dozen Men’s Suspenders, new styles in web- bing, desirable goods, which we will have on sale Monday at 9e. Lot 2 Consists of a lot of Suspenders that have sold wp to 85e¢, with draw fasteninds — nice, clean, | new, fresh goods. These at 14e. Lot 3 | grade Suspenders — doods that have sold all the way wp to 50c : some of the English ends, others with wire buckle. A big lot to pick from. These at 19e¢. how we sell Sws- | | Consists of some very high- | Some dainty bits of | Spring Finery for the little folks. The pretty Spring Top Coat, for little folks up to | 12 years of ade, made jrom those fine Tan Covert | Cloths. Nothing richer, | nothing handsomer. Redu- | larly sold at $6.95. Monday at $4.98. Some of the daintiest bits | of rich sailors in blue, handsomely trimmed. handsomely dotten wup. | Actual value $6.95. Monday at $%.98. Some of the cutest little | Junior Suits we've shown this season—new ones, ar- rived Saturday afternoon. | Blues and pretty Spring colorings, sizes from 3 up to 8 years. It's impossible to think of anything finer. Regularly sold at $6.95. Monday at = @ mmmmm]m% THE NEW SPRING DERBY. Ouwr Hat Department will start the Spring scason with a sale of wnusual splendor, consisting of itslines of $2 and $2.50 Derbys, browns and blacks. When we say the Spring Derby we mean the very newest and most ap- proved block. These Monday at 95¢. Our Neckwear V Department of- fers a lot of very swell Band Bows, as yow see in picture op- posite; the new spring colorings in India Silks, and they're marvelously pretty. These Mon- day at Ilc. A big lot of the new soft-body Shirt, with stiff neckbands and wristbands, with detached pair of cuffs. _The?/’r(' a swell lot. They come in the Shepherd Plaids as well as the newest things in stripes. There’s noth- ing in town at $1.25 that will compare with ‘em, and they’ll see the light of day fer the first timve Monday morning. They're the swell Shirt of the season. | Yow'll get’em at 78c. A big lot of Men’s Sueaters, plain, also | | | | | i sailor collar, laced fronts. I’z a swell lot, and all new spring colorings to select from. Some handsome color combinations for men folks. This is a pure worsted Sweater and represents just half price. These, begin- ning Monday, at 98e¢. DOING DR R e P+ 444494444+ @++++4++4 4444444440 ’ +° | LEARN % i WHAT WE'RE % gr- ot i % OUTFITS. - } U e | KLONDIKE Two Entire Buildings—Eight Floors. o-11-15-15 KFARNY ST. Ot+++++ 44444+ AS WARSHIPS Will Be Fitted Out as Rams and Torpedo Boats. Number of Yachts to Be Se- lected and Supplied With Guns. New Naval Board Will Proceed at Once to Prepare the Aux- illary Fleet. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 12.—A special from Washington to the Herald says: Immediate steps are to be taken by the | Navy Department to add an auxiliary fleet to the North Atlantic squadron. For the purpose of determining what class of merchant marine shall be se- lected to form this fleet, a board will assemble to-morrow morning at the vy Department to confer with As-| sistant Secretary Roosevelt and ar- range plans of procedure, which will be at once put into execution. The board, as formally appointed to-day by | “the fair actual value of the same at Board of Inspection and Survey, presi- dent; Lieutenant Commander J. D. J. Kelly, on duty at New York, as in- spector of merchant vessels; Chief En- gineer A. F. Nixon, and the naval constructor, J. G. Tawrezy, and Lieu- tenant Nathan Sargent, recorder. Under the plan drawn up as the re- sult of the conferences held by Assist- ant Secretary Roosevelt and bureau chiefs of the Navy Department, it is proposed that the Rogers board shall first select a large number of steam vachts and tugs, which will be imme- diately converted into torpedo boats and rams. Following the selection and conver- sion of these boats it is intended to pick out twelve of the best ocean liners, be- ginning with ships of the American line, and to take those which are best adapted for conversion Into auxiliary steamers by reason of their coal carry- ing capacity, protection, etc. Plans will be perfected for converting these vessels into cruisers, and the board will make arrangements for either charter- ing or buying the vessels from their owners. It is appreciated by the au- thorities that in time of peace the law prohibits the taking of vessels except upon the payment to their owners of time of taking,” and it is for this rea- son that the board will be instructed to enter into negotiations with the owners looking to the chartering of vessels to the Government. The cost of a vessel of the St. Louis type will be, it is esti- mated, about $2,000,000, which would cut a large hole in the naval defense appropriation made by Congress, but it is believed the American line will agree to charter its ships to the United States at a reasonable price, reimburse- ment to be made in case of their de- struction. It can be stated authoritatively that the department will not take all the vessels which may be offered. In order to influence the department in the se- lection of ships owners of vessels have visited the department, accompanied slightest attention to politics in the matter of providing additional defenses for the country,” said an official to me this afternoon. “What he wants is the best ships that can be obtained—ships that are the speediest, the best pro-- tected, stanchly built, and with their engines as much as possible below the water line. The fact that a ship-owner requires a member of Congress to im- press upon the department the value of his vessel shows conclusively that he fears to trust it to the judgment of a capable board, and that it must be un- suited for Government work.” The tugs which will be selected by the board for duty as rams must com- ply with this specification: To be suitable as rams, tugs should be es- pecially heavy in construction, particu- larly forward; should have a speed of not less than twelve knots, a displace- ment of not less than 250 tons, and should be capable of mounting at least two five-pounder rapid-fire guns, one forward and one aft. The tugs must be of iron or steel and in a thorough state of repair. All steam yachts desired will be di- vided into these three class First class—To be capable of main- taining a speed of not less than eigh- teen knots at sea, in ordinary weather, for two consecutive hours, with all weights on board and of mounting two ‘Whitehead torpedo tubes, long or short, and not less than two 6-pounder rapid-fire guns. Second class—To be able of maintain- ing a speed of from fourteen to eight- een knots in ordinary weather, with welghts on board, and of mounting at least one Whitehead torpedo tube, long or short, and one l-pounder rapid-fire gun. Torpedo launches—To be capable of 'maintaining a speed of from nine to fourteen knots in smooth weather and of mounting one Howell or Whitehead torpedo tube and one 1-pounder gun. It is understood that the board will at once purchase or charter steam col- liers, which will be employed to trans- Secretary Long, will consist of Captain Frederick Rogers, now president of the by Senators and Representatives. “The Secretary is not paying the port coal and other supplies to the fleet. WARSHIPS ARE ORDERED HOME Steps Taken to Aban- don the European Station. Small Vessels That Might Easily Fall a Prey to the Spanish. | They Will Be Safe and Report toE Admiral Sicard at Key | West. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, March 12.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Signifi- g cant strategic orders were issued to- | day by Secretary Long, having as their | object the re-enforcement of the North | Atlantic squadron and the abandon- ment of a weak point in the naval plan | of campaign which is already being fol- jowed by the Navy Department. These orders are the withdrawal of two men- | of-war from the European station and the prospective withdrawal of a third vessel before the end of the coming week. I learned to-day that instruc- tions have been sent to Commodore | | is only 839 tons. O+++++++ 444444440 OUR BOOK ON KLONDIKE OUTFITS! SHALL WE MAIL IT TO YOU? e s TR O+ttt stttss Howell, commander-in-chief of the Eu- ropean squadron, directing him to send the gunboats Helena and Bancroft to the United States with all speed. He will remain at Lisbon with the cruiser San Francisco. ready to return to the United States at a moment’s no- tice. These steps taken by the depart- ment to abandon the European station are due to its desire to remove from the sphere of danger three ships which would be an easy prey for Spanish ar- n;ored cruisers or a battleship in case of war. | though in need of a rapid-firing bat- | tery. There has been some talk of retain- | ing these vessels in BEuropean waters to | harass the Spanish coast, but after | considering the matter to-day with some of the officials of the department the Secretary determined that it would be the part of wisdom to direct their return to home waters. It is expected that the Helena and Bancroft will arrive at Key West with- in two weeks, as they have been in- structed to lose no time in covering the The Helena has a displacement of |distance between Lisbon and the Amer- only 1392 tons. and that of the Bancroft The San Francisco is a protected Cruiser of 4098 tons, and is a very good vessel of her class, al- ican coast. It is said by department of- ficials that these vessels will be useful to Rear Admiral Sicard more for block- ading purposes than anything else. ADVERTISEMENTS. gffigc%é}%w%fi’/’ ¥4 i 2 A = & D 809 Market Street, corner Fourth SECOND FLOOR FLOOD BUILDING. RECEPTION ROOM—NO. 7. Consuiltation---FREE. 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