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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
San Jose's Fast Cyclers.

SAN JOSE. May 6.-The Garden City Cyclers have selected their team for the great 100-mile relay race around the bay next Sunday. The ten men are all strong and fast riders. and it is expected that they will capture the trophy Following relay, Gail Hardenbrook; second relay, Tony Delmas; third relay, George Thorne; fourth relay, A. J. Clark; fifth relay, Roy Bridgeman; sixth relay, Ted Belloh; sev- enth relay, D. E. Francis; eighth relay, Julius Smith; ninth relay. Mark Quimby; tenth relay, Blunt Smith.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Names of vessels in brackets are a lot of steam yachts purchased in the United States in 1895.
 The few 6.2-inch guns of the Hontoria pattern fire piercing projectiles of about ninety pounds weight, capa- ble of penetrating ten inches of iron at 1000 yards. The 47-inch guns are not rapid -firers like the 5 and 4 inch guns on our feets and besides their
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
Escorting Coal-Laden Barks.

PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, May G. The German steamer Valdivia, from Hamburg, on March 21 for St. Thomas. where she arrived on April II, has put into Aux Caves, on south coast of Hayti. She reports having met a Brit ish warship escorting westward six parks, nationality unknown, apparently laden with coal. On April 26 cannonad- ing was heard selward from Jerimie. Hayti, a port situated 125 miles west of this place.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
Crushed by His Own Truck.

Claus Wohltman, well-to-do drayman, was run over by one of his trucks yester- day afternoon and so severely injured that he died an hour after being taken to the Harbor Hospital. Wohltman was driving the truck himself near Fourth and Townsend streets when the horses man was. thrown from his seat and the wheels of the heavily loaded dray passed
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

fifteen tons, and none of the larger vessels, of which there are but two, are equal in speed and armament to the smallest American cruisers. The gunboats are literally only mosquito gunboats, unable to venture out of sight of land, as they carry but small supply of coal and are, for the most
 part, slow. The only dangerous ves-
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
TRANSATLANTIC STEAMERS.

HAMBURG-Arrived May 6-Stnr. Bohemia, from Baltimore.
 LIvERPooL-sailed May s-Stmr. cevic, for New York New York.
 COPENHAGEN-saile May S-Stmr. Hecla, for New York.
 NAPLEs-sailed May 6-stmr. Aller. for New York.
 CHERBOURG+Saile May 6-Stmr. Augusta Victoria. for New York.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Hidden somewhere in the many bays and sheltered coves of the Cuban coast lie about thirty-four Spanish gunboats and steam launches, ranging in dis placement from fifteen to 100 tons. AL together the Spanish fleet in Cuban waters number fifty-eight craft of all descriptions, from 3090 tons down to
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Be sure the solution of tho difficulty is in your own hands. Alone you cannot be as strong, as big and as vigorous as you once were, but you can with the aid of that great remedio treat ment, "Hudyan." No other thing will make your blood jingle in your veins as it did in the days of your youth and manIiness, But this Hudyan" will dc. It has done it for 10000 people. Why should it fail with you ? It Will not. 1t cannot fail.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
SPANS MOSQUITO
 FLEET ABOUT CUBA
Hidden in Bays and Coves of the Island Are Little Gunboats
 Afraid of Our Ships.

sells in the entire lot are apparently the seven torpedo gunboats, provided their speed and efficiency have beenkept up since their trial trips, and of this there is a reasonable doubt.
 The following table shows the strength and details of the Spanish navy which, at last accounts, was credited to Cuban waters:
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
troops in Grand canaria alone. under

Every Spaniard and Canarian had been pressed into the service, and the business of fruit packing was left to the women. Fortifications were rap idly being constructed and new fort OH the hillside at Las Palmas, facing the sea, will mount heavy guns. The military authorities were taking pos session of buildings of British subjects. for which they refused to pay, or make exchanges. and the Government was selling at auction all sorts of monopo- lies, arms, paints and the like, in a desperate attempt to raise revenue.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
.OUTRACES UPON
 ENCLISHMEN Homes of British Sub- jects Seized at Las
 Palmas. Spaniards Constructing Forti- fications in Expectation of
 an Attack. The United States Consul Suddenly Departs With the Plans of the
 Harbor.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LIVERPOOL. May 6.-Steamersa arriv- ing here to-day from tue Canaries re- port that the United States Consul at Las Palmas left suddenly with the plans of Las Palmas harbor. They say, also, that there are 12,000 Spanish
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

The latest wonder in electricity; new and marvellous applications in the mechanical arts; told in next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
DIED.

HAYES-In this city. May g. 1898. Margaret Hayes, beloved mother of Mrs. J. s. Mur- phy, Mrs. M. Morrisey and Mrs. Donovan, a native of Parish Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, aged 90 years
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

over his abdomen. The dead man was about 40 years old, lived at 25 Isis street and leaves a widow and four children.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Copper-coIored spots. teeth loose and all the other signs of blood taint must be attended to. Ask for free thirty day blood cure" circulars. That rem edy disposes of all blood taint quickly and surely. IT makes no difference what the stage of the disease may be. No charge whatever for all the infor- nation you may want.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

The soil of Cuba is so fertile that in some districts four crops are raised.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Done up." That is what you think you are. But if you can find vigorous life again # you can become whole man once more why not do it You enjoy no single one of the great pleasures of life to-day 10 the extent you should. If you want to learn how many men have been made whole men by "Hudyan" write and ask for free circulars and testimonials telling you all about it. Ask for advice on any question if you are weak, 1t is all free.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

Jessie Alderman relates some of her most wonderful experiences in dotting the great globe with W. O.. T. U. missions in next Sundays Call.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

The Star speaks of School Board thieves and tells some strong truths.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07

aT G @ & a S.asaa @ @ steam launches
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-07
SECRETARY ALGER WILL RESIGN.

WASHINGTON 6The paper that @ will tender his resignation days When General
  of n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

show that the President made an early de-
mand for more than his predecessor would
have accepted for the claims of the govern
ment on the roads, and that it was the in
sistence of the administration which led the
reorganization committee representing the
bondhclders to pay every dollar of the obli-
cation to the United States. For the main
lines the administration has received $751;.
100000. Now there remains the Kansas Pa
cific branch line leading from Kansas
City to Denver. on the first 1874 miles west
from Kansas City the United States has
second mortgage amounting to 5000, 600. The
225 mites between the 1874 mile-post and Den
yer are owned by another corporation. That
is, the government has a piece Of railroad
in Kansas which ends in the air. If it
should bid the road in the government
would own piece of a line to compete with
lines having connection with Denver. 1t is
q valuable property, and will be more valua-
BILE as Kansas is developed, but being a line
without through connection and antagonized
by competing through lines. it is no prop
erty for the government to own or lease.
The government has finally received a bid
which covers the principal of the bonds
guaranteed years ago. The administration
will probably accept that offer If it had
been made five or ten years ago, there is not
a sensible and fair-minded man in the coun-
try who would not have favored its accept
ance. The Sc, 900, 900 which has been offered
for the Kansas Pacific, added to the $5S,0Oo,-
600 and more already received for the rest
of the Pacific road makes total of more
than $64,GOO,000 received by the government
for it's interest in the Pacific Railroads,
Which is all that is due, except about $6,OOO,-
COO of interest on the Kansas Pacific bonds.
The Cleveland administration was anxious
to dispose of the governments claim for a
little more than $45, 100000. At the time that
was regarded most favorable offer, for
the reason that the country had come to the
conclusion that the property was not worth
the amount the United States had invested
the Union Pacific have gone into the hands
of receivers, from which the holders of sec
ond mortgages have received far less than
the United States has received for its rather
blind venture in the Union Pacific. AS it is,
the government loses but about 100000,
and for that Sc, 900 it has derived the ad-
vantage of cheaper transportation for mails,
troops and supplies for quarter of a CEN
fury, while the first Pacific road has made
others possible and made transportation to
the Pacific coast so cheap that its fruits can
be sold so cheap that their competition has
reduced prices one-thrd.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14
COWARDLY AND COURAGEOUS
MONEY.

When Silver Dick Bland shouted in the
House the other day, "You don't hear of
silver running away" he doubtless thought
ne had emphasized great financial prin-
ciple and made strong point in favor of
silver. 1t has been made often before in
one form or another, and is a favorite arsu-
ment with class of people whose noise re-
garding the money question is in an inverse
ratio to their knowledge. "The cowardice
of gold" has been a fruitful theme with
statesmen of that class from congressman
10 curb-stone orators, and has served to
swell some Of their most sounding SEN
fences. 1t has done good service, too. for
the greenbackers. "Where were gold and
greenbacks during the warp they ask.
when the brave boys in blue were march
ing, bivouacking and fighting, when the fate
of the country was trembling in the bal
ance and its sons were freely Offering up
their lives in its defense, where were gold
and greenbacks then? Gold had skulked
and fled out of sight like the coward it is.
while greenbacks remained true to the
country, the right arm of the Nation, the
sword and shield of the government. the
support of the army and the currency of
the people," This argument" in one form
or another has done great deal of service.
and, appealing as it does to patriotism as
Well as to prejudice, is in no small degree
responsible for the popular feeling against
the retirement of the greenbacks.
1t ought not to be necessary to say to
any sensible man that this so-called argr-
ment is no argument at all-nothing but
fustian and hapdoodle. There is such a
thing as money, but no such thing as cow
ardice courage in money. There is real
money and representative money, metallic
money and paper money money at par and
money deprecated, money of redemption.
redeemable money and irredeemable money,
but there is no such thing as cowardly or
courageous money. During the war gold
did not disappear because it was cowardly,
but because it was driven out of crcula-
ton by excessive issues of irredeemable pa
per currency. Greenbacks did not remain
with us and continue in circulation because
of their superior courage or loyalty, but be-
cause the enormous expenditures of the
government had to be met in some way,
and as it could not obtain real money it
kept the printing presses at work night and
day turning out promissory notes. These
notes stayed at home not because they We're
brave, but because they had no value away
from home. If they had any patriotism it
was enforced They were not volunteers in
the war; but substitutes and drafted-sub-
stitutes for gold and forced into a service
they could not escape. When their enforced
term of service was ended they should have
been mustered out. At present they only
represent an emergency that is long past
and promise that has never been re-
deemed. At all events, there should be an
end of the silly talk about the bravery
of money that does not run away.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

other members OF the committee residing in
interior States, the subcommittee on the
Notifications bill, charging that he selected
the men he did because OF their hostility
to appropriations for harbor defenses. This
is absurd. Mr. Hemenway, who had charge
of the bill, and other members living in in
terror States have as much interest in the
.defenses of our harbors as have representa-
'tives on the coast. They are citizens Of
the United States. Mr.. Hemenway, in ex-
planning the bill, said that S39, 3S4, 253 had
been expended on Notifications during the
past ten years. He explained that the
amount called for SIS 100000, was to be ex-
pended upon ola and costly gun-mountings,
when q large amount could be saved by
using disappearing carriages for large guns.
He called attention to the fact that for the
guns we now have the proper officials re-
ported lack of proper ammunition. He
held that our leading ports were not de-
fenseless, and had the facts at hand to
show members who desired to know them,
which, however, it would not be proper to
put into a speech. The Hemenway bill
appropriated $4,0OO0O0 instead of $13,000,00e
1t is probable the Senate will increase the
appropriation, but Mr.. Hemenway made SO
good case that he was sustained by the
vote of the House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

The House committe on invalid pensions
and the House itself seem to be pursuing
q very conservative course in regard to
special pensions. Every case is carefully
investigated by the committee, and only
those are reported for the favorable ac-
ton OF the House which appear to have
merit. Since the House has attached a
proviso to all bills removing the charge of
desertion. to the effect that such removal
shall not authorize the applicant to apply
for pension, the number Of such bills
has fallen off greatly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

In his speech at Lafayette General Wal
lace said: by the annexation of Hawaii we
should take in as citizens one hundred thou
sand ignorant, debased natives" This re-
quires some qualification. The present pop
ulation of the islands is estimated at 100000,
of whom 10000 are Hawaiians and the rest
half-whites or foreigners. The natives can
not fairly be classed as ignorant and de-
based One-third of them speak English,
and nearly all have some education. Apple
toms Annual Cyclopedia for 1896 says "Ha-
wall has one of the most complete systems
of public elementary education in the world.
The entire population, with the exception
of the Asiatics and the adult Portuguese,
has been trained in the public schools"
Finally, the inhabitants of the islands
would not h~ve the rights Of citizenship as
long as the islands were held as a Terri
tory. and that might be thirty years, as has
been the case with Arizona, which is still a
Territory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

The De LONE affair affords a good oppor-
tunity Tor the Cuban jingoists in Congress
to make an exhibition Of themselves, and
they will probably improve 1t. 1t is said
that Representative Lewis of Washington.
has prepared joint resolution. which he
will offer in the House to-day, declaring
1t to be the sense Of the House and Senate
that the President declinesto recognize the
resignation OF Mr.. De LONE. the Spanish
minister, and instead inform him that he
is persona non grata- The Washington
statesman seems to be laboring under the
impression that the Spanish minister sent
his resignation to the President.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

In his address at Chicago Secretary
Gage emphasized an idea which he has
presented before, namely, ihat in the event
OF war the outstanding greenbacks would
become a source of instant financial peril.
They are menace even in time OF peace,
but the first note of war would make them
very active force for harm. ut requires
but little reflection" said Mr.. Gage, "to
convince the mind that this danger to
which for many years we have been ex-
posed would be realized to it's fullest extent
in the initial movement of great war. In
such a movement the folly Of our present
situation would be fully revealed The
situation is one in which in time OF peace
we should prepare for war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

New Yorl, commercial Advertlser.

New York Commercial Advertiser
When an organization like the League OF
American Wheelmen, with its hundred thou-
sand members, becomes such a force as TO
control legislation in several States It's man
agement becomes a matter or pupnc inter-
EST and so il is no wonder that long ac-
counts are printed of the campaign for
it's presidency in progress this week at 81.
defeat combined railway interests at AL
bany and secure the law compelling rail-
ways to carry bicycles free as baggage, ana
has secured the same legislation in other
States. This interests only the wheelman,
but the league has done more work to Sc
cure state action for general Improvement
of country roads than all other agencies to-
gether. and for this the general public is
Indebted to il. The farmer, the pedestrian,
the country merchant and the house own
or alike know the need of good roads, but
the oreanized wheelman alone has labored
and agitated in season and out OF season
league is directly in limo with sound public
policy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14
Yermah the Dorndo.

This is a curious story, by Frona Eunice
Wait, a California writer, with the Aztecs
for its theme. The time was eleven thou
sand years ago, and the scene the place
where San Francisco now stands, shifting,
later, to Mexico. The Dorado was a semi
supernatural being, at first a king or ruler.
with especially noble qualities, afterward
developing into saint or spiritual leader
OF his people. His character and life are
evidently modelled on those of Christ and
there is a suggestion of irreverence in
places. The author shows considerable inn
erary ability. and. though she has not sue
ceeded in instlling much human interest
into the tale, it has readable qualities Pub
hshed by William DOxey, San Francisco.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

IN 1892 John G. Carlisle. of Kentucky,
was acknowledged by Democrats and 9TH
ers to be the ablest man in the party in
the central West, If not in the country. In
the discussion of the tariff question the
free-trade side had no man who could APP
proach him for lucid and powerful presen-
tation. He was in full accord with his
party until the date of the Chicago con-
ventioD. when he could not indorse the
free-silver declaration. Now his name
seems to be detested by the dominant ele-
ment CT the kentucky Democracy. the
Democrats in the Legislature going so far
as to propose to change the name of Car
Isle county TO William jennings Bryan
county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

The Kentucky Legislature has displayed
a spirit of recklessness, but it cannot be
that it has gone clean daft, as the passage
of a pending bill to regulate hotels and
boarding houses would imply. The bill is
a curiosity in that it makes the county
judge and the mayors of cities a commits
sion to adopt bills of fare for hotels and
boarding houses. 1t makes the maximum
rate for entertainment at first-class hotels
$50 a day. while boarding houses cannot
charge more than 50 cents d day. and res
taurants no more than % cents meal. 1t
also sets forth what the hotel keeper shall
furnish in the way of rooms. furniture. fire
and lights. The man who shall undertake
10 keep n hotel or boarding house without
: certificate from the commission in each
county shall be fined 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14
For the Love of Tonitn.

The foregoing title is that of the first of
a collection of nine short stories OF West
ern life by Charles Fleming Embree. and
1t Is not too much to say that no more en-
tertaining tales of cowboy and frontier life
have been told. Whether they are true 10
the life or not is for those to say who have
figured in such scenes or have been OBJ
servers upon the ground, but they have at
least the air of reality. They are spirited
tales, Well told and each with a dramatic
incident worth the telling. Published by
Herbert S. Stone a. Co., Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-14

The annual meeting Of the Indiana Re-
publican League at Lafayette was remark
ably well managed and successful in per-
fecting the organization OF the league. Like
other Republican meetings of the year, il
was animated by spirit of harmony and
confidence that foreshadows an aggressive
campaign and augurs well for success. The
resolutions were happily framed, and while
disclaiming any purpose of formulating a
platform, they very properly emphasize the
adherence of the party to the sound-money
doctrine. We quote the following:
We recognize the fact that the money
question is still an unsettled one in the
United States and must be in some form
the leading issue of the coming campaign.
The Republican party is and must continue
to be the champion of sound money. We
are in favor of such affirmative and pro-
gressive action on that subject as viii set
tie the question upon a solid and enduring
basis. We look to our leaders, the President
and his advisers and our representatives
and senators to frame such measures as
shall attain that result with certainty and
at the earliest possible day.
This is well expressed and right to the
point. The, declaration in favor of "aftirma-
tive and progressive action in favor OF
currency reform, and the demand for legis-
lation on the subject ''at the earliest posi-
BILE day. marks out strong line of battle
for the party in Indiana.