The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 23, 1898, Page 2

staring eyes the steam escaping from | the engine that he had piloted so long. | The few pass.ngers who had their heads about them saw a steam launch | coming up the creek and hailed it. The skipper was asked to take Baldwin to Oakland for medical treatment, and promptly ran his boat up to the break- water and took the injured man aboard. Hickey, the fireman, was beyond earthly help, so his mangled remains, pinned down by the engine, were cov- ered up with the means at hand and efforts were made to alleviate the suf- ferings of th who had survived. After an hour delay, during which the large major of the passengers made & tedious march up the mole to Oak- land, a wrecking train came down the line from the yards and a gang of workmen tried to remove the body of Hicke It was found that this would be impossible, unless the engine was raised, and Superintendent Frazier, who had arrived on the scene, prompt- 1y telegraphed to Newark for a wreck- ing train, which arrived late in the aft- ernoon. Edwin L. dwin, engineer, in .de- scribing the dent, said: “Soon after we left the mole and just after I had B ing experience. He was thrown across the car and badly injured, but having lady friends in a rear coach, hurried back to them as soon as he could gethis feet, and calmed them, despite his wounds, until the panic had subsided. “It all came so suddenly,” he sald, “that I could hardly realize that we had a wreck. I got out of the smoker and into the coach where the women were in hysterics as quickly as I could, but I could do little with them, their fright was so great. My greatest source of gratitude is that no morewere hurt.” BATTLE IS NOW HOURLY LOOKED FOR Continued From First Page. turned the throttle to increase the | speed I noticed that something was Wrong. The wheels did not to run as smoothly as usual, and the engine and tender rocked more than ual. I was in doubt as to whether it y imagination or reality that | seem | | | in was running any different | customary, when I heard a | noise, followed by a heavy | thud, directly under the carriage where 1 stood. I realized that the engine was | d 1, and made a frantic leap from 1dow of the carriage to save my- | 1 certain death from the explo- | i ult which knew would 1 1 inevitable. The loco motive had already broken the coup- | ling connecting it with the tender, and | it wa hed into the bank | at the ) ck that I jumped. | Where fireman was all this time I don’t ki and didn’t learn until I saw | his charred and mutilated body lying | under the debris. When I fell I landed | on the bridge below, and for a moment | was blinded and almost suffocated by n m from the bursting | ined my feet and es- | caped to the of the bridge, from | which I leaped, past experience having | taught me the efficacy of salt water as | a relief from the excruciating pains of | scalding. I must have been in the water three or four minutes before I | was picked up by a small steam launch and towed back to shore. The cause of | the accident cannot and I don’t think ever will be explained. My opinion is that some portion of the machinery un der the engine broke and threw it off | the track; but to such a statement I | would not commit myself or desire it to be given as an authentic solution o the cause, although the effect points | directly to this opinion.” { Among the passengers upon the wrecked train were the ladies of the | emergency committee of the Red Cross | Bocity. Among these were many of the | best known society people of 1‘ak]and.} and as far as known were: Mrs. L L. | Requa, Mrs. F. M. Smith, Mrs. Major | O. F. Long, Mrs. Wallace Emerson, | Mrs. A B. Nye, Mrs. Lieutenant Dun- | woody, Mrs. A. D. Thompson,. M Paul Loshe, Mrs. S. M. Martin, Miss S Jaeg- | Veitch, Miss Mary Veene, Mi M hern, Miss Alice Grim Alice | and Lucy Moffatt, Miss May rnham, ! Miss Molly Conners and Mrs. Judge Nusbaumer. Many were thrown from their seats and all were more or less injured. T night all the homes represented by the ladies resemble hospital It may that a good night’s rest will be s ficient to revive most of them, although it is belleved some of them suffered | severe spinal injuries which may not improve so rapidly. Shortly after the accident Division Supe at the w k and mad of the tr: a - and cars for th if possible the c of fixing the responsibility. As! nied by a Call correspondent Mr. F zer walked along the track to the place | where the first sc: appears on the | ties. The spot wh dent occurred th wreck is easily s he primary acci- | resulted in the| , and it is just as | easy to trace the cause of the obstruc- | tion and the derailed wheels to the place where the track is all torn up be- neath the wrecked cars and locomotive, | The first mark on the ties is very | slight and might have been made by small bolt. It n the middle, between the rail: gradually the tles are scra lintered more and more unti are broken | out. A Imost 100 feet from where they first occur the tles are broken clean | in two and from there the track is torn | off its bed, rails are twisted in all direc- | tions and beneath the wreck tles, rails, | dirt and broken carwheels are all| jammed in a heap. i The track where the first mark occurs | 18 not out of order, and has not spread, | so the cause of the accident is attrib- uted by the officials to the falling of a bolt or some other obstruction on the track from either the tender or the en- gine. The cause of the disaster must forever remain a mystery, for the ten- der is completely smashed and off its trucks in the mud, and the locomotive | is so broken up that there is no possi- | bility of telling which one of a hundred bolts might have fallen on the track. “This affair is purely an accident,” said A ant Superintendent Frazer, “and it is very plain that something dropped to the track from the tender. It might hav a brake shoe or a boit or any similar thing, but it is im- possible now to tell what, as the tender is knocked all to pieces. The track is in perfect condition and cannot possi- bly have contributed to the accident, as an engine has been running over it | since the accident at the place where | the ties show the bolt dropped down. It is very clear that the obstruction | came from the tender, as it was In front of the engine and was driven clear off the track and down the bank, showing that it was the real obstruc- tion. It is impossible to prevent such small accidents as a falling bolt shoe, but it is rarely that they produce such | disastrous result. An inspection of the track shows | that it is miraculous that a disaster much more fearful did not occur. The | train ran along until the cars were on the solid ground. Had they left the | rails where the ties are first broken the | locomotive and cars wouid have gone in the water, and instead of four cars being derailed all the train would un- doubtedly have been pulled over. The marks of the wheels after being de- railed show plainly that the train ran =everal hundred t along the ties after leaving the ra “The accident was caused by a brake shoe,” said Train Di cher Walker | at the mole yesterday. “By some means or another it became loose and fell on the track. The consequence was that when the tender struck the shoe it jumped the track and the engine and two cars followed. Hickey was thrown out by the shock and the engine fell on hlm: Baldwin was injured by the es- caping steam. “The accident was not caused by the spreading of the rails, but the rails did spread as a result of the accident. ‘When we found the brake shoe under the engine it was easy to account for the disaster. The train was on time and was proceeding at the usual rate of gpeed. No one was dreaming of an ac- cident, and the whole thing came like thunder out of a clear sky.” Jack Hickey, the dead fireman, had been with the company since the last great raliroad strike, a portion of the time on the Boulder Creek division of the system. He was a trusted em- ploye and popular with his colleagues. He resided with his wife at 656 Twenty- second street, Oakland. W. H. Raymond, who was a passen- ger in the forward smoker when the train went off the track, had a thrill- has been ordered to that port from Seattle. It is believed here that the War Department may be too sanguine of an early departure of all these trans- ports, for it is understood in Washing- ton that the Zealandia is not due to ar- rive in San Francisco until May 24, and the China on May 28, and they could hardly be made ready for a return trip across the Pacific in so shor’ * time. The Secretary, however, seems to feel confident that the seven vessels will have sailed by the end of the week. If reports from Cadiz are true, stating that Spanish warships and troops are to be sent to the Philippines immediately, there will be a race around the world between Spain and the United States, with the advantage in favor of this country, for while it is only 7100 miles from San Francisco to Manila, it is 8500 from Cadiz, via the Suez canal, and by the time the Spaniards reach their for- mer possession they will find in the harbor of Manila a formidable fleet composed of the powerful coast defense ressel Monterey, the protected cruisers Olympia, Boston, Baltimore, Charles- ton, Raleigh, the gunboats Concord and Petrel and the revenue cutter Mc- | Culloch. Later will come the cruiser Philadel- phia, and by the time the Spaniards .reach there Manila will have been taken and 16,000 American troops will be in charge. Any attempt made by Spain to recover possession of the islands will therefore be foolish, not only because of superior naval and military forces which we will have there, but because her war vessels will have a hard time to obtain coal en route. : Indeed, it will be impossible, if the na- | tions strictly observe neutrality laws, for Spain’s vessels, instead of steaming for the “nearest home port,” will be seeking trouble on the other side of the world. WILL FILL THE QUOTA THE PRESENT WEEK. | Over One Hundred Thousand Volun- teer Troops have So Far Been Mustered. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Musteringinto the United States service of volunteers in the Staté camps was practically sus- pended to-day, to be resumed to-morrow. Reports received by Adjutant General Corbin up to 11 o'clock to-night indicate that 106000 volunteers have been mus- tered. It was expected that the muster- ing would be completed by this time, but delay has been caused by the inadequacy of the militia, both in numbers and equip- ment, in several of the States. General Corbin is of the opinion that the quota called for will be filled during the present week, within thirty days from the time the orders were sent out to the Gover- nors. ORDERED TO PROCEED TO FORTRESS MONROE. First Infantry Regiment of Mary- land’s Volunteers Will Leave Baltimore on Wednesday. BALTIMORE, May 22.—Orders were received at Camp Wilmer to-day for the First Regiment, out of which the two battalions of infantry to complete | Maryland’s quota of volunteers were formed, to proceed to Fortress Monroe. The command will leave here on Wed- nesday. One hundred and eighty additional members of the naval reserve have been mustered into Government serv- ice and are quartered on the receiving ship Dale awaiting the formation of the Chesapeake Bay torpedo fleet, or other assignment from the Navy De- partment. WOMEN TO BOYCOTT FRENCH PRODUCTS. Will Neither Buy Nor Wear Goods Coming From & Nation That Favors Spain. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 22.—Seventy- five women, all of prominent families here, met this afternoon at the Coun- try Club, where the freely voiced hos- tility of France to the United States in the Spanish-American trouble was dis- cussed. The upshot of the discussion was that the women resolved to neither buy nor wear French-made gowns and to discourage the merchants whom they patronize from handing French pro- ducts. DEATH-DEALERS FOR SAMPSON’S SQUADRON. Projectiles Sent From Reading, Pa., That Will Perforate Any- thing Spanish Afloat. READING, Pa., May 22.—On receipt of a telegram from Washington the Carpenter Steel Works late to-night sent 150 thirteen-inch projectiles des- tined for Sampson's fleet. These weigh 1200 pounds each and will go through anything Spanish afloat. Over eight hundred projectiles of somewhat smaller size are on hand and they go to-morrow to San Francisco for Ad- miral Dewey at Manila. Colfax Welcomes the Soldiers. COLFAX, May 22.—The lgdies of this little town at the gateway of California have been untiring in their efforts to show their patriotism and their sym- pathy for the boys in blue passing through here from the East. Every trainload is showered with flowers, and sandwiches and coffee are distributed with a liberal hand. The soldier boys say this is the first place to remind them of home, and they leave here amid hearty cheers and with the god- u?eedn and well wishes of Colfax peo- ple. VOLUNTEERS SPEEDING TO THE CAMPS Thousands on the Way to the Chickamauga Grounds. 4 Work 'of Organizing the Third Army Corps Begun and Partly Completed. CHICKAMAUGA Ga., May 22.—This has been a quiet day at Camp Thoi.as. The Second Ne- braska Regiment which reached Chat- TIONALPARK, | exchanged for Correspondents Thrall | and Jones, now in Morro Castle, will | be started for Cuba as soon as the de- | partment here is assured connection at Miami with a boat for Havana. Col- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1898. tanooga yesterday afternoon, arrived this morning and was assigned to the camp ground selected for the division | of the Third Corps, and the .aen have | been busy getting into their tents dur- | ing the day. Only two battalions ar- rived during the day. The Second Bat- | talion of the Second Nebraska, which | had become separated from its regi- ment at $t. Lou’s, reached here at 8 o'clock. The belated battalion was commanded by Major W. C. Mace. The First Battalion of the One Hun- dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana Infan- | try arrived at Chatt: ~coga at 9 o'clock, | accompanied by the regimental band of | twenty-four pieces. The battalion spent the day on Lookout Mountain, | and reached the park at 3:30, sleeping | under the stars on the litti hill during the night. As a result of the few arrivals the | railroad yards, which have been con- | gested with loaded and empty cars for | nearly a week, werc partially cleared | and room made for the troops that will begin to arrive at a lively rate to-mor- row morning. Twenty-five cars of provisions arrived to-day and were stored in the large | warehouses now completed on the park | grounds near the depot of the rallroad | company. Fifty-one of the latest and most improved ambulances, built with a special view to adaptability in a hot climate, arrived from South Bend, Ind., to-day and will be distributed to the { First Corps. The park force of men under the di- rection of General Boynton was at work all day preparing for the engines and | pumps to be used in pumping water | from the Chickamauga River to the | | various camps. It has been definitely | | decided to erect improvised water works, and a contract has been let and all the material ordered, the first con- | signment of pipe arriving to-day. | There is no scarcity of water now, but | it is feared that some of the wells are | from ‘‘wet weather” springs and that | later they ‘will dry up and the piping of water from the creek and Crawfish | Springs is a precautionary measure. General J. S. Bates, recently or- | dered to Mobile, left to-night at 8:30 | o'clock to take command of a brigade | at that point. | The work of completing the Thirdi Army Corps was begun to-day. Gen-| eral Lewis H. Carpenter, who arrived | to-day and reported to General Brooke, has been assigned to the command of the First Division of the Third Corp: | The organization, so far as perfected, is |as follows: First Brigade — Colonel | Fred D. Grant, commanding, Four- teenth New York; Lieutenant Colonel | H. Kline. Second Brigade—Colonel | Hardin, Second New York, command- | ing; Second New York, Lieutenant- | Colonel Lloyd; Second Nebraska, Colo- nel Bills. -he First Regiment to ar- rive to-night will complete the brigade. The Fourth Ohio Regiment, urder Colonel Coit, has been assigned to _co- vost guard duty in Chattanooga by or- der of General Brooke, made necessary by the disorderly conduct of many of the young soldiers, who have been | guilty of many lapses of discipline, to the extent in a number of cases of vio- | lence and insulting ladies. The four members of the First Mis- souri Regiment injured in yeslcrday's‘ | accident and who were sent to St. Vin- cent’s Infirmary are doing well and will be out in a few days. General E. B. Williston, from the United States Third Artillery, who has been assigned to the artillery brigade | here, arrived to-day and reported to | General Brooke. General Williston | says he found his brigade about com- | plete and equipped, with the very im- | | portant exceptions that it has neither | field guns, horses nor ammunition. A | part of the equipments arrived yester- | day, and General Williston hopes to get all needed supplies by the middle of the week. General Breckinridge and staff did not visit the park to-day for inspection. They will inspect the second and third divisions to-morrow, and hope to com- plete the inspection of all organizations perfected up to Wednesday evening, when they will go to Tampa. Troop K, of the Third United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of the three in- dependent volunteer regiments, con- sisting of forty-five men, arrived at Chattanooga from Lincoln to-night. The troop is in command of Captain Jacob H. Oliver and has been organized in Nebraska and the Dakotas. The troop is a part of Colonel Grigsby's rough riders. The troop has no horses, but was otherwise equipped. Charles Eck, Company E, Third Wis- consin, from Eau Claire, died to-day from convulsions and nervous derange- ment. Troops B and E of Grigsby's rough riders, 144 officers and men, from Sioux Falls, S. D., arrived this afternoon. Colonel Grigsby himself accompanied these troops and Major W. R. Stewart was next in command. They will reach the park to-morrow. The troops will be followed to-morrow by two trains carrying 200 horses. These troops are all cowboys. ATLANTA, Ga., May 22.—About 2000 recruits have arrived at Fort McPher- son since that post was made the cen- tralization point for that branch of the army. Every recruiting station in the country, from Maine to California, has sent some men, and they are still ar- riving at a rate of 200 a day. It was not intended to send any of the men away until they were uniformed and equipped, but the need of men for the Philippines has brought about the ne- cessity of getting more men into the regular army regiments in the West. Colonel Cook, the commandant, yes- terday lined up the recruits at the post and asked for volunteers to go to the Philippines. Nine hundred responded almost immediately, but only 600 are wanted to make out the Third Bat- talion of the two regiments. It is likely these men_will go to New Orleans to join the Eighteenth or Twenty-third regiments of the regular army before these regiments, which have been as- signed to go with General Merritt, start for San Francisco. 8 The Spanish prisoners who are to be onel Cortijo and Surgeon Gulian- are still in ignorance of the exchange. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 22.—The Fifteenth Regiment of Indiana Volun- teer Infantry left Camp Mount to-day in four sections for_the rendezvous at Camp Dunnloring, Va. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Barnett. This was the last regiment to leave Camp Mount. CERVERA MAY BE SHUT IN THE HARBOR. It Is Believed That Schley Is Off Santiago de Cuba With the Flying Squadron. NEW YORK, May 22.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent sends the following: Is Admiral Cervera with his Spanish fleet entrapped in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba? This is the ques- tion which the authorities are anxiously asking each other to-night and they are awaiting the receipt of advices from Jamaica announcing the result of the naval search for the elusive Spaniards. Tt is estimated by the Naval War Board, which was in session for an hour this afternoon, that Commodore Schley, in command of the flying squad- ron, is now off Santiago de Cuba, and if Admiral Cervera is still anchored therein he is surely a prey of Amer- ican strategists. Confirmatory of the Herald’s state- ment this morning that Commodore Schley has gone in advance of Rear | Admiral Sampson, I learned to-night that he left Key West on Thursday, and instructions were at once sent him to proceed to Santiago de Cuba. Like those given to Rear Admiral Sampson, his instructions are to destroy or cap- ture the Spanish fleet. Rear-Admiral Sampson’s men- of- war did not finish coaling until Fri- day, when they started to sea in a great burry, their destination also being San- tiago de Cuba. Going with all dis- patch as directed by the Naval War | Board, it is believed in nuaval circles that the flylng squadron has made at least twelve knots an hour, or 288 knots per day, so that it ought to have ar- rived off Santiago de Cuba to-day, while Sampson not having left until late Friday night will not reach his des- tination before to-morrow. In the meantime, it is questionable wnat Com- modore Schley’'s mode f{ procedure will be. The instructions given him, I understand, were general in character and permitted him to use his own dis- cretion as to when he should attack the Spanish fleet in the harbor. “Should Commodore Schley repeat Farragut's performance at Mobile .or Dewey's performance at Manila, and steam into the channel without paying attention to torpedoes,” said an official to me to-night, ** the chances are about even that this ships would not be de- stroyed. But even if one were to be | blown up it would effectuallv block the channel and four armored cruisers and two torpedo-boat destroyers of Spain would be of no further use in the war. I don’t believe Commodore Schley will take such action, however. He will probably blockade the harbor and keep the Spaniards tied up inside, and re- enforced by Admiral Sampson’s armor- clads the Spaniards will never be able to escape.” —_———— VOLUNTEERS LAND ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA. First Large Invading Expedition De- parted From Port Tampa Last Wednesday. CHICAGO, May 22.—A special to the Record from Macon, Ga., says: Unless some accident has befallen the United States transport Florida there are now United States volunteer troops on the island of Cuba, or they wiil be there within a few hours. From accurate information obtained here to-day it can be stated as a fact that the first ex- pedition toward Cuban soil has started, and the outlook is for a successful trip. On Wednesday. May 18, the United States transport Florida left Port Tampa with several hundred volunteer troops on board. The passengers be- longed to the regiment of Cuban vol- unteers, organized in the lower extrem- ity of Florida some weeks ago. It was thought best to send these men, as they speak Spanish and are more ac- quainted with the topography of the country which it is proposed to invade. It cannot be learned what United States officer accompanied the regiment of vol- unteers. If this expedition is a suecess, other troops will be rushed into the island as soon as possible. s o it GREAT ACTIVITY AT CADIZ NAVAL ARSENAL. Ship Captain Reports That BSpain Was Preparing to Attack Our Coast Cities. ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 22.—Captain Long of the brigantine Energy, which arrived here to-day with a cargo of salt from' Cadiz, reports that when he left Cadiz, a fortnight ago, the great- est activity prevailed in the naval ar- senal there. The two Hamburg Ameri- can liners, Columbia and Normannia, purchased to be used as auxiliary cruisers, and now named the Rapido and Patria, were being &'anidly armored and the warships refitting in the har- a«!r were loading stores and ammuni- lon. Captain Strong is convinced that at the time he was in Cadiz the Spanish Government fully intended to send this fleet to attack American coast cities &1): theHNarth Atlmflsc. Dref:mbly‘gol- n. e says the Spanish populace was bitterly f-nmad against English and Americans, and that his crew dared not venture ashore. DESPERATE ENGAGEMENT ANTICIPATED Cervera Cannot Evade Sampson. THE FEELING AT KEY WEST. BIG GUNS WILL EMBARK ERE MANY HOURS. Senor Castro, a Cuban Leader, Tells of Heroic Work of Americans at the Bombardment of Cardenas. Special Dispatch to The Call. KEY WEST, May 22.—The tranquil- lity of a tropical Sunday has been un- disturbed by definite information from any quarter. A few naval uniforms on the streets are the only signs of the proximity of this languid town to the theater of war. There are only one or two ships in the harbor, and they are coaling with all haste to get away to Join their fellows in an action which all are convinced is only a matter of days, perhaps hours. Speculation is still concentrated on the whereabouts of Admiral Cervera's squadron, the general opinion favoring some point on the southern coast. As both sides of the island are now pa- trolled by United States warships the naval authorities will not admit the possibility of Cervera's escape without the most desperate conflict in the his- tory of naval warfare. Reports from Admiral Sampson’s squadron say that all is quiet off the northern coast of Cuba. Nothing from Commodore Schley is expected before Monday or Tuesday. A rumor has reached here that four American warships, while bombarding Santiago de Cuba, were driven off by the Spanish fleet, but the story is gen- erally discredited. Where it came from is a mystery. Senor Ernesto Castro, a well-known lawyer and president of the Revolu- tionary Junta of Cardenas, arrived here to-day on the United States gunboat Annapolis. During the recent bom- bardment at Cardenas Senor Castro was in the bay in a sma.. boat trying to reach the American vessels and get transportation to the United States on an important mission. He was com- pelled to return to the shore, where he saw and heard of the results of the bombardment. The Spanish gunboats that lured the United States torpedo boat Winslow into the death trap were the Antonio Lopez, Lealtad and Ligerau. During the fight the former two retreated be hind the wharves and the Ligera be- hind the key. It was the Antonio Lopez that opened fire on the Winslow and decoyed her into the trap. The Spanish troops formed on the public square, not daring to go to the wharves; | all the Spanish flags were lowered, as they furnished targets and the famil- fes all fled to Jovellanos. Senor Castro says an American shell exploded at the very entrance to the Spanish Casino, shattering the build ing and setting it on fire. The Casino, which had beenused as a military head- quarters and infantry barracks, and which was the largest structure in the town, was utterly destroyed. Other buildings were wrecked. Some of the shots went as far as the Trienta sugar plantation, two miles in the interior. The loss of life Senor Castro believes to have been heavy. It was so report- ed. After the bombardment ceased the military commander pressed all able- bodied men into the work of carrying sand to build new batterifes, and the next day 1200 men were hrought from Matanzas and Havana to’continue the work. Senor Castro, after passing four days on the Pieuras Key, signaled the Unit- ed States gunboat Wilmington and was taken off. He says famine prevails everywhere in Cuba. In Cardenas rice is 25 cents a pound, condensed milk sells at $150 per can and horseflesh brings 75 cents a pound. There is no beef or bread. The insurgents are in dire distress. Formerly provisions were smuggled from the cities, but that relief is now impossible, since the cities themselves are starving. The insurgents are try- ing to subsist on peppery wood and palm buds. Senor Castro tasted meat to-day for the first time in five weeks. SPAIN STILL CLINGS TO FOOLISH HOPES. Pretends to Believe That Gomez and His Followers Will Antago- nize the Americans. LONDON, May 22.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Times, commenting on the situation in Cuba, says: ‘Whether any great number of insur- gents will fight for the Americans is considered extremely doubtful, but de- spite the Spanish hope it is equally doubtful whether General < Maximo Gomez and the other influential in- surgent leaders will boldly declare against American annexation. All that can be said with certainty is that the Cabinet at Washington had not found and cannot count upon efficient assistance from the insurgents, which it evidently expected when it rushed into war without having an army ot occupation ready. Since the Ministry has been con- structed publicity and prominence are being given by leading organs to the movements of troops, ‘Which seems to indicate an intention to warn whom it may concern that Spain is ready to re sist any unjustifiable schemes of ag- gression, from whatever quarter it may come. These movements have reference to the idea that Spain may be helpful to the powers in the event of any combination against an Anglo- Saxon alliance. i iy Autonomist On His Way to Madrid. KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22.—Senor Arturo Amblard, the autonomist leader and Senator and Secretary of Justice in the Cuban Cabinet, arrived here to- day from Vera Cruz on the French steamer Lafayette, which left Havana May 9. He is on his way to Madrid. o o ke Columbia Proceeds to Sea. NEW YORK, May 22.—The United States commerce destroyer Columbia, which has been at anchor at Tompkins- | ville, coaling and provisioning, after a tour of duty with the North Atlantic patrol, weighed anchor and proceeded to sea to-night. R e S Calls at Kingston for Coal. Copyrighted, 15%, by James Gordon Bennett. KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22.—The Spanish steamer Purissima Concepecio arrived at Montegro Bay this morning. She came from Batabano, Cul called for coal. o and CERVERA IS IN A SERIOUS PREDICAMENT, Should the Spanish Squadron Be Shut In at Santiago de Cuba It Is Lost. ‘ Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. © KEY WEST, Fla.,, May 22.—-Shou_1d the Spanish ‘squadron be shut g ® in at Cienfuegosor Santiago de Cuba it is lost._ The're is a long, narrow é ® entrance at each of these harbors, which permits ships to enter or leave @ ® singly only, thus allowing Americans to remain on the outside and destfoy & ® the vessels in detail if they attempt to force a passage to stop the cutting :;‘ ® o the cable, which has been repaired between Cienfuegos and Sarmag(_). @J) g thus restoring direct communication between Havana and Europe, via = Bermuda. = 2 I have just returned from a cruise along the northern coast of Cuba, 8 g where I found everything quiet. Just pfi Cardenas we met .'.he United ® ® States Government steamer Leyden, which two days previously . had ® ® picked up five Cubans in an open boat. These men said the Spaniards - @ leit only one officer killed and f_‘ive men wounded, all from the explo- g @® sion of one shell, during the action at Cardenas, when the American g @ torpedo boat Winslow was severely damaged. They reported ghat the @ @ channel at Cardenas was now blockat'ied by several barges, which had @ |® been sunk near the entrance by Spaniards. ® :@@@®@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@3} WAR REVENUE COMES FIRST ¥ Then Annexation Will Be Considered. WORK BEFORE BOTH HOUSES. FORECAST PROMISE: A WEEK OF DEBATE. More or Less Talk in the Senate of Final Adjournment, but No Onz Is Able to Predict the Time. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, May 22.—During the present week the Hawaiian annexa- tion resolutions are likely to be con- ’sidered in the House. No positive as- | surance has been given that a special | rule providing for their consideration | will be reported, but it is generally un- derstood that in event of the revenue | bill being well advanced in the Senate | the Committer on Rules will respond to | the majority femand in the House for | the immediate disposition of the Ha- waiilan resolutions. The report to ac- company the general banking and cur- rency bill is expected to be completed by the middle of the week, and that | bill will be given then to the House. t will not be debated, however, this week. Representative Sherman' will call up the anti-scalping bill, and he| said to-dav he thought it would be dis- posed of during the week. The navy perSonnel bill and the minor war meas- ures will occupy some attention. The general deficiency appropriation bill may be reported later in the week and a conference report upon the sundry civil appropriations or the postoffice bill may be returned. | The present week in the Senate will | be devoted almost entirely to continua- tion of debate on the war revenue bill, | and many of the best-informed Sen- ators express the opinion that the con- sideration of the bill will be concluded before the end of the week. Senator Aldrich said to-day that the bill will be a law before next Saturday. Very few other Senators take so hopeful a view, however, and most Republicans confess that they -will be abundantly satisfied if the Senate concludes its work on the measure by next Saturday. ‘While consideration of the bill, except as to objected features, has been com- pleted, there is still much to be done before the bill can be said to be com- pleted. The items which have been passed over are those which it was ex- pected from the beginning would con- sume the greatest amount of time. These include the corporation tax pro- vision, the inheritance tix, the seign- jorage and creenback amendments and also others of more or less-importance. Involved in the discussion of the greenback and seigniorage amend- ments_will be the Republican proposi- tion to restore the bond provision, and there can be no doubt that this ques- tion will give rise to a discussion that will cover considerable time, probably two or three days at least. There is, however, no apparent desire on the part of the opponents of bonds to con- sume more time than is necessary to the proper presentation of their views. If Senator Platt of New York insists upon pressing his amendment for the refunding of the outstanding green- backs it will result in an extension of the debate to an almost unlimited ex- tent. This would open up the entire financial question and probably would cause the silver element to even resort to filibustering to prevent its passage. Upon the whole the chances are equal that the bill will be disposed of during the week. There is more or less talk In the Senate about the final adjournment of Congress, but opinions differ material- ly as to the time it will occur. Senator Hale expressed the opinion to-day that it might be reached within three weeks, while Senator Teller put it at six weeks. With the war revenue bi]l out of the way and appropriation made for the conduct of the war there will be very little incentive to remain, unless it should by that time become appar- ent that the war is drawing to a close. In that event some Senators express the desire that Congress should be in session in order that the Senate might have an opportunity to pass upon any treaty of peace that might be negoti- ated. It does not now appear probable, however, that Congress would remain here any great length of time merely for that purpose. The week will begin with the discus- sion Monday of the corporation tax Provtlded in the Democratic amend- ment. The Accident at Chickamauga. WASHINGTON, May 22.—Secretary of War Alger to-day received a brief telegram from General Brooke confirm- ing the report of the accident at Chickamauga to a train carrying Mis- souri volunteers. He states that one man was killed and four injured and that the remains of the one killed have been sent to his home in Missourl. He also says the injured men are being cared for at the hospital. PREPARING T0 RAID TEXAS Ominous News From the Rio Grande. SCHEME OF THE SPANIARDS. WILL LEAD BANDS OF MEXICAN BRIGANDS. American Border Comparatively Un- protected, Owing to the Draft of Troops for the Cuban Campaign., Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK. May 22.—A San An- tonio, Texas, special to the Herald says: The situation of settlers along the American side of the Rio Grande is rapidly becomine critical. Since tha first talk of war with Spain there have been ominous rumors of raids into Texas by bands of ignorant and vi- cious Mexicans, led by Spaniards. The Mexican Government has more than doubled its army on the frontier and fresh detachments of troops are now on the way to the border. The need of trcops to send to Cuba, however, has raised exactly an oppo- site policy by the United States Gov- ernment. Private dispatches from Aus- tin to-night announce that no more of the Texas volunteers are to be sent to the front. One thousand infantry and 1400 cavalry now at Camp Mabry are to be sent to the Texas-Mexican bor- der to do garrison and patrol duty. The news was given out semi-offi- cially at Camp Mabry to-day that the men are very much dissatisfied, as they hoved to be sent to the front with the | other Texas volunteers now at Mobile. CRUISER SAN FRANCISCO PURSUES A STEAMSHIP., Sights a Chase Off Boston Light, but the Fugitive Succeeds in Escaping. PROVINCETOWN, Mass.,, May 22.—, The cruiser San Francisco, which ar- rived here at 7 o'clock ‘.i- morming| from a night cruise, reports that she| sighted a craft resembling a large steamer, sailing in the opposite direc- tion about thirty-five miles off Boston light during the night. The San Fran- cisco trained her guns on the steamer, started in pursuit at the rate of eigh- teen knots an hour and kept her in range of her searchlights for a time,| but could not overtake the fugitive.| The officers of the San Francisco think | she was a friendly vessel whose officers may have taken the San Francisco for a hostile ship. ADVERTISEMENTS. LEADING CASH GROCERS, Lay In Your Supplies. 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