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The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02

with renewed vigor. Then, when Gov- ernor Stephens of Missouri offered MT. Bryan a. colonelcy, and his decision was withheld pending the fate of the Nebraska troops, the administration thought it best to accept the Nebras- kans. The War Department refused to give any information as to the assign- ment MT 'Bryan's command # would receive, but stated that it has been discussed. Y. = :->s -.>s@S.: x
 It is believed, however, that the Bryan regiment will be. ordered to: San Francisco for duty in the Philippines. CHATTANOOGA, June .1-The first of the volunteer infantry left Chicka- .mauga for: Tampa to-day. The regi- ments which. went away were. the One Hundred and Fifty-seyenth Indiana. First .Ohio,. First District of Columbia and Second New York To-rrlorrow the Third Pennsylvania, First Illinois, Fifth Maryland and Sixty ninth New York will leave.
 The Second New York. under Colonel E. c. Hardin, left camp at 5 o'clock and marched five miles to Rossville Station. This regiment has been in # camp at Chickamauga: since. May 20. .=
 The. next regiment to leave camp was the First Ohio, which started on a nine mile march to Ringgold. Ga., at 6 o'clock The regiment has been at Chickamauga since May 15. Colonel D. B. Hunt is in command. -; " The One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana left camp at 9 o'clock and marched to- .Ringgold. This regiment has been in camp in Chickamauga since May 16. Colonel George M. Stude- baker, who commands. is one of the youngest colonels in the army, being but 35 years. old. % 5:,
 The First District of Columbia left camp at 9 o'clock and marched to Ross ville. This regiment is composed of 1O50 men under Colonel George H. liar ris. It has been encamped in the park since May 25. The First Illinois Cavalry arrived this morning on three trains. The command numbers 1918 officers and men under Colonel Young. There are still 43,000 soldiers here. The order to recruit all the troops to; the standard of 1907 men will largely increase the number and with the constant arrivals will keep the army near the 50, 900 mark
 General Breckenridge continues his inspection and is doing much toward getting the various regiments into ser yiceabIe condition.
 TAMPA, June 1-General Nelson A Miles, accompanied by his entire staff and force of clerks, arrived in Tampa at 6:30 this morning from Washington, over the Florida Central and Peninsula Railroad. General Miles was accom- panied also by his wife, daughter and son.
 Brigadier General w. H. Lawton has arrived in Tampa and reported to Gen eral Shafter. ..
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Declare Britons Are Now
 Beguiling Americans.
ALL FALL UPON ALBION
APPARENTLY FRIGHTENED BY
 THE PROPOSED ALLIANCE,
On the Other Hand the Newspapers of London Speak Plainly of the Relations of France
 and Spain.
Copyrighted. 1898, by James Gordon Bennett

l
 Copyrighted. 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. | PARIS, June 1.-The French papers are as nervous as they can be over American English approachment. They are virtually crying, What's the matter with us?" Of course none of them believes the report that an; alli- ance is being considered. That is, they say none of them do, but they devote that there cannot be anything in 1t, that 1t is plain to be seen they fear there is. They protest too much; they also quote with glee the Times denial of the report. They are all careful to declare that they not only published the Daily Telegraph's dispatch with all reserve" but they published the de nial of the Times without any reserve.
 The funniest side of the affair is that England gets all the blows. It is case of "Oh, you dear friends, Americans" |" have been beguiled by the wicked Eng fish, and with one accord the press and public fall upon Albion.
 No one dares utter word against
 
 it on England They also try to show that England has nothing to gain from an alliance with America
 Who can make us believe" says the Gaulois, that President Mckinley has tried to dazzle Lord Salisbury with the perspective of an alliance in which England would take all the risks in exchange for problematical support in the East and Far East, where British interests are not threatened"
 This change of base is delightful. Only a few weeks ago these same pa pers were telling England ather time had come, the first indication of it be- ing checks. she had already received in the Chinese question.
 LONDON, June 1.-The London Daily Chronicle thinks the general war situa- tion is grave and says the rumors of a secret arrangement between France and Spain continue with singular per sistence and the reports of French de- signs upon the Canary Islands and Ceuta are gaining strength. Continu- ing, the Chronicle says:
 Tn commercial circles it is perfectly well understood that Great Britain will regard France taking the Canaries or Ceuta as an unfriendly act, and also that if France helps Spain public opin- ion here will demand that we assist America"
 The Pail Mall Gazette devotes much space to the Anglo-American relations, and while disavowing it's belief that any treaty of alliance exists, says:
 There will be something better-the recognition of our unities and the rap idly consolidating sense of common in terests and brother lines. Henceforth Great Britain and America will ap- proach these things in the right spirit
 
 something more and more to be reck- oned with"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
DISASTER TO
 GOLD SEEKERS
Fever and Scurvy Over take Sorenson's Party.

APIA, Samoa, May 14-The schooner Sophie Sutherland, which left San Francisco in 1897 with party of pros pectors on board to search for gold in the South Seas, reached here on May Il with the crew in horrible condi- ton. ..+ :: .':.%..:. %.: .-.:.: : :.
 The Sutherland under the guidance of a man named Sorenson,: took a party of fifteen men, four of whom were sail ors, who prospected among the Solo, mon Islands for gold. After cruising around for several months without suc- cess, all of the part were attacked by fever, and the captain decided to leave for San Francisco On March 19 last the vessel left Florida Island with all but three men on board unable to move. . Three days later there was but one man able to assist in navigat- ing: the craft :. :.:- T.: =: =
 ;. The captain then headed for Apia, the nearest: point, to obtain medical treatment, but to add to the trouble scurvy broke out; and when within sight of Samoa there. were only. two men, the captain and. another, able to work. The ship. for three weeks. was within seventy miles of Apia; but did not reach port until May Il on account of head winds, During those three weeks: four. of those on board Kohn, Nicholson. Goldsrnfdt and De : Witt died and were buried at sea. .... .... - x: For the. last: few days the whole working of the vessel devolved# upon the captain, who was. up for from eighteen to twenty-two hours each day. All those who reached Apia alive pre- scented a terrible appearance. The names of those who reached .Apia are: Mclean, Higgins. Lampe, :Berges Head burg: and Olsen. There was. an abund-. ance. of food :on board the. Sutherland, but no one was: able to cook 1t. The. vessel .wilI"remain here until the crew has recovered, when she will be taken to San Francisco Four men of the ty-(1reenwood, Gingg,# Smadeke and Cunath--renlained at Florida Isl- and to prospect. SQrenson; who " it seems was well known in the: South
 Seas. was. forced to leave the island before the Suther' 4nd sailed. .....'.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
JANE GRAY UNLUCKY
 FROM THE BEGINNING.
Given Up for Lost, Capsized in Der ing Sea and Seized for Illicit
 Sealing.

The Jane Gray was a failure almost from the time of her launching. She was built in Bath Me, In 1SS7 and came around the Horn to San Fran cisco. It took her so long to make the passage that she was almost given up for lost. When sf , did reach port barnacles yard long were found stick ing to her bottom.
 Soon after she arrived here she was fitted out for a whaling cruise In the Bering Sea she WIS caught in a storm and capsized. Captain Kelly and his crew escaped and later the sloop-of war Marion (now the naval training shlp) picked her up. and lowed her into Sitka. There she was rfghted and fixed up and sailed back to San Francisco.
 For seven years the Jane Gray went. whaling and then in the latter part of 1883 she was sold. to c. Nonaemann. In January, 1894 she WAS fitted out as q. sealer and for two years made money for her oWnc, s. Captain E.: w Ftlncke was in command and during that time. over:30OO skins were takeI., mostly on the coast of Japan. -:
 In 1896 the schooner was fitted out for a cruise iri Bering Sea and on that voyage she. was seized by the United States. gunbQat Yorktown for Illicit sealing. For a long time the vessel was tied up, but she was finally released on bonds. Last March she was sold to some parties .in. Puget Sound and went to Seattle,:where she. was fitted out for 9 voyage. with gold hunters to Kotze-. bue Sound. KS. .::: ; ..
 The Jane Gray was most un nfortu- nate vessel, said Captain E. " Funcke. yesterday. ..sShe evidently did not capsize like she did:in Boring Sea but must have sprung 8 l ak and went down. She was thirteen days out from Seattle and only ninety miles: from Cape Flattery, so she must have sprung a: leak soon after leaving the Sound and was putting back when the fatality oc- cured. The chances are that some of the men got away in the boats and the others were caught in their hunks and went down with the vessel,'
 Four San Francisco boys sailed on, the Jane Gray. They were Ed NJ. Tay- Tor and : red s. Taylor of the s. P, Taylor's Sons Paper Company, Burrey Spencer. brother of George Spencer, with the Union Paper Company, and Charles w. Wilkinson, foreman of Val- leau & Peterson's press rooms
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
SPANISH VERSIONS
 OF THE ENGAGEMENT
Dons, of Course, Assert the American Squadron Suffered a Check
 at SanfiaUo-

HAVANA, June 1.-The following Spanish account of the. reported en- gagement off Santiago de Cuba has been issued here: The American fleet, consisting of the Iowa, Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Texas. New Orleans, Mar blehead, Minnesota and . another cruiser, in addition to: six small vessels
 took up position on May 31 on the western side of the mouth of Santiago de Cuba channel, opening fire from the first five vessels.
 1.-The Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon was anchored toward Punta Gorda and could be seen from the open sea. The fire of the American fleet was answered by Morro, Socapa and Punta Gorda batteries and by the cruiser Cristobal Colon. The American fleet fired sew *enty shots, with projectiles of. 32,' without causing theieast damage. -: -:.: :,. The bombardment* lasted ninety min .utes and. the. American fleet retired with transatlantic steamer, an aux Hilary cruiser. damaged. Two shells were seen to explode. on the Iowas stern, and there was fire on board an4 other battleship. Several projectiles fell inside the harbor, near the Spanish warships..
 :. Admiral Cervera, it is reported here, was not at Santiago de Cuba yesterday during the bombardment by the Ameri- can squadron. Had he been: there tha Spanish warships would have entered the com bat against the Americans, confident of victorious outcome
 The Spanish troops have orders to make an energetic, slight. or no rA- sistance,.: according to circumstances, with view of facilitating the landing of American forces, so that the latter may go into the interior of the country. where the Spanish are convinced they will be able to defeat them. The Span ish army and navy are anxious to measure arms with the Americans, and are desirous that a propitious occasion
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
GREAT VICTORY FOR
 AMERICAN EMPHASIZES
Continued from First Page.

extraordinary precautions and have placed in the marrow pass at the en- trance of the harbor special contriv- ances which permit the closing and opening of the. port at will.
 The condition of the. population of Santiago, since the beginning of the blockade, has grown rapidly worse. and it is TOW said to be nearly desperate. Food is very scarce, and the poor peo- pie are finding it almost impossible to obtain any because of the enormous prices. The expectation is gen4ral that Santiago must soon fall into the hands of the Americans.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
ARE REDUCING. ALL BATTERIES Good Practice Aboard AuxiliaryGunboats. 7. BLockHousEs. K. 'I LAID IN RUINS CREWS ENJOY: THE SPORT ALONG CUBAN COASTS. Sand Batteries Blown to Dust by the Uncas and Leyden, and Earth.
 works ;. Are Easily : . Scattered. <.
 
CREWS :. ENJOY. THE SPORT
 ALONG CUBAN COASTS.
: Special Dispatch to. The Gail.

KEY WEST, June 1.-The United States auxiliary gunboat Uncas ar rived here this morning from the Gu ban coast. She reports. that on Mon day last, when a mile and a half west of Matanzas lighthouse, she sighted a Spanish. blockhouse. on shore Taking up position about 800 yards off shore, the Uncas fired two shots at the house, and the two shells went clear through the building, which was wrecked.
 During the. firing the auxiliary gun boat Leyden came up and also fired a couple of shots. It is not known whether any Spaniards were killed, but they probably fled at the first shot The blockhouse made no reply. The action on the part of the Uncas and Leyden is in accordance with the policy of the patrol boats smelling any bloekhouses they may come across The crews. en- Joy this target practice very much.
 All was quiet "on the Havana block ade when the Uncas left last night.
 The coast between Cardenas and Ma tanZas, for twenty miles east of where the Florida expedition landed, has been shelled and cleared of Spaniards by the auxiliary gunboats Uncas and ~Leyden. The Spaniards erected numerous sand batteries and earthWorkS in that sec tton, and Spanish cavalry and infantry have often been seen moving up and down the two points. Perhaps this part of the coast has been selected for the landing of another: expedition, or 1t may be a good point where troops could be landed preparatory to a move upon Havana. The Uncas and Leyden have made it safe for landing party to approach the shore. They blew all hn ho 4drs to :1, +l. earthworks into heaps of debris and scattering the Spaniards. Several blockhouses were also. demolished. h. surgents are numerous in the vicinity of Matanzas and may soon capture the place.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02

Read "How to Succeed in Politics. y by Senator Foraker of Ohio, in next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02

Lauchin judge
 
   recommendation defective
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
MONEY: R EoUlRED FOR. PRECAUTIONARY F0Rc Es

WASHINGTON, June 1j--secretary Alger sent up to the House to-day ad- ditionaI estimates: of $3,101. .0OO required immediately for the .expedftionary force, to Cuba and for work and equip ments necessary for the campaign against Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. Secretary: .Alger transmits a letter outlining. immediate action against Cuba and saying it. is proposed to dispatch from l5,0 900 to 0,000 troops at once. these to. be followed as rapidly as possible by 5e,oOo more. r;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17
MT. White Again Says Offers for Pu
chase Have Been Made.

Mr. White Again Says Offers for Pur-
chase Have Been Made.
Representative White of Illinois has re-
turned from Chicago and today reiterated
the statement made in The Star March 4.
in an interview, that syndicate of
moneyed men stand ready to pay 1000 600
for the Washington Gas Company and its
holdings.
.Oyertures to that effect" said Mr.. White
today, "have been made to the company or
its agents, and Mr.. John r. Mclean is
aware of that fact. The syndicate will buy
the company's holdings outright or g. ma
jority of it's holdings on the basis Of 81 900, :
600 for the whole.
"The purchasers will put in the contract
of sale the stipulation that gas shall be
furnished to the citizens at price not to
exceed 90 cents thousand feet.
..If there is any doubt In the company 8
mind about the proposition, let them oner
me an option for thirty days and see how
Quickly It will be accepted.
.sThe Star quoted me correctly, but some
papers have misquoted me. wish The
star would state never claimed the ac-
nuairtance Of L. z. Letter, or that had
ever met any of, the family. did state
that M. Letter did know the people that 1
renresented and would unQuestionabiy
sneak for their responsibility and ability to
IA every way carry out any agreement
which they or their Representatives would
make. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

sion of the Maine incident. A finding Of
facts in that case, which declares the eX-
p,osion to be either an accident from with
in, or the direct result of action by the
Spanish officials. will involve no legal ques-
ton of responsibility. But such a finding
is not likely.
If the disaster is found to have resulted
from an outside agency without specifying
1t, the question of the responsibility Of
Spain remains. This would depend upon
the diligence shown in protecting the visit
ing vessel Spain does rot guarantee the
safety of all foreign men-of-war in her
ports. Neither is her responsibility limited
to the action or Sonnivance of her own
officers. But she does owe a care or dill
gence in protection proportional to the
ds niger of attack and to the results likely
to flow from negligence.
The question of due diligence and of m
demnity in such case might fairly be left
to arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17
Change. Hi. Plea.

John Skiyington. recently indicted for lar
ceny, today withdrew his plea Of not guilty
ard pleaded guilty OF petit larceny Skiv-
iIgton was thereupon sentenced by CHEZ
Justice Bingham to serve six months In
the District Jail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

LONDON. March Han London was
interested today In the brilliant bsnent ten
dered to Nellie Farren. oue Of London's
Fred Leslie, wuE In the iirst 0aaety COM
pany that visited the United States. An OF
the ieading managerss actors and actresses
oo-opefated IN the axrangeDeutD for the
beuedt. and Drury Lane 1oeafer Was -
3ected for the performance. The adva1co
sale Of ssats netted ez6.00o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

The Washington Auxiliary OF the Wc-
mems National Indian Association Will
m: ct tomorrow at IL am. at the Church
OF the Covenant. Rev. ]. T. Whittemore
will speak Of his work among the Indiana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

want" ads. in The Star pay because
they bring answers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17
Work Among the Indians.

Janaushek at Columbia Is strength per
sonified.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

An open-door meeting will be held at 1919
D street northwest at o'clock tomorrow
evening, when Mother PrindeT OF the
Florence Crittenton Mission Of New York
will speak. Mrs. Prindell's work in restor-
ing fallen men and women to their homes
has given her a wide reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

Janaushek In Paul Kester,s new play
Coiumbia.-Adyt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17
WASHINGTON GAS COMPANY.

Intense realism in Janaushek's new play
Columbia.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

ZC tomorrow for those Ladies'
Be Handkerchiefs, with
white borders. They are as sheer
as 25c linen handkerchiefs. Look
Just as we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

!. poe tomorrow for the BE-
. Army and Navy Belts.
. composed Of gold buttons, linked
by chains. Not more than one to
each purchaser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

SWS, tomorrow for the new soc
Ccrsets. Made Of supe-
rior jean, with double side steels
and silk Tossing. Sizes is TO 25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

II RI tomorrow for Ladies' 19c
Hose. Some with double
soles. Plain and ribbed. Fast
black. polka dots and other new
spring effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

ssh ar tomorrow for the Pal
ais Royals famous
s1.4S Gloria" Umbrellas. with
steel rods, etc. Various STYLES
for ladies and gentlemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

&lS, tomorrow for the 81 I'm
brelia Skirts. made of
black Saline and grass linen.
Umbrella shape. Full width aud
all lengths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-17

Zoe tomorrow for those o
~ clasp Kid Gloves-those
81 quality Gloves being offered
at only 66c-tO be 59c pair for
tomorrow only,
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-26

road comprising a territory of fifty five miles.
 With this plant is dry-kilp with capacity of 100, GOO feet week, and from fifty to sixty men find employ ment in it's various departments. The capacity of the plant will soon be largely increased and then it will be incorporated and stock put on the market for sale.
 Mir. Pryor also has two general mer- cnandise stores, one here and one a few miles down the road to the south at Hatfield. He is native of Ohio, wnet from there to Iowa, thence to Missouri and from there here We present his picture in another place as a member of the visiting committee of our city public schools.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-26
OUR LUMBER INTERESTS.
Sketches Showing Resources of the
 Mills of This Section.

Probabl, the most important pro ductive industry we have here at this time, one that brings large sums of money to this city and county. is the timber and lumber products. With the building of the Pittsbnrg x Gulf railroad, came enterprising men, who established sawmill plants at conven- tent points along the line, and others to purchase walnut and gum logs for export. also piling and bridge timbers, cedar poles and posts white oak bar. eel slaves and even cordwood.
 There are ten or twelve quite exten- siye milling plants in this county out side of Mena, and to operate them and get out all the logs and other tim Der products being shipped away, requires the labor of hundreds of men, and as consumers they help build up and sus- tain the town.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-26
MENA A PROGRESSIVE CITY.
lcontinued from ilrst pagel

its present location to what IS now generally recognized as the business metropolis of South western Arkansas.
 Aside from the fact, that, being so centrally located, this must re- main the midway division point on the Pittsburg x Gulf between Kansas City and Port Arthur, making 1t the home of hundreds of trainmen and other employees and causing the disbursement of many thousands of dollars of money by the railroad each month, the large extent of terri tory tributary insures the per- manancy and continued growth of the town. The topography Of the country surrounding Mena is such that it is not practical to build railroads through adjacent territory so as to cut off the trade that now naturally finds it's way here.
 Our business men are all thriv ing and quite contented, building up a reputation for stability equal to those of older and more settled communities, not business fail ure having been recorded since Mena became a town.
 Following this i'll other por- t1OnS of th1s paper viii be found personal mention, and Ill some instances portraits, of many of our business men and citizens, also descriptions of some of the industries established here during 1897.
The Mena weekly star., 1898-01-26
The w. s. Pryor riiIling Co.

This is one of our most extensive and successful milling plants and was located here Tn December, 1896, the mill being started to running during January, 1897. This mill has capac- ity of 3u,00o feet day, and manufac- lures all kinds of building material - such as flooring, ceiling, siding and mouldings of all patterns making a speciality of getting out bridge tim bers and heavy diminsion stuff for large buildings filling many large or ders at Kansas City and other North ern cities.
 This plant is located near the rail- road track in the southwest portion of the city, and has connections with the road by switch. The logs are ship ped to this mill by rail- Mir Pryor hay ing contract for shipments over the