The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME L (X XTIT SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, . 1898 — TWENTY-TWO PAGES ON MONDAY AN WILL ANS Composed of the Battle-ship Massachusetts and the Cruisers Brooklyn, Columbia and Mlnneapolls, in Hampton Roads Awalting | COMMODORE SCHLEY’S FLYING SQUADRON. (lrders for a Destination as Yet Unknown, but Présumed to Be Porto Rico. Old Point Comfort, With the Hotels and Fortress Monroe, Is Seen on the Right. THE SPANISH CABINET WILL MAKE NO MOVE NOW TO SECURE PEACE Sagasta’s Organ Say.s It Lies With the President of the United States as to Whether the Two Countries Fight. niad, 3808, b s Gordon Bennett. | MADRID, April 1.—It is general- | * = ly accepted to-day that Spain, through the most liberal Cabinet she has ever known, has gone as far as a nation can. The Liberal, Sagasta’s organ,says: “Should President McKinley agree to it, the danger which threatens peace will cease, and the tension be- tween the two countries will cease. Should he not agree, we accept with a tranquil conscience the trials which in store in defense of our honor e"otm'mns which have been n during the last three days, g up to the present issue. Some s ago a note was sent to the Span- Government, not,as has been stat- suggesting intervention, but urg- ome means by wiich the present mate condition of affairs could tely be brought to an end. y made to this by the Minis- “oreign Affairs was that it was r Gullon is a somewhat haughty statesman, who sticks to the tradition that Spain is perfectly able to manage her own affairs, especially th ch concern Cuba. 'To save | me a request was made that Ameri- ca- should give and distribute food worth half a million dollars among | the starving Cubans. | request was agreed to. This gave an opening to the Unit- | ed States Government, and General Woodford pursued his course in ‘the cause of peace by suggesting ‘that an armistice be announced by the Spanish Government, he undertaking that the United States would obtain the acceptance of the same by the insurgents. ply might be given at once. se v ti Again there came from the Span- | ish Minister for Foreign Affairs word that it was impossible. Nothing daunted, General: Wood- ford, only way, to honorable: and : just peace, satisfaction. to' Spain,’.the United States-and Cuba; ‘¢abled on Sunday to the ‘President, who gave | General Woodford full: power to act, in the direction he indicated. Spain failing to accept any of the : plans, President McKinley -authorized the Minister to break off ‘diplomatic re- | lations. This, of course; meant the certain intervention of the United States in Cuba. Finding Senor Gullon non-compli- ant, General Woodford applied, through the Minister for Foreign Af- fairs, for a conference with Premier Sagasta, asking Senors Gullon and Moret to be present. This most solemn meeting, which really meant peace or war, was held, as I announced, on Tuesday. Tha conference, which will be recorded on a page of history, was truly re- markable. General Woodford had, it is said, intended to have dehvered notes of the requests, which he had written down, and retire with a few words, but he changed his mind, and after- reading the requests made, which are summarized above, he pro- panish Government to tnink | | He begged that a re-| seeing his way, and’ this the- R B *4***«»****5 vou had already rumor here. actual starting to-day. them. and Oquendo. flotilla under convoy. | % ceeded in his own elogquent manner, | so well known in the United States courts, to plead good reasons upon the score of humanity, commonsense, | economy and peace, which made it evident that Spain had but one course to adopt. anxious the United States was for | peace, and how anxious his Govern- ment was to prove it in this way. Sagasta, ~the This latter \ statesman, at this spoke out; and in | | his brilliant- oratorical style, doubts upon the. methods America took of showing a desire for peace by | arming to -the teeth. One of those present deseribed the scerie. to me. . He said: ~““General Woodford ‘was really splendid. He was diplomatic, persuasive, consider- ate toward * Spanish ' sensitiveness, impressive, never once left his point. | Sagasta, cold at first, was roused by what General ‘Woodford - said, -and seemed Teally to be perturbed by the truth ‘so. ‘eloquently told. - General Woodford struck us greatly. He was| the ‘diplomatist' and the gentleman, as well as‘the United: States Minis- ter. - He concluded by reminding his very distinguisked- listeners that af- | ter all .the Cubans fighting -in. - the | field . were: both 'soldiers and insur- | gents. they were children of Spain,and surely Spain, as their mother, would do-all in her power and accept.an | offer which: would stop their shed-: | ding each other’s bloed. “Then he advanced to the desk of | the president and said: ‘Gentlemen, I want to be frank and open with you. I will telegraph to the Presi- dent of the United States from here as to the result of our meeting, so that you may all see it hefore it goes to the President.” Then, before the Ministers had had time to recover from their surprise at this remark- able sample of diplomatic frankness, General Woodford; upon a note of paper, headed ‘Council of ‘the Presi- dent,” sent a cablegram to President McKinley somewhat as follows: “ ‘At a meeting which I have had to-day with Senor Bagasta, Senor Gullon and Senor Moret, we discussed the terms which would. establish could not pass until after long debate. It has, therefore, .een pnwnca.lly wflh- drawn. DECLARES - SPAIN WILL REJECT ALL PROPOSALS Semi-Official Stxtement "Issued at Madrid in Response to Cubm Independenice: MADRID, . April . statement has been issued which says: “One of . the most . immoral devices which ‘is being’ employed. t the pres- ent moment to injure -Spain and mfs- lead ‘opinion in the United States is that of ‘supposing Spain would be dis- posed to recognize the independence of Cuba’ in return for the payment of. in- demuity. Already, on. the basis ¢f jin- goist fancies, thé people have been led to -beliave that - Presjien. ‘McKinley 1—A ‘semi-official | . Equally ‘with the Spaniards{. ‘I********a********** | peace, ‘a ‘peace -safeguarding ' the ‘honor of Spain, and which would be | satisfactory to Cuba and to the large interests held there by ‘the United ‘States.. “A reply will be given .on Thursday, which I-feel confident will e satisfactory, dnd, therefore, I ‘heg |you' to -take no action until I shall | have commumcnted that reply ‘to you.” ” 5 On Tuesday a Ga.binet council ‘was | heid" at _which the - discission - was | | very keen.' That evening, beyond the ‘Queen, no one outside the -ministerial |circles knew what the result was 8O- 'ing to he. THE DANISH ISLANDS ~NOT TO BE BOUGHT. Appnrent From ’l‘alk in. the Senate "That’ the Bill Cannot Be Passed Speedily. WASHINGTON, April 1.=In the open session-of the Senateé to-day Mr. Chand- |ler: of New Hampshire called up - the resolution’ e introduced yvesterday re- questing the Président -tq send- . the Cuban consular correspondence to the Senate &nd.at his suggestion it ‘was | referréd to_the Cormmitteé. on Foreign Relations. ' Immediately " -aftérward, however, he: lnt.roduced another resolu--| tion, which ‘wernt- over, calling on. the Secretary. of State for thé same infor- matfon. . After. the passage of a few bills ‘the| Senate weit. ihto secret.exécutive ses- sion, the-proceedings occupying the greater part of .the aftéernoon and de- voted. to a discussion of .the wisdom of purchasing the Danish West India is- Jands., - 1t was decided finally that the bill for the purchase of the Danish islands should not be pressed any further now, as 1t was -mm'ent toits fi'hndl thu 1t @0000@000?60_0Q®@©@O@@'@OO(’O@@@‘@OQ@OQ @'9\?@'@@ PVPOPIPOIPHVIPVDIOPOOPOQOOPD Bk A EE R K EEH XK EE E XN R EE % KR % EX (Dol Tin propasals <o U3 idea. Thie ***»***********«-******&***n impression .has been utilized in Wail * % | street by various means to iitract spec. SPAN‘SH CRU‘SERS SA“— %% | ulators into jingo circles and to com- %% | pel - 'them® unconseiously to aJd in TO J % % | spreading uneasiness. OIN THE FLOT"_LA. 4 |- It is our duty te declare in the most authoritative manner that this is un- : %% |true; that no proposition containing the. Copyrighted, - 1888, by James Gordén Bennett: %3 | sliphtest allusion to the independence HAVANA. April 1L—The Spanish ctuisers Vizeays and. Oquendo ** 9% Cuba elther with or, without Indem. sailed to-night in a manner that may be termed ‘mysterious. As :* Government. . The Go;ernmen:pwnuli been informed, it was suspected that these two . | straightway .reject any such proposi- vessels would leave this port sooner or later. This had been the *¥ |tlus andthere is no party or statesmen Nevertheless few were prepared for the. fact of thelr * *|in Spain disposed to list:n to such a They went out to-night with few to observe * * {Solution. ot g May Get Ships i % No official information could be obtafned with regard to the des- - *»* LEGHO{;.\, Ital £8 :,.fimly_c tination of the cruisers, but there is good reason for belleving they ¥* | =t =Gy Bmv{,’,m pU s N o are on their way to Porto Rieo to protect the torpedo flotilta. *% | ipeated the sips that ar:‘i v m; When it was learned that the big eruisérs. were going out great ** | construction 4t the Orlandr:) l;l:}c;':x?d excitement prevailed in Havana. Thousands flocked to the wharves ¥*|is said to have decided to buy .the Ba- and shores, but they saw nothing. The ships were under steam-all. . | soir, which is being built for Morocco. day and watchers guessed something was about to happen.. In the = *{Commander -Brownson has gone. to city to-night little else is talked of but the departure of the Vizcaya * * i “kg"’}“’{ LD (he Minainr Spaniards are saying they will soon be. back with the :: G A O %% 0900069605060660606006 B R B Bl Rt TR S A RN S 4 ¢ *****************-*’2 NEWS OF' THE DAY. * © Weather forecast for San Fran- % BY DIRECT WIRE. *145 clsco: Cloudy and unsettled weather * % |4 “on Saturday, with - occasional- light | * | © showers; fresh westerly wind. % The:Call office at San Francisco | Maximuni temperature for the past - % . was to-day and. will hereafter be - 4 { ¢~ twenty-four bours 5 connected by direct wire with | g s lranciscd He told them how | * The Call's office at Washington, i | ® Los Angeles # D.C., whichis in communication by - | ® - San Diego. | % ‘wire with the White House and g D B o “: the f;at;h Navy a;\d Wa: fepart- * FIRST PAGE. ! ments. e arrangemen s one x ‘Will Send Spain .an Ultimatum. veteran Spanish. . reagers of The Call will readily % |® SPain Does Not Seek Prace, Erpredinte x SECOND. PAGE. ket i * Thé Campaign to Be Offensive, - —.__% | & - Earthquake Damage at Mare Tsland. Flying Squadron Held in Check, Strength of. StateMilitia, Maine Dead tp Be Avenged. g THIRD PAGE. Congress. Prepares for War. Costa Ricans Now Want War. Attonomists. Appeal. to McKinle; Naval Militia Needed. Pursuit of the Bandits. FOURTH PAGE. New nggm;a on the Yukon, Rich Ground-€lose to. Sitka. Quatrel Over Customs in Alaska, - Struggle for a- Dead Man's Bonea Arite-Electjon Duel in Texas.. - . Nevada Cdttlemen Aroused. ' Sdn’ Jose Dog Show. . - FIFTH PAGE: . A’ Cable Line to Hawati, New Life-on the Comstock, " BIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The President and the Crists. The Ebbing of the Tide. Comniigsibners in Lunacy. Profits of Forestry, s : to' - American - * Foreign . ' Objections Produce, . ° San Mateo County l.nd .the’ Boule- vard. Storles From the Corridors. SEVENTH PAGE. - A- Notable, Picture. Father Yorke's Lecture. Coniing Baseball Games, .EIGHTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. Lost Love and Money. A New Art_Patron. 7 NINTH PAGE. Gang Methods at San Jose. . News From Across the Bay. TENTH PAGE. ming at Ingleside. ELEVENTH PAGE.. Rirths, Marriages and Deaths. B TWELFTH PAGE. State Library Trustees’ Election . A New Cemetery for Berkeley. Preachéd and Sold Liquor. : Army Men Talk 6f War. ° He ‘'WHI Fight Jeffries. FOURTEENTH PAGB. The New Charter. TWENTY-FIRST PAGE. The Commercial World. TWENTY-SECOND PAGH. A Peculiar Suit: - Shot by a Barkeeper. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE HORNETS OF THE SPANISH NAVY ARRIVE INPORTO RICO HARBOR News of a Most Distinctly Warlike - Character Causes Perturbation in the Minds of Naval Men. Still the President Hesitates, but Urged On by Con- gress There Must Be a Facing of Mon_day. the ls_sue Not Later Than NEW- YORK, April 2—The Herald’s Washington ' correspondent sends the following : “l am informed that at to-night's Cabine* meeting it was practically ie- cided to send an ultimatum to Spain insisting upon an immediate and complete com~ pliance with -all of the President’s demands.” NEW YORK; April .—The Herald’s Washington correspondent telegraphs: If the days of diplomatic miracles be passed, then, war with Spain will surely come. The feelmg in- Washington to- night is that only the unexpected :can | provent hostilities. The McKinley ul- timatum to’ Spain is the next stép ex- pected. ‘That- ultitnatum will probably go to Madrid to-mofrow: . Thea it is but one shart stride to war. 1 The pldin trith is that the- pem- tul negotiations of Genéral Woodford, Minister to -Spain,” have utterly failed. Spain will not recognize the right of the United States peacefully to secure the independence of Cuba and will make no concessions. Spain has embarrassed this Government by accepting a portion of the propositions which it made. strange as that may sound. Unfortu- nately,: it is that portion upon which President McKinley has laid most stress but about which Congress cares least— that -is the release and feeding of the reconcentrados. Spain has also intensified the sit- uation by treating our representa- tions about.the Mzine almost with what is described as “frivolity.” The Spanish’ Government adheres to its -original claim that the. Maine blew herself up through the carelessness of her crew. It will not recognize that it is under any-obligations other than to apologize or offer indemnity. In addition to -this, the Cabinet be- . lieves' that the reply of Spain, sent through Minister Woodford,. regarding the situation, consists of evasions and diplomatic sharp practice, and is utter- ‘ly lacking in that frankness and cor- diality with which this Government ap- proached Madrid. Two Cabinet meetings have been held and -the President has been in consul- tation. with Speaker Reed of 'the House -and a number of prominent Senators. . The President seems to be almost dazed by the nltuption Ea is- no longer an optimist. He sees no way out but war, and he is as reluctant as ever to engage in war with a na- :tion ‘so small and illy prepnred for ‘war ‘as Spain. He is indisposed to fake the initiative, to flre the first shot something- must be -done very ‘soon. ' Doubt is:expressed by naval experts as Fto whether the :President realizes _the great disadvantage of the position into ‘which this_country is. rapidly drifting. Spain” has succeeded, so far, through dlplomanc negotiations in’delaying in- tervention until that forpedo boat flo- tilla-is actually in the Antilles. . Naval "calculations have all been knocked out. The Navy Departmerit figured it all out that the flotilla would be at St. Thomas on Apnl’a. and at Porto Rico on April 5 or 6. But while the President has hesitated and Spain has delayed the tor- pedo flotilla has been speeding across the Atlantic and is to-night anchored in the Spanish port. The departure of the Vizcaya and Oquendo from Havana to-day, pre- sumably to form a conjunction with r.ln _torpedo_fiotilla, has. driven the Navy Department almost wild. The ‘arrival of the flotilla at Porto Rico will complete the work of agitation. 00‘00?0000000000905006600000990000,00QO_@9'5960‘000003090‘0000‘00,@'.0@@0@@@@@@9’0@@0@@@0 2 20 QOOOOQOMWGM defense and offense. Three of its mem,] surely to. be plupged i *"As.a muitter of fact, thé Cabinet to- day. actually lgnoi'et} the naval stra- tegic board on’ two important and war- like propositions. This bureau has in its hands the Navy . Department’s plan of 00“”0000909.@000@0000 0000000009000 00606060 0 TORPEDO FLOTILLA SENT OUT BY SPAIN REACHES PORTO RICO NEW YORK, April 1.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Spain has achicved an important advantage over the United States in getting her torpedo flotilla to this 'side of the Atlantic before the com- mencement of hostilities; If all the vessels of the fictilla have arrived at Porto Rico Spain now has at that island thirteen torpedo vessels, representing the most advanced ideas on the-line of torpedo-vessel con- There are three torpedo gunboats—the Dona Maria, De Molina, the Marquis de la Victoria and the Don Alvaro de Bazan, each of 825 tons displacement and capable of steaming at the rate of 20 struction. knots an hour. The torpedo-boat destroyer type is represented by six vessels—the Furor, Terror, Audaz, Osada, Pluton and Prosperina—each of 400 tons displacement and rated as 30-knot vessels. There are four torpedo-boats in the squadron. Of these the Hal- con and Azor are of 108 tons displacement and 24 knots speed, while the Ariete and Rayo displace ninety-seven tons each and have a speed of twenty-six knots. The announcement of the arrival of the flotilla was a surprise to the officials - 6f the Navy Department, for it had not been expected that The President, however. rgahzes that | tant naval operations. to that of the flotilla. should. accompany them. ing the harbor of Havana. OQOQOO00000006@000'@00000600@@@@O@@@@Q@QOOOOOOQQOQ@OO@@OOOO@90‘000“0_0"0“’09000009 the torpedo-boats would be able to make a high rate of speed on a prolonged sea voyage with the necessity of frequently recoaling from the attendant collier. . The naval authorities have not received official information of the -arrival of the flotilla, but they believe the an- nouncement is probably correct and regard the arrival of the flotilla as a demonstration of the ability of torpedo-boats to make long ocean voyages speedily and safely and of their usefulness in conducting dis- Some days are yet expected to elapse before the arrival at Porto Rico of the armored cruisers Cristobal Colon and Maria Teresa and the torpedo-boat destroyer Destructor, which have been dispatched from Spain to reinforce the torpedo flotilla, but before their arrival possible that the armored cruisers Vizcaya and Oquendo, which sailed from Havana to-day, will arrive at Porto Rico and add their strength Then when the other vessels arrive Spain will have in one squadron four first-class armored cruisers, three pedo-boat destroyers:and four torpedo-boats. forces on this side are to be still further strengthened by the addition of the second-class battleship Victoria and the protected cruiser Alfon- so XII, and by other armored protected vessels and more torpedo ves- sels as rapidly as they can be prepared for the voyage. Naval officers see in these Spanish preparations for the strengthen- ing of their fleet on this side of the Atlantic every reason why Spain should endeavor by all the resources of diplomacy to delay the final clash - with . this -country. Many of them, believing that war was in- evitable in the end, favored action by this country which would precipi- tate - hostilities ‘before Spain’s plans for concentrating her fleet could be carried out, pointing out that the fleet of vessels at Havana could be first overcome.and then the torpedo flotilla. would be and the entire Spanish navy could be destroyed in detail. There is little doubt that an effort will be made by the Spanish authorities: to bring the flotilla and cruisers to Havana before the breaking out of hostilities. Strategists would like to intercept them on the way. ‘It is about the same distance from Hampton Roads to Ha- vana as from Porto Rico to that city, but the Brooklyn, Columbia and Minneapolis could probably reach Havana from Hampton Roads in less time than would be taken for the Spanish flotilla, though it is not prob- able that ‘they could -if the slower battleships of the flying squadron It is possible, therefore, that there may be a temporary combination of all or part of the vessels of Captain Samp- son’s squadron with the squadron under Commodore: Schley for opera- tions dgainst the Spanish squadron. Captain- Sampson’s vessels, from their neighboring base of supplies at Key West, could readily combine with an» vessels of the flying ‘squadron which might be used to prevent the Spanish squadron enter- it is torpedo gunboats, seven tor- It is understood that the intercepted PPPPPPPP0V000PPP9099000PQPP090 9099900V P0PV0 00000 PP0VPPP00000 0000000000000 000000e 0600000000006 0600000 0000060000060 606000060 bers went before the Cabinet and ex- plained that a junction between the Spanish war vessels at Havana and the torpedo flotilla ought to be prevented at all hazards if this country is going to fight. - They recommended the dispatch of the flying squadron immediately to intercept the flotilla and a blockade of Havana harbor by the North Atlantic squadron to prevent the departure of Spain’s two cruisers. The Cabinet saw that both of these steps would be acts of war, and in view of the fact that Congress had the right to. declare war, it was decided that neither of ‘these steps should be taken until Congress had acted. The President is mow waiting again. : The expectation that the country is ‘war is enter- ‘| ment tained everywhere except at the White House and the State Department. Al though diplomatic relations with Madrid may be suspended at any hour, no ulti matum has been sent to the Sagasts Ministry. The administration is hoping for some message from Spain offering 2 counter proposition. There are mem- bers of the Cabinet who fail to see how the United Stdtes can entertain any counter-proposition fromi Spain and maintain its self-respect. The news from Madrid also is te the effect that Spain will make ng further concessions to the United States. Senor Polo de Barnabe, the Spanish Minister, called at ‘the State Departs this afternoon. and expressed Spain’s wish for peace:. The President hopes that the senor may be able to