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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-16
SECOND CALL.
President VIII Ask For 1OO,-
900 More Men.
Government is Short About
$4,000 Troops.
CUBA NEEDS 100000.
10000 to $4,000 Necessary in
CUBA NEEDS 100000.
10000 to $4,000 Necessary in
the Philippines.
Alger and Gen. Miles Agree
With the President.

Washington, May 16.-"There will
unquestionably be a second call for
volunteers says a we'll known western
Republican who holds intimate personal
relations with Secretary of War Alger-
'"To properly hold the Philippine is
lands,' he continued, 1--WE shall find
10000 to $4,000 men none too many. To
clean up matters in Cuba in a quick
manner, we. shall need not far from
200, 900. With the regulars and volun-
teers already in the field we find our
selves short about $4,000 men. I un-
derstand that the president is consid-
ering a call of 1Oo,O 900 additional volun-
teers. also understand that the Sec
ertary of war and Gen. Miles agree with
the president that it is a timely one"
Secretary Long has found it necessary
tention of enlisted men particularly to
the uselessness of employing attorneys
in settling any questions of pay, boun-
ty, prize allowance, or claims in gener-
al All that is possible to be gained
may be accomplished by writing to the
auditor of the navy department who is
stationed in the treasury department.
Another general order has been is
sued requiring that all officers shall
furnish the navy department with the
name and address of the nearest rela-
tive or the person to whom advices
should be sent in the event of disaster.
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RUSH OF TROOPS.
Volunteer Army is Pouring
Into Chickamauga Park.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 16-Chick-
amauga Park, left vacant by the depar-
ture of the regulars, is now rapidly fill
ing up with volunteers. From all parts
of the country the volunteers are now
pouring into the park in train loads, and
the work of getting them camped and
properly accommodated, is an immense
task.
The First regiment of Ohio cavalry,
so men, under the command of Colonel
Day, which arrived yesterday, is now
well located on the spot formerly occu-
pied by the Sixth regiment, regulars,
close to the Lafayette roads. The First
Ohio infantry, 500 men under the COM
mand of Col. T. NJ. Milliken, which ar
rived last night, went to the park over
the Chattanooga, Rome & Southern at
an early hour and spent the day fixing
its camp.
The Third Wisconsin, 1, ops men, under
the command of Col. NJ. T. Moore ar
rived at an early hour this morning on
special trains. They were taken to the
park at 10 o'clock. The Third Illinois
regiment, of 1,120 men, under command
of Col. Fred Benham arrived on four
trains over the Nashville, Chattanooga
& Louisville road at 9:20. They re
manned in the city several hours, until
arrangements for transfer were made
by the railroads.
The Fourth Ohio infantry, formerly
the Fourteenth, II companies, 800 men.
arrived at o'clock over the Queen &
Crescent from Columbus, o. This reg
iment is under the command of the fa-
nous Col. A. B. Colt. The regiment is
thoroughly equipped, has an excellent
band and a complete hospital service.
Trains are arriving every hour and
considerable difficulty is being expert
enced in getting all the commands
transported to the park.
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nome until 11 o,clock this morning

home until IL o'clock this morning,
when it will be escorted to the rotunda
of the capitol by the governors guards,
who will mount guard over it. The fu-
neral ceremonies will begin at o'clock,
and the cortege accompanying the body
to the grave will be one of the most i'm
posing ever assembled in this state.
The young officer, whose blood was
the first spilled in the present war,
was known to nearly everybody in Raj
eigh and was very popular. All flags on
public buildings are at half mast and
business is suspended. The public
schools are closed and the children will
attended the funeral in a body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-16
A COvETOUS EYE
Is Being Cast Toward Hayti by Ger
many.

Port Au Prince May 16-German war
ships some time ago made soundings in
the principal ports of Hayti-Port Au
Prince, The Mole ST. Nicholas, Cape Hay
tien, st. Marie, Germennie and Jacmel.
What Germany might undertake to do IN
this part of the world in the event of a
general conflict of nations, dread OF
which Lord Salisbury is said to have ex-
pressed in a recent speech, IS quest ttEll tt'n
public men of Hayd. wen INFORMED Iore
eigners residing here do not doubt that II
America were involved on one s1de, Ger
and, German traders fervently cherish
this hope. Their feeling against the Hay
items since the Leuder lncldent mas peen
intense, and so far as a volatile people IS
capable of cherishing old scores, the ami
mostly is reciprocated:
Of all the masters of vessels coming TO
tive port officers and stevadores with the
least consideration, often with III conceal
ed contempt. The wonder is that their
attitude does not otter provoke conflicts; {;
vet the Germans are by far the most nu-
merous class of traders mere. 1t may pc
that this has not a little to do with the
action of the government NJ IN eoneeoltfg eHe ne
with the United States, granting to Amer
leans the same commercial rights as are
enjoyed by the Haytiens;
However this may be, 1t certain that the
concession will involve the Haytien gov
ernment in vexatious difficulties with
other nations, unless it does the same by
them.
By the concession to I'll the Americans,
in revenue In order to to AFFORD to treat
must devise new taxation 1t looks very
much as If, counting upon the protec-
ton of the United States in case of need,
the foreign minister expected to refuse
an equal concession to other nations, on
the ground that the treaty of 1864 is pure
ly reciprocal, each party making to the
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SPANISH TRICK FAILS.
They Try to Entice Our Vessels
in Range of MORO Castle.

Key West, May 16.-Captain Blanco,
two hours before sundoWn last night
attempted to execute a ruse, which, if
successful would have cleared the front
of Havana of six ships on that block
aiding station. Unable to come out to
do battle he adopted the tactics of the
spider and cunningly planned to draw
the prey into his net, but though clev-
er and pretty scheme as an original
proposition, it was practically a repeti-
tion of the trick by which the gunboat
VickSburg and the little converted rev.
enue cutter Morrill, were last week de-
coyed by a fishing smack under the big
Krupp guns of Santa Clara batteries.
Thanks to bad gunnery, both ships on
that occasion managed to get out OF
the range without being sunk though
some of the shells burst close aboard
and the Vicksburg's ladder was cut
adrift.
Late yesterday afternoon the ships
on the Havana station were dumb
founded to see two ships steam out of
Havana harbor and head east. Dense
smoke was streaming like black rib
bons from their stacks and glance
showed that they were under full
head of steam. By aid of glasses Com
mander Lilly of the Mayflower which
was flying the pennant, made out the
larger vessel of the two, which was
about 200 feet long and of 800 tons dis
placement to be the Alfonso XII. and
the smaller one to be the gunboat LIE
Gaspie, both of which were known to
be bottled up IN t1aNand hdTp Al
first he supposed they were taking ad-
vantage of the absence of the heavy
firing ships and were making a bona
fide run for the open sea- A superior
officer hastily called the other ships on
the station, the Vicksburg. Annapolis,
Wasp, Tecumseh and Osceola- which
were moving in, to form a column with
gunboats on the right flank. The little
squadron moved in obliquely toward the
fleeing Spaniards, keeping up a running
fire as they went. The Alfonso and
her consort circ1ed in shore about five
miles below and after running in for
half an hour headed for Morro castle
Our gunboats and thin skinned vessels
of the Mosquito fleet did not follow
them in. Commander Lilly saw that
the willy Spanish ruse was to draw them
under the fires of the heavy batteries,
where the Spanish artillery officers
could plot out the exact range with
their telameters and pot them, so the
return was made in line ahead parallel
with the shore. Commander Lilly had
not been mistaken. AS his ships came
abreast of the Santa Clara battery the
big guns opened and fired thirteen
shells at a distance of about five miles
The range was badly judged. as more
than half the shells overshot the mark
and others fell short, some as much as
q mile.
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RETURNS WE'RE NOT IN
When the Spaniards Celebrated Vic
tory at Manila.

Kingston, Jamaica, May 16.-Advices
which have just been received from
Cienfuegos, island of Cuba, say the
Spaniards at that place attended the
chanting of a te .deum at the principal
church there in celebration of the
news circulated by the Spanish SOW
ernment to the effect that the Spanish
forces had been victorious at Manila.
When the first news" was received at
Cienfugos from Madrid all the bells in
the city were rung and General PandO,
who was then there and his staff at
tended the church of St. Sulpice in full
uniform. In addition, a ration of wine
was served out to the soldiers and
though the American blockading ships
were outside the harbor and meat was
costing two pesetas a pound, the city
was gay and rejoiced at the announced
success of the Spaish army.
Since then, however, ugly rumors of
the defeat of the Spaniards have been
in circulation, but "officially'' Spain has
won a -'victOry' in the Philippine is
lands.
The refugees who arrived at Jamaica,
from CienfuegOs by the Adula, were re-
leased from quarantine yester day.
Among the most prominent of these
passengers are Albert Fowler, brother
of the British consul, his mother and
sister; NJ. Antoine Pouvret, a million
aire sugar planter and the Salacida
family.
Threats of cutting off the heads of
Americans have been made at Cienfue-
gos but no violence has actually oc-
CURED.
On leaving the harbor an officer on
board the United States auxiliary gun
boat Eagle which overhauled the Adula
said they were fishing for the cable and
expected to cut it any day. The cable
has since been cut.
The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
of $500 tons now at Santiago de Cuba,
has seven of her ten boilers disabled,
and she ~ otherwise so unseaworthy
that she has been anchored at the har-
Dor entrance, as a guard ship.
There was some complaint among the
so Americans on board the Adula in re-
gard to the departure of Consul Nc
Carr. They aver that he left Cienfue-
gos without notifying the Americans of
the danger.
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NO MORE COAL
Can Be Had at st. Thomas Without
Governors Permission.

st. Thomas, Danish w. l., May 16.-
An official announcement just issued
by the governor of the island of ST.
Thomas, prohibits the delivery of coal
to war ships of the belligerent powers
without the previous permission of the
governor, who will determine the
amount each vessel may receive and
who will supervise its delivery
The British steamer Twickenham
which arrived here yesterday from
Scotland with cargo of coal for Porto
Rico and which awaited orders here has
cleared, destination unknown.
The United States cruiser Yale, form
erly the American line steamer Paris
called here for orders at o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
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THE GUssIE FAILED.
a Second Attempt to Land Supplies
in Cuba is Unsuccessful

Key West Fla, May 16.-The steamer
Gussie has returned here after an un-
successful attempt to land a consign-
ment of rifles in Cuba, intended for the
use of the insurgents. Her commando
er, who appeared to be crestfallen at
his failure to accomplish the mission en-
trusted to him refused to discuss the
matter beyond admitting his failure
and saying the Gussie will return to
Tampa, Fla.
Capt. Dorst says the failure of the
expedition was due to the fact that the
CubanS were unable to meet the landing
party at the rendezvous, and the Amer
leans could not land supplies with no
one to receive them.
The arrangements for making a land
ing at CabanaS were made ten days ago
by Capt. Dorst with Gen. Delagdo in
command of the inSurgent forces in the
province of Pinar Del Rio, and the sup
plies to be landed near Matanzas were
to be conveyed to Gen. Gomez by a
force of insurgents encamped three
miles back from the coast line. Both
of the Cuban parties were unable, ap-
parently to appear at the rendezvous,
owing to the activity of the Spaniards.
Capt Dorst is convinced that the
Spaniards have good system of com
municating along the coast, and they
can quickly raise enough troops to pre-
vent the landing of small force, Such
as the one he commanded, and the cap
tain believes the only way arms ana
ammunition can be sent to the inSurS-
ents Is to land them under the cover of
warships with guns sufficient to beat
off any attack. Then, he adds, the arms
and ammunition should be conveyed in
land by the United States soldiers.
The captain says the company which
landed through the surf at Cabanas,
had a narrow escape. The soldiers
were fired upon by Spanish cavalry
concealed in the tangled underbrush,
and the fire was replied to with the re-
suit that one Spanish officer and three
men were killed. Only one man on the
American side was wounded. The lat
ter. a newspaper correspondent, receiv-
ed a. slight flesh wound in the arm.
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and lived near the old Thirteenth regi-
ment armory, which is now used by the
second battalion of the naval reserves.
This man said that he had been at work
at Camp Low, and with other workmen
was with them for a sail and they drift
ed to where they were found
There have been so many interfer-
enceS with the submarine mines in the
bay that the men on the patrol boats
concluded to take no chances and
officers in charge of the defenseS to be
dealt with as they may see fit. The
punishment that would follow a con-
vtction by court martial for spying upon
the fortifications in the interest Of the
enemy, would be death.
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IN THE GUARD HOUSE.
Three Men Captured While Sailing in
Forbidden Waters.

New York, May 16.-Locked up in the
guard house at Sandy Hook are three
men who were discovered prowling
about the Hook in small cat boat and
who were captured by the coast patrol
The men could not give a satisfactory
explanation of their presence in the
forbidden waters near the Notifications
and adjacent to the mine fields, and
were therefore made prisoners and
turned over to the authorities on the
Hook One of the men said his name
was Dennis Taylor and all said they
lived in Brooklyn. The names of the
others could not be learned One of
them was described as small dark
man, who resemb1ed a Spaniard. The
statements of the men have been ta-
ken and they are held pending an in
Vestigation.
one of them said he was mason
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Commander of the BIOckading
Squadron Off Cuba
Ordered to BOmbard Every Fort
and Sink Every Gunb0at
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Idea of a Peaceful Blockade
Has Been Abandoned.
Prosecution of the War is to
Begin in Earnest.

Chicago, May 16.-A Journal special
from Washington says: President Nc
kinley has abandoned the peaceful
blockade idea Orders were today ca
bled to the commander of the blockade
ing squadron that will give him an op-
portunity to turn his ships loose on all
Notifications where resistance is offer
ed.
Every Cuban port that is strongly
protected will be. attacked and the
bombardment will be kept up until
Spanish guns are silenced and all gun
boats are sunk
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KLONDIKE DAMAGED
And the British Steamer Ben
holm Sunk by a Collision.

Liverpool, May 16.-The Norwegian
steamer Klondike, from Antwerp, was
doclxed here today with her bows badly
damaged. The captain of the Klondilze
reports that on Saturday night, off
Point Lynas, on the northern coast of
Wales. his vessel was in collision with
the British steamer Benholm, bound for
Cardiff
The captain further says that the
Benholm was so badly damaged that
she soon foundered and twelve of her
crew including the master went down
with her. Nine of those on board the
Benholm were rescued and brought to
Liverpool on board the Klondike.
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AZ HOME.
Body of Ensign Bagley Arrives
at Raleigh
And is Taken to the Home of
His Mother.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST
And Business i'm the City is
Suspended.
Public Schools Are Closed For
the Funeral.
FLAGS AT HALF MAST

Raleigh, N. c., May 16.-The body of
Ensign Bagley, who was killed on the
torpedo boat Winslow, off Cardenas last
Wednesday, arrived here at 2 o'clock
the home of his mother, Mrs. Adelaide
Bagley widow of the late Major W. H.
Bagley, a confederate soldier, and
daughter of ex-Gov. Jonathan Worth,
deceased.
The body will remain at the Bagley
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DEWEY's FLEET GROWS.
How the Spanish Gunboat Callao Was
Taken In.

New York, May 16.-A dispatch to the
World from Manila, Philippine Islands,
May II, by way of Hong Kong, China,
May Is, says:
The Spanish gunboat Callao steamed
up the bay this morning. She came
from the southern islands where she
had been stationed for the last sixteen
months. Her commander, Lieut.. Fran
cisco Pou did not know that war had
been declared and had heard nothing on
his way up about the battle of Manila
He steamed straight for Cavite, expect
ing to find the whole Spanish fleet an
chored there.
He arrived off Cavite at Z o'clock in
the morning with the Spanish flag fly
ing and signals for the admiral UP;
The Olympia opened fire. The Span
ish commander thought the shots were
for target practice and turned to get
out of range, but continued on. The
Boston and Raleigh Joined the Olympia
and shots were throwing spray over the
Spanish vessels deck, when her COM
rnander began to realize that it was no
Joke and pulled down his flag.
He continued, however, and the firing
was renewed. Finally he hove to with
a white flag on his foremast and the
ReIeigh steamed out to intercept hlrn
Lieut. Pou went aboard the Raleigh in
a small boat and the situation was ex-
planned to him.
Then he surrendered peacefully and
the Callao was brought to an anchor
age near the flagship. She was an IRON
gunboat of 208 tons, equipped with -FOUR
modern guns and carrying a crew of
35 The ship was spick and span for
the admiraPs inspection on arrival
The American flag was promptly
hoisted on the Callao, and she was ad-
ded to Admiral Dewey's fleet. She viii
be useful for river work.
Admiral Dewey's fleet remains sta
toned before Manila.
He is ready to capture the place
whenever orders to do so are received
from Washington, or he deems it ex-
Incident
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BACK FROM cABANAs.
Two Newspaper Men Held as Prison
ers are Brought Away.

Key West, May 16.-The United
States government tug Uncas has re-
turned here from Havana with two
American newspaper correspondents
said to be Charles ThraH and Hayden
Jones, captured by the Spaniards and
imprisoned in Fort Cabanas, whose re-
lease the commander of the Uncas at
tempted to consummate on the basis of
exchanging them for Spanish prisoners
held in the United States.
Neither Capt. Brainard of the Uncas
nor any other person on board will give
details of the result of the expedition
until the official report on the subject
has been made to Commodore Remey
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IT STARTED TEARS.
An Old Lady in Black Rushes Into
the Street to Greet the Soldiers.

At Eighth and Kansas avenue as the
Twentieth Kansas marched down the
street today an elderly woman dressed
in black hurried out towards the head
of the column. There were tears in her
eyes as she watched the progress of the
soldiers, their guns bristling in long
solid column moving with the rhythm
of the marching.
Goodbye, boys: may God bless -
and her voice failed her as the head of
the column reached the point where she
was standing.
Waving her handkerchief in one hand
above her head, she grasped the hand
of every man on the left of the file of
fours as the regiment marched by.
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GONE AGAIN.
Spanish Fleet Sails Away From
Curacao by Invitation.

New York, May 16.-A dispatch to
the Herald from WiIlemstad, Cura-
Goa, says:
The Spanish cruisers Vizcaya and
Maria Teresa have left this port. Their
destination is unknown.
The four other Spanish warships
which were off the harbor disappeared,
but later one of the torpedo boat de-
stroyers was sighted again.
While here the two warships took
on a small quantity of coal and provis
IONS Their departure was due to our
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governments demanding them to leave
as provided in the decree of neutrality.
There were no colliers with the fleet.
Nothing is known as to their boilers. A
rumor says there are some commercial
ships in this vicinity.
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WARNING ISSUED.
Blockadfng Squadron YOtiffed
of Approach of Spanish
Fleet.

New York. May 16.-The Evening Posts
Kew West special says: The blockaders
on the south coast Of Cuba have been
warned that the Spanish squadron IS re-
and to double their vigilance.
sary to name will be ready to aid the ships
stationed there in resisting the progress
of the enemy. There is small chance
that the Spanish will be able to enter
Cienfuegos fortified port desirable to
them on account of the large coalfng ia
cfIities and machine shops.
BotS our squadrons are informed about
Tia s-s@AaiS1l fOtiIla.
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KIMBERLY CALLED BACK.
Retired Admiral Must Re-enter the
Service.

Newton, Mass, May 16.-Rear Ad-
miral L. A. Kimberly, U. S. N, retired,
has received telegraphic orders to re-
turn to active service and report at
Portland, Me, and serve until further
notice as prize commissioner. Admiral
Kimberly was born in New York, and
was the commander of Farragut's flag
ship, the Hartford, in Mobile bay, and
was in comand at Samoa in 1889, when
the American fleet was wrecked by
typhoon. He has seen much active SER
vice, and is one of the best posted of the
retired officers of the navy
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Chaplains and Surgeons.

Rev. V. H. Biddison of St. Marys has
been appointed chaplain of the Twenty
second Kansas regiment by Gov Leedy.
Biddison is PopuIist and was chaplain
of the senate in 1895. Some time ago
he edited a Populist paper at Marys-
Vile Dr. F. w. Turner of Marysville
has been made the second assistant sur
geon of the TWenty-frSt regiment.
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ONE MORE NUISANCE.
This is Why Some People Talk of
Burning Smoky Row.

Buck Sawyer, the colored man who
is a bayrum fiend, no sooner arrived in
Topeka last night than he was dlscoV-
cred by the police and by o'clock this
morning he was in the city Jail. On
July 10, 1897, Buck was confined in
the city Jail serving out sentence for
an assault and disturbance of the
peace in which he figured conspicuous
ly On that day he escaped from the
Jail and has since been away from To-
peka Patrolmen Wood and Summers
found him this morning. He will go to
work on the city stone pile to work out
the rest of his $50 fine.
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SAMPSON A PUZZLE.
Fleet Passes Cape Haytien, Des-
tinatiOn Not Apparent.

Cape Haytien, Republic of Hayti, May
16.-The United States torpedo boat
Porter and the storeship Supply, which
have been here waiting orders, have
sailed to join Admiral SIMPSONS
squadron.
The Squadron passed Cape Haytien
Yesterday. 1t is uncertain whether it
will turn southwark to meet the Span
ish fleet or go first to Key West.