The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1898, Page 2

(] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1898 thinks the legislative branch of the Government should be permitted to have a hand in settling the Spanish complicatior HOLLAND'S BOAT MAKES A LONG RUN. Splendid Behavior of the Submarine Vessel That May Revolution- ize Naval Warfare. W YORK, March 14.—The sub- m ne torpedo-boat Holland left her dock at Perth Amboy to-day and made N a run out into the bay. She was gone about half an hour, and, according to Mr. Holla behaved splendidly. No attempt w made to dive. When the Holland re of men began the work of putting in her pig iron When this work is completed it will bring the boat down to a normal water li The Holland probably will take a short run to-mor- row or next day to test the lay of the ballast. In an interview to-night Mr. Holland said: “The experiment made with the hoat show that she a thorough boat did e i i it to do. ed n hour was made to-day, but the boat is capable of much greater speed than that: I shall continue to make ex- periments with her for the next two we , so that when I have finished them I will be perfectly sure of her. I an say nothing of what disposition I shall make of the boat.” - Must Report ;or Duty. STOCKTON, March 14—Will Hender- shot, an expert electrician of this cit who wa once connected with the cruiser Charleston and whos= name was registered at Mare Island, has received peremptory ord port at the navy yard for dut ately. WRECK OF THE SHIP NEW YORK Continued from First Page. Eep) and 10 feet of water in her hold. Her plates are considerably sprung. She is lying in a bed of quicksand and may at any minute turn over. I do not think it possible for the tugs to get her off. The beach of Half-moon Bay will in all probability be her graveyard.” The crew of the New York is being t the hotel in Halfmoon Bay n Peabody, his wife and are staying in a private The captain says that he will n Francisco until some dis- been made of the ship and ral underwriters and in- adjusters arrived at the scene of the wreck to-night to see if there is of either floating the hauled off the vy sea was break- house. not go to position ha d an opportunity of ew of the surround- They MOrrow v of the situation. vey a heavy gale, Kk, will total breal the vessel. NOTED FOR DISASTER, MUTINY AND MURDER. 11 go down to the beach to- They fear that Thrilling and Unlucky Career of the | Iron Ship That Is Ashore in Halfmoon Bay. vew York is hard and fast on the ch at Halfmoon Bay,” said Captain Gilbert Brokaw of the.tug Re- liance last night. As soon as I got day morning I saw there as 1o chance of saving the vessel. She ht feet in the sand, there -t of water in her hold and is being formed outside the wi do aw with any r getting into deep t chance of ev gain. the New York went ashore as under a jib and foretopmast she w staysail, foresail, lower foretopsail, up- per and lower main topsail and mizzen lower topsail. When the Reliance got there the jib and foretopmast staysail | the mainsail w: had been run down, half set foresail had broken and that sail was flying out to the wind. The vessel must have been driven ashore bow on and then turned broadside to the shore by the force of the wind and the waves. Both the anchors were at the bow so there was either no time or probably no thought of dropping either of them. “The crew had run a line from the ship to the beach when I got ashore, and they were working one of the ship’s boats between the wreck and the shore by means of it. It was calm between the ship and the beach, but the waves which swept around the bow and the stern made a very strong current which sometimes capsized the boat during its journey backward and forward. Du ing one trip with Captain Peabody the boat capsized and the great bulk of the captain’s effects, including his wife's sewing machine, was dumped into the water. The men that were in the boat were saved, but at one time it looked as if the boat would drift out to sea. One of the crew, a big Kanaka, took a rope, however, and swam out to the boat. He made the rope fast to it, and then getting astride the half-submerged craft was pulled ashore. All Spanish. town took a holiday to view the wreck. The school children were marched down to the beach in a body, and after gazing on the scene for a couple of hours were marched back to school again “Captain Peabody was very reticent as to the cause of the disaster, but the men say that Mate Kerr, who was on watch, called the captain half an hour before he showed up on deck. From what I cculd gather the ship had been on and off Halfmoon Bay for three days and once had been very close in shore. She stood off ten or twleve miles, but in spite of the northwest wind that was blowing she came right back to her old stamping §round and, much to the surprise of ~everybody, went ashore. Captain Peabody blames the strong currents. He says there should be a light on Pillar Point. “The British ship Clan Galbraith, from San Francisco for Cork with a cargo of wheat, had a narrow escape of laying her bones alongside the New York. She was within three miles of the beach and just when in the most danger she managed to head off on a starboard tack and just cleared Pigeon Point by a hair’s breadth. For half an hour it was touch and go with her, and I delayed my departure for San Fran- cisco, thinking that “every minute it would require my assistance. Captain Hodgman of the Life-saving Station at Fort Point did every thing he possibly could for the crew of the New York. He took all kinds of chances in saving urned to her dock a number | _ | whom were punished by the Federal morning to make another sur- | such as was | mean the | | and the sheets and tacks of the the men’s kits and was time and again up to his waist in water while gaving stuff from the wreck.” The American ship New York, late the T. F. Oakes, has been one of the most unfortunate vessels that ever left the stocks. Misfortune followed her from the day she was launched in Phil- adelphi2 until she laid her bones on the | | beach at Hatfmoon Bay. When sue | | was loggled and ready to sail from Phil- | adelphia for Port Townsend on her maiden voyage old sailors said that she | would have a terrible time of it round- | ing the Horn. At that time she was }xhe loftiest sparred ship in the world and the cld sailors’ predictions came true. She was dismasted on that voy- age and put into Valparaiso in dis- | tress. She was repaired and started | again for Puget Sound, but again the | masts were blown out of her and she was towed back to Valparaiso for the | second time. On her third attempt she | got well up the Pacific coast, but was caught in another gale off Columbia River and finally had to be towed to Port Townsend in distress. On her second voyage she was sent out to China and was caught in a ty- | phoon and nearly wrecked. She was | thrown on her beam ends, and a | steamer picked her up and towed her into Hongkong. | 'The latter part of 1896 she started from China for New York, and was 864 | days making the trip. She was so | g overdue that she was given up for |lost, and 80 guineas per cent rein- | surance was paid on her. During that | voyage some of the crew died from | scurvy, and nearly all the others were | so sick from the disease that they could not work the ship, and had to | be driven to their stations with ropes | ends and belaying pins. It is as a "'hard ship,” therefore, that the New York is best known. She never made an American port without the captain or mate being arrested for beating | the men. As a general rule they got | off, but the trip from Hongkong set- | tled the captain and the mate, both of Court of New York. In May, 1893, Captain Reid and First Mate McKay of the Oakes (now the New York) were arrested on twenty- | elght charges In San Francisco. Six seamen gave evidence and showed the wounds inflicted by the officers, but | both of them got off on a technicality. | In February, 1885, Captain Reid and | Second Mate Ross were arrested in San Francisco on a charge of extreme | eruelty and murder. Frederick Owens, able seaman, was assaulted, dragged out of the forecastle and compelled to | work during the very cold weather off | Cape Horn, notwithstanding that he | complained of sickness. Owens couldn’t | work, but was ordered to “walk the | deck.” He was given no medical aid, except a dose of salts and a mustard plaster. Two days later he died. Later | “a simple minded Swede” named J. | Johnson failed to address the second | mate as “sir,” and was knocked down and kicked in the eve by Captain Reid. The second mate ran away to | escape trial, and the captain was| | again acquitted on a technicality. After that the ship went to Na- naimo, B. C., to load coal for Santa Rosalla, and four crews deserted one after the other before she could get away. Then came the fearful voyage from China, and that sickened even the owners. The name of the ship was changed to New York, and an entire | new crew, ‘with Captain Peabody as | master, was put aboard of her. He had been successful as master of the Tam o' Shanter, and during one voyage left New York the same day as the Shenan- doah, and they both came in through the Golden Gate together in the fast | time of 111 days. Captain Peabody made one trip in the Sintram after | leaving the Tam o’ Shanter and then | he accepted command of the New York. But his advent did not relieve the “hoodoo.” After leaving Hong: kong she lost her foremast in a gale | and had to put back for repairs. A second start was made, but misfortune again overtook her. In another gale she lost her foretopgallant mast and | foretopsail yard, and altogether there were five serlous accidents during the | vovage. Captain Peabody had his hands full during the voyage. His crew became | mutinous, and the belaying-pin had to | be used occasionally in order to get any work out of the men. The New York and the Tillie E. Starbuck were sister ships, but there the resemblance ends, as the former has been a continuous failure while the Starbuck has been a success. The New York was an iron ship, built by the American Ship Building Company of Philadelphia in 1883. She was 255 feet long, 40 feet 6 inches broad and 23 feet 5 inches deep. She was 1897 tons burden and had aboard the following | cargo consigned to Williams, Dimond & Co.: 100 boxes 50 bundles cassia, 550 half chests 10 packages tea, 1042 pack- ages green tea, 60 bales gunnies, 2000 bundles hemp, 75 bags coffee, 730 bundles kopak, 20 packages camphor- wood trunks, 170 bundles 743 bags 72 boxes tapioca, 68 bundles palmleaf fans, 46 packages rattan furniture, 22,- 605 packages 21 bundles 300 bales 441 boxes 1807 bags merchandise, 700 ralls matting, 109 bags hemp seed, 40 pack- ages trunks, 2320 quicksilver flasks, 107 bundles gambria, 500 cases pineapples, 8243 mats rice, 61 bundles rattan, 40 cases Soy Lo, packages bamboo shoots, 20 baskets garlic, 5 cases salt vegeta- bles, 3 cases joss sticks, 1 bundle strings, 1 jar sauce, 280 boxes peanuts, 75 boxes dry goods, 224 boxes sago flour, 1 package paper, 1550 boxes nut oil, 50 boxes tapioca flour, 98 packages flour, 100 boxes peanut oil, 140 boxes crackers, 14 boxes chinaware, 14 boxes woodenware, 30 boxes 10 packages to- bacco, 96 bags pepper, 200 boxes oil, 200 packages green beans. Deputy Surveyor of Customs St. John yesterday sent Customs Inspector Henry Payne to the scene of the wreck for the purpose of taking pos- session of the cargo until the duties thereon shall have been liquidated through the Custom-house. This morn- ing thrée additional inspectors will leave by stage for Half-moon Bay for the purpose of guarding the wreck and the cargo. Bach man will watch eight hours out of the twenty-four, so that a continuous watch day and night will be kept. ROADWAY OVER TULE LANDS. Success of thafiEx'pariment Being « Tried Near Stockton. STOCKTON, March 14.—Engineer Fish- er, who has had charge of the experiment of building a roadway across the tule lands between this city and the Contra Costa Hills, has become convinced that the experiment of building an earth em- bankment of facings laid over the soft, muddy tule ground will be a success. He has just finished putting on two more barges of sand on_the experimental piece made several weeks ago, and he says it stands the pressure so perfectly that he no longer has doubts of the success of the | experiments 1 merly made by 1000 PERISHED ON AN ALASKA TRAIL. Stephen J. Rooney's Quest of Riches Ends at the Gateway to the Klondike. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The body will arrive from Skaguay, Alaska, in of the late Stephen J. Rooney San Francisco to-morrow. The death of Mr. Rooney was a terrible blow to his wife, father, mother and friends in Sacramento. Before his departure to the country of startling incidents and perilous risks his wife begged him not to go, but brave- hearted Steve, determined to retrieve the fortune his father recently lost, made up his mind to go. to Alaska and assumed charge of a D Bennett. mento. a quantit down. Lee Brown, returns with the remains. Mr. Rooney followed his brother and Lee Brown ick train between Skaguay and Lake Misfortune seemed to pursue him from the day he left Sacra- A number of pack animals were lost with the steamship Corona and v of forage and provisions was lost in another vessel which went inal meningitis was the cause of Mr. Rooney's death. His companion, Mr. Rooney was at one time deputy sheriff of Sacramento County, un- der Sheriff O'Neil, and was County. He leaves a Wi one of the most popular men dow and two children. in Sacramento REACHING FOR FOOTBALL MEN The Butte Eleven Finds a Dangerous Rival in Anaconda. Marcus Daly, the Football “Angel, and His Novel and Costly Hobby. First it was Butte that reached out its tentacles for our football players and whisked them across the plains to a mountain home. McMillan was the first to go; Benson followed and others shook the dust of San Francisco off their heels for positions in Butte with good salaries attached, with the under- standing that all idle moments were te be utilized on the gridiron. Now Butte has a rival city ia Ana- onda, another of Montana's sporting towns, and there will be a regular auc- tion bidding for our football men be- fore the season is over. The “angel” of the Butte team is young Clarke, whose father was mayor of the city and whose wealth is esti- mated at $10,000,000 or more. Football teams are his hobby and he carries them a1.:md the country on specials, furnishing them with all the comforts and conveniences of a well-stocked and well-equipped club-house. Anaconda has municipal aspirations to be the biggest city in Montana, to supplant Butte on every field. Another Clarke has been found and his name is Marcus of Anaconda. Dgily is as well provided in this world's stores 2s his competitor and he has also deveioped the same athletic mania, guarai.n to 1 football eleven, Butte’'s ei:ven gathered from the four quarters of the globe, became a sonorous trumpeteer of the city’s ath- letic prowess. Jealous Anaconda con- ceived the same idea and in another month she will have a football team as heterogeneous and as costly as that of Butte. Daly began to rea a few months ago. cured two and they are the very best we have, Pete Smith and Burt Oliver, Smith will leave this city on Tuesday for Anaconda, where he has a choice of two commercial positions in the Anaconda Mining Company. Burt Oli- ver will follow him soon after. The bait offered these men is a good, sub- stantial salary, with just enough labor attached to make it worth the while for the San Francisco men to forego the pleasures of city life for a rustic existence colored with the soil of the ridiron. gSmith and Oliver are the only play- ers secured at the present time. But it is thought that Sexton will soon follow. Overtureg have been made to Simpson, and it is very likely that he will ac- cept upon his graduation from Medical College in the summer. Carter is an- other whose name is on the list of can- didates for the new Anaconda eleven, which it is expected will sweep every- thing before it on the gridiron. Sev- eral Eastern players of reputation are already in Anaconda awaiting the opening of the season. 2 Phil Daniels, the manager of the An- aconda eleven, promises great things for the men who will wear his uniform. First, there will be the season in Mon- tana, the feature of which will be the games between the rival cities. After that will come a trip East, where the new team from Anaconda will line up against the big elevens of the coun- try. Then it is the intention of the An- aconda enthusiasts to traverse the con- tinent and play our local teams during the Christmas holidays. ‘When the local athletic clubs prepare to form their teams this year they will find big gaps in places that were al- ways filled. Smith was looked upon as prospective captain of the Olympic eleven. Oliver, Sexton, Carter and Simpson would have played in athletic club teams- this fall, and, as the ma- terial is not superabundant, their ab- sence will be felt. Instead of a visit from cne Montana team during the winter, we might now have a brace to fight out their own differences on our soil. ch out for our men —_———— A nail-making machine produces as many nails in a given time as were for- men. form of | So far he has se- | EXCITENENT IV WASHINGTON How the News of the Maine Disaster Was Re- ceived. | George A. Knight Describes Scenes at the National Capital. the George A. Knight, who has fust re- turned from Washington, D, C., where he was when the battleship Maine - was blown up in the harbor of Havana, in'tell- ing of how the news was recelved In the National Capital says: “I was in Wash- ington when the news of the terrible dis- asterreached this country. I was stopping at Willard's Hotel, on Pennsylvania ave- nue, the headquarters of many of the most prominent members of Congress. \\. hen I came down the morning after the ster the first intfmation that I had of it was when a newsboy ran into the lobby of the hotel crying, ‘Matne blown up!’ ““What, I said, ‘the whole State? ‘No | the battleship.” T bought a paper and | read the account of the calamity. Boon | the lobby was filled with eager and exclt- | ed men, all of whom were reading or dis- | cussing the disaster and the probable ef- | fect it would have upon this country’s re- | lations with Spain. There was quito a rip- ple of Xciteme {hutodsy?)‘uumun throughout the city “'The State, War and Navy department rvertf in a high tension of exclte‘:nent,elrwlu: ¢ RS Among the populace proper 'that :n&cheesx(lflgefl‘“& most high. They were as | peoll.jle arg he!'e’.) over the disaster as the “‘Long before noon, the hour of the as- lsembl'l_n‘g of Congress, Pennsylvania En.::- n;‘w Wwas lined with people on their way to (uii: Capitol in anticipation of some ex- g dnggs.cenes upon the floors of the House | 0:1( él(;mle' The public galleries were ¢rowded to their utmost capacity, as were | & we reserved for the diplomatic corps, ‘“'nska];sn;wvi?y unique in the history of ean and one not soon to be for- “‘Old residents of the elt: s y declared that {%mwas_hsccund in excltement only to the o e when the news of the defeat of the iRL"nor\;auflr;n‘) at the first battle of Bull | s Tecelved. All sorts and kinds of i rumors and counter rumo; ’a‘hg disaster was the solen:owlf:.re finev:: upon every l:lrrlleguehnothln else was dis- E WAP 4 general feeling of ever;eghgem T | wher;u; fact can be more fully illustrated fied Bay that in Congress all partisan- | TP seemed to be entirely obliterated. iohe Importance of the news may be real- ings of Gny one familiar with the work- eSO Congress, where everything is run ‘henr v lines, and where the alrs of S Breatest moment are subjected to the e“}? s and bickerings of party leaders. e e\gr has there been such a sponta- ae 1¥, of action upon the part of Congress i reere Was in the action that they took mmjgflrd to the appointment of a com- SPion of investigation. Both the House . telnme acted as a unit. None of the paryt leaders attempted to make capital hn": the occasion. There was perfect iany in the action of the Democrats w 'EThteheteRenuhucnnm mper of the people was best aggwn by the action of - the galleries. enever a warlike sentiment was ex- pressed the: toMtheKecho.)"' would applaud the speaker r. Knight, when asked if he th tr};ere w:ufd be war, replied; ““No, J“‘:l‘g!}l‘; Thom what I could learn,in the East I am tngd to think that the incident will be settled by S(fmln paying the indemnity that will undoubtedly be demanded b s cotumr . The result, however, wlfl I;-um‘ he final adjustment of the Cuban gvnelSllgand i:gdfll] hu.vealao dtoubl( but that it e s from the Spanish Tale o T Of CubR ————————————— Only One Favorite Wins. NEW ORLEANS, March 14.—Cloudy weather and a fast track were the con- ditions to-day. Henrica Wwas' the only winning favorite. Six furlongs, Tulah won, Swift s Surveyor third. Time, 1:16 o € mile, selling, Alva won, Bob Ciam- pitt second, Ovation third. Time, 1‘:’4‘;1.m s ‘One mile, selling, Robert Bonner won, {'E%Hogs second, Jolly Son third. Time, Handicap, one mile and twenty yards Albert S won, E.xin second, Erignton third. Time, 135, Six and a half furlongs, selling, Henrica won, Cherry ..ame second, First Ward third. Time, 1:20%. Six furlongs, Ben Videre won, Belle of C_g;z«m second, Sir Dick third. Time In Bielefield, Germany, there is a colony of epileptics, numbering about 1500. The colony was established in 1868, and patients from all parts of the world go there for treatment. PERKINS WANTS - NO FAVORITISM Charges War Department Officials With Dis- crimination. Pacific Coast Factories Ignored in the Letting of Contracts. Could Supply War Munitions for Less Than the Government Now Pays. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, March 14. Senator Perkins was at the War De- partment yesterday, and saw General Miles and General Flagler in an at- tempt to get the department to award to Pacific Coast manufacturers some of the contracts for gun carriages, fixed ammunition and smokeless powder. Senator Perkins told these officials that there were a number of California firms that could rapidly turn out the Crozier-Buffington ordnance carriage as cheaply as they could be manufactured in any part of the United States. He tried to convince them that there was no use in paying a cent or a cent and a half a pound for the transportation of these carriages to the Pacific Coast from the East. He requested that in the future, when letters were sent to the various manufacturers inviting bids for this work, the Pacific Coast found- ries be given an equal chance to com- Dete for the contracts. Senator Perkins says there seems to be no reason for the high prices charged for these gun carriages. “You can buy a first-class Baldwin locomotive for $12,000,” said he to The Call correspondent to-night; ‘“yet these Eastern manufacturers charge theGov- ernment $28,000 for Crozier-Buffington carriages for 12-inch guns, about $17,000 for the carriages for the 10-inch guns and $9000 for the 8-iuch guns. These charges are extortionate, and I did nol hesitate to say so to the War Depart- ment officials. There is no reason in the world why the carriages should not be built as well and more cheaply by our Pacific Coast manufacturers, and T propose to keep hammering at the de- partment until our coast people are given the same oppertunity to bid for these contracts that KEastern firms have. “And there is the question of powder, too. There is more than one factory in California that can manufacture smokeless powder according to the Government formula. I am aware that it is the general understanding that only one firm in this country has as yet succeeded in turning out an article equal to the Russian powder, and that the Duponts have failed, but this is a mistake. It is no great trick to manu- facture smokeless powder according to this formula, and we have at least four firms in California that can do it. “Formerly the United States has paid one dollar a pound/for this powder and it now proposes to pay eighty-five cents when the same powder is manufactured in European countries for forty-five cents. And then, too, I told the War_ Department officials to-day that our Pacific Coast manufacturers should be given a chance to compete for the contracts for furnishing the Govern- ment with fixed ammunition. I think that our coast firms would at least be able to turn out all of the shells and projectiles for use on our coast.” Senator Perkins is evidently of the opinion that there is some favoritism shown to Eastern firms by the Ord- nance Department, and unless the Cal- ifornia and Pacific Coast factories are hereafter allowed to compete, he pro- poses to stir the matter up in the Sen- ate. Although the Senator did not say s0, he is evidently of the opinion that “something is rotten” in the adminis- tration of our Ordnance Department. This is significant, too, from the fact that The Call correspondent’s interview with the Senator occurred immediate- ly after he had had a long talk with General Miles. It may be said that the general com- manding the army has long been of the opinion that a reform is needed in the administration of the two ord- nance bureaus. It is believed that Senator Perkins will bring the matter to the attention of the Senate immedi- ately. FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CALIFORNIA RIVERS. Congressmen Ask That a Suitable Appropriation Be Made in the Sundry Civil Bill. WASHINGTON, March 14—Senator Perkins and Representatives Maguire, De Vries, Barham and Hilborn to-day appeared before the Senate Committee on Appropriations and urged that a provision be placed in the sundry civil bill allowing the appropriation made by the Legislature of California for the improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers to be available without awaiting a similar appropria- tion bv the national Government. This will allow the State to begin work on _these rivers at once, but it requires the consent of the Federal authorities as the rivers|are under Federal juris- diction. Senator Perkins and Representative De Vries also asked to have the ap- propriation recommended by the Treasury Department of $81,000 for completing the Stockton Postoffice. They will als. make an effort to have the De Vries Yosemite bill made a part of the sundry civil appropriation bill. MENOCAL COURTMARTIAL WILL BE POSTPONED. Accused Civil Engineer Is Still Under the Care of His Physician. NEW YORK, March 14.—Civil Engineer A. G. Menocal of the navy, whose court- martial was to begin to-morrow, is still under the care of a physician. The trial will probably be postponed until further orders. Mr. Menocal is to be tried on two charges, one of culpable inefficiency in the performance of duty, and the other, neglect of duty. Both are founded on the work done in the construction of the new dry dock. Menocal recently returned from Nicaragua, where he had been with the commission appointed by President MecKinley to inspect and survey the canal and its tributary waters. He suffered a slight stroke of paralysis while on his way home, but is now rapidly recovering. e A Stockton Natives Elect Delegates. STOCKTON, March 14.—Stockton Par- lor, Native Sons of the Golden West, this evening elected delegates to the grand rlor as follows: George E. Catts, W. C. Ea\lmflle!', A. J. Turner and C. E. Man- they. Alternates, C. H. Patterson, O. S. Henderson, Otto Grunsky and W. E. O'Connor. 'Grand Trustee H. R, McNoble, who is a candidate for re-election, will attend by virtue of his office. 1 FOR EIGHT NEW CUTTERS Senate Passes the Bill to Construet Revenue Vessels. Report of the Naval Court of Inquiry Awaited in the Maine Investigation. - Nebraska for his patriotic restraint in re- | Passage of a Resolution to Seek In- demnity From Spain for Injury Done to Two Americans. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, March 14. During its session of three hours to- day the Senate passed a considerable number of bills from the general cal- endar. A bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to have constructed eight vessels for the reve- nue cutter service, as follows: One to take the place of the steamer Seward, | cost not to exceed $160,000; one to take the place of the McLane, cost not to exceed $160,000; one to take the place of the Colfax, cost not to exceed $160,000; one to take the place of the Boutwell, | cost not to exceed $160,000; one for ser- vice on and in the vicinity of the Co- lumbia River bar, Pacific Coast, cost not to exceed $250,000; one for harber service at Philadelphia to replace the steamer Washington, cost not to ex- ceed $45,000; one for harbor service at Boston to replace the steamer Hamlin, cost not to exceed $45,000; one for har- bor service at New York to replace the Chandler, cost not to exceed $45,000. A resolution offered last Thursday by Chandler of New Hampshire, approving the course of the committee in the inves- tigation of the Maine disaster, was adopted. Almost immediately gnerwnrd Allen of Nebraska_inquired of Chandler what the Naval Affairs Committee had done re- garding the Investigation of the Maine catastrophe provided for in his resolu- tion of several weeks ago. Chandlér said that as yet the commit- tee had taken no action regarding the in- vestigation. He could not speak for the committee, but exgressed the opinion that its_policy ‘would be to await the action and findings of the Naval Court of In- quiry. He called attention to the inter- esting fact that naval courts have no authority, under the law, to compel wit- nesses to testify or to punish them if they should refuse. He thought, there-| fore, that the Naval Committee, in mak- ing its investigation, ought to be em- powered to force testimony from wit- nesses or to make them suffer a pen- al({ for refusal. “Is_the Senator advised as to whether the Naval Affairs Committee will make | an investigation of the Maine disaster?”’ inquired Allen. *I am not prepared to speak for the | committee,” replied Chandler. ‘“The reso-| lution, I take it, places an injunction upon | the committee to conduct an_investiga- tion, and the resolution agreed to a few minutes ago is in line with that injunc- | tion. This is a subject which I do not | think ought to be discussed in public. I} desire to commend the Senator from | training to discuss this matter.” The conference report on the army ap- propriation_bill was reported by Quay (Rep.) of Pennsylvania and was agr to. Proceeding, under unanimous consent, the Senate passed the following meas- ures: Amending an act to permit the use of the right of way through public lands for tram roads, canals and reservoirs; permanently locating the capital of the | Territory of New Mexico at Santa_Fe; granting to the Kettle River Valley Rall- way Company a right of way through the north half of the Colville Indian Reserva- tion in Washington; and relating’ to leases on the Hot Springs reservation. At this point Lodge of Massachusetts of the Forelgn Relations Committee called up the joint resolution for the re- liet of August Bolton and Gustave Riche- eu. . BATILES WITH - INSIRGENTS Spanish Generals Claim to Have Won in Sev- eral Engagements. Rebels Fire Ugon a Train From Matanzas and Wound Two Passengers. Wreckers Recover a Gun From the ' Maine and Another Body of & Slain Seaman. Copyrighted, 1538, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, March 14.—Several en- gagements are officially reported in Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces. General Blanco has sent an official cable to the Min- ister of War congratulating Generals Pando, Varo del Rey and Linares for their successful operations against tha rebels at Sierrra Maestra, Palma, Sori~ ano Dos Palma, Juacate la Esperanza and around Camarones Rives, Bicana, Cabo, Cruz and Canto River, on March 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The Havana papers announce without comment that the battle-ship Iowa will pay a friendly visit to Havana. Insurgents fired this evening on & train which left Matanzas in the aft- ernoon for Havana. Two men were slightly wounded. One was George Barnum, a British subject, who lived for some years in Savannah, Ga. The other was the Clvil Secretary of Ma- tanzas. Mr. Barnum, who was with his wife, had been stopping for some days in Havana and to-day went to Matanzas to investigate the condition of the reconcentradoes. Mrs. Barnum has devoted much of her time to relief work. The train was attacked first while running between Jaruco and San Miguel, but the guer- rillas were quickly repulsed by soldiers in an armored car next to the engine. Between San Miguel and Campo Flor- ida the train was attacked by another band, which was quickly driven off by the prompt work of the Spanish sol- diers. Some bullets passed through the passenger car. One struck Mr. Bar- num in the left shoulder, inflicting a flesh wound. When the train arrived in this city he was taken to the Hotel Belot, where his wound was attended to by Dr. Dudley of the American Con- sulate. Pursuing parties started immediately after the insurgents, who made toward Tapaste Hills. I understand that the raid was made by Betancourt’s troops. ‘Wreckers recovered one of the battle- ship Maine's six-pound guns to-day. and will proceed to take up the 6-inch rifies in a few days. One body was found to-day in the wreck of the Maine and some bones and clothing. The court of inquiry held a sesion todayas usual, and appears to have finished the evi- dence regarding particular measure- ments, as divers and wreckers were needed as witnesses. The work on the wreck has proceeded more rapidly. The members of the court are unable to say when they will leave Havana. The body found to-day may be that of Her- man or Herbert, as _the under- clothing marks show “Her.””. There are only two men lost to whom'the let~ ters would apply. SCALER OF WEIGHTS NAMED. | San Diego Sends the First Request of Its Kind to the Governor. SACRAMENTO, March 14.—The first r quest ever sent in for a scaler of welgh? and measures, under the act of 1891, wa: received to-day at the Governor’s office. It came from the Board of Supervisors of San Diego County. Governor Budd The resolution, as reported from the Foreign Relations Commirttee, is as fol- | lows: “That the President of the United | State be and hereby Is empowered to | take such measures as in his_judgment | may be necessary to obtain the indem- | nity from the Spanish Government for | the wrong and injury suffered by August | Bolton and Gustave Richelieu = through their wrongful imprisonment by the Spanish in Santiago de Cuba in the year 1895, and to secure this end he is author- ized and requested to employ such means or exercise such power as may be neces- The resolution was passed. SWINDLER SCHWARTZ GIVEN HIS FREEDOM. Wfishlngton’s Executive Refuses Governor Budd’s Request for a Requisition. SEATTLE, March 14.—Joseph Schwartz, the “Diamond King,” is again free. This is by reason of the fact that to-day Gov- ernor Rogers gfused to honor the request of Governor dd. The authortities of San Francisco desired Schwartz on a charge of grand larceny. The Governor refused to deliver Schwartz into the hands of Detective Wren on the advice of the Attorney-General, who decided that the grounds for requisition were not suf- ficient. The prosecuting attorney of this county expresses amazement at what he terms the unprecedented action of Gov- ernor Rogers. S SURVEYS FOR RESERVOIRS. Newland’s Bill in the Interest of the ‘Western States. ‘WASHINGTON, March 14.—A bill was introduced by Representative Newlands of Nevada to-day uirecting the Secretary of the Interior to make surveys for and determine and report upon the cost of erecting reservoirs in certain rivers and tributaries and appropriating $250,000 for the purpose. The rivers named are the Sioux, Missouri and Yellowstone, for the benefit of Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming; the Columbia and Snaxe for Oregon, Wash- ington and iuaho; the Platt, Arkansas and Rio Grande for New Mexico and Colorado; the Carson, Walker anl Hum boidt for Nevada; and the Little Calo- rado, Gila, Salt, Rio Verde and Puero for California and Arizona. WAYLAID BY MASKED MEN. Resident of Morro Struck on the Head With a Rock. - SAN LUIS OBISPO, March 14.—Frank Dias of Morro was waylaid by two masked men to-night, who demanded that he stop. Dias refused to comply with the or- der and was hit with a rock and his left ear was almost torn from his head. e was on horseback and made his esca He was in a half-conscious condition when he reached a neighbor's house. et gt ELECTION AT SALINAS. Editor Hill Wins the Race for the Mayoralty Chair. SALINAS, March 14.—The most exciting city election ever held in this city was that of to-day. W. J. 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