The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 17, 1898, Page 3

( THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SHIPS THAT FLY AMERICAN FLAG Report of the Navigation Bureau. STEAM TONNAGE INCREASED CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN A YEAR AGO. Alaskan Trade Has Added Numerous Vessels to the Merchantmen Plying on the Pacific Coast. INVESTIGATORS 60 SOUTHWARD Commission Starts on Tour of the. Camps. |ARE TRAVELING IN LUXURY | GENERAL DODGE HAS A CAR ALL TO HIMSELF. | Other Members and Attaches Equally ‘Well Provided For and They Will All Live Upon the Train. 1 L b S Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Complete returns received by Commissioner Chamberlain of the Navigation Bu-| reau of the Treasury Department show that the dccumented American mer- chant shipping on June 30, 1898, com- prised 22,705 ve 738 gross tons, compa vessels of on th like date in 1897 The decrease of 19, tons is more ap- arent than real, 11,000 tons of this nage in the accounts and 66,7 were sold to the N and War de- partments to carry supplies and and have changed troop herely amounts to ns, compared 8 tons for the sels sold to the > all steam vessels, previous year. Government w the : is greater than the ures indicate. Sailing vessels have de- creased from 1,904,153 tons for 1897 to 1,835,827 tons for 1898. Documented ca- 541,988 7 and barg amount tc ipared with 3 ear. The increase is nal s, which are superseding sail ves- especially in the coal trade. on the Atlantic and Gulf ed from 2,6 6 tons The in- ith 39 tons for 1898, tonnage shows a slight 500 ton: red v The new d the Pacifl 2 York State ret h tonnage rd with 395.- about 6000 in Wi tons tons. Naew a large decrease and an appreclable increase. ed for foreign trade compared 7. These e lowest since 18 1y sailing ve: into dome: the year. Registered s tons to eater efficiencs for the foreign trade decrease in carrying does nu. show = power. The effect of the war is shown in the sale of ei~hty-f 2 s of 35,411 tons to foreigners c 2243 tons the previous vear. The sales were chieflv d.e to high premiums on A aerican vessels and cargoes demand- ed by insurance companies during the brief neriod while mines and torpedoes were being placed in our harbors. The effect of the war is also shown in the admission by ucts of Congress of 27,- sels to American or transport purposes ding eight years only a 824 tons of foreign ves registry. chiefly I during the 5 PRESIDENT M’KINLEY A DOCTOR “F LAW ‘Will Be Invested With the Gown and Hood of the University of Chicago. Oct. 16.—The degree be conferred to-morrow by the Un of on CHICAGO, LL.D. will President McKinley Chicago The P ident and his p: y e entertained at luncheon by Presi- t and Mrs. Harper of the university at their re ence, and afterward, companied by the trustees and fa institution, will proceed Museum, where President Mc v will be created a doctor of law and invested hood pertaining to with the gown and stic rank. Then the President a procession of the university and counselors across t Theater, where other s will take place. students of the university, the the divinity schools, the the fellows ical 1 junior colleg me d o varfous affiliated pre- including the Culver ;, will furnish an escort ho, 1 cape and | who, in hi ard review the ALSTINE BACK WITH | WIFE AND FORTUNE | Reconciliation of the Klondiker and | the Woman He Pursued Across the Ocean. m. VAN NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Back from Europe is Charles Van Alstine with his fugitive “bride of the Kilondike,” and thus a romance of the Yukon resumes its joyous career. With his wife and for- tune recovered, after a chase across the ocean, the miner arrived on the Umbria and he is ready to continue the ‘‘swing around the Sta on which he originally set out with his “pile” made in the Klon- dike. Van Alstine was astonished that the public had heard of his affair “My own affairs are my own bt said he, “and I don’t see how sucl f‘»l out. I never talk about them to any- ody and nobody knows anything about them.” He admitted he had traced his wife to | London and that they were reunited. d this he saild the published e wrong. In the first place, he ghe had not taken his money. It was at one time supposed she had done so, but this supposition proved incogrect. —_— FIRE IN A PANA MINE. Explosion of Gas Starts a Serious Conflagration. PANA, 1IL, Oct. 16.—Fire is burning in the Pana Coal Company's shaft No. L It was started by an explosion of gas at noon yesterday, and so far it has been impossible for = aylan it the company to ex s evening John Hawkins, a negro miner, fatally’ shot Isaac Ross, 2lso col- ored, as the result of a_quarrel. The red in the : where fior’s sought s“fl‘;}?manys office, - Bishops in the Pulpits. BUFFALO, Oct. 16.—Rev. Stephen Ka- minski, Bishop of the Independent Polish Catholic church of Buffalo und rector of the Church of Our Mother of Rosary, has been excommunicated by the Pope of the Roman Catholic church, The decree of Rome was read in all the Roman Catho- lic churches of this city to-day. It is said that the object of the document is to show the seceders from the regular church that the Independent Catholic Palish church does not belong to Rome. have increas- | of steam | ? | ments made by Major Seaman. surgeon < | distinctly that any officer or man in the 16.—The War on left for the WASHINGTON, Oct. | Investigating Commi P e e Y THREATEN TO REOPEN + THE INSURRECTION. + Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett.. HAVANA, Oct. 16.—As I have already cabled last night a serious breach exists between the army and civil authori- ties. Strangely enough, President Masso seems to favor annexa- tion. At least he prefers that to the domination of the military element. He has threatened that the present Insurgent govern- ment will make overtures for an- nexation. Masso has had agents quietly working in Havana for weeks, which fact General Gemez learned about ten days ago. The result is shown in the number of men wearing the uniform of insurgent officers. They de- nounce the Masso government and threaten the American forces with reopening the in- surrection should Masso’s coun- sel prevail. These things are not whispered. On the contrary they |+ are shouted upon the streets and + in cafes, while Spanish officeis |4+ 1look on and laugh. The friends | + ¢ + - + + + + 7 + o + + + L o< + 36 + < e + + + + + - + |+ + + South at 4:30 p. m., going over the| of Gomez are trying to force | Pennsylvania and Atlantic Coast line matters to an immediate issue, roads. The party comprised twenty while Masso’s agents are work- four persons, including the nine Com- ing for delay. The latter believe missioners, their recorder and com- the United States will lend strong missary official, other employes, and a moral influence against Cuban 4 representative of the Assoclated Press. militarism. They point to San- 1t is the expectation of the party to tiago as an illustration. They practically live in its train during the absence from Washington. It is a special furnished the Pennsylvania | Railroad Compa and it has been | | fitted out with the view of rendering; | th comfortable, and at the same | ki sible for its mem- say the people of Santiago now have full confidence in the Amer- jcans and are in favor of annexa- tion. Santiago province has al- ways been a stronghold of the Cuban party, and so they argue that the public sentiment in the ! were in their quarters at| 3 s : Washingion., It consists of a-combiz |-, Weatern - nrovinces will soon nation, and parlor smoker, a Pullman | be overwhelmingly opposed to + dining car, a sleeper composed exclu- Gomez. sively of drawing-rooms for the mem- bers of the commission, a twelve section double drawing-room sleeper, and the private car of General Dodge, chair- man of the commission. The party will be personally conducted, and the! train will be in charge of the Pennsyl- vania Company’s agent throughout the tour. The train will reach Jacksonville about 11:30 o’clock Monday and will re- main there until the party is prepared to move to another point. This course will be followed at each stopping point, the one train being used for the entire trip. UNCLE SAM ABLE TO CARE FOR SICK SOLDIERS | WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The follow- ing letter from the Surgeon General of the army was written in reply to one sent to the President by A. E. Orr, vice chairman of the Red Cross re- lief committee: I have received the copy of your letter to the President. In answer to your ques- tion as to “Why the intervention of the Red Cross_ relief committee should be longer needed, and why the Government does not o it that its own sick are provided for,” 1 would say The emergencies of the nce of the relief as ble, notwithst the' Intention « provide liberally for the diers. But, as you know, w ample and good intentfons supplies cannot s be provided at the proper place and time to meet an emergency. More- over, at the outset of the war the ar- rangements made for providing light diet for the sick, which had proved satisfac- tory in time of peace under the careful management of experienced medical offi- cers, were fnadequate under the cond tions which prevailed In our camps of in- | struction and among troops engaged in T war made the iations most the fact that sovernment active operations. I s reason the presence of Red Cross agents with their | abundance of supplies of delicacies for the sick has been of inestimable value But provision was made by a order published August 10 (G. O. which _surgi in charge of hos, general, division or regimental bled to draw 60 cents per da sick enlisted man of the army in lleu of s regular ration. Up to that time the commutation value of a ration was only 30 cents. The medical department does not supply food for the sick in hospitals. This is obtained from the commissary depart- ment, or by purchase wherever it can be procured. I inclose herewith a list show- ing the articles which can be purchased from the commissary, which list, as vou will see, includes canned soups, tapioca, | crackers, jellies, tea, butter, eic. Milk, | chickens'and eggs, fresh vegetables, etc. | are purchased wherever they can be ob- tained. T medical department furnishes a few articles under the head of ‘Hospi- tal Stores,” Including condensed miik, sugar and tea, but no other food supplies are furnished by the medical department or can be properly paid for from the med- ical and hospital appropriation. Of course, if the commissary department fails to provide these supplies, and they cannot be purchased in the vicinity of the camp or hospltal, the difficulty ~of providing proper food for the sick be very great and under sueh cf s the sup- | plies of relief assoclations have been most welcome. But the amount now allow v able diet for the sick, and when there is any failure to provide this, it is faflure in administratfon by those immediately in charge and not a failure of the Govern- ment to provide the necessary means, You will no doubt agree with me that 60 cents a day for the raw material from which to prepare a proper diei\ for the sick is a most liberal provision. The ex- serfence of medical officers shows that it ‘}s not only ample but excessive, and that for sick men, living for the most part upon milk, weak soups and farinaceous | food, this amount is much in excess of any reasonable requirement. Under these circumstances, I think that those patriotic and liberal citizens who | have contributed so freely of their money and time to aid in the care of our sick | soldiers may now leave the matter in the hands of the Government without any apprehension as to the result. ALGER WILL PROTECT ALL THE WITNESSES WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—Secretary Alger was asked to-night if it was the | purpose of the War Department to take | any official action concerning the state- | of the First Volunteer Engineers. | “Not at all,” replied the Secretary. “Not at all. I want it to be understood army may speak freely and unreserved- | 1y concerning his observations of the war without the slightest fear of pos- sible consequences. While I am Sec- retary of War no man shall be the suf- ferer for speaking what he believes to be the truth. Above all, the witnesses who appear before the War Investiza- tion Commission shall be protected to the fullest extent. The commission and the country want the facts and no ob- stacle shall be placed in the way of getting them. We are all Interested in having the clearest light thrown upon the conduct of the war and the gtanding or promotion of no enlisted men nor comanding officer shall be affected in the slightest way by any testimony or other assistance he may give the com- mission. We mean to keep absolute faith with the commission and with the | witnesses. I cannot be more explicit than that. GENERAL ‘ORDERS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF TROOPS CAMP 'MEADBE, Middletown, Pa., | barracks formerly occupied by Oct. 18,—Major von Schrader, assistant P S RS P S P TR R R chief quartermaster of the Second | Corps, has been ordered to Philadelphia | by Major General Graham to aid the | peace jubilee commission in arranging | for the care of the troops to be sent | from Camp Meade. General Graham | has directed the three division comman- | ders to select a battalion from each | reziment in their command to take part | in the jubilee procession, in addition to the Eighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and | Fifteenth Pennsylvania Regiments. The | since their arrival, but were not deliv- | Ninth Ohio (colored) Battalion and the | ered until yesterday. | signal and engineer corps companies have also been ordered to Philadelphia | begun work upon the plans for the ex- | to participate in the festivities. General Graham has ordered Young to proceed to Augusta; General |be got ready. They General | and Davis to Greenvlile, S. C.; General Ran- | push the work actively. Otis to Summerville, 8. C.; | dall to Athens, Ga., and Colonel Kirby | 0 the Fourth Missouri to Spartans- |dirtier than he anticipated. He says it to establish camps for the will be necessary burg, S. C., commands designated by the War De- | streets and lay These offl- | ers. | partment in recent orders. cers will start from here to-morrow | with three members of their staff and ease when the streets were opened re- | will return in time to accompany the | cently to lay water pipes. provisional division to Philadelphia. Chief Quartermaster been ordered to Augusta corps headquarters. General Graham has been directed by | recently returned here, anticipating an Secretary Alger not to begin the move- | early resumption of business, are going ment south until hospitals have been | abroad again to wait until affairs are | established in the proposed camps, and | settled in Cuba, as they do not dare to | there is no danger of an outbreak of embark in business ventures or risk a This order was received | cent in the present unsatisfactory and indefinite condition of political affairs | yellow fever. to-day, and General Graham immedi- | ately suspended preparations for the | movement, October 27. will not be sent South until cold weather sets in; that by the last of the | troops will hardly get away from here before the middle of November. Special orders were issued to-day | granting an honorable discharge to Ma- jor Jackson, chief surzeon at the Sec- ond Division Hospital. and_detaling Ma- jor Joseph K. Weaver of Norristown as his successor. the University Medical College, Kan- sas City. Two hospital cars filled with sick sol- diers were sent awav this afternoon. The invalids were taken to Philadelphia hospitals, which are now over 700 sick of the Second Corps. - 'THE FORTY-SEVENTH LANDS AT SAN JUAN WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The follow- |ing dispatch was recetved at the War Department this evening: ! SAN JUAN, Oct. 16.—Adjutant General, Washington: The Forty-seventh New York arrived at San Juan GB. m. EDDY, Colgnel. It is presumed by the War Vgpart- | ment officials, inasmuch as nothing is sald to the contrary, that the regiment | was permitted to land at San Juan. It | was feared that cbjection might be rajsed by the Spanish officials to the | landing of the regiment at San Juan | before formal possession was acceded | to the American forces on the 18th inst. The Forty-seventh New York has | th2 honor of being the first American | organization to enter the capital of Porto Rico. General Brooke, chairman of the Porto Rican Evacuation Cémmission | and in command of the American troops on the island, is making arrangements for the accommodation of the American forces to be stationed at San Juan. Tge the Spanish soldiers were found to be to- tally unfit for occupation by United States troops. General Brooke is hav- ing them remodeled, adding officers” quarters and otherwise placing them in a habitable condition. MUST ERADICATE THE YELLOW FEVER LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 16.—Orders were recefved at Camp Hamilton to- day instructing that no regiment be sent until the yellow fever is entirgly eradicated. This is thought to be fav- orable for a permanent camp at this city. Lieutenant Colonel Withrow. Tenth Immunes, received advices from Washington to-day that the sensational charges brought against him had been found to be groundless. BABES WITNESS A SUICIDE. Omaha Woman Ends Her Life in the Presence of Her Children. OMAHA, Oct. 16.—Mrs. Hattie Steele, wife of Willilam F. Steele, committed sui- cide under the most distressing conditions a* her home here to-night. Her husband had called to arrange final details for their permanent separation. While they were discussing the future of the children, Mrs. Steele suddenly arose and in the resence of her husband and two little oys, placed a pistol to her head and fired. Tihe bullet was extracted, but the sur- geons say there 1s no possible hope of her Tecovery. Fifth Illinois Mustered Out. SPRINGFIELD, IlL, Oct. 16.—The Fifth Illinois Volunteers were mustered out of the service to-day by Captain Wain- wright of the First ‘f;l(ted States Cav- alry and pald off by Major Gillom. Lieu- tenant Colonel Wells was presented with a sword by the regiment. R R R R R R R R R Rtk o o ks 0.4 which was to have begun | He says the Second Corps | Major Jackson has re- | signed to accept the chair of surgery in| caring for | 4| and Lieutenant 4 | crossing the island five times, covering 4 | insurgent camp in 4 | that the men in the camps are efficient, 4 | well disciplined and officered by men of | 4 | a high order of intelligence and educa- + | tion. 4 | gled and suffered for three long years 4 | for their fdeal of freedom, resistance is 4 | to be feared to any solution of the prob- 4 | lem not having for its basis independ- + | ence. | 4 report to the surgeon general insisting 4 |on the immediate establishment of an General | Guanabacca, which will be the first to | Howard has | water supply. to establsh | continue at a standstill. | | | | | | | { Mrs. Bessle Hamilton Morgan Belmont, INDEPENDENCE THEIR DEMAND Cuban Soldiers to Op- pose Other Solutions. | [CIOXOYOJOJOJOJOXOXCIOXOXOXOYOYOXOXO) FOUGHT LONG FOR FREEDOM THREE YEARS THEY STRUG- GLED AND SUFFERED. At Last the Plan of Every Fortifica- | tion on the Island Has Been Turned Over to American Commissioners. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. HAVANA (via Key West), Oct. 16.— | That the condition of the Cubans is not | so desperate or black as is painted, out- | side the fact that they are short of ra-| ticns, is confirmed by Colonel Rowan Parker, who, after| one hundred miles and visiting every the island, report From these men, who have strug- Drs. Lane and O'Rellly have made a | | American fever hospital here. The ex- isting hospitals do not isolate yellow | fever patients, and the result is that if a person suffering from ancther com- plaint is removed to the hospital he runs the risk of contracting the fever. This was the case with Stenographer Dalbey of the American Evacuation Commission, who Is suffering from ma- larial fever. His next-door neighbor is ill with a fever of a different character. Colonel Clous has received a plan of every fortification on the island, each one signed personally by General Blanco. These plans had been re-| quested by our commissioners ever | The transportation commission has tension of the railroad to the camp at have asked for bids laborers are being employed to| Colonel Waring has found Havana tc tear open the drainage pipes and sew- He sees no reason to fear an epi- demic, as there was no spread of dis- He is satis- fled with the excellence of Havana's Industry and commerce Many planters and merchants who on the island. In the meantime the country dally grows poorer. The sugar and tobacco crops are unsown. ALL IS QUIET AT VIRDEN. Troops Will Continue to Guard the| Mining Town. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 16—Colonel Young of the First Illinois Cavalry, com- manding the troops at Virden, was In Springfleld to-day and reported to Ad- jutant General Reece that all was quiet there and that he did not fear any more | trouble. Batterv B, under Captain Craig, | remains at Virden, 'add Adjutant General | Reece says he will not order It away for a few days yet. e Mrs. Belmont’s Remains Arrive. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The remains of wife of August Belmont, the banker, ar- rived in this city on the Cunarder Um- MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1898. foYoreloYoterorotelototelotefololoX] WILL VOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 16—Sec- retary of State Brown has an- nounced that the proposition for and against the constitutional convention will be placed on the ticket, and it appears on the cer- tified proclamation and sample ballot he has mailed to each County Clerk. foJojolooXooJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJofolol [OJoJoXOXOIoYOXOTOYOLOJOROROXOXOXOXO] bria to-day and were taken to the Bel- mont residence on Madison avenue. The body, which was encased in a heavy oaken casket, was accompanied across the ocean by August Belmont, his son, August Belmont Jr., Edward Morgan, brother of Mrs. Belmont, and the Countess Maccioll. COOPER WINS.THE MILE EVENT AT ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16.—To-day was perfect but only a small crowd attended. were three professional events. Cooper won the one mile open, flying start, but failed to qualify in the lap race, after having equaled Monroe's time in his trial. The multicycle handicap caused more enthusiasm than any other event on the card. Summary: Final heat, one mile open, professional, flylng start—Tom Cooper won, J. Fisher second, J._S. Johnson third. Time, 1:58 3-5. Final, one lap, flylng start, professional—J. 8. Figher won, J. S. Johnson second, Ben Mon- roe third. Time, :23 2-5. Multicyele handicap, two miles—Bowler, Mc- Carthy and Fisher (scratch) won, Tom Cooper and Jack Coburn second, Dr. Brown and Terrill third. Time, 3:53. Sas R FLAHERTY’S CHALLENGE. Disputes Tommy White’s Right to the 126-Pound Championship. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Martin Flaherty, the Lowell, Mass., featherweight pugilist, is out with a challenge to meet any man in the world from 126 to 130 pounds, Tommy White of Chicago preferred. Flaherty's manager, Charles J. Har- vey of this city, says that his man dis- putes Tommy White's right to the 126- pound champlonship on the strength of his defeat of Danny McBride at Coney Island two weeks ago. He says that Flaherty has beaten McBride twice ats that weight and also won from Larry Burns of Cohoes. With these victories, as well as a decision over Frank Erne and “draws” with Spike Sulivan and Jack Downey, to his credit, Harvey claims that White must meet the lad from Lowell before the champlonship at 126 pounds can be positively decided. et Record for Long-Distance Throw. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 16.—At a ben- efit game tendered to the Loulsville league players to-day, Hans Wagner, the Col- onel's first baseman, beat the long dis- tance throwing record made by John Hat- field in 1872 by one yard and one-ha’f inch. Wagner threw the ball 134 yards, one foot and elght inches. Twenty-six years ago, Hatfleld, then a member of the futuals, made a_world’s record of 133 ards, one foot, 7% inches at the Union grounds, Brookly et Champions Beat the Orioles. NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—The Champions beat the Orloles in a game at Weehawken, N. J., this afternoon. The game was weil contested and 2090 people were present. Score: Clubs— R. H. B. Boston . 4 7ivy Baltimore . e Batteries—Nichols and Bergen and Willis and Casey; Hughes, Nops and Clark. St Football-Player Injured. BUTTE, Mont.,, Oct. 16—Butte and Deadwood played football to-day, each scoring a touchdown and the game ending in a tie. Durlng the game Mahoney, left halfback for Butte, got under the pile in a mix-up. He appeared to suffer no se- rious inconvenience at the time, but to- night he became unconscious and was taken to the hospital. He has concussion of the brain_ and the chances for recovery are slim. Sep sl TRANSFER OF BREWERIES English Syndicate to Purchase Those at Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Oct. 16—The prospects are that the big deal whereby an English syndicate is to secure through purchase possession of the Cincinnati breweries will be completed some time during the resent week. All of the preliminaries ave been arranged, but there is yet some difference between the syndicate and the Lion and Herancourt breweries. It is under- stood that the difference is in regard to the price, but it will be adjusted satisfac- torily before many days have elapsed. MORE MEN FOR AMERICAN NAVY Long Will Advocate an Increase. OFFICERS AND MEN NEEDED SEELETON CREWS FOR SHIPS NOT IN SERVICE. Melville’s Recommendation That New Vessels Be Built in Classes Is Approved by the 3 Secretary. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- graphs: In his forthcoming annual re- port Secretary Long proposes to adopt the recommendation of Captain A. S. Crowninshield, chief of the Bureau of | Navigation, for an increase of the force | of enlisted men. The Secretary also will strongly urge the passage of the Roose- velt personnel bill, which will increase the number of engineer and line offi- cers to the number demanded by the needs of the service. It was reported yesterday that Com- modore Higginson, chief of the Light- house Board, had been instructed to prepare recommendations as to the naval policy which should be followed by the United States. The Secretary told me there was no truth in the re- port. The need of a recognized policy is appreciated by Mr. Long, and he has been carefully reading papers dealing with the policies of European govern- ments. It is expected that he will en- unciate such a policy for the United States in his report. Captain Crowninshield’s recommen- dation regarding enlisted men provides that the number shall be increased to 20,000 men and 2500 apprentices. Secretary Long proposes as soon as the treaty of peace is ratified to lay up some of the armored vessels in re- serve in order to reduce expenses. ‘When this is done a skeleton crew will have to be maintained on each shio. and to supply all of the vessels it will be necessary to get authority from Con- gress to enlist more men. Besides urging the passage of the per- sonnel bill, the Secretary proposes to better the condition of the enlisted men | of the engineering branch of the ser- vice if it is possible to do so. He will also approve the recommen- dation of Engineer-in-Chief Melville | that vessels be built in classes. The | engineer-in-chief believes that the highest efficiency would be secured by | building our ships as far as possible in | classes and making them alike in every | particular, so that men trained on one ship would feel equally at home and| be as efficient on five or six others of | the same clas: CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES SEIZE SPANISH FLAG| Captured Emblem Sent by Olympisa’s l Men Is Held in San Francisco. TACOMA, Oct. 16.—Somewhere about the San Francisco Custom House lies a flag which was sent from Manila to H. H. Malstrom_of Tacoma, to be delivered to the people of Olympia. The crew of | the flagship Olympia captured the em- blem and decided to present it to the city for which the ship was named. Thomas Toohey of Tacoma was intrusted with the arrangements. He sent it to America by James Cullin, a passenger on the City of Sydney. The San Francisco customs authorities seized the emblem, CHANGE IN THE MAP OF ALASKA Territory Larger Than Was Supposed. DISCOVERY BY SURVEYORS EXISTING CHARTS FOUND TO BE IN ERROR. Yukon’s Mouth Further Westward Than Heretofore Shown and Land Area 2500 Scuare Miies Greater. Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, Oct 16.—The United States coast survey party under Cap- tain J. F. Pratt, which has returned to Seattle on the guboat Wheeling. after having spent the summer in making surveys of the mouth, or rather mouths, of the Yukon, made the discovery that Alaska is larger by 2500 square miles than was formerly supposed. The delta of the river extends much further out into Bering Sea than is shown on the existing charts. Cantain Pratt, under orders from the Treasury Department, to-night will open offices in Seattle and spend the winter here with several as- sistants in writing up the notes of the expedition, and incidentally of former surveys of the northwest coast. This city will thus become the North Paci- fic Crast headquarter- of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Cap- tain Pratt’'s party consisted of himself and forty-two men and officers. The survey has determined that one of the mouths of the Yukon River—the Kusilvac, or routh mouth—is twenty- five miles further out, and the Aphson, or north. mouth, nine miles further out in the ocean than is shown on the pres- ent charts. The extension of the mouth of the river with that of the adjoining coast makes Alaska 2500 square miles larcer than it was previously supposed to be. The information will be of great value to mariners frequenting that nart of the Berin~ Sea. LIBERIA ASKS FOR AMERICAN PROTECTION Little African Republic Sends a Rep- resentative to the Washing- ton Government. PITTSBURG, Oct. 16.—Bishop Joseph C. Hartsell of the Methodist Episconal Church, whose bishopric is in Africa, and who is attending the meeting of the Phi Del Gammi fraternity in this city, stated to-night that he had been commanded by the negro republic of Liberia to go to Washington and ask that the republic ve taken under the sheltering wing of the United States. Threatened inroads upon its territory by the Germans, French and English have prompted the Government to seek the shadow of the stars and stripes. “I am on my way to see Secretary Hay,” he said, “‘as the special representa- tive of the republic of Liberia to secure a protectorate, either quasi or actual. “’gi'. they want America to do is to say to the European powers in Africa, ‘We have an interest in Liberia; this country belongs to us.’ Whether an actual pro- tectorate can be established or not will depend upon how far the Liberian Govern- ment is willing to go, a!eumlnF that the United States answers favorably.” .- — YELLOW FEVER CASES. Official Reports From Infected Southern Districts. WASHINGTUN, Oct. 16.—The Marine Hospital Service to-night received the following report from the yellow fever districts: Ridgeland, Miss.—One new case. Hattiesburg, Miss.—Four new cases. a4 according to advices received here B: the fagship and the San Francisco of- | , Queen Hill, Miss.—One new case; one ficials, but for some reason has neglected to notify the Olympia of their side- tracked gift. _ Greater New York’s Registration. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The total regis- tration in Greater New York for the first two days is 305,609. For Manhattan and the Bronx and_Brooklyn the registration {s 1033 larger than on the first two days | of last year. Taylors, Miss.—One new case. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., dated yesterday and received to-day, stated that there were seven new cases. sha oty 5o e Actor Henley Passes Away. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—E. J. 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