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The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
BIG DEMONSTRATION AT
 SCHLEY'S BIRTHPLACE
Congratulatory Resolutions Sent to the "Vice Admiral of the
 United States Navy"

FREDERICK, Md, July 12.-An en- thusiastic demonstration in honor or Commodore Winfield Scott Schley ana his brilliant victory at Santiago was held in this city tonight. The com modore was born here in 1S40, and many of those who participated in to- nights celebration were lifelong friends of the naval hero. After procession in which several thousand persons took part, a mass meeting was held in Court house Square. Hon. James McSperry, chief of the Maryland Court of Appeals, presided and addressed the assemblage. Hon. E. R. Wood of Frederick and Mrs. Donald Mclean, regent of the New York Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, also delivered patriotic addresses. Resolutions were adopted congratulating Commodore Schley upon his splendid victory. These were signed by the city officials, engrossed and for warded to the "Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy"
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OUR COAL SUPPLY IN
 DANISH WEST INDIES
It Is Believed Vessels Will Be Per- mitted to Take on Fuel at
 St Thomas

NEW YORK, July 12.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Off, cial information has been received at Washington that the Governor of the Danish West Indies has prohibited the transfer of coal owned by the United States to American men-of- war with out his knowledge. Before the out break of the war the State Depart ment, at the instance of Secretary Long on a recommendation made by Com mander R. B. Bradford, cabled to Con- sul Van Horne directing him to buy practically the entire available supply of coal at that point. In accordance with this instruction 5000 tons were purchased and loaded on schooners ready for transshipment to American warships when required Since the war began two vessels, the Montgomery and Minneapolis, put into St. Thomas, and the Governor permitted them to take 900 tons, 1S0 tons on board the former and the remainder on the latter. sufficient to enable them to reach the United States.
 There are now, therefore, 400o tons of coal belonging to the United States lying at St. Thomas No doubt exists in official circles that American vessels putting into St. Thomas will be allowed sufficient coal to carry them to the nearest port from the supply now at that point.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
SPANIARDS AWAIT
 WATSON'S SQUADRON
Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
 

Special cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 PORT SAID, July 12.-The Spanish fleet was Seen off Cape Burlos last night at midnight going about eight knots an hour.
 LONDON, July 13.-The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily News says: Orders have been received by the Se- vile garrison to hold itself in readi- ness to proceed to the defense of the coasts. It is believed that the garri- sons destination Is camp near Gi- braltar. The order is widely com mented upon. The United States Con- suls at Gibraltar and Tangiers have enormous quantities of coal, and Amer ican colliers are reported between Cape Spartell on the northwest coast of Mo rocco and St. Vincent.
 A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar says the American squadron is expected at Tangier about Friday
 NEW YORK, July 12.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Each days delay in the capture of Santiago means that much time is lost in the departure of the Eastern squadron for Spain. The necessity of keeping Rear Admiral Sampson's ships we'll supplied with coal has required the retention of some of the colliers attached to the
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eastern squadron in Southern Cuban waters. The result has been that the Navy Department has been compelled to revoke the orders directing the col Hers to come north at once and some of these ships have not yet arrived at Hampton Roads.
 AS the Herald has stated it was in- tended the fleet of colliers should leave that point on Thursday evening under convoy of the auxiliary cruiser Yankee, but now it has practically been decided to send the Yankee to Santiago and there to transfer the ammunition she has taken on board as a cargo to the battleships Oregon and Massachusetts, and then return to Hampton Roads for final orders. The Scindia, which. has been added to the fleet of colliers, is undergoing repairs, and it is expected she will be ready for sea in about a week This fact together with the fail ure of some of the other colliers assigned to the eastern squadron to put in an appearance at Hampton Roads makes it evident now that the fleet can- not get away as promptly as has been eXDected
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the north side of the bay, and no one will be permitted to land from vessels entering the harbor here without special permit from the commanding officer. This may result in considerable inconvenience to the newspaper dis patch boats. It also cuts off communi- cation with the insurgent forces around Guantanamo under the command of General Perez and the regiment of Col onel Thomas.
 The rules will also be rigidly enforced at Camp McCalla, although the general health of the American marines is re- markably good.
 The Spaniards in and around Caima- nera have been showi~~ great activity during the last two or three days, and their forces have been apparently in creased from Guantanamo. The bold ness of the American launches in ven- turing up beyond the port and the pres ence of large number of warships in the lower bay have evidently led the Spanish to believe that an attack is planned at that point.
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were in Dawson last winter, and when we left-well, we haven't any roof gar dens in the Yukon and don't need them in that climate, but l tell you the town was gay. Grub? Plenty of it. Its scarcity last winter was exaggerated. A great deal of it was bought up by spectators. This year the Alaska Commercial Company and the North American Trading and Transportation Company have 30000 tons of provisions coming up the river.
 Contrary to earlier expectations" continued MT. Cole, there is now plenty of water in the Yukon. Dawson is not exactly a Venice, but when we left people were navigating Front street in small boats and on any kind of a raft or tub that would float. In fact the river has not been so high in a good many years. Damage to prop erty was at first threatened, but that danger is past This will give an open river for the boats at St. Michael, so that they will in all probability be able to make at least one round trip. But the snowfall is not heavy and unless there are heavy rains August and Sep tember will very likely show different stage of water"
 The most surprising news brought out by MT. Cole is that many of the much-vaunted and famous claims on Bonanza Creek have turned out to be blanks. Pay streaks have suddenly pinched out entirely and in some claims have narrowed down to little more than barely pay dirt. The dumps on El Dorado or the other hand, are large and numerous and look fat with nuggets. Sulphur and Dominion creeks are banning out beyond anybody's highest expectations. The gold in these creeks is flatter, smaller and more of a uniform size. It is what is common ly called coarse gold-a little thicker than rolled oats. Hunker is reported to be holding it's own and so are all the other claims except a number of bitter disappointments on Bonanza.
 Mir. Cole would not attempt to make an estimate of the total cleanup. for the reason, as he said, that he did not know and could not form an idea that he thought would be correct. He said simply that all the claims had realized what their owners expected with the exception of some on Bonanza,
 It will soon be possible to leave Pu- get Sound with an outfit or any con- siderable quantity of merchandise, n season, and be set down in Dawson in ten or twelve days. The distance from Puget Sound to Dawson by way of the down-river route is approximately 1900 miles, The railroad and the steam CTS on the down-river route will en- able the passage to be made to Dawson in the open season at a great saving of labor time and expense as con- pared with the up-river route from St. Michael. Miners will thus float down the river instead of bucking the cur rent.
 MT. Cole says that others are coming
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THE ST. LOUIS SCOOPS
 ANOTHER PRIZE-SHlP
Was Flying the British Flag and Car ried Supplies for Spaniards
 in Cuba.


 KEY WEST July 12.-The sloop Wary, flying the British flag, was brought in here to-dav as a prize of war. She was captured by the St. Louis about no miles from Santiago de Cuba, while bound from Jamaica for Santa Cruz, with a cargo of pro- visions. It was thought her English registry was a subterfuge to enable her to land supplies in Cuba for the starv- ing Spaniards, but investigation proved it to be bona ffde, and she appears to have been engaged in a bold attempt to land her cargo on the southern coast of Cuba. Her crew consisted of Cap tain Jeremiah Moss and three men, all Jamaican negroes. The sloop, which is a Elton vessel, was captured on the 2d inst, while becalmed. She was brought in by a prize crew of three men.
 A schooner, the Wyckerson. was cap- tured by one of the converted yachts at the same place two days before the Wary was taken. She was owned by two German merchants, who were aboard and who protested so vigor- ously that the prize was taken over to Santiago for formal report to Ad- miral Sampson. She was bound for ManZanillo from Jamaica.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
BROOKLYN. OREGON AND
 TEXAS DID THE WORK
Cervera Says That but for Their Ac- tivity He Would Have Saved
 Three Ships

Correspondence of the Associated Press Copy-
 lighted 1898, by the Associated Press. = OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July A. On the return of the United States cruiser Brooklyn to the blockade off Santiago de Cuba, on the evening of July 3, the Iowa reported to Commo- dore Schley that Admiral Cervera. the admiral of the Spanish fleet, was on board. The commodore at once went over to pay his resp, ts.
 The Spanish admiral was much cast down by his defeat, but preserved a dignified and courteous demeanor not withstanding. He said he deeply ap- preciated the fact that the men of the Brooklyn did not exult by cheering when it was learned that he was a prisoner on the Iowa. He replied, in response to the commodore's remark that it was the fortune of war: "Yes. but I've lost my career now that I've been defeated
 Commodore Schley, however, told him that such brave deed as that of bringing out his squadron could never be looked upon otherwise than a most gallant feat. upon which Admiral Ger vera threw his arms around the com modore and said: "Ah, sailors always are gentlemen"
 Cervera spoke of the accuracy and deadliness of the Brooklyn's fire, say
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
BIG CLEAN-UPS AND FIZZLES
STREAM OF GoLD-HUNTERs ON
 THE MOVE.
Projects to Improve Transportation Facilities by All Routes from
 This Coast to the
 Mines.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

JUNEAU, Alaska, July 8 (by steam ship City of Topeka to Victoria, B. C., July 12).-Brad Cole of Douglas Island and William Lawson have arrived out fresh from Dawson. They are the first to come over the up-river trail this summer, and they bring news that is surprising. Cole, who is here, will leave for Victoria in a few days to pur- chase certain line of goods, while Lawson has remained at Lake Bennett to boss the construction of scow, on which they will take the Victoria mer- chandise into the great gold mining camp.
 The Klondike, he says, Is upholding even the most eXtravagant ideas of the wealth that lies hidden in the gravel of the creeks that descend from the mountains, and in general the clean up will be all that was anticipated. On the way up the rivcr Cole and Lawson were never out of sight of boat, raft or scow loaded with grub and men bound for Dawson. Cole says that if they had stopped to talk to all who wanted to converse with them about Dawson and the cleanup they would not have got out of the country this summer. Two thousands of men floating down the river just seem to be heading for Dawson and don't know where they are going or what they are going to do after they get there. When a man expecting to hunt gold gets into the Yukon basin his troubles and hard work are just beginning.
 Talk ab-ut San Francisco or Seat tle," he says. "why you have never seen lively town unless you have seen Dawson. The cleanup was being made when we left. There was plenty of grub, everybody had money, and night found all the people enjoying them selves. The little steamer May West, which stuck on the flats last fall, got up the river just before we left, bring ing some nails. Nails were previously worth about $1 each in Dawson. Now building that was delayed from lack of nails is going ahead.
 Major Walsh decided that no liquor licenses should be issued, and now everybody who has liquor for sale is running his place wide open.. The number of female inhabitants is ten to one compared with the quota that
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workingmen who came out was imme- diately surrounded and begged fol word of those who had been left be- hind, many of whom are still missing
 The fire was soon under control and finally quenched. The search for other dead and missing was immediately begun and will be prosecuted diligently which contained ton of nitro-glycer- inc, were in constant danger of being exploded by flying sparks.
 The Laf1in Rand Company had been engaged in the manufacture of brown powder, nitro -glycerine, guncotton and smokeless powder under contract to the Government. The loss to the com pany will be great, but it is said a reconstruction of the. wrecked build ings will begin at daylight tomorrow and that the plant will be in full run ming order in two weeks.
 After the explosion there was some talk of Spanish spy being implicated in the attempt to destroy the powder mill. but the theory of the men connect ed with the works is that a grain of gravel or sand got into some powder which was in process of handling in the mixing room and that as it went through the machinery the foreign substance came in contact with a met al surface and threw out a spark. which ignited the explosive.
 The list of killed is as follows:
 John Craig, chief engineer of the works.
 William Brennan, car driver.
 James Phillips.
 Daniel Freeman, boss of the drying room.
 William Fisher, inside worker
 William Fisher Jr., helper.
 John Bonnatta, laborer.
 Casper CoZzino, Italian laborer
 Guido Marine, fragment of a body found
 Jose Cossene, Italian laborer.
 A canvass of Pompton Plains shows that G. R. Garrigan, an employe of the company is missing
 Adjutant Patterson of the Third Regiment says the men of the regi- ment showed the greatest coolness in the face of the greatest danger.
 About o'clock in the evening, while they came across a body, or rather killed. This man appears to have been working on the side of the mountain, a thousand yards from the works. His head was blown off. Who he was no one seems to know.
 Working in the guncotton rooms when the explosion occurred was a man named Fisher. The body found on the mountain side may be his, as his re- mains have not been found. A boy, a son of Fisher, is also missing He was working with his father and he may have been blown to pieces.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
DEATH OF MAJOR 41OORE. Was Private Secretary to Both Lin-
 coin and Johnson.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-Major W. G. Moore, for the past twelve years Super intendent of Police, died here to-day. aged 69 years. By reason of his varied experience and official connections Major Moore was well known throughout the per man and a reporter of Congressional debates. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in a local military company, but soon after was detailed for duty in the office of Simon Cameron, the Secre- tary of War, and also in the position of adjutant general of volunteers. During a short portion of 1865 MT. Moore filled the position of private secretary to President Lincoln and after the latter was assas- sinated he continued with President Johnson in a similar position. In 1866 he became Superintendent of the local police force
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and the wig-wagging signaled from the shore to the ships where each shell fell, and notified the gunners if they had the proper elevation.
 The ships ran out their big guns on the side opposite the firing, in order to secure the desired list to port or to starboard. General Shafter signaled about noon that some Of the shells fell in the bay and some in the city. The latter do not appear to do great damage"
 Comment on this subject was changed immediately by a message, saying: The last shot struck a church where same and doing great damage"
 The bombardment closed for the day at l D. m., at General Shafter's request, as he was about to send flag of truce into the city, in order to demand it's surrender for the third and last time. The whole proceeding was business like in the extreme The ordinary avo- ated at intervals of five minutes by the roar of the big guns, the scream of projectiles and the echoes from the mountains in the rear of Morro Castle, plainly visible to the westward and having the bombarding ships we'll in range. But not gun was fired by the Spaniards.
 The effect of the shells when they did hit can easily be imagined, when it Is known that each of them carries 250 pounds of explosives and travels 925 feet per second. Whenever a missile lands at the distance of two and a half miles from the muZzle to the city 1t occupies 22A seconds In it's flight. Four shells during the bombardment to-day ignited fires in different parts of the city, proving the feasibility of burn ing the place by using the guns of. the fleet alone. Death must have come to many in the city by reason of the she'll ing
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
Sampson's Squadron Solves the Problem of Smelling the
 Doomed City.
Aided by Signals From the Shore It Finally Gets the Range and Can Now Do Effective
 BOmbardment.

OFF AGUADORES, July II, ? p. m. (via Kingston, Jamaica, July 12, 2:10 p. m.).-The United States navy has the following problem presented to it: What is the best manner of effectually bombarding city distant four and a half miles and concealed from view by range of hills 250 feet high at it's lowest part?
 The problem has been satisfactorily solved. So, if the army hereafter never fires shot and merely guards the roads, the navy can make Santiago un- tenable, if, indeed, 1t does not destroy 1t in few days.
 Sunday and to-day the sea was calm CT than usual, so the opportunity for good practice was afforded. In pur- suance of General Shafter's request, Commodore Schley. Rear Admiral Sampson being absent at Guanta namo, al. 3 o'clock on Sunday after noon ranged the Brooklyn, Indiana and Texas within 800 yards of the shore, at point almost due south of the city of Santiago, distant a little over four and a half miles. The ships were about a mile apart. The army signal men were on the beach oprosite the ships and also on the crest of hill overlook ing both the ships and the city. These men wig-wagged the results of each shot, telling the gunners if the shell was aimed too high or too low or not in line
 Sundays practice was good, but it was better to-day, when the firing was opened by the New York, which re- turned from Guantanamo during the night The New York, Brooklyn and Indiana were the ships which partici- pated in the shelling this morning. Each shot was carefully calculated,
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13

ing that, in the early part of the ac- ton, one of her shells had traversed the entire length of the gun deck, kill ing and wounding probably eighty men. On the Vizcaya alone there were 11O men killed Admiral Cervera said he feared the losses might be greater than he knew, for many men were below the decks, and when the ships were on lire it must have been difficult for them to escape Cervera also said that he had no doubt that at least three ships would have got away had it not been for the Brooklyn, Oregon and Texas.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
MILES ORDERS
 SIBONEY BURNED

WITH ARMY BEFORE SANTIAGO, (via Playa del Este, July 11.-Major General Nelson A. Miles promises to take Santiago within three days. Shocked at the condition he found in Siboney, General Miles immediately ordered that the town be destroyed by fire. He decided upon this as a sani- tary measure General Duffield, who is confined in the hospital, is in very serious condition.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
HAVANA CUT OFF FROM
 CABLE COMMUNICATION
Captain Young of the Hist Success fully Performs Another
 narinC Feat

PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, July 12.-Captain Young of the Hist, commanding an expedition com prised of the Hist, Hornet and Wam- patuck, yesterday morning Monday). while off Santa Cruz, succeeded in cut ting the cable connecting Havana with Santiago via Cienfuegos, Trinidad, the United States and ManZanillo.
 Under cover of the night Captain Young went in, facing superior forces, and located the landing place of the cable. He remained in hiding until daybreak, and then cut the cable fif teen miles southeast of Santa Cruz in ten fathoms of water. Then he cut off 160 feet of the strand and lowed the end in opposite directions, each for a couple of miles.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
CREW OF A SPANISH
 GUNBOAT M0BBED
Seamen Attacked at Valencia After the Defeat of Cervera at
 SantiaUO

Special cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Cor
 don Bennett
 GIBRALTAR, July 12-I hear on the authority of the Russian Consul here that the Sultan of Morocco has notihed the powers of his neutrality.
 The Vitoria is going to Corunna as a guardship.
 An officer from Valencia relates an extraordinary story of how the crew of a gunboat arriving there just after the Santiago disaster was mobbed. The crowd threatened to destroy the ves- sels. Such unreasoning violence indi- cates the popular feeling of irritation and the trend of events. They must find vent hole and make somebody a Scapegoat.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
STRICT QUARANTINE
 IS ESTABLISHED

Copyrighted. 1898, by the Associated Press
 PLAYA DEL ESTE, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 12-The known pres ence of yellow fever at Caimanera, Guantanamo and other towns in the vicinity of Camp McCalla and along the coast has resulted in the establishment of the strictest quarantine. Hereafter no communication will be allowed with
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
NO CHANGE IN THE
 MANILA SITUATION

HONGKONG, July 1-The British gum boat Plover, which left Manila on Sum- day morning, has arrived here. She re- ports that at the time of sailing there was no change in the situation. Admiral Dewey was awaiting the arrival of Gen. eral Merritt. The insurgents were firing nightly on the Spaniards, and the block ade had finally been rendered effective.
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out of Dawson this summer by way Of Lake Bennett. He confirms the report about the quartz excitement on Nine Mile Creek, Mud Lake, but he and Lawson did not stop to stake off any ground. The quartz on Nine Mile was reported very rich and free milling.
 HAT. HOFFMAN
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
Church Ready to Surrender.

HONGKONG, July 12.-It Is said on what is considered good authority that the church stands ready to surrender Manila if its millions can be saved.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-13
SPANISH CRUISER ON
 A SECRET MISSION
Special Cable to The Call New York Herald
 by James Gordon Bennett.

ANTWERP, Belgium, July l2-The Cudad Cadz mysteriousIy morning from Corunna under of
 She has had her eaced from customs officers board The object
 kept secret and she sailed for unknown port She carries of 65 guns two 3nch guns and four revolver guns General
 manifested at the mysterious departure.
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