The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 18, 1898, Page 1

The SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AN ARMED TRUCE NOW EXISTS BETWEEN SPAIN AND AMERICA The Administration Believes the United States Has Gained a Most Import- ant Diplomatic Victory. Spain’s Torpedo Fleet Halted at the Canaries and This Country Ceases Hostile Demonstrations Pending Settlement of Questions atlssue NEW YORK, March 17— © The Herald’s Washington cor- ® respondent telegraphs The ® United States and Spain are © halting at the brink of war. Im- @ portant representations have. @ o * within the last few days, been ® exchanged between the two g countries regarding the war like @ preparations of each and resulted, I understand, in power assuming a less attitude, pending further ¢ matic negotiations for ment of the entire c Spain has stoppe flotilla at the Canary Is the United State withdraw the squadron *from Cuba. Behind all this is what practically a suggestic e United to lmng abo : ties concerned ® i G ®6 OEOCOO® ® (00} n Spain that good offices peace in Cuba. The par- have brought about this status of af- fai reticent as to just There no frequent con- ssistant Secreta are all extrem at is contempla: doubt, however, th ferences between y Day and Senor Polo y Bernabe,, the Snani Minimer, coupled with the lengthy r cablegrams which have passed bx“\\e(.. the State Department and Minister Woodford, have been for the purpose of averting hostilities and with a view of bringing a speedy end to the Cuban rebellion. 2in, I understand, has expressed a lingness to concede everything the ns demand except the of her flag and is now willing to ve the United States use its good of- to bring about peace in the island. i endence the President to be written in the book of e good offices of the ad- are used to bring about they will be used in this is ed 5 ministration e in Cuba ection It cannot be learned whether the ne- gotiations have passed beyond the point of agree to a temporary cessation of PeP00000000600600600660 L3 @ ® NEWS OF THE DAY. @ ® > & Weather forecast for San Fran- & & cisco: Fair on Friday; fresh west- & @ winds. & @ aximum temperature for the past ® & .50 degrees @ 8 degrees @ 5 degrees & San Diego. 6 degrees o @ FIRST PAGE. o Spain and America at Truce. 3 o Lost Turqucise Mines Found Agaln. @ P SECOND PAGE, & Some Strange Indian Writhngs. P THIRD PAGE. “ Court of Inquiry Not Yet Ready. & Cubans Reject Autonomy, & San Diego Bay's Defenses. Y & New Charter for Los Angeles. @ FOURTH PAGE. Senator Proctor on Cuba. A Squadron at Hampton Road Divers Work on the Maine. Plot to Destroy the Maine. FIFTH PAGE. Tragedy of the Napa Wilds. To Fight Rea at San Jose. The Corona at Port Townsend. SIXTH PAGE. pS Editorial. The Defeat of Annexation. Ships That Don't Pass. Scapegoats Not in Demand. y Box Scandal. Welghts and Measures. The Law and the Dope Fiend. Storfes From the Corridors. spondents. 'ENTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. Testing the Copyright Law. Developments of the Hoff Case. EIGHTH PAGE. Sam Wall's Trip to Fort Yukon nana In Starving. Rich Ore ¢ erican Sofl. INTH PAGE. n's Reindeer Sold. & Men Are Swindled. St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Opium Evil the Law. ELEVENTH PAGE. & Opposed to the Weight Law. & Colnon Tries to Rvade. @ Beer May Go Higher. TWELFTH PAGE. The Commercial World. THIRT News of Arm: H PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. SIXTEENTH PAGE. Poolrooms for Women. Death of T. J. Bass. P02 0000000009 @ @ @ @ E3 ® ks @ ® < @ @ @ k3 b & & > > b3 & @ © otiations which | hauling | PPPPPIIPPOP090P OO | | | | pressed the hope and belief that war 4 | would noy come. He was asked whether | | | | | | | keep her fleet at the Canary Islands. | conditions should arise as a result of the | tion and result in the relations of the | LONDON, but purcha nt-Commander Colwell, rec be hauled down and the The e comman: enforced. these supplies. has been b ®® JJOIOJOJOJOIC ® Marine, Admiral Brin, Italy, considers that a great diplomatic victory | has been gained by what has thus far | transpired and that there is now a hope of settlement of not only the Maine disaster but of the entire Cuban ques- | tion without hostilities. | The principal victory, the officials | consider, is the decision of Spain to From a strategical standpoint this would | seem_to be a big gain for the United | States. The presen of a Spanish tor- | pedo flotilla in Havana harbor would make the task of our raval fleet a much more serious and dangerous one if com- ing events should make it necessary to attempt the capture of that place. At Hampton Roads the American fleet will be only thirty-six hours’ sail from Havana. At the Canary Islands the Spanish fleet will be four weeks from Havana. By this arreement the United States has the S~anish Govern- | ment in a position where the further westward movement of the torpedo flo- tilla could be considered an act of war, which would justify this country in in- tercepting the flotilla at sea and thus | prevent it ever reaching Havana harbor. | Carrying out its part of the bargain, the United States battleships Massachu- | setts and Texas have been ordered to | Hampton Roads and the remainder of | the fleet will probably be ordered north within the next few weeks, unless new receipt of the report of the Maine Court of Inquiry. Spain has likewise held to the bar- gain and has retained at the Canary Isl- ands the torpedo flotilla, which arrived at that point to-day from Cadiz. Senor Don Luis Polo y Bernabe, the Spanish Minister, has made a statement as to what Spain might and might not regard as cause for war. Senor Polo y Bernabe was talking to- day about the relations between his country and the United States and ex- Spain would regard the recognition of | the independence of the Cuban insur- | gents as casus belli. “No,” he replied, “such action would not necessarily be regarded as such. It would of course cause great indigna- | much two countries becoming strained.” “But, suppose the United States in- tervened to end the war?” “I presume the only intervention that could be attempted would be armed in- tervention. That would certainly be casus belli.” Until the Spamch Minister spoke the general impression was that the recog- nition of Cuban independence would bring the two nations into conflict. Senor Polo de Bernabe intimates that there are conditions in which. it might pass without serious trouble. But there have been other notes struck to-day which are discordant and yet which may have only a momentary significance. The speech of Senator Proctor, who has been to Cuba, with his Yankee eyes open, was entirely un- expected. It was presumed that he very DELIVERED TO-DAY March 17.—The warship Amazonas, built for Brazil, ed by the United States, will be formally transferred to the United States Government to-: the United States naval attache here, will e the ship from her Brazilian commander. Francisco will then be marched on board, the Brazilian flag will PBrazilian sailors will be landed. cutive officer of the San Francisco will probably take of the Amazonas, and shi as speedily as possible under sealed orders. going to the North American station, where her crew The Amazonas had been provisioned and coaled for her trip to Brazil, and the United States Commander Willard H. Brownson, the agent States Department, who arrived here yesterday from New York, ged by ship men and reporters. of the object of his mission are incorrect, and thathiserrandisoneof which he cannot speak. Apparently Commander Brownson isacting as adviser to Lieutenant-Commander Colwell. A special dispatch from Rome says the Itallan Minister of has informed the Spanish Embassador to Count de Bonomar, that his request that warships to Spain will be discussed at the next Cabinet meeting. A special dispatch from Rome to-day says, however, that the Italian Government has sold the armored cruiser Varez to Spain. According to a special dispatch from Sunderiand, the United States Government has purchased a torpedo-boat destroyer from a @ shipbuilder named Doxford of that place. ] PRREOO® fofotofoYofotofofoloofofofoYToRol) 888888288888888886006808060002893383 | certain humorous passages. ©® orololoToloYoYoloToTotoTolatoYoYoloTototoloYoYotototoloYolotolololcloYorelo) ©®@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ morrow at Gravesend. Lieuten- A crew from the e will sail for the United States It is supposed she is can be re- Government purchased all | of the United He says the reports Italy sell three would in some manner make public his | views, but not on the floor of the Sen- | ate just yet. The facts are that the| speech was made according to a careful- ly arranged programme. Senator Proc- tor wrote out his speech. He read it to Assistant Secretary of State Day. Then he read it to the President, who cut out Thus the speech had on it a sort of semi-official stamp. The speech tends to confirm the view previously advanced in the Herald that the administration regards the inde- pendence of Cuba as inevitable. Com- ing as it did, and when it did, and from whom it did, the speech will go far toward allaying the suspicions of the jingoes that the President is in league to cheat them out of war, no matter what may occur. Another discordant note has come | from Madrid, or at least a note regarded as discordant in official circles. This is the semi-official utterance that Spain knows the Maine was blown up by an interior explosion and that if the United States demands indemnity on the ground that it was an external explosion the demand will be indignantly repelled by Spain. This semi-official utterance does two things, it was pointed out to me to- night. It shows that no matter what the naval court reports, Spain is ready to stand by the interior explosion theory and will be angry if indemnity is de- mianded. It was believed that Spain was assert- ing that the explosion was within the ship in order to throw the matter into international arbitration. The intimation that our request for indemnity would not be well received will not be condu- cive to international harmony. I have no reason to change the opin- ion previously expressed in the Herald that the hitch in the negotiations for indemnity would speedily lead to the recognition of Cuban independence. The prospect of this being done, how- ever, is not so serious since the Spanish Minister says such action would not necessarily be casus belli. I am told there is no change in the policy at the White House. The President expects to have the report of the Maine Court of Inquiry in his hands within the next ght hours. Then he will make up his mind what he will do. He wants the country meanwhile to feel that he is not unmindful of his duty to it. The sit- uation regarding possible hostilities is being very closely watched. How close- ly it is being watched may be guessed from the fact that the disposition of war vessels, which was made in orders issued to-day, was fully discussed at the cabinet meeting last Tuesday. Members of the Cabinet heard with ill-concealed satisfaction of the holding of the Spanish torpedo flotilla at the Canary Islands. Postmasters Nominated. WASHINGTON, March 17.—The Presi- dent to-day sent these nominations to the Senate: Postmasters: California—E. . 8. Newcomb, Coronado; sA F. Kelley, San Bernardino; G. F. Wood, Modesto; G. B, Dexter, Santa Monica. Idaho—W. drews, Salmon, H. An ) ONG LOST MINES OF PRECIOUS GEMS ARE FOUND AGAIN Located in the Remotest Wilds of San ernardino County and Marked by Strange Hieroglyphics. Vast Deposits of Bright-Blue Turquoise That Cover Many Acres of the Earth’s Surface---Doctor Eisen Calls It One of the Greatest Dis- coveries Made in California. Archaeolory has been immeasurably enriched by the discovery just made by an expedition sent by The Call to the remote wilds of San Bernardino Coun- ty. There have been found the mines of the ancients, long lost to knowledge, and so the secret source from which the Aztecs drew their supply of turquoise is no longer a secret locked in the mists of the past. The beds of precious stones have been located, and more interest- ing still the tools of the miners, left in the pits they dug with implements of stone, were picked up where they had been laid by hands that had for centu- ries been forgotten dust. With some inkling of the importance to be at- tached to the results The .Call request- ed that Dr. Gustav Eisen of the Acad- emy of Sclences become a member of the expedition and from a sclentific standpoint analyze the bearing that whatever developed mighthaveonarch- aeology, a study to which he has de- voted years and concerning which he is ranked-as one o’y he highést author- itles. In his own ciear-cut language Dr. Eisen presents his views. Down in the northeast corner of San Bernardino County are the abandoned turquoise mines of a prehistoric peo- ple. This fact has been settled beyond doubt by an expedition sent out by The Call to investigate the matter, and the discoveries made by the party must be conceded to be the most important, from an archaeological point of view, that have yet been made in California. Much light is thrown on the lives of the aborigines of the Pacific Coast, and it would appear as though a few mys- teries had been cleared up. At any rate a rift has been made in the clouds of the past, and no doubt future scien- P00 0P00000000000000000000000000006000 & & ¢ THE FINDING OF THESE TURQUOISE MINES, TOGETHER & ® WITH THE RELICS OF A PREHISTORIC © 4 PEOPLE, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT b ¢ ARCHAOLOGICAL DISCOVERY EVER MADE IN CALIFORNA. ¢ @ —Gustav Eisen. ¢ | POOOOPPCOOVPOV00P0POVPOVVVOCPVOOO00060006 tific research will make all as clear as | such matters can be made. | The tales the prospectors had told | were glowing in the extreme. There | were miles and miles of volcanic rock, | carved with strange signs; there were | hundreds of caves that showed evi- | dences of having been inhabited long, | long ago; there were extinct volcano | craters, strange springs of water, mys- terious passages cut through the roek, ancient implements lying about, and hundreds of acres of the earth’s surface covered with outcroppings of turquoise. And all that the prospectors had told CAVES OF PREHISTORIC PEOPLE IN CLIFFS. The ancient dwellings are in the rocky wall at the top. Some of the caves can be entered to a depth of twenty-five feet, while others are very shallow. At the same time there are evidences to show that the caves were much deeper and at one time served as homes for large numbers of people. has been found to be true by The Call's expedition. In fact, the prospectors greatly underrated the importance of the things they had told about. The Call’s party left San Francisco | about two weeks ago and have just re- turned, after having spent several days | in the locality. The out-of-the-way lo- | cation of the mines and the lack of | traveling facilities made it a difficult matter to go and return, so that most of the time was spent on the road. But the trip has amply repaid for the effort and the hardships necessary. to undergo to obtain the information. [ s o ¢ 3 In order to reach the locality it was | few drops of rain were falling. necessary to take the railroad to Blake, a small station on the Santa Fe road about twenty-five miles this side of the Needles. From here there is a plug road that runs to Manvel, a supply sta- tion in the mountains. point consumed forty-four hours, and the journey had just begun. Here a team and wagon were obtained and the start to the mines was made. J. W. Stine became one of the party at this point to act as guide. By wagon trail (roads there are none) the distance to the mines is said to be sixty miles. The fact that Manvel is nearly 6000 feet above sea level made the weather very cold. A wind came from the north | that cut like a knife and drove the clouds of sand raised by the wagon into eyes and ears with relentless fury. Six hours’ traveling, through moun- tain canyons, down and across the Ivanpan Sink and up into the moun- tains on the north brought the party to Mescal, an abandoned silver mine. A storm had come up by this time and a VIEW OF TURQUOISE CAMP AND SURROUNDINGS. The hills back of tbc tent will give an idea of the kind of land in which the turquoise is found. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, To reach this | { [ | In one of the empty adobe buildings shelter was had for the night. But although the big fireplace was piled high with dry yucca wood it was impossible to keep warm. The wind came in through broken windows and cracks in the roof and along teward morning each gust brought with it a cloud of fine snow. When day broke the prospect was anything but a pleasing one. Fog and clouds hung over the mountain peaks and a gentle snow was falling and cov- ering the face of nature. The air was bitterly cold. In spite of these obstacles the party started out. The trail lay toward the north and was mostly down hill, so that it grew warmer as the descent was made. This, however, was not much of an advantage, for the snow turned to rain and soaked clothing and camp outfit thoroughly. Good pro- gress was made, however. The way lay along the base of Clark’s Peak and by noon Valley Wells was reached. This place is only a water hole at the lowest point in the journey. From here the trail began to ascend again and was very steep. Two hours of slow traveling brought.the party to a small turquoise camp, where it was decided to stop for a while. At this time the party was ninety- six hours out of San Francisco. The camp was at an altitude higher even than Manvel, so that winter weather prevailed. The thermometer was 10 degrees below freezing and a fierce snowstorm was raging. Although some of the mines, and hieroglyphics were near by it was impossible to examine them, so thickly was the air filled with the falling snow. There was nothing to do but stay in camp, make an effort to keep warm and wait for morning. The snowstorm raged until nearly" midnight, when the wind died down and the clouds dispersed. When at last the sun rose it was in a cloudless sky. The air was a little cold, but otherwise there was nothing to be desired. From a casual topographical inspec- tion without scientific instruments of this locality it appears that at one time there was a center of volcanic action at a certain point. Here there are doz- ens of extinct craters with fairly well- preserved walls. Toward the north- ward the lava flowed and formed the country as it is to-day. This country is cut up into canyons and valleys of the wildest description. Vegetation is scarce and small in the number of plants. On the sides of the canyons are high cliffs filled with caves. In examining this country The Call's expedition started from one of the low points in the canyons, and worked up- ward toward the craters. 1t is in the valleys between the cade