The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1898, Page 2

[&] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1898. DE BERNABE PREPARING TO RETURN HOME The Spanish Minister Stops At- tending Social Awaits Recall to Madrid. L4 WASHINGTON, April 14—The Spanish Minister, Senor Polo de & Bernabe, has made final preparations for his departure from Wash- © ington, but no actual step in that direction will be taken until spe- & cific instructions are received from Madrid. Up to the present time @ there have been no such instructions and no intimations that they & were about to come, but the preparations for removal have been com- @ pleted in view of the condition of affairs. @ The official archives, which constitute the most important posses- sion ¢ in char fill dor screened door. from Madrid, the Spanish legation, e of the French Emba 'n or more large cas The to ve the archives and act temporarily in behalf of the Spanish Government. At the same time a call by the French Embassador to the Spanish I tion, and a return call by Senor Polo de Bernabe to the French Er -, brought about an understanding as to what steps would be ta u)u n in the event of the retirement of the Minister. he Spanish Minister has continued to accept the so- cial courtesies extended to him, these being numerous and including @ © the h ality of Cabinet officers and others high in the Government & 5 In view, however, of the reports of the Foreign Committee in @ and of the grave trend of affairs, he has decided not to ac- @ @ «‘w]xl further courtesies of this character, as it necessarily involves his & coming into close personal relations with public men who may have in his judgment, unwarranted denuncia- pé ated in the severe, and, tion of Spain in offictal reports. the pa debate—wo avoidable. spicuous step, to war. On the contrary, der ther been @ e The House resolutions now lie upon in the Senate awaiting the d outlined. There is no likeli their adoption by the Senate. »e supported by comparatively | the table position hood o Th few votes. Whether the House he YW will accept the Senate resolutions in the manner de- ved is a question not definitely settled, but there was - nsiderable dis- cussion among members to-day and a willingness expressed to accept the Senate resolution. The Senate adjourned soon after 6 | o'clock this evening to attend Senator Morrill's birthday party. The resolu- tions declaring for intervention in Cuba upon which thc momentous issue of war depends were left hanging in the air. No agreement of any kind as to the time for taking a vote was reached. No- tice was given by Senator Davis, chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Re- lations, that the session which begins at 10 o'clock to-morrow ~shall be con- tinuous until a vote is taken. Under ordinary circumstances it would be easy to predict that a vote will be reached at a late hour 1d even now there is a strono ty that may be the result. At the same time it must not be forgotten that half a dozen Senators are determined to delay final action .to the last moment, and Senator Wellington of Maryland, whose pro- Spanish views are extreme, loudly, and even frantically, exclaimed in the Senate just before adjournment | to-night that no vote should be taken at any time with his consent. It is probable that when the list speakers, which is quite long, has been exhausted, that no ator will undertake the re- sponsibili of beginnine filibustering tactics. ere are now more than | v Senators scheduled for speeches. ng Senators Cullom, Daniel. | Frye, Tillman, Wolcott, Spooner, Chil- ton, Platt of Connecticut, Cannon, Pet- tigrew, Proctor, Burrows, Bacon, Wel- lington, Stewart, Caffery, Hawley, White and Rawlins. Some of the Senators, however, will be content with ten minutes’ talk. merely for the purpose of defining their position, and fully half of them will forego the vleasure of hearing their voices, if by this seli-denial the vote can be sooner reached. At a late hour to-morrow night, therefore, if the present tacit under- standing be not disarranged, the will be taken. If it is delaved it will be because the statement from Spain that the Cortes have been summoned to meet in extra session next Wednesday | offers to the conservatives another hope | oi possible action on the part of Spain in the direction of further propositions. Rumors were current to-day of nego- tiations between Gomez and the Span- ish Government for the purchase of the island, and the conservatives are unani- mously of the opinion that if the Cubans and the Spanish can come to an agree- ment the administration will be able to settle the Maine matter on the basis of arbitration, as suggested by Spain, and thus all cause of friction will be re- moved. There is no doubt that every effort will be made by the conservatives to-morrow to prevent a vote. They suc- ceeded to-day in preventing an agree- ment, and they may be equally success- ful to-morrow. When the vote is finally taken, however, it will result in the adop- tion of the Senate resolutions un- changed. This is the present out- look. Drills of the Naval Reserves. SANTA CRUZ, April 14.—The Naval Reserves in response to orders to drill twice a w Lek will drill on Mondays and Thur: There will be no more land drills. recruit the company a number of young men are enlisting and joining the ranks of the local company. — Lands Leased for Grazing. WOODLAND, April 14.—General Clunfe and Judge Bridgeford of San Francisco | to-day leased £00) acres of tule land just above Knights Landing, on the Sutter side of the river. It will be used fur grazing sheep. The water is going off &r4 the pasture promises to be fine. have been sealed in readiness to be placed dor at Washington, each protected by transfer of these documents has not been ordered , nor has the foreign office at Par! It is the feeling in diplomatic circles that under ordinary circum- *tion in Congress—the report of the two Foreign commit- ge of resolutions by the House, and the character of the make it incumbent on the Spanish without further waliting eventualities, which are now regarded as un- But against this it is known that the Spanish Government will not either by the withdrawal of the Minister or by any other con- place itself in a position of having invited a recourse the entire policy at Madrid, is to remain passive until the United States not only makes the ten- of war, but executes it by unmistakable overt acts. eloped as the unmistakable policy of Spain that she will resist armed intervention in Cuba as an attack upon her sovereignty. LRORCRCRCROROR R R R XCR R R R 2 2 A R R A R R R R R R A R CRCR R to-morrow | of | the vote will be taken, and | vote | Functions and M. Cambon. a heavy They wire s instructed M. Cambon Qo RO R R RN OR R RO ORC RO R R Minister to leave it is stated, It has fur- y@@@QOGQ@@G@@Q‘“J@@ & @ THE FRENCH IRE EXCITED Sympathy of Press and People Is Clearly With | the Spanish. | It Is Believed, Nevertheless, | That the Government Will Remain Neutral. Americans in Paris Point Out That Americans Have No Need to Get Angry at This Time. | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. PARIS, April 14.—The feeling here fif‘ | both the pr and the public i strong against the United Stat pecially since President McKinley’s | | message. Mr. McKinley is compared to Pontius Pilate and the American | Congress is accused of a buccaneering | spirit which it is feared will extend to the pos s of other nations as well as those of Spain. There is fe sh activity at the Gov- | ernment dockyards in completing ves- | sels and rearming old ones. Frenchmen are quite indignant at| the suggestion that the United States| will possibly decline privateering. and | | the powers in consequence may force | | Spain also to renounce the privilege. It | is believed that the Government will preserve a strict neutrality. n residents in Paris are in- ely excited. The idea of war is l\ul‘ | very popular among them, but the bet- ting is very brisk at all the Amc resorts. Mr. Henry Vignaud, secretary | of the United States Embassy, in the | is reported ng that he considers w although America de; and does not desire to annex The hour has struck, he believes, .the severance of Cuba from Spain. “France has no need to appear shock- | | ed,” said Mr. Vignaud, “at the sup- | posed motives of the United $ | They are the same that prompted her | | to assist the American colonies in the | war of Independence, yet the position of America as a British colony was | rurl superior to that of downtrodden | Cuba. MADRID, April 15.—(Via Paris).— | The groups forming the majority in| Parliament will meet next Tuesday:. Senor Sagasta will confer to-morrow | with the leaders of the minority, ex- }pluin to them the reasons for hasten- {Ing the assembling and arrange with | them to constitute the new chamber as | rapidly as possible in the hope of be- | ing able to begin public business by | Saturday, the 23d. The Washington correspondent of EI | Imparcial declares that the United States is “sending troops to the fron- tier of Mexico for protection against a volunteer guerrilla invasion.” DID JAPAN ARM THE PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS. Facts Connected With the Last Up- rising Puzzle the Spanish Authorities. MADRID (via Bayonne), April 14.—A | r inevita- | | |arms the executiv | dignation of the Americans | logical and pr: au\cal corollary | Spanish cruelt | as the fee | Chronicle thinks it - | gage volicy | spondent, NOT PRETTY, BUT HUMAN English Comment on the Scene in the House on Wednesday. On the Whole John Bull Ap- proves of the United States. Does Not Like the American Method of Making a Declaration of War. Speclal Dl*pnn.h m The Call. LONDON, April ‘J—The afternoon papers to-day print long comments on “the evil of leaving the issue of peace or war in the hands of Congress.” Not one of the papers, however, questions the duty of the United States to inter- | vene in Cuba, but they are disposed to | iticize the methods proposed The Westminster Gazette sa; sihe scene in the House and the Senate’s in- | sulting report in regarddto the Maine are hardly edifying, but they are the ons of the constitution which dis- and compel the last | steps in a most perilous crisis to be taken in blazing publicity. It is im- possible not to sympathize with the in- and the nn lectures which some of the British newspapers are administering | to America are ridiculous. Still, there is a feeling that the two countries are marching to an unavoidable calamity. The Pall Mall Gazette expresses the opinion that the resolutions of the House of Representatives were *the of the ge,” adding: *“The scene in the was not pretty, but it was quite On the eve of war it is natural that people should be excited.” Referring to the comments Tmes on the Gazette say: of the ituation the Pall Mall | “The committee was | not meaning peace, nor is President McKinley. He has done all he could to that end and in a way which should secure his fame, but he knows where | statesmanlike moderation and tact be- | come weakn: The other afternoon papers have but little patience with the sermon of the| Times. They freely u(‘knuwledf!e that | the Americans have shown ‘extreme patience under the most terrible provo- | ’ eulogize the crusad® against nd refer to the news- papers which criticize the United States as being the same “who supported the Turks against Armenia and the slave owners against the slaves.” The m¢ dispatches from the all of the same tenor. war is i continent, nearly The belief that itable is universal as well ng of hostility to the United States. The papers also contain numer- ous articles speculating upon the effect of war upon securities, the and other interests. The Times says editorially: ‘“‘Spain’s | note to’ the powers can have no effect | except perhaps to delay the issue. The powers will certainly not. intervene, while if they did neither the United | States nor Spain would listen. doubtful whether, even Iif President | McKinley regained his authority over | the situation, he could stem the | tide of pnpulnr sentiment in America for war.” able result of the peculiar pro- | " | less instrumental in starting the active ing papers are filled with | THE POWERS [NDIFFERENT France and Austria Want to Move to Save the Spanish. Doubtful Whether Germany and Russia Will Join in the Action. Unless All of Them Unite in the Step the Effort Will Be ‘W asted. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call, Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, April 14, It was learned to-night in high diplo- | matic quarters that an exchange of | notes had been begun between the Eu- | ropean capitals with a view of making strong representations on the Spanish- ‘.\nlell('dn situation. In the same con- | | nection, an informal meeting of the | | Embassadors and Ministers in the city | | of the six great powers of Europe was | held late in the day. Several of the | foreign establishments received cable | | advices from their Governments to- | night as to the opening of the exchange ‘of notes. This had been anticipated, in view of the prevailing sentiment in all the foreign quarters here that the | action thus far taken in Congress made war inevitable. This common opinion | had been officially reported to the seve- (ral European capitals and it was doubt- exchange between the great powers to- day. The same exchange occurred a week ago as a preliminary to the joint | note of the great powers presented to | President McKinley, mildly urging a | peaceful settlement with Spain. It is \undexsum , however, that the present | movement is not of the same mild char- ‘a(lz-l as the former one. Simultaneous with the opening of the ‘emhunge. word came from Madrid that | the Spanish Government was about to | issue another appeal to the great pow- ers of Europe. It is understood that | this appeal is an initiatory to the con- | certed action of the powers, and. there |is an apparent agreement in advance that the appeal will receive favorable consideration. It is said that the Spanish appeal will | recite her grievances against the United | States, stating in detail the many con- cessions she has made, and pointing out that it was in response to the urg- ent representation of the powers that the last concession of an armistice was granted. If the powers determine to act their | influence will be particularly directed | | toward inducing the United States to | grant ain sufficient time within which to try the armistice recently pro- claimed. | During the recent joint action of the erted at Madrid, the | Washington being the courteous ex- pression of hope for peace, but the | present movement contemplates that | | the influence shall be exerted at Wash- | ington rather than at Madrid, and it i8 | only action at | Tt is | the common Belicf in diplomatic quar- |ly discussed at this conference. ters that the! Madrid authorities have | | reached the limit of concessions, and | should now be given adequate time to | try what they and the powers have offered as a means of restoring peace SPANIARDS IN CHILE PLOTTED TO BLOW IT UP Why the Gunboat Marietta Was So Well Protected by the Valpa- raiso @Authorities. Copyrighted, 183, by James Gordon Bennett. VALPARAISO, Chile, April 14—I am informed on authority which cannot be disputed, but which I am not at liberty to give, that there was a plot to injure the United States gunboat Marietta while she to the arrival of the Marietta the United States consulat: in Valparaiso was informe¢ by trustworthy persons that an attempt against the gunboat was contemplated by was in this port. Just prior Spanish subjects in Chile. to protect the warship. = annLuuuRNLRNNS THE PLANS T0 INVADE CUBA Two American Armies Will Be Landed on the Island. One in the West Will at Once Lay Siege to the City of Havana. The Other in the East Will Join the Insurgents in the Field. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 14—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Lieu- tenant Colonel A. L. Wagner, chief of the military information division of the War Department and member of the markets | Powers their main influence was exX- | army and navy Gefense board, was in consultation for several hours to-day with the naval war board regarding plans for intervention in Cuba. Com- | prehensive plans for the co-operation of the army and navy were exhaustive- The first step of the administration in car- rying out the wishes of Congress when they have been expressed by the pas- sage of the resolutions empowering in- The fly Chronicle, from what it |in Cuba. There is no suggestion, how- | tervention of the President to end the cann s Y known correspondent sign- | ever, that this influence at present will | war in Cuba, will be to make a formal ing himself “Anglo-Saxon,” prints a | be of material character, but it is ex-|demand upon Spain to withdraw her remarkable letter advocating an An- | pected to be an assertion of all the|forces from Cuba, and leave the in- glo-American alliance to compel the [ moral influence of the powers in check- | surgents in undisputed possession of liberation of Cuba without war by an |ing tendencies which, it is believed, in- | 1yo"q1and. A copy of the resolution overwhelming display of force. evitably will lead to war. Up to a late Commenting on this letter the Dally | an opportune mo- | ment to seek to bring about such an alliance or entente, especially in view | of the common interests of the United States and Great Britain in China.” The Morning Post advi act promptly, “‘as every da creases the probability that the force against her will be stronger than it now.” Commenting upon the disturb- ance of the balance of power from America’s annexation of Cuba, the Post says: “Our children will probably egret the policy of isolation England has pursued, which has left Europe di vided and made all the European pow- ers passive onlookers at a process | wi is agreeable to none of them.” The Daily Graphic, referring to enator Hoar's statement that Presi- dent McKinley still believes in the pos- sibility of peace, says: “The United States is pledged to the bag-and-bag- and its only chance of averting war is by climbing down.” The Daily News, commenting upon a dispatch from its Washington corre- who continues hopeful of peace and asserts that it is believed at ‘Washington that President McKinley is acting upon a “plan agreed upon by the six European powers,” says: “De- spite the optimistic views of our cor- respondent we fear that the chances of peace are slender.” | SAGASTA SAYS SPAIN IS CAUTIOUS. | Madrid Government Absolutely Re- solved Not to Provoke Hostilities With Uncle Sam. LONDON, April 15.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Daily Mail, tele- graphing at 5 o’clock Thursday after- noon, says: “I have just had a conversation with Senor Sagasta, who assured me that the Government was absolutely re- solved not_to provoke hostilities with America. He added: ‘I should be ex- tremely sorry were the country to lose | its present self-possession because of the incessant menaces addressed to us by the United States. We are striving with all our might to repress the na- tional excitement. While others are s Spain to | delay in- | letter just received here from the Phil- | carrying on agitation with as much ippine Islands says that all the troops | cleverness as Don Carlos has displayed which were embarking for Spain at|in his recent manifesto, I hope the the time the communication was mailed | Pelicy and action of the’ Government | In response to orders to | | were marched hurriedly to various towns in the interior, bellion against Spanish rule has been | renewed. It is added that over 2000 well-armed men are now in the field. There have been several engagements and a number of Spanish priests have been massacred. Nobody appears to know how the Philippine insurgents, who had been disarmed, according to general report, were rearmed, but the belief prevails that Japan had a hand in the matter. The captain-general of the Philippine Islands, it is further alleged, has been concealing the facts in the case from the Government. e £ To Get Half Pay While Away. NEW YORK, April 14.—The Ameri- can Express Company has notified such of its employes as are members of the National Guard and the Naval Re- serves of the several States, that if | called upon in case of war with Spain, they will be allowed half pay during such service and upon their return to duty with the'company will be given their former pay and posmona. where the re- | | wili inspire confidence in the country. | Just as we are careful now of giving any cause of offense to the Uffited | States, so will we, if necessary, display | all possible energy to defend the honor | and interests of Spain.’” e Negotiating for Torpedo Catchers BERLIN, April 15.—According to ad- vices from Kiel the United States is negotiating for the purchase of the tor- pedo-catchers Timburi and Tupy, now being built at the German yards for Brazil, which offers more ships for sale. Holland also is inclined to sell and Tupy are among the fastest vessels in the world, capable of twenty-three knots an hour. It is said here that all the American officers on furlough in Europe have been ordered home forthwith. Owing to the millions of Germans in America the excitement in Berlin is intense. Nearly all the papers refer in strong language to President McKinley’'s mes- sage and the public is strongly against the United States. l two armored cruisers. The Timburi| hour to-night word had not been re- ceived at the various foreign establish- ments that any common basis of joint action had been reached, although it | | was the general impression that there | would be little difficulty in arriving at this common ground, in view of the | ling sentiment abroad. It is not ain, however, that all of the are ready for the step of this | Germany has of late shown tion to avoid exerting strong s on the United States. Rus- sia is also thought to be somewhat in- different. France and Austria are most | active in the present movement, as| they were in the former one. powers charact “’hether all six great powers are ready to Join | in the movement is in doubt, and | without this united action it is felt | that the force of such influence would | | be lost. | THESE ARE STRICTLY WAR MEASURES. Care of Coast Defenses Provided For, and a Bill for Four Hundred Thousand Volunteers. NEW YORK, April 14.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Gen- eral orders were issued to-day by Sec- | retary Alger to place the care of coast | defenses and the direction of all unfin- | ished work at fortifications within their respective departments, under the‘ direction and command of Major- Gen-i eral Wesley Merritt, commanding the‘ Department of the Bast; Brigadier- | General William R. Shafter, command- ing the Department of California. and Brigadier-General Willlam M. Graham,“ cnmmandlng the Department of the Gulf. This is directly a war measure. Ac- | companying the orders to general offi- | cers explicit instructions were sent for work to be hastened at all points as rapidly as possible. I It is stated upon high authority at the War Department that orders to | | concentrate troops and National Guards, previously designated in the Herald, probably will be issued before the end of the week. It was also sald at the department that it is probable | that not less than 100,000 men will com- | prise the first call for troops. In order to empower the President to enlist vol- unteers for service for outside the United States, Representative Handy of Delaware is expected to introduce in | the Hcuse to-morrow a bill authorizing the acceptance of 400,000 vclunteers. This does not mean that 400,000 volun- teers are to immediately be called for, but fixes that number as the limit| which may be called into service upon emergency. g China Declines to Sell. LONDON, April 15.—The Shanghal correspondent of the Times says: China has declined to sell to the United States three cruisers that are being bullt for her in Germany, although the Ameri- can agents offered to replace them with four vessels. Got e Has No Ships for Sale. LONDON, April 15.—A dispatch to the Dispatch from Rotterdam says: Spain approached the Holland-Ameri- can line, which replied that it had no ships for sale. —_— e To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- E“"‘ refund the money if it fails to cure. 2ec. | hie genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablen. will accompany these demands. It is understood that active work of the army in Cuba, as at present planned by the joint board of the army and navy, contemplates sending troops to Cuba in two grand divisions. One of these divisions will land in the neigh- borhood of Havana on the side of the city where the defenses are weakest, and there will entrench and lay siege to the city in conjunction with the naval blockade to be maintained out- side of the harbor. The other division of the army, it is understood, will operate in the eastern end of the island, supporting the insur- gents and supplying them with all ne- cessary arms. ‘While a few days may be given to | Spain in which to reply to the Presi- dent’s demand, orders to concentrate |the available troops of the regular army in the South, to mobilize the Na- tional Guard and to direct the naval forces to be in readiness to execute the campaign plans which have been pre- Iparpd will be issued in advance of her reply, which, it is believed by the au- thorities, will be made by her warships rather than by her diplomats. The insurgents, on account of their acquaintance with the topography and existing conditions in the island, will be relied upon in great measure to di- rect the details and scope of the mili- tary operations. Supported by United States troops they will advance toward Havana from the east in an effort to drive the Spanish army toward that | city. The plan is to ultimately con- solidate the two divisions of the army around Havana and thus reduce the city by siege upon all sides. The re- duction of Matanzas forms a part of the department plans. The navy will take the initiative in the administration plans of interven- tion. The Key West fleet, under Coms modore Sampson, will at once sail for Havana, and the flying squadron, un- der Commodore Schley, will make a dash for Porto Rico. If active inter- vention is to be made as quickly as the situation now indicates is probable, the Spanish naval forces will not have time to arrive in the Gulf of Mexico tn render material assistance in defense of lzle Spanish possessions. WILL BUY AND NOT CHARTER THE VESSELS. The Government About Decided to Purchase the St. Louis and St. Paul and Man Them. NEW YORK, April 14—A Washing- ton special 80 the Herald says: Sec- retary Long will finally determine to- morrow either to charter the American line steamers St. Louis, St. Paul, Parig and New York, or to purchase out- right the St. Louis and St. Paul. There is reason to believe that the charter proposition has been discussed with President Griscom of the American line who was at the Navy Department to- day, but from indications it looks as though the Government will buy the St. Louis and St. Paul. There is a possibility that the department may determine to direct the formation of a board of appraisers to purchase the St. Louis and St. Paul in case there should be any disagreement as to the price to be paid for them by the Government. It has been determined by the Navy Department to use the Naval Militia on board merchant ships, but it can be stated authoritatively that such organ- izations will be impressed into service as battalions, that is, they will not be separated and distributed among sev- enu vessels. Immediately upon receipt of this information United States Minis- ter Henry L. Wilson, Consul John F. Caples and Vice-Consul August Moller Jr. called upon the Governor of the province and laid the matter before him. This explains the unexpected trip of the United States Minister from Santiago to Valparaiso. % of the American representatives and the facts in the case the Gover- nor immediately gave assurance that the city and maritime authorities would take precautions to protect the Marietta and extended the Min- ister a cordial welcome to officers and seamen. Marjetta no greater vigilance could have been exercised by the Chil- ean authorities had the safety of one of her own warships been de- pendent upon them. Before the gunboat sailed the American Minister, the Consul and Vice-Consul, accompanied by Captain Symonds of the Marietta, called upon the Governor, and on behalf of the United States Government thanked the Chilean authorities for what had been done &8 2 & <3 . % 8 2 Once acjuainted with the fears o | &% % o '3 | During the stay of the B '233;28.9235“3852%5832833285!‘89!9’3’338" | TROOPS GOING T0 THE FRONT Twenty-Fifth Infantry at Chattanooga En Route to Key West. Not a Man in the Ranks But| ¢ Is Chock Full of Fight. All the Peopls of the.South Are Struck With the War Enthusiasm. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 14.— | The Twenty-fifth Infantry arrived here this afternoon and, with the exception of two companies, which left for Key West in the early part of the even- ing, it is quartered in the cars until to morrow morning, when they will go into camp at Chickamauga Park. The detachment which left for Key West will reach there some time to- morrow night. The nearer to Key West the regiment gets the more full of fight do the sol- | diers become. A restaurant man said | to a group of them: “I don’t see “ha.t‘ they are sending you fellows to Cuba | for; you can’t fight,” whereupon he | was promptly knocked down and out. The warm reception given the regi- ment late yesterday afternoon was re- | peated at Nashville this morning, and | at every place along the line, especiallv | by the colored people. Fully 2000 peo- | ple were crowded into the depot at Chattanooga to welcome them B.nd‘ cheer after cheer was given. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 14. —H any doubt existed n’garding the pat- riotism and warlike feeling of the resi- dents of Illing Indiana and Tennes- see, along the Chicago and Eastern Illi- nois Railroad, it would have been swept away by the reception given the] Twenty-fifth Infantry as it passed along. At every town, on every street crossing and on the depot platforms men waved their '‘arms in frantic token of approval and in most instances sec- onded their gestures by yells. In the larger towns, where the train stopped for a few moments, the crowd piled so closely in upon the cars that it was im- possible for the soldiers to leave the train at all “I was among those who answercd the first call in 1861,” said the com- manding officer, Colonel Andrew Burt, to-day, “and these scenes along the way are very similar to those that greeted us as we went to the front thirty-seven years ago.” At one small station where the train stopped for water the Colonel said to the men on the platform: “Are you going to follow us, boys, if war comes?” “We are coming right after you,” shouted several, and Colonel Burt climbed back into the train with the remark: “I guess those follows are all right.” The men of the Twenty-fifth are full of fight and it was shown in good style last night as the train left Terra Haute. A youn~ fellow on the platform shouted in joke: ‘“Hurrah for Spain!” and in- stantly there was a break by several soldiers to reach him. They were held back by the non-commissfoned officers, ;\}11(0 explained that it was r.eant as a oke. “That don’t matter,” was the reply. “Let mnobody tell us ‘Hurrah for Spain!’ " NAVAL NEWS IS NOW KEPT SECRET. While Uncle Sam Is Buying and Arming Vessels Their Movements ‘Will Not Be Made Public. WASHINGTON, April 14—The most pronounced development in the Navy Department to-dcy was the issuance of an order prohibiting the giving out of movements of vessels. Since the be- ginning of the present crisis the de- partment has been gradually closing in th> lines of information and to-day the official order went out that the custom of posting ship movements should cease. . It was explained that in view of existing conditions this was deemed necessary, and hereafter no movements | whatever will be made public. One more auxiliary cruiser was pur- | chased to-day, the steamer Venezuela of the Red Line. She will immediately be sent to shipy..rd for refitting. Secre- tary Long stated at the close of office hours to- dny that the steamship Paris and the New York had not yet passed into the possesion of the department. It is understood, however, that as soon as the question of terms can be set- tled these ves: :ls will be placed on the naval list along with the St. Louis and St.- Paul, of the same line. It is also stated that negotiations are under way for the purchase of the _lolland sub- marine torpedo boat Plunger. The de- partment is now awaiting the report of the board which was ordered to in- | Regale and Guanabacoa. | a white flag that can be seen by every- | body who travels on the railroad bes spect this novel craft. SOME REBELS HAVE YIELDED The First Cuban Insur- to Accept the Armistice. gents They Camp Near Havana and Run Up the White Flag. Spanish Newspaper Goes Out of Its Way to Slur Miss Clara Barton. Copyrighted, 1508, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, April 14 —A rebel band, | the first to give sign that it will yield | or accept the terms of the armistice, Cambute, between It has raised is encamped near tween the two towns. Regale Is a small town opposite Ha< vana with which it is connected by a ferry. The distance beiween Regale and Guanabacoa is about three miles. The military trocha runs about two miles beyond Guanabacoa, which is in~ cluded within the fortified limits of Havana. It was near Cambute that Colonel Arangueren, the insurgent leader, held up a theater train and captured nine Qpa.mah officers about a year and a half ago. s\enors Giberga, Dolz and Viondiof the autonomist Cabinet will leave to-mor- row for Puerto Principe on board a spe- cial steamer to hold conferences with the rebel Gover! nt. El Diarrio ito, the military daily organ, says editorially: “Not the rebels, but the United States are the real enemy of Spain. The rebels are merely the contemptible instrument of astute discinles ¢f Monroe and Blaine, serving the prodigious schemes of Me- Kinley. Lee and Senatorial speculators will make fortunes. Yankee selfishness is exemplified in the preparing at the uth of negro battalion- to fight in Cuba, so that no Yankee can lose his ; 41 El Correo says that Miss Clara Bar- ton, president of the Red Cross Society in the United States, left many debts behind her, aLd says “There is no- body to pa: New Cruiser at New York. NEW YORK, April 14.—The cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans dropped anchor off Tompkinsville, Staten Island, shortly after 9 o’clock to-night. Both hips reported them- selv in good trim. The trip from Halifax was uneventful. Mrs. Woodford at Biarritz. BIARRITZ, April 14—Mrs. Wood- ford, wife of the United States Min- ster to Spain, arrived here last even- ng at the Grand Hotel, having come | from Paris. Death of John Barrett. 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