The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1898. THE PRESIDENT VERY ANXIOUS TO GAIN TIME He Does Not Want to Act in the Cuban Matter Until the Middle of April. _A Washington special to the Herald says: that the United States shall present an un- p that is taken in the impending crisis with arly anxious that there be no misconstruction of h he-may feel called upon to make between the differ- tentatively outlined and that no intemperate and be made in Congress. s continuing his conferences with leading Sen- Many of the men with whom the President cen to understand that Mr. McKinley was anx- the middle of April before resorting to the rventlon in Cuba. s to the sufferi 1d in men-of-war if she did object. NEW YORK, March 24 desire ticu teps which he he impatient speeches may this purpose he tativ d suppl id not object, PPODH96066006066 6 n the confli this pc before Apri XS ident said, ¢ lay. @ I understand that the suggestion for delay was favorably received @ by most of the men to whom was made, but that it me: with oppo- @ sition from « n pre Republican Senators. Among those the ¢ P t oned to the White House to-day were Repr @ i nocratic leader in the House, and Representative ® emocratic member on the Committee on Appropri ® res his talk ws ipally on the proposition to make an ap- @ ief of the starving subjects of Spain in Cuba. He @ 1nd that this would meet with no opposition from @ Bailey was very reticent as to what occurred during his inter- | @ vie In his talk the dent gave the impression that he would S it the report of the Court of Inquiry to both houses on Monday, . comment and without recommendation, but with the an- & 1 ent that within a few days he would send a message transmit- Cuban correspondence. the st the e urgent lir br zed strongly advised Mr. -nding any communication they are to expect from the President. Cablegrams coming from three different sources announcing that Spain’s formi aded in thi opments of the day. Navy Department the news cr a great stir. It caused renewed y in the work of naval pr arations and resulted in the promp allotment of an additional million dollars for the purchase and fitting out of an improvised torpedo fleet. Spain accepted this as a cause t would rest on that 115 s could be adopted if necessa which he could not divulge, which led him to desire this de- 1t will ask for an appropr rving people in Cuba, whether within the Spanish lines minent Democratic . ecommendations to Congre ¢ the Maine report and Cuban correspondence should be sent to s without recommendations of a definite character, there would of acrimonious debate, which might result in some ill-timed They have gathered that he people in merchant vessels of war, the responsibility for country. There would be and by that date more decisive There were reasons, the Pres- OO R R RN R O R R OR R CR R OR O R R R R R R OR ROR R CFOY n for the Senators with whom the Presi- McKinley to formulate a definite He told him o > :oo¢¢04¢¢060¢00‘0904#06#0044-*00#0*00 | tion that such a result would have | to come through the mediation of able torpedo flotilla | direction were the | turbing element in the| In the| p- | But while the Navy Department | was disposed to regard the sailing of Spain’s fleet from the Canaries as a menace, the State Department, after a conference with the Spanish Min- istér, announced that no objection fleet coming in this direction, and situation. Although it had been previously some third and friendly power. This was regarded here as a semi-official statement that Spain, rather than go to war with the United States, would ask for mediation from some other European power, and that the inde- pendence of Cuba might be accom- plished after all without war with this country. In the light of all these possibili- ties the President, who fully appre- ciates all the horrors of war, is very earnest in his desire that nothing should be done in this country to precipitate hostilities. Hence his caution and his desire to avoid any inflammatory outbursts in Congress. Following the announcement to- | day that the torpedo flotilla had left could be probably raised against the | the Canaries came this awfonncg- | ment by Secretary Long, \indid*%g that it in no sense aggravated the| the placing of our squadron and! gaet l on a war footing: “Admiral Sicard has been grante@ intimated to Spain through her Min- | leave, very much to the regret of the jster here that it would be wiser, in | Navy Department, on account of ill the interests of peace, if Spain’s tor- pedo flotilla was kept at the Canary | Islands, officials of the State Depart- ment told me to-day that in the light of the explanation made by Spain we could not regard the movement as a hostile cne. «It was formally announced,” this official said, “two months ago, that Spain had equipped 2 torpedo fleet for self-defense in Cuban and Porto Rican waters, and unless the United States is prepared to declare war no objection can be made to its sailing. Besides, we cannot imagine that Spain would be so foolhardy as to send a small fleet of torpedo-boats over here in the face of our tremen- dous battle-ships if it was really their intention to make war upon S There is a fecling at the State De- partment, not born entirely of the imagination, that the Sagasta min- istry ordered the dispatch of the torpedo fleet from the Canary Islands for the purpose of the moral effect such action would have upon the elec- tions which are about to come off in Spain. It is surmised that this was privately hinted by Minister Polo de Bernabe as a part of the explana- tion which he made to the State De- partment to-day. The warlike preparations on the part of Spain are believed in many quarters to be for their moral effect at home rather thaa for the purpose of making war upon the TUnited States. It is realized that the Sa- gasta ministry will have to show a bold front, even if it does not mean it, for its own preservation, and as far as the administration here is concerned it would much rather see the present Government sustained in the forthcoming elections than have it fail. The authorities consider there is much more chance of a peacefu’ .outcome with the present Spanish ministry than with the Conservative | party if it should again come into POwWer on a war wave. As ugly as the situation-is, with the probability of its becoming even | much graver, there is still a feeling in the Cabinet that actual war with .Spain may yet be averted, though the continued perfection of the com- préhensive military and naval plans would indicate that the President thought war inevitable in the end. The possibilities of mediation at the time when the war clouds aré darkest are -being discussed. The suggestion in this morning’s cable from Madrid that Spain would ask ‘France to offer mediation when she finds that she must give up the island of Cuba or fight is regarded as a possible means of avoiding war. It is remembered, too, that the Her- ald recently stated in a Madrid dis- patch that the Sagasta ministry hinted at the possibility of the inde- pendence of Cuba, with the sugges- | | health. “Captain Sampson has been made | commander of the fleet at Key West. “Captain Evans has been ordered | to take command of the battle-ship | Towa. | | not so state, “The orders to the squadron in Hampton Roads have not yet been | issued.” | Although the announcement did | it soon became known | that Commodore W.Schley was slated to command the “flying squadron.” | This announcement was recognized at once &8 of unusual importance at this juncture. Admiral Sicard has been in command of the fleet at Key West throughout the critical period of the Maine disaster. Captain Samp- son has been in command of the Iowa, but more recently has been conspicuous before the public as} president of the Maine Court of In- | quiry. Captain Robley Evans is bet- ter known as “Fighting Bob.” THURSTON'S SPEECH COMMENTED UPON. The Standard Censures It as ¢A Fla- grant Example of Recklessness in Goading Spain to War.” LONDON, March 25.—The Standard this morning, commenting editorially on the cabled abstracts of Senator Thurston’s speech in the United States Senate yesterday, severely censures it as a flagrant example of the reckless- ness of American politicians in goading the Spanish people to war. The editorial proceeds: “Such ora- tory only adds to the insults Spain has borne hitherto with a proud calm which has won European respect and should have shamed even bellicose Senators. Such folly is unpardonable in a rep- resentative of a great nation that is forever declaring its affection for high principles. If, however, Mr. Thurston was aware of the intentions of the Washington Government, the speech was significant, for the Government would scarcely employ a speaker so deficlent in self-restraint unless it wished the public mind to be fuily pre- pared for war. Fortunately, there is no clear evidence yet that President McKinley is of Mr. Thurston’s way of thinking.” The Daily News in an editorial on the “Conflict between Congress and Presi- dent McKinley,” says: “It:is no won- | der, after the horrors of the Weyler regime in Cuba, that the President finds it hard to hold Congress in hand.” |OFFICERS OF THE MAINE WILL PROCEED NORTH. Lieutenan. Commander Wainwright to Be Left in Charge of Wreck- ing Operations. HAVANA, March 24.—Orders to re- turn home were received this afternoon by Captain Sigsbee and other officers of the Maine, now here, and all will go north, except Lieutenant Commander ‘Wainwright. Chaplain Chadwick will 80 with the officers. Lieutenant Com- mander Wainwright, who will remain in charge of the wrecking operations, will have his quarters as now, on the Fern, Commander Cowles commanding. Captain Sigsbee and his brother officers | vening day of rest. | alongside | transferred to the navy expect to leave for the north by the steamer Olivette on Saturday. | %e. The genuinn ACTIVITY AT MARE ISLAND All the Talk at the Navy Yard Is Now of War. Blue Jackets, Marines and Offi- cers Envy Their Brethren in the East and South. Spirit of Patriotism Possessed by the Mechanics, Who Are Rushing Work on the Warships. Special Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, March 24—AIl the talk here is for war. “Jackies” speak in en- vious tones of the fellows who are serving on the Atlantic coast; the ma- rines who pace the peaceful sentry beats of Mare Island are as alert as though they momentarily expected to stumble upon a landing force from some Spanish warship, while the offi- cers bustle about in the full glory of their brilliant uniforms, hopeful that the authorities at Washington will rec- ognize the value of their swords and summon them to more promising scenes of activity. of shipwrights, calkers, riggers, foun- drymen, machinists and other mechan- ics employed at the yard go at their work with a vim that shows their hearts are in their work, and that il‘ needs no overseer to hurry them along. Not for years has there been so large a force employed as at present, and day and night the navy yard is aglow with the glare of furnaces and re- sounds with the ring of hammers. Sun- day sees no cessation of the war prep- arations, every available man and boy working day and night, with no inter- Philadelphia has been hauled in from the stream and lies the quay wall, near the Charleston. The gunboat Yorktown has also been towed to the wall, and all three ships fairly swarm with men at all hours. The Charleston is rapidly nearing completion, and will be ready to go into commission in a compara- tively short time. The Yorktown, too, is nearly ready for sea, and the pur- chase of supplies for both is now being made. The Philadelphia will take longer to The cruiser get ready for service, but those in eharge of the work on her say she will be completed by the time her guns get here. When she went out of L'nn}mis— sion her guns were shipped to Wash- ington to be remodeled into rapid-fire a work that requires considera- ble time W n orde: were received to get her ready for sea at once it was reported that the Yorktown's guns would be mounted on her, but this seems hardly probable, as they are comparatively small and few in num- ber, and the big cruiser would be no more effective with them than the smaller craft would be, so it is likely that she will wait here until her own weapons are returned to her. S No signment of officers to either of these three ships has been made yet, and there is much speculation as to who will be placed in them. Moreaver, men will have to be enljsted to make up their crews, for there are only a few available seamen at the yard. There are at present 196 marines at the yard, and when details have been told off for the three ships more men will have to be enlisted for that branch of the service, provided | all the ships now on the coast are kept in commission. Then there arises the question of seamen and marines for the revenue cutters, provided they are Those vessels ordinarily carry only enough men to | work the ship, and if more guns are | mounted it will be necessary to provide larger crews. So it looks as though there is likely to be a heavy demand for sailors and marines In the imme- diate future. Lieutenant-Commander Thomas 8. Phelps Jr., formerly executive officer of the recelving-ship Independence, who accompanied President Dole of Hawail on his trip to Washington as naval aid, has been appointed chief ald to Rear-Admiral Kirkland, com- mandant of the Mare Island Navy- vard. THE HOUSE DEBATES THE NAVAL BILL. Members Who Favor Aggressive Action Are Applauded to the Echo by the Galleries. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The na- val appropriation bill was taken up in the House to-day, and after considera- ble difficulty an arrangement was made to close general debate at 1 o'clock to-morrow. There was great pressure for time, but the leaders de- cided to limit, as far as possible, the opportunity for inflamm-tory utter- ances. The debate to-day was not on sensational lines, but every radical ex- pression was cheered to the echo by the crowded gallerfes. The speeches of Messrs. Dayton of West Virginia and Arnold of Pennsylvania, both of whom took advanced positions in favor of aggressive action to stop thé war in Cuba, aroused intense enthusiasm. Messrs. Boutelle, chairman of the Na- val Committee, and Myer (D.) of Louisiana, also a member of the com- mittee, confined their remarks closely to the bill and the extraordinary emer- gency which ne.essitated the large in- crease it carried. Several of the other speakers discussed political questions. YACHTS AND TUGS FOR USE IN WAR. The Navy Department Has Bought Eight of These Small Craft in the Eastern Cities. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The Navy Department has succeeded in purchas- ing eight steam yachts and four steam tugs, presumably at or near New York, for use in the auxiliary naval fleet. The boats are about 400 tons each, and in an emergency would be suitable as torpedo-boats. The yachts purchased are among the fleetest along the Atlantic coast, and are said to be somewhat similar to the Mayflower, recently purchased from the Ogden Goelet estate. This acquisition to the navy is regarded as an exceptionally valuable one at the present time, as the greatest need is felt for small craft suitable as torpedo-boats and dispatch- boats. There was additional satisfac- tion at the Navy Department at the large number secured in a single pur- chase. The names and amounts paid for the various yachts and tugs are not disclosed, as it is said this would prove an embarrassment to the Gov- ernment in promoting speculation on other craft for which negotiations are now pending. —_——————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Tablets. AN druggists refund the riomey If it fails to cure, bas L. B. Q. on each tablet. Even the hundreds | command of | AMMUNITION FOR THE GUNS Supply From the East Be- ing Hauled to Presidio and Lime Point. High Power Projectiles That Will Be Used to Defend This Harbor. At the Military Post There 1s Great Activity and Many Apply for Enlistment. The large supply of ammunition for the high-power guns which was re- cently shipped from Eastern arsenals by special train for San Francisco ar- rived yesterday. The greatest activity was at once manifested by the ord- munition from the freight yards of the Southern Pacific to the magazines of the Presidio and Lime Point before the public was apprised of the arrival of additional war munitions. The contract for transferring the projectiles from the cars to the maga- zines was awarded to Morton & Co. A force of drays was put on yesterday, hasten the transfer. It was well known to General Shaf- ter and the officers of the Ordnance Bureau that there was a great defi- clency in projectiles for thel0and12inch breech loading rifles. On proper repre- | sentation of the facts to General Flag- | ler, Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D. | C., a train load of projectiles was dis- | patched without delay across the con- | tinent. | A short time ago a large quantity of | powder was brought from Benicia Ar- | senal and placed in the magazines of the Prestdio and Fort Baker. The pow- der was delivered at the Presidio whart | from a schooner chartered for the pur- | pose of bringing it to the reservation, | and therefore it did not pass through | the city in violation of the municipal | ordinance. ‘ The shells which are being conveyed | from the freight yards to the maga- zines by Morton & Co.'s drays are not charged, but will be filled with_explo- sives when their use is required. The bulk of the shipment consists of steel projectiles, the heaviest weighing one thousand pounds each. The first installment of the e::/ee‘: high-power ammunition was rec yeélerday by Lieutenant W. S. McNair, ihe newly appointed ordnance officer of the Presidio and Fort Baker. He as- sumed the duties of the position yester- day according to direction given by | General Shafter, commanding the de- | partment. | " The new twelve-inch | disappearing carriage of prodigious weight.on which it is to be mounted | may arrive to-day. The ordnance offi- | cers of this department have been a rifle and the | vised of the shipment and are on the| lookout for the gun. No time will be | wasted in putting the new rifle in po- | sition. The emplacement is ready, hav- | ing been finished by the engineers sev- eral days ago. When this gun is put in its proper place on the extreme right f this de- | be high-power ordn & ending the a | seription in position f‘(rl}'ed | harbor: At Fort Point—Five twelve-inch breech-loading rifles on barbette car- riages; five ten-inch breech-loadin, rifles on disappearing carriages; on twelve-inch rifle on disappearing car- riage; sixteen twelve-inch rifled mor- tars and three dynamite guns. At’ Lime Point or Fort Baker—Three twelve-inch breech-loading rifles on barbette carriages. The Presidio is now in fighting trim. Ample supplies of brown prismatic powder for the high-power guns can be obtained on short notice from powder plants on this coast. There is no longer a deficiency in the supply of projectiles. The force of artillerymen at the guns can be increased. According to Gen- eral Shafter's estimate the regular bat- teries are able to keep the guns in read- iness for immediate use. In the event be called into service to re-enforce the regulars. It is calculated that veter- ans of the civil war and troops of the National Guard could be utilized. There is considerable activity in en- listments_at the Presidio recruiting office, and many applications are made artillery. The Government does not authorize transportation for recruits more, but when a good artilleryman comes along with a request to re-enter the service an effort is made to accom- modate him. The distribution of the various arms of the service under the rearrangement of the geographical limits of the mili- tary departments is as follows: <8|e%la8] 2 g2.25 DR California . 8| 22 Colorado 10 0 Columbia 1| 16| 21 Dakota. 0 Bast £ Lakes 1 Missouri 0 NAVAL RESERVES WILL "MAN MONITORS. Governors of Massachusetts and New York to Direct Their Naval Militia to Take Charge. BOSTON, March 24—A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: For the first time the militla is called into service and the Governors of Mas- sachusetts and New York are requested to direct their naval militia to assume charge of the monitors assigned yes- terday for the protection of the harbors of Boston and New York, in conjunc- tion with the land fortifications. The orders, sent to Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts and Governor Black of New York for transmission to the com- manding officers of the naval militia, inform them that they will be directed to assume charge of the two monitors assigned to each of those States to as- sist in the second line of defense. The Boston men will be sent on board when the monitors Catskill and Lehigh ar- rive, and the New Yorkers may proceed to Philadelphia and take their two ships around. A naval officer will be in command of each monitor and under him will be naval militia officers and efficient seamen from each organization to give the ships their complements. Instruc- tions have also been sent to the West- ern organizations to hold themselves in readiness for - transportation to the East, where they will be sent aboard auxiliaries, and with what regular sailors can be procured are to comprise the crews. Illinois and Ohio have large, well-drilled militla organiza- tions, and these will be first drawn on. nance department to transfer the am- | and will be doubled to-day in order to | of the twelve-inch battery there will | | | of hostile engagement volunteers would | to join the newly created regiments of | from this station to New York or Balti- | 'SPAIN’S TORPEDO FLOTILLA SAILS FOR AMERICA Will Not Be Destroyed, Although Washington Looks Upon the Movement With Disfavor. NEW YORK, March 24— A Herald special from Wash- ington says: Thirteen swift tor- pedo boat destroyers and tor- pedo boats, the hornets of the Spanish navy, left the Canary Islands to-day for Porto Rico. As an indication of the anxiety felt by the administration over the movements of the flotilla and the watchfulness maintained by the representatives of this Gov- ernment abroad, in accordance with instructions sent to them from Washington, I understand that information concerning the | It can be stated on excellent authority | that strong pressure has been brought to bear on the President having as its object the .dispatch of instructions to | Minister Woodiord directing him to | make representations to Spain declaring | that the United States would consider the sailing of the torpedo fleet an act | of war and would guide its future course accordingly. It was also suggested to the President that should Spain persist in ordering the flotilla to sail this Gov- ernment should form a flying squadron to menace the coast of Spain and inter- cept the torpedo flotilla. As the Her- ald has stated, these suggestions were 8% ge | departure of these vessels was l,gi\'cn most careful consideration by Mr. | received from three different | McKinley and his advisers. Anxious | sources—by the State depart- to avoid an act provocative of war, the | President decided not to adopt the sug- gestions offered, but it is generally un- | derstood that Spain was made aware of the feelings entertained by this Govern- ment in this matter. Just as the Presi- dent declined to withdraw Consul-Gen- ment from Minister Woodford, by the Navy Department from Lieutenant G. L. Dyer, naval at- tache in Madrid, and by the War Department from Captain T. H. Bliss, military attache on Min- ister Woodford’s staff. IRVURURURURRUINRUIIRRINRIERERNR INNRUVURRUBIRNNRRRNRNNL RN evidently determined to satisfy public sentiment in Spain by directing the con- | tinuance of the voyage of the flotilla. As soon as Lieutenant Dyer’s dispatch reached the Navy Department Secretary Long took it at once to the White House and conferred with the President in regard to the significance of Spain’s | Y : g action and the policy which should be | ernment in Madrid, the fio.mla has been pursued by this Government in the mat- | formed by the coalmgn of rhe two flo- ter. Shortly after Secretary Long’s de- | tillas which left Cadiz, Spain, one on parture Assistant Secretary of State Day | March 13 and the other on March 17. called upon the President, and during | Lhe flotilla is believed to consist of the afternoon, whether as the result of | three torpedo vessels, the Dona Maria a message sent by Mr. Day or ‘ot can- | de Molina, the Marques de la Victoria not be definitely stated, Minister Polo de Bernabe, Spanish Minister, came to the State Department and remained in | conference with the Assistant Secretary | Furor, Terror, Audaz, Ozado, Pluton for an hour. | and Prosperina, each of 400 tons and Thére is reason to believe that Minis- | thirty knots; the Halcon and Azor. each According to the information cabled and six torpedo boat destroyers, cussed the action of Spain in ordering | the Ariete and Rayo, each of g7 tons its | and twenty-six knots. | the torpedo fleet to proceed on | way to Porto Rico, and this discussion | | was due undoubtedly to the desire of | thorities show that these vessels | the administration for an explanation. merely accompanied by armed trans- Evidently the representations made by | ports and not by men-of-war, as origin- the Spanish Minister were considered |ally intended, although the official pro- | + satisfactory by the authorities. for it |gramme of the Spanish Government, was stated after his departure that no |according to information which came to formal protest had been made and that | hand some days ago, showed that Spain the orders to the vessels to sail were due | proposed to protect the flotilla by the to a desire on the part of the Sagasta‘ Cristobal Colon, an armored cruiser of I Ministry to placate the Spanish people. | 7000 tons. POSITIVE PROOF THAT A MINE What Will Be Shown by the Re- port of the Court of Inquiry Now at Washington. 57 KEY WEST, Fla.,, March 24.—With the departure of Lieutenant- 4 Commander Marix, bearing the report of the Court of Inquiry, the ex- 4 treme reticence of navy officers has become somewhat relaxed. One 4 of these told me to-day thdt the main reason for the delay in sending 4 the report was due to the fact that the drawings furnished by Ensign | 4 Powelson, the officer whose evidence showed that the keel of the Maine 4 had been driven to the surface, were rough sketches, and that an ex- 4 .pert draughtsman was employed t) go over the work under Mr. Powel- 4 son’s directions. + My informant believes that these drawings alone, with the testi- 4+ mony of Mr. Powelson, would convince any impartial tribunal that the 4+ explosion which wrecked the Maine came from a point beneath the 4 keel. He believes further that the court is_convinced that & power- | 4 ful mine wrought the work of disaster, and that this body has so 4 reported in the findings that have been sent to Washington. * The Marblehead is back from Dry Tortugas and her crew are 4 grateful for the breathing spell that has been afforded them. The ves- 4 sel made two trips from Tampa to Dry Tortugas, transporting sixty- 4 seven tons of ammunition one trip and forty-six tons another. Extra- 4 ordinary precautions were taken by Commander McCalla to prevent 4 any accident taking place among the explosives, smoking being pro- 4+ hibited while the dangerous cargo was on board. The torpedo-boat 4 Porter will go out to-morrow for practice and will discharge her tor- 4 pedoes at a target that will be sent adrift. + 00000000,000000@606@0@0@0000000-&000@0@ VESSEL N DISTRESS OF PONT REVES Some Unknown Ship * Was Sending Up Rockets. of the sea has marked the black rocks of the northern coast. DEATH OF ANOTED RAILROAD FINANCIER. PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Charles B. Wright, one of the best-known rail- road men and financiers of the city, died to-day at his home here, aged 76 years. Death was due to a general breaking down of his constitution. Mr. Wright was born in Erie County, New York. At an early age he be- gan work in Erie, Pa., and for many years he was the leading merchant and banker of that city. Becoming interested in Western lands, he organized the Tacoma Land Company and remocved to this city, where the company had headquarters. He was president of the company up to the time of his death. Shortly after the war he became in- terested in railroad matters, especially in the Philadelphia and Erle road. His Fear of a Disaster at the Mouth of Tomales L R R LR L R TP pueee Bay. POINT REYES LIGHT, Cal, March 24.—At 9:45 p. m. a vessel was seen laboring heavily near the mouth of Tomales Bay, about ten miles out, and several distress rockets were sent up. Several blue lights were also burned and at 10 p. m. the last rocket was seen. It was then so dark nothing could be made out but the flash of light. The operator at Point Reyes called up the life-saving station and men started for the relief of the distressed vessel. It is feared that another disaster work as president of that company in 1870 attracted considerable attention. At this time Jay Cooke was struggling with the Northern Paclfic road.. Upcn his failure, in 1873, General Carr, who succeeded Mr. Cooke as president of that road, found it impossible to sell its bonds or to further its constructfon. His death cut short his plan for reor- ganization and Mr. Wright was chosen the fourth president of the Northern Pacific. He was at the head of the road from 1874 to 1879, and remained a director of the road up to the time of his death. —_———— 5 Naval Enlistments. WASHINGTON, March 24.—Tele- graphic orders have been sent to all naval recruiting stations giving unlim- ited authority to make enlistments un- til further orders. i 5 REH N Crews for Torpedo-Boats. NEWPORT, R. I, March 24.—Orders ;mvembeen rec:elved‘i he;e to :}hip crews or the new torpedo boats d Talbot. . B = ks eral Lee, so the Sagasta Ministry has | ter Day and the Spanish Minister dis- of 108 tons and twenty-four knots, and | DID THE WORK & | mechanism. | | to be rendlered useless. SAMPSON TAKE) SICARD’S PLACE €ommodore Schley Will Command the Flying Squadron. Changes Made in View of the Possibility of War With Spain. Fighting Bob Evans Will Be Given Commund of the Battle-Ship Iowa. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, March 2 Captain Evans’ orders to take com- mand of the Jowa had a most impor- tant sequel to-day in the assignment of Captain Sampson, present com- mander of the Iowa, to succeed Ad- miral Sicard in command of the North Atlantic squadron. This is probably the most important assignment the de- partment has made in many months. It is due mainly to the finding of a medical court, now sitting at Key ‘West, that Admiral Sicard is tempor- arily incapacitated from active duty, | owing to long continued illness. | Captain Sampson, who now assumes command of the North Atlantic squad- ron, is regarded as one of the best fitted officers in the navy, having seen active service during the Civil War and since then having occupied many important positions. He is a to-day by representatives of this Gov- | high authority on naval ordnance, and before taking command of the Iowa was chief of the Bureau of Ordnance of the Navy Department. He is be- tween 50 and 60 years of age, a stu- | dent of naval affairs, of pleasant tem- perament and is considered an officer | of exceptional executive ability. Tha retirement of Admiral Sicard has thas the rank of commodore. He is a na- | tive of New York, entered the servi | in September, 1857, and has been over forty years in active service, nearly fourteen of which were spent on the sea. He concluded his last cruise in June, 1892, since which time he served as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance up to the time of his assignment to the command of the Iowa. Hardly less important than the ap- Official advices received by the au- | pointment of Captain Sampson was the are | practical determination to place Com- | modare W. S. Schley in command of the fleet now assembling at Hampton Roads. The two commands under Commodore Sampson and Commoadore Schley will be of equal dignity, and will be entirely independent of each other, | for the present at least. Commodore Schley commands the fullest confidence of the administration. During the present c: he has been | frequently called inio consultation with | the navy chiefs, who recognized his complete familiarity with every detail of naval procedure. ‘When the flying squadron was first | suggested, his name naturally present- ed itself as probably the fittest man in the service for that particular duty. He came prominently into public no- .tice by the successful prosecution of the Greely relief expedition and later as commander of the Baltimore at Val- paraiso at the time of the Chilean revo- War Risks Taken. LONDON, March 24.—Business was done at Lloyds to-day in war risks to | cover speculative accounts, ten guineas§ | per centum being paid against war be- | ing declared between Spain and the United States during the six months. The human being is much like any piece of If it gets worn too much in one place the whole of the machine is quite likely But in one respect we differ somewhat. In the machine it is often the fault of the maker; in the human being it is almost always the fault of the man himself. If you discover that waste occurs in your vitality then you must at once have that leakage stopped. If your strength is being sapped you will find that the days tend to make matters worse rather than better. If you but take time by the forelock all your miserable condition can be altered, and you will find that you are in all things as good a man as you were before the leak- age commenced. How this is done is told below, and if you follow instructions your experience will be something like thrs : gflflfififififlnfififlflfififififififififl 3 Drains are getting very bad. Gloom and unrest. Ray of hope. Light and fire. No leaks, but full of strength. fatstetatetatatetatatagetatugetesuiagaiet] This happy change will be yours if you use the grand remedio-treatment “Hudyan.”" It never fails to stop drains in a week, and the vim, the fire and the vigor of youth return rapidly. The big specialists of the Hudson Medical Institute alone can give you “Hud- yan.” - Write to them or call at the Institute and get free circulars and testimonials tell- ing you all that jt has done for weak men. Medical advice is as free fo you as light js. Ask for it. In case your blood is tainted send or call for “30-day blood cure™ circu- lars. No expense to you. *“30-day blood cure"’ is a specific whether the disease be in the primary, secondary or tertiary form. Look carefully to see whether your eyebrows are getting thin, or whether you have copper- colored spots. These mean blood taint, You have already been told how to stop LEAKS. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, BTOCKTON, MARKET AND ELLIS STS., 2 o o o o g o San Francisco. 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