The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1898, Page 3

! THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1898. CONGRESS PREPARES FOR WAR Passage of the Naval Bill and an Increase of Vessels. Cannon Says This Country Will Be Fighting Within a Week, and De Armond Urges Striking First. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, - April 1 exceedingly turbulent x hours the House naval appropriation b irned - until - Mond was manifested errode the increasing the » ats and tory After an naval cor would sever e of minute: )) per ton chorus of course of the day, r of upon 5 rmond of a h,. de- < he were near. it the first blow. t convened s space -in the hundreds be- d unable to gain adr an of the Naval Com- ahead with. t ¢t that unde He sity urgent - ne ugh at once, event occurred was being made 10 ef- t . fo". ‘postpon: ¥ Tuesday The s of the Ho (R.3 0f Ohio’'a - priv apart om- tainly - would,” ‘replied - the woutéd Bromwell. : withdrew his objec- bill: day provided i ommittee had no the House. The naval of Utah made a point of nst the provision for new .bat- | ips and torpedo-boats. It.was over- T 1 by ti X | s Approp Y substitute the bill providing | ; six torpedo-boats The battleship mament, and 5t not ex- amendment .in ling that in .case of pedo boats and ths the t ity =do-boat destroyers would be much - valuabl n the battle-ships, | écatse 1 be guickly built. | How t require to bulld a | asked Mr. Dockery. long to construct torpedo- | stress, utl the country, from three ‘to eight months Canrion appealed to members without passion to act wi 1 should-act. *“What objection,” as Norton. (D.) of Ohio, “have you to le the three | battlé-ships in the bill and inereasing | the number of torpedo-boats number provided in this an (Tremendous applause in the ga “Mest’ gentlemen believe,” it within with one of the countr That will mean additional tionr and - authorization to borrow 000,000. -1t means that these b shall be put upon the people. Let us double taxation if necessary, but let us not authorize a single dollar that is not riecessary to meet the emergency just in front of us. Long before these battle- sghips can be launched the war will be aver and I fear th battleships will be obsolete.” (Applause.) Bout in a spirited reply, declared that-t history of naval warfare showed. that the great naval battles of | the world had been won by the ships| of the battle line. Hilborn (R.) of California, a-member of the Naval Committee, argued ear- in favor of authorizing the per- anent increase to the battle line pro- vided in the bill. Cummings (D.) of New York declared | that the valu of the battleship had béen demonstrated at the battle of the Yalu and thé subsequent action of| Japan and China in ordering- battle- »s, not ‘to speak of 'the fact that | G ny, France, England and Russia in type, builc fighti ships of the | conclusive. of | ng L was ouri offered an e the number of torpedo-boat . de- | author the bill to| » each a se the appro-| iation from 0,000 to $4,660,000: He high naval officer as stating > torpedo craft were absolutely | ssary to the protection of the bat- | hips of the navy. It was little short 1, he contended, to subject ngers from a torpedo-boat. Boutelle said the committee was per- tly willing to accept the Pearce amendment, but he pointed out that under the emergency appropriation the administration was buying and build- ing torpedo and other boats of the mos- quito fleet for the protection of our f £hting ships. ¥ debate drifted into a discussion of the respective merits of battle-ships and torpedo-boats. De Armond (D.) of Missouri at this Juncture got the floorwith a speech that attracted much attention. He called | upon the administration to take the ag- essive Tht up in Mziine, he said,” had been own harbor. supposed tobe endly s great danger he declared, in trusting to-diplom- | ther'thah to our own strong arm. | ion now, he said, was | e fleet approaching our f we were depending - upon it would prove a broken | best protection, he said, ion; ‘not to wait idly rest- »on” hopes ‘that had no founda- He declared. that® we should | we had the advantage. | nations was not like a equally matched gladi- he vietc ¥ belonged: in war to ¥ -that best and first pre- | . and, seeing further into | truck first where the blow most’ effecti | 4 us protect ourselves,” continued | Armond, “bv.striking before we are cen.': (Applause). er several hours of wrangling, dur- which all sorts of amendments were the >d nd votéd down, and many chés were made, the vote w 1. upon. ‘theCannon substitute to reduce. the number of battle-ships to one and to increase the torpedo-boats and torpedo-boat destroyers to twelve It was.defeated—78 to erwood (D)) of bama offered a mendment appropriating $4,000,000 for ‘the establishmert of a Governmem rmor-plate. factory. He did not think it proper’ with a war cloud over the country -to eriticize the price fixed in t e bill for armor plate, but his amend- | ment looked to the future. Before the battle-ships authorized in the bill were completed the Government could save | the extortion to which it was now sub- Jected It went briefly into the results of the Government's investigation of the cost of a or plate, to show that e manufacturers had mulcted the | ‘Government. The amendment was ruled | out on-a point of order. A dment to uce the cost or ate to $300 per ton was de- This completed the bill and it reported to the House and passed. | n at 6 p. m. the House adjourned | il Monday. THINK THAT PEACE MAY BE PATCHED UP. Vienna Authorities Evidently Find Crumbs of Comfort in the Post- ponement of the Ultimatum. LONDON, April 1L.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph LS There is still some hope that the postponement of the ultimatum until Monday will give time for the powers nediate and find a solution. The consists in finding an accept- nula for Spain to accept the itable independence of Cuba. The hurry of the American war party is | inexplicable here, since it is to Ameri- | can advantage t~ gain time to complete her preparatior It is believed, how- ever, that Spain will fail to gain a naval victory in the event of a battle off: Cuba. The editorials in the morning papers on the text of the apparently inevitable war- continue to advise Spain to yield | to. harsh necessity, and express hopes | that the delay until Monday will enable | a peaceable solution. The Washington correspondent of the | Daily Chronicle asserts t yestu! day’s (Friday’s) Cabinet scussion™ | disclosed a division of sentiment in the | Cabinet, the minority strenuously urg- ing peace on the ground that th= peo- ple Wwould not justify war. —_ e Tichborne Claimant Dead. LONDON, April’ 1.—Arthur Orton, the Tichborne claimant, died of syncope yes- terday evening. b Officers Having a Hard Time ‘tlonvL(‘)cate' the Bold Train Robbers, and Style Them Successors : - of Sontag and Evans, - ' INDIAN GULCH, Cal, April 1.— Hardly a road of the territory within ten miles of Schultz Mountain escaped the scrutiny of over a score of deter- mined man hunters to-day, but no trace of the Cress Creek bandits was found. The Sheriffs are working south- ward in the search for Cliff Regan and his mysterious pal, who are now be- coming known in the foothills as the new Evans and Sontag. The country in the neighborhood of where the two bandits were last seen is being pa- trolled day and night by determined man hunters, and every moment they are expecting to get some new trace of their quarry. The pursued men are known to have but little foood. All they got when they broke into the cabin of a miner on Tuesday night last was a small piece of bacon, about three pounds of flour, a handful of salt and some cof- fee, and that would not last them long even on the most limited rations. The pursuing Sheriffs and their depu- ties expect that both of the bandits are in hiding in this vicinity. They will be forced to come from their cover for | food. Nearly every cabin in the district is guarded and every resident of the neighborhood has been.instructed to re- port to the officers the presence of any strangers answering the description of the hunted men. The man-hunters ex- pect to hear. of the whereabouts of the robbers again before two more days have passed, and they do not expect to capture the men without a fight. Constable M. Bauer of Hornitos re- turned from the chase to-day. He had been south as far as White Rock and was at the Postoffice there when the weekly mail was distributed. None of the ranchers or miners -in the district had seen or heard of the bandits being in_their neighborhood. Bauer was of the opinion that the robbers must be in hiding in one of the numerous caves of Schultz Mountain or that they had doubled on their trail and were again in the vicinity of the Three Buttes, and close to the spot where they were first surprised by the officers and forced to abandon their horse and bucey and camp outfit. Constable Tom Mack of Merced has left for Grub Gulch on a line almost di- rect from here and distant about fifty miles. His mission is to notify the set- tlers of that district of the crime of the robbers and warn them of the sup- posed approach of the bandits. About the time Mack left here on his mission Denuty Sheriffs Yoakum and S. Dick- inson of Merced started for the same 'PURSUIT OF BANDITS . CLIFF REGAN AND PAL countrv by way.of Madera. A posse headed by Constable Delateur is wait- ine at- Hornitos to take the fleld the | moment fresh news is heard of the fleeing- bandits, VISALIA, April' 1.=Supervisor Ellis | returned here this morning from a | visit to Hornitos,. where he was’ called | by detéctives to-examine the buggy and horse captured theré from two | men supposed to be. the Cross. Creek | train robbers.” Ellis positively identi- | fied ‘the buggy and black horse as the | same -he ‘saw the day preceding the | robbery at an empty barn about a | mile from thé scene of the robbery. | There was. a sorrel horse also at t barn, but.only the black horse was | to the buggy at Hornités. - The drinking cup in the buggy was ‘also identified. . Eilis .says the description of Cliff Regan, the. Madera criminal, | tallies exdctly’ with- the- man he saw | with the team and buggy at the barn. Regan’s’ photograph. was shown Ellis and the two faces closely resembled each other, with the ‘exception that the man Ellis saw had shaved his beard. The second man’s . face has -not- vet veen € N, as he lay covered with blankets at the barn while Ellis talked With ‘the other man: - Sheriff Merritt returned home to-day, but says noth- ing of his future movements, 10 ORGANIZE NAVAL MILITTA Roosevelt Wants All Coast States to Get Into Line. Men Wanted to Fight the Nation Against Spain. for Letter to the Governors of States Sent Out by the Administration at Washington. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 1. Supplementing the action taken yes- terday by the Navy Department in re- questing the Governors of States to drill and equip the naval militia so as to be ready for any emergency, Assist- ant Secretary Roosevelt to-day sent letters to the Governors of those sea coast States not having such organiza- tions, to take steps looking to the form- ation of naval militia so far as is pos- sible under the State laws. States will be enabled to promptly ac- quiesce in the department’'s request, and be prepared to assist in the naval auxiliary work. Those coast States not having naval the Bureau of 'CAPTAIN A. S. CROWNINSHIELD, U. S. N., Chief of Navigation. It is hoped | by the naval officials that each of these | | militia organizations are M; | Hampshire, Delaware, Texas and Ala- bama. The following is a copy. of the letter sent to the officials of those States which already have naval mili- tia organizations, the first one going to those on the coast, and the second to interior States on the lakes: aine, New will immediately proceed to put the na- val militia of your State in thorough condition to meet any sudden call for their services by the President of the United States. “The divisions should be recruited to their full strength and thoroughly | drilled. A careful inspecticn should be | made of all vessels in the ports of your | State that can be utilized for a mos- | auito fleet in accordance with instruc- | tions and blanks sent to the adjutant- general.” SENT TO JOIN THE | FLYING SQUADRON. |Cruiser Minneapoiis Sails From League Island Navy Yard to Hampton Roads. PHILADELPHIA, April | United States crui Minneapolis sailed from League Island Navy Yurdi | early this morning, bound for Hampton | Roads, where she will join the flying | squadron. The bunkers of the Minne- | apolis are overflowing with coal, and | during the past few days all of her ammunition has been placed aboard, so that she is ready for action. The Min- neapolis was recently placed in the | drydock and her bottom thoroughly cleaned and painted. This condition | makes it possible to get all the speed | out of the big ship there is in her. The departure of the Minneapolis leaves only two modern warships at League Island, the double-turret moni- | tor Miantonomoh and the harbor de- fense ram Katahdin. The former will sail in about a day or two, and the Katahdin probably soon thereafter. old monitors, and five of practically ready for sea. The Minneapolis anchored at Deep ‘Water Point, off Newcastle, Del., at 9:20. She will probably wait for high tide this afternooon before proceeding. The Minneapolis made the run from Marcus Hook to Newecastle, about )tlwemy-five miles, in a little over an our. SIOUX INDIANS NOW ANXIOUS TO FIGHT. Six Hundred Tender Their Services as Soldiers in Case of War ‘With Spain. SIOUX FALLS, April 1.—Six hundred Sioux Indians from Pine Ridge Agency to-day telegraphed a tender of their services to Governor Lee to reinforce the State militia, provided there is a fight with Spain. They propose to or- ganize six companies under the leader- ship of six of their best fighting men. These Indians participated in the mas- sacre of General Custer and the Seventh cavalry. RUSSIANS DERIDE THE SUGGESTION. They Do Not Think That Port Arthur ‘Will Be Open to British Ships and Commerce. LONDON, April 2—The Pcking corre- spondent of the Times says: Russians here deride the suggestion that Port Ar- thur will be open to British ships and commerce, and the well informed insist that under the present agreement Talien ‘Wan can be another Viadivostock. —_—— Getting Ready to Leave. ' them are Madrid says United States Minister Woodford is making the necessary preparations to leave Madrid immedi- ately in the event of a diplomatic rup- ture. 1.—Thei| ‘Work is going on day and night on the | LONDON, April 2. ~A dispatch from | “The department requests that you | | | stain the -honor and dignity COSTARICANS NOW They Clamor for Conflict | With Their Neighbor, Nicaragua. If Hostilities Do Not Occur, In- | i i ternal Trouble May Be | Expected. Soldiers Cry, “Death to Zelaya,” and “Let ‘Us March to | War.” Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. PANAMA, April 1.—Under date of. March 27, the Herald correspondent in San Jose, Costa Rica, writes as follows: Strained relations still exist between this country and Nicaragua. I am still unable to cable news, Nicaragua refus- ing to handle Costa Rica matter over their lines. Minister Lainfiesta, envoy from Guatemala, arrived a few days ago. After the official reception he held several conferences with President Jglesia. It is reported in Government circles that his proposals cannot be ac- cepted by Costa Rica, as they would of the country. Meanwhile the army is at the front prepared and eager for a fight. President Iglesia will go to the front as soon as hostilities commence. Min- ister Lainfiesta leaves by the first steamship for Guatemala. Colonel Harry Earie, an American, has been dismissed from the Costa Rica army and ordered to leave the coun- try. There was a popular demonstra- | tion a few nights ago in San Jose in front of the Imperial Hotel, where Senor Lainfiesta was staying. There | were cheers for Costa Rica, Salvador | and Guatemala, and cries of “Death to Zelaya” and “Let us march to war.” It | is asserfed that Senor Lainfiesta, in the | face of such demonstrations, said heI saw little chance of bringing about peace. The soldiers are enthusiastio, | and it is feared that if there is no war internal troubles will take place. YET EXPRESSING HOPE FOR PEACE. Minister Barnabe Says He - Can’t Believe Two Nations Will Rush Into Horrible Warfare. WASHINGTON, April 1.—The Span- ish Minister has naturally been a center | in the exciting incidents of to-day. He is fully conscious of the gravity of the situation and while still expressing hope for peace, speaks to his friends of the eventualities which may come. To one of them he said to-day that he could not believe that: two nations made up of calm and sensible people | would rush into untold horrors of war. He added that it would be a wicked and cruel crime for this result to be pre- cipitated. The staff of the legation is working day and night, and the lights in the legation office were burning un- til 3 o'clock this mornjng, while the secretaries and attaches were decipher- ing cablegrams and in turn returning dispatches to cipher for transmission to Madrid. The Minister personall-- superintends all this work and no effort is made to condense or spare expense in presenting by cable the information be- tween the officials here and at Madrid. | rule and are resolved to work zealously WANT WAR : | experience APPEAL TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY Autonomists Ask Him Not to Interfere in the Island. Say the Great Majority of the People Are in Favor of Home Rule Under Spain’s Sovereignty. WASHINGTON, April 1.—The Cuban Government (meaning thereby the| present home rule authorities in Cuba, | and not the insurgents) have appealed to the President of the United States| to respect the will of the majority of | the people of Cuba. The appeal is as follows: The Colonial Government of Cuba de- sires_to make known to the President of the United States that, although there are some Cubans in arms, yet there are an immense number who accept home under this form of Government in order to re-establish peace and prosperity to the land.. The insurgents form a minority, while the autonomists represent the ma- jority of the interests of civilization by means of justice and liberty. The Cuban people is an- American people, and ha in consequence, a perfect right to gov ern itself according to its own wishes and aspirations, and in no way would it be just for a foreign will to impose upon it a political regime which it esteems con- trary to its happiness and con This would be to substantiate opr instead of liberty. “The Cuban people is now a free people; it wishes to rule its own destinies, .and it would be a great wickedness to dispose of its lot without its consent. The history and the feeling of the United States do -net permit an | American people to be sacrificed and forced to form a government which the same people eonsider pernicious to its per- manent - . interests and to the cause of and order in & country of different ulation” and _whe ret_ incomplete. rnment. of Cuba dent bf - the United »ble: traditions of an republic, will the rights of the ¥ 1 education i Liono lLopes that States, faithful to t the great North Amer der and respect N people, not permitting violence to will con- 5 it also. hopes that he powerful action to > in Cuba under the sovere the mother country, government ' equal f¢ might- be still improvec as to inspire the ‘confidence of everyone. The home | rule government of t sland, which is a Cub 3 energet- 1y rt of the passions, injustice and brutal force reign in Cuba, and t home rule has fallen hefore even the colonial Parliament has taken its. seat, and when annot et tell whether the new regime Will answer or not. There is no good .faith in these stories. As was said by the immortal Washington: “Hon- esty iS the best policy. The Cuban Parliamént is about to meet and both the spirit of America and the principles of right demand respect for the will of the majority of the people. JOSE MARIA GALVEZ, President of the Honorable Government of Cubs ROSSINI'S STABAT MATER. Religious Services in the Spanish Church on Broadway. Every seat was filled in the church of Our .Lady -of - Guadaluve, at the corner of Broadway and Y ison streets, last night. - A feiture pf the ser- vice was the rendition of Rossini’s Stabat Mater by a select choir under the leader- ship of S. Arrillage, -the organist of the vas. sung in admira- The choir's rendition of the sic. was evervthing that could be ex- pected. S Arrillage’s handling of the big organ was much admired. —_———— Young Men’s Republican League. OAKLAND, April. 1.—The Young Men's Republican League met to-night and held its annual election. Three hundred and twenty-three members. were re-elected and there was great enthusiasm. The following officers were elected: A. H. Breed, president; Fred Bilger, first vice- president; August Volimer, second vice- R}'Psmenl: Will I at Friend, treas and Teddy Jost, serg J. ants- eddy arms. ex(‘(‘uu\:’e committee is as rollows: Ward W. Mott; Second - Ward, Price; rd Ward, Martin Campbell; Fourth Ward, J. Muir; Fifth Ward, T. B, Pheby Jr.; Sixth Ward, Frank Barnett: Seventh Ward, J. Robinson; Berkeley, A, W. Oliver; at large, Al Williams and Ben ‘Woolner. ' By the time the campaign opens the league expects to have a mem- bership of not less than 3000. ——— The Calvarian Society. Rev. J. B. Hannigan will - to-morrow afternoon deliver the last discourse in connection with the series of Lenten services held under the auspices.of the Calvarian Soclety at St. .ary’s Cathe- dral.. His text will be, “The Sign of the Son of Man"—“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all i..ngs to myself” (St. John, xli:32). Besides the sermon there will' be the usual devo- tional exercises of this society, the “Way of the Cross,” commencing at 3 p. m., and benediction of the Blessed Sacra- | ment. The music will be rendered by a large choir of trained voices. €atholic | people of the city generally attend these | services. —_————— Internal Revenue for March. Internal Revenue * Collector Lynch makes the following report of collections for the month of March: Lists . Beer . Fruit spirits. Grain spirits. Cigars ... Cigarettes Playing ca EXports ..... Total .. —_———————— ‘ Child Study Club Meets. The regular weekly meeting of the San Francisco Child Study Club took place in the rooms of the organization at the Oc- cidental Hotel yesterday afternoon. A large number of ladies were present, who listened and participated with interest in the discussion of juvenile correction which ‘was held under the head “Harry Did It.” They settled the matter satisfactorily to themselves and adjourned till next week. —_——— A Destitute Farily. A sad case of destitution was investi- gated yesterday by Officer MeMurray of the Society for the Prevertion of Cruelty to Children, in which six little ones, the eldest of which is only 12 years of age, are involved. The family live at 230 Lang- -$144,385 19 ton street, and when the officer went there he could not find even a crust of | bread in-the house, and the rent is long overdue. The father, Christian Larsen, was convicted last September of stealing a fisherman'’s net, and was sentenced to serve.one year in the State prison. - The case was reported to the Associated Char- ities. ————— New Deputy Appointed. City and County Attorney Creswell, as the result of the appointment of Rhodes Borden, has promoted all the members of his staff.. The new chief deputy is Jame: Gallagher, and Harry White takes place at the foot of the line. ——————— Reunion and Picnic. Next Sunday a grand reunion and pice nic._will be held by the Americus Clun at Harbor View Many valuable presents. will be g and a gen- eral good time is a: 1 who attend. N aw: ired Honolulu as a Naval Base. HONOLULU ' March 24.—A telegram received direct from Washington by the Doric on the 19th, says that in the event of war with Spain the neutrality of these ands will not be kept, but that they will at once be made a depot for naval supplies -for the United States. A N Arbitration Is Urged. PARIS, April 1.—The French Inter- national - Arbitration Society has sent letters to the Spanish Minister for For- eign Affairs, Senor Gullon, and to the American Secretary . of “Stat John |'Sherman, - ur the advisability of the arbitration of the differences = be- tween Spain and the United States. ADVERTISEMENTS. To ALASKA! The first 50 applicants who ask for passage on the new, safe, swift-gcing Steamer ‘Hui.boldt,” leav- ing this port April 6, and buy of us a complete outfit, clothing, provisions, tools, etc., not less than $200, will re- ceive a Full Paid Ticket, costing $50, free with freight privileges. On a pur- chase of $1(), a similar ticket at 15 rate: Buyers get the benefit of all cut prices. No commissions paid. We give all profits and more, to prospectors.— ‘Wire at once if interested. SMITHS CASH*STORE 25-27 Market St., S.F. April 1st, 1898. A NEWSPAPER IS THE ~ VOIGE OF THE PEOPLE! The Star CANBE TRUTHFULLY CALLED THAT IT CONTAINS THE NEWS OF THE WEEK Edited in a Fearless. Frank and Truthful : Manner by |JAMES H. BARRY. TO-DAY'S “STAR” Has not declared war against SPAIN, but it teils of the BOND | AND BONDAGE—The Gross Injus- tice to Cuba—OUR MISREPRESEN- TATIVE HOUSE—And Treason at the Helm. Other live articles and correspon- dence by able writers in Subseription > The Star.sus= Cents. Office—429 Montgomery Street. DRUNKENNESS! Painless treatment. Sixth year: 1000 cured ; lowest prices; write to-day for full particulars. Board free. No publicity, Cures guaranteed. Gold Cure, Sacramento, Cal. 26 Page St., 8. .