The herald., 1898-04-19

900 men. It will be considered immedi-
ately by the committee, Its passage expe-
dited as rapidly as possible and will take
effect Immediately upon the presidents
approval. Its terms will authorize the
president to call on various states for
quotas in making up the aggregate.
BY reading in this way instead Of spe.
officially looking to calling out the various
RAISING technicalities. main one being
the constitutional inhibition Of sending
state militia out of the country, whilo vol
unteers, so-called, can be ordered any.
where. 1t is likely that II the situation de.
velops into such grave proportions as IL
now expected a second call for 100, 900 vol.
unteers will be issued by the president
The necessity for this immense number
however. is not clear to the .ni,it
AZ. :. -. me draft of the
present WAR measure has just been framed
by the war department officials and the
leading members of the military commit.
tee have already conferred with the wal
department authorities on the necessity
of this line, and the latter announced thai
a maximum of $4,000 volunteers would be
sufficient at this time.
An Aide for Alger
PHILADELPHIA, April 1S.-President
Frank Thompson of the Pennsylvania rail-
road has been called upon to act as spe-
cial aide to Secretary OF War Alger and
in this capacity will take charge Of the
transportation branch Of the military SER
vice in the event of active hostilities.
Howell Assigned
Secretary Long today decided to assign
Commodore Howell to command the newly
organized patrol feet, consisting Of the
Yosemite, the Prairie, the Yankee and the
Dixie.
The Famous Dauntless
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 1S-The
famous filibustering vessel Dauntless is
now the dispatch boat Of the Associated
Press. The United States court released
her this afternoon upon a bond of S25, 900
and she is being provisioned and coaled to-
night for her mission in the southern seas.
She will sail from Jacksonville tomorrow
with the correspondents of the Associated
Press and crew of picked men knovlng
every inch of Florida and the Cuban coast
The expectation Is that the Dauntless will
leave tomorrow, going from here direct to
Key West, where other correspondents
will be taken on board
British Buying Coal
KINGSTON, Jamaica. April 1s.-The
British government is buying coal largely.
1t is connected with the increase of the
fleet in view of Spanish-American war.
Ireland's Efforts
LONDON; April 1S-The Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail telegraphing
Monday says:
Archbishop Ireland cabled the pope today
saying that he has great hope that his er-
forts for the preservation Of peace will be
crowned with success. The archbishop
complains that the greatest obstacle in
his path is the violent language used in Ro-
man Catholic papers in Europe against
America.
Monitors Commissioned
PHILADELPHIA, April 18.-The two old
monitors, the Montauk and Lehigh, went
into commission at the League Island navy
yard today. The Lehigh will go to Boston
and the Montauk to Portland, Me.
The Catskill is exepcted to sail for Boston
tomorrow.
A Torpedo Trial
trial Of the torpedo boat Morris was held
on Narragansett bay today The vessel
made record of A.04 knots an hour for a
distance of forty miles. Her contract
called for speed of 221s knots.
Sailed for Tampa
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 1S.-The
Plant steamship Olivette sailer for Tampa
for Havana at 2 o'clock this afternoon with
142 Spanish refugees on board. There are
portion of a colony of 500 at Tampa. Gem
eral Blanco has guaranteed the safety OF
the Olivette.
Fear at San Juan
ST. THOMAS, West Indies, April H.
Todays advices from San Juan, Porto
Rico, report that the excitement in the
island is increasing and the Inhabitants are
deserting the coast for the interior. A
of Spanish troops has arrived
there from Cuba. A deposit Of explosives