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VOLUME LXXXIH.— XO. 121. PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL FREE CUBA ON MONDAY VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOR OF CARTAGENA, SPAIN. The Spanish Warships Cristobal Colon and Infanta Maria Teresa, With the Torpedo Boat P'sti-.'^'or, Coming O«^ g£ Thclv Way to the West Indies. SAGASTA APPRECIATES THE CONDITION THAT NOW CONFRONTS SPAIN It Is in the Disinclination of the Ministry to Put Its Concessions in Distinct Terms That the. Greatest Danger Lies. MADRID, March. 30.— While the situation here is outwardly of the calmest description, the actual posi tion of affairs is regarded as critical by both the United States Legation and the Spanish Government. The United States Minister, Gen eral Stewart Woodford, is working energetically and will continue to ■work energetically for peace until the first gun is fired. It is known that the Spanish Government admits the desirability of 'complying with the demands of the United States and it was only in the disinclination of the .ministers to put this willingness in concrete form that the danger lies. If a conference were to be held with British, German or French diplomats the matter would be settled without question. The point -which General Woodford is now pressing is that in the inter est of humanity, hostilities in Cuba must cease immediately. No date was fixed either in the first or in the pres ent note, but the United States is now dwelling upon the meaning of the word "immediately" and insist ing that Spain accept its general in terpretation. The public generally is taking little apparent interest in the situation, but there is a general dis inclination to believe that war is. A dispatch from Barcelona says that the armed steam yacht Giralda. purchased by the Spanish Govern ment from Harry McCalmont, the English race horse owner, after the vessel had been rejected by the United States, is now beirig fitted up as a dispatch boat. El Pais says, four warships have been obtained by Spain in France and that negotiations are pending for the purchase of several torpedo boats in Great Britain. El Pais also says orders have been issued to mobilize all the Spanish warships and that the torpedo boat Eicon is to sail im mediately from Cartagena for Ca diz, where a second torpedo squadron is being prepared. Military engineers are starting for the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands are being fortified. Italy, it is said by El Pais, has decided tn sell the armored cruiser Guiseppe Garibaldi, of 6840 tons, and well armored, a sister ship to the Varea, to Spain. Two regiments still, The San Francisco Call CHARITY WITH NO RAKE-OFF. SEATTLE. March 30. — An emissary of the Journal-Examiner has a.bandoned his attempt to "work' 1 the people of this community to en courage and contribute to yellow journal methods. Repeated efforts •were made to induce the citizens here to organize and adopt means to raise contributions for a monument to be erected in honor of the he roes of the Maine disaster. When the fact became knov»._ hrough the columns of The ("all that their special representative sent from Ken- York was to receive 10 per cent of the amount collected there was con siderable indignation expressed. As a consequence nobody would have anything to do with the project. A new and legitimate movement, however, was begun, and Mayor Thomas J. Humes called together twenty-one representative citizens to consider ways and^ means of aiding the distress. The meeting was held this evening and* an organization was effected by electin ? Mayor Humes chairman, E. O. Graves treasurer, and Will A. Steel secretary. It was decided to give a mammoth theatrical benefit from 1 to 5 o'clock on the afternoon of April 16 in the principal theater. Inhere will not be one dollar of expense, as the talent and everything necessary have been volunteered. Every dollar of the receipts, which will likely aggregate several thousand dollars, will be forwarded for the benefit of the maimed survivors of the Maine and for the families of the lost sailors. according to El P_is, are going to the Canary Islands to strengthen the Spanish garrison there. The Armstrongs' Spanish agent, a Spaniard, who is in .touch with the Government and commercial people in Spain, has expressed the belief that unless the powers intercede there will be war. He added: "If the United States : offered money for our clearing out of Cuba we could not accept, b\it if the proposition emanated from an other power it is not unlikely that it would be accepted." This view of the case is echoed by a portion of the Spanish press' which advises Spain to wash her hands of Cuba. Senor Ortiz de Sarato, a prominent former Carlist deputy, who has just . been defeated at Vittoria, expresses the opinion that there would be no , war, saying: "We have neither ships, j sailors, soldiers, plans nor money and ; the Government knows it. It will ' struggle to the last, then cave in." Senor Sarato, who was recently at ' Cadiz, says the Spanish warships i Pelayo and Carlos V, which the Gov- ! eminent announced ready for sea, ! cannot possibly be made ready sooner than in two months. Recruiting Office Opened. PORTLAND. March 30.— The United ' SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1898 - TWENTY-TWO PAGES. States Government to-day opened a re cruiting office here for the enlistment of men for the navy. TORPEDO-BOAT ROWAN NEARING COMPLETION Will Be Christened by the Wife of Lieutenant Moale of the Helena. SEATTLE, March 30.— The Govern ment torpedo boat Rowan, which is building in this city, will be launched on April 8. Her construction has been ; hurried for some days past at the in stance of officials at Washington. After ; the Rowan is in the water her arma ment will be put on and she will be ready for service in two weeks aftpr launching. The boat will be christened by Mrs. Edward Moale Jr., wife of I Lieutenant Moale of the Helena. OFFICIAL SECRECY BREATHES OF WAR i Officers of the Army and Navy Forbidden to Talk About Army •and Navy Plans. WASHINGTON, March 30. — The | greatest secrecy prevails in many of j the bureaus of the War and Navy de ' partments in regard to the various pro ] jects of defense and naval movements | now going on and the officials in many cases positively refuse to make public steps that have been determined upon. 1 The most notable instance of the kind. CONSUL-GENERAL LEE WILL NOT RESIGN. ; Copyright. IS9B, by James Gordon Ben | • nett. HAVANA. March 30.— Consul- General Lee said when I told him there was a rumor ir the States that he had. resigned: "I have not resigned. I shall not resign ■while affairs are in the present unsettled state. 1 am here to represent the American people and, like a sentinel on duty, I will remain at my post." One body was recovered from the wreck to-day, and more am munition taken vn. Musgraye, the Journal corre spondent, was sent to Cadiz to day on the steamer Buenos Ay res by order from Madrid. The British Consul was notified of his arrest last night, but not of his destination. He will not dis cuss the case. Musgrave himself is ignorant of Spain's plans re garding him when he reaches I Cadiz. The Consul did not know Musprave was going to Cadiz till after the steamer sailed, aiid did not visit him. probably, is in the Navy* Department, where faptain Crowinshield of the Bu reau of Navigation has issued an order forbidding: subordinates to make public any information except on permission from himself. The order is as fol lows: Officers, clerks and all employes of the bureau are forbidden to make public any Information concerning the movements of ships, orders to officers or other official business of the bureau, except they have personal and explicit information from me. EARTHQUAKE FAILED TO SCARE SAMPSON. Incident in Which the Commander of the Key West Squadron Figured. NEW YORK. March 30.— A Washing ton special says: Representative Hil- I born of California, member of the ' House Naval Affairs Committee, is cer tain that Captain Sampson, recently appointed to command on the Key West squadron, is exactly the right man in the right place. "I shall never forget," saaJ Judge Hilborn, "the last time I met Captain Sampson. It was in my office in San : Francisco. While we were sitting in that tall building there was a terrible earthquake shock. The structure fairly rocked, and it seemed to me as if it was about to tumble down. People rushed madly down the stairways and I was about to run nyself, but so calm and collected was Captain Sampson . that I became ashamed of myself and was compelled to listen to him. Cap tain Sampson kept rfght on with his conversation as if nothing had hap- 1 pened." Forrest to Be Taken East. LOS ANGELES, March 30.— A writ of habeas corpus in. the case of Dr. W. E. Forrest, an alleged embezzler of New York, was denied by Judge Shaw this morning. Forest's attorneys announced that they gave up the case and he was turned over to Sergeant Price of the New York police force, who has given Dr. For rest until to-morrow to arrange his busi ness affairs. He will then be taken East to be tried. CONGRESS WILLING TO CONCEDE HIM THAT MUCH TIME Something Very Close to an Ultimatum Sent to Madrid, and Sagasta Pleads for Delay. McKinley Still Believes That Spain Will Yield Without Fighting, but the Temper of America Is Not to Be Trifled With. NEW YORK, March 30.— The Herald's Washington correspond ent telegraphs: "If I do not succeed in freeing Cuba by Monday I wili ask Congress to declare Cuba free." WILLIAM McKINLBY. There is an armistice over the Cuban question, and it is not between Blanco and Gomez. It is between the Presi dent and Congress, and it will last until Monday. President McKinley has promised members of Congress that if he is not able to report to them by that time that the independence of Cuba has been assured he will be ready to co operate with them in any policy they desire to f>rmulate. Thus, from chaos to cosrros. the events of this historic day have marched rapidly. The day opened with both houses of Congress ready to take the question of the peace of the world out of the President's hands. Unquestion ably an overwhelming majority in both houses favored such a step. There were several reasons for this. In the first place, everybody in Con gress believed that the President had been influenced on the side of peace so powerfully as to lose sight of all the issues involved. Unfounded though their suspicion may have been, they felt they would be willing to meet Spain half way on matters that within their opinion could possibly admit of com promise. For instance, they thought NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran cisco: Fair on Thursday; light fog in the morning: westerly, wind. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours: • ' • San Francisco 58 degrees Portland • 52 degrees • I^>s Angeles.. 7S degrees San Diego.: 72 degrees Sacramento 76 degrees FIRST FAGI^ The President to Fre* Cuba. Spanish Statesmen Hesitate. SECOND PAGE. Chile Will- Sell a Battleship. Havanese Oppose a Truce. Spain Makes a Warlike Move. ray Day at Mare Island. Harrison Favors Intervention. Don de Qullle Is Dead. The Many Allans of Brooks. THIRD PAGE. Reed No Longer the Czar. Spain Seeks Aid In Europe. House Awaits the President. Senators Willing to Walt. • FOURTH PAGE. Schooner Meets Heavy Gales. Collision on Southern Pacific. Rev. Avery Shepherd Dead. _ ; Fall to Catch Train Robber*. •How the Gang Buys Votes. Sltka Has a Mining Boom. Senator Enos Dies Suddenly. Garbage War Begins. . FIFTH PAGE. Showing Up a Liar. Scandal In Street Work. The Berkeley. Murder. ':,-'-. -■', A Military Review To-day. • SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Incident of the Maine. ' , That British Alliance. Municipal Economy. • * The Fight for Pure Food. Great Britain and Her Foes. SEVENTH PAGE. Bob Mitchell at the Tivoli. Baseball Gossip. ■ A California Girl's Success. EIGHTH PAGE. An Earthquake in Town. . .•< . " Two Milkmen | Arrested. NINTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. . Fifty Tears a Priest. > : TENTH PAGE. Father. Torke on Remorse. " [ ,'.-, ELEVENTH PAGE. • Births^ • Marriages ; and ■ Deaths. TWELFTH PAGE. . Racing at Ingleside. ; . Found -Wife in an Asylum. School Census to Be Taken. \->.; THIRTEENTH , PAGE. - Sketch of Reno, Nevada. ■ ; ; Officer Marlowe In Trouble. • ' Hoff Gets Tangled Up. FOURTEENTH \ PAGE. The ' New Charter. . :■'■ TWENTY-FIRST PAGE. The Commercial World. * . ■.: ■ . TWENTY-SECOND PAGE. Th» Riches of Kotzebue. , Ex-Deputies Want Redress. News Along the Water Front. RECONCENTRATION IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES IS NOW AT AN END. "WASHINGTON, March 30.— The Spanish legation here late to night received a cablegram from the Governor-General of Cuba, saytng the caotain-general reported the pacification of the eastern pio-.inces bo fa; advanced that it had b^n decided to rescind the reconcentrado order in these provinces and allow all subjects of this decree to return to their homes in the country- To aid in the re-establishing of the reconcentrados upon their farms the cablegram stated the Government will grant them the protection of the Spanish military forces augmented by local re lief committees to look 'after their immediate needs. Economic kitchens, it says, are to be established to support the reconcentrados while waiting for their first croos to mature, and they are to be furnished farming implements and seeds by the Gov ernment. To supply them with ready money, such of them as are able will be given employment on public works, and it is asserted by the authorities that these measures will result in the speedy re habilitation of the rural communities in the western provinces. This cablegram was not made public till more than an hour after midnight and no official comment upon its significance could be secured. they saw evidences of a willingness to i arbitrate the question t of the Maine ex ; plosion and of a compromise on the j Cuban question short of absolute inde | pendence. In the second place, the Congress men had been hearing from their con- I stituents, and most of them were afraid !to go home if decisive action against 1 Spain were not taken promptly. The President began to hear from the members of- both houses early. The Senate "steering" committee called, and with many wags of the hesd told him they were sorry for him and favored a \ conservative policy, but the Senate was , "gone." The entire Michigan deiega : tion went in and told him the people of the Wolverine State believed we should j declare war against Soain. Members of the House Committee on Foreign Af j fairs also appeared and said the House was about to act independently of the executive unless it had definite infor ! mation. Dozens of others, members of , the Senate and House, told the Presi dent they were sorry to come to the parting of the ways, but they were going to speak and vote for armed in tervention in Cuba. Then it was that the President bowed to the wishes of Congress and took his callers into his confidence to a limited degree. He explained that he could not yet make public the correspondence with Spain, because it was still being conducted. The negotiations had been | delayed in Madrid. He expected a | definite answer to-morrow night. But | in the most positive words the Presi | dent informed his callers that he was second in patriotism to no man. and that he was demanding of Soain exactly what Congress wanted. He" believed that the negotiations would result in the independence of Cuba. If Congress forced him to break them off no one could foretell the result. We would be placed in a false light be fore the world. The President asked for forty-eight hours' time, if Congress would give him no more. He also said to one caller: "If I do not succeed in freeing Cuba by Monday I will ask Congress to de clare Cuba free." • Monday being the extreme limit of time asked by the President, it has been decided by Congress to give him until Monday. In view of the incident in the House when Representative Bailey of Texas PRICE FIVE CENTS. PROTECTION FOR SPAIN'S COASTS. Copyrtght, 1898. by James Gordon Ben nett. BARCELONA, March 30.— The feeling that war is probable is apparent from the feverish way in which measures for protecting the Catalan coast «md increas ing the naval forces are dis cussed, subscriptions for these purposes being offered from all parts of Spain. tried to get ah^ad of the procession by securing immediate consideration of a resolution recognizing the independence of Cuba, this becomes <-«~nificant. There was no reason on earth mtc it should have had the slightest effect on the price of stocks. It was not indicative of the sense of the House. Mr. Hopkins, who opposed it on the floor afterward, was chairman of the conference of nq Re publican members who favored armed intervention. Speaker Reed, during the discussion, showed plainly that hz too had yielded, and had done it as gracefully as the President had. The conference which the Republican members held to-nierht to advance the cause of armed interven tion unless Spain immediately declares Cuba free really removes the last ves tige of doubt as to what the House will do. It was a remarkable event. There was no clap-trap — no fireworks. The men who talked meant what they said. They all said Spain must leave Cuba. The 115 will be 204 when the House votes. The Republican strength is 204. A committee of eleven was appointed to wait on the President to-morrow and tell him there must be no hesitation and no drawing back. As for the Senate, the a: durances the President sent to that body were suffi cient to cause a change in its poiicy. The Senate, too, will wait until Monday. The authorities await with the great est anxiety a definite proposition as to just how Spain proposes to let go of the island. While the President and Congress are in accord in their desire for the freedom of Cuba there is some difference between the demands made upon Spain and what Congress expects. The President, for instance, would be willing to agree to an armistice, with a guarantee from Spain beforehand that the Cubans should have their indepea