The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 22, 1898, Page 2

FR THE SAN CISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 189 SCHLEY’S FLYING SQUADRON HELD READY TO SAIL Steam Is Kept Up and the Ships Can Readily Get Away at a Moment’s Notice Now. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., April 21.—In anticipation of orders day or night. this morning. on shore. Commodore Schley did nc night. 1 found some office us by s pe Verde. h might surp been anticip mes to be used in an interview. riki GPPPOPHIIDBGI®PGOPOSIOGBGS from Washington to put to sea before morning, the telegraph offices here are being kept open all night for the first time since the flying | squadron has been in Hampton Roads. Commodore Schley has notified | the Government he is ready to move at a moment’s notice, either by All the officers of the squadron were ordered on board at 10 o'clock Many of them whose families are here have been living The engines on all the ships were coupled everything is in readiness for immediate action. s who expressed.the 1ted as the battle gre B R R R R RO RO R R R RO CR RN OROR RPN Y bt come ashore at all to-day or to- this afternoon and Among the officers on 0666060006006 06 06 shore to-day there was more serious demeanor than there has been at any time heretofore. The news from Washington was discussed by | groups of officers in hotels and on wharves. | 1 have talked with several officers regarding the Spanish fleet at belief that the ng very much further north than & | ound, but none cared to allow their @ ® & ® in his statements and when asked to define the st .t s between the two Gov- ernments he rej.ied: “While giving Minister Woodford his passports under the existin~ circumstances is practical- ly a declar tion . ° war, yet diplomat- ically speaking war has not been offi- cially declared.” Resistance attempted by the Spanish vessels now in Cuban and Porto Rican waters to the blockade instituted by the North American squadron will be fol- lowed by their destruction. Under in- structions given him it will be the duty of Rear-Admiral Sampscn, as he has been officially designated, to capture or destroy every ship Spain has in Cu- ban waters, and when this nas beeu ac- complished to impose the blockade cientemplated by the Government plan of campaign. Naturally it is not ex- pected that the execution of this in- struction will be performed without damage to American vessels, and it is anticipated by the officials that by to- gnorrow evening reports will reach the “department of engagements which have been fought by American and Spanish vessels. Although Spain has a total of fifty-eight ships distributed in Cuban and Porto Rican waters, no doubt exists in official circles of the ability of the North Americ.n squad- ron to easily destroy those which it will meet in the veicinity of Cuba. Of the Spanish force, its largest | cruiser, the Alfonso XII, of 3900 tons | displacement, lies in a disabled condi- | tion in Havana harbor, and it is ex- pected it will remain there until the American flag displaces that of Spain. Spain’s next largest ship in Cuban waters is the cruiser Reina Mercedes of 3090 tons, built in 1887, which is re- guarded as a very good vessel of her type. The only oth: American men-of-war have to fear are seven torpedo cruisers, the Filpenes of 770 tons, and twenty knots, the Jorge Juan of 935 tons and thirteen knots, the | Nueva Espana of 630 tons and 18.6 knots and the Galicia, Marquis de Molins, The real strength of | Cuba. her navy will be kept far away from Cuba and in posi- tions which will enable her[ to prey upon \'ulneratle‘ points along our coast and| upon our commerce, and thus | harass us in prolonging the| war indefinitely in retaliationi for forcing her out of Cuba. ‘ The events of the day in| Washington and Madrid| which have severed diplom- | acy and culminated in war | will long be remembered in the history of both countries. Here, as in Madrid, | the war spirit is in- tense and every step taken on both sides has been for waging war vigorously and with all the forces at the command of the respective countries. Up to this time nei- ther countryhas made a formal declaration of war. Yet both coun- trics recognize that a state of war exists. | When Minister Woodford | received his passports this morning, before he had an opportunity to present his| ultimatum demanding Spain pick up her goods and chattels and leave Cuba, the President considers that Spain | has flung down the gauntlet. | He promptly picked it up by| issuing orders for our military | and naval forces to begin op-} erations for carrying out his| plans for intervention. | The proclamation which the Presi- dent will ue to-morrow, calling for volunteers, and the notification to for- eign powers of the existence of a block- | nde of Havana harbor, will be evidence | enough that war is upon us. If necessary, however, the Congress of the United States. which, under the vonstitution, has the sole power of de- claring war, will within five minutes after the first shot has been fired, pass the required resolutions. Some of the members of the Foreign Relations | Committee with whom I talked to-day | said that this course would probably | be necessary to avoid any further com- plications with foreign powers in re- gard to neutrality. | The question of privateering also re- ceived some consideration by members of the Foreign Relations Committee to- | day. Generally Congress fully agrees | with the President that the policy of | this country should be against resort | | clared: that | | | not be regarded REVOLUTION IS NOW RAGING IN PORTO RICO Foreigners Panic Stricken,as They Expect dmerican Bombard- ment and to Re rrighted, ST. THOMAS, W the Herald's correspondent in San J (O] [O] through the island. ® panic-stricken. They ships. que that is, the rioters there. So far as is going on in many places. This feeling is particularly s [CXOYOXOXOJOXOIOXO coal. To-day he started for the Wi sion. A steamer which arrived here 3100 tons of coal. On the steamer w JJOJOXO) ket. I understand that 1000 tons wil OXOJC PRAAEEEE (OJOJOXCJOROROJO] ter Woodford by giving him his pass- | [¢ ports without permitting him to deliver | x this country’s ultimatum, Senator | Platt, in his quiet, easy style, related the substance of Minister Woodford’s dispatch with the same calmness he | would display in manipulating a Re- publican convention in the State of New York. There was no trace of xiety or warlike indignation_when he remarked: “They have given Wood- ford his passports, which is practically a declaration of war by Spain.” Senators Davis and Lodge confirmed | the statement of Platt, and Senator | Cullom, in a burst of indignation, de- | ““This is another instance of | Spanish treachery which they will call | sharp diplomatic practice. It is as much an insult to this Government as | if the Spanish Government had torn | down our flag and spit upon it. It can- | as anything else than a declaration of war, and, for my part, I think the time has come to teach her that she cannot insult the United States any further with impunity. I| fear we have been too poilte in our dealings with Spain, and her conduct toward Minister Woodford will con- vince even the most peacefully inclined Americans that the hour for aggres- | sive action has come.” It took but littie time for the real significance of the Spanish action to ?l\wome known abroad. At the White ouse, at the State, generally the news spread like a prairie fire before a windstorm. All of the Senators and Representatives who saw the President this morning concurred in the opinion that Spain was guilty of a direct insult to this Government which could not be construed otherwise than as a practical declaration of war. The indignities heaped upon Minister Woodford and the reported movement of the Spanish squadron convinced the President’s advisers that the time for retaliation had arrived. Pe was ad- vised to order our warshi.s to Havana without further delay, and the Presi- | dent, inspired by the consciousness of the high duty devolved upon him, con- cluded to take that advice. He promptly summoned the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Long hurried over to the White House, accompanied by his naval aid, Captain Barker. It was decided that the situation warranted the calling of a special Cabinet meet- ing, and messengers were dispatched notifying the various Cabinet officers that their presence was desired at the ‘White House at 1 o'clock. The text of the ultimatum and the official state- ment from Woodford was promulgated at the State Department. Just before the special Cabinet meet- st Indies, April 21.—By advices just to hand from lution has broken cut in the Ponce district and that there is rioting all Residents of other countries now in Porto Rico are feel that there is no safety in ports of the island, as they are momentarily expecting bombardment by the American war- tion of going to the interior arises foreigners face § new danger— An agent of the United States reached St. Thomas yesterday to buy morrow I am told there are 4000 tons, the bulk of which is on the mar- CROXOROROXCROROJOROROROXOJOROJOROJOJOROXOJOXOXOIO] War and Navy | Departments and throughout the city | to that form of legalized piracy. | ing assembled the great surprise of the If Spain shou 1 persist in pursuing | day was announced. It was a break warfare of this character, (_‘,ungress‘in the Cabipet. Postmaster General may feel called upon later to exercise | Gary, without a suggestion or a word of any right granted by the constitution, | warning to the public, tendered his which permits the granting of letters | resignation as a member of the Presi- of marque and reprisals. The whole tendency of both the administration | and Congress, however, is violently op- posed to anything of this kind, and | should Spain seek to prolong war by engaging in it it is believed the prin- | pical powers of Europe will combine to | prevent it, and that in this way Spain may be forced to give up the fight after we have ousted her from Cuba. History was made at the White House to-day with lightning-like ra- | pidity. This has been one of the most | eventful days at the Executive Mansion in the history o. this Government. | The first sensation of the day was the | announcement that the Spanish Gov- ernment had given our Minister, Wood- ford, at Madrid, his passports. More startling :nd at the same time exasperating was the official statement that Minister Woodford had received his passports before he had an op- portunity to present to Sagasta the President’s ultimatum. This information was delivered to the President at 10 o'clock by Assistant’ Secretary Day. When Judge Day ar- rived there were present Senator Davis, chairman of tt.e Committee on Foreign Affairs; Senator Lodge and Senator Cullom of that committee, Senator Al- lison and Senator Platt of New York. The conference did not last very long. When it was discovered that Spain had practiced a sharp trick on Minis- | [ dent’s official family. The nomination of Mr. Charles Emory Smith of Phila- delphia was sent to the Senate to fill the vacancy. The Cabinet was in session nearly two hours. During its se: -ion General Miles, commanding general of the army, and Captain Crowninshield of the navy, who is the actual command- ing officer of the naval forces, were summoned to the White House. It was decided that orders should be at once issued to the fleet and to the land forces. The question whether a formal decla- ration of war by Congress was neces- sary was fully considered. The general opinion of the Cabinet was that the Spanish had practically declared war against the United States and there- fore this Government was released from any friendly obligations to that nation. Secretary Alger stated after the Cabi- net meeting that the action of Spain could not be regarded other than as a declaration of war, and he added: am going back to the War Department o issue the necessary orders to employ our land forces ¢ -ainst Spain.” Secretary Long also regarded the ac- tion of the Spanish Government as a declaration of war and he stated that he would order the fleet at Key West to move on Havana at once. Judge Day w- a little more guarded “r | Are Afraid treat. 1895, by James Gordon Bennett. uan, Porto Rico, I learn that & revo- trong in San Juan. But when the I have been able to learn, rioting ndward Islands on the same mis- yesterday from Cardiff brought hich is due from Philadelphia to- 1 go to Porto Rico. CPREEEEEEUEPPEEOOE® FREEEEEEERALE RN RR GRAVE FEARS FOR THE OREGON WASHINGTON, April 21 — Grave fears were expressed at the Navy Department to-day that the Spanish fleet at Cape Verde might be sent to cut off the battle-ship Oregon, now on its way from the Pacific Coast around to join Captain Samp- son’s command. There is also some fear that the Oregon may be taken at an unfair advantage, without knowledge of the exist- ence of war, by the Spanish tor- pedo boat destroyer Temerario, which is now lying at Buenos Ayres. Possibly with a view to avoiding a conflict in the Straits of Magellan, where she would be at a disadvantage, the Oregon has been ordered to go around Cape Horn. * * * 5 * * * * * * * * * ok K ok Kk ok K ok ok kK sk ok ok kK ok Kk kK R X R R * FRXRERRLERXFRRE XN * Martin Alonzo and Vincente Yanez, each of 571 tons and 18.6 knots. Four cruisers of between eleven and twelve | hundred tons are distributed around the island. In addition to this force | Spain has stationed in Cuban ports a large number of gunboats, ranging in displacement from 500 to 2000 tons. It is recognized by the officlals that | Captain-General Blanco, in view of | the hostile parade being made by Rear- Admiral Sampson’s fieet, will not di- rect the confinement of Spanish vessels to Cuban ports, where they will be pro- tected by land batteries, and it is the expectation of the authorities that these ships will attempt to do as much damage to the blockading squadron as possible. Rear-Admiral Sampson is expected to take measures to destroy any vessels making an attack, and while he will not bombard any fortifications he is expected to direct the commanding of- ficers of the vessels of his fleet to cap- ture or destroy any Spanish men-of- war which they may meet. This will be especially the case with the torpedo gun vessels which Spain has in Cuban waters, as naval experts fear that these hornets may attempt to put torpedoes into the hulls of the battle-ships and monitors forming the attacking force. Information has reached the au- thorities that the Spanish officials in Cuba and Porto Rico, in anticipation of the arrival of the American fleet, have placed mines in the harbors of these islands, and have taken every precau- tion possible to defend them against attack. It is not proposed to risk any vessels of the North Atlantic squadron by sending them into a harbor in or- der to attack cities or any men-of-war that may be lying therein. As the Herald has stated, the inten- tion of this Government is to Institute a pacific blockade, but it is not ex- pected that its pacificatory character will last long, in view of the practical ‘c)ertalntty tha}]ltbe ?pm;‘lsh ships in Cu- an waters will resist the co; American fleet. ok ohtho Read in next Sunday’s Call what President Patton of Princeton Uni- versity has to say about this being an age of second-rate men. R Pacheco a Defendant. SAN RAFAEL, April 21.—Moses Rosen- crantz has filed a suit against Aguste F. and Corina R. Pacheco on an mlgne& note of Ned Foster, former proprietor of the old Bella Union Theater of San Fran- cisco, in the sum of $7500 with costs anq interest at 9 per cent from March 4, 1595, Pacheco Is a scion of the hist : of California renown, s sl mia renown, 7T To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All dry; s fefin the money it tals o cure "B | | hips which the | THE NAVAL STRENGTH OF SPAIN AND AMERICA In the following tables the relative strength of the navies in the Atlantic Ocean of the United States and Spain are shown. That of the United States is complete and includes—barring the harbor defense monitors which are antiquated—all the modern serviceable ships of the regular navy. The numerical strength of the Spanish navy is apparently considerably larger than ours, for, in addition to the list of vessels named, she is said to po:suss seventy-one gunboats, ranging from 300 to less than 100 tons, most of waich are supposed to be in Cuban waters: & THE UNITED STATES NAVY. BATTLESHIPS. Name. Tons. ‘ Armor. | Speed. Main Battery. Indlana 1028 | 1S-inch | 15 |4 13-inch, § §-inch, 4 6-inch. v e | Iinen | £ [ neh § Kk 4 Sineh Texas e | g | [#-iinen; ¢ Gnan - et ARMORED CRUISERS. Name. % l Rn}@{ Efi:&d.‘{ Main Battery, ARMORED RAMS. Name. ] Tons. | Armor. |Speed.| Main Battery. Katahdin ..., | 215 i " |4 6-pounder rapid fire. NITORS, Name. " Main Battery. Terror . 4 10-inch, 2 4-inch rapld fire. Puritan 4 12-inch, 6 4-inch rapid fire. PROTECTED CRUISERS. peed. | Main Battery. 28 |1 S-inch, 2 6-inch rapld fire, 8 4-inch {. rapid fire. 1 S-inch, 2 6-inch rapid fire, 8 4-inch Minneapolls .... 23 N rapid fire. Newark .. 19 |12 é-inch. San Francisco 19 |12 6-inch. New (:rloans 20 |6 6-inch rapid fire. Albany ... 20 |6 6-inch rapid fire. Cincinnati . l? 1 6-inch rapid fire, 10 5-inch rapid fire. CRUISERS. lons. | Speed. Main Battery. -inch rapid fire. inch rapid fire. -inch rapid fire. 9 5- 9 6 9 b Maln Battery. 4 4-inch rapid fire. 8 4-inch rapid fire. 8 4-inch rapid fire. “inch rapid fire. Newport 6 4-inch rapid fire. Vicksburg 6 4-inch rapid fire. Marletta 6 4-inch rapid fire Annapolls |8 4-inch rapid fire. Princeton 16 4-inch rapfd fire. ashville |8 4-tnch rapid fire opeka. . 12 6-inch, 6 Maxims. HARBOR DEFENSE MONITORS. Name. Tons. | Afmor. |Speed.| Battery. Catakill 1676 | b-dnch | 6 |2 15-inch smooth bore. Lehigh 18T | Gdnch | 5 |2 It-nch smooth bore. Nahant L85 | S-inch | 5 |2 I5-inch smooth bore. Jason 185 | Ginch | 6 (2 1-inch smooth bore, Montank 185 | Gnch | 5 |2 15-inch smooth bore. Canonicus | 2100 | &inch | 6 |2 B5-inch smooth bare. Mahopac 2100 | 5-inch | 6 [2 B5-fnch smooth bore. Manhattan . | 2100 | inch | 6 [2 B-Inch emooth bore. Nantucket 1§ | G-nch | § |2 16-inch smooth bore. AJax Lo | 219 | &inch | 3 |2 B-inch smooth bore. SPECIAL CLASS. Name— Clase. | Tons. |Speed. Battery. Dolphin | 14% | 15 |2 4-Inch rapid fire. Vesuvius . [ s | 2 |3 B5-inch dynamite guns. Fern ... .| 137 | 10 |1 6-pounder. TORPEDO BOATS. Torp. Name— Tons. |Speed. | tubes. Battery. Cushing 05 | 2 3 (8 1-pounders. > Ericsson 120 3 |3 1-pounders. Stiletto 3| 18 (Lo W Foote el oo 3 .3 Gwin . 6| 20 2 h . Rod | 3 3 1-pounders. Winslow M2 | o 3 3 1-pounders. Porter 180 2 3 |4 1-pounders. Dupont w | o 3 |4 1-pounders. Talbot . 461 20 2 |1 1-pounder. Morris 1087 2 3 {3 1pounders. Plunger 18 | 8 2 Somers B0 | 2 Manley 30 Name— Tons._|Speed. | Bullt Fortense 60 | 10 ) 1863 Iwana w2 | u | osm Leyden 5 | 10 | 1 Narkeeta 2 | 1| s Nina . B | 1 | 1% Traffle 280 10 1801 Triton m | 13 | 1sss Wahneta . 12 | 1 | 1w 25 | 12 | 1595 Samose! * En route from the Pacific. THE SPANISH NAVY. BATTLESHIPS. Name. | Tons. | Armor. |Speed. Main Battery. Pelayo ... I8-inch | 16 |2 12%-inch, 2 1l-inch, 1 6.inch, 12 inch rapid fire. ARMORED CRUISERS. Name. Tons. | Armor. |Speed.| Main Battery. Emperador Carlos V. 9,235 2inch | 20 |2 11-inch,§ 5.8-inch, 4 3.0-Incl Yifico: Almirante Oquendo 7,000 2 2 10 5.5-inch r:vl’;rt}]‘rel?.pm e Cardinal Cisnero ... 7,000 2 10 5.5-inch rapid fire. Infanta Maria Teresa. 7,000 2 10 5.5-inch rapid fire. Princess de Asturia. 7,000 12 » 10 5.5-inch rapid fire. Viscaya .. 7,000 2 1l-Inch; 10 5.5-inch rapid fire. Christobal 6,840 2 ch, 10 é-inch rapid fire. Numancia 7,305 5 .. 7 8-inch. > Victoria 7,250 |8 9-inch, '8 8-inch. Name— Main Battery. Alfonso XI h. o = Alfonst=X I1T . 6 4.7-inch. Conde de Ven; . Infanta Isabel . {flgsbel‘fl . o Inc}ll‘l. A panto “inch, § 4.7-tnch Marquis de Ia Ensanada. 4 £.7-inch. o gie Reina Mercedes 6 6.2-inch. TORPEDO G D GUNBOATS. Name— Tons. |Speed. Main Battery. e 33 i AL PR, General Concha .. 54 | 1 T e Don Alvaro de Bazan . 80 | 20 Donna Maria de Molina. 830 | 20 S El Destructor . o | 2 Nueva Espana . 60 | 13 5 R raptd fire. raj o1 | 19 B Tabid fre. 524 | 11 830 | 20 Marques de Molina. o1 | 19 Martin Alonzo Pinzon . 51| 19 Rapido ... 510 | 18 Temerario Velos .. 20 Vincente Villalobos ng Two building Battery. S achine. pounders, 1-incl 1 1-poun der. 2832888 All the destroyers carry also 2 1-pounders. Since the destruction of the Maine our Navy Department has used great effort to augment the navy by pur- chases abroad of suitable war vessels and in home ports to secure all the steamers that could be utilized for aux- cruisers, gunboats, dispatch boats, transports, tugs, distilling ves- sels, colliers, etc. Latest advices have it that about 100 vessels have been se- cured, but the list is so incomplete and contradictory as to make a detailed enumeration inaccurate. The efforts in Europe were not very successful and | teers. | valued there is some doubt as to the utility of the torpedo-destroyer Somers. All the available vessels of the reve- nue, marine and lighthouse service have been turned over to the navy and are being rapidly fitted for nm{a,l ser- vice. It is even proposed to bring the Gresham down from the lakes, to do which it will be necessary to cut her in two. It is possible that by the time she is ready for use her services may not be required. First among the auxiliary cruisers come the American line steamers Paris, New York, St. Louis and St. Paul, of 10,800 to 11,630 tons and 21 to 22| knots speed. These steamers are now | receiving their batteries, which are 12/ 6-inch, 6 6-pounders and 6 machine | guns for the Paris and New York, while | the two others will cary 8 6-inch, 4| 6-pounders and 4 machine guns. Next in importance are the four Mor- | gan line steamers—El Norte, El Rlo, El Sol and El Sud. They have been renamed Yankee, Dixle, Prairie and Yosemite in the order named, and the two first will carry 10 6-inch rapid- | firing guns and the two latter 10 5-inch | rapld-firing guns. They have speed of | about 16 knots and will make excellent | auxiliary cruisers. | About twenty more steamers, suhedi in a pinch, like the present, for active naval service, are being fitted - with | guns, but the stock of larger caliber | modern ordnance has been exhausted and old-style rifles of 1881 are being brought into service temporarily. Nearly all the fast steam yachts have been purchased, ranging in size from the giant Mayflower of over 1200 tons down to the Wahda of 35 tons. They will be utilized as gun and torpedo boats, and will be serviceable. The larger yachts will have steel belts put on their sides in the wake of the ma- chinery sufficiently thick to keep out machine gun fire. The tugs, colliers and the ambulance | ship Solace completes this impromptu navy, w.aich, whatever its defects may | be when matched against regular ves- sels of war, is on the whole far supe- rior to the auxiliary forces Spain can put afloat. The American naval strength in the Pacific Ocean is considerable. Of sea- | going monitors there are the Monterey and Monadnock. - The latter is identical | | with the Terror class on the Atlantic, | | but has a speed of twelve knots, while | | the Monterey, of 4084 to ns and thirteen | knots speed, i& more powerful even than | the Puritan. She has thirteen inches | of Harveyired steel armor and carries | two 12-inch and two 10-inch guns. The | Camanche, single-turret monitor,armed | with two 15-inch smooth-bore R(vdmani guns, is serviceable at short range, | where the smashing effect of her 400- | pound shells will come into play. The rotected cruisers Baltimore, Phila- elphia and Charleston are well known | on the coast, their speed and armament | making them more than a match for | any vessel of a similar class which | Spain might obtain and send out here to harass the coast. Of gunboats (here‘ are the Yorktown, Bennington and Concord, of 1710 tons, 17-knot speed, andcarrying batteries of six 6-inch| rifles. On the China station are the | Olympia, Raleigh and Petrel, the two first being protected cruisers, 5870 and 8213 tons, and 22 and 19 knots respect- ively, while the Petrel of 830 tons and | 13-knot speed carries four 6-inch rifles. | The Wheeling, gunboat of 1200 tons, a sistership to the Marietta, is in Alaskan | | waters. She has a speed of 12 knots | and carries six 4-inch rapid-fire guns. The Spanish fleet around the Philip- | pine Islands includes only one cruiser | of any size, the Reina Mercedes, of 3520[ tons, 17-knot speed and with an arma- | ment of six 6.2-inch rifies. The other | vessels are only gunboats and include | the Don Antonio de Ulloa, Don Juan de | Austria of 1130 tons, 14 knots, and car-| rying four 4.7-inch guns; the Isla de| Cuba, Isla de Luzon, of 1030 tons and 18 knots; Velasco, 1152 tons and 14 knots; Elcano and General Lezo, 524 tons and | 11 knots. The Navy Department has not beeny unmindful of the importance of afford- | ing adequate protection to this coast and while the regular navy is fully | competent to ward off any attack by Spanish naval vessels provision had to be made for guarding against priva- For this duty the acquisition of the powerful and fast tugs Fesrless, Vigilant and Acti » are well suited, | and there are a dozen good steamships | which could become valuable auxiliary | cruisers and coast guards. DEED GIVEN BY THE LATE DR. TYNAN.| Litigation and Depreciation Cause a Big Faling Off in the Estate’s Value. MODESTO, April 21.—A deed was re- corded to-day in this county for all of the land and real and personal property | of the late Dr. T. E. Tynan, who died at | San Francisco last week, aged 80 years. The property was all deeded to the widow, Mary Tynan. Dr. Tynan was the aged pioneer who was in hiding for two years while two stepchildren by a former mar- | riage attempted to secure their alleged interest In the property, which was at $250,000. Dr. Tynan suose- quently returned from Boston, and the | Supreme Court of the State handed down an opinfon that the contestants had no | rights to the 'frnpert:\'. Owing to the de- | preciation and costs of litigation the | tate is not now considered worth morei | than $150,000. The deed was made in 1896, but was not recorded until to-day. METHODIST GOLDEN JUBILEE CLOSED. SANTA CRUZ, April 21.—The last serv- | ice of the Methodist golden jubilee was | held to-night. The services each day have grown in interest and power, and | to-night was the crowning one. H. D. Smith presided. There was special music well rendered by the excellent choir of the church. The anniversary address was delivered by Dr. E. R. Dille. His subject was “The Building of an EmFlre, Retrospect and Prospect.” The jubilee offering amounted to | | MASSING AT CHICKAMATCY Troops Being Assembleq™ at the Famous Old Battlefield. Destination of Infantry Started for New Orleans Changed | Somewhat Suddenly. | Enlisted Men and Officers Now Eager for the Early Invasion of Cuba. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 21— Five and perhaps more of the infantry regiments now en route to the encamp- ments at New Orleans, Mobile and Tampa will pitch their tents on the Chickamauga battlc-fleld. Acting on orders received from Washington, Ma- jor-General Brooke late this afternoon telegraphed to the commanding officers of all the regiments which have not al- ready gone by Chattanooga, ordering them to proceed L:-re at once. Arrange- ments were also entered into with dif- ferent railroads entering at this point for the prompt moving to Chattanooga of the infantrymen who arrived at ju ction points. The Twelfth Infantry, from Fort Niobrara, Neb., on its way to New Orleans, was diverted at Nash- ville, and will arrive here late to-night and will be the first white infantry. reg- iment to be ¢ camped on the Chicka- mauga battlefield. 3 The Second Infantry, from Forts Keogh, Harrison and Yates, Mont., which passed through St. Paul to-day on the way to Mobile, will be diverted at Nashville and come through to Chat- tanooga without stopping, probably reaching here Saturday morning. The Nineteenth Infantry from Forts Brady and Wayne, the Twentieth from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the Twenty-second from Fort Crook, all bound for Mobile, were both communi- cated with, and by Saturday a good- sized army will have gone into camp at Chickamauga. It is nct yet certain whether any regiments besides those mentioned will come here, as it is un- derstood it is not the intention to recall the infantrymen who have already reached their Southern rendezvous or have so nearly reached there that turn- ing them back would entail an extra loss of time. But all troops that have not proceedeq that far on their journey will be brought here. No reason for this sud- | den change of plans as regards the placing of regular troops were vouch- safed at headquarters. It is believed however, that facilities for the accom- modation at that Southern camp ground of such large bodies of troops as it was at first contemplated send- ing are inadequate at present. By night nearly 1500 of the 5000 cav- alry and artillerymen who have been ordered to Chickamauga were camned on that battlefield. Late this evening the number already encamped there was swelled by the arrival of detach- ments of the Second Artillery and the First Cavalry. By to-morrow night it is expected that a large proportion the troops now on their was to Chicit mauga will have arrived. Major-General Brooke to-day put Major Dillenback in command of the artillery at Chickamauga, while Colonel 8. S. Sumner of the famous Sixth Cav- alry took command of the cavalry forces. The news of the ordering of the North Atlantic squadron tc Havana created a good deal of commotion among the sol- diers, who discussed eagerly:the pros- pects of early orders for departure to the seacoast. Among the officers a good deal of quiet was manifested. It was apparently the general opinion among them, however, that no forward movement of the Chickamauga troops would be given for some time, as the gathering and equip- | ping of the large force of militia neces- sary for the contemplated Cuban in- vasion would necessarily consume sev- eral days. OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Appointments of éhine, Osborne and Schaen Are Confirmed. WASHINGTON, April Senator Per- Kkins to-day succeeded in securing the passage of the following provision in the naval appropriation biJl. Naval hospital, Mare Island, Cal., for tearing down and removing the present naval hospital building and appendages recently de- stroyed by earthquake at Navy-yard, Mare Island, and erecting a new naval hospital and appendages at that_ place, to be fmmediately available, $100,000. This makes $350,000 for the yard, including the 3250000 for the repairs and improve- ments on the old buildings, wharves, etc. The Senate in executive session made the following confirmations John P. 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