The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1898, Page 2

[} THE SAl.W FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1898. KEEN WATCH FOR SPANISH TORPEDO-BOATS It Is Expected That the Govern- ment Will Hea Not Later Than Monday. NEW YORK, May 6.—A Washi By of fifteen knots an hour, it is ght to cover the de Porto Rico by to-morrow. g at their most economical the date of their arrival. Instructi scouts require them to be particular in order that information may be ol abouts of the enem A prominent 1 no doubt the report that th and machinists is cor: “I have looked into the matter,” that most of the engineers and mac! sh or Scotch. Under the plea thai of war because of the foreign > been leaving the ships’ servic a mechanical race. They are a com: I have no doubt they will be great experienced engineers and machin dam enced m: D R R R R R T R TP :Qovoo¢¢o*¢¢¢¢o¢¢ nicate the number of those| who suffered in battle, and‘ their relatives and friends will ‘| be at once notified. On account of the fact that | Consul Wildman at Hongkong | is not provided with a cipher the St Department was unabie to send him any se- cret instructions or to receive any confidential advice from le has not transmitted him. any- information whatever | concerning the result of the| Manila battle,and this the de- | partment believes is due to| the fact that he has nothing‘ reliable to send | In army and navy circles the report is current that Great Britain has denied the agents of this Government | the use of the cable from | Hongkong on the plea of neu- | trality. “This report cannot bef true,” said a State Depart- ment official withh whom [ talked. “You will recall that | the Spanish Captain-General | during the battle notified | Madrid over the cable con- | necting Manila and Hongkong | and thence from Hongkong | that the Spanish fleet had | been destroyed, and sent va- rious other reports before the cable was cut. Great Britain cannot now deny this Gov- ernment’s agents the use of Monday next the officlals believe they will learn the position of the panish armored cruisers and torpedo boat‘destroyers. Steaming at the 00 miles separating St. Vincent from San Juan to their torpedo boats while at St. Vincent I have no doubt is true and tl was the result of the handling of machinery by inexpe- | For more than a year he was governor r From Them ngton special to the Herald says: estimated by experts that they speed of ten knots, Monday will be ons to the American liners acting as ly observant during the next week btained without delay of the where- engineer officer told me to-day that e Spanish men-of-war were short rect. he continued, “and I have found hinists of enemy’s vessels are Eng- t they are not allowed to serve in enlistment act of their country they e. The Spaniards themselves are not mercial and agricultural people, and ly handicapped by their lack of is The recent report of damage s. R R AR R TR S TR P OGP PO R e R R R R R R R R R Ik REVENGE OF A CCBAN Weyler’s Relative in | ing prevailed to a marked extent even | > | among the peasantry of Russia, and it Grave Peril at Key | was a’matter of surprise to him under | such circumstances that reports W est. | should be circulated in the United How Laborde Paid Back an Insult to a Helpless | Prisoner. Men Captured on the Argonauta Taken North as Prisoners of War. by KEY WEST, Fla.,, May 5.—The pris- oners captured on the steamer Argo- nauta were sent north on the steamer City of Key West this morning. They | were a colonel and nine staff officers, | one sergeant and nine privates. A | guard of ten soldiers of the Twenty fifth United States Infantry, command- | ed by Lieutenant Moss, acted as escort. Unusual precautions were taken by the military authorities here to pre- vent the Cubans wreaking summary vengeance on Colonel Vicento de Corti- jo. Colonel De Cortijo is distantly re- lated to General Weyler and was on his | staff during the latter’s reign in Cuba. of Cabanas fortress, where most of the Cuban political prisoners are confined, and was noted for his cruelty to the captives. He is said to have been par- ticularly venomous toward any Cu- bans suspected of sympathy with the insurgents.. His cruel acts numbered hundreds and the Cubans swore to have his life. | this country. RUSSIAYET A FIRM FRIEND Czar Nicholas Is Not Dis- turbed by the Fate of the Philippines. Newspapers and People of His Domain Say Nice Things About Uncle Sam. Foreign Diplomats Begin to Realize the Warm Feeling of England for This Country. Special Dispatch’to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, May 5. A leading Russian diplomat said to- day that the cable report from London | stating that Emperor Nicholas of Rus- sla was much disturbed as to the ulti- mate destiny of the Philippines and that some sort of immediate interven- tion was probable, was entirely un- warranted and placed Russia in a mis- leading position before the people of He says the sentiment throughout Russia, official and unoffi- cial, is one of extreme cordiality to- | ward the United States, and it shows there will be no change in the tradi- tional friendship existing between the United States and Russia. The friend- ly feeling, he pointed out, was shown by the Russian newspapers which ar- rived in the mail to the Russian Em- bassy yesterday. They were published just after the declaration of war, and their comment was, without exception, of the most friendly character toward the United States. He said this feel- States that Russia was about to as- sume an unfriendly attitude toward this country. The Russian Embassador, Count Cas- sini, is expected here some time next month. He is now at St. Petersburg, after having conducted the negotia: tions at Peking resulting in the Ru?— ORDERED T0 THE SOUTH Colored Troops to Be Sent From Chickamauga to Tampa. This Means That They Will Be Among the First Regulars to Invade Cuba. Court-Martial of a Private Who Was Too Anxious to Take Part in the Fray. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK, May 5—Orders were received from the War Department to-day by General Brooke, commanding the provisional army corps at.Chickamauga Park, to dispatch the Twenty-fifth Infantry (colored), Colonel Burt commanding, with all speed possible to Tampa. Two companies of this regiment are now at Dry Tortugas, and it is beljeved that the destination of the remainder of the regiment is the same point. It is further believed that the regiment will shortly go to the fron! as Colonel Burt, who has been named as a briga- dier general in the volunteer army, is expected to go south with his command. It is the purpose to embark early to- morrow evening. The Tenth Cavalry (colored) is expecting orders to move to-morrow as are also the Sixth and Third Cavalry. The court-martial trial of Private Marshall, Tenth Cavalry, which was stationed near Fort Missoula, began to- day. When the Twenty-fifth Infantry ieft Fort Missoula Marshall was greatly disappointed that he was not allowed to go to the front also and he immedi- | ately left his command and beat his | way South by teiling conductors on the various railroads that he belonged w the Twenty-fifth and had been acci- dentally left behind. He reached Chick- amauga several days ahead of his com- mand and was immediately put under | arrest. THE REPLY ~ OF MILES O MOSBY Stirg Up Something of a Sensation ington. ATVERTISEMENTS. £ GRAND STOCK ——OoF— Spring and Summer ‘Underwear, | at Wash- It Has Not Been Supposed Thot%HOSIGPy, Influence Had Anything to Do With Commands in the Army. NEW YORK, May 5.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent says: De- spite President McKinley's announce- ment that ‘“political influence” will| have no weight in army appointments, | it now seems probable that Colonel | John S. Mosby, who has applied for | command, will be compelled to resort to | the services of politicians before he | gains his wish. | I asked General Miles to-night if the | published report were true that he had replied to General Mosby's telegram offering his services to the Government | with the suggestion that he ‘“see his| Senators” and exert what influence he | could. | The general appeared much disturb- | ed by the question, and said to me very | determinedly that he had nothing to | say in regard to the matter. “I cannot see,” said General Miles, | Captain Oscar J. Brown, First Cav- | alry, has been appointed colonel of a | Georgia volunteer regiment and given “how these things become public. It | certainly looks to me as though some | one had been tampering with private | THE TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE. Ferm No. 168, THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 1,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. VERS niessages only on coo peatioy: a wssage back 1o the < Messael onipany for tran Tuis s au UNBEFEATED MESSAG - INCORPORATED CABLE SERVI beyond the amoust of jssion. 1 lamnify. hich hase heen assentod f bY thes T for comparison and the Company will vot bold ey, BUE 11l any case wiere the clalm s uot. CE TO ALL THE WORLD. sender of the following message. \tself liable for errors or doiays preséated i writiug withia sisty daya E, a0d 1s delivered by request of the sender, mder the conditions named above. THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. RECEIVED at San Francisco, Cala. Colonel John S. Mosby, San Francisco, Washington, D. » Cal. /Standard Tima C., May 4, 1898. 3 I would be very glad to have your services, but think it will require some Senators. Form No. 2. "THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. On this account Colonel De Cortijo's capture was purposely kept from the | Cubans here by the United States au- | thorities. What seemed a retributive | circumstance, however, placed his life | in imminent peril. | The Competitor incident, which oc- | curred during Weyler's rule, was one of | the first events which stirred the peo. ple of the United States to a realiza- | tion of the condition in Cuba. The | captain of the ill-fated Competitor was | Alfredo Laborde, a Cuban. He had rel- | atives in the insurgent army, and was | known to be an active sympathizer in the cause of Cuba libre. When La- borde was consigned to a dungeon in Cabanas fortress, he was brought be- 21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA influence. INCORPORATED figis o CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. Suggest that you communicate with your NELSON A. MILES, Major-General, Commanding. \ "THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. = L Receiver's No.. Check 7 | Time Filed o= SEND the rollowing message subject to the terms by agreed on back hereof, which are General Nelson A. Miles, l to.. ¢ U. S. Army, Washington, D. C. Your telegram received. San Francisco, May 4, 1888. I have no influence except my mili- Shirts, Ete., In All the Newest Ideas At Low Prices. EAGLESON € CL. 748 and 750 Market St. 77 242 Montgomery St. hes services and asked for a command. | Further than this I have nothing to say | on the subject.” | There has been considerable specula- | tion as to what would be the outcome | of the matter since General Miles’ re- | ply to Mosby became public. An army | officer said to me this evening: “If it is true that General Miles told Mosby lhgt he must get polltlsalh influence IS; order to secure command, he has piaced | : 9 himself in a rather embarrassing pflsl-‘ LOS ANGELES AND SACRAMENTO. tion. Mosby's reply that he had no in- | fluence except his military record was m]osl appropriate. He was a good cav- | l—H—E—8 ! BB alry commander, as the Union army | | found to their sorrow, during the war, @ THEY ARE OFF. and if he has applied for a command now he surely deserves one.” - COLONEL MOSBY HAS NO POLITICAL PULL.| Colenel John S. Mosby, the famous Con- | federate raider, said last evening, in re- | gard to the tender of his services to the Government and the reply of General | Nelson A. Miles, inwhich thelatteradvised him to secure the influence of his Sena- tors: “I wrote to Géneral Miles two weeks 2go, just about the time that the reso- lutions passed, and on the day that Presi- | dent McKinley sent - his ultimatum to Congress 1, telegraphed offering my serv- ices to the'Government. I did o, not out of vanity or thinking that my services would be of any value, but because I thought, and so_wrote, that any Con- federate officer who had won prominence in the late war should offer his services and thus show his loyalty to the fla 1 had served in the Union army 1 not have done so. “Last Saturday I received a letter from the general, in which he said he recom- mended me’ for a position in connection with the troops that were to be raise in the South. When I received the tele- gram from Miles advising me to secure the influence of my Senators I was great- Iy surprised. I could not understand why they wanted political influence as a con- dition of accepting my services as a sol- dier, They know my war record. I fought against Miles, against McKinley in the Shenandoah and against Alger, and what the devil good can White or Perkins do. Major McKinley knew me before he ever heard of White or Perkins. Another thing, you know the publication of war records, which has been going on during the past ten or twelve years, is superin- tended by a joint board of Union and Confederate officers. General Marcus Wright, chairman of the Conféderate Board, voluntarily wrote me two years ago that he had read every report and dispatch of General Robert E. Lee. and 5 It would | that there were more complimentary no- tices of me than of any other man in the whole Confederate army.” As the gray-haired officer thought of their forgetfulness he became more heat- ed. ‘“‘After the war General Grant wrote his memolrs when he was dying at Mount McGregor, and he paid the highest tribute to me both as a_man and as a soldier. Now, I say, the President, General Miles and ‘Secretary of War Alger know my record perfectly weil, and, as it was in- dorsed by General Lee during the war and by General Grant afterward, for me to ask some Congressman to indorse my fitness as a soldier would be like asking Vanderbilt to indorse a tramp’s note to give him credit. 1f my record as a soldier is not recognized by the Government can stay at home. I have done my duty. “General Miles is a friend of mine, and his suggestion was friendly advice. I have not a bit of influence, and I don’t think that politics or influence would be neces- 1| L FORWARD, ey his fee shoes Waterproof dapted | B | ser for which we They are guars pair of thes. You wil | " | || 1 alogue. Country ¢ solici Send for illustrated cat B. KATCHINSKI, B PHILADELPHIA SHOE CO., '® {0 THIRD ST., San Francisco. i FOR PERFECT FIT, BEST OF WORKMANSHIP, at 25 per cent Less than Other Tailors Charge, Go to JOE POHEIW Ali-Wool Suits to $'2 to $35 Order from | B | » the cable. Neutrality with |fore Colonel Dé Cortijo. Laborde, sary. I would not ask a Congressman to < P ; ¥ knowing himself to be unjustly de.| v@Ty Tecord. JOHN S. MOSBY. Indorse me It it was to make me o] R - .- $4 o $10 respect {0 cables means that | tained, requested permission to make a major-general; I have too much pride. | &) 201 and 203 Montgomery St. = statement to the governor of the prison. | I'did not say one word about rank or | 844 and 846 Market St i the Government that controls | In response Colonel De Cortijo leaned | sian occupation of Port Arthur. To-|an indefinite leave of absence from the | telegrams. I have received a message [ SOMEISSION, Dot offered my services to| 0 SFLS P across his magistrate’s desk and delib- | day is a Russian holiday, being the | regular army. from General Mosby and he has offered | ' “afy son Beterly, who is a lawyer in | 10 et i them shall permit the bellig- | erents to employ them and not permit one to use them to the exclusion of the other. “As soon as Commodore Dewey’s dispatches are re- ceived by the Consul at Hongkong there will be no danger of any attempt being made by the British Govern- ment to stop their transmis- sion. “Besides what | have stat- ed the London Government is evidently desirous of ta- voring the Unitéd States in the present war, and would undoubtedly not raise at this time the point that a bellig- erent cannot use its lines.” it is the confident belief of administration officials that the next twenty-four hours will witness the end of their suspense, and that they will be in receipt of official infor- mation from Commodore Dewey which will guide them in their future plans. In the meantime every prep- aration is being made in an- ticipation of the requests which he may make. The very interesting story of the practical value of the new Oakland Training School for Children is told in next Sunday’s Call. erately spat in Laborde’s face. Spanish officials present openly ap- plauded this act of their superior tow- | ard a helpless prisoner. | Laborde was then cast into a cell far beneath the earth, but he took an oath to revenge himself on the man who had | insulted him. Time and Consul Lee | brought about Laborde’s release from | Cabanas fortress, but a price had been | put on his head by Weyler and he| could not return to Cuba to get ven- geance. Weyler was recalled, and with him went Colonel Cortijo. His absence only fanned the fire of Laborde's hatred. Two years passed. When war betweeni Spain and the United States began, he | volunteered his services as pilot to Ad- | miral Sampson. He was accepted and | assigned to the gunboat Nashville. His knowledge of all the intricacies of the Cuban coast and its waters madg him | very valuable. When the ArgoNauta, | with Colonel De Cortijo and staff on | board, was intercented off Cienfuegos | and captured, fate decreed that the | prisoners should be taken on the Nash- | ville to Key West. One of the first| men to see Colonel De Cortijo after he | was taken over the Nashville’s side | was Laborde. | Then ensued a dramatic scene. With | his face pale with the degrading recol- | lection, Laborde stepped directly in front of the Spanish colonel. “Do you | remember me?” he asked, in Spanish. Colonel De Cortijo looked at the white | faced man for several seconds, then shook his head. ‘“Perhaps Cabanas fortress and this,” ejaculated Laborde, spitting in De Cor- tijo's face, “will assist your memory.” | It was De Cortijo’s turn to grow pale, | but he did not reply. A naval officer ordered Laborde away and the incident closed. The prisoners will be taken direct to Fort McPherson, near ‘Atlanta. They seemed glad to get away from Key West, for there are too many Cubans here. Just before leaving their bag- gage was searched, and it is said docu- ments were found which will be for- warded to Washington. The monitor Miantonomoh arrived from Philadelphia to-day. The Young Griffo Held for Trial. SACRAMENTO, May 5.—"Young” Grif- fo, the prize-ughter. was held to-day for manslaughter in $1000 bail. He appeared in court helplessly intoxicated. Failing te obtain bail he is in the custody of the Sheriff. The others who participated in the Griffo-McCarthy fight a week - ago last night and from the effects of which Mc- Carthy died, were discharged. Justice Henry. the committing magistrate, ad ministered a scathing rebuke to the Sac- ramento Athletic Clul identification with prize-: saint's day after whom the Empress was named. Accordingly, some of the Russian officials went to Fort Monroe, where they will have the opportunity incidentally ~of seeing Commodore Schley’s flying squadron. General Mertwego, the Russian na- val and military representative hers, has not yet arranged to go to Cuba, and it is felt the important operations are still some time off. At the several foreign headquarters to-day the speech of Lord Salisbury before the Primrose Club last night was regarded as deeply significant, in that it was the first expression from a high official source clearly indicat- ing the sympathy of the British Min~ istry in the present course of the Unitea States. In British quarters Lord fGalisbury’'s speech is received with much satisfac- tion, as another evidence of cordiality between this country and Great Brit- ain. At the same time it is stated with the greatest positiveness that this friendly feeling has at no time taken form in the way of an entente, or un- derstanding of . ny kind. It is regarded as none the less helpful, as leading toward further cohesion and ympath- between the English-speaking pecple on both sides of the water. The Paris report that the United States ‘“has promised to capture the Canary Islands and cede them to Great Britain” is characterized at the State Department and by leading diplomats as purely fanciful. The State Depart- ment gives a specific denial. The foreign embassies and legations have received notification from the State Department that any cipher ca- bles they may desire to send to their Consuls at Havana, Forto Rico or other Spanish possessions will not be interrupted or censored. The Japanese Minister, Mr. Hoshi, was among the callers at the State De- partment to-day. He had not heard from Manila and thought information might come by way of Formosa, to which place Japan had laid a cable. The Minister does not credit reports that Hawaii is about to be turned over to the United States. He says Japas has *nothing to say if Hawaii is ac- quired by the United States in the usual way by treaty so long as Japan's in- terests in Hawaii are safeguarded. But he feels that it would be unfortunate to have the acquisition occur through any sudden, surprising move, particu- larly in view of the friendly relations just at present existing between the United States, Great Britain and Japan. Mr. Hoshi is inclined to believe that when the Japanese decree of neu- trality is in hand it will disclose that mm on their 190-1 is not made & strict contraband of ‘war, ple thereof. DIFFERENCE IN TIME. The world generally reckons longitude and time from the meridian of Greenwich Observatory on the outskirts of London. The earth turns through 360 degrees in twenty-four hours, hence 15 de- grees difference in longitude makes one hour difference in time, 1 degree * makes four minutes, and one minute longitude four seconds of time. Standard time now in use by transportation lines all around the world is Greenwich time, at the nearest meridian of 15 degrees, or an even multi- Thus, as New York is near the seventy-fifth meridian from London and San Francisco is near the one hundred and twentieth meridian by standard time, when it is noon at London it is 7 a. m. at New York and 4 a. m. at San Francisco, which is actually four minutes slow by solar time for New York and ten minutes fast for San Francisco. Manila is 120 de- grees 62 minutes east of London. So when it is noon at London it is 8 p. m. by standard time at Manila, making 16 hours between San Francisco and Manilla by standard time (16 hours 23 minutes actually). The reckoning of the new day begins on the one hundred and eightieth meridian in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where it is just midnight when it is noon at London. 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