The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 14, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ATURDAY, MAY 14, 1898. BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN AS VIEWED ABOARD THE IOWA Tons of Steel Sent Crashing Into the Works During Two Bold Assaults by Our Ships. Shells From the Enemy’s Batteries Make No Im- pression on the Armor of Admiral Samp- ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP IOWA, OFF SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, May 12.—(Vin St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, May 13,)—’1')::3 forts of San Juan de Porto Rico were bombarded by part of Rear Admiral Sampson’s fleet this morning. The enemy’s loss is believed to be heavy. The American loss is two men killed and seven men injured. After three hours’ firing the admiral with- drew the fleet and said: “I am satisfied with the morning’s work. I could have taken San Juan, but I have no force to hold it. I only wanted to administer punish- ment. This has been done. I came for the Spanish fleet and not for San Juan.” The men killed were: SEAMAN FRANK WIDEMARK of the New York. GUNNER'S MATE Amphitrite. The latter died from the eifects of the extreme heat. of the Of the injured men three were on | the Towa and four on board the New York. The names of those slightly injured on the Iowa are: SEAMAN MITCHELL. PRIVATE MARINE MERKLE. APPRENTICE HILL. The injured on the New York are: SEAMAN SAMUSL FELLMAN, seriously. SEAMAN MICHAEL MURPHY. Two other enlisted men are slight- | ly injured. All of these were injured by the | of a shell on the New York. | burstin This a complete list of the killed and wounded. The American ships are uninjured. The engagement began at 5:15 a. | m. and ended at 8:15 a. m. The town in the rear of the fortifications probably suffered. The ships taking part in the action were: Towa, Indiana, New York, Ter- | ror, Amphitrite, Detroit, Montgomery, | Waumpatuck and Porter. The ene- my’s firing was heavy but wild, and the Towa and New York were prob- ably the only ships hit. They went right up under the guns in column, delivering broadsides, and then re- turned. The line passed thrice in front of the forts, pouring tons of steel on shore. It is impossible to judge the amount of damage done to the build- ings and forts. They appear to be riddled with shot; but the Spaniards were plucky. The after turret of the Amphitrite got out of order temporarily during | the engagement, but she banged away with her After the first passage before’ the forts the Detroit and the Montgomery retired, their guns being too small to do much damage. The Porter and Waumpatuck also stayed out of range. The smoke hung over every- thing, spoiling the aim of the gun- ners and making it impossible to tell where our shots struck. The officers and men of all the ships behaved with coolness and bravery. The shots | flew thick and fast over all our ships. The men on the Iowa who were hurt during the action were injured by splinters thrown by an eight-inch ADVERTISEMENTS. + 50 Cents Lost every time you pay one dollar toa Druggist who gives Commissions on : Doctors’ Prescriptions. We pay no commissions, but save that to you om the price of the Pre- scription. NO-PERGENTAGE DRUG Co P A ] U EE e e R et Rttt + B R e R R R R S s 949-951 MARKET STREET, * Bet. Fifth and Sixth. 34 Qpethmttt bt st Rt O forward guns. | R e a e S 3 son’s Vessels. | shell which came through a boat in | the superstructure and scattered | fragments in all directions. The shot’s course was finally ended on an iron plate an inch thick. Merkle was struck in the arm and may lose it. All were hurt by splinters. A fire was started in the bow, but was quickly extinguished. Morro battery, on the eastern arm of the harbor, was the principal point of attack. Rear Admiral Sampson and Captain Evans were on the lower bridge of the Iowa and had a narrow escape from flying splinters, which injured three men. The Towa was hit eight times, but the shells made no impression on her armor. The weather was fine, but the heavy swells made accurate aim difficult. The broadsides from the Iowa and the Indiana rumbled in the hills in shore five minutes after they were de- livered. Clouds of dust showed where the shells struck, but the smoke hung over everything. The shells screeching overhead and drop- ping around showed that the Span- jards still stuck to their guns. At 3 o’clock in the morning all | hands were called on the Iowa, a few final touches in clearing ship were made, and at 5 ‘“general quarters” sounded. The men were eager for | the fight. The tug Waumpatuck went ahead and anchored her small | boat to the westward showing ten fathoms, but there was not a sign of | 1ife from the fort, which stood boldly against the sky on the eastern hill. The Detroit steamed far to the east- ward, opposite Valtern. The Iowa | headed straight for the shore. Sud- denly her helm flew over, bringing | the starboard battery to bear on the | fortifications. At 5:16 a. m. the Towa’s forward twelve-inch guns thundered out at the sleeping hills, | and for fourteen minutes she poured starboard broadsides on the coast. | Meanwhile the Indiana, the New | | York and other ships repeated the | dose from the rear. The Iowa turned and came back to the Waumpatuck’s | boat and again led the column, the fort replying flercely, concentrating on the Detroit, which was about 700 yards away, and the batteries on the eastward arm of the harbor. Thrice | the column passed from the entrance of the harbor to the extreme eastward battery. Utter indifference was shown for | the enemy’s fire. The wounded were | quickly attended, the blood was washed away, and everything pro- ceeded like target practice. At 7:45 a. m. Admiral Sampson signaled “cease firing.” “Retire” | | was sounded on the Iowa, and she headed from the shore. The Terror | | was the last ship in the line, and, | failing to see the signal, banged | away alone for about a half hour, the concert of shore guns roaring at | her and the water flying high around | her, from the exploded shells. But she possessed a charmed life, and re- luctantly retired at 8:15. As at Matanzas, the unsatisfactory condition, the smoke and the dis-| tance prevented any important con- | clusions being drawn. The town of | San Juan must have suffered, al though protected by the hills, as high | shots must have reached it. No| traces of the bombardment were dis- | | cernible on the forts except small fires, which were apparently extin- guished before the fleet left. - | POOR MARKSMANSHIP OF SPANISH GUNNERS. Some Projectiles From the Batteries Fall a Mue Beyond Their Target. ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH-BOAT DAUNT- LESS, via ST. THOMAS, D. W. I, May 13.—The forts of San Juan de Porto Rico have been bombarded by a por- tion of the fleet under the command of Rear-Admiral Sampson. The remark- able feature of the bombardment was the bad marksmanship of the Spanish gunners, hardly a shot from the forts striking the ships. Most of the pro- Jectiles fell very wide. At the close of the bombardment the fortifications had a very dilapldated appearance, but the gunboats were as active as ever. The United States monitor Terror had a magnificent half-hour duel with the forts. The batteries bravelv threw shot and shell at her until she seemed to occupy the center of a great basin. The Spanish gunners were crazed by excitement and sometimes dropped their shells a mile away. The Terror fired one shot to the fort’s ten and when the monitor retired she did so slowly, contemptuously, still firing at the Spanish forts. The Spaniards con- tinued to fire on her until she was miles out of range. ‘After the engagement the Dauntless steamed among the fleet, whose crews were cleaning the decks and polishing the guns. The American sailors were said to be not at all excited, and were going about their work as if nothing extraordinary had happened. The only marks on the Iowa were a dent in her exhaust pipe, and a slight injury o ot her bridge. The | New York had several holes in one of her ventilators. Each vessel in action | carried two large American flags. Only one vessel is known to be in the har- bor of San Juan de Porto Rico, and that craft is a small French steamer which hurried away after the warships had departed. SPAIN DEPRIVED OF A HARBOR OF REFUGE. San Juan Fortifications Destroyed as a Blow at the Cape Verde Fleet. WASHINGTON, May 13.—The Navy Department was all excitement this morning upon the receipt of the news that Admiral Sampson’s squadron had begun the bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico, and fuel was added to the flames when the news came later that the Spanish flying squadron had been sighted off Martinique, giving promise of heavy fighting to come. The fact that the admiral gave notice of his intention to bombard San Juan, as is reported from St. Thomas, is an in- dication that the movement upon San Juan was not a suddemy nceived project, but part of a wel plan. Whether or not the orders to the admiral included a bombardment is not disclosed at the v Department. In- deed there is nothing in Sampson’s re- port to indicate that he really did bom- bard the p He merely attacked the forts at the entrance of the harbor and if any shells struck within the town itself they were stray shots. It is surmised that Admiral Samp- son's object in making the attack in this fashion without a landinz force of troops in reserve to occupy the town if it were captured was to destroy the fortifications and make the harbor use- less to the Spanish flying squadron as a place of refuge. The fact that the Spanish fleet was headed vesterday toward the westward would indicate that it was bound for the south coast of Cuba, but war- shipsin these circumstances try to mis- lead observers ashore. The information that the Spanish squadron has been sighted off Marti- nique caused a decided sensation in naval circles, as this brings close to Admiral Sampson’s squadron the for- midable collection of Spain’s strongest and most modern vessels. It is this fleet which was reported to be lying at Cadiz. Evidently the latter report was inspired by Spanish strategy. Martinique is a French island lying about 500 miles east of Porto Rico and 700 miles from the eastern coast of Cuba. It is one of the outposts of the West Indies and is the natural point at which the Spanish fleet coming from Cape Verde would first make a landing. It must now pass the French island of Guadaloupe to the west, the Danish jsland of St. Thomas, a little further W , on its course to Porto Rico unless | Sampson’s fleet engages them before that move is made. As they stand now the two fleets are about 500 miles apart, which, by fast sailing, both fleets would cover in one day. The sailing of one fleet would bring them together in two days, if the other ren.ained sta- tionary. | IMMENSE DAMAGZ DONE IN SAN JUAN. Number of Buildings Wrecked by Projectiles From the American Ships. LONDON, May 13.—The Evening News this afternoon publishes a dis- patch from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, saying San Juan de Porto Rico surrendered at 6 o'clock yesterday evening. The dispatch adds that im- mense damage was done to the city and that a number of important build- ings collapsed. The Iowa and Detroit, according to this dispatch, fired 430 hots with terrible effect. The dispatch says the Americans did not attempt to take possession of or de- stroy the town, beyond razing the for- tifications. All the American warships except the Montgomery steamed in elliptical for- mation before the fortifications at San Juan de Porto Rico, which fired twenty to thirty guns, seven of which were good ones. The fleet first fired too Jow, but at the second discharge they got the elevation and soon silenced Morro Castle and set fire to the town, driving the Spaniards from their guns repeatedly. The shore guns fred hundreds of shots. The New. York was hit once and one seaman was killed and four were wounded. The Towa was hit once and two men were slightl~ wounded. The dispatch winds up with an- nouncing that the American fleet under Rear-Admiral Sampson is now outside of San Juan de Porto Rico awalting the coming of the Spanish fleet, command- od by Admiral Cervera, which was last reported off Fort de France, island of Martinique, French West Indies. A General Macras’ Report. HAVANA, May 13, via Kingston, Jamalca, May 13.—Captaln-General Blanco has received a dispatch from General Macras. the Spanish com- mander at Porto Rico, reading as fol- lows: “Eleven of the enemy’s ships ap- peared during the early hours yester- day before Porto Rico and opened fire without giving warning. The port bat- tery replied and a severe cannonade was continued until 9 o’clock in the morning. The damage done was in- considerable and the loss is insignifi- cant.” ST PSR b Spain Calls It Victory. MADRID, May 13.—An official dis- patch from San Juan de Porto Rico says the American squadron was re- pulsed oft Porto Rico. Although the eleven warships bombarded the place, the attackers were gloriously beaten back. The Spanish batteries armed with six-inch guns were especially ef- fective. This alleged victory of the Spaniards has aroused great enthusi- acm here. then in session. was the dispatch of this morning. ernor’s Island. PEEEEPEPPPPPPEOEOOO®O PEEO® BRINGS NEW FROM GARCIA Rowan Re- E Lieutenant | turns From His Voy- | | age to Cuba. | iEastern Army of the Insur- gents Numbers Fifteen | Thousand Men. | Not a Spaniard Met in a Journey | Across the Widest Part of the Island. | Special Dispatch to The Call. | KEY WEST, Fla., May 13.—Lieuten- ant Andrew S. Rowan of the Nine- | teenth Infantry arrived here to-day from Cuba, bearing important dis- patches from General Calixto Garcia, commander of the department of the East of the insurgent army, for General Miles or General Shafter, commanding the army of invasion. | Lieutenant Rowan, with a number of guides, left Jamaica on April 23 to car- ry information to and confer with Gen- eral Garcia. He and his companions | crossed to Cuba in an open boat, land- | ing on the coast near Pico Ojo del Toro, province of Santiago de Cuba, and a little west of the city of that name. They marched through swamps and underbrush to the mountains, where horses were obtained, and thence pro- ceeded to Bayamo, arriving at that place five days later. They found General Garcla quartered there with a guard of several hundred troops, with headquarters in the principal house on the main street of the city, which had been abandoned shortly before by the Spaniards. Lieutenant Rowan had a long confer- | ence with the insurgent general, who told him there were 15,000 troops in his | command, scattered throughout the isl- and. These troops were, General Gar- cia informed him, well supplied with | arms, but lacked ammunition. | * General Garcia expressed his joy at the intervention of the United States. ‘When Lieutenant Rowan left the in- surgent camp he was accompanied by | General Henry Colazo and Chief of | Staff Colonel Hernandez. They struck across the country and came out on the north coast near Manation May 7. Throughout the journey across the island, which was made at the widest | part, Lieutenant Rowan and his com- | panions did not encounter one Spanish | soldier. They took a small sailing ves- | sel and put out for Nassau. | There were six men on board the small craft and the journey occupied two days. An awning and a hammock | were used for sails and the party suf- fered much hardship. At Nassau the | British schooner Peerless was taken | for Key West. Lieutenant Rowan will leave to-night for Tampa to hand his dispatches to | the army commander. The substance of these dispatches and of the lieuten- ant's conferences with Garcia are, of course, kept secret. FIFTEEN HUNDRED MEN AMONG THE MISSING. Two Hundred Fishing Boats Swept Away by a Gale and Tidal Wave. YOKOHAMA, May 18.—Two hundred fishing boats have been swept away by a gale and tidal wave at Swatelikswat and 1500 men are missing. —_— SUSPECTS ON A STEAMSHIP. Six Strangers Unde; Surveillance on the Santa Rosa. SANTA BARBARA, May 13.—A sen- sational rumor was current this after- noon after the arrival of the Santa Rosa to the effect that about a dozen suspicious passengers were aboard who were supposed to be Spaniards. The captain’s suspicions were aroused at Port Harford, where the fellows communicated With another suspicious character and left some freight. It is reported the suspects endeavored to gain knowledge of the ship even to the engine-room, and that the captain has a watch over them. Their destination is said to be San Diego. California’s Summer Resorts. Interesting illustrations of scenes at prominent places about the State in to-day’s News Letter. S BOMBARDMENT OF 3 BAHIA HONDA REPORTED § MADRID, May 13.—A dispatch from Havana o saysthe Americans have bombarded Bahia Honda, g province of Pinar del Rio, west of Cardengs. ©00000000000000000000000000000000000 CAPITULATION OF sdN JUdN ANNOUNCED President McKinley Receives a Communication From Hayti’s Representatives. NEW YORK, May 13.—President McKinley received a dispatch late this afternoon, which came through Haytian sources, announcing the complete capitulation of the city and fortifications of San Juan de Puerto Rico. The dispatch was immediately communicated to Secre- tary Long, who presented it to the Naval Strategy Board, which was I saw Secretary Long a few moments after the receipt of the dispatch in question, but he did not say who sent it. knowledged its receipt, however, and supplemented the President’s de- claration of faith in its authenticity. The Strategy Board, immediately upon receipt of the dispatch, dis- cussed its contents, but nothing could be learned regarding its action. It was stated by Secretary Long that the dispatch was not from Ad- miral Sampson and that the last communication he had from him 1t is understood the dispatch came through representatives of the Haytian Government in New York and was communicated to the Pres- jdent by an officer of the United States Signal Corps, stationed at Gov- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@‘@@@ | Murderer Frank Belew | Rush: ooOOOOOOOQOOOOGO000000000000000000002 He ac- [OXOJOIOXOXOXOIOIOIOIOYOJOOIOIOJOYOXOIO) FRANK BELEW ACCUSES BIRD Dixon Murderer Adds to His Original Con- fession. Now Declares His Brother-in- Law Acted as His Ac- complice. Arthur Belew Supports the State- ment and Says It Can Be Proved. Special Dispatch to The Call SACRAMENTO, May 13. — Sheriff Rush of Solano County was sent for by to-day. The | officer went to Folsom to take Belew’s | statement. | “I am now ready to open my heart,” | was the message sent by the Dixon polsoner. “Be careful what you say now,” said Assistant Warden Baker, “for you are about to go into the presence of the eternal.” “Yes, I expect to die,” replied the| strange man, who coolly murdered his | brother and sister, “and I desire to tell the whole truth.” The condemned man sald to Sheriff “The murders were planned by J. W. Bird and me some months before I killed Susie and Louis. Our original in- | tention was to murder Arthur and | Tommy also, but I did not get a good | chance to do the job.” “What was Bird to get out of it?” he was asked. | “Well, you see, I was to kill them all | and the property would then go to me | and my children. He was to be ad-| ministrator, and he would have made a haul that way. If I got into trouble Bird was to stand by me and do all in his power to save my life; but he went back on me, and that is why I now want to tell the whole truth. Bird knew s}]ll the time that I was going to murder them. SPANISH VERSION OF BATTLES Blanco Reports to Madrid on the Fighting at Carde- nas and Cienfuegos. For a Wonder the Governor-Gen- eral Admits That Some Span- iards Were Killed. MADRID, May 18.—General Blanco's dispatch describing the engagement at Clienfuegos says: “The Americans fired over 600 shells, while they attempted to effect a land- ing with large boats, towed by steam launches. Some of the boats landed their men, but the latter were energeti- cally and victoriously repulsed all along the line. The Americans were compelled to hastily re-embark and withdrew with considerable loss, retir- ing in a westerly direction after five hours' fighting. The attack was made in combination with bands of insur- gents, who have been put to flight. Our losses were only two killed and four- teen wounded.” General Blanco’s dispatch also says: “At the same time they were attack- ing Cienfuegos an attack was made by the Americans on Cardenas. One of their larger ships anchored about a mile from the quays and the enemy then attempted to land troops, but our forces, consisting of volunteers and two companies of infantry, compelled them to desist. Our gunboats disabled one of the enemy’s destroyers and compelled the remaining ships of the | squadron to leave the bay. “The garrison had five wounded and about ten were wounded on board the gunboats. Little damage was done to the town, though one shell fell in the British Consulate. The attack had been planned in co-operation with the insurgent forces, who were recently de- feated at San Miguel. I have congrat- ulated both the troops and inhabitants of the town on the strong proof they have furnished of their loyalty Spain. Many of the Americans while trying to disembark fell under the Spanish, fire and at Cardenas two of the inhabitants were killed by shots from the enemy.” A dispatch received to-night says that the American ships assembled be- fore Cardenas yesterday, but that her garrison, which had been reinforced, repulsed the enemy. Another dispatch from Havana reports that various en- counters have taken place during the last few days between the Spanish troops and the insurgents, in which the latter have been defeated. KEY WEST, Fla., May 13.—Four of the men killed on the Winslow were laid to rest in the City Cemetery at | sunset to-day. They were buried in the shallow lime rocks, side by side with the graves of the victims of the Maine. The body of Ensign Bagley will be sent home for interment. The bodies were prepared for burial in the local undertaker’s room and all the afternoon curious crowds loitered about to see what was going on. No friends of the dead men were present. Little groups of women gathered in the rear of the room where the caskets rested, while a constant procession of visitors filed in and out to look upon the blackened and disfigured faces in the coffins. The strange feature of the supple- mentary confession is that the mur- | derer does not charge that there was| to be a division of the property between | Bird and himself, thus leaving the mo- | tive of Bird a very vague quantity. | Frank Belew is calmer than he has | been in weeks and seems perfectly re- | signed to his fate. Arthur Belew was | here to-day and will probably visit his | brother to-morrow. He made the fol- lowing statement: “I rode up on the train to-day with a | former business associate of Bird. This man told me that he conversed with| Bird about a month before the murder and Bird said to him: ‘In about a month I will have plenty of money.’ " Arthur claims to have another wit- ness who heard the plans of Frank Belew and Bir Pl —— JAMES F. J. ARCHIBALD RECEIVES A WOUND. Young San Franciscan Grazed by a Spanish Bullet in the Cabanas Fight. NEW YORK, May 13.—The Evening World’s correspondent with the Gussie expedition which landed at Cabanas on Thursday telegraphed to-day that after the landing the bodles of three Span- ish soldiers killed by the American fire were found. The name of the only man wounded on the American side is James F. J. Archibald of San Francisco. He is hurt so slightly that he did not need surgical attention. James F. J. Archibald, the first American to be struck by a Spanish bullet in the invasion of Cuba just be- gun, is well known in this city. Com- ing to San Francisco several years ago he engaged in newspaper work and later became local agent for an insur- ance company. He was prominent in society here and at San Rafael, where for a time he lived at the Hotel Rafael and was very popular. When the war with Spain broke out he went to the front as a newspaper correspondent and was one of the first Americans to land in Cuba. — - Martial Law Proclaimed. TENERIFFE, Canary Islands, May 13—Martial law has been proclaimed here, and the harbor lights have been ordered extinguished until further no- tice. The exportation of foodstuffs is strictly prohibited. At 5:30 the procession started for the cemetery, followed by a military escort of marines and_ sailors from all the ships in the harbor, Commodore Kim- ball of the torpedo flotilla in command and seamen acting as pall-bearers. It was an Impressive scene as the four hearses, followed by soldlers and sail- ors, passed through the narrow, dirty streets to the cemetery. Once arrived there the bodies were quickly lowered into the graves. The Rev. Dr. Gilbert Higgs of St. Paul's Episcopal Church read the burial service with a mixed multitude crowded about. When the burial services wece ended, three volleys were fired by the marines over the open graves, and the bugle sonnded the sad farewell. The torpedo boat Winslow damaged at the engagement at Cardenas came here last night under her own steam, in charge of Ensign Bailey, from the Wilmington. It is believed the torpedo boat can be repaired and may be ready for active service again in a few weeks. Two of the seamen aboard were badly injured. They say that one of the crew who was standing in the conning tower had his coat literally shot aw * KKK KK X to | ADVERTISEMENTS. ri*****************&***i CURES STOMACH TROUBLE Dr. Sanden’s Electric Belt Again Proves Dr. Sanden says that the health of the human body depends upon the vi- tality in it but received nothing but a allght flesh wound In the right side. ighteen shells struck the Winslow during the engagement. The remaining members of the crew. of the Winslow, who are also on board, are: G. P. Brady, gunner's mate; P. Cooney, H. Johnson, R. E. Cox, D. Mo~ Keon, J. J. Cavanaugh, B. B. Bassle, W. Laughlejah, J. J. Madden, W. O. Hear, M. Leary, W. Myers, J. G. Ray, H. Anderson and W. W. Jones. Cox sald that when they left Cardenas it | was understood on board that the Wil- mington was to go in and bombard Cardenas on Thursday. WASHINGTON, May 13.—Major- General Fitahugh Lee, who is spoken of ds the most likely man for the post of Military Governor of Cuba until the re- public is established, says that Car= denas, which was attacked by four American gunboats, was an important point strategically to be possessed by, the United States forces. “About twenty miles back in the country at Jovellanos, I think it is,” he said, “all the rallroads of Cuba form a juncture, and, with Cardenas in the hands of the Americans, the invest | ment of Havana would be materially advanced by the possession of that place. No supplies could reach Ha- vana by the regular channels from the interior, and, with the blockading fleet in front of the city, its fate would soon be determined fin In my opinion the attack upon Cardenas was for the purpose of getting at Jovellanos.” Referring to Ensign Bagley, General Lee said: “He was a gallant lad, and I am sorry he is gone. He was _a worthy fellow and brave as a lion. T'll bet he made a good fight. But'we must not take our losses too much to heart. War means bloodshed upon both sides and we are bound to lose many brave lads before we drag the yellow ensign of Spain from the ramparts of Morro, Cabanas and others of the strongholds of the enem GOVERNMENT BUYING COAL AT VICTORIA. Contract for a Large Quantity of Fuel Awarded to a Canadian Firm. SEATTLE, May 13.—Although coal has been declared a contraband of war | since the country took up arr 3 against | Spain the United States Government has just closed a contract with Robert Dunsinuir & Sons of Victoria for some 8500 tons of Comox coal. The bulk of the fuel purchased by the Government is intended for the Port Orchard naval | station, where it will be kept in bunk- ers for the coaling of United States war vessels. The United States monitor Monadnock, now lying at Port Angeles, has received about 250 tons of coal from British Columbia. This is following out the policy of the Government in the past to favor Brit- ish Columbia coal for the war vessels that came to Puget Sound. This has been done for years although coal can be purchased at Seattle for $2 less & ton and steam tests made on the Gove ernment ships show but 2 per cent im favor of the Comox coal in the highest tests of the latter. The coal at What- com from the Blue Canyon mines showed fully as well as the British Columbia coal under steam tests. Local coal dealers explain this trend of Government patronage by saying that years ago, before the mines of the Washington coast had been opened, the Government was compelled to pur- chase its coal in British Columbia. The heads of the Bureau of Equipment got into the habit of buying British Colum= bia coal and did not change to Wash- ington coal when the opportunity was presented. —— Seaman Killed by Spaniards. BOSTON, May 13.—The schooner Jennie Butler, from Cien_(uegu';, :wnzlfh arrived “here, reports a er }l"na:te, John Purchase of Portland, Me., was killed by Spaniards before the ves< sel sailed from Cienfuegos. It is thought Purchase attempted to pass the trocha and was shot. FRREEREN - * * * * * * . Ed Its Great Curative Power. Sickness or weakness of 000000000000 DR. 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