The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1898, Page 1

The Call — 66 —NO VOLUME LXXXIV SAN FRANCISCO; FRIDAY, AUGUST b5, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. SPAIN WILL ACCEPT THE 'UNITED STATES’ TERMS gooooooooaoooooooo o TEN VESSELS DESTROYED AT MANZANILLO Among the Ships Sunk Was the Noted Blockade-Run- ner, Purisima Con- cepcion. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4— © The Navy Department has recelved the full reports of the navaloperations against SO000C0000000 000 Manzanilloon July 18. They show that much more dam- age was done than is gener- ally understood. The: re- ports specify that no less than ten Spanish vessels were burned. sunk or de- stroyed. The Iist as given Is as follows: Gun vessels Maria Ponton, Delgado Per- ado, Jose Garcla and Cuba Espanola, burned: transport Gloria and merchant steam- er, Purisima Concepcion, sunk; Estrella, Guantana- mo, Guardian and Sentinel Delgado, destroyed. The American ships en- Wampatuck and Osceola, with Commander C. C. Todd of the Wilmington in com- mand. The reports show that no damage was done how..the engine: aboard of the cr: Robert Forsytt commanded The boat is engines so-powerful, engine at the dock; He supérintes: e boat fiOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOO000000000000000000000000 from 7:30 to 10:30 A. M: FIRST DASH OF The Terrible Torpedo-Boat Destroyer;, Turped Out: by the Union Iron Works’df this City, Was Given a Successful Preliminary Trial Trip Aroun ht—only an eighth-of an inch in thickn 1 not safe e trial of the machine S \THEN &fieré,r;dtheln\fif:::flg&;:‘ersg&r} HE torpedo-boat destroyer Firragut made a dash around the bay yester- | A ~ tice of throngs of people along the water front. | na, Scorpion, Hist, Hornet, The performance of the hoat was simply an englneer's trial, to observe | ¢ connecttons worked. Among the builders sident of the Union Iron. Works; Captain, Minor Goodall pr and others. ess of hull—and the revolutions of the to allow many cided to put e \Amirican ships _and g% the: boat In the everal turns around the lower bay from the there were no casualtles. ce works to H ragut was headed ‘for San Pablo Bay, while The: engagement lasted steam was No effort ‘was made to ‘develop a high | 8 i = 2 ST POWERFUL FARRAGUT the Bay Yesterday. rate of speed, but the velocity attained under the pressure used was sufficient to convince the builders that the contract requirement of thirty knots an hour will be fulfilled when the official trial is made. A trial of speed will not be made in the Santa Barbara charinel, but the course in the bay over which the gunboats Marietta and Wheeling were speed- ed will be followed. When a full pressure of steam is on the Farragut will run the distance-of a measured mile In the lower bay near Hunters Point. The number of revolutions in making that mile will' be noted,. and then the boat will be run to Benicia and above that point, and the record kept of the revolutions ‘made in an hour. B Speaking of the Farragut yvesterday, Henry T. Scott did not express. the slightest doubt of ‘the. boat's abllity to make thirty knots an hour. “If she does not,” remarked Mr. Scott, ‘‘there will be a fine pleasure boat in the bay.” RHRBRRIRRK AN RN ARG NN R AR AR AR RLEARRUBRELRRIRIBERY The Spanish gun vessels destroyed were mostly small ships. The Purisima Concepcion Is a blockade- o runner that the navy has o been after for a long time. C0000000000C00000 PORTO RICAN CATHOLICS WELCOME AMERICANS Aug. 3 (by Call- | t. Thomas, D. | who de- don Benmett. .| 'PONCE, Porta Rico, Aug. 3—By The | | Call-Herald © dispatch-boat to . St.| Thomas, D: W. L, Aug. 4—Major Gen- eral Miles, having received information )00000OOOOOOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC C00CNHO0OD0D Special edble to' The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1888, by James Gor- emorial ser- ned for the Her- the attitude of.the | to San Juan had-been mined by the [ Spaniards, has formed practically a new plan for the Porto.Rican camer paign. In accordance with this new | plan General Stone, with some of the Wisconsin troops, is pressing rapidly toward Arecibo on the northern coast of the istand, and General Brooke, Who has arrived with General Harris and 1200 men, will ‘advance- toward - San Juan from Arroyo. By this plan Gen- eral Miles will avoid risking the lives of the American troops through the ex- plosion ‘of mines along the military unicate with | roaq and the use of explosives which Awalt his wishes. | the Spaniards have hidden’ In the " F ‘an.| bushes along the way. At the same ey always sh > 3 | time.he_will foil a considerable body ve determined to become | of Spanish troops in the town of Al- < ‘“1 kit | bonito, where .the enemy is.understood co as other than irretrievably lost to |-20Ce. Z Spain. The unsafe portfon of the military | road, by the reports brought to Gen- R d ST VESSELS TEMPTING | eral Miles; lles between Juan Diaz and , Albonito. - General Stone, after occu- THE ENEMY’S. FIRE | pying Adjuntas to the north.of Ponce, —_— |'has taken Company C, Second Wiscon- Bpeclal cable to The Call and the New sin Regiment, as far north. as Utuado, Herald Copyrighted, 153, by Jame fifteen miles beyond Adjuntas. . This OFF FAJARDO, Porto Rico, Aug. 3, | road is not adapted to the transporta- by The Call-Herald dispatch-boat Som- tion of artillery and wagons, .but cav- érs-N. Smith to St. Thomas, D. W. L, alry and infantry will have no diffi- culty in advancing by this route to ‘Aug. 4—The Puritan, Amphitrite and ]S4t : Montgomery, with the transports, on | f“g‘“’o' rf?lmd;"ri“‘:h 7(‘1""““;“3 ’:)‘"’g:fi Which 1s Troop A of the Fifth Cavalry, | $00 & o0 roaty axwn i are_anchored off Obispo Inlet within |Juan- ~The artlllery and wagons w two iniles of the Spanish battery. The| DS Sent by transports fo Arecibo, and Spanish £unners hove a. clear. range] it Will be a simple matter’ to take u e o vesets, which nase | them ‘with the army toward San Juan. ing the er;;‘}ny"s fire in nr': ‘While the Spanish . capital is being 't the exact location of the threatened from th west by. the ad- Ttigy thought not to be for- | Yance of General Stone’s troops, the Members: of Troop A. ex- troops under General Brooke and Gen- find other troops Rere, but | eral Harris- will ‘be moving from Ar- : eI ith Cartil. | Toyo to Cayey, where.they will seize 4 the military road beyond the danger points, and from which place the Americans can advance rapidly upon San Juan. The Spanish troops’ who are prepar- ing to resist the Americans at Aibo- nito, unless they make a forced march from -that place toward San Juan, are likely to find themselves beset by the American troops on both sides. The Americans who landed at Ponce are steadily pushing -forward, and their outposts now are twenty miles beyond this city: ‘No large forces.of Spaniards have been encountered and the Stars and Stripes are wavine over all the ds nor liars do not deny ish sub- s due to the church to ot to mingle in inter- th all our hes ns. Your constit igions. W on of our chur hop of Porto Rico is now absent - Vicar-General of 1 of the c = no longer look to him siastical head, and as s th : residents of Fajardo, out 3000 persons, have fled The town is one and land. PART OF GRANT'S BRIGADE DEPARTS , Va., Aug. 4—A s brigade is on The transport NEWPORT part of Ger the way to Porto Rico. Hudson sailed at daybreak thfs morn- neighboring towns. .Our troops are be- ing with Third Battalion and half | ing welcomed everywhere with enthu- of the Second Battalion of the Fourth | Siasm. The importzat town of Coamo Kentucky Re nent. The only troops | 15 still unoccupied by the American that embarked to-day were Batteries| troops. At dusk on Monday a recon- noitering party under Lieutenant Fin- nerty advanced to the suburbs. Think- ing there was no considerable force near they at once opened fire upon the volunteer picket which was inoffensive- 1y observing the approacl of the sol- diers. The volunteers immediately fled from the town without returning the fire of the Americans. Our soldiers numbered less than twenty. Believing themselves opposed by a strong Span- ish force they retired and retraced their way to Juan Diaz. I went six miles beyond our picket lines to-day, which are now a mile beyond Juan Diaz. From where I stopped I could see the picturesque village of Coamo nestling among the hills. I met several of the citizens, who showed an exceedingly friendly disposition toward the Ameri- can people. They said they were anx- A and C, Pennsylvania Artill \ a 3 Ylvania ery, and Governor's and_ Sheridan’s {mops Pennsylvania Cavalry, which Wfinl’ dboard the Manitoba. s understood this vessel will not : i e port until WHEN MILES MAY REACH SAN JUAN WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—It is bhe- Heved that at the rate of progress General Miles is reported to have been making in his march across the island the general will be at the doors of San Juan by the end of next weck. No very desperate defense of Porto Rico’s capltal is expected. It leav | that the fine military road from Ponce | DODGES DYNAMITE MINES PLACED IN MILITARY RO@AD .the landing. ifous that American troops should enter thé town. 3 BROOKE’S ADVANCE e CANNOT BE CHECKED Spectal cable to The Call and the New.York 1. Copyrighted, 189, by-James Gor- 3 nnett ARROYO, PORTO RICO, Aug. 3, by The Call-Herald dispatch boat Min- dora to St: Thomas, D. W. I, Aug. 4.—. ‘With sharpnell from the St. Louls and Cincinnati bursting on the hills back of Guayama Bay the American troops under- command of General Brooke are being landed. here.. While the‘Spanish troops were being kept away from shore by this fire, Colonel Haines with the Fourth Pennsylvania, Fourth Ohio and, Third Illinois, has been landing through the surf. General Brooké went ashore early. from the -St. Louls. The village of Arroyo was turned over to him by Liéutenant Commander Walinwright of the Gloucester, to whom :ihe village had surrendered on Mon- ay. Lieutenant Woods and fifty marines | from the. Gloucester have been holding the’ village since its surrender.” A de- tachment of mounted Spaniards in an effort to. régain possession of the vil- lage made an attack on Monday night. After a sharp ckirmish the Spaniards were repulsed without loss to the Americans. - z Sk The members of the Third Ilinois were landed yesterday, being covered by the fire of the Gloucester. "Against this increased American force the Spaniards made a second attack to- day and were again repulsed, .and.fif- teen of their soldiers were taken pris- oners. The work of landing the American troops: is still under way to-night, searchlights ‘When all of the troops have been sent ashore, General Brooke to-morrow will advance against Guayama, while the -St. Louis and Cincinnati will. pour a hot fire of shrapnel in the direction of tle place. It is expected the Spaniards will make a desperate resistance. It is understood they have a considerable force- in-the hills between here and Guayama, and the garrison in the town is reported to number 1500 men. This evident determination - of the enemy to resist the American advance |- at this point is due to the stratégic im- portance. of - Guayama to General Brooke. He will advince from Guay- ama to the San Juan military road, and thus be able to either frighten the strong Spanish forcé from Albonito or else will put them in a pocket. This brilliant stroke was devised by Gen- eral Miles. ——— WADE’S DEPARTURE HAS BEEN POSTPONED NEW YORK, Aug. 4-—A Washington special to the Herald says: ‘“According to the present undeérstanding there will be a suspension for the present of the proposed expedition to Porto Rico un- der command of Major General Wade.” This statement was made to me by an official at the War Department to- day. General Corbin denied that such an order had been issued In writing. One reason given me was that the re- moval of the sick from Santiago was the first object now. Another reason stated was: that the peace negotiaticns might render unnecessary 4a second Porto Rican exepdition. At the Adjutant General's office it was stated the expedition wouid era- bark as fast as there were transports | to take the men. This means, under AGUINALDO COWED BY THE FIRMNESS - OF GEN. MERRITT Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, By James Gordon Hennett. - "CAVITE, July 30, via Hongkong, Aug. 4.—It is believed that the course that is being followed by General Merritt, commander of the American military forces here, will avert the threatened trouble with the insurgents. He is taking a very firm attitude toward the rebels, with the result that there is a very material change in the situation. Aguinaldo, the rebél leader, is dismounting from his high horse, and instead of acting, as he did for a time, as though he was master of the situation; he now is adopting a far more SUCH THE BELIEF OF 'McKINLEY But if Spaniards Learn the True Fever Conditions It May Cause a Delay in Peace. NEW YORK, Aug. 4—The Washington ‘correspondent of the Herald sends the following: President McKinley is now waiting for Spain’s final acceptance of the terms laid down by the United States as the basis on which peace negotiations are to be conducted. Spain not only knows the terms on which the United States will conclude peace, but she now knows, as the result of the con- ference of Embassador Cambon with President McKinley yester- day, that those terms will not be changed and that she can do one of two things—either accept them in their entirety and bring hos- tilities to an end, or reject them and let the war go on. The President is convinced that one result of his latest con- ference with Embassador Cambon is that Spain will accept. He believes that the Spanish Government has had enough fighting, and realizes if the war is continued that the conditions will be much harder in the end. There is only one thing about which the authorities are un- easy. They are afraid that if the-Spanish Government leasns thé truth about the deplorable condition of Major General Shafter’s army at Santiago Sagasta and his associates may be encouraged to continue the war, relying on the climate and fevers of the West Indies to prove more efficient in defeating the armies of the United States-than are the Spanish soldiers. For this reason the War Department has instituted a strict censorship on all cable- grams going to Europe-in which any reference to the health con- ditions in American camps in Cuba is made. It may be impossi- - ble, however, to keep the information from Spain, as foreign em- bassies and legations here have doubtless informed their Govern- ments of the situation, and the truth may leak from’ some other European capital to Madrid. president of Congress, will give their opinions, besides others. A statement made in the Paris Temps that the Queen had sent a letter to SPAIN CANNOT GET being used’ to facilitate | the present conditions, practically an indefinite postponement. conciliatory attitude. He doesn’t talk in such a grandiose man- ner of what the Filipinos intend to do when Manila has fallen. On the contrary, he has asked permission of General Mer- ritt to. march Filipin troops through the city after the Ameri- * cans have captured it. He also suggested to General Merritt the formation of native regiments to be commanded by Amer- ican officers. : It is very evident that a great light has dawned on Agui- naldo and that he realizes the futility of opposing the wishes of the Americans. His suggestion regarding the placing of American officers in-command of native regiments is well un- " derstood to be prompted by his desire to avoid disarmament of his followers, a course that was sure to have followed had the - threatening attitude of ‘the rebels toward the Americans been * maintained. The Astor battery of artillery,” which arrived here on the steamer Newport, is now in position before Malate, a short dis- tance from Manila. THhe battery is occupying trenches from which. the insurgents were-withdrawn. It is supported by a battalion of the Third Artillery, acting as infantry. The bat- tery is within a thousand yards of the Spanish lines. i Fathers Doherty and M¢Kinnon went to Manila to-day under, a flag of truce to see the Archbishop for the purpose of impressing on him the futility of further resistance on the part of the defenders of the eity. The Archbishop wields great in- fluence, but it is not known that he can be prevailed upon to ing of the city by assault. “sion. . use it to prevent the slaughter that will surely attend the tak- At the time of the sending of this dispatch the American priests. had not returned from their mis- OPERATIONS AGAINST : PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS MADRID, Aug. 4—Official reports from Tloilo, brought up to July 15, show that the operations against the insur- gents in Visayas had been vigorously pushed; that there had been several skirmishes with bands in the Camarines Province, the.insurgents being beaten, and that the insurrection in the north- ern provinces had been suppressed. According to the same report a Brit- ish steamer, loaded with natives and a cargo of arms, was coasting along the Visayas shores, but the inhabi- tants of the eastern towns opposed a landing of munitions. A Ll S TROOP TRANSPORTS HAVE GONE AGROUND PONCE, Aug. 3, via St. Thomas, Aug. 3 (delayed in transmission).—The trans- port Massachusetts having on board Troops A and C of the New York Cav- alry, the Philadelphia Troop, the Sixth Cavalry and the Eighth Infantry, is aground here. Wwhich bee: The transport Roumanian, went aground at Guanica, n floated, and the four batteries of artil- lery have disembarked. EVACUATED BY THE SPANISH TROOPS MADRID, Aug. 4—It is announced from Havana that the town of Gibara, on the north coast of Santiago de Cuba province, has been evacuated by the Spanish troops and that the rebels on entering killed eighteen volunteers. General Arolas, Military Governor of Havana, has asked the local news- papers to take up the question of the best way to distribute available food supplies in the city. General Blanco has decreed a suspension of the sit- tings of the Insular Chamber. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—There is a confldent belief among the administra- tion officials that the Spanish Govern- ment will accept the terms laid down by the President and the delay of a day or two in recognizing the inevitable is to be accounted for by reason of Span- ish internal politics, which would not countenance an unresisting submission without at least a display of a purpose to improve the terms. This, however, cannot be accomplished and the French Embassador, who is well aware of the fact, unquestionably has so informed the Spanish Government, though that Government has preserved its record in good form to meet criticism of its po- litical opponents by submitting the counter proposition presented vesterday by M. Cambon to the President. PUBLICITY IS NOT RELISHED IN SPAIN Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, .1598, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, Aug. 4—The most rigor- ous censorship ever seen here is placed upon everything concerning peace ne- gotiations. Ministers observe a mys- terious attitude and sphinxlike silence. You can therefore easily imagine the feelings excited in official circles by the telegram from Washington to the ef- fect that President McKinley has ta- ken the entire American people into his confidence regarding the terms of peace. The ill effect here is little con- cealed. The Ministerial organ, El Lib- eral, in an article evidently inspired, says under the heading “American In- discretion”: “The governors of North America understand and conduct in a plebelan manner the art of politics and the resources of diplomacy. For them professional reserve and absolute si- lence upon which depend the salvation of a nation are ridiculous antiquities, admissible only for the people of Eu- rope. In our opinionm, it is much bet- ter to stop giving information to the press and give no information or note of any kind to the vuigar.” The Heraldo, however, takes the mat- ter on much broader lines. It says: “The American Government proposes to discuss the terms of peace in the full light of day, consulting the opinions of notable men of the country and prin- cipal Senators, communicating with the press, fortifying itself with the spirit of the army in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines, and personages of other parties,and does not neced to heed either the general peasants or general public opinion.” The Queen is taking means to con- sult with all important leaders, politi- cal and otherwise, before she takes def- inite action on Président McKinley's propositions. Campos, Roblédo, Sil- l;:la, Montero Rios, president of the nate, and Marques Vera de Arigo, 'BETTER CONDITICNS | President McKinley asking him to deal leniently with Spain is pure fiction. The Minister of War denies the sen- sational story that Colonel Martin has been shot in Porte Rico. All political interest to-day centers in the meeting of leading politicians with the head Government. It is said they are one and all in favor of peace. The consultation between the Pre- mier, the presidents of the chambers and other prominent persons are de- seribed as being of a really national character, with a view of ascertaining the views of all parties. The Govern- ment has not yet entered upon any agreement regar terms for con- cluding the war with the United States. The Cabinet will follow the advice of the party leaders and will leave to the crown the liberty of choosing new ad- visers. All the leaders consulted thus far have observed the strictest reserve, with the exception of Senor Romero y Robledo, the leader of the Weylerite party, who declares himself in favor of continuing the war. An official dispatch from San Juan de Porto Rico says: “Most of the vol- unteers are in a disorganized condition and are abandoning their arms.” e SAGASTA DESIRES TO PROCEED SLOWLY LONDON, Aug. 5.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Times says: Though peace is regarded as assured it may not be obtained so early as is generally expected. Senor Sagasta objects to be- ing hustled and insists on everything being done in a quiet, orderly and dig- nified manner. He considers it neces- sary to have full and satisfactory ex- planations as to all doubtful points, in order to enable him best to protect the national interests against the aggres- sive tendency of the Washington Cabi- net. He has to examine very minutely the exjgencies of the internal situation and home politics, so as to avoid popu- lar dissatisfaction and political unrest. The Spanish pecple, though sincerely desirous of peace, are disposed to ad- mire this hesitancy and tenacious hoid- ing out till the last, although aware that it implies greater sacrifices. As an illustration of this feeling, while General Toral is blamed for ca- pitulating at Santiago, Captain General Augusti, continuing a hopeless resist- ance at Manila, bids fair to be a popu- lar hero. It wculd be premature to suppose that the political consultations now proceeding foreshadow the resig- nation of the Liberal Cabinet when peace is concluded. The Conservatives have so constantly and loyally sup- ported Sagasta throughout the war that nc factious opposition need be feared from them. The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says: The Government has not yet answere® $he American ncte nor received rresf@ent McKinley’s re- ply to the expianations asked for by Senor Sagasta. The Premier said to. L