The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 1, 1898, Page 4

ATTEMPT TO THAT LAST PAPERS IAVE [ s nessmmanaseses DESTROY TWO WAR VESSELS Bomb Exploded Beneath a Wharf at Portland Iron Works. Torpedo - Boats Barely Escape Destruction at the Hands of a Skulking ] Spaniard. PORTLAND, Or, April 30.—An at-| tempt to set fire to the shop or to frighten the warkmen on torpedo-boats | 12 and 13 was made under the wharf | of the Wolff & Sewicker Iron Works at 11 o'clock last night. While nothing | could be learned of the perpetrator, a d or Mexican whp was seen | E: g about the place all day and | who had been several times ordered away is suspected by the police. An investigation to-day disclosed the frag- ments of a heavy bomb scattered di- rectly below the wharf. 1 te workmen, who were just | the building, were startled, as . blew, by a dull report, ap- st below the wharf on which are building. It shook the structure to its foundations. R. . Redman, in charge of the Madi- street bridge at night, also heard > detonation and saw a blinding flash der the torpedo-boats ght as far distant as Eichth nan streets, -a mile away, | explosion . material clerk of the iron with Henry Poehler and Con- Boe Buebeke, night watchmen, seized lanterns and hurried beneath the wharf. Just as they reached the ground a second report like that of a shotgun or revolver was heard and they saw a The L edo-boats | men light flash for an instant, but that was all. Groping about by the dim light of their lanterns they were unable to find anything which could have caused an explosion and they finally decided to abandon the quest till daybreak. The Spaniard whom the police sus- pect of having caused the explosioR, either with the deliberate purpose o blowing up the torpedo-boats or settin, fire to the building, or thinking to ter- rify the contractor, had been slinking about the place all day. He visited the saloon on the corner, where he ques- tioned the workmen during the noon hour, being very careful to inquire of Nightwatchman Poehler how many were on watch and at work at night. His actions finally became so sus- picious that the police were notified, and a patrolman was sent over to in- vestigate. He returned with the re- port that the man was all right, and nothing further was thought of the matter until the explosion occurred. When news of the attempt reached the police station the captain dis- patched several men to look into it, but in the darkness they were unable to learn anything furgher than the watch- man told them. KEEPING TAB ON TELECRAMS Precautions Taken to Pre- vent Cablegrams of Spaniards. No Cipher Messages Are Per- | mitted to the West Indies. General Greely Completes All the Arrangements to Cause the Restrictions. Special Dispatch to The Call Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 30. Many complaints have been received here to the effect that the Government has not ta full precautions to pre- vent the transmission of important military dispatches between the Span- | tsh Government and its colonies in the | \ est Indies. “The truth " out the matter,” said | Major Greely, chief signal officer, who | has charge of the supervision exercised | by the United States Government over cable messages going out or coming in- to Key West, “is that the President has acted promptly in the matter, but at present_there is -able running out of the United ates that is not under | proper restrictions as tc the character | of the m sent. General G has amicably adjust- | ed these delicate matters with the 3 Union Telegraph Company th the Postal Telegraph Com- | “Both of these companies,” he | have patriotically ac ted the restrictions placed upon them | by the Government, and 10| cipher messages are handled between | this country and the West Indies over American cables, except such as are | exchanged between the officers of the | TUnited States and neutral Ambassadors | and Ministers and the designated Con- | sular officers of the country they repre- | sent in the West Indies.” General Greely has just returned from New York, where he completed arrangements relating to certain con- ditions of the restriction above referred to. He says it is now doubly hard for the Spaniards to communicate with their representatives in the West In- dies. Their communications now will have to be made either in a round- about way via South America or from | the British cable running from Halifax to Bermud College Records Broken. PHILADELPHIA, April 30.—In the annual race carnival of the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field to- day W. P. Remington of New York broke the intercollegiate record for the running broad jump by jumping 23 feet 4% inches. The intercollegiate record was 22 feet 11% inches. J. C. Mc- Cracken broke the intercollegiate record for the hammer-throw. sending the weight 139 feet 9 inches. The record was 136 feet 3 inches. s> iy Russell Harrison’s Appeal. WASHINGTON, April 30.—Mr. Rus- sell Harrison, son of ex-President Har- | rison, has made personal application to Secretary Alger for appointment in one of the staff departments of the army, preferably to the pay department, and | it is probgble that his wishes will be | complied with. Sy drgded Rain Falls at Riverside. RIVERSIDE, April 30.—The first rain for some weeks is falling here to-night. Rain began last night and up to the present time a quarter of an inch has| failen, with indications good for a con- | tinuance. It will be of great value in| replenishing the water supply in reser- 1 voirs for summer irrigation. — ee————— Full Course French Dinner, 25 Cents. Good wine. The Ralston, 78 Market street. . ] LEMPERORS ARE OW AT OUTS William Quarrels With | Francis Josef Over the War. Austria’s Ruler Tries in Vain to Induce German Kaiser to Favor Spain. But the Young War Lord Desires to Retain the Good Will of the United States. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON. May 1.—The Vienna cor- respondent of the Sunday Special tele- tory to the effect that Em- liam left Dresden last Satur- day after a disagreement with Em- peror Francis Joseph, arising from a heated discussion had in the afternoon relative to the Spanish-American war, in which the Austrian Emperor vainly tried to convince the Kaiser that it is his duty and interest to assume, if not an unfriendly attitude toward the United States, a more friendly neutral- ity to Spain. Emperor William reit- erated that Germany’s irterests pointed to a policy of strict neutrality and the retention of the good will of the mighty republiec. Emperor Francis Joseph was much hurt by the Kaiser's heated and im- pulsive language, and plainly showed his displeasure at the banquet given in the evening, the situation growing so unpleasant that Emperor William took his departure before the close of the banquet. German merchants at the Azores and Philippine Islands have asked Foreign Office for protection. ) NIPPING THE PLOTS OF THE SPANIARDS, Vice-Consul Bruga of Tampa Is Up to Mischief and Will Soon Be Arrested. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 30.—A special to the Times-Union and Citizen from Tampa, Fla., says: Chief of Po- lice Burke of'the Tampa force and Gen- eral Wade held a lengthy consultation a few evenings ago, the subject of which has just come to light. Spanish Consul Solis left about three days ago and Vice-Consul Bruga left about two days later. The vice-consul said that he was going to Jamaica by way of New York and on the evening prior to departure he was given a fare- well party by his Spanish friends. A few evenings ago a Spanish woman told two of her American girl friends that something would happen soon. Her significant remark in connection with the many rumors of Spanish plots in circulation aroused suspicion. On Thursday night, as Chief Burke was returning from Ybor City, he was sur- prised to see Bruga, who he supposed | was on his way to Jamaica, at the Spanish woman’s house. Major Connelly of the Florida State troops has also been informed by a Cuban resident that Bruga is in town. It is also reported that the Spaniard has been seen at night disguised. A Spanish boarding-house and another house owned by Solis, where Bruga is supposed to visit, are being watched by the police\ to-night, and if Bruga is seen he will bé arrested. Another plot is in course of develop- ment that will be nipped. It is to the effect that there is a soldier here with the regulars who speaks Spanish whose term will soon expire. It is asserted that he had been approached and urged to re-enlist with the intimation that he might make $260 a month Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gordon Beanett. KEY WEST, April 30.—The most | popular of the ships in the harbor at present is the monitor Puritan, now here taking coal. The Herald told on Thursday, in its exclusive account of | the shelling of the Matanzas shore bat- | teries, of the wonderful shot with which | the Puritan finished the action, demol- shing the battery and hurling earth- | | works, gun carriages and concrete sixty | feet in the air in one terrible volcano | of iron, earth and stone. | “Black Jack” Harrington, the Puri- | tan’s captain, has been here to-day and that jast shot is the talk of the week. I learned to-day from an officer of the | Puritan that the man who sighted that | death-dealing gun at a distance of | nearly two miles and a half from the | shore batteries was Gurner's Mate | Jackson, one of the most popular lads | on the monitor. Jackson had just | sighted his piece, and, as he afterwards ‘ explained, he had the range so perfectly that he felt sure of a center shot. At that critical moment the flagship sig- | nalled to stop firing. Jackson could not bear to lose that beautiful chance so] | he let go a moment after the action was | officially declared off. | If he had made a bad shot Gunner’s | | Mate Jackson might have been repri- | manded, but when the wuen of the en- | | tire squadron witnessed the terrible | | execution done by Jackson's last shot | 500 caps of “‘Jackies” came off in a jiffy. | | Cheers rang lustily from the decks of | | the Cincinnati, the flagship and the | monitor, impromptu hornpipes were ex- | | ecuted on the gundeck of the Puritan, and the marksman was seized and | hugged again and- again like a lost | | brother. | “I knew I had her that time,” was | ackson's smiling comment, “and the| | 3 SHOT FROM THE PURITAN Gunner’'s Mate Jackson the Hero of the Block- ading Squadron. Released the Missile That Dealt Death at Matanzas After “Stop Firing” Had Been Signaled. | vana, was caught off the Cuban coast { tenant-Commander Lyons, the Dolphin | seize him. whole navy couldn’t stop it after I had it sighted.” Key West has her daily prize again to-day. The patriots of this coral reef have become so accustomed to lining the wharves and rushing to the house- | tops in answer to the hail ‘“Another prize is coming,” that they begin to look for it as a regular daily diversion. To-day’s victim is a little fellow, but he presents some unique features. The small Spanish fishing smack Lolo, loaded with fish, intended for Ha- by the Dolphin. In the hands of Lieu- has become quite formidable. There are scoffers on the flagship, who say to-day that when the Dolphin put a prize crew of four aboard the redolent Lolo and rounded her up last evening close by Admiral Sampson’s splendid vessel, the prize crew made the mis- take of coming up to the New York from the windward. Many protests were heard from the New York's gold- laced officers as they sniffed the aroma of the Lolo's cargo, and Captain Chad- | wick 1s sald to have signalled the prize | crew to take their charge to the lee- ward immediately under penalty of court-martial. Be this as it may, the admiral ruled again to-d as he did in the case of the Ericssor fishing smack prize, that | fishermen are exempt from- seizure un- | der the law of blockade, and promptly | ordered the release of the vessel. But| an unexpected complication ensued. | The captain of the Lolo protested in | vigorous Spanish that he did not want | to be released. His greatest aim in | life had just been achieved when he succeeded in forcing the Dolphin to He begged that he should | not be set free, and said the worst fate | Americans were likely to visit upon | him would be preferable to being per- | mitted to run his cargo into Havana, where Geperal Blanco would surely im- | press him into the Spanish service. | The patriotic fisherman was accom- modated and he arrived here this morn- | ing, a willing prisoner, glad enough to have escaped conscription. BRITAIN WOULD END THE WAR Ready to Use Its Good Offices to Arrange Peace. Duke of Devonshire Speaks at | the Royal Academy Banquet, Refers to Spain as “One of the Proud- est and Most Powerful Nations.” Epecial Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 30.—At the Royal Academy banquet to-night there pres- ent the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Duke of York, Prince Christian, Prince Edward of Saxe Wei- mar, Prince Christian Victor, Joseph Chamberlain, Colonel John Hay, the diplomatic corps, with the exception of the Sparish Embassador, and many other lcading men. The Duke of Dev- onshire, in the course of an address, sadd: “At present we are spectators of the war between one of the proudest and most powerful nations of Europe, and the youngest and most powerful com- | munity of America, in the foundation | of which Great Britain has taken so large a share, and in whose fortunes she has taken so much interest.” The Duke of Devonshire said he be- lieved that both belligerents admitted that Great Britain had no right or in- | terests which prescribed any other course than one of strictest neutrality, and while he admitted that “not even the dictates of humanity warrant ac- tion on our part that could be construed as uncalled for in- terference in a quarrel which {s not ours,” he felt sure that the country would join in the wish that if oppor- tunity ever offered itself the good of- fices of Great Britain. if asked for, should serve to bring to a speedy and honorable conclusion a war which, however inevitable it might have been, was attended by conditions more than usually pathetic. The address was re- ceived with applause. ‘Will Guard a Powder Works. WILMINGTON, Del., April 30.—Lieu- tenant-Colonel Colton of the National Guard, with a detachment of men, will be detailed for duty in the vicinity of the Dupont Powder Works on the Brandywine. They will go on duty Mon- day. This is taken as a precautionary measure against the blowing up of the works by Spanish spies. Silnbi o2tk Spirit of the South. NEW ORLEANS, Arril 30.—All the Confederate organizations in the city held a joint meeting to-night, and | urged that the President appoint such | men as John B. Morgan, James Lone- | street, Joseph Wheeler and Fitzhugh | Lee and others among the generals, and pledging themselves and their sons to defend old glory. Cruiser Minneapolis. PORTLAND, Me., April 30.—The cruiser Minneapolis, which arrived | here at 4 o'clock this afternoon, will | sail early Sunday morning, It is | thought she will be joined by the Co- |lumbia, now at Portsmouth. -, COES 1Y OUEST O THE DONS Cruiser San Francisco Sails From New York Harbor. From Her Mainmast Floats Commodore Howell’s Pennant. Thousands Cheer the Fleet Warship as She Passes Under Brooklyn Bridge. Bpecial Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 30.—At 4 o’clock this afternoon the cruiser San Fran- cisco had all the necessary ammunition aboard, and a half-hour later, assisted by two tugs, she backed out into the middle of the river and headed down for Tompkinsville, S. I. The vessel is in command of Captain Richard Lea- hey, and from her mainmast Commo- dore Howell’'s pennant floated. As the San Francisco passed under the bridge thousands of persons watch- | ed her from that structure and cheered loudly, and their cheers were answered by the blue jackets on the cruiser. The San Francisco finally moved out into the sea. Her destination is not posi- tively known, but it is thought she will g0_to Provincetown, Mass. The torpedo-boat Scorpion left the navy-yard late this evening, but her destination is not made known. WASHNGTON, April 30.—Lieutenant Commander Delehanty has been or- dered to command the Suanee; Lieu- tenant C. B. E. Moore to command the Nantuckett; Lieutenant Commander J. D. Adams to command _the Penelope; Lieutenant J. B. Mil- ton to command the Wyan- dotte; Lieutenant D. F. Mahan, to the Prairie as executive officer; Rear Ad- miral Carpenter, retired, to take charge of the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard; Lieutenant Commander L. C. Henry, retired, to take charge of the recruit- ing rendezvous at New York; Com- modore G. C. Remey to command the naval base of supplies at Key West. MUSTER ROLLS MUST BE IN ON MONDAY. Adjutant-General Barrett Issues Or- ders to National Guard Officers. > SACRAMENTO, April 30.—Colonel Guthrie, commanding the Second In- fantry, N. G. C., has received a tele- grahic order from Adjutant General Barrett at San Francisco to the effect that all company rolls must be at San Francisco by 12 o'clock noon Monday. The order further demands that all of- ficers of the National Guard who have not already done so send in their ap- plications for commissions in the United States volunteers. Companies E and G, Second Infantry, are stationed here, and the former, Captain John F. Lucie commanding, will turn its full complement, 103 men, over to the volunteer service. Com- pany G, Captain John Zittinger com- manding, has sixty seasoned men in its ranks, all ready to volunteer. Com- pany G’s rolls will be kept open until 5 o’clock p. m. to-morrow and will probably be full by that time. | adopted a distinctly friendly tone re- | | the Latins against the Anglo-Saxons, | which hitherto has roundly abused the | CHANGED TUNE The German Press Called Down Very Hard by the Government. Take Their Lesson and Now Praise the Stand Taken by the United States. Of Course This Change Is Dus to the Former Unfriendly Attitude Shown by France. Specfal Dispatch to The Call. BERLIN, April 30.—Public attention is so engrossed with the Hispano-Am- | erican struggle that the re-convening | of the Reichstag and Prussian Diet | haye been almost unnoticed. The news- papers print entire pages of war news from all parts, mostly unreliable, and | much of it is unfavorable to the United | States. Extras are repeatedly issued | alleging great naval disasters to the| Americans. One of the worst offenders | announced on Wednesday evening last | that four American warships had been | blown up (giving among the victims a fictitious ironclad) off Buenos Ayres. As a whole, however, the German press | has ceased its hostile tone toward the | United States. For this change the Gov- ernment is entirely responsible, as all | the newspapers which are in the habit of obtaining information from the For- eign Office, which includes all news- papers of importance in the empire, were this week given a hint to stop their abuse of the United States as be- ing directly opposed to the Govern- ment’s attitude, besides being unpa- triotic and politically unwise. The hint was effective, and not a line directly hostile to America has since been print- ed in any paper. Several newspapers, notably the Frankfort Zeitung, have specting the war. The fact that Paris, Rome and Por- tuguese newspapers, which are even | more unfriendly to the United States | than the German newspapers were, all | point out that the war is a conflict of also has had some effect in bringing about the quick change in Germany, and | some of the formerly most hostile Ger- man newspapers are now emphasizing the view that the interests of Germany are entirely on the side of America. | For instance, the Berlin Post, which en- | joys close relations with Prince Ho- | henlohe, the Imperial Chancellor, and | United States as ‘“rapacious” and | “‘pharisaical,” now quotes utterances of | Freach newspapers and deduces there- from that it must be clearly to’ Ger- many’s interests to side with the ene- mies of France. | Among a mass of articles dealing with | the war the Kreuz Zeitung, a favorite army paper, publishes an article con- | tributed by Major Scheibert, who, | judging from personal experiences dur- | ing the Civil War in the United States, says: “The Americans, doubtless, will incur serious reverses at the com- mencement of hostilities, and unless | their navy is strong enough to force a great battle and demolish the naval | resources of Spain, which I think very | Monday, Tuesday 1256 a pai (5¢ a pai 25¢ a pai —500 doz. 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