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

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, A'LlUKDAY, JUNE 11, 18us. 0000000000000 00 HAVANA REPORTS SPANISH VICTORY Copyright, 183, by James Gordon Ben- nett. HAVANA, June 10.—There was no further bombardment of Santiago de Cuba to-day, but some American ships fired several shots on Dai- quiri, about thirty miles from Santiago de Cuba, where are some mines owned by Americans. Colonel Aldea, who has been operating in the prov- ince of Santiago de Cuba, routed the insurgents in bat- tle at Monterea. The bodies of fourteen insurgents were left on the field. [ [ o o [ o o <] o [ o [ ) [ [ [ <) o o o [ (<] ° [ o o ° o ° o ° o S [ ° o o [ [ o o <] o o o o o [} o () o o ° ) o [ o [ 0000000000000 00 the possessions of neutral coun- | tries, the first course of the Navy- Department would be to seize some Spanish islands, such as the Ladrones or the Carolines. UPHEAVAL THREATENED IN SPAIN Socialists and Anarchists Plot to Overthrow the - Monarchy. Working People, by Excessive Ready for Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. GRANADA, Spain, June 10.—A politi- Therefore, it is assumed that if the Charleston really goes to one of the former islands it will be with the purpose of securing in advance a suitable harbor for the use of the monitors. DECKLOAD OF COAL WASHED OVERBOARD So the Monitor Monterey and Collier Brutus Put Into San Diego for a Fresh Supply. ON BOARD TH MONTEREY IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR, June 10.—The United States monitor Monterey, which leit San Francisco on Tuesdav afternoon for Manila in company with the collier Brutus, came to anchor in the harbor here this afternoon with most of her deckload of coal gone and her bunkers about half empty. The monitor, after MONITOR cal personage with whom I had the| honor of conversing in Madrid did not conceal the facts of the present situa- tion, that an active propaganda was being carried on in industrial centers| by socialists and agitators. The Span- ish Government feared a serious ris- ing in these centers, I was told. Sev- eral questions, among others the bread and silver questions, had created dis- content among the miners and factory | hands of Andalusia, and it was feared | that the effervescence anticipated be- | fore long in Madrid would first breakout In Andalusia and spread like a spot of | oil through the peninsula. That is why I have left for the mo- ment the capital, where everything is quiet, and have come to make an in- vestigation on the spot from Linares to Guadia, obtaining information es- pecially from the managers of various enterprises and from workmen of in- dustrial districts. Andalusia, which extends from Li- nares to Guadia by way of Balmes, employs 25,000 men, without counting those at fourteen sugar factories round | Granada. It is thought here that the she passed the lightship off San Fran- | cisco harbor, squared away in the regu- | lar steamer course for Honolulu. There | was a fresh northwest breeze blowing | and a moderate beam sea running when | she passed out that kept her deck fore | and aft awash, but she steamed along at a good clip, and her officers were | jubilant at a prospect of making the | Hawaiian Islands in less than ten days. Shortly before dark the Brutus began to show signs of distress. She was well Socialists still carry on an active prop- aganda. Close surveillance has been ordered by the Government, which has everything to fear from these men, Ground Down Taxation, Are Rebellion. whose discontent may be excusable, since they are crushed by hard work, are ill paid and merely looked upon as human machines to be made the most I found, however, very different opin- ions in the district of Linares, where lead mines are worked. Socialism, even anarchy, reigns over the majority. So- cialists and anarchists are very numer- ous. They are violently and irreconcil- ably opposed to monarchy, whether it be the Queen Regent or Don Carlos. They are revolutionary republicans, and if an opportunity occurred would stick at nothing to procure the triumph of the cause they defend. The war itself is not discussed. Work- ingmen pay no more attention to it than if it did not exist. I should be surprised even if some workers were ignorant that Spain was in armed con- flict with the United States. It is only the consequences of war, the rise in prices, increase in taxation and the money crisis that specially affect the lower classes and country people. Their discontent is confined to this. What are Cuba and the Philippines to them? These colonies never brought them any- thing and do not concern them. It may well come to pass that the up- heaval which threatens Spain may start from Linares, where the bitterest op- ponents of the existing regime are ad- mirably organized. At present the storm is muttering, and when it bursts its effect will be.terrible. It will have an unfortunate echo through the realm which numbers many malcontents, whatever is said to conceal the truth. islands in the Pacific, quite as numer-]w ous, though not so great in area nor so | populous as the “Pearls of the Indies,” | which Dewey has just added to Uncle | Sam’s string. The one group, the Ladrones, or the Mariana Islands, was the first group | met by Magellan as he crossed the | broad Pacific in his voyage around the | astern of the monitor, and at times she | would swing from her course until she | presented her full broadside to the | Monterey. First she would swing to | port, then to starboard, and once she| made a complete circle. She was too | far distant for her signals to be read, | and on the monitor it was-thought that she had become disabled. The Monterey was turned b: and headed for her, and just when darkness was setting in the two vessels were near enough to use the wigwag signal, and then it was in- ferred that her steering gear had given way. An hour later the Brutus flashed | a signal that repairs had been made, and again the two vessels stood away on their course to Honolulu. During all this time the wind was in- creasing in violence, and by midnight it was blowing half a gale. Big green seas were rolling and tumbling from | starboard to port across her decks, | and on several occasions huge combers | washed over the tops of her turrets. | Every sea that came aboard her had a| most destructive effect on the piles of | sacked coal that were lashed about her | turrets. At midnight several sacks on each| pile on the starboard side had ' gone over the side, and with their débarture the lashings that held their companions were weakened. The vessel was put under slower speed with a hope of sav- ing what was leit. For a coupl: of hours | all went well and the storm showed signs of abating. Just before daybreak of Wednesday, however, when Captain Leutze was congratulating himself on | having saved the deckload from the | storm, a huge wave, seemingly greater | than any during the night, thun- dered at the vessel and broke squarely over the side. Amid the tumult of wa- ter that washed over the deck there came a snapping of ropes and wire cables, and when the steamer lifted from the sea her starboard side from stem to stern was clear of its deckload. The vessel was swung with her stern to the seas and all hands were called to secure what little was left on the port side. Scarcely ‘a third of her deckload remained, and it was estimated that about 125 tons of her coal supply had been lost. Captain Leutze decided - that his wisest course then lay in running before the seas to San Diego, there recoal and make another start for Honolulu. Although more than ninety miles fur- ther from Honolulu than when he left San Francisco, the commander finds consolation in the thought that by tak- ing the southern route to the Hawaiian Islands the vessel will be less apt to meet with unfavorable weather and at the same time fall in with the north- east trades sooner after clearing the Jand. On the way down the coast, and when in the Santa Barbara channel, an ex- periment was made with the Brutus as a towboat. The collier hauled the Mon- terey during the greater part of Thurs- day afternoon at a little over seven knots an hour, and as a result-of the ex- periment the Monterey’s officers were of the opinion that the coast defense vessel would have no difficulty in reach- ing the Philippines in a shorter time than was anticipated and in good condi- tion, The Monterey will sail.from here to-morrow afternoon. ALFRED DIXON. . Vol o DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLANDS TO BE TAKEN. | composed of Indonesian and Papuan | arate and distinct republic. Besides the Philippines, Spain claims world in 1521, ten days before he dis- covered the island of Zebra of the Phil- ippine group and met his death at Mac- tan. This group is some 1200 miles east of the nearest point of the Philippines and comprises seventeen islands with a large number of islets and reefs. The chain stretches from north to south be- tween 144 and 148 degrees E. longitude | for some 600 miles, and they are esti- | mated by Behren and Wagner, the Ger- | man geographers, to have a total area of 560 square miles. At the time of the first occupation by the Spaniards the native population, | races, was estimatedat over 80,000 souls, but the present population composed | mostly of half-breeds hardly exceeds | that number. | The capital and chief town is Agana, | on the island of Guam. This group, | with the Carolines, is under the juris- diction of the Governor-General of the Philippines. All these are of volcanic origin and some of them rise to a height of 2000 feet. The name ‘‘Carolines” is applied to the whole of the widely scattered aich- ipelago lying between 3 degrees and 11 minutes north latitude and stretching from 135 degrees to 177 degrees east| longitude, or through some 2500 miles | right over the equator. Until lately the Spanish have claimed the whole, but the eastern part, known as the Mulgrave Archipelago, composed of the Gilbert and Marshall groups, are now claimed by Germany, leaving to Spain the central group, or the Caro- lines proper, and the western gro.up, known as the Pelew Islands. This group, though five in number, has one island, Babelthaup, with an area of 275 square miles, while the area of all is some 3560 square miles. The popu- lation is about 14,000. They are of a| dark copper color and are of Malay and Papuan origin. Every village is a sep- Though the nearest to the Philippines they know at the present day but littie, ex- | cept in name, of Spanish rule. The Carolines proper, called after Charles IT of Spain, consist of forty-| eight distinct groups comprising a to- tal of some 500 islands with a large number of islets and reefs. Of these Ualan on the far east and Puynipet and Rug, to the west, have an area of some 330 square miles, while all the rest are less than 40 square miles in extent. This archipelago is known as the “New Philippines, and from Ngoli on the west to Ualan on the extreme east the distance is about 1800 miles with an average breadth of 350 miles. They are mostly of coraline formation and gen- erally low, though some of them, Ruk, Ualan and Ponapi, attain a consider- able height, the latter being some 2860 feet high. The fauna is poor, but the vegetation is luxuriant. The population, mostly of Indonesian stock, is estimated at 80,000, two-thirds of whom live in the three islands of Ruk, Yap and Panapi. Yap is the center of administration for the whole. Red Cross Societies Formed. SANTA ROSA, June 10.—At a mass meeting this afternoon a Red Cross so- clety was organized. Rev. L. D. Rath- bone was elected president and Herbert Slater secretary. SAN LUIS OBISPO, June 10.—A Red Cross society has been organized at Cayucos with the following officers: Mrs. Mary J. Stewart, president; Mrs. A. Borroughs, vice-president; Mrs. H. K. Caas, secretary; Mrs. A. K. Hardle, treasurer, and Miss Slocombe, financial secretary. - Santa Ynez Recruits. LOS OLIVOS, June 10.—An enthusias- tic recruiting rally was held at Santa Ynez to-night. Ouite a number of re- cruits for the Santa Barbara Cavalry Regiment were enroiled. Music was supplied by Los Olivos’ Cornet Band. — Says the Cable 1s Not Cut. MADRID, June 10.—The Spanish For- eign Minister says the cable to San- tiago de Cuba has not been cut. He adds that he received dispatches from there this morning. —_——— General Miles, commander-in-chief of the United®States army, explains the lessons of the present war in next : -ayml‘nty over two other groups of Sunday’s Call. ) GOLD-SEEKERS TURNING BACK Stickeen River Impassable. Route DOZENS OF BOATS STALLED MANY DISASTERS IN WHITE HORSE RAPIDS. Argonauts’ Craft Capsized by the Rocks That Jut Up in the Swift and Narrow Current. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, June 10.—The steamship Rosalie arrived in port to-night from Lynn Canal and Wrangel with 130 pas- sengers. They report that the Stick- een River route is about impassable and scores of gold-seekers are turning back every day. High water is the worst hindrance encountered, and at the present time dozens of river boats are tied up along the banks of the Stickeen. The route between Glenora and Lake Teslin also is reported to be in very bad condition. News from Lake Bennett was received at Skaguay just before the departure of the Rosalie to the effect that the rocks along the White Horse Rapids are playing havoc with the boats bound for Dawson. Up to May 23, when A. L. Hall left the rapids on his way to Skaguay, forty craft of various kinds had been wrecked in the narrow, dan- gerous passage. Abunddnt precautions for the saving of life had been taken, s0 that all the passengers were rescued. Very little freight was saved. The river at Fifty Mile is unusually low. Hall reports & new placer strike in a draw on the shore of Lake March, about eight miles from the head of Fifty Mile River. Nearly all of the ground in this vicinity has already been staked off, although bedrock has not been reached. The Japanese steamship Amur, which reached Skaguay on June 6 from Vic- toria, is now bringing down the crew of the river steamer Iskoot, which is a wreck in Kum Ea Ton Bay. It is probable the Amur will strip the wreck. EXODUS TO ALASKA BY THE WATER ROUTE. Several Steamships Scheduled to Sail From seattle With Passengers and Freight. SEATTLE, June 10.—The exodus of gold seekers to Alaska via the all-water route will commence in earnest from Seattle to-morrow. The steamer Alliance will stadrt with a lnrgt'zl nunaber and an_unprecedented consignm United States mail. There al’xfl)vg‘“mnt letters and 18,000 pfiers for various points on the Yukon. e steamer Roanoke, with 225 passengers, will leave for St. Mi- chael on Sunday, to be followed by sev- eral other steamers during the week. The steamer Protection left to-night for Skaguay with freight only. It consisted of fifty tons of glant powder, 200 tons of steel rails and other materiai to be used in the construction of the new railroad from Skaguay to Lake Bennett. it Guarding Powder Works, SANTA CRUZ, June 10.—Company F of the Sixth Regiment of California Volunteers, Captain Lucey in command, arrived this evening and will assume the duty of guarding the powder works of the California Powder Company near this city. The company has a full com- plement of men. It will remain at the works as long as the Government deems its services necessary. It is under strict orders to guard against treachery and will not allow any person to enter the grounds unless he has a pass from the superintendent of the works. During the company’s stay here it will reulvel all its sunplies from the Presidio, NOW GOES T0 THE PRESIDENT War Revenue Bill Finally Passed. SENATE'S ACTION DECISIVE ALL CHARGES OF CONFEREES ARE ACCEPTED. Those Who Voted Against the Meas- ure Are Opposed to an Increase of the Interest-Bearing Debt. Special Dispatch to The Cal. 4+ +E 4444444+ Ayes, 43; noes, 22. For the bill—Every Repub- lican Senator, one silver Sen- ator, eight Democrats and one Independent. Against the bill—Sixteen Democrats, three silver Re- publicans and three Popu- lists. O++++++++++40 444444444440 4444444444444 0 Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, June 10. Shortly before 4 o'clock this after- noon the conference report on the war revenue bill was agreed to by the Sen- ate after a discussion lasting four hours. The debate on the measure was without special interest and was en- tirely devold of acrimonious features. The debate indicated generally that the bill as agreed upon by the conferees was reasonably satisfactory to every- body except as to the bond provision. The votes cast against the adoption of the report reflected the opinions of those Senators who are opposed to any increase in the interest-bearing debt of the country. The report was agreed to by the de- cisive vote of 43 to 22. Every Republi- can voted for the measure, and their votes were supplemented by those of eight Democrats, one Silver Republican and one independent. The Democrats who voted for the adoption of the re- port were: Caffery, Gorman, Lindsay, McEnery, Mitchell, Morgan, Murphy and Turpie; the Silver Republican was Mantle and the independent was Kyle. The vote against the report was cast by sixteen vemocrats, three Sflver Re- publicans and three Populists. As soon as the engrossed bill can be signed by the presiding officers of the two branches of Congress it will be sent to the President. Just at the close of the session this evening a bitter personal discussion was precipitated by Butler (Pop.) of North Carolina, who attacked Kyle for having voted for the issuance of bonds. Butler, speaking as the chairman of the Populist National Committee, officially declared that Kyle did not represent the Populist party. Kyle replied warm- ly. saying that he was responsible for his political actions, not to Butler, but to his conscience and to his constitu- ents. PLANS TO COLLECT THE NEW WAR TAX There Is Much Hard Work Ahead for the Bureau of Internal Revenue. WASHINGTON. June 10.—The Bu- reau of Internal Revenue is now busily engaged in preparations for the en- forécement of the war revenue bill, which, it is expected, will become a law in the same form as passed by the House. Nearly the entire work in- volved will fall upon the internal rev- enue service, the exceptions being the bond issue and the coinage of the sil- ver in the Treasury. The increased tax upon beer that has been removed from the brewery premises and stored will be collected by assessment, as will also the additional tax of 8 cents per pound imposed on stocks of tobacco outside of factory premises and the additional tax on cigars and cigarettes, where such stocks of tobacco, snuffs, cigars and ci- garettes are in excess of the exempted quantities—that is to say, 1000 pounds of manufactured tobacco and snuff and 20,000 cigars and cigarettes. ‘While the ‘collection of the above taxes by assessment, instead of the af- fixing of additional stamps, will greatly simplify the work in this connection, yet there are many blanks to be pre- pared, printed and distributed within the thirty days allowed, in which those interested are required to make returns upon their stocks on hand. The hardest problem presented to the Commissioner, however, is the prepar- ation of designs and the printing of the vast quantity of stamps which will be required for the schedules A and B, under which stamps are required for almost every character of commercial transaction from the ordinary bank check to the first mortgage bond of a trunk line railway. Another problem will be the devising of methods and regulations for the taxing and supervising of what is known in the bill as “mixed flour.” SWORD FOR DEWEY AND MEDALS FOR HIS MEN. Board Appointed to Put Into Effect the Joint Resolution Passed by Congress. NEW YORK, June 10.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: Secre- tary Long has taken measures to carry out the provisions of the joint resolu- tion of Congress conferring the thanks of that body upon Admiral Dewey and of passengers{”directing the presentation of a sword to that officer and medals to the offi- cers and men under his command. To decide upon the design for these medals the Secretary has appointed a board, with Assistant Secretary Allen as its president and Senator Henry Lodge of Massachusetts and Professor Marshall Oliver, U. 8. N., as members. This is Mr. Long’s letter to Mr. Allen: Referring to joint resolution No. 38, au- thorizing the Secretary of the Navy to &esent a sword of honor to Commodore orge Dewey, and to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorating the battle of Mauila Bay, and to distribute such riedals to the officers and men uf the ships of the Asiatic station of the United States, approved June 3, 1898, I have the honor to request that in ation witn Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Seunator from the State of Massachu- setts, who has kindly consented to serve the department in this matter, and Pro- fessor hail Oliver, U. 8. N., you will consider and report suitable de: s for the sword and medals provided In said resolution, together with the cost of the same. Please advise fully with Senator the matter -m- with him for meetings of the committee ut such times and as may con= venient to him, % Y, LEDTO GOLD B AN INDLAY Prdspector_s Tell of a Remarkable Find. BRITISH COLUMBIA BONANZA RETURN LADEN WITH YELLOW- SEAMED QUARTZ. Claim They Discovered an El Dorado After. the Death' of Their Guide Had Been Decreed. Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, June 10.—One of the roughest looking parties that ever came out of the gold regions reached here last night and stopped at the Granville Hotel. Thelr clothes were in tatters, their hands and faces blistered terribly by the sun, and thelr frames mere skeletons. Their outfit consisted solely of a few firearms and several bulgy looking canvas sacks. In spite of their woe-begone appearance the strangers seemed cheerful, and if the story they tell is true they have every reason to be. 5 The sacks contained quartz which upon being assayed here went $900 to the tom, and they claim it was not picked. Theirs is the most marvelous story ever brought from the gold regions. It seems almost incredible, but every member of the party tells it with an air of sincerity. In January last Ferguson Melville, M. E., R. M. Ferguson of Seattle, John Gardiner of Boston and Henry Condon of Minneapolis started from Seattle for the Cariboo country to discover the mother lode. They had abundant provisions and a good outfit. They reached Ashcroft in February and struck due north. At the Indian village of Pan Yan on the trail they met a young buck named Charles Brunel, a graduate of the Carlisle Indian College, Pennsylvania, and a cousin of Sitting Bull, who stated he could guide them to a mountain of gold 300 miles north. The party jumped at the bait and the Indian led them a weary march 400 miles north, toward what is known as the un- explored country. Day after day the party was kept in complete ignorance of their location and depended solely on Brunel. The latter kept up their hopes by stories of the golden mountain, and lured them further into the wilds. Dis- aster followed the party, for in fording a mountain stream they lost most of their outfit. When sixty days out of Ashcroft they began to suspect the Indian and threatened him with death if gold was not found within three days. Brunel then struck dpe west, toward the coast range. For a week the men traveled with little food, and became mere skeletons. Twice they were attacked by grizzly bears, and a night watch was kept to guard against mountain lions and wolves, which were numerous. At the expiration of three days’ grace given the Indian, and upon his failure to find any gold, the party held a coun- cil of war and decided to shoot him. The buck held to his original story and showed no signs of fear. This was three ‘weeks ago and the party was then near the coast range. Another day was given the Indian and he used it in taking them to an immense body of rack on the shore of a small lake about 200 miles north of this city. There_he pointed out what appeared to be glittering gold on the surface of the rocks. Two of the party, inexperiencedy miners, fairly hugged the Indian, and were about to gather in the supposed vast riches, when Melville told them that it was but “tenderfoot pride,” a bicarbonate of mica. Now comes the strangest part of their strange trip. The death of the Indian was fully decided upon, and one of the party was deputed to shoot him. He was to die at nightfall. During the day Mel- ville prospected around the spot, and he claims to have made a marvelous find not 100 yards from where the false gold was found. He brings his $700 in quartz to subStantiate his story. Needless to say, the Indian's life was saved, and the party gathered consider- able quartz and started for civilization, reaching here last night. They estimate they have traveled 800 -miles of rough country and have fairly cornered a good fortune. Melville, of course, will not tell the location of his find. The men will return next week and ex- pect to remain until next December. Bru- nel, in Indian fashion, got drunk after reaching here, and the others are keeping guard over him to see that he does not reveal their secret to outsiders. ADMIRAL CERVERA IS DULY WARNED. Told That if He Destroys His Xieet Spain Will Have. to Pay Addi- tional Indemnity. ‘WASHINGTON, June 10.—The Navy Department has sent orders to Admiral Sampson to notify Admiral Cervera that if the latter destroys his four ar- mored cruisers and two torpedo de- stroyers to prevent their falling into our hands Spain at the end of the war will be made to pay an additional in- demnity ,at least equivalent to the value of those vessels. It has been realized all along that the Spanish admiral, rather than permit his fine fleet to be added to the United States navy, might at the last moment, ‘when he saw that further resistance was useless, prefer to blow it up. It was assumed at first that if Cervera cared to do this nothing could be done to prevent it. Even now he may prefer to send his ships to the bottom and let this country exact such reparation as it may sce fit. The Navy Department hopes, however, to convince him by the foregoing argument of the folly of do- ing anything so rash. COMMANDERS OF TWO SHIPS ARE INVALIDED Harrington of the Puritan and Ever- ett of the Mangrove on the Sick List. NEW YORK, June 10.—A Washing- ton special to the Herald says: On account of the terrific strain and the heat under which they have been la- boring in Cuban waters since the be- ginning of the war, Captain Purnell F. Harrington, who, for more than a year, has been in command of the Puritan, and Lieutenant-Commander W. U. Everett, whose command was the Man- _grove, have been compelled to seek treatment in the Naval Hospital at Key West. Orders issued to-dav direct Captain Frederick Rodgers, formerly president of the Auxiliary Cruiser Board, to take command of the Puritan. A dispatch received from Key West announced {ofololelelolojojolofofofolofofofofoloXofoyoyolooXOIoIoYooRoToYoYo XO) EN HAVANA'S DEF : IN KINGSTON, Jamalea, June 10. rived here. of the British Red Cross Soclety. ticularly true of flour. More than h others, which are only fllling outst. within & few days. One bakery w: purchasing bread. menu at the hotels. charges on everything. landed at Batabano. a centen is worth $9 in silver. little effect. [OXOXOOIOXOIOXOIOXOJOXOXOXOIOXOYOX OO O OTOXOXOXOXOX Y OYOXO) Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. She left Havana on Tuesday with thirty-eight English passengers, ten of whom were women. The passengers report Havana qulet. Food is scarce and this is par- closed 260 persons inside the shop were clamoring for the privilege of Eggs are now a luxury, and have been taken from the regular They are supplied only at large extra cost. The Spanish soldiers are grumbling that they are starved and the Government owes all of them from nine to Petty officials live by extorting blackmail Meat is plentiful, as 800 cattle were recently Paper is worth 14 to 16 per cent of its value and Captain Blanco is endeavoring to encourage the citizens with bom- bastic bulletins, reporting American defeats. prohibiting the dealers from raising the price of food, but it has had DERS WANT OF FOOD —The British cruiser Talbot has ar- The women included members alf the bakeries are closed, and anding contracts, expect to close as besieged by a mob, and when it twelve and months’ demanding pay. extra jejololofololoofololofoYololcIoloXoXoXoY oo - X -] He has issued orders [CICJOIOYOYOIO] foyoxoloeloioxoloroolokolojolofolofolololololofololofololololoclolololo] FORMIDABLE FLEET TO ACT AS CONVOY Guarding Against Danger of Attack Upon the Transports by Spanish Ships. WASHINGTON, June 10.—Another formidable American fleet has been as- sembled, consisting of sixteen warships of various classes, headed by the big battleship Indiana, which, for all-round effectiveness, stands at the head of the navy. This fleet is assembled at Port Tampa, and is to serve as a convoy for the transports from that port. The for- mation of this formidable convoy fleet is due to reports, more or less indefinite, that Spanish warships were lurking be- tween Florida and Cuba with a view of intercepting the transports. In order to avoid the slightest possibility of a dem- onstration by Spanish ships against the troop ships this new fleet of sixteen warships was determined upon. 3 This powerful fleet of convoys is strong enough, both in number of ships, also in individual ships and armament, to cope with any Spanish ships that might be at large, and it entirely elim- inates any possible danger that might attend the transporting of the army of invasion to Cuba. Captain Taylor, who commands the Indiana, is available as commander of this squadron, although it is not dis- closed definitely who will be its chief. Commodore Watson is with the block- ading fleet off Havana, and cannot well be spared from that position, which will be maintained efficiently, notwithstand- ing the drafts made to create this large convoy squadron. Captain Taylor is re- garded as one of the most judicious and capable officers in the service, and should the squadron command fall on him, it is felt that it will be in able hands. The Indiana will probably be the flagship /of the convoy squadron. There probably will be other battle- ships, but it is not deemed advisable, for prudential reasons, to give the full list. The Indiana is one of the most for- midable ships afloat, being regarded by naval experts as superior, as a fighting machine, to the ships of the Terrible class in the British navy. She has a displacement of 10,288 tons and has a main battery of sixteen large guns, be- sides many smaller rapid-fire and ma- chine guns in her secondary battery. Her largest guns are of the 13-inch class, four in number, mounted in tur- rets, two forward and two aft. The desirability of forming this fleet was suggested by information, coming through official channels, that Spanish ships left Barcelona some days ago, bound for Cuban waters. This infor- mation came to the State Department. It was to the effect that the ships in- cluded three Spanish warships and one transport. The information was re- garded as trustworthy. It was commu- nicated to the Navy Department and led to careful comsideration. A little later came the report from the ships off Florida that suspicious looking ves- sels with military tops had been seen in the offiing. These last reports were re- ceived with some credulity. but naval officers were disposed to dismiss them as myths. They were treated lightly, and some of the officials spoke of the matter as another case of the phantom ship, the Flying Dutchman. But the better advised ones, knowing of the re- ports as to the sailing of Spanish ships from Barcelona, looked upon the mat- ter as one which should not be consid- ered too lightly. A single troop trans- port, carrying no armor, might be at the mercy of some stray Spanish ship, and there was no purpose to hazard the lives of fifteen hundred men on any of our ships when reports came from two widely separated sources, one of them quite in detail, of the approach of the Spanish ships. Besides the fleet of sixteen convoy | vessels there will be from thirty to fifty transport ships, making in all a re-| markable flotilla. The War Department to-day gave out an official list of the transports thus far | hired in order to clear up erroneous re- ports. The list shows fifty ships char- tered along the Atlantic coast and ten | on the Pacific. Those along the Atlan- tic will be used. in the main, for em- barking troops from Florida and those on the Pacific for the troops going to Manila. TALK OF EUROPEAN INTERVENTION REVIVED. Belief in Vienna That the Russian | Government Soon Will Take the Initiative. VIENNA, June 10.—The Government has decided not to initiate mediation between the United States and Spain, as it wishes to avoid the appearance of making intervention seem only a dynastic action in the interest of the Queen Regent, which might perhaps give fatal offense. Nevertheless a dekided opinion is held that the time for intervention is very near at hand, although a hesita- tion to take the first step is evident everywhere. The probability is that Russia will undertake the initiative within one or two days. It is known that the American Gov- ernment has become more approacha- ble on the subject of intervention. With regard to the Philippines, no doubt ex- ists in officlal minds in Vienna that the islands cannot remain in the hands of America. The insurgents there re- Ject all foreign control, and, moreover, it 1s scarcely conceivable that America could provide a sufficient force to en- ble her to take full possession of so extensive a group of islands. The prob- ability is that the powers will find a way out of the difficulty by re-estab- lishing a sort of protectorate, which perhaps England might undertake. One fact, however, is incontroverti- ble: The united Cabinet are agreed that the Philippines must remain an open market for the commerce of the world. MADRID, June 10.—It is reported Germany will propose a meeting of the that Lieutenant John W. Stewart, ex- ecutive officer of the Lancaster, had been assigned by Commodore Remey to command the Mangrove, 3 Almodovar de Rio, Minister of Foreign Affalrs, has provoked general comment. —— INSTRUCTIONS TO GUIDE RECRUITING OFFICERS Conditions Under Which Volunteers May Be Accegéed for the Second all. WASHINGTON, June 10.—The War Department has just issued instruc- tons for the guidance of the officers of volunteers detailed to recruit for their OWR organization to fill them to the maximum figure under the second ‘call of the President for 75,000 men. Appli- | cants for enlistment must be between |18 and 45 years of age, of good charac- | ter and ha able-bodied, free from | disease and must be able to speak the | English languag Married men will be enlisted only upon the approval of the regimental commander. Minors must not be enlisted without the writ- ten consent of a parent or guardian. | The term of service is two years. For infantry and artillery the weight must not be less than 120 and not more than 180 pounds, and for cavalry the weight is not to exceed 165 pounds, though re- cruiting officérs are authorized in their discretion to accept desirable appli- cants ten pounds or less overweight or underweight. For a regiment the maximum of all grades, commissioned and enlist must not exceed 1326 infantry or 1 in cavalry. For a company the max mum of all grades is 106 in infantry, 100 in cavalry, 173 in field artillery and 200 in heavy artiller ‘Wherever prac- ticable the choice by an accepted ap- plicant of a particular company of the regiment or other organization for which the recruiting officer is making enlistments should be respzcted. WOULD ENLIST CHINESE . ON THE PHILIPPINES CLEVELAND, June 10.—Dr. Joseph F. 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