The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1898, Page 4

THE SAN FR ‘WILL NEVER REACH THIS CONTINENT There Is a Big Surprise in Store for the Atlantic Fleet of Spain. Rear-Admiral Sampson Has Com- pleted Plans for Meeting and Defeating the Enemy on the Seas. NEW YORK, May 4—The Herald’s ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: Spain’s Atlantic fleet is not to be al- lowed to reach Porto Rico or to ap- proach the coast of the United States. Rear Admiral Sampson has perfected plans for meeting the enemy on the high seas and giving battle at a time and place of his own choosing. The successful issue of this battle may de- pend in a large measure upon the Span- ish admiral being kept in profound ig- norance of the intention of the Ameri- can commander, and being given the least possible time in which to escape or to prepare for battle. Consequent- | Spanish fleet, although the Herald's | special telegram from St. Vincent | showed that the Spaniards steered a | westerly course until darkness gell on | the first night after they left port. | Many naval officers can scarcely con- | ceive it to be possible that the Spanish admiral would be so rash as to bring | his vessels within reach of such an | overwhelming force as that which Rear | Admiral Sampson could bring against | him. They belleve that if he has held | his westerly course he counts on bein~ able to reach Porto Rico and get his vessels safely into the harbor of San | Juan before he can be attacked by an overwhelming American force. When he left St. Vincent the American force | was divided. Rear Admiral Sampson FAREWELL T0 THE GUARDS Los Angeles Will Bid Its Soldier Boys God- speed. Civic Bodies and Citizens to Escort Them to the Train. Irish Socleties of the Southern City Offer to Organize a Regiment. Spectal Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, May 4—Amid flow- ers and tokens of admiration, respect and esteem the Seventh Regiment of the National Guard will leave Los An- geles on Friday morning at 7 o'clock to enter the service of its country. The final telegraphic order came to Briga- dier-General Last tais evening. The regiment, under command of Colonel J. R. Berry, will proceed to San Fran- cisco. It includes the companies of Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, | santa Ana, Pomona, Pasadena, Ven- tura and Santa Paula and three com- panies in this city. As soon as definite intelligence reach- |ed here that the regiment was to move | arrangements were perfected to give the boys a royal send-off on the occa- sion of their departure. Secretary Zeehandelaar of the Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers' Association | has taken the lead. The association | will turn out, as well as a battalion of police and firemen and members of ly the Secretary of the Navy and Rear | apparently was fully occupied with the | various other local organizations. There Admiral Sampson have kept the details of the plan of operations a profound secret and as the time for the move- ment against the Spanish ships draws closer a censorship of telegrams from Key makes it impossible to obtain direct news of the movement of the armored ships under the immediate command of Admiral Sampson. ly known here is that the four most powerful ships in Rear Admiral Samp- | son’s command, the New York, the In- diana, the Iowa and the Puritan, were ready for a prolonged sea voyage terday afternoon. Thelr coal bunke were filled to their capacity and addi- tional supplies of coal were carried in bags on di Two colliers carrying 8000 tons of coal were ready to a iled eastward to meet s last night have not been confirmed. At the me time Commodore squadron at Hampton Road ing the Rrookl the and the Tex ing 6000 ton a moment’s notice Swift lar; Schley IS carry- to sail at ilia ruisers are scouring irch of the Spanish s all point to the here is to be a union of ps under Rear Admiral with those under Commodore a point in the ocean previ- -d upon, and that the scout ion It that the fon of the § d to be will be ng v 1 Admiral Sampson ibouts of the Span - direction in which it # get under way to inter- cept it, throwing his out in front wing circles as to the d ation of the All that is definite- | The reports that | le to avoid alt | differ somewhat in naval | vessels available to be sent against those under Commodore If he believed he could reach he will probably | blockade of Cuban ports, and the only him were Schlev. | San Juan in safety discover his mistake when it is too late battle to forces so far superior to his own as to leave little doubt as to the | result. | Some of the officers with whom I ihflve talked inclined to the opinion that | the Spanish admiral saw the smoke of the Herald's steamer after he left St.| | Vincent, and, swi. isin~ that he was | being followed, sailed a westerly course | until dark and then swerved off and either returned to Cadiz to form a | junction with the Spanish or to inter- cept the battle-ship Oregon and gun- boat Marietta. If this is his plan naval | officers believe he will be disappointed. | The Oregon had not reached Rio | Janiero when the Spanish admiral left | St. Vincent, and she was generally be- lieved to be much further south than he really was at that time. Not even the officials of the Navy Department had any idea that she would make such a splendid run from Valparaiso to Rio. The Oregon is again at sea, accom- panied by the Marietta and the Nich- teroy, which was purchased from the | Brazilian Government. As the Ore- | gon’s commander is aware of the de- parture of the Spanish fleet he will maintain a careful watch for hostile | vessels until he is out of danger. It is| believed that he will go much to the | | eastward of the usual track in round- | ing Cape Roque, | Fven if she should fail to avoid the Spanish fleet no one here doubts that | the Oregon would give a good account | | of herself: She and her small com- | | panions would probably be defeated. | ;They might be sunk, but there is no| doubt that the Spanish admiral would come out of such a contest, unequal though it would be, minus at least two | | or three of his vessels, and that Spain’s | naval power in the Atlantic would be | [ 50 broken as to make a complete anni- | hilation of her fleet a matter of little | difficulty when Rear-Admiral Samp- son’s forces could be brought to | bear against it. SALISBURY IS PROPHETIC Speaks of the Living and Dying Countries of the World. Continental Politicians Now Recognize That America ‘Will Be a Naval Power. Possibility of a British Protectorate in the Philippines Gives Europe Aaditional Umbrage. Speclal Dispatch to The Call LONDON, May 4.—There can be no | doubt that the unexpected success of the United States at Manila gives little pleasure to continental politicians, who recognize that America is now certain to become a first-class naval power and will have to be reckoned with in the world's affairs. The fact that the American papers are looking kindly upon the possibility of a British pro- tectorate in the Philippines gives addi- tional umbrage, as indicating a con- vergence of America and England to- ward an entente. Lord Salisbury’s speech before the Primrose League to-day appeared to show that he has a presentiment of the change now working in his vague prophetic foreboding of coming trouble, The Premier spoke of the “living and dying countries of the world,” and of how the former were generally en- croaching upon the latter. He spoke also of the ‘“corruption of dying coun- tries, a corruption so deep-seated as to |, give the smallest scope for reform,” and he referred to the partition of these countries as likely to lead nations into war. “Dying countries,” said Lord Salis- bury, “are mostly unchristian, but I regret to say, not exclusively §0.” The Right Hon. James Bryce, Radical member of Parliament from South Aberdeen, writes the Daily Chronicle this morning as follows: “The war is a great misfortune and may in the long run raise grave difficulties for the United States. All my wishes goWof course, with the United States, and the general sympathy with their kindred across the sea which our people have spontaneously displayed, and which was evident from the first, has shown how close ig the tie which unites the two nation: To Send a Stand of Colors. largest mass meetings ever held at Cambridge it was voted to send a stand | of colors to the cruiser Harvard, for- merly the American liner New York. ezl PILOT BOATS TO PUT INTO PORT AT NIGHT. NEW YORK, May 4.—Orders have been issued to the fleet of Sandy Hook pilots that the pilot boats on the south- ern station off Long Branch, the east- ern station at Fire Island, and the sta- tion boat off Sandy Hook lightship shall put into Sandy Hook Bay every night at dark and remain anchored un- til daylight. It is feared that in the event of the Spanish fleet falling in with one of the pilot boats the Spanish would take possession of the pilots and compel them to navigate the hostile fleet. g T SOLDIERS UNDER ARMS TO QUELL RIOTERS. Number of Persons Killed in Italian Towns While Clamoring for Bread. - ROME, May 4. — Bread riots have broken out at Molfa, in the province of Molfa, and seven persons have been killed and sixty wounded. | Owing to the Government stopping the | news, it is impossible to ascertain the exact number of the killed in the riots, but it is belleved the number already | reaches thirty. General Pellieux, the | Minister of War, has permission to pro- | claim a state of slege, If necessary. Four | thousand men have been called under arms to-night to nforce the garrison. SRR Pennsylvania’s Enrollment. MOUNT GRETNA, Pa., May 4—The formal enrollment of the Pennsylvania militiamen for the volunteer service of the United States was completed to- day. As near as can be approximated at present over 90 per cent of the en- tire National Guard of the State volun- teered. In the three brigades 8546 offl- cers and men faced the inspector-gen- eral and Governor Hastings and staff, and 7779 of these volunteered. The Na- tional Guard was formed upon the field by regiments and each officer and man was asked individually whether, he would enlist. ——— Enlistment of Volunteers. WASHINGTON, May 4.—The enlist- ments in the volunteer army the first two days during which thls was in progress amounted only to something over 700. More than one hundred of these were officers and the greater part of them surgeons, which accounts for the limited number mustered in. Six hundred privates have so far been enlisted. With the surgeons qualified to examine the soldiers, rapid progress with the regular enlistment work is looked for. — First Apricot Shipment. WINTERS, May 4.—The first box of apricots shipped from California this sea- son was sent from Winters to-day from the orchard of G. W. Hinclay. —_——— made on furniture and planos, with Advances CAMBRIDGE, May 4.—At one o; the | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. will be thousands of people at the dk- pot to see the Seventh Regiment started on-its way. At a meeting of Irish societies to- night William Alexander Ryan, county ’ | = | president of the Ancient Order of Hi- West has been established. This | for him to escape or to avoid giving | bernians, received a United States flag which the society had been voted at the Cathedral fair, and Judge Ryan was directed to communicate with Governor Budd and to offer the services of a regiment made up from Irish societies. A resolution to this effect was unani- mously adopted. PALO ALTO, May 4.—The Stanford squad of student volunteers who have enlisted in Company K, First Regiment, N. G. C., will leave to-morrow for the Presidio, where they will be put through a physical examination. Those accepted will begin hard drilling with the hope of being ordered into active service. All day long the soldier boys were engaged in bidding farewell to members of the faculty and fellow students. CARSON, May 4.—Nevada’s volun- teer mounted riflemen have been or- dered with the Second United States Cavalry, under Captain Torrey. The point of mobilization will be Carson. Volunteers are pouring in from all por- tions of the State. They will go into encampment to-morrow morning. PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 4—The Santa Fe to-night took from Prescott/ 200 volunteers, who have been ordered to report at San Antonio. STOCKTON, May 4.—Lieutenant- | Colonel Johnson, in command of the Sixth Regiment, N. G. C., has received orders to report at headquarters in San Francisco to-morrow. that he goes to take part in a consulta- tion as to the selection of the remain- ing two battalions to fill out Califor- nia’'s infantry quota. The First and Seventh Regiments were the only ones coming up to the requirements of the United States army as to the number of companies. The First and Second Brigades being represented by these two regiments, it is believed here that | | the other battalion will be taken from the Third Brigade. SAN DIEGO, May 4.—Three compa- nies of minute men were organized in this city this evening. Thev are in- | tended to take the place of the National Guard, which is to leave the city for San Francisco. Company A chose Ed Fletcher as -captain, Company B elected P. Guinn, and Company C J. T. Weldon. Company F, recently formed at Chula Vista, chose C. H. Stuart as captain. These companies give San Diego and_ vicinity 200 minute men. Company B has just received orders from Colonel J. R. Berry, commanding the Seventh Regiment, to take the 1:45 train for San Francisco to-morrow. AWAITS THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEW ORLEANS. Flying Squadron Will Go to Sea Within the Next Twenty-Four Hours. ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP BROOKLYN, OFF FORT MONROE, OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., May 4.— It is the general expectation here that the flying squadron will go to sea with- in twenty-four hours, or as soon as the cruiser New Orleans arrives. Commodore Schley has been notified that the cruiser Columbia has been de- tached from the squadron and that the New Orleans will take her place. So far as fighting ability is concerned the New Orleans is superior to the Colum- bia, being more heavily armed and without so much freeboard and upper works to serve as a target. The Min- neapolis has not yet been officially de- tached and may yet be in the squad- ron. The squadron is now accompa- nied by a first-class tug for dispatch and water purposes.and the collier Sterling. On the ships to-day fire and com- mission drills occupied the time of the crews. SAN FRANCISCO CASTS ANCHOR OFF BOSTON. Thought to Have a Spanish Prize Caught in Northern Waters. BOSTON, May 4—A large warship supposed to be the San Francisco was sighted about five miles off Boston Light this evcning. She disnlayed many lights and came to a-chor well out. Entrance to the harbor was not made owing to the danger at night from the newly laid mines. It was per- sistently rumored that a number of persons distinctly perceived a prize under the wing of the man-of-war, but owing to the darkness and the distance from shore this could not be confirmed. Ir. view of the published ctories of the hearing of heavy firing off the coasts of Rhode Island and Maine recently, h -ever, this is not improbable. e S Guarding Against Spies. ALBANY, N. Y., May 4—Governor Black has authorized the Aqueduct Commissioners of New York to appro- priate 100 special deputies to guard the Croton Aqueduct, so as to prevent any attempts that might be made by Span- ish spies to blow up the same and thereby cripple the water supply of New York. It is 'understood | TRANSFER OF THE ISLANDS Nothing Known Officially of Dole’s Alleged Offer. Minister Hatch Declares That Hawaii Is Ready to Cast Its Lot With Uncle Sam. But It Is Yet to Be Seen Whether the Offer Would Be Accepted Even as a “War Measure.” Spectal Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, May 4—The Herald’s ‘Washington correspondem,telegrgphst Dispatches from Honolulu, published this afternoon, stating that President Dole has offeréd to transfer the Ha- wailan Islands to the United States have caused considerable speculation among members of Congress and dip- lomatic correspondents. Up to a late hour to-night no official confirmation of the news had been received by the State Department or Minister Hatch. When I saw Minister Hatch this even- ing he said: “I have recelved no dispatches from my Government relating to President Dole’s offer to raise the stars and stripes over Hawaii, but I have no doubt that the news is true. All of- ficial communications to me come through the hands of the Hawaiian Consul-General in San Francisco. They are enclosed in his mail pouch and are opened by him and forwarded by tele- graph. Under these circumstances it is hardly probable that I would receive | any official news before to-morrow, at the earliest. Although I have no of- ficial information I can say that Pres- ident Dole’s reported action is certain- ly in line with the policy of my Gov- ernment and goes to show that should it come to a question of declaring neu- trality or assisting this country in the war with Spain, Hawaii is willing and anxious to cast its lot with Uncle Sam.” Mr. Hatch also said that there was a large supply of c~~1 at Honolulu which could at once be put at the dis- | posal of American warships should this Government accept President Dole’s of- fer and annex the islands. Upon the question concerning the probable procedure which would follow the receipt of an offer from the Ha- | waiian Government to transfer the isl- | ands to the United States, an official of the State Department said to-night: “‘Should the news from Honolulu prove correct the matter will at once be re- ferred to Congress. The President has no authority to conclude the treaty or to accept President Dole’s offer with- out the consent of the Senate ana House. Should the offer come in the form of a treaty it is hardly probable that it would pass the Senate, as even under the present conditions and realiz- ing the necessity of a coaling station in the Pacific, there is considerable op- position among those £ nators who op- posed the action last fall.” Senator Hawley, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, said when I saw him to-night that he was highly in favor of accepting the isl- ands. “Just at present,” said Senator Haw- ley, “I am up to my eyes in military matters and have not given much at- tention to Hawalian matters, but I can say that T am in favor of getting Ha- | waii any way we can, and should the | news published this afternoon prove | correct and the matter come before the | Senate, I shall certainly vote to accept President Dole’'s offer. If President Dole has made a definite offer to trans- fer the islands to the United States as a war measure the subject when placed before Congress will require but a ma- Jority vote, which is easily attainable.” ——— JOINT RESOLUTION TO ANNEX HAWAIL How Representative Newlands Would Have Uncle Sam Take and Man- age the Islands. WASHINGTON, May 4.—Representa- tive Newlands of Nevada has intro- duced a joint resolution for t he annex- & of Hawaii. It provides for the confirmation of the cession by the Ha- waiian requblic of all rights of sover- eignty over the isl: , their depen- dencies an ~egsion and ‘=~=sfer to the United States of all public property and of its rights and appurtenances, assuming the Hawaiian public debt to not exce>d $4,000,000; prohibits further i~ migration of Chinese and appoints five commissioners, at least two of whom shall be rc ‘ents of Hawali, to recommend necessary legi-lation. The resolution declares the islands and th ‘'r dependencies ‘“hereby an- nexed as a part of the territory of the United States and subject to the sov- erei-n dominion thereof.” Special laws are to be enacted by Congress for the disposition of public lands and all revenues or proceeds therefrom, except lands used or occupied for etvil military or naval purposes of the United States, or local ~overnment use, are to be used solely for the ' enefit of Hawalian in- habitants for :jucational or other pur- poses. Pending Coneressional pro- v'sion for the government of the isl- ands, the present Government officers of Hawaii are to continue under the direction of the President of the United States, subject ‘~ removal by him. Existing Hawaiian treaties with other couatries are to terminate im- mediate'~ being replaced by those be- tween the Unite! States and foreign nations. Mu ci-al legislation of the islands unless enacted for the fulfill- ment of the treaties extinguished or contrary to our constitution remain in force until otherwise determined. Pend- ing legislation extending our customs laws, the existing customs relations of the islands remain unchanged. The assumption of ublic debt lawfully ex- isting at the date of the passage of the resolution includ- amounts due to de- positors in the Hawalian postal sav- ings bank, the Hawalian Government, however, rontinuing to —ay the interest on the debt while the existing Govern- ment and {ts commercial relations are continued. The Chinese exclusion para- graph prohibits the admission of Chi- ncse into .he United States from Ha- wail. To carry out the resolution $100,000 is appropriated. Oklahoma’s Troop. GUTHRIE, May 4—The mustering in of Oklahoma’s troop of cavalry for Colonel Wood's regiment of plainsmen was completed to-day and Lieutenant Capron will depart for San Antonio with the eighty troopers to-morrow. Only the pick of the volunteers were taken and many of the rejected men are making application to Governor Bates for transportation to Tampa, de- claring their intention to go to Cuba |end join the insurgents. | erican warships and troops. CISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898. URGES LOYALTY |[SAMPSON GETS NEWS OF HAVANA i 10 THE KING Striking Speech by the Weylerite Leader at Madrid. Says All Classes Should Join in the Defense of the Fatherland. Autonomy for Cuba Decl..ved to Be a Farce and Erroneous From the Start. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. MADRID, May 4—In a striking speech in Parliament to-day Romero Robledo, leader of the Weylerites, said Cuban autonomy was a farce, and called on all classes of Spaniards to de- fend King and fatherland against Spain’s international enemy. Public attention centered again to- day in the Congress (lower house of Parllament). There was a repetition of the great crowds of yesterday, the police and civil guards, besides the se- cret police, mingling with the people. The galleries of the house were packed and many ladies were present. Several prominent Senators occupied seats be- z{de Deputies on the floor of the cham- er. Senor Reverter, Minister of Finance in the Canovas Ministry, and the hero of the excommunication incident last autumn, defended the memory and pol- icy of Senor Canovas. Senor Canalejas, editor of El Heraldo, replying, dwelt upon the “weakness and vacillatio nof the Government of Cano- vas, which fostered Yankee boldness.” The principal speech was delivered by Senor Romero y Robledo, former Min- ister of Justice and leader of the Wey- lerite party, who maintained that America fostered the Cuban rebellion and “meant war from the commence- ment.” Senor Moret's policy of auton- omy he characterized as a farce and as absolutely erroneous. As for the Cu- bans, he declared they did not desire autonomy, and as for the rebels, that they never intended to accept it. “The present conflict,” he continued, “proves the real intentions of the Yan- kees. Spaln must now face her inter- national enemy, and she should not waste a single peseta to give the Cu- bans autonomy, which would be a step toward independence. It requires the energy of all classes to defend the King and the fatherland.” In the course of the debate a formal promise was made on behalf of the old Conservatives to support the Govern- ment while the present situation con- tinues. DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THE BOND ISSUE. One Feature of the War Revenue Bill That Causes Considerable Trouble in Committee. WASHINGTON, May 4.—The Senate Committee on Finance, which was in sesslon the greater part of the day, de- voted itself principally to a discussion of the bond provision of the war reve- nue bill. The Democrats contended that the feature could and ~hould be dispensed with, while the Republicans held that a bond issue was necessary to cary on the war. The Dern.-crats will formally suggest some substitute proposition within a day or two. Whether their plan will meet successin committee will depend upon ‘he vote of Senator Jones of Nevada, who holds the balance of power. The Democrats feel confident that they will have his vote, but the Republicans do not concede this. They say, however, that if the bond provis- ion is stricken out in committee it will be restored in the Senate, and they ap- peal to the Democrats to allow the bill to be reported without its elimination on the ground that it affords the only feasible means of raising immediate funds for the prosecution of the war. The members of the committee do not expect to conclude their work before the end of the week. PRISONERS TAKEN TO FORT M'PHERSON. Spanish Captives to Be Held There Until Exchanged or the War Ends. WASEINGTON, May 4.—Secretary Alger has directed that the ten Span- ish officers and the ten privates and non-commissioned officers taken from the Spanish steamer Argonauta, and now at Key West, be taken to Fort McPherson, just outside of Atlanta, Ga., for confinement until they are either exchanged for any American of- ficers and soldiers who may be taken by the Spaniards, or until some other method for their disposition is reached. The Spaniards will be placed under the guard of a detachment of soldiers de- tailed for that purpose. The civilians taken from the Spanish steamer Panama are held at Key West and are under the charge of the De- partment of Justice. It is expected that most of them will be held as wit- nesses before the prize court which is to determine the disposition of the Panama. GUILTY OF DRUNKENNESS AND NEGLECT OF DUTY. Passed Assistant Surgeon Olcott of the Mohican Disgraced. WASHINGTON, May 4.—Passed As- sistant Surgeon Frederick W. Olcott, attached to the United States steam- ship Mohican, at Honolulu, was con- victed by a general courtmartial of drunkenness, neglect of duty and viola- tion of naval regulations regarding the ship’s medical journal, and sentenced to lose six numbers in his grade and be suspended from duty for one year on one-half shore duty pay. Rear Admiral Miller, commanding the Pacific station, by whom the court martial was appointed, approved the sentence of the court, with the remark that it was inadequate to tke offenses of which the officer had been found guilty, but that the exigencies of the service prevented the return of the record to the court for a revision of the sentence. The trial of this officer took place at Honolulu, and several members of the court were attached to the cruiser Baltimore when she was ordered to join Commodore Dewey on the Aslatic station. ——-— Bernabe to Return Home. TORONTO, Ont., May 4.—Senor Polo y Bernabe expects to leave here for Madrid Friday. Senor Polo denies that Senor Anguilo is in constant communi- cnlo:‘ w',l:th G:nemldBtl;mga mhl‘ by way orontg and the Sp: tion here, and denies also the murfi?& that he furnishes the home Government ‘with information of movements of Am- Return of Agent Thrall, Who Escapes From the Beleaguered City. At First the Spaniards Were Panic- Stricken by the Fleet’'s Ap- pearance, but Now Think They Are Safe. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gordon Bennett. ON BOARD THE HERALD-CALL DISPATCH BOAT SOMERS N. SMITH, off Havana, via Key West, May 4.—Admiral Sampson to-day re- ceived detailed news from inside the beleaguered city of Havana, when at noon Charles Thrall was transferred from the Wilmington to the flagship off the Cuban coast. Thrall, acting as agent for the United States Govern- ment, went to Havana on the bark Matanzas the day after General Lee ar- rived in Key West. He was manager for the electric light works at Regla, opposite Havana, and long had been a resident of the Cuban capital, well known as an American and Cuban sym- pathizer. That he escaped and is now safe on the flagship is due to his Yankee wit. He was picked up at 4 o'clock yester- day afternoon by the Wilmington at Bacuranao, seven miles east of Ha- vana. He told Admiral Sampson some impartant news relative to changes in the guns at the Cojimar and Reina bat- teries, which increased their strength as well as widening the fighting radius of the guns. I talked at length with Thrall on the Wilmington this morning when she lay ten miles east of Havana and five miles off the coast. He gave me the first news from Havana and its anxious people since the Herald-Call dispatch boat Dewey spoke the English steamer and obtained news of the situ- ation from Mr. Rolfe, manager of the dry dock there. The uneasiness of the people, which becomes more serious daily, is being kept below a popular outbreak by the presence of a large force of troops. The Spanish say they have 100,000 men, counting volunteers and those who man batteries, but Thrall, whom I know well and whose judgment is good, says he believes there are no more than 50,000 in the city available at an hour’s no- tice. “Havana,” Thrall said to me when I congratulated him on his escape, “is eager for war. The apinion of the com- mon people there now is that the Amer- jcans are afraid to engage the shore batteries. The truth about the Matan- zas affair is not generally known, and the papers that would have printed the facts, notably La Lucha, have been closely watched by the censor and per- mitted to publish only such a story of the bombardment as would give the im- pression the ships were beaten off by the batteries. “When the fleet first arrived off Ha- vana the city was panic stricken, and the people, hurrying hither and thither, told one another with white faces that the hated Yankees had lined up for ac- tion and shells would be exploding in the Prado before sunset. The failure to bombard at once had the effect of re- storing confidence to some extent, and was accepted as evidence of the whole- some fear of the shore batteries, and after the squadron had moved up and down for forty-eight hours without fir- ing a gun the tide of popular feeling be- gan to set strongly for war. When I left Havana yesterday at noon the city was sick with suspense due to the men- ace of Sampson’s guns and praying for a finish of some kind. There is no dis- guising the fact that the popular feel- ing in Havana is that Spain will win %¥ou ask me what the people are do- ing. If I were to tell you the first answer to that question which sug- gests itself I should say ‘Cursing the Yankees. Havana life is one long vigil. The plers looking seaward are thronged by thousands, who strain their eyes to follow the mysterious evo- lutions of our ships in the offing, and who believe a bombardment is about to begin every time two of the war vessels are visible broadside on. Fifty times a day there are some rumors about the American ships, that travel through the city, and the anxious pop- ulation start from their houses to gaze seaward, only to learn that the bom- bardment is still a menace and not a fact. They work all day on the bat- teries, and in one instance on the Reina battery they worked all night.” Mr. Thrall added that, in spite of the incessant work on the batteries, no more big high-power modern rifles had been added, and apparently none would be, unless Spain succeeded in carrying eastward those from Cienfuegos. The work of mounting those will necessar- ily be long and difficult. Many small guns have been mounted, however, especially to the westward of Santa Clara battery, upon Vedado, the idea being apparently to make every effort to prepare the city to oppose any land- ing. REGULARS - AVAILABLE. Troops Ready to Be Sent to Assist Dewey If They Are Needed. However, If Soldiers Are Dis- patched the Force Will Be Largely of Volunteers. Question of Furnishing Arms and Supplies to Cubans Is Now Being Considered. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, May 4. Should it be decided-finally by the President to send troops to assist Com- modore Dewey to hold Manila, the War Department officials say that the small number of regular soldiers available are ready to move. It is thought, how- ever, that if troops are sent they will be made up largely from the volunteer forces that already could be concen- trated at San Francisco from various States west of the Rocky Mountains. Such regular troops as might be avail- able are several companies of the Four- teenth Regiment of Infantry, stationed at Vancouver Barracks (the larger por- tion of this regiment being in Alaska), the Eighth Cavalry at Fort Meade, S. D., the Fourth Cavalry, some of which are at Vancouver Barracks and others in California, and the Third Artillery, also located on the coast. It is be- lieved, however, that the officials would be disinclined to part with the artillery, as it may be needed for the defense of the Pacific Coast and they do not think it likely that cavalry would be sent, because of the great expense en- tailed in the shipment of the horses and the lack of transportation facili~ ties. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs gave some attention to-day to the question of furnishing arms and other supplies to the Cubans. This is a matter that involves delicate points, and is giving the committee some con- cern, but the probability is that action will be taken soon, as no distribution would be legal unless authorized by Congress. The bill before the commit- tee authorizes American officers in commgnd to make the distribution pro- sed. A conference with the House Committee has been arranged on the bill providing for engineers and yellow fever immunes to go to Cu The Senate conferees will insist 6n a con- Bad Pay and Hard Work. 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