The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 26, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRAXCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1898. WEYLER IN AVOR OF MONARCHY But Sagasta Secure Peace for Spain. While There Is a minating the W Will Hold On,. .Pfl!‘%a' cable to The Call and the New York | ald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett, | MADRID, June 25.—The much-talked feature of the moment, when all are as g what will come next, General | Wevler's declaration In favor of the monarchy. This may have much to do with the grea feeling of calm to- day. The existence of a Cabinet crisis | is denied by € Sagasta with abso- | lute good faith. He further added that at the council to-day the prospects of war and not conditions of peace were | discussed The truth is that evervthing depends.| on the result of affairs at Santi- Sagasta will not rush a be- | difficulti form- and establising a t confidence of the | His latest statement negotiations | | wants peace. He feels e country both wants He knows that peace f the coun- peace > Premie without the consent « would mean an immediate revolu- | uld the country show itself | inst the > Minister’s | you may count upon ta wi 1 to place rnment nd the terri- | y for the cantinuance | ther hands. In the minds loyal to the monarchy | inion_of impo politi- | and social sphel having | iin the idea th every tly the fear Repablicans inspit peace Gover will take lacing before the country | peace. It is recognized States will formulate which will be unpopular \d that none better forthcoming. Accord- n whose opinion I have z much everyday contact \ he ng spirits of the country, Sagasta he has got rid of the Cor il take -neasures for the for- a coalition CGtovernm ation shal al Polaviejo, and Gener Linare: ining the present Min- 1 Marine. :al friend proclaim of siege, rrisons in the north of Catalonia and other i 1 list and , and then ap: probab publi n cente: me friendly na- e or Russia, to One difficulty project is the at- vler. whose posi- 1 s not well de- many see a leader in t ut in whom revolutic 1eral Pc while at Athama, to-day from the head him to change his once to Madrid. Sara- m support the r ace proposals. a_ meeting this Senor e told s that the ng was to be reconvened, to furnish any further the subject. Although announced that the Pre- Regent in order ADVERTISEMENTS. N No matter how much of a business wo- ‘man a woman L may be, when § the little love- | ¥ | god makes up his mind to shoot, there is 4 no protection egainst his arrow. Yet manya young woman whose affections are already engaged, hesi- tates to assume the obligations of wifehood and motherhood, because she feels unfitted for them by sume physical weakness or disease, The special ailments to which the femi. | nine organism is liable, not only unfit a wo-- | man for happy wifehood and motherhood, but incapacitate her for any sphere of action, No won an discharge the daily duties of ¥ on with comfort or satisfaction who is constantly weighed down by head- aches, backaches and dragging, weakening | drains. | Troubles of this nature are not by any | means a necessity of womanhood. They are positively and completely cured by Dr. | Pierce’s rite Prescription. It imparts | ine he d strength to the womanly ns. It was deyised for this one purpose | by an eminent specialist in this particular field of practice. ** For several years I suffered with prolapsus of " writes Miss A. Lee Schuster, of Box 7 on Co., Miss. *Our family physician treated me for kKidney trouble, and ev- | ervthing else but the right thing. Igrew worse | and worse. My body was em ted, hands and | feet cla d cold, stomach weak, with great | palpitation of the heart. 1 dreaded for night to come for I would sufier with nausea all night and s0 1 continued until some kind unknown friend | sent me your book with a marked page. Ibegan | taking your ‘Favorite Prescription,’ contrary to | mily's wishes. and I began to improve n".vm | T have taken three bottles and now 1%m very nearly well and am very happy, and thank- ful to you.” | unprotected or divide his fleet. | the Ministers favor overtures for peace, | eral Rabi, | Spanish troops at Manzanillo. Schemes to Prospect of Ter- ar the Premier belleved that the expected Ministerial crisis has occurred. LONDON, June 26.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Sunday Times says: dmiral Camara’s fleet will not go to Manila, but to another port in the | Philippines, to land troops in order to ng position. The fleet will ady for action, and if Ad v wants to fight he will v. Admiral Dewey will thus either leave the bay This move has made a good impression here. Interest to-day centered in the meet- ing of the Cabinet. It is believed that i but disagree as to the manner in which they should proceed and this may pro- voke a cris's and precipitate the end. SPAIN SENDS OUT A LITTLE “FEELER” Declares That Peace Suggestions Have Been Made by the United States. MADRID, June here that the peace ed by the possession of Porto Rico, the independ- ence of Cuba with an American pro- tectorate, a naval station in the Phil- 25.—It 18 reported conditions suggest- | ippine Islands, and a coal depot in the | Canary Islands. WASHINGTON nouncement from June 25.—The an- Madrid that the United States has suggested peace con- | ditions with Spain was received here with great interest for the reason that | the report was regarded as a “feeler” set afloat with the distinct purpose of developing the state of public feeling in America, well as in Europe. There is no s of fact for the re- be United States include the | port, for at the State Department it | met a prompt and unqualified denial | at every point. No overtures have come to the department from any re- sponsible diplomat as yet, looking to | the consummation of peace. Still it is known that some of the representa- tives of the Buropean powers here, realizing the serfous inroads that a making upon European commerce by the continuance of hostilities, stand ready at any auspicious moment to sound our Government as to what con- ditions might serve as a basis of ne- gotiations for a brief period. The: diplomats would naturally closely watch the effect upon the people of the United States of such a rumor as this coming from Madrid, and if the general sentiment seems to incline to ptance of some such conditions, y would be quick to advise their ernments in the expectation of re- iving instructions to approach the Government of the United States on the subject. The terms suggested in the Madrid dispatches seem calculated to tempt that element In the United States which, realizing the impotence of at- tempting to restrain altogether the popular desire for territorial acquis tion, seeks to confine it within the low- t reasonable limits. The conditions are such -as natural might suggest themselves td the Spanish inclined for peace as a proper for negotiation, although it can- not be expected that they would ini- tially comply with the demands of the United State: HOW VARIOUS FORCES ARE SAID TO BE LOCATED Cubans, Apparently, Will Play an| Important Part in Dealing With Spaniards. OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 23, by the Associated Press dispatch boat to Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 24.— The situation as regards the disposi- tion and location of the American, Sparish and Cuban forces is as fol- low: General Shafter's army of 16,500 men is massed to the eastward of Santiago de Cuba, at Baiquiri and Juragua; General Castillo, with 12,000 men, is at Baiquiri, and Colonel Aguiri, with 200, at Jura These are to be joined by General Garcia with 4000 men. Three thousand of General Garcia's men hold 2000 Spaniards in Holguin, and Gen- with 1000, threatens 2000 In San- tiago there are believed to be 9000 Spanish soldiers with such reinforce- ments as are to be had bv the concen- tration movement in progress. LADEN WITH SUPPLIES FOR THE SPANIARDS British Vessel 'Arrives at Fort de France With a Cargo of Coal and Provisions. Special cable to The Call and the New York Hora 1d. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gor- don Bennett ST. PIERRE, Martinique, June 25.— | The steamer Remembrance, a vessel of Spanish build, but flying the British | flag, with a crew about equally divided between English and Spanish sailors, | arrived at Fort de France yesterday from Cadiz. The Remembrance carries a cargo of coal and provisions con- signed to the Spanish Consul and is trying to obtain permission to supply the Spanish hospitel ship Alicante. ‘When the Remembrance left the Cadiz fleet there was coaling. i AT v e Slow Sailing Through Suez. SAN DIEGO June 25.—According to James Schmid of this city, who has epent a portion of his life in proximity to the Suez Canal, it will take a fleet like that of Admiral Camara a week !'to make the distance between Port Said and Suez. Schmid mentions where battleships went through the canal some time ago. He says that their guns, coal, etc.. had to be re- moved and placed on lighters, but aside from the delay thus caused there was no trouble. a . case element | A nrt;kuramo 1§ e o (o TRoN A 4’@’? Po,.'V r&%\ I} 154 o [4 6o et SEA MILES Soundings.in Fathoms BLOCKADE RUNNERS ROUTES OF THE BLOCKADE. EXTENSION This chart shows the coasts of Cuba and adjacent islands and the routes by which the Spaniards have been running arms and supplies from Jamaica into Cuban ports, with the patrol Sampson to stop them. The naval operations off the coast of Santinzo line set by Admiral convoy of Genernl Shafter's army thither have kept the vessels of Ad- miral Sampwson’s fleet quite busy for the past three weeks, but now that they have reached such an advanced stage as to admit it, he has detached a part of his fleet on a service of great importance, which for the time had to be neglected. The original plan of the blockade of Cuba contemplated covering the several ports nst and west of Havana on the north, and Cienfue- ®os on the south, all of which were connected with the capital by rail, and throwing a patrol along the southwest coast to keep off such vessels as tried to run in at other points near Havana. Cervera's en- tering the harbor of Santiago with hix fleet shifted the scene of most active operations from the western to the eastern end of the island, and the larger part of the vessels at Admiral Sampson's disposal have been for some time past there engaged. Taking advantage of this, the Spaniards have been rushing sup- plies into Manzanillo, Santa Cruz—the southern port of Puerto Prin- cipe—Tri nd in Santa Clara, and Batabano, in Havana Province, thirty-five miles from the city, and connected with it as well as with Matanzas, Cardenas and Cienfuegos by railroad. tary supplies of all kinds have been taken in to General large quantities by this latter route. Provisions and mili- Blanco in These have mostly gone by way of the Isle of Pines, fifty miles south of Batabano, though some lght draught vessels have made their way directly from Jamaica ports to Batabano by way of Rosario Channel. The waters between the Cuban coast and the Isle of Pines from just west of Clenfuegos to the south of Pinar del Rio are quite shallow and full of numberless small islands or cayos, and banks nnd reefs which make navigation sible for the larger ones. difficult for even the smaller vessels, and impos- These must transfer their cargoes to the wmaller craft, which ean thread the narrow and intricate channels he- tween the cayos and banks. The western end of the Isle of Pines of- fers peculiar facilities for thix business, which fact made this island for a long time a great resort for the pirates and buccaneers who in- fested the West Indian waters. very deep right up to the shore, and Off the southwest coast the water is off Cape Francis the depth changes within the distance of a mile from hundreds of fathoms to a half score of feet. Here, under the bluff the seagoing vessels meet a fleet of small craft and in the course of a few hours a large and valua- ble cargo is transterred and well on the way to Havana, safe trom pur- suit of any American warship that might happen along. Admiral Sampson’s plan is to have four or more swift vessels pa- trol the waters between Cape Cruz and Cape Francis, cutting across the routes of the blockade runners several times each day and manlke ing their business an extremely hazardous one, if not stopping it alto- gether. Kingston, Jamalca, has for a time been to the Spantards in Cuba what Nassau in the Bahamas was tothe South during the civil war, but this will soon be ended now. TRIED T0 RUN THE BLOCKADE Capture of a Vessel That Left Havana. CAUGHT BY THE VICKSBURG REFUGEES WILLING TO TAKE DESPERATE CHANCES. f Preferred Being Taken Prisoners by Americans to Facing the Hor- rors at the Cubar Capital. Epectal Dispatch to The Call. KEY WEST, Fla.,, June 25.—A two- masted vessel, the Amapala, of Tru- jillo, Honduras, was brought in here this morning flying the Awerican flag and In charge of Ensign Zeen of the Vicksburg. She was captured yester- day _afternoon at sunset while leaving Havana and attempting to run the blockade. She was quicklv overhauled and the Vicksburg found over thirty women and children and a number of wen ou board. crew and passengers. There was no sickness on board Amapala, but she | iy ioans a, s detained at quar- The Amapala belonged to Montesino Monteres or Truj]I}iml.}-;l;;EE duras. Her crew numbers eleven men besides the captain, but almost all on bo;[rdBwere refugees. - Base, a French citizen, wi years ago was a leading el;gh?;;: broker in Havana, chartered the ves- sel and got together over forty people eager to embrace any chance to escape from Havana. He was in charge of the expedition, which was made f all nationalities, including ey g panish French, Venezuelans, i sl Cubans and They fully expected to - tured, but felt'that any risk wl;i i:‘g- fe;a}.ibleAto starvation. e Amapala came out of H; and offered no resistance. All :t"i‘l’:: captives are confident of release, Hardly any provisions were on board at the time of the capture, and no cargo | of contraband articles was f the vessel may not be held. 0;1;1;:, ;ln: senges report everything quiet at Ha- vana, which looks like a deserted city, since business and traffic are at n' standstill. . The banking firms of H. Upton Co., J. Burges & Co., Vareisco, %ue: : Co. and N. Golats & Co. are the only ones doing any business. All other firms are either closing up or dragging on, waiting for the end of the war, and have discharged all employes. Starvation stares the lower classes in the face. The well to do have laid in three months’ stores. After they are exhausted distress will be general, as there is no further source of supply. The stories regarding the relief through southern ports are denfed. Nothing has gone into Havana for over a month, and the situation, conse- quently, is very grave. Murder and rob- Yery are of daily occurrence in Havana, prompted in every case by want and nunger. | $20 everywhere. de Cubn and the | ADVERTISEMENTS. DO YOURSELF A GOOD TURN! dresser of good taste. Ml Every man owes it to himself to do the best he can for himself. Now, you want to do yourself a sood turn, as thousands have done be- fore you, and take ad- vantage of our unload- ing of our finest Spring' and Summer stock of Suits and QOvercoats— goods that have sold from. $20 down to $15, which: we have now placed im our big corner window: and will be yours at $11.00 Every year we clean: up, but most times in July. This year we’re doing the clean-up work in June, and the styles: we have shown up this season have won many! new friends for our Men’s Suit and Overcoat: Department. They have been the peers of any- thing we have ever showrn. The tailoring, the colorings, the trimmings, commend themselves to every these are now yours at AR ERRRRERS i You knou - Saturday was a day of levee at our housé, and we pride ourselves upon having some of the cleverest dressers in town gdetting some of those very pretty silk-faced blue and black Cheviot Sui Very swell, nothing sweller in America at any price, and, y what they are ? . They’re always $20, now 999999998 LS S8 RALRE One of the nobbiest little Top Coats that yow have ever laid your eyes: upon—a natty affair lined throughout with silk, in several shades of tary O e i SEE *EM ‘_ i w i n OUR BIG = ¥ CORNER WINDO w. T 5B BN EEEEEEN THE FRISCO BOYS, 9, 11, 13, 15 KEARNY STREET. 1 K Speclal cable to The Call and the New Yor! P erald. Copyrighted, 1838, by James Gor- ‘don Bennett. KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25.—Mor- ro Castle, the most formidable defense about Santiago harbor, Is reported on excellent authority to have been aban- doned by the Spaniards. If this be true | it will be the simplest task for Admiral | Sampson, with such vessels in his fleet as he deems necessary for the work, to enter the harbor, attack Admiral Cer- vera’s fleet and assist General Shafter in capturing or destroying the cit of Santiago. Admiral Sampson has been ready for a week to smash this last remaining fortification at the entrance to the har- bor. It was his intention to have made the atiack last Saturday, after he had verified the Information from shore that Lieutenant Hobson and his fellw heroes of the Merrimac were no longer coniied in the ancient and picturesque stfl" °§X§‘ Spaniards have desertid the castie the American fleet wili likely have hitle shooting to do until it gets within range of Cervera's ships. The officers in the American fleet have been intensely indignant over the course of the Spaniards in imprisoning Lieutenant Hobson: and his men in Morro. They suspected this was done MORRO FORT ESERTED BY THE ENEMY solely for the purpose of deterring the Americans from assaulting the castle. The Spariards apparently were com- pletely unnerved by the terrible de- struction done bv the dynamite guns of tha Vesuvius about the fortifications across the harbor from Morro, and used Hobson and his men as a shield as long as they could with safety to them- selves. It -~~ been known to Admiral Samp- | son for nearly a week that the Spanish gunners have not dared to sleep in Morro at night. They have been aban- doning their guns at sunset, returning to the fortification early in the morn- ing. Neither Admiral Sampson ndr any of his officers expected the Spaniards to desert Morro entirely. It it has been abandoned it looks as if the ene- my intended to mass all its guns and men in Santiago citv where one last desperate stand against American and Cuban forces will be made. r———————— GOVERNOR M’CORD TO TAKE THE FIELD Arizona’s Executive Commissioned Colonel and Authorized to Raise a Regiment. PHOENIX, June 25.—Governor Me- Cord was gratified to receive late this afternoon notification from the War; Department at Washington that he is{ to raise a regiment of infantry from Arizona under the second call for; troops. The National Guard of the Ter- | ritory, 600 strong, will be given an op- portunity to volunteer and fully 700 ad- ditivnal volunteers have already been recruited. Whipple Barracks will be the place of rendezvous. Governor Me- Cord has been notified that he has been tendered the commission of colonel of this regimenit. He has accepted. AMMUNITION AND FOOD VERY SCARCE Bread Will Soon Be Unobtainable at ' the Blockaded City of Havana. CHICAGO, June 25.—J. A. Vargos, the former Mexican Consul in this city, is the reciplent of a significant letter from Havana. The writer is a relative of Mr. Vargos and an officer in the Span- ish army connected “with the judicial branch of the service. The communica- tion contains the assertion that the Spanish have not more than 140 rounds for each cannon in and around Ha- vana. Bread in that city, according to the writer, has risen to three times its price, and soon threatens to be un= obtainable. All other food is scarce. THINK SPANIARDS WILL MAKE A SORTIE| § Naval Officers Say the Dons Will | Make Some Sort of a Show at Havana. / KEY WEST, June 25.—Officers on the blockading vessels on the north coast of Cuba infer from movements of small Spanish vessels in the harbor of Ha- vana that the Spaniards contemplate o sortie with the best fleet they can get together within a day or two.