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VOLUME LXXXIII.— NO. 140.
THE NATION'S VOICE
FOR WAR WITH SPAIN
SPANIARDS FEEL
CUBA IS LOST
TO THEM NOW
They Will Not Surrender Their
Hold Upon the Island With- |
out a Hard Fight.
■ .^t^.!. IBM. by James Gordon Bennett.
MALRID, April 18.— All eyes are
directed toward Washington to-day.
It is felt that the Cuban question has
entered upon its last stage, and that
the chance for a peaceful solution is
a very slender one. namely, whether
the House stands firm and keeps to
its non-committal attitude or allows
itself to be influenced by the example
of the Senate.
The way this nation regards the
question is shown by the fact that
now the resolution of the House is
felt still to leave a loophole for a
peaceful settlement, whereas only a
short time ago such a resolution
would have been looked upon as
equivalent to a declaration of war.
This change in sentiment has been
further helped by the speeches of
Senators Wellington and White.
There is really no bellicose feeling
here in administration circles.
Neither is the feeling a sullen one
in bowing to the inevitable. It
seems, however, to be felt that war is
being forced on the country, and that
it could not be avoided, no matter
what sacrifices were made.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco: Cloudy on Tuesday, with fog
in the morning; fresh westerly wind.
Maximum temperature for the past
twenty-four hours:
San Francisco 60 degrees
Portland 54 degrees
Los Angeles 70 degrees
San Diego 62 degrees
Sacramento 82 degrees
FIRST PAGE.
Congress Declares for War.
Spain Sees Cuba Already Lost **"
SECOND PAGE.
Marines to Lead Invaders.
Troops Ready to Move.
New Squadron for Defense.
Spain's Work in Cuba.
THIRD PAGE.
Congress Will Set Cuba Free.
Riots Occur in Porto Rico.
FOURTH PAGE.
The Deadlock of the Finlgans.
San Rafael Flower Show.
Burled by Caving Earth.
Church Work In Early Days.
Veterans Take Nevada City.
Bring Gold From Dawaon.
FIFTH PAGE.
New Army Hill to Pass.
Eastern Baseball Games.
Racing at Ingleslde.
Supervisors Do Not Limit Racing.
Editorial. SIXTH PAGE -
Congress Has Spoken.
Remember the Maine.
Democratic Governors.
An Evident Misconception
The Yellow Ingalls.
The Telelectroscope.
Answers to Correspondents.
Why the Bulletin Was Angry.
. SEVENTH PAGE.
Meeting of the Ministers.
Plans for the Masonic Home.
News From Across the Bay.
NINTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages and Deaths
TENTH PAGE.
Sam Wall on Klondike Output
ELEVENTH PAGE.
Oakland Water Front Fight.
Why the Vigilant Was Not Bold
The Klamath Lumber Case.
Beer May Be a War Luxury.
TWELFTH PAGE.
The New Charter.
NINETEENTH PAGE.
The Commercial World.
TWENTIETH : PAGE.
Democrats Go to War.
New« Along the Water Front.
The San Francisco Call
SPANISH TORPEDO DESTROYERS UNDER SAIL.
SPANISH FLEET
STRIPS FOR ACTION.
ST. VINCENT. Cape Verde Is
lands, April 18. — Should war be
declared the Spanish fleet, con
sisting of the cruisers Cristobal
Colon and Infanta Maria Teresa,
the torpedo-boat destroyers Ter
ror, Pluton, Ariete, Rayor and
Azor, now anchored in this har
bor, will leave at once for Cuba.
On all the ships the utmost rest
lessness prevails among officers
and men, because of the uncer
tainty as to the time for action.
No shore leave is being granted
to any man on the ships, as it is
expected that word to move may
come at any moment.
The cruisers Vizcaya and Al
mirante Oquendo, which sailed
from Porto Rico, are expected to
join the fleet here by Wednes
day.
The vessels here now are
stripped for action and ready to
sail at a moment's notice. The
Spanish transport San Francisco
arrived here this afternoon, hav
ing on board a cargo of coal in
tended for the Spanish squadron.
Every one appears to realize that
Spain's actual hold on Cuba is lost,
but at the same time the people are
united in a determination to cling to
the sentimental bond that still ex-
ists between the mother country and
the island. Ido not think any one
really hopes to keep that bond intact
should war break out, but all are
determined to make the victory of
the Americans a dearly purchased
one.
A Spaniard, who has large inter
ests in Cuba, said to me to-day: "I
hold that the Government ought to
give Cuba the broadest liberty, but
I would fight heart and soul against
giving up the nominal hold on the
island. If war comes, you may bo
sure it will not be a short one. Not
only will you have our forces and
the loyal Cubans to fight against—
, both bodies acclimatized and inured
to hardship— but you will also have
to contend with the natural difficul
ties of the place, with the rainy sea
son that will shortly begin and with
the fever that is epidemic there."
There were renewed disturbances
| at Valencia yesterday in which the
women participated. Before order
was restoreu the gendarmes were
compelled to make two charges upon
the mob.
Although Sunday morning passed
quietly at Barcelona, there was a
demonstration last evening when the
crowds which gathered in front of
the newspaper offices read the latest
announcements of the action taken
by the United States Senate in re
gard to Cuba. After it became
knovni that the Senate had adopted
a resolution favoring the recognition
of the. present Cuban insurgent (*ov
ernment, there was a scene of the
greatest excitement, and patriotic
shouts were raised on all sides.
When tha students neard the news,
on leaving the theaters, the pa
SAN ERANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL. 19, 1898 — TWENTY PAGES.
DON MANUEL SOMOZA,
Commander of the Torpedo-boat
Arlete.
DON CLAUDIO AL
VARGONZALEZ,
Com m ander of i he Tor
pedo-boai Azor.
DON FRANCISCO be la ROCHA.
Commander of the Torpedo-destroyer
Tirror.
THE CHIEF AND COMMANDERS OF THE FIRST SPANISH TORPEDO SQUADRON.
(From Picture Juil Received by Tauzy & Co , Post Street.)
raded the streets, cheering for Spain
and made an attempt to reach the
United States consulate. The au
thorities, however, had taken precau
tions, and the students and others
who took part in the disturbance
were dispersed.
The report is that Spain has pro
posed a loan to leading financial
houses, including the Rofhschiids,
asking the sum named on the secur
ity of the Almaden mines. The
Rothschilds decline to confirm or
deny the rumor.
DYNAMITE ROMB
AT A CUBAN CHURCH.
An Explosion Causes the Death of
Three Persons and Serious In
jury to Others.
Copyrighted. 189S, by James Gordon Bennett.
HAVANA, April 18.— Latest advices
from Alfonso Doce are that the explo
sion of a dynamite bomb took place at
the Church of San Francisco de Paula
at 8 o'clock last night. It occurred at
the main entrance. Those killed were:
Jose Larino, sacristan. and Tuan
Growcs. Ramon Fondora, a child,
was so seriously injured that he died
soon after. Pedro Dago, a policeman,
and Luis Perez, child, were also
wounded.
The usually peaceful neighborhood
was terribly frightened by the noise of
the explosion and people- crowded
about the scene, stupefied at the first
sight of the mangled bodies and de
struction wrought.
The church doors were smashed to
pieces, and also several images. The
explosion greatly damaged the main
wall of the church. The windows and
glass in the doors of the house of Dr.
Fucntes in Adams street, near the
church, were blown out.
The whole community is denouncing
with the greatest indignation the per
petrators of this horrible crime.
MADE SPECIAL AID
TO SECRETARY ALGER.
PHILADELPHIA, April IS.—Presi
dent Frank Thompson of the Perm
DON FRANCISCO ARDERIUS
Adjutam-Seoretary of the
Chief of the bquadron.
DON FERNANDO VILLAMIL,
Chief of the Squadron.
EXACTLY THE SAME AS
A DECLARATION OF WAR
WASHINGTON, April 18. — The resolutions as agreed on by
both houses of Congress are as follows:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Represantatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled —
First — That the people of the island of Cuba are and of
right ought to be free and independent.
Second — That it is the duty of the United States to demand,
and the Government of the United States does hereby demand,
that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and
government in the is/and of Cuba and withdraw its land and
naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third — That the President of the United States be and he
hereby is directed and empowered to use the entire land and na
val forces of the United States, and to call into actual service of
the United States the militia of the several States to the extent
as may be necessary to carry this resolution into effect.
Fourth — That the United States hereby disclaims any dispo
sition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or control
over said island except for the pacification therof, and asserts its
determination when that is accomplished to leave the government
and control of tho is/and to its people.
RIOTING AT MALAGA
LONDON. April 19.— A dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph
from Gibraltar says: A tele
gram received there from Malaga
reports a resumption of the riots
at Malaga on Monday, and that
the American Consul's negro
servant was killed and persons
in the crowd were injured.
6ylvania Railr .id has besn called upon
to act as special aid Co Secretary of
War Alper and in this capacity will
take charge of tho transportation
branch o£ the military service in the
CONGRESS ORDERS
THE PRESIDENT TO
Mandatory Resolutions That Will Set in
Motion at Once the Armed Force
of the United States.
DON ANTONIO RIZO,
Commander of tho Torpedo-boat
Rlzo.
DON PEDRO VAZQUEZ,
Commander of the Torpedo-de
stroyer Pmton.
event of active hostilities. The selec
tion of President Thompson for this
duty has been favorably commented
upon in view of his experience during
I the civil war as assistant to the then
Assistant Secretary of War, Thomas A
Scott, with duties similar to those at
present entrusted to him.
Infantry on the Move.
OMAHA, April 18.— It was nearly 5
o'clock this afternoon before the trains
bearing the Twenty-second Infantry
grot away from Fort Crook. The troops
at Forts Robinson and Niobrura will
take tho trains to-morrow. The Rock
Island nan tho contract for moving tho
Infantry from Forte Sill and Rono and
will have* ltd trains rendy to bo loaded
on Tuesday morning. The eontraetn for
moving the cavalry from these points
and the Infantry from Fort Logan have
not yet been let.
The Dons Know They Will Lose
Cuba, but Are Prepared to
Make a Bitter Fight.
NEW YORK, April 18.—
The Herald's Washington cor
respondent telegraphs: War it
is to be so far as Congress is
concerned. The die has been
cast. With the final action of
Congress, adopting the Turpie
resolution, making it manda
tory upon the President to
demand of Spain the with
drawal at once of her forces
and authority from Cuba, and
to use the United States land
and naval forces to accomplish
this result in case Spain re
fuses to comply with the
demand, there seems no es
cape from war.
It is practically
equivalent to a formal
declaration of war.
DON DIEGO CAIVLIER,
Commander of tht> Torpedo-de
stroyer Kiiror.
Congress has gone further
than the President desired
He preferred the House reso
lution. This would have giv
en him an opportunity for
further negotiations before
adopting the extreme course
of using the military and na
val forces to end Spain's mis
rule in Cuba.
The only possible escape
now from war would be a
treaty of peace between Go
mez and the three Spanish
Peace Commissioners report
ed to have left Havana yes
terday, and this no one here
seriously considers possible.
The final resolution leaves the
President no other alternative
than war.
Most objectionable
as it is to the Presi
dent he will sign it, be
cause he appreciates
that Congress is the
war making power
and that it is his duty
to carry out the will
of the people as ex
pressed by Congress.
so long as that body does
not encroach upon his consti
tutional prerogatives.
Having left out the provi
sion requiring the recognition
of the present so-cal.ed re-
public of Cuba the President
He will follow that body
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GLASS TO HAVE
THE CHARLESTON.
NEW YORK, April 18.— A
Washington special to the Her
ald says: The first officers as
signed to duty with the cruisers
Newark and the Charleston, re
pairs to which are being pushed
at the Norfolk and Mare Island
navy yards respectively, are
Lieutenant-Commander W. H.
Turner, who will be executive
officer cf the former vessel, and
Lieutenant-Commander G. Elock
ing-er, who will have the same
position on the Charleston.
It is practically decided that
Captain Henry Glass, captain
of the Mare Island Navy Yard,
will be placed in command of the
Charleston.
The Newark is a prize for
which several officers ranking as
captain are struggling. No de
cision was reported up to the
close of office hours to-night as
to who will have command of
this vessel.
considers that the declarations
in the resolutions are clearly
within the province of Con
gress, and that as the respon
sibility for war rests upon that
body he will carry out its
declaration to the letter.
Under the terms of the^
resolution he is first required
to demand that the Govern
ernment of Spain at once re
linquish its authority and
withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters.
It is expected that he
will immediately ap
prove of the resolu
tion, and a note will be
drafted at
row's Cabinet meet
ing which will bs in
the form of an ulti
matum.
This will be cabled at ojice
to Minister Woodford and a
copy furnished to the Spanish
Minister of this city, together
with a copy of the text of the
resolution passed by Con
gress.
Hardly any person
anticipates for a mo
ment that Spain will
comply with the de
mands which the
[President will be
forced to 'make.
Certainly no member of the Ad
ministration expects any such result.
On the contrary, the authorities ara