The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 18, 1898, Page 1

The Tall VOLUME L XXTIT.— SAN FRANCISCO, M AY, APRIL 18, 1898 — EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. WARLIKE PLANS ARE YET IN PROGRESS SPAIN IS PLAYING A LOW GAME Ministers Await Action of Congress Before Tak- ing Final Stand. . Castilians of All Classes Are Most Patriotic, and if War Enpsues They Will Fight Stoutly for Their Boy King. e LONDON, April 17.—The Ma- | give their mite to the Government. ¥ drid correspondent of the Daily | Many officials on small salaries have £ Mail, telegraphing Sund | resolved to offer one day's pay and ¥ 7 situation is identical with ¥f| EVSR: tWo to the Goyernment Boys o : eas he Ministers 0§ under age are asking permission to of terday, the Ministers serve in the army, thefr parents having o rving an awaiting attitude. | already assented. Some popular bull- o y believe that by Wednesday ¥/ fighters, whose performances are worth ¥ or Thursday the two houses of | hundreds of thousands of francs year- will have definitely & |1¥, have resolved to abandon their vo- o d as to the line of action, & | ;ul;‘\nsf a}r:d lsh(&ulder rifles in defense ‘E' un:‘. that the course of events Lt Ullhz‘,gth;;a; iong and Interesting £ will then depend upon President | conversation with a diplomatic repre- =3 © | sentative of one of the European In the meantime the draft of the | Powers, who requested me not to men- TR e he name or his nationality, who £ S Ithough war sees certain, on Wednesday, | the possibility of peace is not yet elim- y drawn up. It is| worded, but prob- | modifications in ac: that may tak merica during the next few inated. The negotiations are proceed- in without interruption and success is still possible. Personally, I must say o | that it will be very difficult to main- _ | tain peace. The excitement on both sides of the Atlantic is too strong to be opposed _successfully by the Govern- ments. But what I am certain of is this: That there will be no real war in | the ordinary sense of the word. Hos- tilities will end almost as soon as they begin, because Europe will mediate be- tween the belligerents under conditions which will tend to be extremely favor- able to peace with honor for both sides. It is then that the marked moderation vrvl' the Spanish Government will bear ruit. “The idea of armed intervention by irope is absurd and unfounded.. Not e power is disposed to support such a suggestion, although all admit that from the point of view of international law Spain is in the right and the Unit- | ed States in the wrong. It seems to being | me, therefore, that Spain will yet en- the external crisis. Many | Joy an opportunity of trying the exper- and DEnutics arriving | iment of Cuban autonomy. The Min- believed in political circles | ISters are certain that their moderate, Tebates in the two chambers | Peacefulpolicy, which has made a SR % > TS| great impression upon FEurope, will brief, and that no party of | sooner or later bear good fruft and that of or n will refuse to | this aspect of peace is not yet disposed t the fullest finan- | of- At all events negotiations beti.een of an interna. | the representatives of the powers con- @ 1 D tinue and great hopes are placed in 3 them.” panish report on the Maine ex- | will be ed to-morrow or |ISSUES A CALL TO v. It is said to be very techni- | SUBJECTS OF SPAIN to the disaster | B - It | Consul Torrija Summons Before Him 3 cans | i rym i led documents and d to| R .en et oduce proofs for joint use, as the| delphia. Spanish freely did, thus showing their | PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—Joaquin M. Torrija, the Spanish consul in thjs own good faith. Stringent orders have been issued to | city, has inserted the following notice in the newspapers: the provincial Governors to suppress any disturbances of an anti-American anish subjects residing in this character. city and its consular district are noti- At the Cabinet council Saturda fied to place themselves at the consul- of a sympathetic natt were | ate, No. 222 South Third street. at their S South America, while | earliest convenience.” great patriotic enthusiasm is reported enor Torrija declined to discuss the in the Spanish colonies. The situation | PUrpose of the notice, but from another in the Philippines caused some uneasi- | S0Urce it was learned that the probable Batiitidain - that more re. | °Pject was to complete a registration of all Spanish subjects in this section. ements a ent the st e e e Nothing is officially known here yet TO WATCH MOVEMENTS OF SPANISH WARSHIPS. of the appointment by the Cuban Cclo- nial Government of any commission to | ith the insurgents. Ve Instructions Issued to All American Diplomats at European Ports. vy statements were made yes terday at the Cabinet council as to mil- | { | LONDON, April 17.—Cable advices | were received to-day directing all with events is said that the | are wait for the out- | in the United States | 12 on a line of conduct. | a decides to recognize the in- | ce of Cuba they will carry on | haign with greater vigor than If, on the cther hand, armed ntic s only to be recommended, | e prospect of annexation to fol- | will be such a feeling of dis- | )ng them that they will prefer | solution of the trouble by | e of a fuller measure | ficial circles it 1 decid rnal qu ons are in are shade the Governme se prove t v tele- ita tions made in view of the | ; drid correspondent of the raph, telegraphing Sunday, test enthusiasm is man- | ifested everywhere among the pecple, are subscribing even more than -an afford to the funds for the na- merican diplomatic and consular offi- cials to watch for movements of Span- ish \\'.:Ar craft liqn British waters and to report any such movement to Washing- defc I am acquainted with | ton Immodiately. It 18 suppeeen 1os s who intend to deprive them- | other embassies and consulates have of one meal a day in order to|been similarly instructed. : D R R s T T P Y PO UPTTITUUNE FEAR OF REBUFF RESTRAINS POWERS April 17.—The Washington correspondent of the Her- ald telegraphs: As a resulf of an exchange of notes between the Euro- pean powers in regard to the advisability of concerted action in the His- pano-American question the indications to-night are that no further representations will be made to this Government in the matter. As the matter rests upon so many circumstances, some of them trivial in char- acter, it cannot be said with absolute positiveness at this time what the final result of the notes may be. It was pointed out to me to-night that Lord Salisbury is at Nice, and Mr. Balfour, who is acting as Pre- r, is absent from London and that the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, not having a voice in the policy of the Government, cannot commit Great Britain one way or the other on the proposition made by the Embassadors of France and Austria. I understand that France . and Austria propose to continue their efforts until the last moment, but it is felt here that their labors will be of no avail and that war be- tween the United States and Spain is absolutely unavoidable. So far as making separate representation, it can be authoritatively stated that neither France nor Austria will consider such a thing, knowing full well that it would be rejected by this Government. It can also be stated NEW -YORK, = VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash, assigned to the command of the Department of California, in addition to that of the Columbia, left to-night for San Francisco. Francisco or remain here will depend upon the exigencies of the service. BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY C. MERRIAM, the New Commander of the Department of California. April 17.—General H. C. Merriam, who has been Whether General Merriam will take up his residence In San the Herald says: authorities. [OJOXOJOXOJOJOLOIOXOOXOJOJOXOO] steam to the next home port. is possible to secure. far East. pines. COAL WILL BE A WAR CONTRABAND In So Directing Her Colonies Eng- land Has Taken Action Desired by the President and Navy. NEW YORK, April 17.—A Washington special to In directing her colonies to regard coal as a contraband of war in the event of hostilities between the United States and Spain, Great Britain has taken action, the administration officfals say, in line with the wishes of the President and the naval Pressure will be exerted upon France, Hayti and San Domingo to accomplish the same re- sult, and some attention is being given by the State Department to South American countries, view to securing from them a declaration of the con- traband character of coal as well as an announced determination on their part not to sell either to Span- ish or American men-of-war a supply of fuel greater than that necessary to enable belligerent vessels to So far as the Danish West Indles are concerned the au- thorities have purchased in their ports ail the coal that it With coal declared a contraband of war the administration officials and naval experts say,it! will be impossible for Spanish vessels to operate in the West Indies or in the Pacific, and as a result the chances of suc- | cess for the American amns will be immeasurably enhanced. Great Britain’s declaration of the contraband character of coal will affect the United States at only one point—in the The United States now has at Hongkong a fleet of six vesgels—the cruisers Baltimore, Olympia, Raleigh and Bos- ton, and the gunboats Concord and Pétrel, -and these ships are awaiting the word to rush to Manila. tions of the Philippines should stand off the American fleet for any length of time, the operations of the vessels would be greatly embarrassed, for by England’'s declaration her colonids will be only allowed to furnish either belligerent a supply sufficient to take him to his home port. Appreciat- ing the position assumed by the British, Commodore Dewey, acting under instructions from Secretary Long, has pur- chased a large quantity of coal and has stored it on board of two colliers which will accompany his fleet to the Philip- at with a e00CC0C0CO00O0000 the move. RN X XX RO OO XN QS OROXOKO) Dayvis. If the fortifica- NEW YORK, April 17.—A Washington special to the Herald says: days the army has seen since the civil war. Many of the chiefs of more important military bureaus were at their desks in the War Department practically the entire day, constantly communicating with the mili- tary commanders of the several branches of the army which starts on its journey of concentration to-mor- row, and with their subordinates who are at points of mobilization. Contracts for the transportation of troops from their present stations to the Gulf will be signed to-morrow morning, and in the evening the army intended for the occupation of Cuba will be on PLANS OF THE NAVY AND ARMY. CONCENTRATION OF THE TROOPS Regulars Begin Departing To-Night for the Scene of Mobilization Chickamauga. ’ This was one of the busiest Sun- 0000000000000 O0 Major-General Miles, commanding the army, will go South not Jater than Wednesday night to take command of the army in the fleld and to establish his headquarters, ‘tak- ing with him his three aids, Captains Michler, Mass and Adjutant-General Corbin and Quartermaster-Gen- eral Ladington will also either accompany him.or follow him within the next few days. awaiting the announcement of the commanding general as to who is to constitute the remaining members of his staff. The opposition to the army reorganization bill having been overcome, and its ultimate passage being now assured, the question of providing the necessary number of second licutenants is agitating the authorities at the War Depart- ment. This bill as it will pass in.an amended form will pro- vide for three majors of infantry to each regiment, instead of one, as the army is now organized, and will therefore necessitate the appointment of two new majors to each of the twenty-five regiments. by promotions of senior captains and will consequently pro- mote fifty second lieutenants and create fifty vacancies in the list of second lieutenats of infantry. will be filled by members of this year's graduating class from West Point, by appointments from the ranks and by a Army officers _are anxiously These vacancies will be filled These vacancies - few appointments from civil life. ENGLAND’S ATTITUDE INIMICAL TO SPAIN. In Declaring Coal Contraband of War Great Britain Aids . This Country. WASHINGTON, April 17.—The action of Great Britain in declaring coal to be a contraband of war, as reported from Jamalca, is said to have a significance different from that attached to it in the dispatches. As explained in a high dip- that it is this fear of rebuff that had much to do with the lack of desire shown by the powers to make any further representations to the Usnited Btates. R AR shet e Rt PR SE TE PP L ER LR LR PHEI P44 2444444444444 4464444444 P44+ 4444444444444 44440444444+ lomatic quarter such an order would not prevent a vessel of either Spain or the United- States from taking coal at Kingston or any other port in the West Indies. Even when this article is con- traband #t is said to be usual to permit a vessel of a belligerent power to take aboard suflicient coal to carry her to the next port. Once out of the port, however, the vessel takes her chances with her contraband cargo, and it is liable to seizure as contraband of war while en route to a port of the bel- ligerent power. Appiying this rule to the present case it is said that if a Spanish ship went to Kingston for coal she would be able to carry a supply suflicient to carry her to Porto Rico or Cuba. When once away from Kingston, however, the vessel and her cargo would be subject to seizure by the United States ships. The same rule, it is said, would apply in case a ship of Great Britain or any other country was engaged in carrying such a contraband article, 3 The flag would protect the ship as'a whole, but it would not protect the contraband article on board, the ship being subject to search and to seizure of the contraband article. The rule would be applicable to ships of Spain, as the United States naval vessels need not look to the British Indies for their coal supplies, whereas Spanish vessels would.rely upon this as well as other ‘West India ports for supplies. e Soon Will Be a Cruiser. PHILADELPHIA, April 17.—The American line steamer St. Paul, which sailed from New York to-day for this city, passed the Delaware Capes this evening. She will reach Cramps’ ship- yard to-morrow and on Tuesday morn- ing the work of transforming her into an auxiliary cruiser will begin. It is estimated this work will require about fifteen S : [} “DEATH TO THE PIG YANKEES” Venom of Malaga Mobs That @Assailed Our Consulate. Rioting Is Renewed, and One Madrid Newspaper Declares Spaniards Should Not Act Like Ruffians. MALAGA, April 17.—The riot- ing which broke out yesterday was continued last evening. The gendarmes charged the mob fre- quently and the rioters returned their attacks with volleys of stones.” Many persons were bruised and numerous arrests were made. The city is quieter this morning. MADRID, April 17.—The Imparcial, referring to the attack upon the Amer- ican consulate at Malaga, deplores the outrage as necessarily calling for apol- ogies, and warns the Malaguenos against provoking a war which Spain would avoid if.possible. The Imparcial adds: “Rioting is no proof of courage. The Greeks made demonstrations many days in Athens, but this did not prevent them from quickly forsaking the heights of Thessaly. ' THe Span- iards should enter the conflict like gen- tiemen and not like ruffians.” LONDON, April 17.--The Malaga cor- respoddént of the Daity Mail, tele- graphing at noon Saturday says: About 10 o'clack last evening (Friday) a large group of young people who had already met in another part of the town for the purpose of organizing a demonstration, arrived in front of the American consulate and began to cheer for Spain. They did not at this stage utter any cry against the United States. The chief of police endeavored to disperse them, but ouly succeeded in driving the crowd from the front of the consulate. The demonstrators then paraded along the Calle de Larses, the most frequented street in Malaga, and, accompanied by a very large crowd, reassembled in the Plaza de la Consti- tucion. The Civil Governor and Mayor of the town hastened to the spot to calm the people, and were received with wild cheering, but in the meantime a group posted themselves opposite the American consulate. They carried a Spanish banner, -and after uttering many patriotic cries began to throw stones at the building. i All the windows were smashed and a part of the furniture of the consulate seriously damaged. When the crowd —_— POPP00000900000006060 CCO00C0000000 C0COCoOCCCO NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Fair Monday: warmer; fresh northerly wind; fog in'the morning. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: San Francisco. Portland .. Los Angele: San Diego. Sacramento . FIRST PAGE. Spain's Walting Policy. Powers Fear a Rebuff. Coal a Contraband of War. Mobilization of the Army. Mad Mobs at Malaga. SECOND PAGE. Commander Brownson Returns. Action of Congress. Ships to Guard North Paclfic. Roosevelt to Be a Soldier. Doms Charter a Steamer. Patriotism at Santa Rosa. Spaniards to Meet Cubans. THIRD PAGE. Whalers Need Provisions. Grand Army Rally. Big Fire at Charlestown. Fditors at Paso Robles. Methodist Celebration. Thirteen Vendetta Victims. FOURTH PAGE. Editorial. A Lesson of the Crisis. The War and the Weather. The March to the Front. Trolleys on Market Street. Helping the Gas Monopoly. An Exhibit at Omaha. Money Ashamed of His Job. Murders Never Solved. Planets in the Evening Sky. News of Foreign Navies. Personals and Queries. FIFTH PAGE. Children May See the Troops. Ministers Talk of War. SIXTH PAGE. Games on Eastern Diamonds. An Artistic Burglar's Arrest. ; SEVENTH PAGE. Shooting on the Ranges. News From Across the Bay. EIGHTH PAGE. Coursing at Two Parks. Fist Fight at the Ocean Beach. NINTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. A TENTH PAGE. Baseball on Many Diamonds. Mme. Melba in Town. 3 ELEVENTH PAGE. The New Charter. EIGHTEENTH PAGE. News Along the Water Front. * Notes of the National Guard. Local Spanish Papers on War. An Attorney’s Assauit on a Woman. 0000000000000 000Q@ PO90000909090099090000000PP0000PPVVVVPPOPVVPPVIPVPPOPPOPVPOVPOPIPVIP0OPP 9O 90000000006 0000060000000000060000000000000600000000000000000009000000066 90 was at the height of its frenzy a lad- der was brought and a man, getting hold of the American escutcheon, threw it to the ground amid immense cheer- ing. The escutcheon was paraded as a trophy through the stree and ulti- mately carried to the crowded Plaza de la Constitucion where its appeare ance created great enthusiasm. Another group, headed by a wells known Carlist, went through the prine cipal streets and passed b. the Cone sulate, shouting: “Vivas!” to Spain, te the army, and crying incessantly: “Death to the United States!” and “Death to the pig Yankees!” This groug, largely swollen by people who had joined it on the way, forced an en- trance into the Cervantes Theater. Tha representation was stopped and the or- chestra played a patriotic march, the whole audience joining in the demon- stration. The Governor, warned by telephome, made his appearance. Then some one cried: ‘“When the country is in dan- ger no. theatrical’ representation ought to be given.” Theaudience applauded, and in a few minutes spontaneously cleared the theater. From this the sev- eral contingents and people noisily pa- raded the streets, and the demonstra- tions continued until an advanced hour of the night, the police being power- less. This morning «Saturday) the American Consulate looked from the outside as if it had been wrecked, the stones and the broken glass making quite a pile on the sidewalk. The commotion was renewed early to-day. Several groups carried with them banners upon which had been printed representations of the pig, now treated in Spain as an emblem of America and as synonymous with Americans. The authcrities, however, had taken serious measures. The mounted infantry civil guard had been called out and the police took positions in the principal streets. The demonstra- tors tried to get hold of the municipal banner and to procure the municipal band, but were prevented in both di- rections. At noon to-day (Saturday) the de- meonstration had practically ended, al- thought the people occasionally in- dulged in patriotic cries and the streetg were full. The Malaga correspondent of tha Daily Mail in a late dispatch, dated Saturday night, says: By order of the ADVERTISEMENTS. < iEy T et I B S Thousands of women are cast-up dead on the shores of life because of their own ignorance or negl No woman can be free from pain, or safe from the ever-threat- ening breakers of ath, who neglects to take proper care of the organs that con- stitute her womanhood. A woman who neglects her womanly-self will be sickly, nervous, pain-racked and fretful, and aps proaching maternity will be a menace of thg grave. 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