The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1898. CAMARA’S SHIPS PASS GIBRALTAR Conflicting Rumors as to the Destination of the Fleet. One Report Declares It Is Coming to dAttack Atlantic Coast Cities. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, June 17. The cablegram received at the State Department from its Consular agent at Gibraltar stating that Spain’s reserve squadron, consisting of fourteen war vessels, had passed through the Straits of Gibraltar, bound for Carthagena, was the subject of much spec- ulation in naval circles this afternoon. The state- ment made by the Consular agent that the Minister of Marine was aboard one of the vessels and that the squadron would stop at Carthagena for orders created the impression here that this fleet might not be bound further east than that city, although the re- ° port that Manila was the destination of Admiral Camara was seriously considered by the war board. The belief seems to be general to-night that the dis- patch of the Spanish fleet from Cadiz to Carthagena is intended only to deceive the Spanish masses, who ® ® ® ® @ [CJOJOYOXOXOJOXO} @ are very much wrought up over the latest news from © ® Manila. o a cablegram | therefore there is abundance of time for y that upon re- |the organization of the fleet. s from Hongkong Pre- | = = v{:n“h ;wlmu’d |GERMAN SHIPS FOR ) the bad tid- i | “FRIENDLY OBSERVATION.” y the Queen Re- < | So the Spectator Would Have Eng- land Send Cruisers to Re-en- force Dewey. janish | LONDON, June 18—The Spectator, | commenting on the significant assem- | bling of German warships at Manila, “Emperor William, of course, s nothing but friendly observa- Would it not be expedient, how- to send a couple of cruisers to nila to join in the friendly observa- tion and to re-enforce Admiral Dewey if attacked.” Coal Going to Honolulu. vould be made to nd thus avert a e on the part of | no con- ation, for the ill be in possession T t "-'"“\'-*- TACOMA, Jume 17.—J. T. Steeb Ha- d nded by a an Consul, and United States Com- superior to | oner, returned from the East to- He says shipments of coal ag- gregating 40,000 tons are soon to be made to Honolulu. One American ship, the St. Francis, is now at Balti- more, loading a portion of this coal. —_———— | Gladstone, the Man of the Century, It is understood that at the | Cabinet meeting to-day the re- ported sale of the Philippines | army, accompanied by Colonel Maus, | j and Colonel Greenleaf of | | his staf?, arrived In Washington to-day | after having directed the departure of | the first army of invasion of Cuba. General Miles looked hale and hearty, | despite the three weeks incessant work of bringing order out of chaos in the hurriedly concentrated army. He con- ferred with Secretary Alger for half an hour before the Cabinet meeting and then had a long talk with General Lud- ington, quartermaster general, on the condition of the quartermaster's sup- plies. Speaking in a general way, of his observations, General Miles said: ‘Having spent some time with the troops during a trying period of hur- < ried preparations, I am glad to say that they are a splendid body of men, which the country may well be proud of. As | to the regulars, they are the finest corps in the world without any excep- tion, in physical development, efficien- experience, discipline, marksman- | , equipment and all that goes to make up first-class soldiers. Of course, the volunteer army is not so well equip- ped. Some of the States sent men into the field in very good condition, notably Massachusetts and New York. Others sent their quotas without arms, equip- ment or clothing. They were not sol- diers at all, only employed men. It takes time to make soldiers of these | men. There must be uniforms, arms, ammunition, equipment, camp equip- page, tentage, transportation and hos- | pital supplies. Then, in addition, they | have to have ordnance, artillery, siege trains, entrenching tools, horse equip- ment, engineering appltances of all balloon appliances, etc. fter that comes the moving of an the sea, with all the dan- gers and vicissitudes of an ocean voy: age. The work, with its infinite detall, has been carried out, I am glad to say, with a fair degree of success and the command of 15,000 men under General Shafter moved away with an outburst of patriotic enthusiasm which over- came the trials they had passed through.” General Miles’ attention was directed to the reports coming from Tampa of great confusion and delay in prepar- ing the expedition and getting it off for Cuba. % said he, “there were causes contributing to this delay. In the first place, the postoffice service at these points of army concentration is very | deficient. They have the same facilities and no more, as the local towns have when normal conditions exist. When SPLENDID BODY OF ‘General Miles Praises the Troops Now on the Way to Cuba. Delay in the Departure Gave the Cubans a Good Opportunity to Co-operate. WASHINGTON, June 17. — Major | ters from their friends and relatives at General Miles, general in chief of the | home, besides the large amount of offi- | arm EN SENT cial business carried on, the local post- office facilities are entirely inadequate. That & been one of the troubles at Tampa, Chickamauga and other places, and as a result the official communica- tion to and from the War Department on which depend the regularity of movement of many kind of stores, has been seriously delayed. Then, in gath- ering the munitions of war for an v, it was necessary to have the ser- vice of a great number of trains loaded with stores, crowding the meager rail- road lines far beyond their usual capac- ty. However, this is being straighten- ed out now and nearly all of it has been overcome. “The troops at Tampa are in very | good health, both those who went for- | ward with General Shafter and those still remaining. The sick list is less than 1 per cent, which is an exception- ally good record. The spirit of the men also is of the best, and this was shown in a most marked manner when the ransports started for Cuba 1. Tues- They were all anxious to go and there were wild scenes of enthusiasm and cheering as the men marched abo: d the ships got under way. Whene a band played the national air, every head was uncovered. The men seemed to realize the importance of their enterprise, as well as the pa- triotic responsibility it involved. “There have been many very splen- did acts of heroism, even in the brief time the troops have been employed,” continued General Miles. “Lieutenant Rowa v_lieutenant colonel, and Lieuten now captain, in making their journey to Eastern Cuba and Porto Rico, gave splendid illus- trations of the courage, fortitude and resources of the American soldier. Three expeditions which carried arms to the Cubans have developed the fin- est kind of courage. Captain Connell and Lieutenant Crawford, who partici- pated in these expeditions, were with the Cubans during a sharp engagement with the enemy. Captain Dorst’s sev- eral expeditions have been of great service to the Government, his last one In particular being important in re- sults. He started from Key West, but instead of going direct to Cuba he went north and east of Nassau, then turned south and landed in Cuba at a port called Banes. “It has been held by the Cubans and is a good harbor, with about twenty feet of water. Protected by a small gunboat Captain Dorst landed a steam- er's load of supplies for the Cuban army, including 7500 rifles, over a mil- lion cartridges and a great quantity of stores. A thousand Cubans came to him while there. and myself. Two of Garcla's staff of- ficers had returned from Cuba with Rowan and came to Washington to see me. © One of these I sent to Banes with the supplies of arms, with instructions to General Garcia, saying I wanted him to move all his forces to Santiago de Cuba. He had by that time been fully equipped by Colonel Dorst. The mes- sage to General Garcla was sent June 2, reaching him June 6, and 1 got his reply by cable from Mole St. Nicholas June 9. He had about 8000 armed Cubans before he received the muni- tions of war by Captain Dorst. The supplies sent him will enable Garcia to adequately equip over 15,000 Cubans.” General Miles was asked for the com- munications between him and General Garcia, and, glancing over them, he gave their general purport. He said: “In my communication to him, I ask- ed him to move as large a force as pos- sible to the vicinity of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, and to co-operate with our army and navy on their arri- val, which I hoped would be within a few days. He was to drive in and harrass any Spanish troops near San- tiago de Cuba, threatening and attack- ing them at all points and preventing any reinforcements from reaching that point. Pending the arrival of our troops he was to selze any positions east or west of Santiago or both, which could be used to advantage by our ar- tillery. He replied that he would re- gard my wishes and suggestions as or- ders and would Immediately adopt measures to concentrate his forces as directed. “All his subordinates are ordered to assist in the disembarking of the United States troops and to place themselves under orders. General Gar- cia saild he believed it possible for the artillery positions to be taken as I had suggested. He sent a force at once to prevent aid and reinforcements going to Santiago. The energy of his course is shown by the reports of the last few days, for I see that General Rabi and his men have taken a strong position just west of Santiago. While there were unavoidable delays at Tampa, very annoying to myself and others, I, at least, had the consolation of know- ing that every day enabled the Cu- bans to make their march across the country and get possession of positions which would be of the greatest value to our troops when they landed.” General Miles does not apprehend any longer serious delays in disembark- ing the troops on Cuban soil. The transports ‘have a large number of small boats to assist in this work. The engineering corps has large barges and a pontoon train by which they can put together a floating pler, so that, un- less there is a very rough sea or the men are compelled to disembark in the surf, which is not anticipated, the dis- embarkation is expected to proceed rapidly. When General Miles was asked if he expected an early fight he answered laconically: “That's what they’'ve gone for. WARSHIPS CARRYING FLAG OF INSURGENTS. Story Thdt They Have Appeared in Manila Bay and Attacked the City From the Sea. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. LONDON, June 17.—A speclal dis- patch from Madrid says that, accord- ing to a dispatch just received there from Hongkong, four warships carry- ing the flag of the Philippine insur- gents have appeared in Manila Bay and attacked the city from the sea, in com- hlngtifln with the insurgent forces on land. oot Gifts to the Soldiers. LOS ANGELES, June 17.—The Red Cross Society to-day sent to Lieutenant J. W. F. Diss, for the comfort of the fifty-two recruits enlisted by him, a full outfit, consisting of bandages, Manila caps, eiderdown caps, field pillows and comfort bags. R Buying Food at Barbadoes. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. BARBADOES, June 17.—The Spanish Government is buying food stuffs here for Cuba and Porto Rico. —_—— Read the thrilling story, “How I Helped Lieutenant Cushing Destroy the Confederate Ram Albemarle,” to Germany by Spain was 20,000 to 50,000 men are added to_ the | “The speclal importance of this tri considered at some length. I f Ya'ét"dm?m?‘ i | population of the small towns, and all | however. was in opening direct com. | 0¥ 0D of the survivors of that heroic e e it n next Sunday’s Call. | the men are sendtag end receiving let- | munication between General Garela exploit, in next Sunday’s Call. is in a position to know says that | CAIMANERA. SPANISH FORTS. for several days the State De-| partment has been Inpossession ‘ of information to the effect that Spain was actively engaged In negotiating a transfer of the Philippines. | t be true that Spain has sold the 4 1 al t y graver complic transaction 1t situation pro- tros th ely abinet meeting the Sec- instructed to hurry Philippine expedition. The Porto | on was discussed at some length. The President expressed oval of the delay in getting go expedition off, more co invi y in the light of recent events which show that the delay caused Samp- son to make a premature landing of his marines, with results that narrowly es- caped being disastrous. The President urged the adoption of every measure that might be expected to expedite the Porto Rican expedition. Four t anchored twenty-five miles from sports are now at Fernandir acksonville, y to take the Porto Ri invasion army. They aded with immense already been 1 antities of supplies and munitions of It is believed the President and his Cabinet hope to sce the Porto Rico invasion set sail within ten days. It is further believed, and on good authority, that the convoy of the Santiago expe- dition has orders to return at once to Fernandina to escort the sécond inva- sion army to Porto Rico. | There Is no doubt steps are now being taken by the Navy Department to organize a fleet to attack Spanish commerce in European waters and make a demonstration against the Cana- ries and the coast of Spain. ] SUWANEE. The design is to organize a swift :mdl\ powerful fleet for this purpose. The de- partment is canvassing the question of the selection of vessels to compose this fleet, and it is expected it will be com- posed of the New York, the Brooklyn, the Columbia, the Minneapolis, the Cin- | cinnati, the San Francisco, the Yale, | the Harvard and the Newark, all fast cruisers, supported by the Oregon and the Towa, speedy and powerful battle- ships. The Oregon and Iowa are in- cluded on account of the possibility of their meeting with the Pelayo. This expedition will not start until giter Porto Rico s been cypisucg and | the east side of the harbor. told in yesterday’'s Call. bor at the time. To-day the action Is {llustrated in an accurate and novel maenner. sketch of the affair was made by a Herald-Call artist, who witnessed it from the deck of the dispatch-boat Somers N. Smith, cruising in the har- When the action was over and the forts Smith was héaded immediately for Kingston, Jamaica, where connection was had with cable for New York. And now came the first step in utilizing the marvelous photo-telegraph. The sketch was drawn on paper covered Righ mpute.sauates, gach squareelng desispated by A ciRpek definition. FLOATING TORPEDO. How well and effectually this was done was A silenced the MARBLEHEAD. SILENCING A SPANISH On Wednesday last renewed activity on the part of the Spaniards be- ing reported in Guantanamo Bay.Admiral Sampson sent the Texas to join the Marblehead and Suwanee, already stationed there, and silence a fort on FORT IN GUANTANAMO. In the editorial rooms of the Herald in New York and The Call in San Francisco were duplicate sheets of this paper. e e B i A AN s s The artist read off to the operator in the cable office in Kingston the tracing of his drawing, nam- Ing each square as the lines crossed it. ‘When the message was received in New York an artist followed the description from square to square and the outline sketch developed under his hand until it was a counterpart of the picture in the cable office in Kingston, 1509 miles away. In ltke man- ner the message was flashed across the continent to San Francisco and a Call artist, following the lines again over the squares, saw before him a per- fect outline of the picture drawn two tanamo Bay while the echoes of the days before on the waters of Guan- big guns were still ringing in the air. When the sketch was filled out and given the necessary shading and finish- ing it was ready. for Rriptingagdoublication ag it is segn in The Call to-day. Persuaded Retire But Now It Is B Favor of MADRID, June 17.—The news con- cerning the abdication of the Queen | Regent of Spain, which was given by | the Temps without details, was very half-heartedly denied in the Madrid press to-day. The Queen Regent, much depressed | by the sad condition of the country and | the Spanish people’s lack of sympathy | for her, made up her mind a fortnight ago to renounce her rights and title as regent in favor of the Infanta Isabella, a sister of th late King Alfonso XIL This Princess, who is Spanish in heart | and mind, is much beloved throughout | the kingdom. The Queen Regent thought that by vielding the regency to her she would disarm the adversaries of the existing regime and rally all the sympathies around the little King. She even formed the resolution of quit- ting Spain for a {ime after her abdica- tion with her two daughters, leaving the young sovereign to reign and the new regent. She summoned Premier Sagasta and eloquently laid her plan before him. This occurred on Wednesday last. A ministerial council was held, after which all the members visited the Copyrighted, 1838, by James Gordon Bennett CHRISTINA READY TO ABDICATE Spain’s Queen Regent Was to Delay ment. elieved She Will Soon Renounce Her Rights In Isabella. Queen Regent to beg her to give un'the scheme for the present. They told her, that under the present circumstances ' her abdication would seem like flight and would be very badly construed by, the country. Premier Sagasta was so persuasivel that he obtained the following reply from the Queen Regent: i “I admit you are right, str; but T do¥ not altogether glve up my plan. I only; postpone it.” I have also been informed this after< moon of a very significant fact. Gene eral Sachis, the young King's military. tutor, who occuples apartments in the: palace, has also private apartments im} the Calle de la Caiz. These apart-| ments have been shut up for two yearss and a half, but on Monday upholster- ers were at work making the place" habitable. Neighbors conclude from this that the King's tutor is about to leave the palace and resume possession: of his private apartments. and see in; the incident the prelude to radicalj changes at the royal palace. What is going on or what will hap«| pen is what every one anxiously asks | especially as the Republicans and Car=' lists are beginning to bestir themw- selves in a way which is very disquiet=: ing for the future of Alfonzo's crown. POPULISIS IN OPEN REVOLT **Middle of the Roaders” Have Bolted. ARE LED BY MILTON PARKE WILL HOLD AN INDEPENDENT CONVENTION. No Overtures Looking Toward Fusion Will Be Made by the Reg- ular National Com- mittee. OMAHA, June 17.—The so-called na- tional organization committee of the People’s party, of which Milton Parke of Dallas, Tex., is chairman, and which was chosen at the Nashville conference of the “middle-of-the-roaders” on July 4 last, about all its members being edi- the conference of the Populist National' Committee adjourned without day. The final outcome was the practical rout of‘ the “middle-of-the-road” crowd under' the leadership of Milton Parke,although the liberal wing made some concessions., The last conference held last night: was on the admission of J. R. Sover= elgn as a proxy delegate from JIowa. This was finally dropped, and the com- mittee got down to work on the main report of the conference committee. This was modified in some of its main points and adopted. There will be no convention in 1899 to outline the policy of the party, but in 1900 there will be an early conven- tion to nominate a national ticket, the same to be held prior to the Demo- cratic Convention. No overture look- ing to fusion will emanate from the National Committee and none will be received and entertained by it. The Na- tional Committee is required to keep hands off in State campaigns; or, if its assistance be invited it may interfere only on behalf of the Populist ticket and not to assist in fusion. In sending out the call for the convention the chairman and the secretary must make clear the terms as laid down in this compromise. The effort to force Chairman Butler to resign proved futile, and he will con« tinue to act until the next national con vention in 1900. NAVAL CADET POWELL 7 GIVEN A PROMOTION. Searched for Hobson and His Crew Under the Guns of Santiago Batteries. { | tors of the so-called National Reform Press Association, has decided to bol | outright and call an independent con vention to be held on September 4 at Cincinnati for the purpose of reorganiz- ing the People’s party. 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