The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 1, 1898. THIS IS ONLY BEGINNING English Naval Think the Spread Out. Many Nations May Become In- volved in the tween the United States and Spain. Copyrighted, 183, by James Gordon Benmett. | GIBRALTAR, April 30.—During the| last few days I have had many oppor- tunities of obtaining the views of sev- eral naval officers upon the present crisis, and in these days naval officers of high position are often placed in situations where immediate decisions of vital importance have to be taken, 80 that finally they become better judges than trained diplomats. Their opinions may be summarized as fol- low Whatever may be thelr ideas on the technical procedure of the States, on general principles they side with America as a sister nation. The ion of one of the most able Is that | ¢ war could have been averted and |! > same results obtained had America re time, and that this matter g to be more troublesome than | 5 imagined, the Span- fixed intention knowing that every damaging to the and for which | this morning keeping up the same R o o ly prepared. | sharp patrol work as heretofore. This | v necessarily | is probably on account of the expected | Spectal Dispatch to The Call. by ates, and when | visit here of a merchantman bound to ey aroused who would not like a good lick at them. attitude hatred of England. They con- sider that the greatest link to-day be- the Kalser's bitter hatred of both na- | United | tions. cal precision of their movements. of | has arrived here from Cadiz, having on board the crews which took the Ham- burg-American line steamers Columbia | and Normania, purchased by Spain. | More Than This, Frominent German were transferred to the Ship| Officers Offer Their Service the opinion tt s only | Baver, bound for Bremen. The De- | S s (ning T interhational | structor returned to Algeciras last | e Liaiied Statens ngland has fore- | evening, but was out again at 5 o'clock s she will be found tuned | the United States. KWK KKK KK KKK KKK HERALD-CALL BOAT DEWEY FIRED UPON. Copyrighted, 1828, by James Gordon Ben- nett. KEY WEST, Fla.,, April 30.— The Herald-Call dispatch boat Dewey, storm-beaten, decks awash and funnel white with crusted salt, was fired on five miles northwest of Sand Key light while bound into Key West this morning. At 2 ~'clock a gun flashed four times astern, but shells were neither seen nor heard aboard the dispatch boat. ‘We could not make out the boat using the gun, but it was show- ing one white light at first and subsequently burned a blue and then a red flare. None of these is the fleet signal, and the Dewey drove on her course. She gained rapidly after the first gun, and it was decided not to heave to, as the identity of the pursuer was in question. After the flash of the gun a second time I dis- played the signals named by the admiral for use of dispatch boats in case they are challenged by a patrol of the squadron. This signal had no effect, but the Dewey was too far ahead to fear shell, and came into port. The lights shown by the stranger makes™ the matter somewhat mysterious at this writing. * % % * * * * * = * THE dok kK ok K KRR % X %% K * Officers War Will $ ok k% Kk ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ko ok ok sk ok ok ok sk ok ok ok ok Struggle Be- * %k ok ok %k ok ok ok ok ok k ok ok ok ok ok HH KKK KKK KK KKK KKK NN GERMANY NOT UNERIENDLY Significance of Withhold- ing the Proclamation of Neutrality. up to concert pitch. The words of Lord Wolseley, talking of the militia being called out in case of need for foreign | ervice, are much talked of as an indi- | ion. While the report, published this even- ing, is probably without foundation, that the German fleet isgoingto Manilla with orders to prevent a blockade, it has naval sentiment still more, and there is not a naval officer here They see avain in_Germany’s present tween America and Great Britain is The channel squadron in all its glory ix first-class battleships and eight cruisers—glided into the anchorage here this afternoon. It was a splendid ight. The ship arrived in double line, and crowds v itnesséd thée mathemati- In This Peculiar Line of Action the Wishes of Spain Are Ignored. The steamship San Ignacio de Loyola | BERLIN, April 30.—The United States embassy does not regard the fact | FYPECTANCY IS THE SITUATION | | | | i Regulars at Chickamauga | Expect Orders to ! Move South. Indications That the Troops| | Will to Tampa and Thence to Cuba. Soon Go Several Well-Known Army Officers Get Leave of Absence to Become Colonels of Volunteers. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 30.— Expectancy is the situation at Chick- amauga Park to-day among the of- ficers and men, every regiment look- every moment almost to get or- | s to move south. the Twenty-fourth Infantry y and the Tenth Cavalry Infantry are under or- and are packing to-night, ntuated to-night w that the Third and £ cived orders to be ready move at a moment’s notice. The - Sixteenth Infantry, from Fort Sherman, Idaho, and Rainbow, Wash., reached Chickamauga to-day and went xth Cavalry had to into camp on the Kelley field. Orders | €ighteen expanse, affording a fine ground for regiment | the maneuvers of a fleet of war ves- sels. were received to-day from the War De- partment transferring _this and all other troops at the park be- longing to other departments to the Department of the Lakes. Captain E. E. Hardin, Seventh In- to-day to accent the col- First Lieutenant Albert S. coloneley of a South Dakota regiment of volunteers. First Lieutenant C. C. Ballou, Twelfth Infantry, was ordered to Springfield, 1lL, for duty at the vol- unteer camp. Captain J; « W thrown from a new which he was breaking to service his leg was fright- rained. The sur- ashed and s »er correspondents, an has been here for a ve left under orders | Mobile, a straw that | wspar which wore, h nd E CHEYENN tachment tioned at join the afternoon lighth Infantry sta Sorings, Wyo., i ghth. | quences, have caused an awakening on | £ April 30.—Two com- | the part of the Spanish authorities to | were affected with trichinosis and .pre- panies of the s volunteers; one | the necessity of having forts and guns | served in acids which were ruinous to Eemiited in and the other in | of a character sulted to modern war- | health, and pleaded in favor of their Kansas City, t into camp at | fare. The near approaches to Manila | total exclusion. ghe,faln: sro Governor | itself, by both land and sea, are now | The Minister of Agriculture, Baren hopes to have three regi- | defended by forts and batteries with | von Hammerstein-Leexten, then an- § r.obilized by May 10. Li guns of new pattern, and Cavite, on | ncunced that an imperial decree to e Uniten a the hook of land some six miles south | that effect, which would be valld e recruii- | of the citv. is also well fortified. | throughout Germanv. was to be thet thes K has intimated | On Tilago and Gorda points, on_the | passed. It is understood that a bill to be mqr,\hQ{ Ve © will probably | north side of the entrance to the bay, | this effect will be presented to the Porrgrehed overland from Topeka 10| as well as the hills back of Limbones | Reichstag and passed before adjourn- the War T . Ihe voint at which | Point on the south side are a number | ment. troops ; ed to have tle | of new batteries. said to mount fifty ki Failure at San Rofael. nearly seventy Satyy e Hoff Laughs at Death. SAN QUENTIN, condemned murde ting to be quite thlete. when the condemr men a ercise he keeps them all amus ing handsprings and showing t} kinds of tricks. He seems to Clute, is get- | 2 Every day |d out for ex- | Vi turn- | o all be well | leased with the prison, and 4 ear death. He says he will be |oc bravest man that ever i gallows. | ana Commodore Dewey’s naval expedition, | 1s a place of some 300,000 inhabitants, | lying on both sides of the mouth of the | The Ninth Cay. | River Pasig, on the eastern shores of a | vast bay of the same name one hun- ang | dred and twenty miles in circumfer- ence. of water is a little over ten miles wide and is broken by Corregidor and Ca- en it was stated | Boca Grande on the south, both of which there is easy passage in water rangiug from fathoms. creases. but huge mass of the Sierra Mirivales, ris- n e ing quite granted an indefinite leave | Tilago points, peaks upward to a height of some 4500 feet. that the Vatican had been ill-advised | On the south side, inland from Lim- | at its recent attempt at mediation. | ones Point, the land rises with a more | Continuing, _ Megr. Lorinzelli said: | as granted leave to accept the | p gentle slope until it culminates in the Pico de Laro, Dos Picos, Piquito and 4 4 Island Pitcher, Troop A, First | ,5EI0 signal station and a lighthouse, which are readily seen from the city. twenty- | 5 five mile: | tes that he will be confined for L‘:\«a west over the waters of the China} forces. East Indizl_n possessions were so fre- quently raided by English and Dutch | soldiers that they are | One of the best fortified cities in the | East, but guns which defended them long since became obsclete and for many vears, Jeft to Or until the recent insurrection of the \ent at Chickamauga this | natives, but little was done to bring achment of the Fir-|them up to date. Arizona relieved | ever, and its probable ultimate conse- The distance 8| or more guns of large caliber and long | is a battery of recent construction 30.—Hoff, the|is said, mounting several large Krupp lose thelr lives every day by drowning, stepped upon the | and 200 British steamers and sailing 8 of Germany's not issuing a declaration of neutrality as indicative of unfriend- liness, but rather the reverse; while it ‘renerales that the Minister for For- eign Affairs, Baron von Buelow, has given repeated assurances, some of many will observe the strictest neutral- | HOW MANILA | expressions of the most friendly feel- Modern Forts and Guns|inss of the present German Govern- | ment for the Government and people to Guard the Harbor | of the United States. Entrance. In conversation upon the subject the United States Embassador, Andrew D. White, said: “There is absolutely Mo | reason to expect anything but fair and o | impartial neutrality from Germany, Quite a Formidable Barrier to| picx igiall the Unifed Btates wanted the Passage of a Hostile | or expected.” Fleet. As a matter of fact, Germany's deci- sion not to formally declare neutrality means nothing more or less than that, | | while it leaves the Government'’s hands | | free, it is expected to enable German | | merchants to reap a harvest by selling | | freely to both combatants. At the same time it may be gathered from the fact that Spain strenuously sought to induce Germany to proclaim neutrality | that she regards neutrality as condu- cive to her interests. | During the visit of the United States | Embassador to Dresden several inter- | | esting incidents occurred. When en route for the audience with King Al- | bert to present President McKinley's congratulations upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the throne Mr. White met the Spanish Em- bassador to Germany, Senor Mendez Devigo, upon the stairs of the palace. There was a moment of embarrass Spain Has Not Been Idle Since the Danger of War Grew Ap- parent. The city of Manila, the capital and emporium of the Philippine Islands, which is the objective point of The entrance to this grand body which have been quite recent, that Ger- | NEW YORK, April 30.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Signifi- cant action was taken by the Navy Department to-day to improve the ef- ficiency of the North Atlantic squad- ron in case of operations against the Spanish. It has been determined to di- vide the fleet into two divisions, one of which will be commanded by Commo- dore J. C. Watson and the other by Commodore G. C. Remey. Rear Admi- ral Sampson will continue in command of the entire fleet. In taKing this action the department has been guided by the evident neces- sity of placing sufficient flag officers in charge of vessels to direct their move- ments against the enemy. Orders to Commodore Watson, issued to-day, di- rect him to report immediately to Rear Admiral Sampson for such duty as that officer may direct. Instructions given by the department to Rear Admiral Sampson direct -him to place Commo- dore Watson in charge of a division, composed of half of his force, most of which are on blockading duty on the | southwestern coast of Cuba. The de- partment declines to name the vessel which will be Commodore Watson's flagship, but it will be either the cruis- er Cincinnati, commanded by Captain C. M. Chester, or the ¢ ;patch boat Dol- phin, commanded by Commander H. M. | Lyon, both of which ships are equipped | with a flag officer’s quarters. Commodore Remey has been tem- porarily assigned to duty in charge of | the naval base at Key West. It is ap- | preciated by the department that this is a most important post. It was so considered during the Civil War, when | an officer of flag rank was kept on duty | there during practically the entire re- bellion. Commodore Remey will not, however, continue at Key West for | any length of time, but will be assigned | to command the first division, which | will be temporarily retained by Rear Admiral Sampson, while Commodore ‘Watson will get the second division. The assignment of these two officers will relieve Rear Admirai Sampson of DIVIDES THE FLEET OF SAMPSON War Department Details Commodores to Aid the Rear Admiral. Watson and Remey Will Each Command a Division of the North Atlantic Squadron in Cuban Waters. a great deal of labor and make them directly responsible to him for any ae- tion they may take. Further than this, the assignments are important in view of the strateg- ical results expected to ensue. For instance, when there is a junction of the flying squadron with the North At- lantic squadron, Commodore Watson will be left in command of the blockad- ing force off Cuban ports. while Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore Remey, in whose division will be the armored vessels, will sail with Com- modore Schley’s command, which will comprise the second division of the united force to attack the Spanish men-of-war. It was pointed out to me to-day that Rear Admiral Sampson’s force hadi now grown to such proportions that it was absolutely impossible one man to handle it without overworking him- self, and Rear Admiral Sampson is too good an officer for the department to permit to be run down at this critical Juncture. There are fifty-four vessels under his command, including two battle-ships, one armored cruiser, four monitors, four cruisers, one dispatch boat, ten gunboats, seven tcrpedo boats, and the remainder is composed of revenue cutters and converted vachts and tugs. The division of the North Atlantic squadron and assignment of flag offi- cers to command each division was in accordance with the recommendations cf the naval war board. As to the junction of Commodore Schley’'s com- mand with the vessels of those of Rear Admiral Sampson, it developed to-day that the sailing orders given to Com- modore Schley yesterday were prepar- atory in character, and that his ships would not sail for a few days, possibly not until the armored ships of the North Atlantic squadron have succeed- ed in reducing a Cuban point, to be ta- ken as an American base of operations. Much depends, of course, upon the | movements of the Spanish men-of-war, | as will be reported to the department | by the sccuts which are now scouring | the seas on the lookout for their ap- pearance. SELECTION OF THE GENERALS First the President Will Name the Seniors for Service. Politics and Influence of the National Guard Creep Into the Contest. At First It Wus Intended to Name Only Regular Army M=n for Most of the High Flaces. to leaving to-morrow or The feeling that there would | Pallo Islands into two channels,the | Ment, then both stretched out their ® fov all to move was ac- | Boca Chica on the north -&lda’and the | ands ang exchignzed Excedugs, an order for all to move was ac- E nd the Mr. White, in presenting President | through | McKinley's letter, made a neat speech | assuring his Majesty that he was held | in high esteem and affection in Amer- | ica, at which the King was muca Within the bay ik _ | gratified. Mr. White was also pre- i "h}e’e"(‘“e depth de- | L 1oq to ‘Emperor Francis Joseph of = - BIvVes {rom seven to| systria, who warmly welcomed him. | fathoms over all of its brodd | " It jg generally remarked that the | Austrian Emperor has aged greatly | lately. His hair and beard, which a | year ago were only streaked with gray, | are now snow white, and the expres- sicn of his face has become most sad. | Mr. White, while at Dresden, had | frequent conversations with the Papal | Nuncio, Mgr. Lorinzelli, who told him twenty to forty On the north side of the entrance the abruptly from Luzon and thrusts its five pointed “What the Pope ought to have done was to induce Spain to give the Pope ! Cuba, he giving it to the Cubans.” Despite denials, it is a fact that many well-known German cfficers, whose aristocratic names, if published, would create a sensation in Germany, applied at the United States embassy | for permission to join the American | A large percentage of the American students are en route home | to offer their services to the Govern- ment. The German-American Club of Ber- lin, at a special meeting this week, adcpted resolutions expressing sym- pathy and encouragement “in the righteous war against tyrannical Spain.” The Prussian Diet on Wednesday ex- haustively debated the questions of American meat imvorts. Members characterized American meat inspec- tion as a hoax. They said the meats rther peaks about 2000 feet in height. | On the western end of Corregldor | is a rounded hill 633 feet in on the top of which stands a | away, and for forty miles to | In other times, when Spain's rich | ‘buccaneers,” Manila was reckoned | the castles as well as the | This trouble, how- SAN RAFAEL. April 30.—Christian | Klein. a lccal butcher, has filed a petifion | in insolvency. he has sixty-eight cred- itors, mostly San Francisco merchants. The total liabilities are $14,115 23, and the assets only $2675. Klein was a member | of a corporation known as the Marin County Packing and Proviston Company. which” @id not Jast'a year and made an assignment in San Francisco last month. This was the beginning of his downfall. —————— “UOTSSIJY £201-L10T ‘UBUOON °f ‘[BAOWAL INOYI[M J0 M ‘SouB)d D-.: S4N3[UINJ UO SPBUI SIVUBAPY ange. ; On “Signal Hill,” Corregidor Island, it nd Armstrong. guns. Altogether, the efenses about the entrance present a ery formidable barrier to any passage £ a hostile, fleet : . An average of thr;e British seamen essels are lost yearly at sea. Epecfal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 30.—The Wash- ington correspondent of the Herald sends the following: The senior major generals of the volunteer establishment will be the first officers selected by the President and their nominations will probably go to the Senate Tuesday. I was assured to-night that with these ‘nominations would be sent the appoint- ments of several officers to be commis- sioned as brigadier generals. Probably five major generals and ten or twelve brigadiers will constitute this | first list. The President’s later appoint- ments will be governed by the capacity shown by the senior céionels of the army in the coming expedition into Cuba and by the development of officers from civil life and militia now colonels and lieutenant colonels of the State quotas. The history of changes made in the list of general officers, as prepared by the President early this week, is an in- teresting one. He had at first deter- mined to select two prominent North- ern and one Southern general in the late war to command the three army corps into which the volunteer army was at first divided by the War De- partment. It was at the time under- stood that the first appointments of brigadier generals were to be entirely selected from officers of the regular army. But National Guard influence has been brought to bear. with the re- sult that less than one-half of the brigadiers first selected will be taken from the list of available regulars re- commended by the War Department. Two of the three men first selected for corps commanders with the rank of major general were General Dodge and General J. H. Wilson of Delaware. both veterans of the Northern armies, and the third was held for one of the prominent Southerners. General Fitz- hugh Lee was popularly supposed to have been selected for the honor. La- ter politics began to figure, and mem- bers of Southern delezations crowded the White House with recommenda- tions of the candidacy of General Jo- seph Wheeler of Alabama. It is claimed that if the war is to be suc- cessful the higher generals will have to represent the interests of sections from which they are appointed. Yesterday, as exclusively stated in the Herald. General Dodge refused to aceept a senior command. This leaves but one more name on the list of ma- jor generals—General Wilson—who will undoubtedly receive one of the highest commands. Brigadier General Shafter has become pror.inent for one of the corps commands, since it has been known that he will be the officer to| lead the first rezulars to Cuba. He has been strongly recommended, and his friends indulge the hope that he| will receive the volunteer appointment. | Brigadier generals who are certain to | be chosen from the National Guards | | are General Roe of New York, General | | Garretson of Ohio, General Otis of Cal- | ifornia and either General Snowden or General Gobin, from Pennsylvania. The probable appointments are those of Colonel Adams of Lafayette Post, New York, and Colonel Francis Greene of the Seventy-first New York. Regular officers who will receive high commands besides General Shafter are Lieutenant Colonel Ludlow of the corps of engineers, whose candidacy is great- ly promoted by his selection as. chief of engineers, with Colonel George W. Davis, Fourteenth Infantry, now in charge of the mustering in of New York’s volunteer quota; Colonel Law- ton, who has been strongly indorsed for appointment from Indiana, and Major Ernest A. Garlington, who has South Carolina’s indorsement. for at least thirty days. To make the | punishment a little more severe they will be shackled to their cells. The reason for their going on a strike was that the officer of the laundry had replaced the Chinese fireman in the fire- room with a white man. ADVERTI SEMENTS. The “Woman ane ~The Sphinx« The mystery of woman- hood is full of deep unanswerable enigmas. Why -should women be compelled to suffer sim- ply because they are wo- men? Why is it that the source of their highest joys is at the same time the cause of their greatest wretched- ness? The very attributes which make it | possible for women to be happy wives and =others also render them liable to the ut- most physical misery and pain. The sufferings of body and mind caused by sorie weakness of the stinctly feminine organs are so almost universal among wo- men that the question might well be asked: #1s this Nature's punishment for the crime of being a woman?’’ The true answer is No! These sufferings are neither natural nor necessary. They would not exist if the organism was healthy. No woman ought to endure such troubles. There is no need of it. Dr. Pierce’s Favor- ite Prescription is a perfect and positive cure for feminine weakness and disease. It gives health and strength to the spe- cial organs and nerve-centres; heals inflam- mation; stops weakening, drains; promotes functional regularity, and restores the nor- mal, vigorous and painless condition which Nature intended. It is the only medicine of its kind in- vented by an educated and expericniced i physician. It is the only medicine which | makes baby's coming safe and compara- tively painless. 7 Any woman who would like to know more about this medicine and about her own physicial make-up should send 21 one- cent stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. V., to pay the cost of mailing only on an | absolutely free :o.p{‘ of his thousand-page | illustrated book, “The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser;” or, 31 stamps for cloth covered. A sure and permanent cure for constipa- tion is Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. One * Pellet” s a gentle laxative, twe a mild cathartic. i This Way. STRIKE IN SAN QUENTIN. |sop with these swits. They SAN QUENTIN, April 30.—The twelv Chinamen in the laundry went out on|7CPTESENE the advanced B to-day. Y. v+ di v | - Bronsht an 15 Cabiain Edgar, who, atiey | tdews of the advanced investigating their case, ordered them all | v Pl into the dungeon, where they will remain | American Tailor. The Prfizg Sh Heading h 1p The Searchlight Broudht to Bear Upon the Eights, Which Reveals a Bid Prize. War talk is upon every one’s lips. War talk is uppermost in every one’s thoushts. A victorious war is in our minds. We won’t have it otherwise. We Wage a llerry War and Use for Our Ammunition the Most Fashionable of Men’s Spring Suits and the EIGHTS $5.88. $8.88. Beginning Monday the richest of Spring Suits for Men, lined with the richest of Satins, tailored by the swellest of tailors. There's nothing in this city at $15 that will stand compari- colorinds are nuwmerows to select from. Youw wade deep among stacks of the very handsomest of spring darments for gdentlemon’s wear. A revival of 'em at A big lot of that pretty little swit with its lit- tle vest for little men, with its sloping collar, braided in a very novel fash- ion; the vest also braided in a very pretty style. You couldn’t touch like swits under £3.00 in other stores, for the little chaps between the ages of 8 and 7. These at $1.79. Some very pretty Worsted Sweaters forlit- tle men, hand- some color com- binations, with sailor collar; ald sizes complets for Monday's great sale; mo Sweater in town at $1.50 is any better. These Monday at LADIES’ SATIN PUFF SCARFS. The loveliest of satin Puffs for ladies, the extra long omes, in darnet, in cardinal, in purple, in black, in navy—the kind that yow'll pay $1 forin other stores. These Monddy at 39c. A big lot of! crash Sailor Tams for little folks; those that are so summery and swell; many different| styles of bands;! all of "em pretty. Thesein the Hat Department at 25c. A big lot of high-class| Straws for little | folks, the Sailor shape, many handsome comy- binations in the straws, regular 50¢ goods. Monday at 25c. No sale of ours wowld be com* plete withowt our great Hat Department be- ing mentioned in it. s Some very pretty shades in cedarin the soft Alpine shape, with contrast trimmings; the same hat in pearls. in blacks and seal browns. It's the Hat' that's made owr house famous. As good as the exclusive hat-! ters’ $2 hat. Ours at $8.88. O5c. ({1 o9-11-13-15 KEARNY ST THE FRISCO BOYS. Two Entire Buildinds—Eight Floors.