The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1899. CUBANS MUST SOON ACCEPT THE TERMS OR LOSE PAYMENT Greater Delay United States May Cause the to Withdraw the Three Millions Sent. for the Cuban army outside stance, and, furthermore, < < their and de T to o () D [} he Cubans oposition for an additional sum wi JTON, April 2—C. M who i is alleged is engineering weme for a $20,000,000loan issue . Cuban Assembly, and is said to author of the mysterious dis- Cuban Assembly urging v not to disband on the ground ood of securing more prospect 2 )00,000 offered by the U , is in Washington. Mr « zht was in cc wce with Rosenfeld. He admitted that he s the man who had been working on the plan to establish a $20,000,000 bond jssue to be paid for out of the Cuban United a now H AR presented said he T Havana s 1 have not t one month in t air f the neral known to 3 of the situ- $3,000,000 payment irmy it will createh n and disloyalty, i bt, paid out of the 1es, would solve the Cu- 00,000?" he was of it and where ir g ba. it ¥ § s back satisfactory an- he said to will be ready plan for a loan is ready told you that 1 am simply doing nothing to do tion of this coun- nd to see them,” he Robert representa- visited presenta- | obtained a the Presi- = McKinley, > Assembl ! zton to decide to ac- id in its distribu- f the army, and to to assist ernor, Gen- | rriving at with General Brooke | iyment and disarma- | adjustment of all ip to the termina- ous armed occupation | WASHINGTON, April 2.—It was reiterated to-night by two members of the Cabinet that no consideration will be paid to any proposition for erate delay occurs preliminary to that amount the $3,000,000 may be withdrawn and no payment of sort be made by this Government on account of Cuban troops. the $3.000,000 fund mnow awaiting it is hinted that if too much trouble being turned No 11 be considered in any form. and began to enterain hopes of an early 1 to San Domingo. he Assembly then called upon me to its president, saying that the object an unofficial * exchange = of visi that I crime_being sembly _itself, had induced 3 omote, a matter as to which I had been consulted. It appeared that I d broken off negotiations with the $3,- 0. To all this I replied that I had cepted in the best of faith, but noth- had been lost, as I could withdraw acceptance 1 had given. They then ed me to arr myself on their by to 1 olutions. I dnswe that I had al- ays done so and would continue to do opposed to my conscience, i and to my idea of the best interests of Cuba. Regarding the matters under consid- eration, I said I had no hope of obtai ing more than the $3,000.000 from the Uni- ted States, and disapproved asking more, contending that the sum left w to raise a loan for which the Assembly lacked adequate authority. Furthermore, 1 pointed out that the soldiers could not walt; that already they were too great a burden upon_the people of Cuba, and that longer delay appeared to me to be cruel. The conference ended without accom- plishing anything. I saw I could not make myself understood by the Assembl. ind decided not to be mixed up in i doings, but to await developments. A few days later three men whom I did not know visited me and said that severa million acres stood “dry to fair” agains a loan of many millions, but that tt matter was possible only with my c operation. I answered that I could not consider any proposition of the kind, and regarded it as strange that any one would be ready to lend money without a guarantee. My visitors replied that the City Council could arrange arantee. Then a committee of the proached me, askng me to sembly’s efforts to obtain I.repiled that 1 1 t op a loan. To this not “uba could make a author- v the Assembly depo: r I have acted honorabl to return COURTS IN HAVANA TO BE RE-FORMED HAVANA, April 2.—To-day. the Spanish regime, bribery and fraud direct the Cuban courts. This is the firm conviction of the military administration. Governor General Brooke is taking the matter up and intends to clean out the corruption, to revise the judicial proced- ure, to change the court personnel and to abolish the barbarous practice of in. communicado, by may im- n for a pers usation against him, and of the names of his accusers. It {s_true that the statutes allow only three days’ detention incommunicado 2 . under the practice tha grown up, may make a new commitment at the expiration of the third day, and at the expiration of the sixth and so on, without limit. More than this, the evidence in criminal cases fs taken by clerks, who, for a_con- sideration, write into the'testimony thing: never uttérd, thus often making the bes friends of the accused appear to cond him, Apparently the wnole criminal civil systems have been arr: i to make it easy to buy and as under DEMAND 0 ‘ GERMANY FOR INDEMNITY America and England to File Claims Because of | Samoan Affair, Special Dispatch to The Call NEW YORK, April gpecial to the Journal : Tjepartment has cabled Consul Osborne Apia for a full report of the recent an outbreak, so that the claim for for the death of the Ameri- killed while guarding the tates consulate may be filed at Berlin. Great Britain, st three sailors, it is learned on authority, is pursuing the same aggregate amount to be de- of Germany, while still unde- will undoubtedly be very report from Osborne is iecessary as a basis for the claim. termined »d in official circles here k for a satisfactory and final adjustment of Samoan decidedly hopeful. The state- was made to-day in a well-in- d quarter that it is altogether k#ly that the joint high commission, virtue of the plenary powers vested 1 its individ:al members, will be able | aceful t0 conclude a settiement of the Sa- nipan question satisfactory to all the ¥ rs concerned, and that there is su understanding between the thr wers almost certainly will prev an disagreement such as | would it necessary to ask| King Oscar of Sweden and Norway to Rct . as unipire. The peaceful solution of this delicate quéstion, full of possibilities of serious Zrouble, is regarded as a triumph of fliplomacy and as furnishing the | ongest-kind of evidence of a desire ‘the -part of Germany, as well as of < other ‘powers, to maintain the most #micable relations with the other pow- érs LONDON, April 3.—The Times, in an rtal on the Samoan controversy, “We do not suppose that Eng- id will offer an objection to the joint ommission. proposal. Although Ad- 1 Kautz' downright fashion of say- hat he means is ill adapted to »Bodthe 'the susceptibilities of others his dispatch has _the merit of raising a general change in personnel until a more permanent exchange can be made."” GERMANY’S PURPOSE Would Force the Chinese Government to Grant Valuable Con- cessions. TACOMA, April 2.—Orfental advices throw light on news from Berlin that | expedition to | Germany is to send an seize I-Chou, Shantung province. Ac- cording to a letter received at Shanghai from I-Chou, Germany is to compel the Chinese Government to grant to German firms some big commercial concessions. Late in Feb- ruary ten German capitalists and of- ficials reached I-Chou, different syndicates. The latter > concessions for building rail- roads and exploiting Shantung’s min- era sources. Already Carlowitz & Co., a German firm,.is operating drilis in the coal flelds near Weihien, where it will make thorough explorations for coal and gas. It was expected in Feb- ruary at I-Chou that Germany would | make some such move. ' FINLANDERS URGED TO - UPHOLD THEIR RIGHTS Called Upon to Resist the Czar’s | Move for the Russification of Finland. NEW YORK, April 2—The Finnish- American Central Committee recently ap- pointed by the Finlanders resident in the | United States to organize opposition in the Western Hemisphere to the Czar's | recent ukase for the Russification of Fin- land to-day issued an ad to all Fin- landers in the United nd Canada, | calling upon them to “rise up as one man., strong in the knowledge of the righteous cause, and uphold their sacred rights be- fore the world.” representing o | FORTS ON THE FALKLANDS. England Will Construct Defensive ‘Works on the Islands. Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York D eratA- - Copyrihted;: 1600, by Joies don Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, April 2—The Brit- ish Government Is about to send an en- gineering. corps of 1400 men to fortify Port Stanley and other points on the Falkland Islands. The gunboat Beagle which is_now there, will return to land, and be replaced by the Pegasus. Archbishop ‘Castellano and six Argen- tine Bishops will embark on April 18 for Rome to participate in the South Ameri- can Council. S MARINES CAUSE A ROW. Men From the Resolute Fight With Havana Police HAVANA, April 2—Late this afternoon a slight conflict occurred at La Machina wharf between the police and some marines and sallors of the Resolute. The appearance of General Ludlow and the olice reserves quelled the disturbanc t is asserted that the marines, who wel more or less intoxicated, started the ro Several shots were fired before the a rival of the Military Governor and the police reserves under Chief Menocal. The direct issue. Probably the best way of scécuring & modus vivendl would be a marine returned to the Resolufe. One policeman was wounded 2000n000 ced me upon the bench | T accept the $3,000,00 which | order to give strength to their | xcept in cases where the course of the | ant of the | but | has | IN SEIZING I-CHAU s real purpose | MILES HAS SUSTAINED IS CHARGES Testimony Before the Court of Inquiry Proves Bad Beef Was Supplied. EAGAN'S EXPERTMENT ' Refrigerated and Canned Meat Sent to the West Indies by Order of Seoretary of War Alger. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 2—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald tele- | graphs: Summing up facts brought out by the investigation of the beef court of inquiry, now nearing a close, the friends of Major General Miles be- lieve that he h established the jus- tice of his allegations. They assert that he has proved: First—That canned and refrigerated beef issued to troops were unfit for use. cond—That they were issued as a | “pretense of experiment,” because canned roast beef, which as a part of the army ration had long been obsolete, was revived during the Spanish war, | but is no longer issued to troops. All the facts go to show that in the great civil war and in Indian campaigns beef was furnished to the army on the hoof. The army in Cuba is now supplied with beef on the block. Third—That chemical processes for preserving beef were fully discussed with Commissary General Eagan to show that refrigerated beef could be kept in the tropics only by means of a preservative, and according to the tatements of Messrs. Sypher, Giddings and Simpson as to conversations with General . iagan, his only ezcuse for not giving contracts for live cattle to Tex- an firms was that beef firms had pre- servatives for keeping beef seventy-two hours which would be given a fair trial, and if unsuccessful he would then award contracts to Texans for supply- ing cattle on the hoof. Fourth—That Commissary General Eagan and Secretary Alger were respon sible for supplying “embalmed bee! and canned roast beef to the army. the general being Alger’s agent; since, ac- cording to Mr. Giddings, General Eagan said to him that Secretary Alger had asked him to give the contracts to a Chicago firm, and he considered the re- quest equivalent to an order. But while General Miles is confident that he has established the truth of his charges, he purposes during the few remaining sessions of the court to pro- duce evidence which will further sub- stantiate them, I was told to-day that the court of | inquiry is now convinced of the un- fitness of canned roast beef for issue. although General Miles intimated he had about 40,000 witnesses who were willing to testify regarding it. The court hopes to close its investigation within ten days, and will then deliber- ate on the idence, nrobably reporting early in May at the latest. 'MAY MEAN A SHORT LINE TO THE GULF Receivership of the Xansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Due to Acts of Unfriendly Stock- holders. KANSAS CITY, April 2—The receiver- ship for the Kansas City, Plttsburg and Gulf Railroad, granted in this city late last night by Judge Gibson of the Cir- cuit Court, will, according to the reports of officials, interfere in no way with the operation of thefproperty, and the reor- | ganization plans which ha 1 some time will, it is cl ward without de The 5 of whom are s City men, are friendly to the president of the road, Arthur E. Stillwell, who has engineered the property from its inception. The act, they declare, is a friendly one, and made nec to head off unfriend- ly Eastern stockholders, who contem- plated similar action. The history of the Kansas City, Pitts- burg and Gulf Railroad and its jolnt en- ! the northern connecting lines Port Arthur ship canal, contalns practically a realization of the long de- sired short line to the gulf. The finishing > been making imed, go for- ceivers, all 3 t of the line was accomplished mainly | through the efforts of A. E. Stillwell, for- merly vice president and now president of the ro The road grew out of tre old Kansas City, Nevada and Fort Smith | line, of which B. L. Martin was presi- | dent. The Nevada and Fort Smith line | was ‘projected to run to the gulf, but | only a comparatively short part of it was finished when Mr. Stillwell picked up the proposition. S AMERICANS ACCUSED OF SLAYING WOMEN | Japanese Newspapers Allege ~hat No Mercy Is Shown in the Philippines. VICTORIA, B. C., April 2.—The steamer Tartar arrived from the Orient to-day | after a stormy voyage. She brings news | of the massacre of twenty-nine farmers by aborigines at Byorsetsu, Japan. Germany s said to be concentrating a fleet at Amoy with the intention of seizing Futsien. spatches from Toklo to Japanese coast papers charge Americans with hav- ing shot down men, women and children i in the Philippines. BRITISH TORPEDO-BOAT ' DISPATCHED TO CANTON | Serious Disturbances Necessitate the Presence of a Force to Pro- tect Aliens. | TONDON, April 2—According to a dis- | patch to the Daily Mall from Hongkong, serious disturbances have recently oc- curred in the vicinity of Canton, and a British torpedo boat has been sent to pro- tect British interests. The destroyer will soon be followed by otner vessels carry- ing troops. PES o DEAD NUMBER EIGHTY. Passengers Who Were Lost on the ‘Wrecked Stella. LONDON, April 3.—The morning papers publish the approximate lists of drowned passengers of the steamer Stella of the London and Southwestern Rallw:v Com- pany, which was wrecked upon the Cas- quet Rocks, near the island of Alderney, last Thursday afternoon. These show the death roll to include about eigaty. Spain’s Embassador to England. MADRID, April 2.—It is announced that BROADER TREATY WITH CHINA MAY SOON BE ADOPTED President McKinley’s Assur= ances to Mongolians in Hawaii. BY DANIEL LOGA HONOLULU, March 25.—From a trustworthy source I have obtained the substance of an interesting com- munication received by Chinese Consul Pin from the Chinese Minister in ‘Washington. It describes an audience had with President McKinley by the Minister. President McKinley assured the Min- ister of his sympathy for the Chinese, who had been put to great inconve- nience, and in some cases hardships, through the strict enforcement of the instructions of the Treasury Depart- ment to its inspector sent to Honolulu to supervise immigration matters un- der the Newlands resolution. Furthermore, the President said that he had expressed to the Treasury De- partment his desire that the Chinese coming and going between the Hawaii- an Islands and their native country be treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration. The provisions of the treaty with China should, in their case, be interpreted with the greatest liber- ality. The Minister was also informed that there was a prospect, in view of the | changed relations between the United States and the far East in consequence of the American acquisition of the Philippine Islands, of a broader treaty of amity and commerce with China at a not distant period. President McKinley expressed his high appreciation of the manner in which the Minister had brought the case of his aggrieved countrymen at Honolulu to the attention of the ad- ministration. Nothing had been fur- ther from the President’s thoughts than that the application of the exclusion laws to the Hawailan Islands should have been the occasion of annovance or injustice to any of the Minister's countrymen. President Dole's Cabinet still lacks a Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public Instruction. There are no foreign af- fairs that do not belong to Washington to arrange. Hawall has quite a lot of public instruction, however, in its free school system, which is messing up se- riously every is without a head. Attorney General Cooper was asked as to the rumor to the effect that the Cabinet trouble was owing to the in- tention of Mr. Dole to retire from the Presidency. He answered that there was nothing in the report. The unheralded arrival of a freight steamer from Tacoma yesterday, it is said on good authority, may prove to be the starting of a second line between Puget Sound and island ports. On the same dav came the news that the Brit- ish-American Line at Seattle, has a small auxiliary boat to the pioneer steamer Garonne on the way hither. In a month a 6600-ton steamship—or one bigger than the Pa- cific Mail Steamship Company’s China day that the department with headauarters | —will be running in conjunction with the Garonne. Frank Waterhouse, pres- l ident of the company, writes that he is determined ‘'to capture the Hawaiian trade for the sound. Hig vessels are British bottoms, and will continue to be s0 until American navigation laws are extended to Hawall. The financial substantiality of local banks is illustrated by the prompt honoring the other day of Mr. Pollitz's check for $250,000 in payment of 1000 shares of Honokaa Plantation by the bank of Claus Spreckels & Co. There are murmurings at the pros- pect of having a garrison of colored troops in Honolulu. It is especially deprecated by native Hawaiians., who had been assured in the annexation propaganda that as citizens of the United States the would not be classed as negroes. Another military item that is received unkindly is an in- timation by last mail of the intention of the Yar Department to condemn for its purposes a large tract of land near | Honolulu. This land has been marked by promoters for a harbor frontage and city extension deal. This is upon Kalihi harbor, which could be connect- | ed with Honolulu by a short canal. STRICKEN BY PARALYSIS. Master of the British Bark Inver- | mark Dangerously IlL ; HONOLULU, March 26.—Captain Alex- | ander G. Phillips of the British bark In- vermark was stricken wfth paralysis on March 23. He had been ashore in the afternoon and returned to the vessel shortly before § o'clock. He was ap- parently in the best of health, and dis- cussed matters concerning the ship with First Officer Smith. Then he sat down at his desk and began to write and Mr. Smith went out on deck. Four or five minutes later the steward called to the first officer that something was the mat- ter with' the captain. Hurrying to the cabin Mr. Smith found the captain lying on the floor, where he had fallen from his chair, his entire right side paralyzed. He was conscious, but unable to speak. The patient lapsed into unconsclousness and has remained in that condition ever since. The physicians, however, have strong hopes of his recovery, as he is a | man of strong constitution and is a com- | paratively young man. | Captain Phillips is 44 years of age, and | has followed the sea since he was 13. He has been master of a vessel for fiiteen | or twenty vears. His home 1s in Aber- | | deen, Scotland, where he has a wife and | four ‘children. | The Invermark is due to sail hence in | about a week for Taltal, Chile, to load | saltpeter. | S A Rights of a Corporation. | HONOLULU, March %.—Two Judges of the Supreme Court to-day handed down a decision in the case of the Hawaiian Government vs. the Oahu Railway and | Land Company, a bill for injunction, in | | which it is declared nat private corpo- | | rations have not the authority to con- demn Government land for their own uses. CYCLERS' ROAD RACES. Olympic and i!ay City Wheelmen’s | Events Yesterday. The Olympic Club Wheelmen held a ten- mile sealed handicap road race yesterday morning over the stretch known as the second relay, ending in San Mateo. The starters were: E. F. Russ, E. O. Krag- George E. Kroetz, Percy Dell, Joe Eddie Adams, Hank Ford, James Smith, H. 8. Henderson, T. H. White, J. Bailey, J. A. Anthony, J. F. Carroll and George Tantau. The men rode alone, unpaced, two minutes apart. The be; time was made by White, 5 for the ten miles. Tom Meher! starter, smith and William Mackie scored the finish. The run was very successful, and from this and subsequent try-outs the club's relay team will be chosen. The Bay City Wheelmen held a five- mile handicap from San Leandro to Hay- wards. Nineteen men started, of whom sixteen finished, as per the following table: 3 Handi- | Net Riding | cap. Time. 5 | ] CONTESTANT. | | | | {5 13:48 13:48 15 13:16 12156 1-5 Charles |E. B. Fleming. 5 4. Willlamson. [R. J. Black Champion James R. Kenna was among the starters, but only went in to help pace the scratch men, and did not sprint with them at the finish. Kenna has jven up cycle racing. Ivan Treadwell sld not n‘si, and Gus Fleissner sustained a bad fall, injuring his left hand. The officials were: Henry Du?;, starter; Frank H. Kerrigan, E. F. Fahrbach, Dr. E. T. Mervy and H. W. Spalding, timers and judges. N Bivln hes siven upioA cling, and leaves for Alaska in a day or two. He was very fromtnem in" the sport, and will be sadly missed in its legislative gatherings. ————— DYING IN SQUALOR. John Sheehan,-zged-and Paralytic, Left by the Police to Perish. John Sheehan is adding day by day to his already great burden of 70 years in the most wretched poverty. In a little hovel in Butchertown, on Fourth avenue, between M and N streets, palsied ana purblind, in an atmosphere made pesti- lential by ever heaping squalor, he is mercly existing on the charity of neigh- borg, awaiting the day when the deliver- ance of death shall come. - The condition of the old man is most pitiable. He is unable to procure or pre- pare food for himself, he has no relatives and is entirely dependent on the merpst charity_for the little food he manages to | l | | l | { | | 13:30 eat. Three times has the attention of the ?0"” been called to his condition, anl three times have they failed to aid him. They say each time that nothing car_be done to better his_condition an that he is “all right.” Now and then neighbors, almost as poor, if not as de- crepit_as himself, take food to the ola mar, but that meager charity will soon end, as his humble benefactors say they can’ro longer assist him. | heEmemine S LAID ALL BROOMS ASIDE. Janitors Out for an Airing and an Organization. The dust lay thick on office floors and tiled hallways yesterday, for the janitors were all off on a holiday, and such things as a broom or dust brush were not to be considered. They found a place to picnic out at Har- bor View Park, which being swept by the west winds with true janftorial energy, Count de Villageonzo, the Spanish Em- bassador to Russia, has been appointed LSDnnlsh Embassador to Great Britain. kept unpleasant reminders of duty .un- done away from the picnickers and al- and John A. Hammer- | lowed the day to go by In peace and idle- | ness. The fdea was to form a brotherhood— a brotherhood of janitors—an organiza- tion which was to include every man who could swing a broom for more than ten minutes at a stretch or was willing to scrub windows above a_second-story al- titude. There were janitors enough to form a political convention before .. e day was very old, but they preferred to | spend their time in the dancing pavilion | with the fanitresses to spending it In ses- sion of organization; and so the day went ¥ with no brotherhood and no meeting and nothing but a picnic, which, how | ever much of a suc it might have | been, did but_little toward forming a | Jeagie of janitors out for the dust and sworn enemies of scattered waste paper | and grimy glass. There was an attempt to hold a meet- | ing toward the close of the festivities of | the day, but by that time most of the | available material for offices had depart- ed and the new organization was left in its embryonic stage until there can be | | another picnic or another holiday. Tt is intended to make the brotherhood | & purely social body. “It will have no | ;mhnml significance” is the reply to any | | auestions_touching Its purpose. e e ROBBED OF HER JEWELRY. | Miss Maggie Sfi11i§an7Minus a Ring | and Breastpin. Policeman S. W. Dasmann arrested “Deedy” Randahan in Ocean View last evening and charged him with assault | and robbery. A Miss Maggie Sullivan, | who lives in Ocean View, reported to the police officer that Randahan had ap- proached her on Broad street, near Head, in Ocean View, and had forcibly taken | from her an amethyst ring and a breas pin. The jewels were not found in Ran- | dahan's possession when he was searched at the police ion. — e Railroad Changes. | The new schedule of time on the San | Mateo line went into effect yesterday, | and all cars of the ferrles branch ran direct to Glen Park, where transfers were | issued to the cemeteries line. Although | the service, according to the new regula- tlons, was a_great improvement, the re- opening of Glen Park yesterday brought fully 8000 people to the popular resort and taxed the carrying capacities of the rail- road to its full extent. Tt was thought some three weeks ago that the Mission-street line would op- erate its cars over the San Mateo Elec- tric Company’s track from the intersec- tion of Twenty-ninth street, but this agreement seems to have fallen through, resulting in the difficulty of the San Mateo road to handle the great crowds which visited Glen Park yesterday. To celebrate the reopening of the park an exceptionally fine musical and vaude- | ville programme had been arranged. The Tivoli Theater orchestra rendered some choice musical selections and the vaude- ville programme was select and interest- ing. — e Death of Dennis Straub. ALAMEDA, April 2—Dennis Straub, a prominent contractor and builder and an old resident of Alameda, died suddenly at midnight at his home, 1617 Hibbard street. Since last Thanksgiving day he had _been suffering with rheumatism, which finally attacked his heart. He was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, aged 76 years, and had resided in Alameda for thirty-three years to a day at the time of his death. Deceased was a member of Harmonie Lodge No. 13, I. O. O. F., of San Francisco. e leaves a widow and six stepchildren—Charles, Fred, John and Louis _Fischer, Mrs. Annie Bruns and Mrs. R. W. Pfaeffle. The funeral will take place on Tuesday from the family residence. —————— For the School Fund. Professor Henry W. Rolfe of the Uni- versity of Chicago will lecture this (Mon.- day) evening before the civic section of the California Club at the Young Men's Christlan Association on the lf‘le and works of Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist. The proceeds will go to the fund for decorating the public schools. ————— Coursing at San Jose. SAN JOSE, April 2.—At the coursing to- day Forgive won the 42-aog stake, with Long-shot Conley second. large num- | ftation, the collection BEATEN BEFORE ber of excursionists from San t'rancisco witnessed the sport. itheir fate, psychologically speakin FOR SPRING SICKNESS Why Supt. Doherty Recommends Paine’s Celery Compound. What Colonel Waring did for the streets of New York Superintendent Doherty has done for Chicago. As Superintendent of the recently con- solidated departments of Streets and Street-cleaning, Mr. Doherty has made many reforms in the construction and re- pair of Chicago streets and in solving the difficult problem of cleaning the highways of the second largest city in the country Mr. Doherty is an authority on city san- and removal of garbage, and on all matters pertaining to the public health. His carefully consider- | ed selection of Paine's celery compound as the best possible spring remedy he could take and carry home to his family is the recommendation of as competent a person in such matters as can be found outside the medical profession. Department of Public Works, Bureau of Streets, Chicago, March 14, 1898. I have found Paine's celery compound the best possible remedy for one in need of a spring medicine; as an invigorator for the nervous system it is invaluable. I | cheerfully recommend it for all in need of such a remedy. Respectfully yours, | M. J. DOHERTY, Superintendent Bureau of Streets. Paine’s celery compound is not an or- dinary remedy. It i{s the most wonderful invigorator the world has ever known. The character of the testimonials to Paine’s celery compound is in marked contrast to those received by any other remedy. People with ample means of getting the most efficient medical assist- ance employ Paine's celery compound in their families and recommend it to others, It is a conspicuous fact, and one that should be borne in mind by persons suf- fering from the effects of impure blood or a weakened nervous system, that Paine’s | celery compound, the discovery of Pro- | fessor Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL.D., of the Dartmouth Medical School, is the one remedy for regulating the nerves and purifying the blood, that is used by physi- cians in their own families and ordered to | their patients. SHOT WAS FIRED Mistakes of Cervera at Santiago. OBSERVATION OF A GERMAN SPANIARDS HALF-HEARTED IN THE FIGHT. Commander Jacobson of the Imperial Cruiser Geir Says Dread Was Opposed by Calm Assurance. Special Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, April 2.—The bu- reau of naval intelliger- of the Navy Department has issued the last of the series of sketches of the Spanish- American war by Commander Jacob- son of the German protected cruiser Gelr. It deals with the condition of the Spanish ships after the battle of San- tiago. This portion of the sketch con- tains a n.mber of observations regard- ing the technical effect of our gun fire which will interest naval officers. The most interesting observations are those upon the strategy, or lack of it, dis- played by Cervera. The Spanish ad- miral having been ordered to leave the harbor to remove the main object of attack upon Santiago, Commander Ja- cobson says his position was most dif- ficult. He did not dare make an at- tempt at night, and so decided to go out in broad daylight. “The whole crew,” says, “fell a victim to tLis fatal decision. Instruc- tions for the sortie and the western course were issued. The admiral was entirely convinced of the impossibility of defeating the enemy or of reaching another Cuban harbor, even if he should succeed in steaming right through the hostile fleet. It is to this feeling of helplessness and impotence as against tile American naval forces. more than to anything else, that I am able to define that the disaster was due. The Spanish ships had spent a month and a half in the harbor with- out even attempting to attack the blockading fleet when a favorable op- portunity presented itself, or even harassing it. The two torpedo boat de- stroyers were not used for the purpose for which they were intended. This in- activity and lack of initiative must have had a very demoralizin~ effect on the officers and men. If we add to this the certain knowledgethat the opposing forces were muc’ stronger, it will be readily understood that the idea of general flieht after coming out of the harbor entrance was the only ac- ceptable one, especially in view of the possibility of beaching the ships. there- by rendering them unserviceable and eventually rescul..g the crew. “From the very moment that this feeling of impotency took possession of the Spanish and led to these reflections, was sealed. We do not mean to dis- | parage their tenacity in the midst of | hostile fire, but, on the other hand. it is quite natural that the admiral. see- ing that everything was happening as he had foreseen, was the one who set the example of running his ship ashore. All the other commanders followed this example. “On the American side the situation was just the reverse. Admiral Samp- | son’s fleet was fully conscious of its | power. The blockade was being con- | ducted in accordance with carefully prepared plans, as were also the ar- rangements in case of the enemy’s at- tempt to escape. Frequent engage- ments with the Spanish forts had given the commanders and crews that calm assurance in the handling of their weapons which guarantees success. The long llockade service, exhausting and monotonous, hardly interrupted by any acticn on the part of the Spanish, had strung the nerves up to the high- | est pitch, and everybody was anxious for the end to come. “Suddenly the enemy attempts to es- | cape. All the pa; E | smoldering under the | forth. The welcome opportunity for settling accounts with the enemy had come at last, and w .1 a wild rush the American ships fell on their victim: SALE OF LIQUCR AT ARMY POSTS Meaning of the Law Not Plain. NEW YORK, April 2.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Attorney General Griggs will render an opinion this week on the question of the authority of the Secretary of War to permit the sale of beer on public res- ervations under his control. Temperance men throughout the country, assisted by the whisky deal- | ers, have been making a strong effort | to secure the prohibition of the sale of beer at military posts and soldiers’ homes, and they succeeded in getting through Congress durizg the last ses- sion a provision in the army reorgani- zation law that “no officer or private soldier shall be detailed to sell intoxi- cating drinks, as bartender or other- wise, in any post exchange or canteen, nor shall any other person be reauired or allowed to sell such liquors in any encampment or fort. or any premises used for military purposes by the United States.” The Secretary of War is specifically directed to issue such general orders as may be necessary to carry this provis- ion into effect. Judge Advocate General Lieber held that the section required total prohibi- tion of the sale of intoxicating liquors, but Secretary Alger simply published the law “for the information of all con- cerned. Several officers commanding posts, including that of Fort Monroe. closed the exchanges on their reservations im- mediately upon the receipt of the law. A question arose, however, as to whether Congress really intended to stop the sale of beer entirely on gov- ernment reservations. The Attorney General will determine whether the Government gay authorize the sale of liquor by permitting ‘“e employment of clvilians out of the profits of the ex= change to dispense the beverages.