The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1898, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1898. HOW UNCLE SAM’'S FACE DEATH Remarkable American Seamen at Cienfuegos. Calmly Worked at Cutting Cables} While a Target for Spanish -Shot and Shell. KEY WES the war has pa May 31.—Some day after | ssed somebedy will tell the true story of the cutting of .the| cable at Clenfuegos. And when that story is told people will understand | more clearly than they understand to- | day what sort of stuff Uncle Sam’s navy is made of. It was a theme for Vietor Hugoor a picture for Meissonier, that three hours of heroism, determina- tion and death in the bay of Cienfue- | gos that bright May morning. The| men knew that death- awaited them. They knew when the small boats were lowered from the ships and they pulled toward the shore that while they work- ed a thousand Spaniards were con- cealed in the tall grass and underbrush | on the shore, walting to shower bul- | lets upon them. The lookouts from | the masts knew this. The officers knew | it, the men knew it, but the order to | cut the cable had been given and the | command was obeyed. Small sections of the cable which these brave seamen cut that morning are much sought for souvenirs at the West Hotel since the warships brought back the dead and wounded after the work was done. ant Winslow of the Nashville, | and of the expedi- | tion, came into the hotel last evening | and was soon surrounded by a group | f nds, eager to hear his story of | he affair in which he was the principal He had been wounded in the hand and his arm was yet In a sling. He was not eager to talk of the | matter, but little by little the details | were drawn out, and this is the story about as he told it: The Marblehead, Nashville and Win- dom were de ed to do the perilous The town of Cienfuegos is sit- ted some distance back from the sea in a harbor which winds and twists| about between high hills, completely | scuring it from ships standing out at ar the mouth of the harbor | the land is low for some distance back | from the coast and then there is a sud- | rise, a sharp bluff towering up and | covered by tree The lowland is cov- by tall grass and underbrush. The -house was located within a few of t. i Not far from this, | on one side, was a lighthouse and on | the other an old blockhouse, or look- out, such as the Spanish in former established along the coast. They | e built for the purposes of. inter- cepting filibustering expeditions. When daylight came the three war- ships were in position a short distance out from the shore. It was soon dis- | covered that the Spaniards were ex-| pecting and evidently knew the mission of the ship Rifle pits were plainly distinguished at the very water’'s edge and commeanding the point where the cable was supposed to be and where the Americans would have to go in their small b Rapid-fire guns and small cannon could be seen. The polished ste brass of the guns glistened In | the sunlight. Squares of infunn‘yi‘ swarmed like insects upon the shore. | Groups of cavalry were galloping here | and there and constantly racing up and | down a dusty white path taat led from | the shore to the side of the bluff and the hill top. The little flotilla that did the hazard- ous work consisted of two small launches, two steam launches and a half-dozen row boats. The launches | were armed with machine guns and | were designed to do what they could in protecting the men in the small boats as they worked and to tow them back to the ships in case the men should be so | badly disabled as to be unable to use | the oars. With stead- nerves and | strong arms th: sailors pulled close to the shore eable house. They went until they could see the faces of th: Spanish soldlers peering out from behind the buildings and out of the rifle pits. They | knew it was only a matter of minutes | when fire would be opened upon them. But the regular swing of the oars did not falter. At last a point within 100 feet of the cable-house was reached. They were within 200 feet of the rifle pits, where the Spaniards were lying ready to open fire upon the boats. Lieutenant.Winslow stood up in the boat and gave the command to throw out the anchor and begin grappling for the cable. The water was clear as glass. The morning sunlight pene- trated it, and every object upon the bottom was clearly seen. Calmly as if trolling for filsh the men bent over the boats and began to work with the grap- pling hooks. All this time the men on the Nashville, Marblehead and Win- dom stood at their guns ready to rain shot and shell upon the shore the mo- ment a puff of smoke was seen to come from the rifle pits. The men in the boats worked on steadily and in si- lence. At last one of the grappling hooks caught something and the arms of two strong sailors soon brought the cable into view. Then came the first shot. It was just a flash. a sharp snap, a singing over the heads of the sailors and a splash in the water beyond. There was no white puff from the depot. The Spaniards were using smokeless pow- der. It was the signal for the opening of a deadly fire upon the men in the boats. It was promptly answered by the guns on the ships out in the bay. A hurri- cane of shells shrieked and hissed above the heads of the sailors in the boats and tore to fragments the earth where the Spaniards were crouching and hiding. Again and again the guns roared from the ships. Again and again the great clouds of dust and debris flew skyward on the shore. Another mighty erash from the Nashville and the cable-house flew into the air, torn into numberless fragments. Another crash from the Marblehead and the blockhouse was in ruins. Then this iron storm from the sea swung around and swept the hillside. It shattered the rocks and trees. It plowed great furrows in the soft sand. It drove a throng of panic-stricken men scurrying to shelter. Then it low- ered again like the rays of a mighty searchlight and raked and riddled the | wires were cracked off with | it was 10:15 a. m. when the boats were TARS Bravery of fire pouring in upon the passed only a few feet above the| sailors working in the boats. Whe but Yankee gunners could do that—who would do it, and who but Yankee sailors would work on like heroes under such a blast furnace of destruction? At the time a heavy sea was rolling and the miscalculation of a fraction | of an inch or the fraction of a second | would have slaughtered the men in the boats. | But there came a moment’s pause in the awful bellowing from the ships, | and that moment was the fatal one. Snap, snap, crash! From a hundred different points came the fire from the Spanish rifles, and eight brave men sank down in the boats. Two were | dead and six wounded. But the Span- | iards were too late. Already one cable | had been hauled up and 150 feet cut| out of it. This was the cable that ran to Banatabo and connected with Ha- vana. The heavy cables had to be| hauled up across the small boats and | then by slow degrees the tough steel | chisels | rifle pits and saws. After the volley had been fired by the Spanish the men transferred the dead | and wounded to another boat and be- | gan looking for the other cable, which ran to Santiago. This was soon found, and again under the canopy of shot and shells from the ships the men worked bravely on until a section of eight feet had been taken from that one. After this another smaller cable running to some local point east was cut, and Captain-General Blanco's last line of communication with the world | was apparently severed. When our ships first opened fire on | the shore it was the intention to allow | the lighthouse to remain standing, but | when the Spaniards poured their fire in on the boats the Marblehead decided | that a large number of the shots had | come from the lighthouse. | “Cut it down,” shouted the com- | monder from the bridge and the Mar- blehead’s guns again thundered. | The marksmanship was marvelous. | First the small hut, the base of the tower, was literally torn to atoms, and | then like a woodman cutting down a tree one of the great guns of the ship, with shot after shot, bit off the great | tower. This was done at a range of | 1000 yards with a heavy sea rolling. It was just 7 o’clock in the morning when the small boats were put off and again hauled up. For nearly three hours these men worked under the very shadow of death without flinching. It is said the men in our navy are un- tried. That is true. But this is how they conduct themselves when the trial comes. They are veterans without ser- vice. MISSOURI REGIMENT | ‘ OFFERED TO BRYAN.| Declines a Commission, Pre-| ferring to Go With Nebraska Volunteers. WASHINGTON, May 31L.—Willlam J. Bryan, late Democratic nominee for | the Presidency, may, after all, be a colonel in the volunteer army now be- | ing organized to drive the Spaniards | out of the Western Hemisphere. To- day the Secretary of War authorized the Governor of Nebraska to raise a regiment of infantry for the service of the Government under the President’s call for 75,000 additional volunteers. The Governor previously had requested | authority to do this, and the regiment | he proposed to tender the Government is being recruited with the expectation that Bryan will be its commanding officer. ST. LOUIS, May 31.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., say Governor Stephens to-day sent the following telegram: Hon. William J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.: Seumrg that your State, under the secon call for 75,000 voluntee: may not be re quested to furnish a full regiment, and | knowing of your patriotism and anxiety to go to the front in the service of your country during the present war, 1 hereby tender you, if, under the second call I am empowered by the Secretary of War to make such appointment, the colonelcy of a Missouri regiment. Presuming to speak for my State, I say that our people will be as loyal to you per- sonally as you to your country, and 310 will feel honored to fight under Zlour lead- ership. LON V. STEPHENS, He ; Governor of Missourl. In an interview Governor Stephens said: “I offered the colonelcy to Mr, Bryan in good faith and hope he will accept it. Missourians generally will indorse my action. I believe, if I am empowered to make this appointment and Mr. Bryan accepts, he may be in- duced to become a citizen of our State.” LINCOLN, Nebr., May 31.—Hon. Wil- liam J. Bryan to-day wired Governor Stephens of Missouri the following re- ply to his offer of a coloneley: Governor Lon V, Stephens, Jefferson City, Mo.: I am deeply indebted to you for the honor you do me. I should be pleased to be associated in any capacity with the Missouri Volunteers, but it is quite certain that all or a considerable portion of my regiment will be accepted, and I feel that my fir:t duty is to the Ne- braska boys. W. J. BRYA MADRID IN THE THROES OF A FINANCIAL PANIC. There Is a Pun on the Bank of Spain and Its Bills Are De- preciating. LONDON, May 31.—There is much in- terest in the silver market, owing to the run on the Bank of Spain, where a semi-panic is said to prevail. Large orders are expected, as the mint is re- ported to be turning out half a million pesetas daily. NEW YORK, May 31.—A dispatch from Madrid says: Bank of Spain bills of a face value of more than 25 pesetas are depreciating, the shops and money changers demanding 10 per cent dis- count, MADRID, May 8L.—In the Chamber rifle pits, “Uhat marksmanship! The terrible | of Deputies to-day Benor Calzado crit- - | measures would ,be taken. FORTS OF SANTIAGO REPORTED BOMBARDED. Continued From First Page. against the fortifications, but was more accentuated in the locality where the fleets were engaged. Morro Castle is at the entrance of the harbor of San- tiago de Cuba; La Zecapa=--also shown on the maps as Laz- ecapa Castle--a short distance inside the harbor entrance, and Punta Gorda is situated on a point well inside the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, showing the American fleet has entered the harbor, according to the Havana advices, and has en- gaged the Spanish fleet in those waters. Private messages intimate that there has been a severe fight between the American fleet and the outer fortifications and the Spanish fleet. The fight lasted the greater part of the afternoon. the Americans. The advantage appears to have been with DISCREDITED BY THE NAVAL OFFICIALS. They Say It Is Not Probable the Har- bor’s Entrance Would Be - Forced. WASHINGTON, May 81.—Naval of- ficials absolutely discredit the news from Cape Haytien to the effect that Commodore Schley forced the entrance to Santiago Bay and engaged the Span- ish fleet in the harbor. ‘While no official advices have been received from Schley since the battle is reported to have occurred naval officials declare with positiveness that it is not only improbable but under the circum- stances almost impossible that an at- tempt should have been made by the American commander to force an en- trance to the bay. The latest official advices received from Commodore Schley were contained in a cablegram which came late this afternoon and in that the Commodore gives no intimation of an intention to try to enter the harbor of Santiago. While the contents of the dispatch were not made public the bulletin issued on it by the Navy Department indicates that Commodore Schley is still en- deavoring tu determine just what Span- ish vessels are in the harbor. The bul- letin follows: E- gt “Commodore Schley’s fleet has sight- ed another vessel of the Vizcaya class in Santiago harbor.” The naval officlals declare that Schley would not endeavor to force his way into the harbor in view of the great difficulties of navigation which would have to be surmounted in the effort. The entrance to the harbor is a channel nearly three-quarters of a mile long, and at one point only about a hundred yards wide. While the channel has plenty of water to float the ships, it is tortuous and at places dangerous. At one spoint it twists sharply to the left as a vessel enters, and naval officers say that it might become necessary at some stages of the tide for a warship to come almost if not quite to a full stop as she made the turn. Shore batteries line both sides of the channel and a vessel run- | ning it would afford a target which | even a Spanish gunner could not fail to hit. icized the prohibition of the export of silver money as being useless and urged the Government to increase the silver coinage and avert a monetary crisis. Senor Puigcerver, the Minister of Fi- nance, said the measure was intended to prevent the export of immense quan- tities of silver money stored in the frontier provinces, adding that if the prohibition was not sufficient stronger The Min- ister of Finance also said that the Mad- rid mint was coining a million pesetas daily, which amount, if necessary, he expected, would be increased by an ar- rangement being made with the Paris mint. The Chamber of Deputies voted the law prohibiting the exportation of sil- ver coin. It is feared the measure will fail of the effect desired. The rush on the Bank of Spain to change the notes continues. The authorities have AJe- cided to treat as criminal disturbers of the peace all persons who change the notes for pure speculation or to create difficulties for the bank. MONITOR MONADNOCK TO GO TO MANILA. Officers and Crew Surprised by Sud- den Orders to Hurry to San Francisco. PORT ANGELES, Wash., May 31.— The United States monitor Monadnock left this port this afternoon for San Francisco. She started yesterday after- noon, but a slight accident to her boil- ers compelled her to return for repairs. The officers of the ship were exceeding- 1y close-mouthed as to the extent of the orders received from Washington. The order to leave for the south came to them, however, as a great surprise. That much is almost absolutely cer- tain. The officers and men were chafing for a chance to mix in the actual warfare with Spain, but they were not antici- pating an opportunity to do it. All ar- rangements here pointed conclusively to the fact that they expected to re- main here for a month or two at the least. Most of the officers had sent for their wives and had perfected arrange- ments for them that indicated they would be here for an indefinite length of time. Of course such a supposition must have had some basis of fact, and it is conjectured that the demand of Dewey for additional ships and men caused the Washington authorities to change the original plans as to the monitor. It would. thus appear that the Monadnock will be sent to rein- force Dewey's fleet at Manila. Tt is §uite certain that Captain Whit- ings’ orders did not forecast what would be done with his ship after ar- riving at San Francisco; at least he gave no hint of receiving any further | orders than to proceed to San Fran- cisco and there await the final instruc- tions from Washington. COAL-LADEN SPANISH BARK TAKEN IN TOW. Overhauled by One of the American Cruisers Six Mileg Off / Porto Rico. KEY WEST, May 31.—Another prize has been captured. She is the Spanish bark Maria Dolores of Bilboa. She was overhauled by one of the Ameri- can cruisers six miles off Porto Rico, bound from Rio Janeiro to San Juan de Porto Rico with coal. Some cases supposed to contain ammunition were found under the coal. KEY WEST, May 31.—8:60 p. m.—The Maria Dolores was captured about f o’clock on the mornine of May 21. 2 prize crew was put on board and the vessel was sent to Charleston. The report of the capture was brought by a cruiser which arrived yesterday. RESERVE FLEET AGAIN ASSEMBLES AT CADIZ Spanish Warships Return to Pot After a Brief Cruise for Target Practice. NEW YORK, May 3l.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: - formation received at the Navy De- partment to-day announces that tae entire Spanish fleet ha§ again assem- bled at Cadiz, the Spanish men-of-war which went to sea last Friday having returned from target practice. This information is confirmatory of the dis- patch from Cadiz announcing the pr:s- ence of the fleet at Cadiz. i CHINESE PRINCE DEAD. President of the Tsung Li Yanen Passes Away. | PEKING, May 3L—It was definitely an- nounced to-day that Prince Koung, presi- | dent of the Tsung Li{ Yamen (Chirese i Foreign Office), Il‘ dead. i TELLOW TINGE 10 THE TRAIL Examiners Strewn on Alaskan Passes. SPORT FOR YUKON ZEPHYRS WAR EDITION FOISTED UPON THE ELEMENTS. Youthful Packer Almost Loses His Life in an Attempt to Carry War “Extras” to Dawson. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, May 31.—Dawsonites will never read a hurriedly prepared special war edition of the Examiner, which was slung together at Victoria and sent north with Bert Collyer, an immature youth, who terms himself a “special commissioner.” Collyer left Victoria several ago with 2000 copies of thi: With the assistance of a gulsse as far as Lake Bennett and started over the ice. He became ill, his guide deserted him and his condition was aggravated by snow-blindness. In the meantime the several packets of Ex- aminers became sport for the winds, while Collyer, in a half-crazed condi- tion, wandered aimlessly around for a day and a night. He was found by monnted police and cared for, but suf- fered severe illness. He reached port on the Tees at midnight last night, a wreck of his former self. To a Call representative he said; ‘I cannot express in words the ful horror of the trip. I have lost thrty pout.ds and my health was brken under the strain. After I had become sick my guide deserted me. I becrme snowblind and lost some of my papers. Had it not been for mount- ed police I would have been dead. Vhen I recovered I went down the trail to Tagish Lake, but I could not pack the papers and gave them away. What I could not give away I de- stroyed. The loss is a big one to us, s we expected to make a big thing on them in Dawson. “Joaquin Miller g at Tagish, al- though most people think he is in Daw- son.” “How does he write such entertain- Ing letters of Dawson’s doings if he is at Tagish?”’ was asked. “‘Oh,” came the ready reply, “that’s easy enough for Miller. He is the best newspaper padder the world ever saw— the best stuff that comes from the north is obtained through his letter, and the Examiner has a jewel in him. The old gentleman is not in too robust health, but you see he gets the best of care and will no doubt pull through all right. He won’t go into Dawson until navigation opens, which will not be for a couple of weeks. As for my- self, I have got enough of packing pap- ers overland, and will make the next attempt by way of St. Michael.” REGARDED AS STRONGLY FAVORING THE SPANISH Customs Department at Ottawa Gives Instructions Concerning Ship- ment of Coal. _ VANCOUVER, B. C., May 31.—The customs department at Ottawa, in an- swers to inquiries from the Collector of Customs here and at Nanaimo, has wired definite instructions concerning the shipping of coal to the States. The message is headed ‘‘clearances of ves- sels with contraband of war and coal- ing of warships,” and states that clear- ances may be granted to any trading vessel carrying goods in the ordinary course of commerce to ports which are not blockaded. However, when offi- cers of customs have reason to believe that coal or articles Canadian, contra- band of war, are destined for use or service of sald powers, clearance is to be withheld. Stress is laid on the fact that warships of either belligerent while in Canada's ports are permitted to take only a limited quantity of coal. Until otherwise ordered all cargoes des- weeks edition. \| tined for Bt. Dlerre Miquelon and the | | he got | 80t | jury to the seal herd, but which it was West Indian Islands are to be reported Dby wire and clearance is not to be given without instructions. The mes- sage is regarded here as strongly fa- voring Spain, and much indignation is aroused. JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT. United States Supreme Court Re- verses an Alaska Seal Fish- eries Decision. WASHINGTON, May 3L.—The Alaskan seal fisheries question was threshed over in a reversal of the judgment of the Cir- cuit Court of Appeals for the Second Cir- cuit by the Supreme Court to-day in the case of the North American Commercial Company, plaintiff in error, vs. the United States. The Supreme Court, in reversing the lower judgment, remands the cause with a direction to enter judgment in favor of the United States for $76,678, with inter- est from April 1, 159, and to enter a judgment in favor of the United States in the counter claim. The action was brought by the Govern- ment to recover $132,187, with interest, for rent reserved for the year ending April 1, 1894, under a so-called lease made vy the Treasury Department to this company for rovalties on 7500 fur sealskins takeh and shipped by the company thereunder, a)r(xrl for the revenue tax of $2 on each skin. The court says that when the number of seals that might be killed was limited by the Government or its agent the com- pany was entitied to such reduction in the ‘rental reserved as might be proper,. and that the rule would be a reduction in the same proportion as the number of skins permitted to be taken bore to the maximum. This would reduce the total to the amount now allowed. The company also claimed a Govern- ment liability to it in damages of $257,255 for skins it could have taken without in- prevented from taking by the United States, which contention ~the Supreme Court 'holds cannot be malntained. The seal fisheries of the Pribyloff islands, the court says, were a branch of commerce and their regulation involved exercise of Power as a Soverelgn, not as a mere pro- T, governmental OW an- not be’contracted. P i LONDON CORRESPONDENTS IN SPANISH PRISONS British Consul at Havana Warns Newspaper Men Against Land- ing in Cuba. KEY WEST, May ’1.—W. H. J. Tay- lor, the British Consul here, to-day re- celved a telegram ‘rom Mr. Jollan, British Consul Gene:al at Havana, in the following terms: Please warn British correspondents of newspapers who may be in Key West with the intention of coming to Cuba to avoid attempting to do so, and especially by means adopted by Knight, Robinson and Whigham, all of whom were arrested and are now in prison. It is needless to say that this recommendation applies with still greater stringency to corre- spondents who are American citizens. Give all possible publicity to this. The three correspondents named in the dispatch crossed to Cuba in news- paper tugs and landed from small boats only to be immediately captured. Mr. Knight, who represents the London Times, is in_fortress Cabanas, at Ha- vana; Phil Robinson of the Pall Mall Gazette and H. J. Whigham, who rep- resents the London Standard, are in the Matanzas jail. S S T Big Cargo for Alaska. SEATTLE, Wash., May 31--The Alaska Barge Company’s blg barge Skookum sailed for Southeastern Alaska ports to- night in tow of the tug Tacoma, with one of the largest cargoes ever taken from Puget Sound for Alaska. Her cargo con- sisted of 800 head of cattle, 100 head of horses and 500 tons of steel rails for Alaska’s first rallroad. The cattle are to ?efljdlrlven into the Yukon over the Dalton rail. ADVERTISEMENTS. War Costs High, and the pesple ha-e to pay the bills. The war taxes, etc. must in- evitably raise the prices of medicines. Be prepared for the advance by buying at least . year's supply of Hood’s Sar- saparilla TO-DAY. This grand family medicine will keep you in good health, purify your blood, steady your nerves and sharpen your appetite. Remember Hood’s ®%saa Is America’s Greatest Medicine. o, cure nausea, lnéua-uon bil- Hood’s Pills fousness, constipation. LANDS MEN AND ARMS FOR GOMEZ Complete Success of the Steamship Florida Expedition. Volunteers Find and a Brass a Cuban Force Band Waiting to Welcome Them. KEY WEST, May 31.—The steamer Florida returned at 7 a. m. to-day from Cuba, having successfully landed a most important expedition on the isl- and. The expedition was landed on the coast of Cuba on Thursday morn- ing, May 26. ‘When the Florida, escorted by the Os- ceola, drew up close to the shore at the place selected for landing, she sent scouts to see if all was clear. These scouts were greeted by Generals Feria and Rojas, with some 1500 armed insur- gents. Consequently, far from there being any hostile demonstration on the part of the Spaniards, the landing of | the expedition was in the nature of a triumphal invasion. The Cubans who were in waiting for the party had a brass band and welcomed the newcom- ers with national alrs. The work of unloading the cargo of the Florida was promptly begun by the | 432 men composing the expedition. There was nothing in the nature of in- terruption until the work was finished on Friday. While the cargo was being unloaded the Osceola, an auxiliary gunboat, with her guns ready for action, scouted about the vicinity, looking for the en- emy, but the Spaniards apparently had no suspicion of what was taking place. So easily was the dangerous mission accomplished that, while some mem bers of the party were getting the sup- plies ashore, others were providing themselves with fruit, sugar and other products of the landing place, a large stock of which was brought back to Key West. Nevertheless, no precautionary meas- ure was neglected, and the moment the work was concluded the Florida and | , leaving the | the Osceola slipped aw insurgents to convey their reinforce- ments into the interior, which, it is con- fidently expected, was done any casualty. The returning members of the Flor- ida party brought with them several hundred private letters, which, it Is understood, give a complete insight into the present conditions prevailing in the blockaded island. The local colony is elated over the as- tonishing success of the expedition. The Florida sailed on the night of May 2. Its men and the equipment constituted an expedi- tion able to operate independently and to defend itself against any body of Spanish troops which might oppose it. The expedition was under command of Colonel Jose Lacret, formerly insur- gent commander in Matanzas province. He assumed the direction of affairs on the landing of the expedition. Until then General Joaquin Castillo was in control. Until the landing of the expedition the United States army was represent- ed by Captain J. A. Dorst, and Tomas Estrada Palma was represented by J. E. Cartaya, who has been agent of nearly every filibustering ex- pedition for more than a year. Messrs. Castillo, Cartaya and Dorst will return to Key West. General Julio Sanguilly, on the way to report to General Go- mez, was also on the boat. This is the most powerful anti-Span- ish expediticn ever sent to Cuba. About 300 of the men are Cubans; the others are Americans. The engineer corps of the expedition is composed entirely of Americans, under Aurelian Ladd. ° The men were dressed in canvas uni- forms furnished by the United States Government, and the commissary de- partment had rations enough to last fifteen days after the landing. The pack train consisted of seventy-five mules and twenty-five horses. The ex- pedition carried 7000 rifies and 2,000,000 rcunds of ammunition for General Cal- ixto Garcia. The Red Cross relief steamer State of Texas, with provisions for the starv- ing Cubans, and which has been at an- chor in the harbor of Key West for three weeks, sailed for Cuba on May 21. without | landing | | The ship flles the Red Cross flag and | on each of her black sides is painted a large red cross. | OFFICERS CHOSEN _BY THE LT.U. Indications Point to the Election of Samuel B. Donnelly to Be President. NEW YORK, May 3L—Returns of the vote for the officers of the Internaflonal Typographical Union were the head received at of “Big Six” to-night. id that 140 chapels v gave, for president, 11y of New York Union | Merritt B. Palmer, of | Peoria Union No. 29, 522; scattering, 82. For secretary-treasurer, the vote was: | 3. W. Bramwood of Denver, 1616; C. P. | Connelly o f St. Louls, 712. | [It was said that Donnelly carried Phila- | delphia by 130 majority, Chicago by 400, | Pittsburg by 85, and aiso Boston, Omaha | and Kansas City. | g The returns indicate the election ot Samuel B. Donnelly of New York, presi- dent; John Derflinger of New York, s | ond vice-president; W. G. Harber of Bos- | ton, fourth vice-president; Charles | Allén of Boston, sixth vic | W. Bramwood of Denver, sec | urer; George W. Harrls' of Chicago, or- ganizer, and J. G. Cain of New York, delegate of the allied crafts to the Amer- | ican Federation of Labor. PERSONNEL OF THE NEW ITALIAN CABINET | Colorless Combination That May Not Find a Majority in the 3 Chamber. | ROME, May 31.—The followt | personnel of the new Cabinet: i President of the Council and Minister of | the Interior—Marqu di Rudinf. ’ Minister of Justice—Signor Boanaccio. l\l!lmster of the Treasury—Signor L. Luz- zate. Minister of kinance—Signor A. Branca. Minister of Marine—Admiral di Cane- varo. Minister of War—Signor San Marzanos. Minister of Foreign Affairs—Signor Co- pelli. of Public Works—Signor Afan uarter: out of 186 in this ci | Samuel B. Donn | No. 6, 2784 vo! Minister i Kivera. Minister Cremona. Minister of Agriculture—Signor Serena. It is a colorless combination, and is likely to have difficulty in finding & ma- jority in the Chamber. SR DYNAMITE BATTERY FOR SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR of Public Instruction—Signor Appropriation Included in Recom- mendations From the Sec- retary of War. WASHINGTON, May 31.—The Secre- tary of War sent to.the House to-day a récommendation for funds for harbor defense and other work in carrying on the war, aggregating many millions of dollars. Among other items was a siguificant brief one recommending an appropriation of, $150,000 for torpedo defense of Manila harbor, Philippine Islands, to be available until expended. Other estimates submitted were for a pneumatic dynamite battery at San Francisco harbor, $150,000, and for the installation of range and position finders, $150,000. - NEW LONG-DISTANCE MARK. BALTIMORE, May 31.—Henry Smith set a new mark for long distance bicycla riders to-day. In his twenty-four hours’ paced race with Robert French at Elec- tric Park, which ended at 8 o’clock this evening, he covered 4093 miles. All track records above sixty mil ere broken. Smith was off his whel during the day three hours and eighteen minutes, mak- ing his actual riding time twenty hours and forty-two minutes. 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