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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
MISERABLY ARMED
Gov. Voorhees, Tells the War
Department Facts About
the Militia.
AWAITING THE CALL TO WAR
Troops Will Be Modified at Sea
Girt-Appointmenls by the
Governor Today.
Especial to "The Jersey city News.p1

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lHtaNION, April 70, lS9S.-Governor
Voorhees, and Generals Plume. Striker
e,,a,oa,. go s.<..z ~ c+a+e
opeieei anu Soisooii were al the oia.e
House early in anticipation of the Presi-
dents call for volunteers which accord
s;nr ~ 4l,a +alaara :, xo,,a,,,o.d Ias+ ,igb+
- - = e seles, s'iA ieseAs - Aas. 80 :. :
mad been mailed from Washington. The
communication however had not arrived
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not now expected until tomorrow
Adiutant General strvlxer saws the state
-, s, u,
VIII not resdfu eHe uesisfidtion py Ing
War Department of Jersey City as q
Mace for mobi1fziner tbe National Guard.
mr. tro,,,, ,.,;1, u g. c.;rt ,,,ars
Inc troops VIII De sent 70 sea Sirt' Whele
they can be comfortably quartered. From
tba+ mint tba,y 30 !, s,a transnorted o,,ielxlv
p-,-S - -
ana without confusion
The Governor in reply to dispatch
froy, the War Danartroert This morning.
States that New Jersey was ready to put
eoo National Cuardsmen into the
field and that fhev were fairly well
e1,linned The anlv articles they are
Short IF are shoes and shirts and modern
s1,ns The (snard is miserably armed.
Ieariy all the guns being of old style Al
the Sea Girt Range the men in an entire
company frequently shoot with three or
four guns. the others being SC much worn
that they are practically useless for good
marksmenship The guardsmen probably
will be equipped as soon as they are mus
tered into the Governments service with
modern magazine rifles.
Captain irving Z. MInford, formerly OF
Newark, and now OF Atlantic CITY, mas
organized a company of seventy-fiye for
mer members of the National Guar and
has offered the services OF the command
TO the state. me AdJutant General toio
Captain Minford that such organizations
would be specially useful and that the Al,
lantic city company would De soon calleo
upon
me commission oI Leutefanl .lr ,to,, =,
Woodward as commander OF Ine ITsnloi1
dlvlslon, Battalion OF the west NAVY Mava'
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
TO RECONCILE RESERVES


WASHINGTON. April 26, 1SsS.--Senator
Mcmillan today introduced a bill intended
to reconcile the naval militia of the vari-
Gus States to the National service. The
Eibill provides for their service as organi-
cations on the same lines as the land
militia will be utilized under the bill which
recently became a law. The bill is as
follows:-
when called into the service of the United
States shall be organized under and shall
be subject to the laws. orders and regu-
siations governing the United States navy
provided that when members of the naval
militia Of any State shall enlist in the
United States navy as q body, as uch
naval militia, the officers in service with
fhe organization thus enlisting shall be
appointed BY the Governors Of the States,
and shall when so appointed be officers
of corresponding grades in the same or
ganization when 1t shall have been re-
ceived into the service of the United
States as part of the volunteer navy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
9BREB PRIZES.
The Great Steamer Panama
and Two Sailing Yes
sells Captured.

KEY WEST, Fla, April 26. 189S-d1:15
A. M.)-The big Spanish steamship Pana-
ma, of the Ceballos Line, which left New
York on April 20 for Havana, with num-
ber of Spanish refugees on board and a
very valuable cargo, including, it is un-
derstood, stores for the Spanish army
was captured yesterday evening about
twenty miles from Havana by the little
lighthouse tender Mangrove, now belong
ing to the Mosquito Fleet The Man
grove mounts two six-pounders and four
S8-revoivers. She Is commanded by Lieu
tenant Commander w. H. Everett and has
a crew of thirteen men. The Panama IS
of about $500 tons and very valuable
prize.
When the Mangrove sighted the Span
lard she ran up to the latter M ana n, nred
take the hint, and second shot was fred
after which the Panama slowed down
little. A third shot was fired across the
bows of the Panama, at hundred yafds,
and the deck officer of the Spanish vessel
was hailed and notified that If he did not
heave to. a shot would be sent through e
his vessel. This notification caused the
Panama to be brought to.
Ensign Dayton then boarded the Span
ish steamer and took possession of her.
The battleship Indiana then steamed up
and Commander Everett notified Captain
Taylor Of the Indiana that he had cap
tured the Panama adm borrowed prize
crew from the pdlLieSulpt COiioiotiAi~ u
Cadet Falconer and fifteen marines.
The Mangrove was then ordered to re-
port to the flagship, and Rear-Admiral
Sampson told Commander Everett 70 take
his prize into Key West. 3
The Panama. is understood to have 80
passengers on board Of her. AS she
Founded to after the little Mangrove cap
tured her, the later knowing the Panama
was an auxiliary cruiser, expected, to be
fired upon 1t is not known yet whether
the Panama had guns on board.
The United States gunboat Newport.
Captain 3. r. Tilley has brought in the
Spanish sloep Poquete and the Spanish
schooner Pireneo, Cuban coasting YES
sells which she captured off Havana this
The Panama is commanded by Captain
Ouevedo She sailed from New York
last Wednesday, heavily laden with food
supplies and merchandise, her manifest
showing her cargo to consist Of bacon,
hams lard beans, peas, corn, bran, -four,
hay milling machines, etc.
She was cleared for Havana. Progreso
and Vera Cruz, by ,. M. Cetaalos 4 CO..,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
Nothing would be more pie

vice Nothing would be more pleasing to
the boys of the Seventh than to go into
service, as they are. almost to man, not
only willing but anxious to go to the
front.
When the volunteers go to Sea Girt
they will be subjected to a physical ex-
amina ton before being admitted into
the service of Uncle Sam, and viii then
be sworn in and assigned to companies.
Where whole companies volunteer, and
have the full complement of men, they
will remain intact. In case any are de-
ficient in members, they will be made up
by the addition of other volunteers, as
may be arranged, and the Governor will
appoint the officers.
Ouarter1nas ST er-General Donnelly arrived
on the State camp grounds yesterday
afternoon and at once issued orders Tor
the hurried work of preparation, which
he hopes will culminate by Thursday IN
peopled camp exhibiting the discipline
and perfect ensemble of an army on the
field of battle. From the State Arsenal
at Trenton will come carloads of ammu-
milton and supplies for the camp Wnlie
expecting orders for a general movement
of the State quota at any moment Cen
eral Donnelly believes that the troops
will not be concentrated before Thurs-
day.
master General there was unusual hustle
in the camp grounds Men were at WoIh
on mess rooms and driving stakes TOT tiie
tents. 1t was decided to transform VIE
zine. where will be stored all the anmu-
milton allotted for use in target practice.
Special drills in coast defense. weekly
sham battles and ten-miie runs on ls tne
country roads as "a prelude to a stu
rougher seasoning process are among
the features to be introduced.
1t is pretty we'll understood here tnat
the voll1nteN complement will be made
up from the Wrist ana Third Regiments,
supplemented by detachments from me
Sixth and Seventh. Company A or AS
hurv Park and Company OF Long
Branch have decided to march direct
from their armories 70 the camp groutnns, ,.t,Sn
itv for a grand ovation on the line OF
march. 49,,
appointed examining officer. wiz erect
tJyp recrriting tents in close proximity TO
headouarters, where the work of enlist,
ment will be carried on Major GeneTa11 era
visit Sea Girt this week and inspect the
camp.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
did he. sight any on his way across the
Atlantic.
WHAT Is POLO'S STATUS !?

[By Cable to The Associated Press.1
LONDON, April 2e, 1895 I'm the House
Of Commons today, Mr. James e. Hogan,
Anti-Parnellite, member for the Middle
Division of Tipperary, will ask the Gov
ernment leader, Mr.. A. J. Balfour, First
Lord of the Treasury and Acting Secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs. whether
Minister at Washington, who is now In
Canada, is. at liberty to use Toronto as
base for supplying Spain with Informal
ton, and whether there Is any foundation
for the suggestion that Senior Berna'be IS
accredited to the whole of America north
of the equator, and that he has thereby
acquired a definite status in Canada and
generally to indicate the limitations inn
posed by precedent and diplomatic usage
on the activities of an ex-mtnister of a bel
ligerent power who keeps up temporary
residence in a British colony.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
OUR PROTECTED PIGS

CLEVELAND. ohio, April 2s. 1sss.-4A.I
the Bessemer pig iron producers of the
Central West have agreed to bank their
furnaces for thirty days out of the three
months of May, June and July.
AS guarantee to those who intend to
follow out such a plan that some one else
will not fail to abide by the agreement
and thus largely profit at the expense
of the faithful ones, $4,000 assurance
has been given by every interest About
eighteen furnaces win be affected by the
action taken
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
MOVING THE MARINES

The Navy Yard tugs were kept busily
engaged all the forenoon bringing men
from the Pennsylvania Railroad depot IN
the Navy Yard In all there were about
40 men composed of marines. About
noon the tug Nina went TO training ship
New Hampshire for number OF the New
York Naval Reserves, who are to man the
auxiliary cruiser Yankee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
MINNEAPOLIS FLITS.

BOSTON, April 26, 1S9S.-The cruiser
Minneapolis, which left the flying squad
ron at Hampton R5ads last Saturday
night and passed in by Highland Light at
6:45 P. M yesterday, was nowhere to be
seen in the bay this morning and incom-
ing steamers from the eastward and
other points this morning saw nothing
of the warship.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS.

ALBANY, April 26, 1898. In compliance
with President McKin1ey's call for volun-
teers, Adjutant General Tillinghast has
issued a general order which directs
Commanding officers of the National
Guard to assemble at their armories.
there to freely express their intention on
the United States The Adjutant General
saws that the National Guard organIza-
lions are to be maintained.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
War Dep artment.

War Department,
Washington, D. c., April 20, 1898.
To the Governor of New Jersey
The number of troops from your state
under the call of the President, dated
April %, 1893. will be three regiments. II
ments of the National Guard or State Mil
itia shall be used as far as their number
will permit for the reason that they are
orGa rized. equipped and drilled. Please
wire as early as possible what equipments,
ammunition, arms blankets, tents, etc,
you have and what additional you will
require. Please also state when the troops
will be ready for muster into the United
States service. Details to follow by mail.
RUSSELL A. ALGER,
Secretary of War.
The letter to the Governor giving de-
tails of the plan for raising and organic
ing the trops and for the appointment of
officers to the various regimental battal-
ion and divisional commands will not be
mailed from the War Department until
to-day. Meantime the work Of mastering
the troops will not be hindered, but as
soon as the Governor responds by tele-
graph to the request sent in reference to
the men and their present and needed
equipment, the plans for the mastering
and mobilization of the troops will be car
ried out rapidly
The AQ1utanL GeneTdl OIL Tie ARMY to-
day prepared statement on the appor-
tionment of troops required from the sew
eral States and Territories under the
proclamation of the President, and that of
New Jersey was Tor three regiments.
Adiutant General Corbin OF the United
States Army, in giving out the plans for
the mobilization Of the troops from New
Jersey. announces that this States troops
will leave Erom Jersey City.
The first call for troops will be for
members Of the National Guard alone,
provided enough of these can be procured
% make up the full quota. The Governor
when asked yesterday concerning report
tnat the National Guard as an organ1za-
tion was to be entirely ignored and that
the Governors of the several States
would not have the appointment of the
regimentaI officers, expressed the opinion
tnat the report was unfounded. BY the
terms Of the bill passed by Congress, Gov
ernor Voorhees, believes that he will have
the appointment of these officers, with the
exception or Inspector of Rife Practice,
JuGee Advocate and regimental paynlas-
ters. positions which are not recognized
in the regular army.
The iinpre ssiCn prevails that the FIRST
and Third regiments will be called out.
and there will be probably be one other.
It is the intention to till these regiments
up to the full army strength by recruit
ing from other regiments, and Il the
Eleventh. is not called upcn as one of the
three lit will, In all likelihood, have 10 fur
complement of those that do 60 into SER
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
DAY IS "IT.'

WASHINGTON. April 26, 1sss-The
President has nominated William R.
Day of Ohio to be Secretary of State,
vice John Sherman, resigned, and John
B. Moore, of New York, to be Assistant
Secretary of State, vice William R. Day.
The Senate at once confirmed the nomi-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
BLANCO'S CONFIDENCE.

rBy Gable to The Associated Press.
HAVANA, (via London), April IS, 1898.
Captain General Blanco has cabled the
Government at Madrid to the effect that
the Spanish squadron of warships can be
utilized elsewhere, as he can account for
the defence of Havana without the as
sistance of the fleet.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26

the New York agents of the TRANSATLANTIC
Company, of Barcelona, the owners of
the steamer.
The prize of the Mangrove was formerly
the British steamer Branksome Hall.
She is of iron, and was built at Glasgow
in 1875. The steamer registers 2,0S5 tons
gross, and l,347 tons net. She is 33l.4 feet
long, S4.2 feet broad and is 249 feet deep.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
SEC. ALGHR'S CALL.
Mailed Last Night to Governor
Voorhees, = Three Regi-
ments to Go From
Jersey.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"
TRENTON, April 26, 1S9S.-The follow
ing letter was mailed to Governor Voor-
hees last night
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, April 2s, 1SsS-Forecast
for the thirty-six hours ending at eight
P. NJ. Wednesday, For New York City
and vicinity CLOUDY tonight and We'd
nesday; stationary temperature; northerly
winds.
gfarEnntt,. Thernn >,er ssepnri.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26

Auctioneer Frank Stevens will continue
the sale of real estate. owned by the City,
tomorrow. at the City Hall, at one F. M.
There are still number Of pieces to be
sold and speculators Will do we'll to at
tend. See adver tiseuent.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-26
TIME TO GET OUT.

WASHINGTON. April 26, 1898. The
President BY proclamation has allowed
SpaIjsb vessels in United States waters
TIL May 81, Inclusive, for loading and de-
parting and Spanish ships met at sea
shall be permitted to continue their voy-
Ell tse If loaded before that tiane In the
United States. Spanish vessels bound for
the United States which sailed prior to3
AprIl II are exempt from capture and
allowed to DISCHARGE cargo.
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Real Estate Private Sales.

on the north side OF iisth street. 500 feet west OF
Amsterdam avenue. for about S2I. OOO.
Pell & Graves have sold for a client to Thomas
OSullivan No. $40 West Flfty-eighth street. = four
story brownstone dwelling. 2Oxl0O.5. for $4,000.
Miles q Htlfer have sold for Augustus Reinor to
story frame no lthouse. on lot 25p;5.
Hiram Rinuido q Bro. hav, sold 70" Mandclbaum 4
Levine to Louis Lese No. ia East 10th street. q
frame house on lot 25xlOO.
Henry Wise has sold for FAY & Stacom to a Mr..
Hammer No. 81 Baxter street, opposite Mulberry
Bend Park. a nve.story brick tenement, extending to
No. l6l Worth street, on an %irreguiar plot. with .
frontage of 1871 on Raxter street and BIS on Worth
street and a doptn OF about 80 feet.
James walsh has sold for Cyrille Carreau Nos. 226,
22s. and ESQ East lO0th street. three four'story nat
houB 5 on q plot 1OxlOO,l IL, at G4S, 900.
Brown Bros. a CO. have bought the small building
on triangular lot 2O.Ax46. 8x47. No. 3 Hanover street.
It ndjoins the rear building. No. 90 Wall street.
August Run has purchased FOR Improvement the
southwest corner OF Second avcnus and Eighth
street. 82.2xll+.4. from the John Abeel estate. The
broker was dustave Newman. The buyer will erect
Frederick Booth has sold for q client to Edward
Rafter No. 90 West Ninth street, a four story brick
private dwelliny, on lot 2j.4x8+.
william Cruickshank's Sons have sold for Mira.
building No. ~ West street, on lot 26x9O.
Mcmahon 4 Wetch have sold for Michael keeney
No. II West i3ith street, n nye-Story NAT house.
Max FFeund has purchased from William II. Blby,
trustee. the two.story. brick building No. 90 Prince
street, on lot 3B.bxl0l. for about X $1,000.
william Fischer has sold TO John Schmidt for Miss
Martin Walter has sold to an investor, for J. Buck
hout aud Mrs. A. Reed, n plot AT the corner OF Burn
side and Ryer avenues. fronting 1856 feet on Burnside
avenue.
E.. II. Gilbert and J, Edgar Leaycraft have sold for
SAuergross q Herbener the nve.story new store and
NAT house on Eighth avenue. east side, afty feet south
OF l84th street, to Hattie L. Price. At about $50. OOO.
Frank savin is the buyer Of No. 90 West Fifty.
second street.
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Real Estate auction ssIos.

At the Broadway salrsroom yesterday Peter +.
Meyer q Co. sold No. 2ll East Fourteenth Street. near
Third avenue; a fve,story BRICK apartment house.
plaintin. for $40, 400.
William kennedy sold. West street, Tweutv-fourth
ward. southwest side, being lot No. 10 on map of
Vaudeville. oUxl44x50, lxlS. foreclosure. TO VII.
liam A. Martin. plaintiff, for 1920; also West Tooth
street. north side. 2bO feet west OF Amsterdam ave-
nue., fuurstory brick fiat house. lot 25xU5. foreclo-
sure. to Enoch &. Bell. plaintiff, for Sit.S70.
Thomas q Pryor sold. Gerard avenue, Twenty'fourth
ward, east side. 4!l.s feet north Of ., James street,
two,story frame dwelling. plot oUxl0O, foreclosure.
TO Elmer A. Allen, plaintiff. for S0,sOs.
Jam, q l.. We Is SOLD twenty one lots, comprising
the block bounds by Jerome aud River avenues and
18Th street, trustees sale. as 4 follows; Northeast cor
ner Jerome avenue and 10Th street. lot 27.beBx
l2l .39xsbI l00.73. to Leo Hutter for -, $50; lot ad'
Joining. "a. 5s6x los. 79x26XUS.OT to Y. q. Bamman
FOR 1880. and adjoining lot to same for o. 200 also
adjoining lot to same for ,el.l5O; lot adjoining.
e1'3s6Kbf 3ixeo,67x %. 10 Edward Bohde for
lot adIoinins,. 21 5seTl6 Kiaa5 ~. 20 louis
wechSler for $4,000; lot adjoining. 27.0sBIl9H,ix
70ke5xl2sl0; 20 same buyer for $4,000 10y adjo.n.
Tor ~ $50; Junction Jerome and River avenues, plot
81. 1884, BiX 75XbV.7p TO W. T.. Ashwell for "a, 500;
Jerome avenue, ITO feet south Junction OF River ave.
nue.; plot b5x10I. 77x5Oxsl.io, TO 3. Jacobs for
o.. 726; lot adjoining to W. G. Ashwell for el,A15i
River avenue. northwest corner lB7th street, lot COX
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IIcAoo, Jan 4.-Thcse we're to-day's prices:


were sl3 mead. all consigned direct to exporters and
slaughterers. No trading; feeling steady; Dressed
beef steady at 7@Sc. v n. for poor TO prime native
sides. Cables from British markets quote American
steers AT la@llc. y n. dressed weight; American
refrigerated beef at i4@Sssc. y n. Exports to-day
$50 beev, 8. 25 sheep. and 5000 quarters OF beef; TO.
morrow so reeves and 8. $40 quarters.
Receipts OF calves, all for the market. were 03
head. Quiet; steady all around. About 20 head I'M
sold. Veals sold at 95@eS.25 Y 100 rs; Western
calves at S3 so; city dressed veals slow at l0l291l9c
y n.
Receipts OF sheep and lambs. all for the market.
were 500 head; IL cars on sale all told. Quiet, at
steady prices. About 8a cars were carried over.
Sheep sold at e3. 509s[.6O y 100 MS; lambs at
o.. i2L:9 SO. 3Tle. Dressed mutton, obese. q n;
dressed lambs. 81@ ioc.
Receipts OF hogs were I. es5 head; ssl head on sale.
Firm at S3.90@ 14.l5 y 100 nG.
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COMM ERCIAL COMPEED.

TUESDAY, Jan. 4.-GRAIN-Wheat-Spot was
easy but rather more active. The sales were
249,5 500 BUSH, including 200, 600 No. 1 hard
Manitoba, 80. 200 No. = Milwaukee on private
terms delivered. 10. 1000 No. l Northern spring at
99asc. in store for export and $500 ungradcd
white at 9099lc. In elevator TO arrive. Free OH
board afoat: No. l Northern spring. New York,
Sl.Olas; do. Duluth. $l.O2ls: No. . red, 81 oils;
No. IL hard Duluth. $l.O37e. Minneapolis received
to-day 1885, 76O BUSH. against 30. $50 last year;
Duluth lOl .G55. against 63. $780,; Chicago 81, 600.
against 46.s4O: Milwaukee 2T,30O. against
3 1850; St. Louis IS, 700. against $4,000: Toledo
2l,129. against 1882; Detroit 1885. against
1850 last year. Futures declined ac. to 1c.,
recovered part Of this and closed Lee. to lec.
lower for the day. Future sales 3,315, 600
BUSH, as follows:
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Isoal3t and the preferred at 1tlala7ia;
Mutual Gas Mt 2sb03OO: Svrncuso Gas at 2IJS
2la; Equitable Gas at 22Oa2lo.
Exports. OF general merchandise from tho
port OF New York for tho woek ending to-day
were valued at TG.Tpl, 7S5. against q5, ITO B5
in the preceding week and SS,OS7. 900 in tho
corresponding week Of last year. Since Jan. 1
TO Dec. III S390,5l3.02s. against 1881 ,241 900.
The Consolidated Ice Company has declared n
se~mi.annual dividend of 3 " cent. on its pre-.
ferrcd stock, payable Jan. 10.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
Company reports gross earnings for tho fourth
week Of December 81 $ss3.57i, IN increase OF
S6s,l32 as compared with tho corresponding
week Of the previous year.
Hallway gross earnings for December compare
with those OF the same month of the previous
rna- Nc fnllatre. Wv