The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1898, Page 5

THE FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1898. MOVEMENTS OF THE TWO OPPOSING FLEETS SEVEN STRANGE SHIPS SEEN OFf CAPE BRETON Captain of a British Vessel Reports, Having Been Chased by a Cruiser. * HALIFAX, N. S., May 24.—Pilots cruising off the harbor of Louls- @ burg. Cape Breton, say they saw seven steamers proceeding at a high ® Their nationality they could not make out clearly. rate of speed. @ vesse @ C fternoon from London, @ connection with the story told b @ Saturday night, when on the ® land, he sighted a large s ® Halifax City’s Captain Newton bec ght at the stern of I The strange ened her & out @ veer off. hour, t c port. ¥ ghts His stea DETAILS OF 10 BATILES | | | A Lively Skirmish Off Captain and Mate of a Santiago de Cuba. i FAILURE TO CUT A CABLE| | A NEW VERSION OF THE CAR-:TOR’I‘URE INFLICTED ON THE DENAS ENGAGEMENT. The Mortality on the Spanish Side | Fiendish Methods Alleged to Have Been Employed to Wreak Petty | Was Not So Great as at First Re- ported. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. The United aumpatuck of a sharp Cuba last cruiser St. Louis, | ntiago channel to cut While the ves were en- the work they were fired upon The St. Louls e cable. 1 ed ir of the while ne! boat, to Guantanamo, ying in about four to cut the ving out of s again open- signaled the t did, with- cut the cable at that point. wvas equally harmle; s given to-day to the denas, where E r men of the United Winslow were nt of Jova, who has aximo G hore Insurgent been . was by ed at that According to be other ardenas the from one of the on one of the illing two women le three sailors r on the ¢ the fi the shore was not attery but from I ats. to atte which the Winsl sent in. Tv of them but not per manently d ran aw According ‘ormation the lIs from at Wilmington tle execution, because she lay too shore. fewer than three Spanish flags brought down by the stray shots | from the Wilmington’s gu One shell struck the flagpole on the Casino in the n, crashing »ding in a china shop was wrecked, but no e second flag to come in the Spanish third from a building racks, and formerly used by the American Consul, flying de 1y on the very pole where the Stars and Stripes had once waved. | Curiou T amazed at what they consid the marvelous skill of the American gunners that every Span- ish flag was hauled down. WM. J. BRYAN WANTS A MILITARY POSITION ¢900000P090000000000006 W YORK, May 24.—The Herald’s Washington corres :nt telegraphs: “I learned General Joseph Wheeler 1is efforts to have the Pre commission to N ieral — Wheeler N 5 inted to one of the on_his staff. and I was given | tand by war official with alked that Mr. Bryan is very anxious to get the place. SRR, Vote against the new charter be- cause it reduces the appropriation for school teachers’ salaries $173,000. This will cripple the schools and ren- der it necessary to discharge many teachers. were steaming in a westerly direction. @ craft Spanish warships, and reported to that effect to port officers. "aptain Newton of the British steamer Halifax City, which arrived makes a report the Louisburg pilots. He says that last istern end of the Banks of Newfound- r follow ights were displayed, p passed him at the rate of sixteen knots an as she did so, concealin~ her identity. ) is one of the most owned by the Furness line. $000000602008000I0P20P00000608000 CIHARGED WITH PUNISHMENT OF A SEAMAN PORTLAND, Murphy Harvey of the Ame Stetson States Grand Jury counts more to Portland, the ship having ar- rived here in February. The first co ed Stone without j second count striking him wi him by beating 1 heavy piece o on the body with a rope; 1 bing brus! time after ally plac Ith he is not sound mentally Murph der larg Nearly a Million Dollars’ Worth Pur- : h eral of the Unit 1 the mules f: MONTREAL, May 24.—The new Queen’s through | "[‘wrr—lhirde of a mile, handicap, professional e ser s third. The The pilots think the which is interesting in g him and gaining rapidly. The also were those on the steamer 1, and as a precaution he hung This caused the stranger to TEGO, Jamaica, May 24.—The waters south of Cuba have suddenly become the scene of great naval activity. Commodore Schley, who left Key West Thursday with the battle-ships Massachusetts and Tex- as, the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the armed yacht Scorpion, is be- lieved to be cruising off Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. When the Dandy left Key West last Friday morning Admiral Samp- son was still there. It was the opinion of naval officers that he would sail for Cienfuegos soon by the eastern route, the two fleets thus complet- ing the circuit of Cuba. The battle-ship lowa followed = Commodore Schley on Friday, but was overtaken off San Antonio on Saturday by the torpedo boat Du- pont with secret instruc- reliable seamen visiting this 3996900660006 09900 6 CROSS CRUELTY Ship Indicted. GEORGE STETSON. V0000000000000 0000NO00000LO00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Spite on Sailor Amos Stone. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. May and Fi 24—Captain E. | t Mate George rican ship George indicted by the United to-day on two for cruelly maltreating one Stone, an apprentice on board 1, on her voyage from Balti- were simply charges the s with having beaten and wound- able cause. The | harges them with hav- inflicted cruel and un- hment upon Stone without use, by beating him about with a leather forcea king of the im from the 2] to the ¢ by confining % 5 him in a room that was foul and filthy, tions. The battle-ship therebyendangering h nlth and life 2 ¥ . by placing fron manacles on his wrists: | @ immediately increased on the hands with a wood; by striking him scrubbing her speed to the limit, his naked body with a coarse scrub- and when last seen was L Ii‘mnlix:m;: h:-in in nh.h;;\y d h and foul- elling room roug! he = ;-i4~':l Ir}‘"-.\’pri‘ing it ]lr)' i»smm: guarding the entrance to open tk doors to his Y01 hile the | penithe dagrs Loihis room whiler{ne ! o thie passape betweenithe weak. disabled|© [sle of Pines and Cuba was in the hospital for some s arrival here and was fin- d in the insane asylum, where | in: Thot much improved in i The Dupont rushed on toward Cienfuegos. nd Harvey are at large un- in Murphy Is in vicinity of Jamaica. mand » Henry Villard, : 5 T2t Comox, B. G| The Spanish 1200-ton passenger v for Flonolulu. Harvey is still | steamer Purisima Concepcion is here. t mate of the George Stetson, which s . s supposed to be on the way from Hilo | She is afraid to venture out. The nu- to New York merous rumors as to the sighting of ARMY MULES IN DEMAND. the phantom Spanish fleet in this vicin- ity are unsubstantiated. . D chased in St. Louis. UIS, May 24.—Lieutenant-Colonel ith, assistant qua d State Copyrighted, 1885, by vt L.ouis market. t by Admiral Cervera, which Orders were mules without to-day to buy left that harbor. il Montreal Bicycle Races. known. le track was opened to-day. The jonal events were exciting. Re- 1 near Havana. Kaser ( S. Johnson »n Boulay (3cratch) third. onal—J. § carl Kiser that Johnson won, third. Time, professional—Leon Boulay arl Kiser and Karl Rene Ca n, Ea Johnson and James Bow- customs duties until further Time, Five British warships are now in the NO LONGER AT SANTIAGO. James Gordon Bennett. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, May 24. | —It is reported here to-day that the | Spanish Cape Verde fleet, commanded reached Santiago de Cuba a few days ago, has Its destination is not It was told, however, that the | armored cruiser Maria Teresa, one of the vessels in Admiral Cevera’s fleet, is expected to go to some port in Cuba, News has reached here from Havana the autonomist Government has decided that provisions and coal im- ported into Cuba shall be exempt from orders. This action was probably taken to en- P20 000000900 PP0P00P0900000000060000000 @ LORD WOLSELEY ON THE WAR SITUATION. LONDON, May 24.—Lord Wolseley, the commander-in-chief of the British army, in conversation to-day said: “The United States would make a mistake in attempting to invade Cuba with the volunteers who are not fully drilled and disciplined. If that was done the United States might expect heavy reverses when those troops encountered the trained Spanish troops -on the island. It would be a grave error to underrate the strength of the adversaries of the American troops. I would regret to see the Americans even tem- porarily beaten, as my sympathies are with them.” Continuing, Lord Wolseley said: “It is fortunate for the United States that this war is not with a first-class power, for it is evident that in such an encounter they would be badly beaten in the beginning, though I believe the Americans able to defeat any nation in the long run.” 0000900000000 00666060 courage the owners of vessels to make unusual efforts to run the blockade. SECRETARY LONG’S OPINION. WASHINGTON, May 24—When Secretary Long started for home after an exceptionally busy day he stated to a group of newspaper men that the de- partment had received no information of importance. In response to an inquiry as to where the Spanish fleet was lo- cated, Mr. Long replied that his belief was that it was still at Santiago de Cuba. The Spaniards appear to be making | ready for something more than a defen- sive campaign at home. The Navy Department now has, by its own reliable | sources, reports of greatest activity in the Spanish navy yards and preparations for sea and for a long voyage of two of the torpedo boat destroyers. It is given out that they are to join Cervera imme- diately his squadron enters Cadiz Har- bor. Possibly this statement is made with a deliberate purpose of mislead- ing American sailors into the belief that Cervera has taken hi homeward. SPANISH CHICANERY. 1593, Gordon Bennett. Copyrighted, ¢ James ST. PIERRE, Martinique, May 24.— | It was announced to-day that the Span- ish torpedo boat destroyer Terror would leave port to-morrow. Following this announcement came the story that Spain has been endeavoring to evade the neu- trality Jaws and make Fort de France a base of supplies for Admiral Cervera’s | fleet. The steamer Alicante, which has been | at Fort de France for a week or more, | has been called an ambulance ship. | stay in that port caused no uneasiness | until to-day, when it became known be- | yond question that the alleged ambu- Her lance ship was being heavily laden with coal and munitions for the Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Cervera. As soon as these facts became known to the United States Consul they were communicated to the Government. He | asked the authorities to use every pre- | caution to prevent a violation of the neutrality laws. As a result of his rep- resentation, the Alicante was allowed to- | day to take only enough coal to carry | her to the nearest Spanish port. The Terror is said to be in good con- dition. Her destination is not known. The English steamer Twickenham, which came here with coal for the Span- | iards, has at last been entered at the cus- tom house, but is not unloading her cargo. She is evidently awaiting in- structions from her owners in London. Her movements are so suspicious that she is being as closely watched as the Terror and the Alicante. -———— PLENTY OF COAL AT SANTIAGO. NEW YORK, May 24.—According to Captain Schaarschmidt of the Ham- burg-American line steamship Polaria, which arrived here to-day, there were 5000 tons of coal at Santiago de Cuba when he left that port on May 13. The captain saw plenty of coal about the harbor, and upon inquiring, learned that the town could supply enough to the Spanish fleet to put it into fighting trim. ALLEGED RUSE OF SPAIN. LONDON, May 24.—A special dis- patch from Madrid to-days says: Evi- dently the programme in regard to the Philippine Islands has been changed. It is believed here that there will be no immediate engagement in Cuban waters, but that Admiral Cervera will draw off the enemy while the Cadiz fleet relieves Havana. It is officially announced that the squadron of Admiral Cervera was still at Santiago de Cuba yesterday. Eers A REPORTED DISASTER. LONDON, May 24—A dispatch to the Financial News from Port au Prince says: Admiral Cervera is believed to have divided his fleet. It is reported that the Vizcaya and Alphonso XIII have been destroyed. e NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, May 24.—A local newspaper, the Matin, says that Rear Admiral Osborne of the Brit- ish navy, who leit for New York on Sunday on board a Dutch steamer, saw at Curacoa a Spanish squadron com- posed of five cruisers and five torpedo boat destroyers or torpedo boats. The Spanish officers are reported to have said they would not accept a battle un- less with an equal number of ships and PP0PV0PPIPPP0000P9090 00000 PSCPOPICSISIS lthat they would avoid encountering su- MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS THEM Numerous and Varied Reports of the Condition of the Great Marine Chessboard About Cuba. Indications That Cervera Is in the Harbor of Santiago and That Sampson and Schiey Are Blockading That Port. perior numbers. Admiral Osborne did not consider the Spanish squadron to be in any way formidable. OPPOSING FLEETS LOCATED. LONDON, May 25—The following dispatch has been received from Madrid, dated 1 a. m., Wednesday: Nothing positive is revealed as to the situation. Lieutenant Correa, Minister of War, has received a cablegram from General Blanco, saying that American varships are in front of Santiago. Captain Aunon, Minister of Marine, has received a lengthy dispatch from Admiral Cervera, replying in full to in- structions. The Minister of Marine re- ceives nobody. He is working day and night. Yesterday he presented to the Queen Regent every detail of the plans at Santiago de Cuba, showing the de- fenses and the security of Admiral Cer- vera’s squadron. Admiral Camara has gone back to Ca- diz with sealed orders. It is said that on his arrival there he will arrange for maneuvering his ships at sea, for trials of speed, gunnery and everything neces- sary to assure himself that the squadron is in an efficient condition. He will de- part for a destination undivulged. Senor Capdepon, Minister of the In- terior, says a telegram received by the war office from Manila reports that the natives are disposed to remain loval to Spain and will defend the territory against foreign invasion. The latest rumor is that a Spanish warship has captured an American war- ship in Cuban water: SPANISH SYMPATHIZERS QUICKLY EXPELLED Marysville Volunteers Drop a Traitor From the Membership of Their Company. MARYSVILLE, May 24.—Themem- bers of Company E, N. G. C., of this city, made the discovery on Sunday that one of their number, Frank Vahie, was a Spanish sympathizer. At a meet- ing of the command held last night Captain Voss asked his men to take some action, with the result that the traitor to his oath was forthwith de- prived of membership in the company by the two-thirds vote required by the State law in expelling members from the ranks for misconduct. There was not a dissenting voice. About three weeks ago Vahle, whose father is of Spanish extraction, con- fided to a companion that his reason for not signing the volunteer list was that “he did not want to go in and fight his friends.” On Sunday evening, while under the influence of drink, he openly declared “Spanish blood flows In my veins, and that is the only fighting blood a man can have.” E VICTORY FOR PACIFIC COAST MERCHANTS MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, May 24—The Paclfic Coast merchants who fought for two weeks before the Transcon- tinental Freight Bureau for an increase in rates on less than carload lots have won their fight against the Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Louis representatives, as far as the general proposition was concerned. The new and the old rates | as made known to-day in five classes | in less than carload lots for each 100 pounds are as follows: Class 1, new $4, old $2 40; class 2. new $2 60. old $2 15; class 3, new $2 50, old $2; class 4, new $1 90, old $1 70; class 5, new $1 60, old $1 65. For carload lots—Class 1, new and old $1 60; class 2, new $1 25, old $1 10; classes 3, 4 and 5, new and old un- changed, are respectively $1 and 95 cents. . SPAIN READY TO MAKE PEACE WITH AMERICA @Anxious to End the War Provided “Spanish Honor” Does Not Suffer. says: terms honorable to Spain. false pride. Marshal Martinez Campos, our side.” Gibraltar. CJOIOJOJOJOIOXOIOXOIOLOYOXOIOIO) ® foYoroxoroloreIololelclosIolofoloXololciololofefojoJoJofofoJoJofoJokol MME. ALFRED MUST DEPART Given Final Order to Quit Hayti. IMPLACABLE MRS. SAM IS WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT RELENT. France Will Take Up the Case and Demand Heavy Damages From the Haytian Govern- ment. Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. PORT AU PRINCE, May 13.—The | decree expelling Mme. Hermance Al- fred trom Hayti was a surprise to the majority of the foreigners, she having repeatedly asserted that the difficulty between her and the Government had | Mrs. Sam, the wife of the | been settled. President, however, was implacable except on the condition that a complete apology be made to her by Mme. Alfred for her refusal to yield to her the seat | in the cathedral which she demanded | | ties. lived | Spaniard and a civil engineer. here many years and has a profitable | on Easter Sunday. Mme. Hermance Alfred has business as a restaurant-keeper. If the decree is enforced her financial loss will | be heavy. It is certain that the French Government will back up the large claim which she will be entitled to malke for indemnity. Mme. Alfred was formerly command- ed to leave the country by the first| steamship departing for a foreign port. This was the Prince Wilhelm III, which sailed on May 9 for New York. A com- missionaire of police went to her and said he had come to pay her passage to New York. She replied that she could not possibly leave at such short notice. Later two commissionaires of police and six policemen were sent to arrest her. They entered her bedchamber and were about to take her as she was, partly dressed, when the secretary of behalf. The arrest was therefore not made and Mme. Alfred did not depart by the Prince Wilhelm. She was in- formed, however, that she must surely go on the French steamer Otine de Rodriguez on the 19th. There is considerable sympathy ex- pressed for Mme. Alfred among the for- cigners here despite the fact that her troubles have arisen from her notorious relations with the son-in-law of the President. These would have been re- garded as almost legitimate by the au- thorities if it were not that Mme. Sam’s daughter is, for a Haytian, unreason- ably jealous. Noninees for Congress. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,, May 24.—The Republican Congressional Conventions were held in three Indiana districts to- day. Congressman Charles Landis and George W. Steele were renominated in the Ninth and Eleventh Districts. George W. Cromer was nominated in the Eighth Dis- rict. g LITCHFIELD, Il., May 24—Congress- man M. Jett was renominated to-day by the Demoecrats. WAPAKONETA, Ohio, May 24—R. B. Gordon of Auglarre County was nomi- nated for Congress to-day by the Demo- crats of the Fourth Ohlo District. [OXOXCROXOROXCXOROROROROXOXOloYoYoJoYorototolololotoro) vessels. WASHINGTON, May 24.—Assistant Secretary received a dispatch from Arthur Sewall of Bath, Me., candidate for Vice-President on the Democratic ticket in 1896, offering on behalf of Arthur Sewall & Co. the ship Roanoke now at San Francisco, to the Government for transport purposes. ister and has a capacity of 5000 tons. fitted for about 2500 men and 1500 tens of freight. charter for New York, but Mr. Sewall expressed the opinion that he can arrange to cancel the charter if the Government is in need of more Secretary Meiklejohn immediately telegraphed to San Francisco to have an inspection made of the ship, and if it should prove satisfac- tory the Roanoke undoubtedly will be chartered. jRclololelelelofojelblofojojojelofolojelejolojofOjofojefojofelofojolol — [eXoloololololofoXoYolofo¥oYofoYotolofoleYololololololololofofololololo] ARTHUR SEWALL TENDERS THE ROANOKE The Vessel Now in San Framcisco Harbor, Is fo Be Tnspected at Once, and if Found Satisfactory Will Be Accepted Dby the Government. of War Meiklejohn The Roanoke is of 3549 tons reg- Mr. Sewall says the ship can be She is now under [OJONONOROXONOXORORORORONOROROROROYOROROXOROXOROXOYOXOXO) LONDON, May 25.—The Madrid correspondent of the Daily News Rumors as to the negotiatilons of the powers in favor of peace are premature, but responsible Spanish statesmen are prepared to seize the first opportunity to end the war, providing it can be done on Should a neutral nation come forward with an honorable arrange- ment its proposals would be examined here in no impractical spirit of If, therefore, America does not insist humiliations, there is a possibility of peace being negotiated. in the course of an interview, has said that the salvation of the Philippines is in the hands of themselves, and that ‘“‘much care ought to be exercised to win them to He pooh-poohed the alarming rumors about England and The important thing, he he declared. was that Admiral Cer- vera should be able to divide the American squadron. upon impossible the natives [olcJololololoYololololololololoIC] SUPPOSED SPY [N CUSTODY Arrested on the Prize Panama. HE IS OF SPANISH BIRTH BELIEVED TO HAVE CHARTS CONCEALED. Attempted to Send to Spanish Au- thorities Information Concern- ing the Harbor of New York. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. KEY WEST, May 24.—An important arrest of a supposed Spanish spy was made this evening by United States Marshal Hoar. The prisoner is Romig- no Saplereo Jiminez, who was among those captured on the steamship Pana- ma, and has since been held a prisoner of war. Jiminez is supposed to have obtained information concerning New York harbor and its defenses, with charts of the harbor, which he is at- tempting to get to the Spanish authori- He is about 40 years of age, a Late this evening Marshal Hoar, with everal deputies and United States Commissioner Otto received informa- tion from the north, in consequence of which they slipped quietly out to the | Panama, arrested Jiminez and brought | him ashore. He was taken to the Key ‘West Hotel and put through a vigorous examination in private. Jiminez stoutly denied the accusa- tion that he was a spy, but his story was of such a contradictory nature that it confirmed the suspicions of the Federal authorities. He said he had left Cuba in 1877, a date which he sub- sequently corrected to 1890, and later set back a few years. He lived, he ad- mitted, in New York since that time, but had decided to return to Cuba to engage in the mercantile business and oo Trench Legation intervened in her | Was on his way thither when the Pan- ama was captured. He asserted, also, that he had spent considerable time in Venezuela and other South American ports. His story, though, was so conflicting on the whole as to be meaningless. A thorough search of the Panama was made’ in the attempt to locate the charts, but no trace of them could be found. The examination will be con- tinued and the prisoner will be held under arrest meanwhile. WASHINGTON, May x cipal subject of conversation at Camp Alger yesterday evening was Spanish spies and poisoned springs. Three ar- rests were made by a member of the Ninth Ohio Battallon. The men con- sidered by him suspicious persons were Mariano Solo, Mayor of Puerto Prin- cipe, a Cuban insurgent; W. H. Stroeks and H. E. McDevitt, American citi- zens. Their appearance and the fact that they spoke Spanish aroused the suspiclon of the guard. BROKERS CORNERING FOOD AT GUADALOUPE. WASHINGTON, May 24.—Third par- tles have begun to suffer from the war, according to reports recelved from United States Consul Ayme at Guada- loupe, and it may be that the West In- dian Islands are to share in the bur- dens imposed on Guadaloupe by the ex- istence of hostilities. He reports that there is a scarcity of flour and other provisions, and also of lumber, owing to the cessation of arrivals of vessels from the United States. Probably these do pot care to venture the chance of capture of their cargoes by Spanish warships. The last ship arrived March 26, and when she cleared there was but 2500 barrels of flour on the island. Brokers bought up all of this as well as other provisions at an advance of from 8 to 10 per cent and have raised prices. The Consul fears serious results if prices rise much higher so that suffer- ing follows. —_—— Fresno Republicans Banded. FRESNO, May 24.—The permanent or- ganization of a Republican League Club for Fresno was effected to-night by the election of officers and appointment of committees. The names of 414 members were placed on the roll, and seventeen delegates were selected to attend the meeting of the State League in San Fran- cisco. — . Vote against the new charter be- cause it gives unparalleled powers to the Mayor, who is made, for all prac- tical purposes, an autocrat.