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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28

the position of the Spanish naval and military forces at Santiago is absolute ly without hope.
 OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 26. via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.-It is believed Admiral Cervera cOntemplat- ed making a dash out of the harbor, toward the mouth of the harbor, late tonight Four columns of smoke were seen at sundown advancing and two small boats, believed to be torpedo-boat destroyers, were observed in the neighborhood of the sunken col Her Merrimac. Consequently Rear Admiral Sampson ordered extra pre- cautions to be taken. The torpedo boats Ericsson and Porter stood very close into the harbOr all night, but no ships came out.
 Shortly after midnight the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius fired three gun-cotton shells in the direction of Morro Castle. They exploded on the ridge behind the eastern hills. The damage done is not known.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28

four and a half miles westward in plain sight. The top of every hill and noun tain north and east of Santiago is oc- cupied by blockhouses, whence the Spanish can view the movements of the American army as it advances beyond Sabinella to the eastward of this city. Gashing every knoll and bit of high ground are Spanish entrenchments.
 A correspondent from an elevation to the right of the American line to-day counted thirty-four of these entrench- ments completely fencing every ap- proach to the city. The trenches have been dug as the conformation of the ground admitted. Their ends overlap where breaks in the line occur, thus securing a comparatively safe retreat from rifle fire in case parts of the trenches are captured. Upon one of these works modern guns have been mounted. They can be plainly seen with the naked eye.
 Spies report that inside the entrench- ments are four parallel lines of rifle pits, shoulder deep, and in front of them are marked ranges and several rows of barbed wire fences.
 No officer who has surveyed the field over which the advance must be made underestimates the task ahead of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
BARRED WIRE DEFENSES
 WILL CAUSE TROUBLE
Army in Need of Nippers to Remove One Serious Obstacle to Its
 Advance.

NEW YORK, June 27-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: There is one feature of Santiago's defenses which does not yet seem to have been considered" said an army official to me to-day, "and that is the twelve lines of barbed wire entanglement which surrounds the city"
 This officer has explored the whole of Cuba, and speaks from personal ex- perience.
 ITO attempt to clear these barriers with guns,'' he continued, results only in throwing them down in a way to harass the men going over them. This will be found a formidable obstacle when the attack is made. The Cuban Junta furnished their troops with nip pers with which to force their way through the trocha. With these the wires were cut and the problem was comparatively simple. The American army to-day needs nippers more than
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
HURTING SUPPLIES
 TO THE ADVANCE FORGE

ABOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DAUNT- LESS, off Baiquili, June 26 (via King ston, Jamaica, June 2O.-General Shaf- ter expects to move his headquarters from Baiquiri to Juragua this evening. Transports are rapidly landing the last supplies of forage and al -munition, and the last of the four light batteries of artillery started this afternoon for Ju- ragua by road. The ordnance officers say the road is impracticable for siege guns and that the landing facilities for them are inadequate.
 About 800 mules are still corraled here. The military authorities are rap idly making up a pack train to take forward rations. The men ashore have five days supplies but supplies for ten days are needed, as a precautlon against a sudden move.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
NOT TO GIVE BATTLE
 UNTIL WELL PREPARED
When General Shafter Attacks It Will Mean the Fall of
 Santiago.

WASHINGTON, June 27.-One short telegram received by General Greedy from one of his signal corps officers that came to the War Department last night or to-day. That related entirely to the mana cement of the telegraph and contained no news as to the move ments of the military. Therefore it is assumed at the department that Gen. eral Shafter is simply carrying out his plans of bringing forward his troops from the sea coast and concentrating them at points of vantage on the heights surrounding Santiago. His army is not to give battle until every precaution that prudence can suggest has been taken to assure the success of the movement, for no one better than General Shafter appreciates the tre- mendous moral advantage that would accrue to Spain from even temporary check of American arms at this time.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
lge the enemies of the dynasty.

LONDON, June 2S.-The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph says: Spain is in a state of ferment, of transition without parallel during the present century. Troubles of the graVest kind are brewing all over the province Every political and social in stitution is threatened in turn, and the least nervous among the far-sighted politicians apprehend a complete de bacle.
 But the failure of the national de- fense is not alone accountable for majority of Spaniards take absolutely no interest in the war and even display a willingness to forget the past and to endeavor to rub along without colonies
 The statesmen responsible for the loss of the colonies are utterly reckless and the indifference to the peoples ruin manifested by the governing and upper middle classes is probably unparalleled in history. Hunger and misery are making themselves felt throughout the country. There will soon be 350,00O un- employed in Catalonia, and everywhere else there are similar signs of distress, going from bad to worse, day by day.
 The Government is painfully con- scious and Is now taking energetic measures, but all of these are Of CO., ercive character. Troops which might have successfully defended the Philip pines are being massed at all the cen ters where starvation protests are likely to assume an aggressive form, while money is being wasted on war ahipe that will never fire shot.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28

guns. I ascertained that no nippers had been furnished our army and un- der present conditions my informant says it will be difficult for the United States army to make it's way over this outer defense. It is the opinion of many experienced army men that the United States army will not be in a position to attack before Saturday or Sunday next"
 An officer old in the navy expressed the opinion to-day that if Santiago were Stormed the so-called defenSeS would be punctured like a bubble and the Spaniards would take to the brush to the west; but on the ether hand, said the army officer. it Is more likely General Shafter will lay siege and try the starvation process.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
Appropriation for Medals.

WASHINGTON. June 27-After the Presidents message in regard to Lieuten- ant Newcomb and Captain Hodgson was received in the Senate to-day Senator Frye introduced a bill proposed at the Navy Department carrying the Presi- dents recommendation into effect. The resolution appropriates 5000 for the man. ufacture of medals,
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
Premier Sogostu Has q Schenne for Securing
 Peace.
Would Proclaim the Whole PeDiD- suIu in q State of Siege uDd
 TheD Appeal for Aid.

LONDON, June 27.-Accordng a special dispatch from Madrid published here this afternoon Premier Sagasa planning provoke crisis and form coalition Ministry, drawn from the different monaca pares including Marshal Campos and General Poavieja The Ministry will pro- claim the whole peninsula of siege eenorce the gar i'll the Carst and republican and then appeal friendly nation probably France Russia of peace.
 MADRID, June 27.-An important body, the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona has notified the Government that general meeting members in favor Of peace and ation of the of
 LONDON, June 27.-The Rome correspondent of the Standard says The Pope disqueted by Carst umors sum- moned one O the leaders to Rome ncogno, receiving him privately The latter assured the Pope that the Car had intention of attacking the egnng dynasty, but resolved to combat any attempt to proclaim a republic
 The Pope lately the Queen Regent advising her abdcae because do would be age the enemies of the dynasty
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
ARTILLERY NEEDED
 FOR THE ASSAULT
Army Officers Realize That a Hard Task Confronts Shafter's
 FoT>ca

ON THE RIO GUIANA, June 26, via Kingston, Jamaica, June 27.-The ad- vance force of the American army rests on the stream with the city of Santiago
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28

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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
LINARES WILL MAKE
 HIS LAST STAND ONE
 MILE FROM THE CITY
Strengthening His Line of Defenses for the Attack Which Is Near
 at Hand.


Special Cab T al New James Gordon
 WITH THE ARMY NEAR SANTIAGO June @ by CaIed Dhpeho Som CTS N Smith Kingston an June only three or four miles now sep machine and field p can be hauled to the front only with the greatest dcuv Much of this
 
 ton held General Wheeler The work hardly can be completed for two three days how
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 of the c the bank sseo River This detachment @ @ @ n % @ sn n 5s outside @ f ] 5 learned that the mai" body of the Spanish General which small forts connected by deep trenches and rbed wire
 cutas position advance the Seventeenth Infantry Tntyah along take the leading position They rance At @ ae f % ] @ % % T s n @ @ G % ponp I forward w W vif % o m d @ h % continues and the socapa battery the western side the tor seems to be strong 5 ] [ @ @ ba @ Spanish ar in desperate straits for od There nc r m furnishing good food and
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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-28
SITUATION AT SANTIAGO
 ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT HOPE
It Is Believed Cervera Will Attempt to Break the Blockade Before
 the Harbor.

Special cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald Copyrighted. 1s9S by James Cor
 don Bennett
 WITH STARTERS ARMY, June 27. T heard to-day it is possible Cervera will try to break the blockade. Samp- son is taking special precautions every night to prevent his escape I believe
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-11
WHERE WILL THE ELEMENTS GO ?

THE fusion in this State repeled more than it ! attracted It is safe to say that more Democrats
 repudiated it than rejected Bryan two years ago. The national Democratic organization stood gallanty by their sound money guns to the end and did ex- ceent execution. The address of their State Com
 nittee was timely and effective They bde their time. It may never come It may be that they destined to the same partisan solitude that the remnant of the old Federal party sought under the leadership Of To Daviess after the defeat of Adams.
 Without the late fusion the Popu.lst party of Cali fcrnia would still be adoescent, with the sap of youth il it and capacity for growth. But many of its members followed their and chased the scent o the fesh-pots that is mangled beyond recognition Its last candidate for Governor, Mr. Webster citizen of the best repute and standing and honest man, compelled to repudiate its in the fusion and put his hand and influence to the defeat ot It's combination with Mcguire. MT. Shanahan, its last hope for the life of its organization, when denied place on the official ballot went with Webster. Mr. T. " Gator, practically the organizer Of the party Tn California and by far its ablest dalectican and ex- pounder turned from it's debauchery in disgust that has led him to publicly declare his future allegiance to the Republican party
 The Silver Republicans had so little of substance and were so shadowy and iusive as an organization that it is not necessary to discuss them at length They consisted of a self-constituted committee and disappointed ambition, which they mistook for prln- ciple They indulged in the idle ceremony of the laying on of hands on the head of Mcguire and pre- tending to the apostolic succession in Repubcanis gave him the chrism the successor ot Lincoln But the profane ceremony deceived of the true be- lievers in the great enancipator The few who were influenced by it have already found their way back to their old party or the way there.
 Judge Maguire's declaration that the fight will go on meaning thereby the fight for land confscaton, free silver at 16 to I, and shower of rredeemabe paper money is an assurance of what his new Dem ocracy proposes Republicans hope that policy will be followed. If defeat in 1896 and 1898 has not prayed those principles in the mortar to powder that is fine enough to be thrown to the winds the process will be repeated in 1000 so effectively that it will be thereafter unnecessary.
 In the present House of Representatives California i> represented by three Republicans and four fiat money men In the next House she will have six Republicans and one fatst, and will strengthen the sound money side of the Senate by vote. We in vite the attention of the country to these gains, and send hail and greeting to all men, everywhere, who have not lost faith in the republic and the principles CT which it is founded
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-11
THE NEXT SENATE.

ZINE of the most gratifying results of the cleo ) tions is the assured return of sufficient num-
 V Der of Republicans to the United States Senate to give the party full control of that branch of the Government For long time past the Senate has been the stumbling block in the way of sound hnan- cal legslaton but the changes to be made in its membership will render 1t a safeguard against any possible monetary folly the part of the House.
 The change will be indeed a notable The Democratic party which but short time ago seemed intrenched in power in the Senate and from that vantage point threatened the nation with free silver bill is now to be hardly more than faction in the chamber. It is bereft not only of numbers, but of leaders and such Democrats are there may yet be found following Popust guides instead of shaping policies for themselves.
 Of the great Democratic galaxy that dominated the Senate during Cleveands term, Hill, German, Black burn Voorhees, Harris and Villas will be absent from the Senate that is to be. Some of these dead some are virtually out of politics. and they have left no strong successors. Senator White, who might have succeeded to the leadership will also be absent and so will Mills of Texas. Only two strong men of the old group remain-Morgan and Vest-and they are too old and too weak from i'll health to lead with any vigor or efficiency.
 From the present outlook there will be but twenty eight Democrats in the Senate. Among these cid war-horses like Cockrell, Turpie and Daniel but these given to making long -wlnded speeches than anything else and genuine leadership is not in them There remains for the Democrats of the Sen ate therefore apparent leader unless they choose to follow the wild and believing Timan of South Carolina. If they refuse his control they will be either leaderess faction else convert themselves into following for slverite like Teller, Popu-
 list like Allen.
 This plentiful lack of brains among the Democrats O the coming Senate is likely to have marked effect upon the of politics It will enable the vigor ous sverites and Populists such Teller, Allen Mantle and Cannon to take the lead in opposition to the Republican majority and compel Democracy to accept subordinate place. Fusion, it is clear is coming home to roost Hungry Democracy, in its greed to devour Populism, is in danger of being swa lowed itself.
 The country, however will give but little heed to the predcament of the small Democratic faction. Interest in the Senate will center in the strong and ably led Republican majority that will control it. Once the highest council of the nation has be- come the stronghold of its conservative wisdom and constructive statesmanship The victory of the year will be far-reaching and long lasting. Before the Senate be changed again all the financial problems of the country will be settled and it's money and rency of all kinds established permanently on the sound basis of gold.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-11
A BUSINESS CONTRAST.

1.-TWO years ago the Congressmen from Illinois,
 by about one days work secured an appropria-
 ton of $5,oooooo to tear down and rebuild the Chicago posto1ice. They secured act of Congress t. employ special architects on account Of the pres sure on the force o the architect of the Treasury Work in clearing of the immense building that had to be removed begun and now the foundation IS completed and ready to receive the superstructure statement of the nature of the ground and the foundation has just been published and is of interest to San Francisco. The soil is loose mud and sand for fifteen feet then three feet of brittle clay and then for sixty feet very soft bluish clay mud with fakes of ster material and gravel below that hard pan The foundation was made of 5o87 piles of Nor way pine driven ultimate resistance, and then cut of twentysix feet below street level and twelve feet below water level of the lake. The job of cutting was difficult, for water oozed through the mud and could not be kept out the cutting of the piles was done under water The building will weigh I5o,ooo ons and each pile will have to carry thirty tons but as their carrying capacity is I36 tons the load will be easily borne.
 The promptness with which this building is going up, overcoming mud and water foundation, is highly credtable the business pusk of Chicago It is also in sharp to the forlorn delays the San Francisco Postoffce The ground for the site in this city, as will be seen is immensely superior for foundation to that in Chicago Yet if pint of is seen in a trench here howl goes Up for re- examination of the foundation and in certain quar- ters every possible impeachment of the location is heraded to the world
 As a result of this fddledeedeeing our appropra- ton sleeps in the treasury and the mechanics and la borers of this city suffer for the money that should be expended upon the work.
 It is time for San Francisco to wake up, quit i'm peachng the very ground she stands on, and to urge forward the beginning and hasten the completion of this building, which is greatly needed for decent the people
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-11
WHY MAGUIRE WAS DEFEATEDg
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The San Francisco call., 1898-11-11
OUR HOME PRODUCTS.

n NNUAL expositions held by the Mechanics \ Institute in this city have served at this sea- son of the year to direct public attention to our home products and to reawaken n the minds of the people of their extent and the importance of upbuilding them This year there has been no Mechanics Fair, and will be none Whatever stn- ulus is to be given toward the promotion of home industries must come from other sources It is, therefore gratifying to note that there will be ex position of home products at Oakland and that will be made as comprehensive and complete as pos sibe.
 The importance of liberal patronage of home products in the home market has long been recog- nzed by all intelligent students of industrial and commercial system. It is known that import into California large quantities of manufactured goods when articles of the class and o equally good better quality made in California ignored in the local market and have to seek in the East or in foreign countries By this practice there is a loss to both the producer and the consumer and double drain of waste Is made upon the revenues of the people.
 There are good reasons for believing that better condition of things will prevail among Us at very distant date Strong associations working for the reform The State Board of Trade, the Manufac- turers' and Producers Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association of San Francisco and similar bodies in other communities
 
 campaign of education on the subject. Throughout the State the press has lent its aid to the work and there can be no question but what great deal has been done to make the home market more profitable to home industries than it has been heretofore
 The creation of public sentiment in favor of home products will not be sufficient however to complish all that is desired Sentiment affects busi- large extent but it does not control it. Un less the producers make known the nature and quality of their products it will be in vain that the people are appealed to to purchase them.
 The Oakland exposition affords good oppor- tunity for exposition of home industries and it is to be hoped producers generally will avail them selves of it. The time has come for to begin pre- parations for our State exposition at Paris and all local fairs held at this time rehearsals for the great display to be made before all the world Every effort therefore, should be made to render these fairs as brilliant and instructive possible When prop erly conducted made use of and patronized they will be most potent aids in bringing about the much de sired result of making California the best market in the world for the products of her people.