The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1898, Page 2

[+ " THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11; 1898. the following considerations: First, to follow up the Ma- nila victory with a blow at Havana that will speedily terminate the war. Second, to drive Blanco’s troops from Cuba before the rainy season, so deadly to un- acclimated troops, sets in. Third, a growing impres- sion thatthe insurgent troops, while capable enough in the defensive or guerrilla warfare, are disorganized and not dis- ciplined for aggressive war- fare such as the siege of Ha- vana will be. Taking it for granted that within a few weeks Spain will have yielded, after hav- | | ing lost the Philippines, Porto | Rico and Cuba, Congressmen | are busily engaged in dispos- ing of the several islands in this way: Cuba is to be handed over to the insurgents, as a free and independent State. The Philippines to be re- tained by the United States for their commercial as well as strategic value. Porto Rico will be kept by Uncle Sam for a coaling sta- tion, which we have so long coveted in the West Indies. SPAIN'S NAVY MUST BE ANNIH!" ATED. With This Accomplished It Is Be- | lieved Enduring Peace Will Come. ‘WASHINGTON, May 10.—It is hard | to tell whether the naval officers were relieved or disappointed by the news that came late this afternoon to both the Navy and State departments to the affect that the Spanish flying squadron had arrived at Cadiz, Spain. The safety of the Oregon from attack is now com- pletely assured and the way is clear for military operations in Cuba, with- out running the risk of having the oc- cupying army’s line of communication cut off. On the other hand it is be- lieved that no enduring peace can be secured until the Spanish navy has been Qdestroyed, and it now appears that to do this our sailors must make up their minds to go after the Span- ish, a task very much more difficult than that of meeting them near our own shores. It was suggested by some of the members of the War Board that there | $vas just a possibility that the Spanish squadron might take a quick passage | into the Pacific through the Suez canal and attack Dewey at Manila. It is said that, contrary to the common un- derstanding, the Suez canal is open to the warships of belligerent powers, and that if the Spanish choose to take this | course they will have a long start of any pursuing fleet from our side of the Atlantic. It is scarcely believed, however, that the Spanish are willing to take the great risk of exposing to our attack their own home ports by the withdrawal of so considerable a proportion of their naval strength as would be required to overmatch Dewey. Nothing was heard from Sampson to- day, but there is a confident expecta- tion that interesting news will be com- ing from his squadron within the next fwenty-four hours. Whether this means an attack on Porto Rico or not can- not be learned. One effect of the retreat of the Span- ish fleet has been to hasten even more the preparations already under full headway for the dispatching of mili- tary expeditions tc Cuba. It also has caused a complete change in the con- centration plans. Time is now be- lieved to be the great factor. There is no longer any opportunity to indulge fn extensive drilling and- practice ma- neuvering. The regular army troops do not need these and are to be thrown at once into the fray. Many of the reciments of the Na- tional Guard which are entering the yolunteer service are felt to be suffi- ciently trained from a military point of view to follow the regulars immedi- ately, and the department indicated its purpose to-day of dispatching these volunteer troops to the gulf coast for | shipment instead of sending them to Chickamauga. I This disposition was shown by the changes in the new orders issued to the troops, although there may be a return to the original programme of concen- tration if the plans show signs of weak- fiess as they develop. The quartermas- ter-general has already got under charter 27 merchant steamers for the transportation of the troops, and, roughly speaking, these should carry about 20,000 men. Others are being pro- cured as rapidly as possible. The plan of the War Department is to have these vessels assemble at the different gulf ports, Tampa,Mobile, New Orleans and Galveston, to take on trocps which will be sent there. The Navy Department is expected to fur- nish convoys to the transports, which would be absolutely helpless against | Spanish attack. At this point there are | signs of friction. First the transports will be obliged to await Admiral Samp- son’s return in order to secure proper ¢ nvoy, and secondly, the navy objects very decided’ to undertaking the task of convoying & number of transports. It insists that to assure the safety of | the convoy of the troops all the trans- ports should be gathered in one fleet to start from Tampa, and the navy is likely to prevail in this. Now that Major-General Sewell has been assigned to command the concen- tration camp at Falls Church, prepara- tions are bein* rushed to put the grounds there Into shape for the recep- tion of the volunteers. — - NO CONFIRMATION OF THE RETREAT TO CADIZ. LONDON, May 10.—There is no con- firmation of the report that the Span- ish fleet from the Cape Verde Islands has returned to Cadiz, but it is gen- erally regarded as the most likely movement to be made, and as an indi- cation that Spain has decided to let her West Indian possessions go. The question s generally asked: “What possible use has Spain for co tnuing a hopeless struggle, as it is con- sidered next to impossible that she has any alternative plan or that the re- reat of the squadron hides some strat- 1gle design.” | ARRANT FOR WARDEN AULL Sacramento’s First Blow for a Pure Water" Supply. Prison Official to Be Arrested at the Instance of Trustee Paine. Will ‘Test the Law’s Power to Pre- vent the Pollution of a Stream by Sewage. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. SACRAMENTO, May 9.—To test the power of the civil authorities to prevent the pollution of American River by sewage from Folsom Prison, a warrant will be issued to-morrow for the arrest of Warden Aull. The warrant would have been issued to-night butfortheab- sence of the District Attorney. It will be sworn to by City Trustee Paine. The State Board of Health will join The Call in its efforts to procure for the people of Sacramento a remedy against the evil now threatening them. Doctor Matthews, a member of the State Board, in speaking of the crusade against the pollution of the Ameri- can River said to-day: “T am pleased to see the stand taken by The Call in this matter of river de- filement. It is a service the people will some day appreciate, if they do not now. There is no subject before the people to-dav more vital than this one involving the purity of the water used for drinking purposes in municipalities. I am credibly informed that there are more cases of typhoid fever in Sacra- mento than have ever been known here | before, and I am not surprised at it, | when such practices prevail as those described in The Call. The State Board | of Health stands ready to aid in seek ing deliverance for the people of Sac- ramento from the peril which is threat- ening them.” When asked what remedy he would apply the doctor answered: “There is | a State statute which covers the ground | and in my opinion should be invoked. The authorities at Folsom should be | held amenable, and if they have no means of caring for their sewage, the Board of Examiners, in conjunction | with the Prison Board, should make some arrangements whereby the money could be raised to construct such a sew- age plant as the Warden has recom- mended. There was a bill introduced at the last session of the Legislature which failed to pass. This bill, I be- lieve, provided for an appropriation of $15,000. Now, if it #equires that amount it should certainly be secured in some | way. How can you expect the boatd to enforce sanitary regulations against cities, towns and private individuals, when the State itself maintains a nui- sance more dangerous than all the oth- ers combined? “Any citizen can ask the enforcement of that law I have spoken of, and the District Attorney of Sacramento would no doubt gladly see that the law was enforced if his attention should be called to it. You may say that the State Board of Health has declared the sewage of the prison at Folsom a men- ace to the public health, and whatever evidence the District Attorney may re- quire will be furnished by. members of the board.” Frank D. Ryan, the District Attorney of Sacramento County, when asked if the law could not be invoked against the Warden of the prison, replied that it could, and if any reputable citizen would bring the complaint he would prosecute the persons arrested just as he would any other person charged with a violation of the law. Mr. Ryan sald he had succeeded in convicting private citizens of violations of the section referred to. There had been one case in the Superior Court where he had convicted a person for dumping a dead animal into the American River. TO COMMAND THE CONCENTRATION CAMP. | An Indication That General Sewell Will Accept His Military Com- mission. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Major Gen- eral Sewell has been assigned to com- mand the concentration camp near Falls Church, Va. This is taken as an indication that the general has con- cluded to accept his military commis- sfon, risking his tenure of office as a Senator thereby. The order issued from the War Department to-day reads as follows: The following-named officers should be ordered to report to the adjutant-general for duty with the troops to go into camp at Washington, D. C.: Major-General Sewell and Brigadler-Generals Poland, Kent, Young, Randall, Schwan and J. C ates. None of the corps commanders have vet been assigned finally, although the entire list of commands has been pre- pared. The three civillan major gen- erals are not to receive such commands, but are assigned to_divisions, Generals Lee, Wilson and Wheeler going to Chattanooga for duty and General Brooke will undoubtedly command one of the army corps. The War Department officlals ad- mitted to-day that all the regular troops now at Chickamauga had been ordered away. They refuse most posi- tively, however, to tell the destination of the troops, contending that to do so would be simply to invite attacks by Spanish naval vessels upon the trans- ports which will convey them. The volunteers will take up the camps abandoned by the regulars in Chick- amauga Park. Nine of the new brig- adler generals have been assigned to duty under Major General Brooke and will “lick the raw recruits into shape” at Camp George H. Thomas. They are Brigadier-Generals Briggs, Compton, Burt, Sumner, Henry, Lawton, Chaffee and Davis. Brigadier Schwan, one of ' the brigadier-generals assigned to duty at the Washington concentration camp, is at present principal aid to Adjutant General Corbin and has just been pro- moted to the rank of brigadier general. SPANIARDS CELEBRATED A “GLORIOUS VICTORY.” By the Aid of His Typewziter Blanco Captured Mobile, Beston, Char- leston and Penescola. MOBILE, Ala., May 10.—Gustavo D. Cardenos, a prominent Cuban of this city, received the following letter from Havana yesterday, dated April 26: “The Spaniards are celebrating the victory of the capture of the four American ports—Mobile, Boston, Pensa- cola and Charleston. Blanco has given a very large banquet to the army and navy. The city Is gayly decorated and thousands of people are in processions. B HAGAZINE. ADVERTISEMENTS. BIRDSEYE VIEW OF THE CITY AND HARBOR OF SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO, WHICH ADMIRAL SAMPSON IS SAID TO BE ABOUT T0 ATTACK, The view is from the sea, looking toward the soufheast, and shows the Morro, t.e old wall and torts, With The several batteries of more recent construction, including the Cabras battery on an island at the right of the entrance to the harbor, lately erected, which is said to mount a number of new guns of large caliber and long range. BELMONT’S OFFER TO UNCLE SAM Will Lend a Swift Dynamite Torpedo Boat During the War. The Only Condition Is That the Patriotic Millionaire Be Placed in Command. NEW YORK, May 10.—A Washing- ton speclal to the Herald says: Mr. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont of New York has offered to lend the Govern- ment a dynamite torpedo-boat, provid- ed he be permitted to command it dur- ing the war with Spain. His propo- sition was carefully considered this af- ternoon by the Naval Board of Con- structlon,-and as a result a letter was submitted to Secretary Long, suggest- ing that the offer was patriotic and should-be accepted. The Secretary’s de- cisfon will be announced within the next few days. If the Secretary accepts Mr. Bel- mont’s proposition, work will at once commence on the proposed boat at the Crescent shipbuilding yard, at Eliza- bethport, N. . Mr. Nixon, repre- senting the Crescent Shipbuilding Com- pany, explained Mr. Belmont's ideas to the Construction Board. The boat will be very similar to the Rodgers, now on blockade duty in Cuban waters. It will have a displacement of 150 tons, will be about 160 feet in length and 16 feet beam, and will'have\a draught of five feet. Its armament will consist of dynamite guns, built under plans prepared by Mr. Nixon. These guns will be able ‘to fire large shells loaded with high explosives, and it is declared that no danger will experienced. Small charges of powder will be em- ployed, so arranged as to burn slowly when first discharged and to gradu- ally quicken its- consumption in order to generate a large body of gas with- out shock to the explosive in the pro- jectile. It is appreciated that consid- erable elevation will have to be given the guns in order that they may fire a satisfactory distance. Mr. Belmont’s proposed boat will be fast, her speed being twenty-six knots an hour. This is better than the Rod- gers can do. Mr. Belmont desires to command her, but he will expect the navy to place on board a regular blue Jacket crew and an executive officer who will be an officer of the service. He believes that the boat will be use- ful either against shore batteries or against armored ships. It was estimated by the department officials to-day that the cost of such a boat as Mr. Belmont proposes to con- struct will be in the neighborhood ot $100,000. His proposition specially states that he does not intend to give the vessel to the Government, but will lend it during the existence of the war | between the United States and Spain. DRUNKEN SPANIARD AT MARE ISLAND. Wants to Visit the Yard, but Con- cludes It Would Be Better Not. VALLEJO, May 10.—A drunken Spaniard, claiming to be an American citizen, who expressed a loud desire to enlist in the United States navy and indulged in lower asides to the effect that the Spaniards were a brave peo- ple, created a disturbance on the Bouthern Pacific whart this afternoon by his insistence in a purpose to go across to the navy yard. A Jack tar, who cheerfully drank with the Span- fard in the saloon at the end of the wharf, succeeded finall~ in discourag- ing the Spaniard in his purpose, but not until there had been an exchange of strong language and a rather too free use of the ugly little word “spy” t;: please the man of Spanish extrac- tion. P e R R R R PSR E R LR R working men of this city, says: The city is filled with enthusiasm.” The letter is from a lady friend of Senor Cardenos, who inquires appre- hensively if the accuunts are as al- leged by Blanco. : deport him to Manila.” N R P PSPPSR T T P YO TSP “DEPORT OTIS TO MANILA,” SAYS THE LABOR WORLD. LOS ANGELES, May 10.—The prospective appointment of H. Otis as brigadier general of volunteers is regarded by the citizens of this place generally as one of the worst moves the administration could possibly make. Otis is not popular here and never has been. The people of this city know him thoroughly and know that he does not possess a single qualification which fits him to hold the position. Organized labor is opposed to Otis to a man. At a meeting of the County Council, which will be held to-morrow evening, strong resolu- tions will be adopted in relation to Otis’ appointment. Senators White and Perkins will be held personally responsible if Otis is named. Speaking of Otis' appointment the Labor World, the organ of the “There has been some talk of Otis being appointed to the position of military governor 6f Manila. As far as organized labor s con- cerned, this would be a satisfactory appointment, for the labor unions could then say, with subtle ambiguity, that “He left Lis country for his country’s good. "To have authority over a horde of semi-civilized mongrels would suit the peculiar genfus of Otis and afford him a field for the exer- cise of the latent Weyler in his nature. authority with cannon is just what Otis would like. By all means D R R S R a. To be able to back up his B T T T T PO TRO T EEGREN E P e SEEKS T0 WED AN AGED MAN Redding Widow Foiled by a Pastor Engaged to Officiate. Prospective Groom a Former Jurist Now Feeble in Mind and Body. Lotters of Guardianship Applied For by a Friend to Thwart Alleged Schemers. Special Dispatch to The Call. REDDING, May 10.—Judge Chauncey A. Horr, 71 years of age and a para- lytic, a few years ago came into pos- session of a small fortune in Bloom- | ington, Illinofs. The income from his | property was sent to him by Eastern relatives through Judge Aaron Bell of this city. The aged man was boarding and lodging at the home of Mrs. Chance, a widow living on Callfornia street in this city. A few days ago Judge Bell got word from his client’s relatives in the East that a deed had been placed on record in Bloomington, transferring title to nineteen acres of valuable land, the consideration being “love and affec- tion.” Upon receipt of this informa- tion Judge Bell at once applied for let- ters of guardianship on the ground of his client’s incompetency. On Monday night, while Judge Bell’s petition was still pending in court, City Attorney Braynard, the notary who had certified the gift deed, went to the County Clerk's office and procured a marriage license for Judge Horr and Mrs. Chance from Clerk Cunningham, who had been absent from the office and knew nothing of the application for guardianship. When County Clerk Drynan returned he at once notified his deputy of the true state of affairs. Clerk Cunningham hurried to the home of Mrs, Chance to forbid the cere- mony. He found that Rev. J. B. Hart- sough, an aged man, had been sum- moned to officiate at the wedding, but had refused to proceed when he saw the helpless condition of the prospec- tive groom. Judge Bell arrived later and took his client away from the Chance house. The affair has created a sensation here and an investigation is now under way. £ e ———— STEAMSHIP BRATZBERG STILL AWAR PRIZE. Case of the Norwegian Vessel Will Be Settled Without Interna- tional Complications. KEY WEST, Fla., May 10.—The Nor- wegian steamer Bratzberg, which ar- rived this morning under the convoy of the Mangrove, is still a prize of war, pending the decision of the United States on the question. The affair bears many features of resemblance to that of the French steamer Lafayette, but, like that case, it will be settled without any international complica- tions. About two weeks ago the Bratzberg bound from Progreso, Mexico, for Ha- vana with 800 head of cattle, was warned off the Cuban coast by the blockading fleet. She put into this port and remained a couple of days, when she sailed, ostensibly for New York to find a market for the cattle. She was piloted out of this harbor April 27, and was not seen again until yesterday morning, when the gunboat Newport sighted her about twenty-flve miles off Havana. Captain glr‘mey knew she had once been warned out, and, observing that she was floating easy and with cattle pens apparently empty, he hailed and boarded her. Cap- tain Thorson stoutly denied that he was attempting to slip past the block- ade, but he cou!s not satisfactorily ex- plain the disposition of his cargo and was sent in under the Mangrove's es- cort. NEW YORK, May 11, 12:30 a. m.—The Norweglan steamer Bratzberg. broaght in here yesterday, will be released. United States District Attorney Strip- 1}mg said to-night that she could not be held. OFFICERS WHO ARE PHYSICALLY DISQUALIFIED. Some Accepted by Special Dispensa- tion, but They Cannot Expect Pensions. WASHINGTON, May 10.—The War Departmentofficials to-night authorized the statement that no orders have been issued to mustering officers directing that they accept all regimental officers of volunteer troops appointed by Gov- ernors of States, regardless of physical disabilities. In a few cases, where Governors were particularly anxious to commission certain officers who ordi- narily would be rejected on the ground of physical disability, the mustering of- ficers have been instructed to accept the services of the officers; but in each case a special dispensation has been re- quired and a special notation of the dis- ability has been made for the benefit of the Government. Hereafter it will be difficult for the officers so accepted to secure a pension, as they will have to show clearly that the disability for which the pension may be asked was due to their service in the present war. ‘War Department officials are very much averse to the acceptance of any men or officers who are not perfectly sound physically and the exceptions that have been made were in the face of protests of the department. ADVERTISEMENTS. Al Spring. Humors Indlcate Impure Blood and Are Cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Bolls. pimples, eruptions, as well as the worst cases of sorofula, salt rheum, blood poison, hip disease, etc, are promptly cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly purifies the blood. It cures dyspepsia, malaria and that tired feeling and builds up the system won- derfully. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Greatest Medicine, $1; six for $5. 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