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

[+ THE CAMPA WILL NOT BE ON THE If War Is Declared the Navy Will Have Its Work the Start. NEW YORK, April 1.—The He: sends the following: In view of th in -directing the departure of the O parent to naval strategists that Sp: fications of Havana to repel the fle possible, to elude their enemy's fire. the United States. Viz tain Captain Sampson Commeodore Schley. fortifications of Morro Castle. If succe te pro D R R R R B R B R R R T TSR creation. ¥ R R R R RS LR R DR DD PP lay before him between now and Mon- day some plan he can accept. President McKinley is not yet| ready to be the firm advocate of war | that he promised the Congressional committee to be in case he could not | accomplish the independence of Cuba. The talk after the adjournment of the | second Cabinet meeting of to-day was | all in the direction of the message the | President would send to Congress and | of an ultimatum. The President is temporarily. crushed at the failure of all his hopes. He wants | time-to prepare his message. Perhaps, in ‘the interim, that d’plomatic miracle may come ta pass. ‘What the President will communicate | is-mere conjecture at this time. Some members of the Cabinet want one thing, some of the members want anather. | The only point that is clear is that hav- ing crossed the Rubicon, the President | has no well-defined policy. It is as good a guess to-day that he will recom- mend the independence of Cuba as to ay that he will recommend intervention. | It is equally as good a prediction to ay that he will recommend further de- Jay as to say he will recommend a de- claration of war. In the meantime a more formidable movement than any yet attempted is being organized throughout the country to influence Congress on the side i peace. idences of it were to be seen | on every side to-day. Chambers of | Commerce, Boards of Trade, bankers’ | associations and business organizations | generally began to pour in telegrams urginzy members of Congress to stand | by the President in any policy he may outline. These deprecate war. As this movement has fully two days to increase in force and’exert its influences before Congress reconvenes, no one can tell | just what its effect will be. Not the slightest abatement of the | feeling in Congress against Spain | was noticed to-day. The impression that has gone forth from the White House, quite unintentionally, that | Spain has acted contemptuously re- | garding the Maine matter will not have a good effect. It is over the Maine that Congress wants to fight. | If the Maine disaster is again put into | the situation many members of Con-| gress declare that the situation will be- | come worse than ever. Until Spain apol- ogizes or disavows or in some way vin- | dicates the confidence that the President in his message reposed in Spanish | honor, the danger of an explosion will constantly impend in Congress. | The driit of conservative members is toward a declaration of war. A great international intrigue of financiers is also introduced into the situation. Hold- ers of bonds of the Cuban republic, who bought as low as 10 cents and expect to sell at a dollar, want the independence of Cuba recognized by Congress. This | will enhance the price of the bonds. They do not want armed intervention by the United States, because: then there would be constant danger of annexa- tion, and at annexation the bonds would immediately become worthless. On the other hand, the holders of Spanish-Cuban bonds do not want any- thing done. They do not want inter- vention.. They give out the impression that . when' Spain- loses Cuba ' the war debt of $450,000,000 is entirely wiped out. Both these elements are represented here and their agents are.at work in Congress, around ‘the administration, everywhere. An important fact that. developed to- day is:that hereafter the question of our lack of preparation for war will not enter -into ‘the -argument’ as to: whether we shall have:war or not. When a member of the:Cabinet was asked about our ‘readiness, ‘he replied: 5 /“We are as ready as-we ever shall Immediately after the Cabinet meet- ing to-day Judge Day-issued a state- ment “giving thé ‘substance ¢f Spain’s- reply McKinley’'s - proposition, as | senit “by Woodford” The statement is asfi(’ollows: B e . | | 1 United, States that General Blanco has revoked the decree relating to.the re- she will use Porto Rico as the base of operations for her forces. is probable that the torpedo-boat flotilla will proceed to Havana har- bor, and from this point will dash upon American vessels and return, if The squadron forming at Cadiz may proceed to Porto Rico, from which point. it will fit out for an attack on one of the coast cities of Anticipating that war will come, and desirous of supplying her ships with plenty of ammunition, advices which have:of- ficially reached the authorities are to the .effect that Spain is buying large-‘quantities. of powder and shell both in France and England, the d#liveries to.be made as rapidly as possible. munition will be shipped to Porto Rico on board auxiliary - steamers,. which will accompany the fleet now forming at Cad There is no intention on thg part of the: authorities to act on the. defensive.in case of war with Spain. .ly upon the declaration of war, will proceed to to me to:day-that its first duty will be to dispo and :the torpedo-boat flotilla, if it is pc mpson’s fleet will at once make an attack on Havana. dvised th Ogquendo had left Havana, and the same information was transmitted to Captain Sampson, therefore, knows that the Al- fonso XII is the largest vessel in Havana harbor that his squadron has to meet, and as she is a small protected cruiser about the size of the Cincinnati, it will be manifestly necessary for her to remain behind the sful in disposing of the vessels in Porto Rico, Commodore Schléy's command will be ordered tc enemy commerce and to make such demonstrations ports that Spain, of necessity, wi ion of the peninsula and her island possessions. is what the authorities desire, and every effort will be bent toward its riforms the Goveriment of the | IGN DEFENSIVE Cut Out From rald’s - Washington . correspondent e action of the Spanish authorities quendo and the Vizcaya, it is ap- ain will rely at first. upon the forti- et under Captain Sampson, while It It is expected that am- P uadron, immediate-- ] ,-and. it was. stated = of the. Oquendo and ble to do se.. Cap- The flying | afternoon that the Vizcaya and o the coast of Spain to harass the upon - Spanish Il have to divide her force for the This division B R o R o B O e e R R R B P R S D R R of Cuba, which are understood to.be the provinces. of . Matanzas, ‘‘Santa | Clara, Habana and Pinar del Rio; that the Spanish Government has pla at | the-disposal of the Governor-Géneral | the credit of 3,000,000 pesetas ($600,- 000), to the end that the country people | may return at once and with success to their labor. | The Spanish Government will -accept | whatever assistance to feed and succor | the necessitous that may be sent from the United Ste , in accordance ‘with | the plan now in operation, and- it is| proposed to confide the preparation for | an honorable and stable peace to the Insular Parliament, without the con- | currence of which the Spanish Govern- | ment .would not be able to arrive at the final results, it being understoa that the powers reserved by the consti- | tution to the Central Goyernment are not lessened or diminished. | As the Cuban Chambers .will not | meet until the 4th day of May, the! Spanish° Government will not, on its part, object to a suspension of hostili- ties, if asked for by the insurgents | from the- General-in-Chief, to -whom it | will belong the right to determine the | duration and the condition of the sus- pension. This first day of April, 1898, will long | be remembered by President McKinley | as the most exciting, up to this time, in | his entire public experience. Retiring | at 3 o'clock this morning and ;mssmg‘ a restless. few hours, he was up and at | work while the milk wagons were doing | delivery work in the almost deserted | streets, and at 9 o'clock he was again in his. office, now the Cabinet room, worn and heavy-lidded from the ha rassing tempest of the past few days, but with a dogged "determination to | withstand more of it if it came. And it came. : | Spain’s réply had been received, dis- | cussed and digested and the American people were waiting the knowledge of | its contents. He well knew that behind and beyond the question involving af- | fairs in Cuba was the great public fin- ger pointing at the broken bottom of the Maine. This was further impressed upon him as the day wore on, although no sign of such knowledge was dis- | played by him. - | Assistant § tary Day was the first caller and the issuance of the state- ment of Spain’s reply was decided upon. Then followed a grave half hour with | Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate { Committee on Foreign Relations, and long talks with Senators Lodge and Gray of the same committee. Grosve- | nor- followed and then came- Dingley, and then the Cabinet meeting.: Never did American Ministers gather ' with more promptness or with graver faces. | Their expressions were in keeping with the atmosphere in and around the Ex- | ecutive Mansion. Visitars, even, lost | their looks of interest in the prevailing | gloom and methodically saw the sights, | because their -tkoughts were upstairs| where the destiny of the nation at one | of its maost critical epochs was being | shaped. % = The Cabinet meeting was remarkal in that before it was called many ]\21!‘(-‘ sons came in who had been called upon for their opinions through the regular redtape lines of- official custom. The Naval Board of Strategy, composed of Captain Albert S, Barker, Commander Richardson Clovér and Commander A. S. Crowninshteld, was with the Cabinet forty minutes. ' The Cabinet knew more :Snm“& ;‘hs thredfltel;flng character of the panish torpedo boat flotill v board retired. e Captain Humphrey of the Boston Tug Company, whose wrecking outfit is en- gaged on:the Maine in Havana Harbor lwns x;text udhrimtted. He was asked how ong it would take to get the of the harbor. < gubony After a three-hour session the meet- ing adjourned, and baggard men with laweard steps went their way to their several departments, leaving behind the President, swayed this way and that lilke the pendulum of a clock, reaching one conclusion onlv to swing back to anather. At the close of the meeting tke brief story of Spain’s ungenerous reply to the representations of the United States was given out to add its | infiuence to the public indignation that surged and swelled almost to the point af breaking forth in streets and stores, in banks and counting houses, every- where that an American heart throbbed anqd pu}lses beat. Speaker Reed was sent for with the. President haf an hougndcxfis the House be pleaded to grant more time for the eonsideration? That was the.question. It was answered afiirma- tively—no, diplomatically. It would be tested, and if possible tried. At.5 o'clock the Cabinet officers - met again, and for an hour and three-quar- ters sat and sought some comfort to exténd to the troubled man them, but there was no relief in the nower of any of them. To-night Presi- dent McKinlev is still undecided.as to :‘hehexact tfor.m 3[ the message which e hopes to send to Congre i w;ek‘h L 8ress next --In the meantime, Congress cha: and the public heart beats faster ;sfd. faster, keeping to its hopes that Span. ish domtnation on any part of the Western Hemisphe! e.rly termination. re is doomed to an | The estimated number of coai miners employed in the districts of Northum- | STATE MILITIA ] based. upon returns for -1897." It is .of ‘| Minnesota, New Hampshiré, New Jer- before | | gunboat New] | Nicaragua. This Will Be a Factor . in, the Event of ° " . "War. S War Department in Possession cf” All Essential Facts d -and Details. Men Who Coéuld Take the Field at Once to Defend Their Coun= 5oty Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, 24 . ‘Washington April 1. The military formation division” of | the War Department ‘has _in. prepara~ tion.a publication giving a great mass of information concerning the military of the different States and .Territories particular interest at this time, it view -of the possibility- of ‘this reserve army | 2 being ‘called upon -for active military duty. -For the sake of ready reference there has beén.prepared assuceinct sum- | mary showing the more. ~important| features of the operations of the guard. | The totdl authorized strength.is 184,- | ‘848 more than the organized strength. Oklahoma has the smallest force, 500, and New York the largest. 5 There ‘are regularly organized State hospital or. ambulance eorps in the States. ‘of California, Georgia, Illi- nois, Indiana, Maine, -Massachusstts, sey; New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, TUtah, Vermont and the District of Co- lumbia. Many of ithe States have very complete and efficient regimental hos- pital and ambulance corps. Signal corps are reported as organized ‘in a number of States. Official State en- c¢ampments of instruction were held in thirty-one States during 1897. ; The duration of the encampment var- ied .from ‘two. days in Nebraska to. ten days in .the District of Columbia; six days' being the average. Regular troops encamped with State troops in Alabama, - California, Kansas, Michi- | gan, Minnesota, Tennessee. Texas, Ver- mont. Seventeen ' States—Conne :ticut; Georgia, 1llinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York,' North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and ‘Wisconsiri—are reported - as = owning their camp grounds. As to armament, the conditions are: Infantry—All of the States -except Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana and New York are completely armed h the Springfield rifle; caliber 45. - In New York the-Remington rifles are now being exchanged for the Springfield ri- fle, caliber 45. - Cavalry—The: cavalry of all the States is armed with the Springfield carbine, caliber 45, except Illinois, Lou- islana, Oregon, South Carolina and New Mexico. The Illinois cavalry is report- ed ‘‘same as in regular service.” The | greater part of the cavalry is also arim- ed with the saber and revolver.in addi- tion: to- the carbine. Artillery—Thirty-one out of the thir- ty-nine States having artillery organi- zatigns have one or more Gatling guns. | Mady of the States have the 3.2.B. L. | rifles. but a large proportion of the-ar- tillery armament is old and out of date. | The equipment in 1897, though -in slightly better shape thar the vear be- fore, is still far from complete. Con- siderable improvement was shown - in the care of the equipment.. In almost all cases the artillery harness is old and practically worthless. Most of the field and staff officers in all the States own their mounts. There was a slight in- crease in 1897 in the number of shelter tents. The tentage is reported as am- ple for the entire guard-in' Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Ne- braska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and the District of Colum- bia: N Weekly drills by company and field | exercises were held in many States and twenty States report a regular course of instruction at the home stations dur- ing the winter months. Guard duty was performed in a manner far from satisfactory. There was a marked in- crease in the amount of outpost duty. Target practice was held in thirty- four States. ~Though many of the States permit the existence of inde- pendent commands, the tendency is more to discourage their support or or- ganization, particularly in the vicinity of the home stations of the guard, fcr the reason that they absorb material that would otherwise find its way into the ranks of the regular organization and, besides, not being subject to the uniform administration and disciplin of the regular State forces, they can- not be counted on in emergency. | In the following States and Territor- ies the guard was called on to aid the civil authorities in'maintaining the lav Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington and New Mexico. SPAIN HOPES TO GET AID IN EUROPE. Tries to IMuake Capital Out of the Approaching Alliance of Eng- land and This Country. MADRID, April 1.—The Imparcial says the Government has received ex- cellent impressions on the fayorable attitude of European Continental pow- ers, whose friendly dispositions toward Spain have been strengthened by the fact that the United States and Eng- land have lately been drawn closer by their common interests in China. It asserts that the French and Russian Governments have asked Spain to state clearly the maximum of concessions she can make to Cuba and the United States, with a view of enabling those powers to exercise pressure at Wash- ington in favor of the preservation of peace and the Spanish rule in Cuba. El Liberal says that Spain must trust solely to hér own energies. I under- stand this paper re-echoes the impres- sion that is dominant in diplomatic circles and among many Spanish statesmen. On the other hand, the Ministers and their supporters seem still to entertain some hope that President McKinley may hesitate and again at- tempt to stem the -war currents pre- vailing in his Parliament and country now that the Spanish reply leaves no doubt that the Queen and her Ministers will not surrender Cuba without a struggle, however costly and unequal it may prove to be. - 5 Admiral Walker Returns. TAMPA, Fla., April 1.—Rear-Admiral J. G. Walker, retired, a member of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission, has ar- ived at Port Tampa on the United States rt, direct from Greytown, He left the port on Maich 26 and was in the dark so far as rumors were -concerned. He had nothing to say regar_dlni the work of the Commission. He left for Washington, while the New- port, under command of Lieutenant-Com- coneg’n;r@dol :in the :‘western provinces" berland, Durham, South Wales Scotland is250,000. ° o mander Tilley, will remain waiting fur- ther orders f‘;mn the Navy Department. FEAR XA LR R R X R R R R LET THE WAR COME.. #* ‘'NEW YORK, April ‘1.—The Herald - will print the followinz editorial to-morrow: * - “The Washington news means -that peace has been tora from i her last embrace and that Spain admits no alternative but war. ““Well, war be it then. Tt is no longer time for debate, but for .action. It is war for which Spain is to blame. “There has been no time when' * - Spain, by looking ‘the truth in’ * the face and taking advice as to Cuban rule, could not have made this war- impossible. . She has been headstrong, ever as Pha- roah, and would not let the peo- ple go. It must not be a mercen- ary war. The sword must not be drawn in the interests of syndi- cates, banking houses ‘and hold- ers of Spanish or Cuban bonds, There can be no peace without the independence of Cuba. Wé have exhausted ‘diplamacy- in the 5 hppé of ‘peace, and we ndw -ac- . cept the arbitrament of war. “Spain devolves “upon us this -duty. The coup : might hav passed away could commonsearse and reason have been heard.". It might even pass now, weré head- " .strong; helligerent’ Spain .to _hearken to the voice of wisdom. She prefers war. -:War be it Sthen: s (S A “We draw a .stainless sword. Unstained it will -return to its .scabbard. The - President will not. fail. ' Behind the President are our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” - T - -l PR # Kk ok ck oo skog gt sk ks te ok ke s ek sk ok ok sk ok ok kK kK ok ok kK 5 ¥* * * * * KEFEE R R R KRR R E R R TLLAPTON ROADS Be Sent Out for the Present. % #* * * * * Its Movement South -Would Be Regarded: as an. Act of War. The Adniinistration Apparently Does Not Want to ‘Offend Spain at This Time. : Speetal. Dispatch . to: The Call. WASHINGTON, April 1.—The flying squadron is to remain in Hampton Roads for the present at least. This announcement was made late this aft- ernoon by Secretary Long and set at rest. the reports which had been cur rent throughout the day that a move- ment of the squadron was imminent. The Secretary sdid the department be- lieved that the present rendezvous of | The Full Force of ‘Men Will ‘| will amourt to but little over a day. the squadron was the most available | one from which the ships. under Com- | ‘in. | the course of an -informal conference modore Schley could operate.in-carry- ing out the protection of the North At- lantic seaboard. He added that no or- ders had been issued to Commodore ‘Schley and that none were In immedi- ate contemplation. .. - In the various phases of the situa- tion to-day, the fiying squadron stoood out prominently, both #s a center of public interest, - in. ‘connection with rumored orders for its sailing from the Roads, and as a matter of considera- tion by the department. It is said on reliable authority that the department discussed the question of ordering the ships to sea, presumably, though not officially so stated; in connection with the approach of the Spanish torpedo flotilla. It has been an open secret for some days that the naval authorities have re- garded the approach of the Spanish flotilla with apprehension, and their feelings in this regard .were strong enough to call the matter to the atten- tion of the authorities. ~ After consider- ing the matter, however, it was de- cided that ho orders- would be issued looking to a movement of the squadron. ‘While the decision is understood to have been based primarily - upon the fact that it would be. unwise to re- moye the ships from their preésent valu- able strategic position, yet it is be- lieved that diplomatic considerations also had some weight. - It was pointed out that the sending of the squadron in the direction of the ‘West Indies, even though its mission were not to intercept the flotilla, would be regarded as a hostile act not war- ranted by the present condition of af- fairs. Tt is also understood that it was deemed wise not-to permit any move- ment of the flying squadron whatever just at present, as public interest is so largely centered upon it that such a movement would be liable to miscon- struction and might give rise to ru- mors that would tend only to aggravate the situation. The flying squadron will be completed to-morrow with.the ar- rival of the Minneapolis at Hampton Roads, and then the swiftest group of warships ever gathered in ‘one com- munity will be assembled under Com- maodore Schley’s flag. GRABBING THE RICH _ GILSONITE CLAIMS. SALT LAKE, April 1.—A special to the Tribune from Fort Duchesne, Utah, says: Yesterday morning the post was crowded with men anxious to know if the Uncom- pahgre reservation would be thrown open. When the truth of the situition: began to dawn upon the crowd there'was a rush to hitch up teams and in a_short time they were on the road, hoping to gain possession of the few acres of good agri- cultural land along Green River and. the 8old and copper bonanzas along the west- ern edge of the reservation. No precautions had beert taken to cir- cumvent ‘“‘sooners.” ~ Neither the Indians nor the post commander had been ap- prised that the opening would occur, TPo- day the cat was let out of the bag. While every one was indulging in talk that'the time for opening would bé extended six months _the moneyed interest .was at work. Briefly .stated the’ play was to gain_possession o which seems to have resulted that the $t, Loufs corporation practically controls the | whole available ‘gilsonite product - of America. . They worked through tie.men, mogtly citizens © .of claims in good faith ‘over teh years ago, It is claimed by the best legal talent. that these claims now hold--good under. the general mining. law. Chinese Fight Gérmans. . LONDON, April 2—There have been frequent conflicts bétween the Chinese and the Germans at Kiaochou, ‘says a special dispatch-from Shanghaj. The Chj- nese attacked a marine. The Germans defended him, and in the melee which [ ensued one German and one Chinese were kille o B & the gilsonite . veins, | ‘Vernal, Wwho took | -have to be replaced. [WEDIIGE T TTHE DEAD OF BE AVENGED Work in the Navy-Yard Is Once More Well Under Way. ‘Be on Hand To+ Day. 3 2 Monadnack to Blow Up the Almy Wreck Before Preparing for More Serious. Work. . Spectal ‘Dispatch fo The Call: VALLEJO, April 1.—Boards are still going around among ‘thé navy-yard buildings investigating, estimating and ‘devising means- to: repair such'.damglge | 2s most Hinders' the work of the yard. | To-morrow- the full force:of men. Wwill be at work again, so the delay. for them ‘¥esterday morning there was:no one at work. . Yesterday afternoon 600- men were put on.. -‘This-morning 1200 went over, and-to-morrow the full:1700 will be at it ‘again in two shifts as before. The damage - to the buildings .will bé: repaired as rapidly as the meén can be rushed. Already plans for a new chim: ney for.thé construction and repair.de- partments are well under way, and the cracked one will be braced so work will ‘not have to await the new one. New ends. wiil be put'in the two storehouses; and the foundation and machine shop and the other damaged buildings will be braced with steel girders. ‘New saw- mill machinery has beén ordered and it will be placed in one of the new steel skeleton buildings to await the build- ing of a similar structure: on the old s;lwmlll site. This will take but.a short time. - Estimates of the damage .are: still climbirig, ‘and theére are more people who say nearly all of the buildings will ‘When they. were built Jabor and materigl were ~much dearer than now, and so it will not take nearly what they cost to replace them. The board on the hospital has not yet reported, but there is not much chance that the building ‘will escape condem- nation.. A new hospital will cost fully $150,000. * O thé officers” quarters $50,- 000 more will have ‘to._be! spent, for there are twelve badly damaged build- ings.” The sawmill and-the chimney will cost at least $100,000' more, and this is_not half the repairs needed. The: Moniadnock -will not -come’ to the yard for a few days yet. A set of mines has been sent to her and with them she will blow up the wreck of the Almy before she prépares for more serious war: 5 RUMORS THAT. POPE LEO WOULD MEDIATE. WASHINGTON, April I.—Late this| afternoon a’ Madrid bulletin’ was. re- | ceived, stating that the Pope was seek- ing to exercise pacific influences, by in- ducing both Spain and theé insurgents to accept an armistice in Cuba. If this be true, the Pope has not given any instructions or information along this line td Monsigner Martinellf, the Papal delegate -at . Washington. - The :latter has taken- no' step foward mediation. It has been réported that one: of -the drchbishaps of the Catholic church, in with high officials. here, suggested the mediation of the Pope. = This, however, was undfficial, and no authorized prop- osition of any character has come from Rome: Furthermore, there is: little reason. to believe the administration would receive with favor any propo- sit.on ‘of this character from a foreign source. —_——— PLENTY OF SHIPS FOR AUXILIARY ' CRUISERS. But the United States Appears to Be Behind Spain in Torpedo-Boats and Destroyers. The auxiliary cruiser board -of naval officers is having a ~difficult task in making.a judicious selection from the hundreds of steam yachts and. tugs of- fered to the Government. The fleet of | yachts.on the Atlantic: seaboard num- bers many: steamers unsurpassed for 'speed and size; some of them are larger than our heaviest gunboats and quite as speedy, and quite a number of me- dium-sjzed yachts are credited with a pace almost equal to that of sea-going torpedo boats. The lack of torpedo boat destroyers of twenty-eight to: thirty knots speed is a serious want in the navy, inasmuch as Spain has six of these formidable crafts and eleven first-class torpedo boats, with speeds ranging from twenty-four to twenty-eight knots, and four with speeds of over twenty up to twenty- two knots. Against this fleet of twen- B R ty-one torpedo vessels our navy can EAD OF |Congress Does Not Look Upon - That as a Matter of Minor Impor ’ Relations Committee of the Senate a tions which .are to be a response t the resolutions’ are reported the H that .the two branches of Congres: © The' resolutions will recognize t! declare that Spain must quit the Isi rect the executive. to'employ the en United - States to carry the resoluti framework, - although it may be so! But of equal importance with t and ‘in -this préamble Congress wi “.of the Maine and will give this gre This imay be set-down as certain, only bring up eight torpedo boats com= pleted up. to date, which are credited with speeds ranging from twenty to twenty-eight and six-tenths knots. It should be borhe in mind that the ac- credited speed of torpedo boats is that developed on their official trials in an hour's spin over a measured course, and-that the actual working gait must necessarily fall considerably short of the exhibition -trial, but allowing a re- duetion of 25 per cent, it will be ob- served that the Spanish boats have the advantage both in number and speed. When it comes to actual sea speed the average yacht will have less of a percentage to be deducted from its trial speeds, and its performance at sea is likely to be equal to that of the torpedo boat, and in the appended list of seventy-nine steam yachts the bqurd cannot fail to choose some very desira- ble vessels, suitable for conversion to torpedo boats, or to act as dispatch boats, for which latter service they are | eminently suited. STEAM YACHTS FOR NAVAL PURPOSES. i ceeees o qmg 104 JWOH NAME. Atalanta Au. -Revoir. Ballymania Barracouta Caiman Clermont Columbla’ - *Congueror '+ Corsair . ... Dungeness . Duquesne Eleanor.. Electra Embla Falcon Formosa - Free Lance Helotia Tllawara Intrepid Truna Jathnice Josephine Juanita 92/1893(N " ¥ 35118961 N 146(1896/N . 1391884/ Pa. 5N P 127| bl Laganda Liewellyn *Margarita Marietta *May - *Mayflo *Nanma *Namouna arwhal Neaira Niagara Novya Nourmal Nydia Oneida Oneonta Parthenta Peerless Perigrine . Ploneer . Pilgrim Frfu | 125) 1421 168{1886|N. Y. 58 1896(N" Y. N, Y ovi Reverfe *Sagamore *Sapphira Satanella -+ Seneca Sentinel Shearwate Saveretgn Stranger Sultana Susquehanna . Sybilla .. 3 *Sylvia. ., 230/ 130(1882} Talisman 102] 143]1s2IN. ¥, Thespia 3118951 Tillfe . Tolinette. Uttowana’ *Valiant 332188 (N *Varuna 304|1595(N', Vergara 1451897 N Y Viking 1381883/ N. Y. Wadena 176/1891N. ¥. anda 138/18%5 Pa. Wild Du 146/1591) Mass names have been built in Scotland; all the others are of American build. The length is that over all and the tonnage is the registered gross tonnage. Latest advices state that the board has selected at least five yachts, name- ly, Mayflower, Almy, Alicia, Columbia and Heroine. No data are at hand to identify the last named. There is a BOSTON, Mass., April 1.—A Washington special says: The Foreign offenses for: which Spain'is to be called to account. It will: be found when the books are made up by Congress that the Maine incident. i§ not regarded as a matter of minor importance. There will be no ‘further ‘diplomatic. representations by:.the United - States. ¢;¢¢#{¢+#¢+¢##¢+#6+¢#¢#¢#¢¢#++#¢¢¢¢ | 3 126/1596| Mass. | 1 Y The yachts with a star against their | tance. re ‘already at work on the resolu- 0 the President’s message. Before ouse committee will be consulted so s may act in complete harmony. he independence of Cuba. They will land and they will authorize and di- tire military and naval force of the ons into effect. This is the probable mewhat amended. he resolution will be the preamble, 1l. call attention to the -destruction atest of wrongs a-place in the recent R R R R B e e i® paddle -boat by that name, built inScot« land for blockade running in 1862, after- ward captured. and now owned in Mo~ bile, but she is not likely to be the ves- sel purchased. The Mayflower, owned in the Goelet |‘'estate, was built by J. & G. Thompson, Clydebank,. Scotland, in 1897, at a cost of $600,000. - She is 275 feet on the water- line, 37 feet 6 inches beam and draws 17 feet 6 inches.. Her two engines develop | 4650 horsepawer and she made sixteen and three-quarter knots at her trials. ‘With a coal capacity of 530 tons the yacht can steam 2000 knots at full speed and 6300 knots under a twelve-knot gait. The vessel has the highest classi- fication in Lloyd's and is suited in every respect for a torpedo gunboat, and her armament, it is stated, will consist of one five-inch rapid-firing gun forward, one five-inch aft, twelve six- pounders and two torpedo tubes. The price paid is about $450,000, and she will | be ready for service in one month. She is receiving a belt of two-inch steel ar- mor in wake of her machinery. The Almy, owned by Frederic Gala- tin, New York, is 155 feet 6 inches on the water line, twenty-four feet beam, and draws only 9 feet 6 inches. She has triple expansion engines and a maxi- mum speed of fifteen knots. The Alicia was built by Harland & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, and owned by H. M. Flaeler, New York. She is | 160 feet by 24 feet-on the water line, and has a draught of 9 feet 6 inches. Her engines are identical with the Almy and the highest speed claimed is fifteen knots. *| The Columbia, owned by J. H. Ladew, New York, was built at Cramps, and { measures 180 feet by 23 feet on the wa- ter line. The draught is 10 feet 6 inch- es, and her triple-expansion, four-cyl- inder engines develop 1800 horsepower and gave a speed of eighteen knots an hour on the acceptance trial over a course at:sea of eighty miles. Negotiations are progressing for ob- | taining other yac most prominent fof which is the Niagara, twin-screw, | Jaunched last month and owned by Howard Gould. - She has a bunker ca- pacity of 450 tons and is intended to | make fifteen knots. Under present con- | ditions the Niagara could be completed in less than two months. Other notable yachts are the Eleanor, which was in | this bay less than two years ago; the Valiant, Nahma, May, Josephine, Cor- sair, Atalanta, Varuna, Sovereign, Nahmoura and Nourmahal. All of these are of over 500 tons register; and among | smaller yachts are such as the Helve- tia, said to have a speed of eighteen knots, the Satanella and a host of other very desirable boats because of their light draught. The board has also “acquired four tugs: the P. H. White, Storm King, Hercules and Taurus. Negotiations are also progressing toward obtaining sev- en other tugs, of which the following .data may be of interest: TUGS FOR THE AUXILIARY NAVY. NAME. - qAuay PadoIsiForL “u0g owon 4.5 New York. | P, H. Wise | Storm King, Hercules. . Paoll .. Winthrop Argus .. Fdgar F. Luckenbach 1. Luckenbach . ew York. Ocean_King s oston. Kate Jones The Edgar F. Luckenbach is probably one of the fastest tugs on the Atlantic coast. She is good for a steady run of twelve knots which, as a matter of fact, . |4s better than the average steam yacht. Tugs of this descrintion would be pe- culiarly well adapted for the service be- [tween Cuba and Key West. - The run to Havana is only eighty miles, and | the most noted filibusters, such as the Dauntless, Laurada and others,are only tugs of moderate size and speed. Yet they have frequently succeeded in get- ting away from the Cincinnati and Ral- eigh of 3300 tons and official speed fig- ures of nineteen knots. ADVERTISEMEN TS. Fine Spring Days Remind us of the necessity of taking | a ‘good Spring Medicine. The best time to begin. taking Hood’s Sarsa- pariila is when Spring begins. Then it will do us the most good, on the principle that “a stitch in time saves nine.” = The title ‘which Hood’s Sarsaparilla © “has won of “America’s Greatest Medicine” is merited by its mar- velous cures of scrofula. 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