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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
Call Office, Riggs House,

WaSnlnSIOn, MATCH
 It is understood that several petitions from San Francisco have reached the Secretary of the Navy asking that the Oregon be kept there. It seems that some of the San Franciscans are rear full that the Golden Gate city will not be sufficiently protected against the at tacks of Spanish men-of-War. But they need have no fear on this score, for ord- nance officers of the War Department declare that the great seacoast guns and the monitors Monterey and Monad- nook would be entirely sufficient to de- fend the harbor Furthermore it Is the present intention of the Navy Depart ment to keep the Charleston and Pnlia- delphia at San Francisco. Orders nave been sent to rush work on the Charles ton and have her ready for commissloh by the first week in April. The Phlia- delphia Is expected to be ready for serV- ice few days after that.
 California members of Congress with whom The Call correspondent talked tonight have various opinions to ofrer as to the best mode of defense Of San Francisco against possible attack. They do not apprehend that there will be any fighting on the Pacific Coast, hut are confident that San Francesca would be in no danger in any event.
 Senator Perkins believes that the geo. graphical situation of the city renoers 1t practically safe from the attack oe e hostile war vessels. AS member or the Naval Affairs Committee ne 1eeis that he should not give too Tree eH- pression of opinion on matters WHICH he may be later called upon to consider in his official capacity, so when ne was asked for his views tonight on the safety of San Francisco in case or war be said. "San Francisco would be well protected by our coast batteries ana the monitors without the assistance or the Charleston and Philadelphia.
 Congressman Hilborn, as heretoIore stated, is a firm believer in the monitor type of battleship. lie peneVes III coast defense vessels rather than cruls- CTS. Congressman Loud says that the inland situation of San Francisco rem dars the city practically Sa1e rom shells. "A hostile ship, he contlnueu, must stand out to sea beyond the par and could not get closer than 1our mics to our coast line. Therefore the Suan- iards must shoot seven or elght miles. It seems to me that the work or our coast defense guns would be enectlVe at four miles range. l do not oelleVe hostile war vessel could 1nf1lct Hucli damage by shelling San Francisco. The city of Charleston was bompardeo at much closer range than would be Possl- ble at San Francisco, yet Charleston did not suffer much from the shells. l am a firm believer in the ef1lclency or the big coast defense guns. It seeHiS to me however, that all of this specu- lation is idle. Our San Francisco peo- nIe are in no danger whatever. do pnt ha1ieye there will be war with Spain and if there is the city and harpor or San Francisco will be amply protect ed ''
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
HURRY ORDER FOR
 4 SIX-INCH GUN.
Weapon to Be Shipped From Brook lyn to San Francisco for Use on
 the Philadelphia.

NEW YORK, March 14-A hurry order was received at the Brooklyn Navy-yard to-day from Washington for a 6-inch gun to be sent immediately to San Francisco. The gun Is large rapid-fire breech-loading rifle which has been on the receiving ship Yer mont The work of transferring the gun commenced at once.
 The officers at the navy-yard were reticent as to what the gun was needed for at San Francisco, but 1t was re- ported that there is something wrong with one of the guns of the cruiser Philadelphia and this gun is intended to replace It. The gun will go by rail direct to the Mare Island Navy-yard.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
MOVEMENTS OF THE
 WAR VESSELS.
The Marblehead Was Ordered to Key West Simply to Take Stores on
 for the Atlantic Squadron.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-It Is now stated at the Navy Department that the Marblehead, which arrived at Tam pa Saturday night, was ordered to that place simply to take on some stores for the North Atlantic squadron. The tor pedo boat Foote arrived at Charleston yesterday on her way to Key West to join the fiotilla. The Fern sailed yes- terday from Sagua for Key West, hav- ing, it is presumed, delivered all the stores for the starving reconcentrados which have so far been received from the central relief committee in New York. The battleship Iowa came over from Tortugas to Key West yesterday. The gunboat Annapolis has arrived at Curacoa The training ship Essex has sailed from New York for Portsmouth.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
TWELVE-INCH GUN
 FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
r.s+s Made at the Watertown Arsen- al Before the Modern P1ece oi
 Ordinance Is Shipped.

Ordnance Is Shipped.
 ,oero1 March 14.-A 12-inch dis apnearing gun carriage stanos III tue setting-up shop at the Waterto"h Ar senal and to-day z-lnch pieee loading gun was mounted upon u" buee arms. Tomorrow the carriase will be tested by means Of piocK anu tackle. and if 1t works perfectiy VIII oe dismantled and boxed for shipment 'o California While there is much war .ou in the air, the shipping or tnls ,,,odarn niece of ordnance to the Paclhc Coast does not seem to corrooorate statements that war is at hano.
 Tn the course of another month IL ID expected that another !z-lncn cai !"ee e11,y he comnleted. It is to be sent to Wasbinpton' To-day a large number or men worked on the 12-inch carnage III the carpeter shop and boxing stores. The pun is thirty-five feet long. is made on the tube, sleeve ana Jackel nrinciple. It throws projectile tweive miles. The projectile welehs looo pounds. There are two classes ol plo piootiIaS used in this gun-the heaviest ,,,enttoned above, and the other aoout T5o rounds. The trunnions in whicn the .r,,p rests are at the extremity or the orros which carry the gun rom us Ie- c,n,hent to it's firing position, the U- rections and elevating being insured by anxiliary bars near the breech or the gun. Tine recoil of the gun on nrlng throws it from battery 10 the ioaa- ;ns nosition below the level of the par anst .ns counter-weight being lifted to n,t the g,ln to its firing position when aoatn discharged The length or the ar,'.s is about fifteen feet. The breech mechanism is the same as m all our breech-loading heavy arms interrupted screw action. The gun Weigns aooul fourteen tons. It took nVe months oeo eo oonstruct the gun. It requires 35O pounds of snokeless powder. which is equal to 700 pounds of black powder, for each charge. The total cost Of each discharge, including wear on the gun' Is figured at 5000.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
TWO NATIONS THAT
 SYMPATHIZE WITH SPAIN.
Austria and Germany Are Friendly With the Castilians and Would
 Aid Them.

LONDON, March 15.-The Vienna correspondent of the Standard declares that Austria and Germany sympathize with Spain, the former being actuated by family ties between the two reigning houses. and the latter by a grudge against the United States. The corre- spondent adds: "The Chinese question is much more practical for the United States than the Cuban. but America has no naval base in Chinese waters Why should not Spain make peace by offering the United States a naval sta tion in the Philippines? Spain would lose nothing thereby. On the contrary the Philippines would be more assured to her than before, and the Americans would be enabled to act from that base in conjunction with England and Japan"
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
To seven steamers no batteries had ,een decided upon at that time In

To seven steamers no batteries had been decided upon at that time In October last the Navy Department had added forty-six more steamers to it's available list, including those newly built on the Atlantic, and such stanch ships as the Alameda and Mariposa on this coast This makes eighty-four merchant steamers available for auxil- fary cruisers. fleet more than twice as large as the entire roster of Spanish merchant steamers exceeding speed of twelve knots. The Pacific Coast re- serve of auxiliary cruisers will not in all likelihood be needed for there are enough available craft on the Atlantic to form a cordon around Havana, and where such tugs as the Laurada Dauntless and Silver Heels, of less than 50 tons burden, have succeeded In run ming the blockade the hundreds of tugs and other steamers would not fail to carry over and land a multitude of soldiers and all the war material needed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
Some San FranCiSCanS Have Feared Spanish
 Warships.
Assurances Given by Officers That Great SeacOast Guns and Monitors Can Defend
 the HapbOp.

ignoble Yankee Senator, who scolds like a woman and who has not the valor to fight like a man, and who would take a slap in the face without resenting it." The Amercan people are referred to as a people who deal in pigs and whose flag is the almighty dollar
 The Senator accepts the challenge in jocose spirit. He says he will have to see the Marquis before he decides whether he will accept. but that it scarcely accords with Spanish modesty for the challenging party to name the weapons, as is done in this instance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
RUSSIAN SAILORS
 LANDED AT CHEMULP0
Proceeding With Quantity of Stores to the Capital of
 Korea

YOKOHAMA, March 1.-The Japanese Parliamentary elections are proceeding quietly and 1t is expected that the Gov ernment will have a majority.
 A Russian volunteer steamer has ar rived at Chemulpo from Port Arthur and has landed quantity of stores and fifty seven sailors, who proceeded to Seoul.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
CHILE WILL NOT
 SELL WARSHIPS.
Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon
 Bennett.

. Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon . Bennett. . VALPARAISO, March l4.-
 q Since I received the Herald's . first dispatch inquiring about
 | the possible sale of the Chilean . cruiser O'Higgins and other war A vessels to Spain l have kept q special lookout for any news re- . garding the report. Information . from official and private sources q continues to confirm my dis q hatch of March 2. in which l
 . stated as coming from President . Errazuriz personally that Chile q had no intention of selling the . O'Higgins or any of her war c ships. President Errazuriz told q me this in the presence of the q Ministers of War, Interior, Navy q and Public Instruction and Se- . nor Eulojio AltamirO, prom . inent statesman. President Err | razuriz and Ministers have re- | turned to their respective prov
 . inces, therefore l can get no ln- . formation from them to-day. l q am informed, however, by sev- . eral prominent men that there . is no truth in the latest report . that Spain has purchased the
 . O'Higgins. They say that Chile . would not dare to sell the O'Hig- . gins, as the sale might cause an
 [ outbreak throughout the coun- q try against the Government. AS
 . evidence that Chile does not in . tend to sell any of her ships it is [ mentioned that Costa Rica tried
 . to buy the old wooden corvette . Pncomayo, offering s30.0Oo for (, her. The offer was fiatly re- : . t0sed.
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15

The United States Navy Department has for number of years inspected such of our merchant steamers as were suited for auxiliary cruisers and other purposes in time of war, and a list of those adapted for war purposes was some time ago made public, giving de- tails and proposed ornaments. This list of twenty-one steamers is as fol- lows:
 AUXILIARY CRUISERS OF THE UNITED
 STATES
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
SENATOR MASON
 CHALLENGED TO FIGHT.
Refuses to Consider Seriously the In vitation of a Spanish Editor to
 Battle With Swords.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Senator Mason received to-day the challenge sent him by the editor of the Spanish illustrated paper, Fl Cardo.
 The document Is printed and Is signed by the editor, the Marquis de Alta Villa. The challenge is to com bat at swords points and is preceded by short column of personal abuse, in which MT. Mason Is described as "an
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
HUNTINGTON'S BIG DRY
 DOCK AT NEWPORT NEWS.
Work Will Be Commenced To-Day on the Mammoth Concern That
 Is Needed by the Navy.

NEW YORK, March 14.-A Rich mond (Va.) special to the Herald says: Work will commence tomorrow on the mammoth drydock which Collis F. Huntington announced recently he would build at Newport News at cost of $1,000,000. It will be the largest basin in the world. 750 feet long, 16O feet wide and 30 feet over the sill. It will hold two first-class battle-ships at one time.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
LANDSMEN ENLISTED
 AT LEAGUE ISLAND.
ly as Possible Men for Seamen and Coal Passers.

PHILADELPHIA, March 14.-To- day for the first time "landsmen" were enlisted for service in the United States navy at the League Island Navy yard. Any able-bodied man who an- swered the physical requirements was admitted. The reason for this action. one of the officers of the shipyard said to-day, was that orders have been re- ceived from Washington to recruit as rapidly as possible 200 landsmen to serve as seamen and coal passers.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
DETAILS OF MARINES
 FOR THE CRUISERS.
Two of the Drafts Are for the Phila- delphia and Charleston, Now
 at Mare Island

WASHINGTON, March 14-Colonel Haywood, the commandant of the Ma rine Corps. to-day made five details of marines for cruisers now being re- paired or ready for commission. There are two drafts of fort five each for the Philadelphia and the Charleston at Mare Island, one of fifty-two for the Newark at Norfolk and two of thirty each for the Columbia and Min neapolis at League Island.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15
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The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15

AVAILABLE SCREW STEAMERS OF U. S.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-15

RESUME OF STEAMERS OF n TO 22 KNOTS SPEED.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

William Aston Chan1er, the newly
elected member of congress from the
Fourteenth district of New York. is
one Of the most interesting men whom
the recent elections have brought con-
spicuously before the people, Of the
country. Although Mr.. Chanler Is
only 81 years of age he is already we'll
known as an explorer, as a soldier
and IS q politician. His father was
the late J. w. Chanler, three times
elected to congress by the votes of
the citizens of New York. John Jacob
Astor was his great-great-grandfather.
and he therefore belongs to one Of the
most aristocratic and socially impor-
tant families in America.
Young Chanler graduated from Har-
ward in 1887, receiving from the uni
versity the honorary degree o. A. NJ.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29
RISE OF A FlNANCIER.

A new man has come out of the West
into the railroad world, a star of the
first magnitude, increasing in bril-
liancy every day. Ten years ago he
was a life insurance solicitor in Chi
cago, and a poor one at that. Seven
years ago all he knew of a railroad
was that it consisted of two tracks
on which trains ran. Today he han
dies scores of millions of American
and European money and controls and
operates over 1900 miles of trunk line
railroad, created by himself, and Is
adding to it every day. He has linked
Kansas City with the Gulf of Mexico
by a railroad as near an air line as 1t
can be, has turned north and reached
Omaha on his way to Manitoba, east
ward and reached Quincy en- route to
Chicago. He has built towns, founded
new industries, reclaimed tens of
thousands of acres of land to agricul-
ture, opened mines, established lines of
steamers. and is digging a ship canal
seven miles long, wide and deep
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

upon Africa and with about parausl
results. His friends and his family
now believed him lost indeed, but he
soon emerged from the struggle with
new trophies in the shape Of onlces
and political preferment. His family
and his friends became reconciled to
this newest departure Of q young man
who need never have distressed him
self with anything more important
than the fit Of his coat or the color
Of his tie. Then the war with Spain
became the vital issue Of the hour, and
Mr.. Chanler. like the leaders of his
party, rose to the opportunity as .
trout to q well-baited hook. He was
one of the first to offer his services to
the country. AS soon as 1t seemed
likely that government would issue a
call for troops he set about recruiting
q regiment of volunteers which he pro-
posed to equip and arm at his own ex-
pense. Nothing daunted when Gov.
Black declined to accept his regiment.
Mr.. Chanler quilted New York with a
few friends and went to Tampa, in
tending to join the staff of Lecret, the
Cuban general. He was delayed long
enoughs to receive a commission from
the president. which conferred upon
him the duties Of assistant adjutant-
general. with the rank of captain. He
was assigned to Gen. Wheeler's staff.
Capt. Chanler served through the San
tiago campaign, being several times
under fire and receiving mention for
gallant conduct in action in General
Wheeler's dispatches to the war de-
partment. He was honorably dis.
charged from thearmy on Oct. 8.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29
ARTHUR E. STILLWELL.


known to white men. For a long time
no news of the daring adventurers
reached the outside world, and when
rumors did come to the ears Of the
traders along the coast they only con-
firmed the fears of Mr.. Chanler's
friends. 1t was reported in London
that the expedition had stranded at
Daitcho. The Geographical Society Of
London confirmed the report. Grave
fears were entertained that Mr. Chan
Ter would never reach the coast. But
in February of the following year, aft
er sustaining many hardships and be-
ing deserted by many of his followers,
the explorer succeeded in reaching the
coast.
The expedition was not without re-
suits. Much valuable information was
added to the sum Of knowledge of the
interior Of Africa. Mr.. Chanler had
discovered and mapped region. hith-
erto unknown. equal in area to that Of
Portugal. Mr.. Chanler was made a
fellow of the Royal Geographical So
ciety Of England and a member Of the
Imperial and Royal Institute Of Vienna.
as q recognition Of his services to
science and geography. Returning to
America he wrote an exceedingly in
teresting account of his adventures
In a book. which he entitled
Through Jungle and Desert"
This was no small achievement for q
young man just out Of college, but Mr..
Chanler did not rest on his laurels.
About two years ago he joined Tam
many Hall as a Bryan Democrat He
invaded politics with the same t1gor
nth had characterized his movement
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

enough to accommodate the largest
vessel afloat. He has been from the
beginning towering figure in the ne
gotiations for the Alton road. He has
just begun buying railroads in Ohio.
He has aroused the railroad world of
America and the financial worlds of
America and Europe, for he has done
all this in less than six years. and
his ambition is to push his lines north.
east and west. He is less than 40
years Of age. the keenest Of financiers.
the boldest Of projectors. He has rails
ed over $60. 1000. 900 in the face of pam
les and every opposition imaginable.
and spent it In his own enterprises,
and he is said to be by no means rich.
He was called a dreamer up to a year
or two ago; today he is admitted to be
a towering figure, whose plans aim at
the diversion Of the products Of the
West toward new outlets to Europe.
and the wrestling of vast traffic from
railroad lines which regard 1t as theirs
by right. This is Arthur e. Stillwell.
president of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad, and about fifty Of ito
allied enterprises.
How has a man designated as Inn
practicable few brief years ago made
so immense z leap?
Railroad people. while freely admit
ting he is factor that must be reckon
ed with. say they don't know and
let 1t go at that. Some of Stillwell's
friends say they don't know, either.
Others say by having propositions to
offer that talked for themselves. Still
well himself says by striking the word
cant" out Of his vocabulary.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

WILLIAM 40 IO1 C1ANIEH.
Wnen ne came of age he undertook
hunting trip to Africa. where he
remained for nearly a year. In Sep
TENDER, 1892, he joined Chevalier Won
Hohnel, a lieutenant in the Austrian
navy, and together they set out with
their caravan from Zanzibar to pene-
trate into the interior of Africa. 1t
was the intention of the young ex-
plorers to reach Mount Kenia. near
Daitcho, which lies few miles south
of the equator in a region almost I'M
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get in the habit Of
reading the advertisements; they win
afford q most interesting study sn1
some excellent bargains. Our adver-
Users are reliable, and send what tttny
advertise.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29
CAPT. CHAMBERS LIFE
STORY OF FEW YEARS, BUT
BRISTLES WITH EVENTS.

An Explorer and Pollticlan-Hls Services
to Science and GsograpAy-0allan
Conduct During the War With Spain
-On Gen. Wheeler's Stan.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

Al q matter Of course tho spreo4
Eagle speakers are all in favor OF alr
nexation.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

A wise word to the foolish il some
times sufficient.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

Heolth is better than wealth, but
the latter is always an interesting in
valid
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

through twice as much trouble - .
coward.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

Every hime the wind raises . dtD
turbance is is sure to blow about IL
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

The man who owes . parting shot =
never pressed for payment
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

You can always tell . tuE1ney ~
by the teeth-your teeth, nj ~ =
keys
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

The new silk skirts make go
noise as q pair of ceiluloid cana
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

The woman who always weazs 2
smile is faultlessly dressed
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

There is nothing more unsatisfactory
than compulsory love.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

As a rule the man who seehn yoI
friendship has q motive in viow; Il
woman who does SO usually h6s two
three of them.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29

It's poor policy to live ON the faf.
your land if there's lien on t. -
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-12-29
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