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The herald., 1898-05-29
GEN. BLANCO BOASTFUL
OF INSTABILITY TO REPEL LAND
ING PARTIES
His Most Serious Problem Just Now
Is the Disposition Of the Sick
and Wounded

NEW YORK, May ga dispatch to the
World from Havana says:
General Blanco says he can easily face
any landing in Cuba by Americans as Ills
forces are ready to concentrate and fall
upon the invaders in the four western
provinces
The greater part Of the troops on tho
island are being concentrated near the
coast wherever 1t Is thought the attempt
might be made.
The Spanish officials watch the coast
so vigilantly now that the Cuban insurgs
ents are said to be prevented from receiv-
ing supplies.
General Blanco represents that he has
provisions and ammunition enough to last
five months, having ordered the military
authorities to be very sparing with am.
munition, only using it when 1t is indis-
pensable to do so.
He has devoted much attention to I'm
proving the defenses Of Havana, planting
submarine mines and torpedoes extensive.
ly and strengthening the Notifications, 40
cording to plans devised in Weylers time
by a special commission of artillery en-.
gineer officers sent out purposely with
heavy guns from Germany and Spain.
General Blanco and the home govern
ment are occupied now with the question
Of sending home invalid soldiers. The sick
and the wounded at this season are filing
the hospitals and crippling the colony's
resources
The Spanish War Department professed-
ly is satisfied with the way in which Gem
eral Blanco is conducting the campaign.
He was instructed to keep up the spirits
Of the autonomists by putting the local
government in working order Just as If
there were no war, but at the same time
to play upon the loyalty of the old Span
ish party and volunteers, because their
wealth and fighting qualities will be very
useful.
He has been directed also to try to Inn
press all the natives of Cuba with the be-
lief that America is aiming at conquest and
annexation while Spain would grant home
rule to the extent of actual independence
If the Cubans would resist the American
invasion.
Arms for Cubans
NEW YORK, May ga dispatch from
Key West says there is report that tho
cruiser Brooklyn of Commodore Schley's
fleet, landed a large quantity of arms, am
munition and stores at Cienfuegos on Tues.
day. This is said to have been done after
a fight with the fort on the south side of
Cienfuegos bay, which was badly dam
aged. There is also alleged to have been
fight between 700 insurgents and a force
of Spanish cavalry. the latter being de.
feated. !
Spanish Supplies
MADRID. May 2S. a p.m.-It was officially
announced today that the Minister Of the
Colonies proposes to offer premiums for
vessels carrying provisions 10 Cuba and
Porto Rico. The Minister Of the Colonies,
the Minister of Finance and Senior Sagasta
had a conference last night on the methods
for sending the resources asked for by the
governing generals of Cuba and the Philip
pines.
The herald., 1898-05-29
COILS Is CAUTIOUS
Prefers No Cuban Advance Until Sue
cess Is Sure

cess Is sure
NEW YORK, May 2S.-A special to the
World from Washington says:
General c. H. Coils of New York called
at the Executive mansion and held long
conversation with the President. His visit,
1t is believed, was in connection with the
New York State troops and their desire to
be taken into the army under the second
call. General Coils declined to discuss
this matter.
1.-The people of the United States should
not be impatient over the delay in invading
Cuba,' said General Colllis. I'VE are
gaining by it at a ratio of four to one as
compared with Spain. The fact that our
volunteer army Is deficient in equipment
cannot be denied. While our troops are
in camp and obtaining proficiency in the
school of the soldier, the Spanish force in
Cuba is battling with fever and other dis
eases incident to the rainy season.
II exposed the opinion to the Presi-
dent that we would have at least fifty per
cent more volunteers than is absolutely
necessary for the conduct of the war, al
lowing for the moral effect 1t would have
on Spain. The President concurred in this.
I believe 1t Is much better to keep volun-
teers in camp for four or five months than
in the end to be compelled to resort to
consumption to fill the ranks.
II was in Spain about seven weeks ago,
and the artillery and infantry saw were
much superior to our National Guard. The
men are in better condition and show the
effects Of training and discipline. What we
need are trained soldiers. Our camps of
concentration are nothing more than
"a INNS Of Instruction.
General Coils said the President did not
discuss with him the question of the In
vasion of Cuba or Porto Rico.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Crazed With Drink

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, May 2S-Jose
Romero, while crazed with drink, shot and
killed eight-year-old Felipe Abannon and
injured Arturo Garcia so that he will die.
Previous to this Romero attempted to
kill Eunicio Annabal, but his gun re-
fused to fire. Romero filled up on whisky
here and started for Atrizo, on the other
side Of the river. Coming upon the An
nabal boy playing in the road he attempted
to shoot him, but without success. A lit
tie further on he met a number of children
playing together, and opened fire on them,
killing Felipe Abannon and fatally wound
ing Arturo Garcia. Romero was captured
by Sheriff Hubbell, who was compelled to
stand off the populace at the point of gun
in order to get the murderer into jail.
lynching Is threatened.
The herald., 1898-05-29
X-Ray Development

BOSTON, May ga new and powerful
apparatus has just been completed by
Prof John Trowbridge Of Harvard Uni
versity for experiments in electrical force,
his principal object being to test further
the penetrating power of the X-ray. The
apparatus consists Of a series Of 120 Frank
lin plates, or Leyden jars, supplied with
power by storage battery contained TO-
GOO plante cells. The voltage necessary for
experiments is 2,5O0,OOO Prof. Trowbridge
has already made experiments which prove
that with apparatus as powerful as this
the X-ray can be made to penetrate not
only human flesh, but also bones and ten
dons, thus probably making possible still
more remarkable attainments in surgery
by their aid. ~
The herald., 1898-05-29
PRESBYTERIANS
Conclude the Business Of the General
AsNmblY

WINONA LAKE, Ind, May 2S-The one
hundred and tenth general assembly of the
Presbyterian church finished its business
and adjourned today, to meet at Indian
apois year hence.
At the afternoon session of the confer
ence the finance committee reported that
the transfer committee of the assembly
has in its custody sums to the amount of
s714,254, the income from which is paid to
various benefciaries, particularly the
board of ministerial relief. The present
surplus in the hands of the treasurer of
the assembly amounted to $S6,690 The per
capita tax for the expenses of the assem-
bly, was reduced to four cents per commu-
meant. The proposition to increase the
rate of the entertainment for commission
ers from SIPS to s1.5O per day was adopted
by vote of ia to 50.
A sharp discussion over a memorial to
congress calling for the prohibition of the
liquor traffic in government buildings and
reservations resulted in affirmative action.
In closing the session, Dr. Radcliffe re-
ferred to the satisfactory results attained
and pointed with hope to the future. He
hoped that the time would soon come when
all the forces in the church would be ar
raigned in harmony and all distrust be re-
moved.
The herald., 1898-05-29
NO TRUTH IN 1T
The Austrian Minister Not Suspected
of Spvinr

WASHINGTON, May 28-Assistant Sec
retary of War Meiklejohn, who is directly
in charge, by order Of Secretary Alger, of
the secret service established by the War
Department, authorizes positive denial
of the statement reported to have been
published, to the effect that the Austrian
Minister here has been discovered to be in
communication with spies, and that very
grave complications are likely to follow.
The State Department also declares that
there has been absolutely no suggestion
OF trouble between the Austrian Legation
and itself, and stigmatizes the story as en-
tirely without foundation. All the officials
here condemn such publications as out
rageous and calculated to cause infinite
mischief.
The herald., 1898-05-29

swishing from her bow. the flagship steam
ed toward the strange sail, men growing
dim again against the fading background
Of the dying sunset. Like the sunset scene
off Cuba, 1t was glorious. more beautiful
than any remembered even by those who
have cruised the tropics. For two hours
the smoke poured from the New York's
tunnels. The sea was perfectly calm, and
the flagship was going as she went when
she captured the first prize, the Spanish
steamer Pedro, on the first day of the war.
Gradually the strange sail loomed black
against light cloud. There was no need
to fire a gun, because the flagship was going
up alongside the stranger, though down
below stood the gun captain with twitch-
ing fingers. Suddenly the searchlight was
turned on the chase, and there, like living
picture thrown on a dark screen, was an
old-fashioned bark under full sail. The
rays Of the searchlight just embraced her
from the water line to her royals. She lay
threre like second Flying Dutcnman, a
sudden apparation. The man at her wheel
shaded his eyes from the searchllghts s
glare, and her crew gathered about the
deckhouse. On her poop stood a phlegmatic
looking, red-bearded man, wearing a blue
the skipper of the bark
What boat is that?" asked Lieutenant
Marble, the officer q the deck, from the
bridge Of the New York
In answer came torrent Of words in an
unknown tongue from the red-bearded
man. on the poop of the sailing vessel. Again
Lieutenant Marble shouted his question,
when with a German accent, thick and re-
~ = Dn~lrI ny vt
Arundel, Norway, from Apalachico to
Queenstown with lumber"
BY this time her name had been made out
on her stern. The Varonica was evidently
what she purported to be, so no boarding
party was required.
1--WE wish you a good voyage" shouted
Lieutenant Marble.
"Eh? Eh?' asked the varonica's skip
per, in tones which embraced fear.
In order to set at rest the disturbed
mind of the bark's commander the lieuten-
ant shouted his message again.
"Ah," was the exclamation Of relief and
intense satisfaction which came from the
skipper of the Varonica in an accent so
thoroughly German that 1t caused roar
of laughter to arise from the decks of the
New York. running forward to where the
men were thlckly clustered and extending
aft to the quarter deck where the admiral
was sitting with his officers near by. Then
the searchlights were turned off, and the
varonca changed instantly from pic
turesque white bark, with men and merri-
ment on board of her, into dark shadow,
that a few second later was lost sight of in
the night The above is a characteristic
incident of what has happened often since
the New York first set sail for Key West,
though few of the chases have brought out
so vividly the picturesque and light side of
war as did the Norwegian bark Varonica.
The herald., 1898-05-29
A BOLD ROBBERY
The Robbers Roost Gang Makes D
Good Haul

SPRINGVILLE. Utah, May 2s.-Two
men entered the Springville Bank at 10
o'clock today and at the point of pistol
compelled the cashier to hand over $4,000.
The robbers then mounted their horses and
disappeared.
A large posse was Immediately organized
and started in pursuit. They overlook the
robbers in canyon some distance from
town and called upon them to surrender.
The robbers fired, wounding man named
Allen. The posse returned the fire, kill
other to surrender.
Half of the stolen money was recovered.
1t is supposed the robbers are members
of the Robbers Roost" gang of outlaws.
The herald., 1898-05-29
SPAIN WON'T SELL
Because No European Power Would
Dare to Buy

BERLIN, May 28.-An article IN the Post
says:
1t is declared semi officially that the re-
cent rumors as to the transfer Of the Phil
ippine Islands to France or to Germany or
to their partition among the European
powers with interests in the Far East, have
no foundation whatever.
America is not yet in possession 1t is true,
and 1t is quite possible she may never oc-
cupy them. But any laying Of hands on the
islands at present would be hostile act
against America, nor would it be tolerated
by the other European powers having in
terests there.
This utterance may be taken as explicit
proof that the continental powers have
come to an agreement on the subject to
wait further action by America.
The herald., 1898-05-29
WAR TO THE KNIFE
Railroad Rates to the East Split in
the Middle

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2S.-The South
ern Pacific Railroad company has decided
to enter the fight that for some time past
has been in progress as to traffic rates.
General Passenger Agent 7. H. Goodman
announced today that the rate to Chicago,
second class, would be $32.50 and to New
York $4255. The first class rates will not
be affected. and the new schedule goes into
effect on Sunday, June 5.
The rates will apply over the southern
lines, the Santa Fe as well as the Ell Paso.
The action of the Southern Pacific means
now that war to the knife is on, and 1t II
impossible to tell what may happen before
the end is reached.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Missionary Murders

LONDON, May 2S.-The Governor of
sierra Leone cables the Colonial Office
that the Rev. and Mrs. McGrew, the Amer
lean missionaries, were massacred about
May ., ait Taiama, near the scene of the
other massacres. The Governors infor-
nation comes from Col. Woodgate, the
commander of a British West African
force, which has just captured Taiama
with the loss of three men killed and five
wounded,
The herald., 1898-05-29
Prisoners EXCHANGED

KEY WEST, May 28.-The United States
gunboat Woodbury. has arrived here, bring
ing Hayden Jones and Thos. Thrall, the
newspaper correspondents captured by the
Spaniards in Cuba and exchanged for
Colonel Cortijo, Surgeon Major
Julian and two Spanish servants captured
by the United States fleet on board the
prize steamer Argonauta, at the outbreak
Of hostilities and since confined at Fort Nc
Pherson, Atlanta.
The herald., 1898-05-29
The Men Are Ready

SAN FRANCISCO. May Ex-Governor
Budd has received a telegram from the
Secretary of War asking if this State can
furnish 1916 men, necessary to fill the max
imum volunteer organizations of this
State. General Barrett has replied that he
can furnish a greater number fully equip
ped for service
The herald., 1898-05-29
Ten Years for Arson

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2s.-Nickolas
Tendes, the night cook at restaurant at
1902 Fifth street, which was set on fire one
night in March last, who was recently
convicted of arson, was sentenced by Judge
Carroll Cook today to ten years imprison-
ment in San Quentin.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Daniel Reads Death

EMPORIA, Kan, May 2s-Rev. Daniel
Read, LID, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Los Angeles, is dead at the
home of his daughter in this city, after a
lingering illness. The body will be taken
to California for interment.
The herald., 1898-05-29
Walthall's Successor

JACKSON. Miss, May Ex-Governor Nc
Laurin this afternoon appointed Congress-
man William V. Sullivan to the United
States senate to succeed the late Senator
Walthall
The herald., 1898-05-29
The First Wheat

BAKERSFIELD, May 2s.-The first cars
Of new wheat were shipped today from
Sand Cut. About 10000 bags came from
unirrigated land.
The herald., 1898-05-29

Fervor second, Our Chance third; time.

Fervor second, Our Chance third; time.
1:50%.
Seven furlongs-Ths Elector won, The
Chemist second, Linda third; time. 1904.
At Cincinnati
CINCINNATI. May 2S.-Results:
Four and half furlongs-Thesis won.
Jessie Jarboe second. Gypsy Gore third;
time, 0:571s.
Six furlongs-Boanerges won, Turtle
Dove second; Abue Fuerst third; time,
1:14A.
Five furlongs, selling-L. Pilot. jr., won,
Duke Of Baden second, Pelus third; time,
1:03A.
Cincinnati Oaks, value s4240 mile and a
sixteenth-Uarda won, Martha II second.
Komuraski third; tine, 1:491a.
One mile, selling-Great Bend won, Kriss
Kringle second. Dan Rice third; time, 1:42.
One mile-Henry Launtan won, Prose-
cutor second, Mill Stream third; time,
1:42%.
At Chicago
CHICAGO, May 2s.-Results:
Six furlongs, Parson won Czarowitz Sec
ond, Warren Point third; time. 1:22.
Five furlongs-King Barleycorn won,
McCarron second, Primavera third; time,
los
One mile-Bonita won, Forte second, Ma
rito third; time 1:521a.
Four furlongs-Santello won, Elsie G.
second, Black Venus third; time, 0:541k.
Five furlongs-Dave Waldo won, Lord
Fairfax second; Red Gidd third; time.
1:O7A
Six furlongs-Albert Vale won, Don't
Skip Me second, Green Jacket third; time
1:221a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-09

He was presiding elder of the Northern
Illinois district of the German Methodist
church.
A dispatch from Lloyds agent at St.
Johns; N. F., says he regards the re-
ported wreck of a trans-Atlantic line
steamship in the straits of Belle Isle as
being without foundation in fact.
Protracted high temperature and ex-
treme humidity caused five deaths in New
York. The highest temperature officially
reported was " degrees at 1 p. m, but
on the street the readings 0ere above 100.
Forest fires in the vicinity of Van
couver are growing to serious proper
tons. The inhabitants of north Van
couver were out all night protecting their
homes. which were threatened with COM
plete destruction.
Mr.. Charles Frederick Adam. first sec
rotary of che British embassy at Wash
ington, has been transferred TO Madrid.
Godfrey ID. Bland, secretary of the Brit
ish legation at The Hague, will succeed
Mr.. Adam at Washington.
Great Britain. it is asserted. has adopt
ed a firm attitude in the matter of rail-
way concessions in China. The situation
is now cleared. unless Russia makes u
counter move. There is general s~atisfac-
ton in the British settlements.
The veteran and hereditary companies
OF the military order of foreign wars with
the United States have through all the
state communicates. voted in favor of the
admission of the officers of the army and
navy as veteran companions. who are or
nave been in active service during the
Spanish war.
appointed to inquire into the question of
rational wheat stores, reports tina il is
profoundly Impressed with the immense
Importance of such concerns as an aid
Tor national defense and recommends thei
appointment of a royal commission TO
deal with the matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-09
AT MADRID.
Portions of SPANS Reply May Gre
ate Fresh Difficulties.

~
Madrid, Aug. 9.-The Liberal this
morning says: The government accepts
the United States conditions ad refer
endum, believing tha it is not asked
TO cede territory without the vote of
the cortes. II the United States OBJ
jects, the cortes Will be convoked this
month. A fresh note from President
Mckinley, replying To SPANS reply, is
expected during the course of this
week.
Continuing, the Liberal expresses the
opinion that certain passages of
SPANS reply may lead to an exchange
of cable messages of a critical nature,
possibly creating fresh difficulties"
Senior Sagasta, when asked today by
the correspondent of the Associated
Press whether there was any truth in
the statement eabled TO the United
States, hat he had cabled direct to
washington on the subject of SPANS
acceptance of American peace condi
tons, emphatically denied that he had
sent any such communication. The
premier said: THE negotiations will
follow the usual diplomatic course,
and NJ. Cambon, the French
dor at Washington, will present SPANS
note to President Mckinley"
1t IS said that as soon as the Amer
lean reply is received, Senior SagaSta
viii nominate peace commissioners.
Ell Liberal says: THE government re-
ceived an offer from England TO medi-
ate The offer was favorably regarded,
but was not accepted" Ell Liberal says
further: The presence of a large
British squadron near Gibraltar is
clear evidence of an understanding, If
not an alliance. between England and
the United States"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-09
BRIEF NOTE OF NoTABLEs.

dmiral Dewey n Captain Sigsbee are
among recently elected member of the
New York Yacht club.
Admiral Thomas Leek Massie. " n died
in London a few lays ago. was knOwn as
the father of the British navy" He
was 80 years old, having been born in 1902.
He entered the navy in 1918 and served at
NaVarino. Beyrout. SidOn and St. Jean
dAcre. and in China and the Black sea.
The Rev. Francis Brooks Doherty, OF
the Paulist Fathers. who has zone t.
Manila with Major General Merritt as q
representative of the Roman Catholic
Maryland for a number of years, n
was educated for the priesthood at st.
Mary's COLLEGE in that state.
The decoration of ex-Mayor Schieren of
Buste del Liberator, of Venezuela, is prob
ably due primarily to Mr.. Schieren's eff
forts in placing a large warehouse at
Caracas, but it may also tend to show
that Venezuela is forSaking her curious
and u~ngrateful attitude of hostility to-
ward this country.
Mother Bickerdyke's S1st birthday has
just been celebrated by many veterans of
the civil war. The famous old nurse is
living with her children at Bunker Hill,
Kan. One of the many stories of her is
once when the sick boys were much in
need of milk. going to Iowa and returning
driving 20 cows.
Robert B. Roosevelt. former minister to
0llan VINO Is vice president OF Ine En-
pire State society. Sons of the American
Revolution. is exercised over the alleged
ncompetency and corruption in the COM
missary department of the army, and sug-
gests a committee of the sons of the
American Revolution to investigate the
matter thoroughly and make the guilty
suffer.
Sousa, the musician, is to be made a
musical director of the Sixth army corps,
with the rank of captain. provided he can
be released from duty in time to I'LL his
fall engagements. Meanwhile. the sailors
on the Brooklyn. jealous of those on the
New York, which has a monopoly of the
music with admiral SIMPSONS fleet, have
written to Sousa asking him to name g.
competent musician 10 organize a band
for their ship.
The history of Beaconsfeld's coat OF
arms has just been learned in London. Il
was adopted from a coat of arms carved
on a graveStone in a little Jewish burial
ground in Prague. The stone marks the
grave of a valiant Hebrew. who, when the
city was besieged during the Thirty years
war by the Swedes. under Gustavus
Adolphus. raised Il company of his corelig-
ionists, and so distinguished himself that
he was ennobled by the emperor. and at
his death his arms Were engraved on his
tomb.