The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 38, 1898. PLANS OF ATTACK ARE ALL FORMED When War Is Declared Our Warships Will Take the Offensive. Three Squadrons That Will Lose No Time Razing the Citics of Spain’s Colonial Possessions. W YORK, April Washington special to the He ald says: Believing that war certain to follow the tra: sion of the President’s me: to Congress on the Cuban ques tion, Secretary Long, by direc- tion of the F it, issued o ders to-day an offensive ately lities. for movement of the naval forc the United States im upon a declaration of hos cO00CO0000CO00 These instructions advised the com- manders-in f of the three squad- rons, which will be called upon to carr out the plan of camp prepared by the naval strategic board, of the serfousness of the situation, that the h s come, and that they must be ready to make a forward movement upon the receipt of telegraphic instr tions from the department. At a worl therefore, the fleet under the command of Captain W. T. Sampson will proceed to Havana, the flying squadron under the command of Commodore W. S. Schley will steam at its greatest speed for Porto Rico, and the Asiatic squad- ron under the command of Commodore George Dewey will start from Hong- kong, where it is now gathered, for the Philippine Islands. Three days after jon of war the cities of , San Juan and Manila will be uns of formidable squadrons effort will be made to reduce and every them as quickly as possit The to the several squadrons retary Long are the order of a conference he held at the House this morning with the P A t Secretary Day, Secretar ze and Secretary Alger. The confer- encé was not intended as a Cabinet meeting, but in view of the practical unarimity of the administratio that war is imminent, it was d mined by Se ary Long to with the President and the remain i of his advisers at the White House the advisability of havin rything in readiness for the squadrons to move in the shortest possible time. In accordance with instructions sent by ‘the department some days ago Cap- s removed all the s tain Sampson hz plus woodwork from tk t and has painted the 1s a dull d colc and similar action I been ken by Commodore Dewey and Com- modore Schley with referénce to the hips attached to their command verything is therefore in readiness f ar: It is expected that the s 4 1s of his squadron commanders will at onc rect.that commanding officers of ve under their command shall take on board all suppli sary. In the ¢ ey, ‘cperating so it js absolutely ne that may be se of Commodore ar from a naval bas ary that his s shall be well filled with coal and other storés before war commences. It is believed by the department that he he carried out the instructions which have been sent him on this point. Further- more, there is reason to believe that Commodore Dewey has made arrange- ments with coal dealers in British and Chinese ports whereby his vessels will be able to refill coal bunkers whenever they shall become empt It is appre- ciated by the authori that in the event of war neutrality will require the several’ nations of the East to permit the .sale of only t coal to en- able the belligerent vessels to reach their nearest home port. of American ships thi Francisco, but th In the case would be San s no intention of ADVE RTISEMENTS. ngled Out of Tune.” How much of woman’s life happiness is lost for lack of harmony. A hundred sweet melodious tones ruined by one little note of dis- ; cord. \zo- o men who X sught to en- “ joy the per- fect happi- ness of love and wifehood Y3 and’ mother- hood are mis- erable from ene year’s end -to the otler, be- cause of some weakness or disease of the delicate orgahism of their sex. These delicate com- laints, which make a jangling dissonance of so many lives, are not by any means a necessity of womanhood. They may- be overcome and completely eradicated under judicious treatment. There is no need of repugnant examina- tions. -There is no need of resorting to any unauthorized medicament compounded by an unskiiled, uneducated person. Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures the troubles of the feminine organism posi- tively, completely and safely. 3 For nearly 30 years Dr. R. V. Pierce has been_ chief consulting physician of the In. valids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N.Y. He is an eminent and expert specialist in this particular field of practice, Any woman may write to him with perfect confidence, and will receive, free of charge, sound, professional advice and suggestion for self-treatment by which g9 out of 100 cases of female complaint, even of the most obstinate kind, may be completely and per- manently cured. Address him as above. * While I was living at Eagle Rock, Botetourt Co., Va.,” writes Mrs. G. A. Connor, of Allegh- any Spring, Montgomes Va., “a lad friend came to me and said: *My daughter, ag 15 years, has repeated hemorrhages at the nose, and-she has never had the necessary indisposic tions of womanhood.’ I advised her to get Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The lady pur chased one bottle and it cured her daughter. She was well and happy when I left there.’ Constipation is the all -embracing cause of ill-health. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets tece it. They never gripe. o | destroyed the | bringing the ships home until they have Spanish naval force in the Philippines and wrecked the forti- fications. Then some of the vessels may be ordered to the North Atlantic ‘oast to re-enforce the vesselsoperating e waters, or to the Pacific Coast it should be ascertained that ving squadron has been sent by Spain to the slope to attack the cities there Officials familiar with the plan of campaign prepared by the department believe that it will be executed with precision and judgment, because the men who will carry it out are officers of experience specially selected to per- form the trying duty, and the ships under their command are superiar to those of Spain. Reports which have been received from Commodore Dewey are to the effect that the Spanish au- thorities in the Philippines are mining the entrance to Manilla, and other har- bors. The same precautions are being ved in Spain as in the colonial essions of that power. mmodore Dewey has under his command the protected cruisers Olym- pia, timore, Raleigh, Boston and the gunboats Concord and Petrel, which ble to overpower the wooden and the four gunboats which n the Philippine waters. The departure of the Vizcaya and do from H: a is a matter of > regret to the officials in the or of Havana. Captain Sampson would have been able to so station his ships as to have prevented their de- parture, and at the same time to make it apparent it would be foolhardiness for them to attack two battle-ships, ee double-turreted monitors, one st de: ip, besides several pro- gunboats and torpedo- h are under his command. t probabilities that the Oquendo and Vizcaya have gone to ¥ » Rico, it is evident according to als that Commodore Schley's n may be the first to engage the i. Tt will be the duty of the fly- uadron to take Porto Rico. Tn of the absence of the Spanish tor- b flotilla, it is not expected this difficult task. With Spain's in the West Indies in the pe the forees of the United ible basis of supply for rinst the Unitad States e will have to conduct the Canaries or Spain ase of supplies. Appreciating that war is terrible, the authorities do not anticipate the vie- tories which will be gained by the fleets of the United States will not be paid for in both men and ships. The reduc- tion of Havana is expected to take time, for the defenses are in fairly good condition. The harbor will be mined and other preparations will be made which will insure a warm reception be- ing given the vessels flying the Ameri- can flag. In view of the prospects of stubbe ance from sea, the au- thorities h o pedo will of Matanzas. The army will be landed at this point, from which it will move upon Havana from the rear. By the combined operation of the land and sea gml‘lnes it is expected that the city will all. SPAIN'S ROYALTY READY FOR FLIGHT. The Queen Regent and Her Boy King ‘Will Leave the County if an Uprising Occurs. BERLIN, April 2—The German Em- bassador at Madrid, Herr von Rado- witz, reports to the Foreign Office here that the Spanish royal family fears an outbreak unless the difference between the United States and Spain as soon settled. The Carlist movement is as- suming a more active form and the royal family fears especially a pro- nunciamento from General Weyler and the military party. Everything is prepared in the royal castles for flight. The boy King Al- fonso will be taken to San Lucar de Barameda, an Andalusian port, where a yacht is kept ready for sailing. The replies to the Queen's letter ask- ing for the intervention of the Furo- pean powers have been wholly unsat- isfactory. ENLISTING MEN AT SACRAMENTO. Recruiting Office Opened by an Old Veteran of the Union Army. SACRAMENTO, April 2—The spirit of war pervades Sacramento. In front of the Government building, where a call for men has been posted, a large crowd has stood since morning. The bulletins of The Call are read by a throng of eager people. George Ficks, a Grand Army vete- ran, has opened a recruiting office at Seventh and T streets. An American flag floats in front of the place, and a large red lettered sign announces that “enlistments for the war with Spain will be received here.” It is not an exaggeration to say that the feeling here is intense. On all sides cxnn be heard the admonitory expres- sion: ““Wait until Monday comes.” - Ships Prepared for Action. KEY WEST, April 2—The gunboat Newport, square rigged and stately, sailed in to-day looking like a white swan among the lead-colored disman- tled warships. She came from Tampa. The last touches to the work of prepar- ing the ships for action were being made throughout the day. The unne- cessary boats were unslung from the davits and sent ashore along with other useless paraphernalia. On the De- troit the deck ward room has been com- pletely torn away and on the other ships similar changes have taken place. Everything is in readiness for any emergency. ————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, With or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. ve made arrangements, as | the Herald has stated, for the capture | REAR ADMIRAL JOHN G. WALKER, UNITED STATES NAVY. THINK WAR 1S CERTAIN Majority of the English Fear That a Conflict Approaches. Those for Peace Hope That Sagasta Will Yield to All the Demands Made. All Realize That the United States ‘Will Be Quickly Victorious at Sea and Ashore. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April' 2—The nervousness of the stock markets, which was em- phasized by a sudden drop of 3 per cent in Spanish fours at the opening of the | Stock Exchange, has been fully re- flected in diplomatic circles, which have experienced almost as much difficulty as outsiders in extracting facts from the mass of contradictory statements regarding the Hispano-American crisis | to-day. Beyond opining generally that matters were nearing a crisis there was not a man in London of real weight | who was willing to risk an opinion as | to whether the outcome would be peace | or war. Even now, there is a difference of opinion; but, the distinctly warlike tone of the great mass of evidence and the marked divergence of the United States demands and Spain’s proposals have led the majority to conclude that the parting of the ways has been reached unless, within a few hours, Senor Sagasta is able to give assurance that the delay he asks for will insure the complete freedom of Cuba. It is not too much to say all Europe regrets the threatening prospects of war, though for different reasons—saome be- cause genuinely friendly nations are in- volved and others because they dream that the war bacillus will spread and aggravate the feverish spirit of unrest already in evidence in the Old World. To the last, therefore, it is hoped that a solution will be found, even whea Spain is apparently intractable. The best in- formed persons believe Spain is only temporizing, as it is recognized there is difficulty in the Spanish Governnient accepting without demur the dsmands of the United Statcs in view of the danger of a revolut'on and the over- throw of the mon.rchy. $1, though realizing the imminence of hostilities, the apparent hopelessness of averting war has come as a shock. It .was generally believed that the enormous majority obtained by Senor Sagasta in the new Cortes would make him master of Spain and permit him' to yield to the inevitable, but it seems that the 75 per cent of the voters who did not participate in the elections, in- cluding the army, and the Bareclona and other merchants who are vitally interested in Cuba, do not propose to allow him a free hand. They have been among the most fervent in the patriotic demonstrations of the past few days. General interest in the situation is intense. All the news bulletins are eagerly scanned and in the lobbies of the House of Commons yesterday even- ing there was animated discussion' of the crisis. Interest has been enhanced by the statement of a prominent ship- owning member of the House of Com- mons that the United States, during the day, had been offering very large sums for nineteen-knot steamers. Although the consensus of opinion is that there is no escape from hostilities unless the unforeseen, as so frequently happens in politics, changes the course of events, there are few hopeful peo- ple left. James Brice, M. P., the former pres- ident of the Board of Trade and author of “The American Commonwealth,” is quoted as saying: ‘“‘Somehow, I fancy that, as near as the two powers may have drifted toward war, we are not going to witness so frightful a calam. ity. I know President McKinley and all his administration and I know they do not wish for war. In fact, none of the really clear-headed men in the United States want war. They can see too far ahead.” Opinion in London has been little in- fiuenced by the specious character’ of Senor Sagasta’s counter-proposals. An official of the Foreign Office remarked: ““The Americans will naturally decline to accept such nroposals as a sufficient guarantee that a ‘power which has so | long patently failed to discharge its duties in a humane administration cannot be trusted to give effect to its tardy conversion.” The foreign official added: “The responsibility resting upon each party is terrible. Happily, nothing will tend so effectively to quicken the feeling of responsibility among Spanish statesmen as the pros- pect of having to face immediately the grim consequences of persistence in an uncompromising force. “Reading between the lines of Senor Sagasta's proposals I have reason to think he does not mean to Grive mat- ters to extremes, and that he will learn from the construction put upon them that his condition will not relieve the United States of the duty of interven- tion, compelled, as the Americans are, bligation, to take So, if Senor Sa- rong as he is unquestion- ably well meaning, he will persuade his countrymen to accept unreservedly the American conditions.” The positive semi-official declaration telegraphed last night from Madrid, in which it was announced that no propo- sition containing the slightest allusion to the independence of Cuba, either with or without indemnity, has been made to the Spanish Government, that the Government would straightway re- ject any such propositions, and that there is no partv or statesman in Spain disposed to listen to such a solution of the crisis, has created a mild sensa- tion here, as it has been assumed that the independence of Cuba was the crux of the difficuity. It has even been sug- gested in pro-Spanish circles that the war party in the United States launched this device in order to upset diplomatic negotiations at Madrid. Spanish circles here have been great- ly excited by the publication of an in- terview with the Spanish’ Consul-Gen- eral here, Senor Jurado, who donveyed the impression that if the settlement of the difficulty was left to the Spaniards of London, Spain would fight; but other | people here point out that the Span- iards do not realize the volcano which is beneath them. They suspect the United States of “bluffing” and believe she is afraid to come to close quar- ters. In addition, the Spaniards have a profound faith in the infallibility of their fleet. Senor Jurado tersely expressed the feeling of his compatriots, saying: “If my country wants my money, clothes, everything, it shall have all, even my last shirt button.” From the extraordinary activity at the Spanish legation here it is evident that Spain is seeking the friendly of- fices of the foreign office. Indeed, it is generally thought that the frequent visits of the French, Austrian, Rus- sian and Spanish Embassadors to the British foreign office, is connected with the Cuban situation. The newspapers, reaching the stage of regarding war between the United States and Spain as inevitable, are printing maps of the area of probable operations, details regarding the fleets, the facts concerning the troops, arma- ments, preparedness of the ' medical corps, etc. The naval experts dwell upgn Spain’s disadvantages in having to act at such a distance from her naval base. One high authority re- called an interesting impression derived abroad from a Spanish man-of-war— that the element which will tend se- riously to the detriment of the Spanish navy will be found in the contempt with which the superiors regard their inferiors. He said: “They all look upon the rank and file as completely beneath them, and entertain a sort of feudal scorn for their subordinates.” The Statist anticipates hostilities, which it regards as imminent, though it does not relinquish the hope that it will cause a big advance in the money mar- ket in London.. The paper thinks the United States will require a large loan, which will find a ready market here, especially as, under the circumstances, the Government will have no difficulty in inducing Congress to make the in- terlgst and the principal payable in gold. ONE OFFICER WILL REMAIN AT EACH POST. Twenty Soldiers Will Also be on Duty to Protect Families of Absent Officers. WASHINGTON, April 2.—In antici- pation of the mobilization of troops on the Atlantic seaboards the War Depart- ment to-day issued orders to all posts |- east of the Rocky Mountains to leave one officer and twenty men at .each post for police duty for the protection of the families of the absent officers. SRl Torpedo Boats in Commission. NEWPORT, R. L, April 2—The new torpedo-boats Gwyn and Talbot went into commisison to-day. It is expected the boats will sail for Key West soon. e Risks by Bombardment. BOSTON, April 2—Fire insurance of- | ficlals are having almost hourly appli- cations for rates and policies covering possible risks by bombardment. The Insurance Commissfoner, however, has refused to permit agents in this State to write such risks. AISING | REVENUES FOR WAR How Conflict With Spain Would Cause Taxes to " Be Increased. NEW YORK, April 2.-A ‘Washington special to the Herald says: ‘“In modern days a well-supplied war st and an impregnable credit are as im- portant as are warships, shore batteries or regiments of men.” These words of wisdom, which bear so strongly on the existing situation, were contained in Secretary Gage's re- | port submitted to Congress at the be- | ginning of the present session. The | Secretary and Chairman Dingley of the House Committee on Ways and Means | are now preparing to take steps to fl.ll | the war chest and put the treasury in condition to meet all the demands that a conflict with Spain may impose on it. | After the Cabinet meeting to-day Secretary Gage and Assistant Secretary Vanderlip went over the statements submitted by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, giving estimates of all the various sources of revenue that might be availed of in the event of war. Much of the additional revenue that ig raised will have to come from internal taxa- + X + o + + + 3 + b + + + o Nevada’s Militia Preparing. CARSON, Nev., April 2.—This after- noon Governor Sadler, Adjutant Ga- lusha and Colonel Lord were in con- sultation at Carson. It was decided to put the six companies of militia on a war footing to be in readiness at a moment’s notice for a call for troops. Sacramento Woman Missing. SACRAMENTO, April 2—Mamie Ken- nedy, a woman 23 or 24 years old, left her home in this city on Friday and seems to have dropped out of sight. Her friends have applied to the police for assistance in locating her. She has dark hair and eves, is five feet four inches tall and was dressed in light-colored clothes and wore a black sailor ha ey Rain in Yolo County. WOODLAND, Aprli 2—There was a light shower here last night. It came from the north and during the prevalence of a north wind. The average rainfall over the county was .15 of an inch. Light as was this fall it will resuit in much good. The grain is already out of tw! and the color is much improved. t | no tion, as the Dingley bill has put tariff taxes on most articles up to the limit. | The Secretary’s estimates, however, | show that a considerable increase can be made in customs receipts by impos- ing taxes on articles now admitted free of duty. Any recommendations that | would be made to Congress for addi- tional revenue will include a recom- mendation for a tax of 4 cents a pound on coffee, which, on the basis of im- | portations, it is estimated, will yield | about $29,000,000 a year additional rev- | enue, and the recommendation of a tax | of 10 cents a pound on tea, which will | yield a little morg than $11,000,000, it is [br}]io\‘(—(l‘ .and another million may be i raised from a tax on spices. This will | make a total of $41,000,000 for these | three articles. Congress will be asked to increase the tax on beer from 81 a barrel to $2, and the resulting increase in revenue, it is| estimated, will be about $36,000,000 a vear, and this will be the largest in- creased revenue from any one source. Whisky is now taxed fully up to the| | highest revenue-producing point, and | additional revenue can be raised | ifmm this source. Tobacco and cigars By Adopting Methods Employed in ’66 Uncle Sam Could In- crease His Income to Al- most a Billion a Year. will stand a substantial increase, how- ever, and may be made to yield eight or ten millions additional. Other odds and ends of taxation can be found which will make a total increase in tha revenues of the Government amnuntlr_\vg to fully $100,000,000 » year, and. still leave other sources of revenue which can be availed of if war should be long drawn out. It is probable that the immediate in+ crease in revenue that will be asked will not exceed this, though should war be prolonged other taxes will be im- posed which will greatly increase the receipts. The estimates which the Secretary had before him to-day from the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue show that if all the internal revenue taxes, except income, which were in force in 1866, the year when the largest reve- nues were received from internal reve- nue alone, would amount to the enor- mous sum of $762,000,000 annually. It is not believed that it will be neces- sary to go to such extremes of taxation as were then resorted to to meet tha enormous debt left by the Civil War, Taxes were not only imposed on com- mercial and legal papers, and upon patent medicines and proprietary arti- cles, but upon all sorts of manufactures and upon occupations of various kinds. 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