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ply from Spain before sending the re- port to Congress is uncertain. But there will be no delay in acquainting the pub lie with the findings of the court. 1 was told to-day that 1t would be made public within twenty-four honrs after its re- ceipt
 Representations as to the ending ot the Cuban war will be made to Spain immediately after. if not at the same time with the demand for reparation on account of the Maine disaster.
 The President has in no sense changed his purpose to insist that the destruction of the Maine and the killing of her officers and men Is an additional and final reason why war must stop, Just when or exactly how he will carry out this general purpose will probably be fully determined within very few days after the receipt of the report Hoping that the whole matter may be settled through the medium. of diplo- macy, the President will exhaust every means in that line at his command. He is no longer concerned about the atti- tude of Congress, believing he will have the support of that branch of the Gov ernment in any course he adopts. He is therefore withholding any advice as to the time of adjournment. and as an- nounced by his close personal and po- litical friend, Mr. Grosvenor. in the House to-day, he IS not meddling with Congress in any way. Activity III the direction of an early adjournment is now confined mainly to MT. Reed and his followers. It is becoming more and more apparent every day that in spite of the desires of some Republican lead CTS to wind up the session at an early day, Congress will not adjourn until the Cuban question is in fair way to final settlement.
 A poll made by New York paper to- day shows that the House is overwhelm- ingly opposed to an adjournment until some action is taken in the Cuban af- fair.
 The proposition to provide for 100 ad ditional engineers is likely to renew the dissensions between the line and staff. Chairman Boutelle of the House Naval Committee Is said to be standing in the way of any measures for the efficiency of the navy demanded by the present emergency. It is asserted in some quar- ters that he has taken issue not only with Secretary Long, but directly with the President, and that the situation is such that the administration feels that if MT. Boutelle is sustained by the Naval Committee and the House the navy will be seriously crippled. The trouble, it Is stated, arises over the "Re-
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COMMANDER BR0WNSON
 ARRIVES AT LONDON

LONDON, March 16.-Commander w. c. Brownson, the special commissioner of the United States Navy Department for the inspection and selection for purchase, if conditions should require. of warships of foreign powers now on the market, arrived here to-day In the course of brief interview, he ex- pressed himself as gratified to learn that the American Government had purchased the Brazilian cruisers Anna zonas and Admiral Abrouall
 Commander Brownson went immedi- ately to the United States Embassy. where he had a conference with Lieu tenant Colwell, the naval attache.
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HE little steamer New England has
 \ arrived here from Boston, bringing
 particulars of the loss of two mag
 nificent ocean steamers in the Straits
 of Magellan. One of the vessels be- llonged to the New Zealand Shipping Com pany. and was on her way from Yelling ton N Z.. to London with cargo valued at over S2. 900 900, and the other belonged to the New York and Pacific Steamship Company, and was on her way from New York to Valparaiso with a cargo valued at over S1, ,0O0, 900. Both steamers were al- most brand new, and probably cost in the neighborhood of $1 900 600 to build and equip. The New Zealand boat was a total loss, as no attempt could be made at salving the cargo, owing to the native PatagonianS, who appeared Tn force whenever anybody attempted to approach the wreck, but in the case of the New York vessel a wrecker was at work on her when the New England passed.
 In talking about the matter yesterday Chief Officer L. A. Spinney of the New England said: we had a splendid Voy- age all the way from Boston except for one little gale, which caught us in the Gulf stream. We had fine weather all the way through the Straits of Magellan and I never saw such wonderfully beau- tiful scenery as I did there. There are magnificent snow and ice bound mountains piercing the skies, their lower slopes richly clothed with mighty forest trees and the water still and mirrorlike. In winter the passage is complicated by ice bergs, formed often by the avalanches which crash down the mountain sides and at other times are fioated in from the Antarctic. Luckily we escaped contact with any of these gentlemen.
 Tn the straits it nearly always blows from the westward and close lookout nas to Be Kept for the 'willie-wawS. These are squalls which come down from the hills in all directions and gather in a funnel shape, and woe betide the ship which gets caught in the center of them. It was in one of these that the steamer City of Columbia, now so long out from New York for San Francisco, came to grief. She was making a short cut through Smyth Channel, in the Straits of Magellan. She came to an anchor in the night and a -willie-waw' caught her, causing her to drag her anchor and drift ashore She struck hardest under the en- zines, but was got off and proceeded to Talcahuano. She was not making a great deal of water, but the captain decided to dock her. He could not do so, however, because a Chilean man-of-war was on the drydock, so he proceeded to Valpa- raiSo. There the steamer was docked and it was found that she was very badly damaged and that it would take a large sum of money to repair her. The City of Columbia had quite large number of passengers on board, among whom were
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EXPEDITION TO
 INVADE PORTO RICO

NEW YORK, March 16.-A Havana dispatch says: Madrid advices state that the Government has learned that Cuban residents in the United States and some Cuban officers who have re- gently arrived there from General Garcia's camp are planning an impor- tant expedition to invade the island of Porto Rico. The Minister at Washing ton has been instructed to make all ef- forts to prevent at any cost the depart ure of such an expedition
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AN AUSTRIAN CONSUL HELPING TO BUY
 SPAIN A WARSHIP.

u March sc O
 
 
  of warship the contribution consequently trouble 
 
  been made | further merchant in and of the
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 timating that the presence of United States war vessels in close proximity to Cuba is interfering with the success of autonomy, as exclusively announced in the Herald this morning. shows that the Spanish Government is preparing for a diplomatic controversy that does not forebode graceful submission to the demands which may be made in the di- rection of independence for Cuba.
 The action of Minister Polo y Bernabe yesterday in suggesting to Assistant Secretary Day that the withdrawal oi our vessels and less bellicose attitude on our part pending the forthcoming elections is considered by some diplo- mats here as a good diplomatic stroke for Spain. The object, evidently, is to attempt to show to the nations ot the world that if autonomy fails 1t is be- cause the attitude of the United States has been such as to encourage the insur- gents in holding out the hope ot inter vention by this country Having inau- purated an autonomist policy at the urpent solicitation of this country, the Soanish representatives here take the oro,,nd as made clear in Minister Polo y Bernabe's interview with Assistant Sec retary Day yesterday, that we should give it every opportunity for fair trial; that we have not done so and that the continued presence of powerful fleet within a few hours sail of Havana will operate to prevent fair test of the scheme at the forthcoming elections. .
 The Ministers representations, how ever. have not changed the policy of the administration The North Atlantic squadron is not only to remain where it is. but is to be increased, and exten- siye military preparations are to con- tinue to be actively pushed. There has been a slight change of programme in regard to the movement of vessels in Cuban waters. The Montgomery. now anchored in Havana harbor. Is to come back to Key West and be replaced by the naval supply vessel Fern. It is de clared at both the State and Navy De partments, however, that this change Is not due to any representations made by the Spanish Government
 The coming week will be an eventful one. I understand that the report of the Court of Inquiry will be in the hands of the President on Saturday. Antici- pating that the findings will clearly show that an outside explosion caused the disaster, the President has already made up his mind what kind of a de- mand he will make upon Spain. and will, therefore, lose no time in formu- Iating his note to the Spanish Govern ment A full synopsis will be cabled to Minister Woodford and the text mailed the same day, and copies furnished to Minister Polo Bernabe here.
 Whether the President will await a re-
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MILLIONS GIVEN
 FOR COAST DEFENSE.
The Engineers Department Has Scored Victory in the Matter
 of the Big Appropriation.

NEW YORK, March 16.-A Washing ton special to the Herald says: Brigadier- General John M. Wilson, chief of the engineers of the army, scored point to-day in securing through Secretary Alger the approval of the President for an allotment of $5,000,000 for extending work on sea- coast Notifications. This sum will be
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taken from the s5O,OOO, ,Ooo for national defense and puts the Engineers de partment in a position to hasten work on coast defenses all along the line.
 It will not only permit the purchase of large quantities of new building ma terial and the employment of large numbers of workmen to hurry to com pletion the emplacements and maga- zines already planned and in course of construction on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, but will also make 1t possible for
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AUSTRIA AND ITALY
 MAY FAVOR SPAIN.

x WASHINGTON, March 16.- * The note of sympathy for Spain z * from Vienna, followed by the re- x port that Italy would like to < help Spain, is having consider < able significance attached to it as x in some quarters. It is said * that both Austria and Italy will x make a demand on the United x States for indemnity for the kill < x ing Of the subjects of the two x countries by the deputies of x Sheriff Martin in the Hazleton * coal regions last fall. The de- * mand for indemnity can be so timed as to make it appear that < both Austria and Italy are < against the United States and in * favor of Spain. x. x organization bill" which increases the number of engineers and provides for strengthening the efficiency of the navy. The bill has been for some years before Congress, and resulted in the report of Naval Academy and the report of board composed of seven line and four staff officers, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy.
 The bill was drawn up in advance of any emergency, 1t being foreseen that if ever the navy was to be called into ser vice such reorganization would be es- sential to its efficiency.
 The emergency has come sooner than 1t was expected and the administration is represented as extremely anxious to have the bill passed at once. The Navy Department Is so short of engineers that the vessels III commission are represent ed as insuficiently officered in this re- spect and they are practically unable to officer the Minneapolis and Columbia and the two new vessels bought abroad. The purchase of any more vessels, 1t is said, will be useless as long as this con- dition of affairs exists. and the way is not seen clearly to make use of the two now purchased.
 The President sent for Mr. Boutelle and it is asserted Boutelle hatly refused to permit action on the measure and suggested that he had his own notions about the needs of the navy. It is said that he has taken the position that 100 machinists will be all that are required to relieve the strain, and that he is will ing to have these provided for in rider on the appropriation bill.
 MT. Hilborn of California, who Is .
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FIRST PAGE. Steamers Lost in Magellan Straits. President Still Hopes for Peace.
 SECOND PAGE. The Needs of the Navy. Havanese Want War. Court of Inquiry Not Ready. Spanish Claim a Victory. French Fleet to Help Russia
 THIRD PAGE. The Latest News From DawsoN Trains a Cannon on a Mob. Fl Dorado on Vancouver. Rich Ore in the Stickeen. Goaded to Death by Fire. Trial of Fratricide Clark. Deadly Fumes Kill Timber. Funeral of General Rosecrans.
 FOURTH PAGE. Frost Damages Fruit Crops. Annexation Treaty Abandoned Mangled by Deadly Dynamite. The Gang Scores Boss Req Double Tragedy at St. Helena Railway With Bed of Brush. Sacramento to Expel Gamblers. Powderly Gets His Job.
 FIFTH PAGE. Progress of the Hoff Case Ada Lewis Denies Engagement. Jackson in Condition. Deprived of Prison Privileges
 SIXTH PAGE. Editorial. The Bar and the Bar. Five New Drydocks. The Heroes of 'eS. The Elect of the Fleeced. Colnon's Evasion. War and the Food Supply. Around the Corridors.
 SEVENTH PAGJ. Improving the Fire Department Weight Sealers Not Wanted. Telephone System Denounced.
 EIGHTH PAGE. St. Patrick Day Programme. Pullman West Wedding. A Battle With Footpads.
 NINTH PAGE. Whites in Opium Dens. Report on the National Guard.
 TENTH PAGE. The Commercial World.
 ELEVENTH PAGE. An Old-Time Bell. News From Across the Bay.
 TWELFTH PAGE. Racing at Emeryville. The City Visited by Snow.
 THIRTEENTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths.
 FOURTEENTH PAGE The Ferry Building Scandal.
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8 5. 8 s. 8 s. 8 s s s. 8 s. 8 s. s s s; s WOULD NOT SELL CUBA.

MADRID, March 16.-A semi official agency to-day publishes the following announcement:
 Tt is useless to talk of the sale of Cuba. The sale could not be arranged except by Parliament, and it is impossible that any Spanish chamber would agree to sell the island at any price
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Weather forecast for San Fran cisco: Fair on Thursday; continued cold weather; southeasterly, chang ing to northwesterly, winds.
 Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hours:
 San Francisco .........4e degrees Portland ............-....52 degrees Los Angeles .............56 degrees San Diego ...............56 degrees
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WHY THE PRESIDENT STILL CHERISHES THE HOPE
 OF PEACE WITH SPAIN
He Admits There Are Troublesome Times Ahead and There Is No Question Spain Is Pre-
 pairing for Diplomatic Row.

c NEW YORK. March I6- 0 The Herald's Washington cor c respondent sends the following: Q I learn tonight the principal Q reason for the Presidents op- Q tinlistic views regarding the ex- . isting situation. On account of 9 the pressure to be brought upon Y Spain by European fnanciers V and others who control her = purse strings, and our state of = preparation to meet war. he be- = lieves Spain will find way to
 = comply with our demands, both
 = as regards the Maine disaster
 = and the general Cuban question. o He admits, however, that there a are ugly times ahead, and that
 a many war scares are likely, even
 a If hostilities in the end can be
 o avoided.
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WATCHING SPAIN.
Exfr~9e Measures % Fr~vena Crs-
A8o1 81 Lands ~ Frmmee.

Chie8g0. Nay IA dispatch from Lon-
d0n 70 the fntsr-OCean SAYS; The CIV
sTEment aHthorities are watching Ssain's
obvious inten1ion to grant to France the
p@EMzDent free use Of CszfA, and the Rms
san ggverwmsnf i exercising vigil4Bee in
regard TO Port Nah0n. Ninorra
This action - tAken BY spain manifest
y with the Obseet Of securing the kupcov4
a FrAnes whsn negOtizfions for pezes b.
tHeen Spain and the United States take
Place Sith FisE q retaining the Phl-
iPpdnes-
England Is prepared 70 resort TO the MT
nost EzAns to prevent Frame from Oh
tanning possessson Of Csuta-
Tie Manchester Guardian publishes the
following a. a result Of o4EciAl inquiries:
VITA the United States posing the
shisi harboE Of the Philippines BY night Of
conquest, it would Be an act % war for
Franee 70 SEX to carry out transfer Of
territory
Nobody believes in the existence oI an
arrangement. bat when the United States
po=ses-es the islands Of Luzon and Cuba,
n the autumn, certain European p0xers
may Be expected to claim share in shap-
ing the future Of the Philippine"
The Star claims to have authentic infor.
nation that NJ Hanotaux, the French
minister Of foreign affairs, Is making ex-
tTaOrdInAry efforts 10 Organize European
Intervention to stop the var between the
United States and Spain
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cARDENAs HARBoR IS CLOSED.
spa HIaTa. Have E1fird % MA see
kra Ob.tFsrtisRs

On Hard shr A--selatrd rr~~. fasFaieA
Kat Wanna 20 CaFdra4s Ma - Va
Ny West. MAJ - CauIruat harb.f
ha' bssn completely rl,.ri BY thr ~ph
lard. 'inre the attack II thv Is tn.i.,ss an.i
other Amrrtah tarPr'Io b,ats Tha TAFT
~a' Demonstrated Yesterday By tie At
tempt Of the English steamship Myt,lr
d~ne 10 eater the p"r' 10 take On ea4ss
Il sugar
The MyStlr'lrn~ had bsg,sn 10 taLs 90
the rargp Sh~n esr VA ds,iafsa aaA sAs
Was ordered GA, By tho Afa-rt-An ,g,sHt.Aat
MaehAs Her ora mrs slaFsnr,i that unsl-f
the blp"ksas psuriAHlasioa she uaa ca
Titled To ~ ,ay4 10 inad an.l Secretary IL
the Navy Long gave tie tiranrr p~rmt.
''"u 10 fvtarn AH4 complete her, cargo
She found. hDweYrr. that ths hafi.ar "a.
hllrd sIth sunkea obstruciss auI cosslI
not svt IN She lp~s opts.,i~ IT the bar
b"r, uncertain whether to attempt ts
bring her cargo cut tn lighters 90 salt Tor
The sar 10 end
The Natrrs q Csrdsuas arr ta-o shallgv
for big 'Aips and tho Win.low tragy,Is
probably einss. ths history Il uayaI of-ra
'ious in that quarter
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NEW BRITISH COMMANDER.
Forces In Canada VIII he Com
naRded by Lord seymour.

Halifax, n. s., May 3O.-Lieutenant
General Alexander Montgomery. Moore,
who for the past FIVE years has been in
command Of the British troops in the do
mini0n, vacated the appointment today.
His successor in command Of the domin.
ion forces is Lord William Seymour son
Of the late Admiral Sir George Francis
Seymour, brother Of the fifth MARQUIS Of
Hereford, and himself one of the best
known and best. liked officers in her mai.
esty's army.
Lord Seymour began his career in the
navy in 1854, but after year Of service
with the Baltic fleet, he joined the army
as Lieutenant and went with the forces 10
the Crimea, being then but II years of
age.
He is now lieutenant general with an
X opposite his name in the army list "a
an indication that he has been rewarded
for meritOrious service. He has been as
sistant military secretary and assistant
quartermaster general Of the British ar.
my, and in 1882 had command Of the Cold.
streams in Egypt He was in the en-.
gagement at Tel-el Naskuta and at the
battle Of TeI-eI Kebir.
He and his sisters, one of whom il the
widow Of the late Prince Victor Of Ho-
henlohs Langsnburg, we're in 1871 given
the rank Of marquis children.
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STARVING AT SANTIAGO.
PoPaiatisa DI.sosraE-d aaa u.s,.
Peace

Pert IA Prime. sIay 81 Two Italian,
" h" ct out from santiago 3. t,,ba in 4,
small bat On May 10. landed nrar Mode
- Nirh"Aa' on the ~. arriving herr 10
Gay, bringing information "a % the attn.
t'"n At santiago. The stat, II agr,,r.
there u Cr'iral particularly s., l.cau.. o.,
the Lack Of to.d \ great many n IN.
nnf'rtunats people esp~riaIly the r~-np
'Fnifado~, are DYING IT star,aiiaa The
whole population a. terribly 4t4zuur,rr.i
ana kr"nly dSs'rpus It Toarp
The ARRIVAL # the squadron under r.,
vera without fos,d supplies f4r tho r,tv
d'Fpsn'd the general dssponaenry The
squadron has diacmlarkr,l Snl mru srt,r
i'Iy men and engineers and landed suosa
Ma"s"r rifles, a great quantity ~ ar,
'nHHlt'"n and fnar big guns destined e.,
n" tor'ihoations In spite II the strrt
silence maintained by the officer. and
crews the general impression uas wbrn
the Italians left that the .quadrnp vo,,lI
-'t 'ah Tor San Juan. Puerto Rico 10 on
tam supplies and land ammunition ,b,,r
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WRECKED OFF CAPE FLArTERY
Schooner Lady Jane Grey Poaad-
er- and Thirty Lives Lost.

Seattle, Wash, June IA special to
the TINES from Victoria says:
The sehOener Lady Jane Grey founder
ed 20 miles we,t Of Cape Flattery Sunday.
May y only q out Of the 81 passen-
gers we're saved Following Is a list Of
the saved.
Crockett, Hansen, Carlson, Olson and
johnson Of the eroE.
Passengers: IngTaham, Lessey, Pack
ard, Pennington. Blackwell, Livingston,
Chard, Weaver, Brok Reilly, Coutrie, Hell,
Ter, Davenport, Seira, Waehter .Kingsbury
Roberts, Weston, wilkinson and John
son
The survivors we're brought here by
the schooner Fayorte. They left for Sc
attic on the Kingston.
A message from Major Ingraham says
there Is NO hope for the other "a passen-
gers.
The Grey carried three life bats and
two steam launches.
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NEW CALL OF VOLUNTEERS.
Part VIII ne Used 20 yin PressaI
Regiments.

Washington May )O--AbOut - COVER
nors Of states and territories have replied
TO Secretary Ayers kilograms asking for
their views regarding the filling Of the
present volunteer regiments % their max
imum strength before beginning the for
nation Of new organizations some Of
these indicate preference for the recruit
ing Of entirely new regiments a., under
the first call, leaving the present. organiza-
tons with the number Of men nov con
tanned in them, though practically all
promise the government any amount Of
troops that are wanted II il the pres
dents desire, however, that the organiza
tions already formed should be filed to
their maximum strength a. the law pro
vides and this policy viii be carried out ia
the recruiting under the seeond call The
apportioument TO the states has been
made up but not yet given 10 the public.
Through urgent representations TO Secre-
tary Alger some Of the states we're per.
mitted under the first call to furnish q
greater number Of troops than they we're
legally entitled to on the basis Of popu.
lar representation Consequently in rails
ing the 5000 men under the second call
these inequalities viii be remedied as far
as practicable with the result that some
of the states may not be called on to
furnish any 81 the men needed. This
course probably may give riss to discon
tent in states where men wish TO serve,
but it is regarded as the only fair way to
proceed
Adjutant General Corbin said that it
had been definitely decided today TO use
about 5000 Of the volunteers 10 b. raised
under the new call in filing out deficient
regiments already organized under the
old call. II would take about that mum.
Der he thought, to fill each company up
TO the maximum limit Of 1860 men. The
remaining 5000 men will be organized
into regiments Of three battalions each
and distributed among the states and ter.
rit0ries in exactly the ame proportion as
under the first call No cavalry however,
would be accepted, and only limited
number Of artillery.
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me1L 4 hnFlus b@ea tsaSstae up 70 EAis
flae Is nsrurs tk=se esaenssah kor a41y
lzds10 H4z-
Ge4er1l Merritt vas imtaEHze& last MxAt
e lie z5EsEe2 P<asFe-ss far Eugzzt-
iHg his hzra and w1s Fsslestea - a@ssg-
z4ae Saeh aSAiticznl TaaHzteEE Eegsz<nts
fFuln liz s2sz a. k< deassed ~ an4y IN
the PAligFsnes wiaA the aAszrzme~ sAag
his uizhas wazA b rrsYe<trl
u u understood that be eantempsAfes
asking for At Issst o1.e regiz<zt fruz
Ns~ TEk. s.saher fr0@ HllnDls and fs1Ga
the DsstEirt a Cslgnka . thErd II i
likely Co1onel Jay TosTsys nssuntsd
Rocky nOaatAja rifS@m@n viii be aaaiea
10 The expeaitiea. uhieA = tAzs lar de-
sesent in the cavalry ara