The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1898. RESOLUTIONS TO Congress Will i b b 0000DVWUVOVOVUUUOVVOOVOOOOOO0O00000CO00000OOO00000000000 o t longer than Monday. The committee o ast conference to consider what course o to-day and talked over the situation. It was o to be done between now and Monday o vill hold another meeting to determine dé thing occcur to lead the President to o d Monday there is grave danger of an out- o de of the House. [ 0000000000000 00C0C®P0000000000000000¢ ytion of the Consulate, will remain being sure of their safety in Havana. Ag Lose No Time in Leaving Spaniards to o Blanco or Dr. C wou will § will deubtless b go t every 1d see no one to-day except his ad- BE REPORTED TO BOTH HOUSES Not Make Delay in the Cuban Busi- ness After the Mes- sage Comes In. NEW YORK, Apr -A Washington special to the Herald says: There are indications that the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs are coming to an under- standing which will result in identical resolutions being reported to two houses of Congr when the President’s message has been re- ed to the; mmittee : 3 t understanding is that the reference of the message The two committees will meet on nday it is expected they will have their re: olutions ready to respective houses as soon as the message has been re- .ment has vet been reached by each committee as to formal. the resolution to be reported, but it is understood yduced in the Senate on March 29 by ide the basis of the al text. rporated in its preamble a strong referehce to the Maine and the slaughter of her officers and men. The be somewhst strengthened in some p: It can be ed that there will be no direct' recognit of the T Republic of Cuba, though there will be an emphatic . independence of the people of Cuba from the Span- for forcible inter- es from Cuba will lution. The sub- m will be the declaration of the independence of the provision for the use of the land and naval ates to compel Spain to evacuate the island. wger of a prolonged debate in each house of Con- emed to some days ago. Should the resolution to the present programme, immediately after ve, it is probable that it will be adopted in nt on Monday. Action in the Senate is but the leading mempers of the Com- now believe that there will be no serious e of delay. nize directly the so-called Republic of Cuba opposition in both houses, and an attempt e to amend the resolution in this respect, though at the advocate of recognition in the Senate will ark on the campaign for delay. rong Spanish squadron consisting of a the second torpedo fleet has started the Atlantic will tend to expedite the ac- 3 number of men in each house will ty for delay when it is realized that Spain to get her naval forces in a ng strug e that the provision val of the Spanish fc > with t stronger than in the Frye r ovoke consid t is not believed t hattl rom ( e W petter le. ! ny danger of division among the act on the recommendstions of in the House who have been considering raint of the Speaker and voting with the to secure action, now generally believe that comes to and military always made and this year celebration. nd to the cathedral from a. d somewhat by cold rain, 5 ¢ d troops being in line. ents of Steamship Lines Besieged by Appli- Any REPORTED BLOWING UP OF THE FERN ~ IN HAVANA HARBOR But the State and Navy Departments Have Not Received Information of the Alleged Disaster. NEW YORK, April 9.—The Herald’s Washington special says: There are rumors in circulation here this morning that the United States lighthouse tender Fern has been blown up at Havana. I have been unable to verify these rumors. The Fern was to remain in Havana for the purpose of bringing away Con- sul-General Lee. . Neither the officials of the Navy Department nor the State Department had heard any news of such a disaster. At 2 a. m. Secretary Long told me that he had heard nothing about the blowing up of the Fern, and said that if such a thing had occurred he probably would have heard of it. The officers of the Fern are Lieutenant-Commander Willlam S. Cowles, Lieutenant Frank E. Sawyer and Ensigns Wilfred V. Powelson and Charles S. Bookwalter. The Fern is a wooden transport steamer of 840 tons displacement. She was assigned by the Navy Department in April, 186, to the North Atlantic squadron for use as a supply ship. Prior to this time the Fern had been used as a lighthouse tender. There was a iire on the Fern on the night of March 6, 1895, when she was on her way to Boston from the League Island navy-yvard. Flames were discovered in the cabin directly over the magazine contain- ing 400 pounds of smokeless powder, when the!Fern was off Cape Cod. There was a stiff wind blowing and the Fern seemed doomed. The excellent discipline on board prevented any panic and before the flames reached the magazine the explosives had all been carried to a place of safety, The Fern was then headed about and running with the wind into Provincetown harbor, the flames were subdued after a flerce fight. The Fern was in collision later when ten miles of Thimble Light on the coast of Virginia, with the English tramp steamer Iago. A hole eleven feet square was torn in the after cabin, and the deck for twenty feet was crushed. No damage was done below the water line. The Fern was at that time on the vay from Annapolis with general stores.for the northern yards. A e ee 88 et inesisieneniniteninininss ol o i3 = &% 5 = & 4 AR RS R AR AR AN Department. Word was received here to-day that the steamer Beverly WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICANS FROM PORTS OF CUBA of the United States Leave Santiago on the Brookline. KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 8.—Thirty-two citizens of the United States, among them Pulaski F. Hyatt, Consul at Santiago de Cuba, and Dr. Canalnero, superintendent.of the Marine Hospital in that city, ar- rived this morning at Port Antonio on the Boston Fruit Company's steamer Brookline, which was sent from here to get them by order of the State Department in Washington. Mr. Hyatt and a few of the passengers went ashore at Port Antonio, and the Consul will come to Kingston to-morrow. The Brookline with all the other refugees on board sailed for Boston this evening. The ship was quarantined when she reached Port Antonio and held for Se\'e\f’fll hours, but the restrictions were finally removed because the authorities realized the unusual circumstances. Some of the Brookline's passengers, who went on to Boston, told me that three Spanish warships were at Santiago when they left yester- day. Mines have been thickly laid in the harbor, they said, and the Spanish authorities are taking every precaution to prevent the use of Santiago as a place of landing by hostile troops. I talked with Mr. Hyatt at Port Antonio, and asked him about his orders. He told' me that he had left his post because of instructions from ‘Washington. His withdrawal, he said, was not necessarily a prelimi- nary of war. It was in his opinion a step taken to prevent occurrences that might lead to serious complications. Among the insurgents, he told me, activity has been greatly increased because it is considered cer- tain that the United States is about to interfere and drive the Spanish troops off the island. Mr. Hyatt says that in the vicinity of Santiago the health of the people had been greatly improved since the relief sup- plies had been received from the United States. Mr. Hyatt will remain here awaiting instructions from the State @O P < had sailed from Cienfuegos for Boston, stopping at Key West on the ERER R RO RORROR XX CRC) @@ Consul Hyatt and Other Citizens has been a day of religious, ci coloring was given to make the day one to be long remembered. sion The proces- was but ds participated, about fif- Those in the United States who have accepted the story that all of Spain's liers belong to the awkward squad O(7000OOOOGOOOQOOOOOOOQOOOOQ00000OOOOOOOOOOOQOQ.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO vil Havana has Good Friday a day of enough military | way. RUBENS TALK ABOUT BONDS Declares Very Few Have | ‘ Been Sold by the Cubans. SPEAKFOR ~ |EXPECT LEE T0 THE CUBANS, LEAVE TO-DAY Senators Who Say They |State Department Officials Have Earned Their Speak of Returning Freedom. Consuls. at noon a steamer chartered by the leave here under orders to proceed take off the United States Consuls public, nor PPPPPPP00P0PPPPPCVOPPVPIPPPIPPPPOOOOOPOO REJECTS ALL | MEDIATIO0 At Least Premier Sagasta ! So Declares in Be- | ! half of Spain. It Would Be a Sad Spectacle to Leave | Before Their Departure the Consuls the Natives at the Mercy of Turn Over Affairs to the British, | | | Less Than One Hundred Thou- sand Dollars Raised by Issues of Patriots. Statesmen Say the Independ- ence of the Island Should 4 Be Recognized. Recall of Representatives in Cuba an Act of Precaution, Not of Belligerency. The Only Indebtedness of the Insur- gent Republic Is to Soldiers and | Civil Employes. Bondholders. But Certain Newspapers Are | Yet Hopeful of the Pend- | ing Negotiations. | Call Office, Riggs House, _— { ‘Washington, April 8. The expectation of the State Depart- ment officials is that Consul-General Lee will be out of Havana before an- other sun sets in that city. This state- ment is based on the opinion of Assist- | _— | ant Secretary Day, who said this aft- Special Dispatch to The Call. Speclal Dispatch to The Call Epeclal Dispatch to The Call { = NEW YORK, April 8.—Horatio S. Call Office, _.iggs House, Rubens, counsel to the Cuban Junta Washington, April & in this city, was interviewed to-day in| Among the Senators seen to-day who reference to the statements made in expressed themselves in ovposition to Congress yesterday by Representative any modification of the resolution to be Grosvenor of Ohio that Colonel John represented by the Committee on For- J. McCook is the legal representative e€ign Relations were Thurston, Petti- of the Cuban Junta of New York, “be- &rew, Allen and Mason. hind which stands $400,000,000 worth of “'We cannot” said Senator Mason, |ernoon that the Consul-General would | Cuban bonds that can be validated by '@8ree to any change that would rob {jeave his post of duty probably to- | | the recognition of independence of the | the present Cuban Government of the | morrow, on the Olivette. | Cubans by the United States,” and that | Victory which they have so mearly | 4 gispatch was recelved at the de- | - won.” they would be destreyed by a policy | " LB _ partment late this afternoon from Gen- that would drive Spain out of Cuba, in In my opinion a set of men who have Minister of War Correro Declares That Spanish Warships Must | Not Be Surrendered. Special Dispatch to The Call. MADRID, April 8.—Senor Saxasml says the Spanish Government has no | intention of opening further negotia- | | | . The Spanish Government to-day {eral Lee, but it was said it related sim- | ot o, 2T 5P e < 3 i3 hould reform their views. I saw to- - oo 4 s maintained themselves ag'the Cuban'in- | | remitted to Rome its full reply to the | cants. a body of men, on foot or he interests n{ xvhv: A.x"nehnmn: people. o ;m_ 3 gt g ply to a matter of detail of no great | Pope's suggestion of an armistice. | ted, as ever passed in review. | JMr. Rubens said: I ese statements | surgents have In oppositio fulles; | importance. From the fact that he " General Correro, the Spanish Minis- | s were the pick of the volunteers | are incorrect. John J. McCook s not | tire Spanish arms deserve our fullest {090 no reference to any disturbance | ter of War, in an Interview this morn- | to be sure, but they were so well train- | & Tepresentative of the Cuban Junta, | indorsement,” said Senator Allen, 8dd- |, iy fecling, the officials take it for | joc ralde g | of Americans Will €d that they would compare favorably and, as to the $400,000,000 bonds, I MUSt | jng that he would oppose any effort to 4 {ing, said: “Spain must not be alarmed | give a good report of the Cuban Capital. here that while the volunteers given the lie to those who have Resent the Insinuation That the Lives of Any Are strain when war becomes a fact. Danger. vana has now become a panic. afternoon, 400 passenger: with between The bta. he reply ters of extreme ing accommodations for only four. oid that GeneralBlanco passengers. several chiefs a bance. Every one inspection visit to the military line at ! the thing that is most repulsive to me ' not be considered - *| The Epoca gives great importance to on that the lives La Vibora. a suburb of Havana. This| Styled Yankee, Dixle, Prairle |5 the proposition to deny the Present | ligerent act. but simols oosh s 2¢l" | the action of European powers inviting | danger. La Lucha, LiBe Was fortified by Colonel Paglieri and Yosemite. Cuban Government its just dues. Ido tion based on humanitarian motives, | the Government not to assume a stiff-| - the caption of an Pre: d ne credence ational papers, the line, on the forts. Much excitement with New York's proud Seventh. These men have all been under fire, and will v themselves inst any enemy. It should be added have de- clared them to be lawless and blood- thirsty, they are worked up to a pat- riotic fever, which will be hard to re- The inevitable rush to get out of Ha- The agents of the Plant Line steamships have been besieged to-day, and the Ol- ivette could carry twice its legal pas- senger list if it had accommodations. It will leave Havana at 1 o'clock to- | 300 3 Bache will out about forty passengers, hav- Tha merchant vessel Evelyn will also leave | to-morrow for Key West with about 150 The Chiet of Police, Col. Paglieri, and [ nd officers of artillery | and engineers, with an escort, paid an intended to chec! General Arolas in- n ! clean 'the repair barbed wire fences and - granted that the day in Havana passed | if war is declared and at the sinking of | by without anything of moment hap-ispgmsh warships. What we must at pening. | all costs avoid is a Spanish warship | By Sunday, at the very latest, it is| striking her colors to the American | now believed, all the Consular officers | flag. She should rather explode her | of the United States in Cuba, and all | magazines. 1 wish to God Spain had refer you to the statements of Benja- min F. Guerra, Secretary of the Cuban = r ; % AR s republic, showing that the amount of | Senator Thurston sald: “If we should Cuban bonds purchased was only a lit- | iNtervene without recognizing the pres- tle over $100,000, and those were bought | ®nt Government of Cuba we should for about 40 per cent of their face place the United States in a position of value. Furthermore, there have been respo ility to all other powers and no concessions by granting or selling | to the citizens of all other countries for I any damage done them in case of war. curtail their rights. represent any | TI is my interpretation of the inter- | located and be either in the United | ‘We are here, meet us when you personal heiding of Cubanobligations?” | national law bearing upon the case, and | States or aboard vessels bound thither. | please.’ " was asked. | I do not believe it, can be successfully | he effects of the Consulates, consist-| The Liberal this evening says the Mr. Rubens replied with emphasis: | controverted. Furthermore, I think we “To my positive knowledge there is no would in that event be held liable for one who has any claim on the Cuban | the payment of interest on the Spanish | Government except the Cuban soldiers | bonds, which are secured by the Cuban and the civil employes of the Republi- revenues. But a greater weight with can Government. Their claims are to me than all these considerations is the be sottled after the establishment of conviction that if we interfere in the | s conflict between Spain and the Cubans without recognizing a present govern- | ment in the island we shall witness the spectacle of the Cubans being com- pelled to make terms with the bond- | holders for their recognition after all the sacrifice they shall have made and we shall have made for them. This is | Government has decided to send a note | to the Pope, thanking him for his good offices and begging him to persevere. “But,” the Liberal adds, “the Gav- ernment does not pledge itself to accept | the Papal decision.”™ The Heraldo will say: “Spain | mains in the same state of expectation and uncertainty as yesterday. It is impossible yet to give a definite opin- jon respecting the Pope's mediation ing of unimportant papers, furniture, etc.,, will be placed under the charge | of the Consular representatives of the British Government now in the island, where they will be kept pending the | developments of the issue between the TUnited States and Spain. The important papers of the offices will be brought to the United States. | Ofticials of the State Department, in| | discussing the withdrawal of the Con- | suls from Cuba at this time, say it pre- | sents many phases of interest. They | point out that such withdrawals must | PATRIOTIC NAMES FOR AUXILIARY CRUISERS. Ships Bought From the Morgan Line not want to see the Cubans compelled to enter into a dicker to secure their rights after the Spaniards shall have been driven out.” Senator Lodge of the Committee on necked attitude, since their interven- tion may be advantageous to Spain. It thinks the key to the situation is in Senor Sagasta's hand, and, although is the paper which has WASHINGTON, April 8 —Secretary Long to-day decided upon the names of the new auxiliary cruisers acquired by the Government from the Morgan | designed to pretect them from any trouble which might result from the | ! strained feelings between Spain and | this country. In a week, suggested one | official to-day, they may have returneq | the Epoca nd that was caused this| Steamship line. The names are select- | Foreign Relations said to-day that he | 5 ht most consistently lately against - : i@ morning when a big curl of smoke ed for the ships are peculiarly Ameri- | thought the committee would not report ‘: me}r vosifions, it trauble Pfl““”!;‘:‘:fie‘ it will say that the country does that G came from MorroCastle, and a moment | can and are especlally significant, in before Tuesday. He also expressed the [N€ tWO countries should be averted. var unless forced into con- President Mc ey t the d& - later the report of a big gun was heard. R not want war falt ¥ n & pretty safe in- | st 'the U d on_that he is not fit to get any ~eiiaie office, bét it is also a painful lustration | remain her of the virulency of the officeseeking | America E microbe.—St. Paul Ploneer S, sEuNNNuNNNT NRNRNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSS P2B2B2LPL00080000PCPOUNURNRRBUN cans in Havana is prob- Lee is Spain's rd goes about s0 ort put in. " A PATRIOT FOR OFFICE. President McKinley said to a persist- officeseeker the other da ni T t he is re- critical con- ke. He has w office appointment at a get i r nt in houndmgb“( w, would not only OFFER MADE FOR SPRECKELS TUGS The work of preparing the country for any emergency which may arise out of the Spanish difficulties has not been negiected on this coast. From all parts of the Atlantic seaboard reports have reached here of the activity of the Government in buying up, or getting an option on vessels of all descriptions, but little has been heard of the preparation for the defense of the Pacific Coast. Naval officers in the employ of the Government have been working quietly, however, and have in- spected many vessels with & view of purchasing them outright, or at least securing an option on them in case of difficulties, and the.re- sult of this has been gratifying in the extreme. Owners of vessels have been ready and willing at all times to make the most reasonable of- fers, and Uncle Sam's agents are more than pleased with the display of patriotism and willing self-sacrifice of shippers in the far West. Yesterday two of these gentlemen called on Mr. John D. Spreckels and asked for an option on the tugs Fearless, Vigllant and Alert, three of the largest and best equipped boats in his it Mr. Spreckels at once informed them that at the present time the vessels were neither for sale nor would he give an option on them, but in case the Gov- ernment at any time was in need of the boats they were at its dis- posal at & most reasonable price. The report went out that a shot had been fired to stop an outgoing vessel, but it soon became known that the shot was merely a test of the latest big gun A man | ho feels that he cannot walt for a post- time_like this does not_deserve the place and will not " The fact that any man could be | he President just PR2B2P20D2B82020830080NNNRNRURUN | that they appeal to all parts of the opinion that the Senate would dispose N flict. country. [EIl Norte is to be hereafter | of the resolution reported at one sit- | Some of the adulterations found in| i | known as the Yankee, El Rio as the! ting. t beer are cocculus indicus, c&peicum"hsfl;‘('erldGsl;l‘\'oe?,a‘txnzorle';lgg: l(;tnr{n‘;re, Dixie. El Sol 2s the Prairie, and El | ginger, quassia, wormwood, calamus | B0 { v | Embassadors of the powers. Rumors T e acta ander seeds. | have been circulated that the failure of tar, alum, carbonate of notash ground the Pope's efforts was owing to the at- oyster shells, nux vomica, pierotum and | strychnine. —_— Sud as the Yosemite. | In 1821 Great Britain had 8872,000 { —— | houses, whose rental value was £2,- | When a young lion reaches the aga | 000,000; now there are more than 7,100, | of two years, it is able to strangle or | 000 houses, of the rental value of £135,- | pull down a horse or an ox. 1 000,000, ciature here has issued the following note: “The Nunciature has to-day higher hopes than ever of the success of the papal intervention. It is not true that I » Pope’s intervention in favor of peace. | Such impoliteness would be the more impolitic, not only because it would display a barbarous intolerance, but because, however much any rson might be the Pope’s enemy, it would b2 impossible to misinterpret the voice of the venerable old man will recommend the preservation of peace. On the other | hand, the Catholics of North America would never pardon such a disregard of the vicar-genera! of their church.™ pers is one of satisfaction at the in- terference of the European powers, as showing that the latter realize Spain's determined attitude against further concessions to America. Some doubt |is expressed, however. as to the re- concert repeat the Cretan performance. The concert has a weakness for the stronger side, and may exact coneces- sion from Spain offensive to Spanish g_rgde and harmful to Spanish interests. erefore the papers warn the Min- istry to trust to Spain only. El Correo the Carlist organ, publishes a letter from the Marquis Ca- vero, a Carlist general in the last war, | | | g i t & E of Public Works. It is as follows: “T do not know your president nor fellow ministers. Therefore, I address fering my humble services in of the country’s danger. I am e ‘without s Don party, owing of the case. I “.' educated at the tary college o i Sagena, hour Car- ~- The Armored Cruiser Garibaldi, Which' Has Just Been Purchased by Spain From the ltalian Goy ment. l She has on board Owen McGarr, Consul at Cienfuegos, and near- 1y one hundred United States citizens. At the time this dispatch is filed the name of the vessel is not made ~e the destinations been made known. American citizens who desire to do so, | not a warship from Cuba to the penin- | will have left the cities where they are | sula. We could then say to America: | re- | and the intervention of the great pow- | titude of the United States. The Nun- | President McKinley has repected ths | The general tone of the evening pa-l sult of intervention, lest the European | addressed to Count Xiquena, Minister | It is expected that to-morrow American State Department will to the southern coast of Cuba and and other Americans at four ports. PPV EPPPPPOPOOPOPQS® R R R R R R R RO RN RORCORCRR R I S footing on the first ship to meet the enemy. Nor am I alone in this request. There are thousands of Carlists ready to follow and to defend Spain.” CANNOT GET AWAY FROM THE PHILIPPINES. American Consul at Manila May Have to Seek Safety at the British Consulate. NEW YORK, April 8.—A Washington special to the Herald says: The State Department has received a dispatch from the Amerfcan Consul at Manila, Philippine Islands, stating that he could not cbey the instructions of the department to leave his post, because there is no ship at the port sailing to Hongkong. In e he should be un- able to get away before war occurs he will be directed to place himself under the protection of the British Consul. S e Of the locomotives on the railways in the United Kingdom 981 per cent are fitted with automatic brakes, and 99 per cent of the carriages and other vehicles attached to pasesnger trains are simi- larly equipped. 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