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TROUBLE EXPECTED.
4 Railroad Company Making Preparations
for a Serious Strike.

CHICAGO, May 13.-A serious strike is ex-
pected to occur on the Chicago and North
western road tomorrow morning. The diff
fieulty is with the switchmen. Great secrecy
is maintained tonight both by the employees
and the officials, with the result that the
question is an open one whether the trouble
will not involve the whole system. 1t is
known that the company is making prepar-
atons for a struggle in this city at least, as
a large number of police have been ordered
on reserve duty In the northern part of the
city tomorrow morning. 1t is expected the
strike is the outcome of the reinstatement of
q switchman obnoxious to the union, about
whom there has been much controversy.
Several weeks ago Yardmaster McNerney
incurred the displeasure of the switchmen
wor king under him because he discharged
a man who refused to obey orders. The
switehmen threatened to strike if McNer-
ney was not discharged. The latter is
member of the Order of Railway Trainmen
and that body took up his hght, but he
saved the company embarrassment by re-
signing temporarily. Then the strikers de-
manded that one of the discharged switch
men be put in McNerney's place. This
was done and the switchmen were jubilant.
Now the trainmen of all the divisions of
the road have taken up McNerney's case
and il is expected that bitter struggle will
ensue. 1t is peculiar in that 10 is the COM
pany and large majority of its employees
arrayed against the Order of Switchmen.
ST.. PAUL. May 13.-SiX hundred colOred
laborers from st. Louis passed through this
city last night and to-day en- route to the
State of Washington, for the purpose of
breaking strike now on there among white
labOrers.
ST CLOUD (Minn.). May 13.-The quarry
men, stone-cutter and tool sharpeners went
ont on strike this morning, with the ex-
ception of fifty men in Carlson Bros. and
Robert Graham's Quarries. The strikers
number 400
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Walnnmed TO Nebraska.

LINCOLN (Nebr.), May lathe Presiden-
tial train entered the State at an early hour
this morning. The first stop made was at
Hastings, at 6 80 o'clock. A large crowd,
including Grand Army men, civic societies
and school children, greeted the President
with applause as lie was introduced.
He addressed those assembled, thanking
them for their early welcome, and he ex-
pressed himself gratifed with everything he
saw. The President was the only one Of
the travellers awake at Hastings.
just before leaving the President received
a large delegation from OmahI. They pre-
ceded him in a special train to Omaha.
OMAHA, MAY 13.-The people turned out
Ell masse to welcome the President when he
arrived here.
The visitors held reception in the
rotunda of the Bee building, where the
President shook hands with several thou
sand persons. The reception was followed
by a drive over the principal part of the
city. The guests then took lunch at the
residence of ex-senator Saunders.
and were driven to the Union Depot and at
6 o'clock the train started East over the
Wabash road, amid the cheers of the assem-
bled thousands.
BLANCHARD Qowa). May 13.-The Presi-
Dental train, after leaving Omaha, made a
short stop at Council Bluffs, where the
President made speech to the veterans in
the crowded depot. Brief stops were also
made this evening at Shenandoah, Iowa,
and Maryville, Mo.
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every reader of the news felt that something
was wanting. That something was history.
When Alexandria was bOmbarded by Sir
Michael Seymour; when the hosts of Arab
Bey were routed at Tel-el-heber almost in
sight Of the Pyramids and Cairo by Garnet
Wolseley, every reader OF the record felt
that history had already lighted up the
page with its everlasting lamp.
Acapulco is place with history, and
big history, too 1t can tell tales of COrtez
and PiZaTrO. Its first record Q53D tells how
the barks San Miguel and San Marcos en-
tered the port and undertook, in the follow
ing year. the coaStwise exploration which
resulted in the discovery of Colima, the
Marias Islands aad the Gulf Of California.
In 1885, vessels laden with provisions were
sent from Acapulco by Cortes TO Francisco
Pizarro, the ccnqueror of Peru, aud in 1891
San Felipe de Jesus passed out OF the port
on his way co Japan.
In 1919 the Dutch, who had for some time
striven to gain fooihold in the MOluccas,
and to promote a trade there through their
East India Company, began to become trou-
bles0me TO the Spanish galleOnS then mo-
n0poliZiug tile lucrative trade between the
Philippines and Spanish America. SO 1t was
that JOris SpilbeTgen, with fleet of six YES
sells, arrived off Acapulco on October 10,
1915. His intentions toward the Spanish
fotilla were like the adventurous Irish
barOnets intentions toward his friends
daughter, "strictly dishOnorable," but as
half his crew was down with seurvy he was
glad to conclude a truce with the Governor
Of Acapulco, by which the Dutchman gave
up some prisoners and the Spaniard a SUP
ply of fresh meat, vegetables and provisions.
Having spled cut the richness OF the land,
however, the Dutehmen were unwilling to
forego a further claim, SO in 1923 a Nassau
fleet arrived in Acapulco Harbor in search
of some of the wealth-laden Manila gal
Icons. Some idea Of the wealth carried on
these galleOns may be formed when it is
stated that the one which left IN the early
part Of 1751 had a cargo valued at $500, 900
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a mere average cargo, toO-and borne over
seas in which the career of pirate deyiated
no more widely from the lines of fecogn lied
respeetabIity and tOleratiOn than the keep
ing Of dive on the Blrbary Coast or pool
room in PauDer alley.
In 1924 CeTTalvo, the cOmmandant OF the
province, strengthened the defenses OF Aca-
pulc0 by the addition of sixteen pieces Of
artillery brought from Manila at a cost of
S7400. In 1885 the Dampier gang of pirates
made an attempt to capture the Manila
galeon from under the guns of Acapulco,
but without success. During the annual
fair of 1897 the records indicate that Acapul-
co was quite lively place and that money
was as plentiful there as in San Francisco
during the gold fever. In the year men,
toned single galleOn came in with a cargo
on which $50 900 was paid as customs dues,
and this event was Immediately followed by
the arrival Of a f0ItY-two-gun frigate from
Peru with $4,000, 600 consigned to local ner-
chants to purchase Chinese goods.
Acapulco had some sort Of f0rtificatiOn in
1912, and the Governor enjoyed. by prescrip-
ton or custom. the right of calling on all
able bodied men on the coast in times Of
emergency. 1t was not till 1874 that the
stormy days of the buccaneer era were re-
vived with such force as to compel earnest
action on the part of the Spanish Governors.
They had had nearly century OF prosperity
and peace; they were now to taste OF dis
turbance and war in grim earnest. lE 1894
Fort San Diego, commanding Acapulco Bay
from the inside, underwent some repairs.
1t had then only ten brass and fifty-eight
iron cannon in serviceable condition.
In 1886 on the outbreak of hoStilites
between Spain and Great Britain, the de-
fenses were still further strengthened, but
the result Of events in Europe soon showed
that no serious assault would be made on
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OLD ACAPULCO BAY.
The Scene of Many a Contest
Again Becomes Famous.

The unabated interest in the Charleston
Itata affair, and the many inquiries for fur
ther information on the Mexican port of
Acapulco, developed by THE CALLS brief
notice yesterday, have prompted the compi-
lation of the following sketch, which is not
only presently pertinent but attractive from
its historical research:
The time is gone by when the old nautical
ditty, Acapulco Bay" conveyed world of
meaning to the 'be Ich-comber5, fortune
hunters, wandering heirs and adventurers
who left their country for their country's
good to make things interesting on tie Pa
cific Coast from San Francisco on the north
to Valparaiso on the south. There were
giants on the earth In those days-not ex-
actly physical giants or gigantic patterns IF
morality, but stern rOvers OF the type whom
the extinction of Venice and Genoa left free
on the Mediterranean; men who, like the
Lambro Of Byron's Don JUAN" were the
s0ftest and most mild-mannered of their
kind, in hours of ease, but who occasionally
scuttled ships and cut throats in the regular
way of business.
Acapulco Bay would be precisely the place
for the termination of an international
trouble, by reason of its history When the
Kearsarge sank the Alabama off CherbOurg
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ORDERED TO CHILE.
The MOhican Going South With
All Possible Speed.

1t was learned last night that orders had
been received at Mare Island to have the
wooden steam cruiser Mohican ready for
sea as fast as possible, aud the officers at
Mare Island make 10 secret Of the fact that
she is under orders to proceed to southern
waters as fast as steam and sail can drive
her
1t was thought that when the Mohican re-
turned here from her cruise in the South
Pacific she would 60 out of commission and
her crew be transferred to the other ships,
as several of them were very shOrthanded
Most of the men on BOARD her have only a
very few months to serve. and will not be
very well pleased at being ordered on
another cruise that will detaiE most of them
several months over their time.
Although il is stated that the MOhican Is
going down to Central America to relieve
the Ranger, now on that station, still no one
on board Of her believes this TO be the case,
as orders have been issued for a supply Of
provisions far in excess of her real needs,
and every pound of coal that can be taken
on board of her will be slowed away in her
| bunkers.
1t is generally believed at Mare Island
that the United States Government has de-
! cided to concentrate as large feet as pOssi-
Bile In Chilean waters, where 1t will remain
until the war there is over; and this belief
IS blE6uBtu6ueu DY lIle lbCb ttldJ the MOUicdu
Will carry large quantity OF shells, which
can only be gsed by the Charleston or San
Francisco, and which would not be sent
down on her il the vessel was going no far
ther south than Central America.
1t is further stated that the Pensacola is
also on her way TO Chile. Both the Pensa-
cola and MOhican have seen their best days
and both are armed with Old-fashiOned
smooth-bOre guns, which would make poor
showing against the modern ordnance car
red by the Chilean cruisers. Yet at close
quarters either would no doubt make things
very interesting for any of the Chilean
fighting ships.
In spite of all that can be done it is be-
lieYed that the MOhican will not be ready
to leave before Sunday at the earliest. 1t
is not known what ports she will touch at
on her way down. but no doubt she will
call at Acapulco, Panama and possibly
Payta.
The Mohican is not fast ship and at her
best speed will take fifty DAYS to reach
Callao, without counting the days sgent in
the ports sne will call at on the way down.
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CIVIL WAR FEARED.
Another Outbreak in Hayti I'm
minent.
Three Attempts Made to ASSaSSinate Pres
ident HippOlyts.
Once he Was Fired Upon While Riding
With Parry Of Officers and Two Of His
Companions Were Killed.
sTecial to THE MORNING CALL

New YORK. May 13.-Advices received
by persons in this city from correspondents
In Hayti indicate that another political out
break, which may result in civil war, is i'm
minent in that republic. This feeling pre-
walls to great extent throughout the do
main OF Hippolyte, and is strengthened by
the fact that within the last few weeks the
President himself has narrowly escaped as
sassination on three different occasions at
the hands of his political enemies.
Recently, while riding in company with
few officers near the city of Jacmel, Hippo
lyte was fired upon by four men, who were
hidden under bridge over which he was
passing. Two of his companions were
killed. and in the excitement which followed
the assassins escaped. 1t was some days
before the news of the attempted killing of
Hipp0lyte leaked out, owing to the strict
military precautions which were taken to
prevent the public from hearing of the af-
fair.
No surprise was manifested when the
news did come out 1t was said that Hippo
lyte raised himself to his present place by
force Of arms, and that he must expect to &c
out Of office by the same means. The Gov
ernment papers denounce the attempted as
saSsination as IA cOwardy attack by de-
feated political party, while on the other
hand the opposition papers openly state
that revolution is imminent and that a
civil war, long and bloody, will be the re-
suit OF the uprising.
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Spanish interests in Central Amer lea.
Meanwhile natural causes had been oper-
ating hardly against Acapulco. 1t had not
only lost its Manila trade but had been
badly damaged by an earthquake in 1776; so
much so that Fort San Diego had TO be re-
built, while in 1899 terrible hurricane al
most washed tue town away.
When the struggle between the Royalists
and independents was in full progress in
1911, Morelos paid his respects to Acapulco
among the other strOngh0lds he desired to
reduce. He made a sort of Benedict Arm
Old-Andre arrangement with an artillery
officer in Fort San Diego, by the terms of
which the Latter was to be placed in his
hands after mere show of resistance. On
the day appointed Morelos marched straight
for the fort with following OF only 800
men, but was received with a heavy fire
from the fort and the ships in the harbor,
which convinced him Enthusiastically that
there was what sporting men would call a
double cross" The traitor had BETRAYED
the suborner.
MOrelos went off to the hills and battered
away at the fort from the Veladero Height,
the most commanding position in the harb Dor.
His Lieutenant Avila renewed the siege n
1912, and in 1913, after steady investment
of six months, the Morelos independent
standard h0ated on the walls of Fort San
Diego. The traveller of to-day, who wit
nesses the miserable, half-staryed prisoners
in charge OF the fever-stricken, aguish
soldiers in charge of the place, would
scarcely believe the tort could have stood q
six months siege. The Charleston would
blow it to pieces in half an hour as it stands
now. On the other hand few guns on the
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ROARING FIRES.
Oyer 100 Square Miles Of Forest and SeY-
eral YlllgeS Burned

WEST SUPERIOR (Wis.), May 13. The
fires have moved pathway from st. Louis
River to the south shore of Lake Superior.
extending over a territory from two to
twenty miles in width. The damage TO
property cannot be estimated, as the bulk of
the loss will rest in standing pine destroyed
and logs cut and ready for the saw. Over
100 square miles of virgin forest has been
utterly destroyed, and the head of one log
ing firm put the loss at 81, 500, 0O0 in standing
timber.
ST. PAUL, May 13.-The through passen-
ger train to Chicago was delayed several
hours by fire near Hawthorne last night
AT that point the roar of the flames at 8
O'Clock was terrific, and the fire was making
directly for the trestle bridges. Crowds Of
men fought the fire, and a lucky change Of
wind turned 1t in another direction.
Reports to-day from the vicinity Of the
IRE state that there is no further danger to
railroad property. There is apprehension,
however, OF further outbreak
The train-dispatcher Of the st. Paul and
Duluth received word by wire this morning
that fire was raging fieTceIy in the vicinity
Of Northern Pacific Junction, Carlton
County.
Superintendent Pennington of the $500"
reports that while there have been numer-
OuS hres along the line OF that road, from
100 miles east OF Minneapolis TO 500, they
are practically extinguiShed now.
DETROIT, May 13.-Clinton. Claire
County, and Walkerville, Oceana County,
towns OF 1000 inhabitants each, are added to
the list of those burned by the forest fires.
In each case the destruction of homes of the
inhabitants was accompanied by heavy loss
to the lumber firms having saw-mills at the
places named. The loss to these firms on build
ingS and machinery amounts to over $780,
600. In addition to this the amount is not
easily reckOned that is lost in the destruc-
tion Of the forests. At present there is little
hope that the fire can soon be staid and the
entire lumber district up four or five coun-
ties lies at its mercy. There has been little
rain this season. The country Is in the
same condition that it was when devastated
in 1871.
BIG RAPIDS (Mich.), May 13. AT Beyers'
Station, three miles from here, tract six
miles long and three miles wide is burn ed
over
AsBURY PARK On. j., May 13-A bigf fire
started to-day in the pine woods back Of
Asbury Park and is spreading rapidly
toward West Elberon and Luns Branch.
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ucts are scorpions, fve-cent whisky. sharks,
lsZzaroni and dSsulute women. The aver
age temperature of the place is about 1907
in the shade all the year round; and every
visitor to Acapulco will be ready TO affirm
that Mark Twains story of the wicked
soldier at Yuma, who died, went to sheol
and reappearetl in ghOstly form an hour
later. shivering and demanding his over
coat and blankets, must have been denlzen
of Acapulco.
There is, in fact. very little to be seen in
Acapulco, except the Cathedral, the old tort
of San Diego, erected in the reign OF Philip
~ of Spain, destroyed by an earthquake
in 1776, and rebuilt between 177S and 1854;
the gamblers in the plaza, the oddities Uf
the market place, the tropical garden
aud the grove Of palms beyond the Paclflc
Mail station On Santa Lucia Bay. a day
eXhausis the enthusiasm of the most ardent
sightseer, so far as Acapulco is concerned,
md the deadly fevers begotten there still
linger in the bones of old CalifOrnans who
came UP by way of Acapulco in THE days
of old, the days of gold, the days of 49,"
With all its drawbacks, tthnologlcal,
Chronological and seismnlogical, Acapulco
has one of the most beautiful natural har-
bOrs in the world. The bay eau shelter
from 200 TO 800 large vessels, and the average
depth is from II TO 80 iathoms, with tidal
variation OF scarcely two feet 1t is only
two miles wide in the broadest portion, so
that a conflict between the Charleston and
the Esmeralda, if occurring in violation OF
the three mile limit, within the harbGr it,
self, would leave little doubt Of the sinking
of one or the other
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SAVED THEIR LIVES.
Statement Of the Italian Consul at New Or
leans


NEW ORLEANS, May 13.-In an interview
with reporter to-day, Italian Consu COrte
said, referring to the repiarks Of the Mayor
and Grand Jury: "Let me tell you that l
have saved Mayor Shakespeare's life, and
have done the same service TO Parkerson
and Wickliffe and other leaders. The day
after the killing there was determined.
absolute, almost uncomfortable determina-
tion among certain Of my countrymen to kill
the Mayor and all those who had hand in
the butchery. But restrained their hands,
l controlled the furious men. Beware. /
said, for il any harm befeI those gentle
men, / would Immediately and unreservedly
denounce the perpetrators of the deed. This
firm stand checked them and L sue
ceeded in holding them with a promise
that would do everything in my power to
obtain justice. redress and satisfaction in
a proper and legitimate manner-arbitra-
tion and other diplomatic measures be-
tween the two Governments" COrte in
sisted that he had conclusive evidence that
among the killed were several Italian SUBJ
jects, and that they could prove an alibi as
clear as daylight to exculpate them from the
Hennessy murder. Speaking about the re-
turn of his letter by the Grand Jury Corte
said: Gould [ expect auy more from
Grand jury whose Chairman, as President
OF the Cotton Exchange, indorsed the kill
ing?
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eights above would make it warm for the
IN q rlas stnn or onu nfhar uasspl

heights above would make it warm Tor the
Charleston or any other vessel.
1t was rather singular circumstance that
the other Lieutenant OF MOrelos IN the
Acapulco siege was Elias Bean, citizen OF
the United States. 1t was Bean who noticed
that while the forts on the harbor line were
strong in themselves they we're all COM
manded by the hills of Las fguanas Vela-
dero and La Mira. The result of the cap
ture was the acquisition of 400 muskets, 145
lances, 80 boxes of powder, so pieces OF
artillery, two 12-inch mortars and 10000
cannon balls. The place was reeaptured
by the Royalists In 1915, and in 1924 was be-
sleged and taken by the Independents OF the
Santa Anna party. Old Santa Anna himself
received whipping, however. at Acapulco
later on, and the military history of the
place closes with the eight hours lombard
ment by the French feet in 1868. The
French gave up Acapulco in disgust in three
days. which is about as long as the average
visitor would care to stay there.
Alden, on the Red Sea, has been called the
cOal-nOle of the East; Acapulco is the
coal-hole of the west. Its other chief prod
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PRAISE FOR PRINCE GEORGE.
Russians Appreciate the Prompt Action Which
Saved the Czarowitz' Life


Saved the Czarowitz' Life.
ST., PETERSBURG, May 13.-The news
papers of this city warmly praise the gal
lantry Of Prince George of Greece, the
champion Of the Czarowitz In his travels,
who felled the latter's assailant at OSsu,
japan, to the ground by hitting him over the
head with heavy walking stieg. and thus
preventing the fanatic from inflicting Sec
ond and possibly more severe wound.
The news of the danger in which the
CzarOwitz was placed created much excite
ment throughout this city, and there was
great rejoicing when il was announced that
lie IS not dangerously wounded.
LONDON, May 13.-The news of the at
tempt on the life of the CzarOwitz in Japan
has been received at st. Petersburg. Ever
siace the CZarOwitz started on his journey
around the world the officials in his suite
have been in constant anxiety lest an at
tempt should be made upon his life. In India
the precautions adopted We're so rigid that
the Prince was practically invisible to the
general public Even in the case of official
receptions all ceremonies were reduced to
the narrowest limits consistent with cOur-
tesy, and the imperial visitor returned to
his privacy with all possible speed.
1t is said that perfectly innocent man
was cut down by the swords of officers ON
board one OF the Russian men, -of-war be-
cause. in the discharge of his duty, he ap-
preached the Prince too rapidly. On an
other occasion, at an entertainment on
shore, the whole Russian party was thrown
into a panic by the explosion Of soda
water bottle.
Some apprehension has been expressed OF
the possibility OF danger in China, as the
feeling toward Russia is not of the most
friendly description. So far as 1t Is known,
this attack in Japan was entirely unex-
peeted. The C2arowitz has been described
as a sickly and nervous youth. greatly
averse to public parade of any kind. His
present trip is said to have been undertaken
in opposition to his own wishes and those
of lis mnfhpr