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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Flor Mayor.5

Actlng upon what have been led to be- ieye is the wish of majority of the citizen Aax.payers of this city, hereby announce mVself as a candidate for reelection to the office of Mayor, at the ensuing municipal election, April I, 1899. Douglas c. Bell.
 We are authorized to announce Mr. w B. Alexander as candidate for Mayor of the city of Pine Bluff at the ensuing city elec- sAv,
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Hoods Pills cure biliousness. Mail ed for 25 cents by O. l. Hood & Co.,, Lowell, Mass.
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For Police Judge.

We are authorized to announce MR. T. HaTE BROWN as q candidate for reelection as Police Judge of the city Of Pine Bluff at She ensuing municipal election
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Chattanooga capitalists will establish neV oil mill at Fort Smith.
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Entered at the Post-ofiice at Pine Bluff. Ark. .assecord-class mailmatter
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
DEWEY PREPARED PLANS
TO FIGHT GERMAN FLEET

M RI, April % friend Of
Admiral Dewey, who was with him on
board the flagship Olympia during his
most trying days before Manila and
who returned to New York three
months ago, made this statement this
evening regarding Captain Coghlan's
recent utterances:
Captain Coghlan Of the cruiser
Raleigh told only a part Of the story
Of the relations of Admiral Dewey with
Admiral Won Diederichs at Manila in
his speeches at the Union League and
the Army and Navy Club here. The
facts that Coghlan didn't tell were that
Dewey had actually drawn up plan
Of battle to fight the German Admiral
and It was complete in every detail:
No preparation was left unfinished
and if a clash had come Won Diede-
| richs' squadron would have been as
completely annihilated as were the
ships Of Montijo's fleet
Admiral Dewey and his officers had
noted the terrific effect of the rapid
fire guns on the Raleigh, Concord and
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
SAYS QUAY WILL
NOT Be SEATED
Ex-ComptroIIer Eckels'
Opinion.
SENATE'S PROBABLE ACTION
PRECEDENT ALMOST CERTAIN
TO BE OBSERVED.
Failure of Legislatures to Name Sen
ators Aids the Movement for
Elections by Popular
Vote.
PRECEDENT ALMOST CERTAIN
TO BE OBSERVED.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LOS ANGELES, April 23.-Hon.
James Eckels, Comptroller of the
Currency, in an interview printed in
the Times Of this city says that almost
a crisis has been reached in the fail
ure of four States to elect United
States Senators at a time when the
Senate is confronted by as grave prob
lens as ever have come before it. The
result of this situation will eventually
be, he thinks, a constitutional amend
ment whereby Senators will be chosen
by a direct vote of the people.
Matthew Quay of Pennsylvania has
little prospect of ultimately retaining
his seat in the United States Senate"
said Mr. Eckels "The action Of Gov
ernor Stone will not be upheld by the
Senate 1 think the Senate will con-
slider it the same as in the case of
Oregon's Senator, when the Governor
attempted to appoint Corbett to sue
ceed Mitchell.
IF the Democratic party in the cam
paign of 1900 stands upon the Chicago
platform, it is certain Of defeat said
Mr. Eckelss The silverites can no
longer deDend upon the support of the
Western States in case they lose in the
East"
When asked for his opinion of the
Morehouse signature law of California,
Mr.. Eckels said:
The law is absolutely ridiculous and
an infringement on the rights of the
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24

NEW YORK, April 23.-The Herald s
Washington correspondent sends the
following: As a result Of his allusion to
the conduct Of the German fleet at
Manila during the war with Spain
Captain Joseph b. CoEhlan will, in all
probability. be relieved of the command
Of the Raleigh. Secretary Long viii
not discuss Captain Coghlan's conduct,
but he consented to say when 1 saw
him this afternoon that no action
would be taken until he had heard from
that officer. 1t is presumed that Cap
tain Coghlan received this morning
the letter sent by Secretary Long yes
terday afternoon. and it is expected his
reply will be in the hands Of the Sec
retary tomorrow or Tuesday.
Until action is taken in the matter 1t
is hoped by department officials that
Captain Coghlan will not make any
further public utterances Of char
acter rejecting upon the conduct Of
Germany during the war. The depart
ments communication indicates its dis
pleasure that Captain COghlan should
Iermit himself to make statements
prejudicial to the friendly relations be
governments.
In his speech at the Army and Navy
banquet last night Captain Coghlan
said his remarks before the Union
League Club had been garbled, but he
would mot say that they were incor-
rect in substance and untrue, but they
were so distorted and twisted as to put
a different meaning on them"
He viii, by direction Of Secretary
Long, furnish the department with a
correct version of his speech, and his
remarks made last night are, in the
opinion of the department, not apt to
help hi.a out. The Secretary has not
officially noticed the address NJ by
Captain Coghlan last night nor will he
be likely to do so unless he should find
the explanation of the Union League
speech made by the Raleigh's COM
mander unsatisfactory. In that IF
he will probably refer the latter re-
marks to Captain Coghlan for explana-
ton There is no intention in official
circles Of a court-martial Of Captain
Coghan The utmost that will be
done. if the present temper of the de-
partment continues, viii be to relieve
him of his command, write him letter
Of censure and note his conduct unon
his record. There - no that as
soon as Captain Coghlc.'s answer is
received that the steps taken by the
!. department win be communicated to
the German ambassador with a proper
expression Of regret at the occurrence.
As the United States We content with
the action Of Germany in relieving Vice
Admiral Won Diederichs of his command
Of the Asiatic station, it is presumed
by officials that Germany wi. be salts
fed with the relieving of Captain Cogh-
Ian.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
THIS NAVAL WARRIOR
TALKS AS He FIGHTS
Captain Coghlan as Ready With
Tongue and Pen as With
His Sword

It was apprehended by the friends of
Captain Coghlan that he would be
likely to stir up the animals" in the
diplomatic circus when he returned,
and he has done it. The gallant Ken
tuckian is as good a talker as he is a
fighter, but unfortunately for him he
has never had the benefits of a tour of
shore duty in Washington and thus
been made to appreciate the advantage
Of silence or assembling, and every one
connected with the Washington shore
navy knows the Importance of these
two adjuncts 70 naval officers edu-
cation.
Joe" Coghlan, as he is known in the
service and among his numerous
friends OF. this coast would have been
a rank failure as a diplomat, for he
is quick to resent an injustice and is
not sparing in his criticism of what he
considers shortcomings in the navy.
He has on three occasions given the
Navy Department some uneasiness and
passed through two court martials as
a result Of his too free expression of
individual opinion; the first being in
1876, when he wrote a pretty strong
letter to the chief clerk of the Bureau
of Navigation demonstrating against
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24

southwark is very strong arr an addi-
tional rise means Il pro- bic shifting
or the river channel During the night
twenty families were driven out. The
bottoms are now completely covered.
Reports from up the river show that
the water is failing, but the rise here
is likely to continue another twenty
four hours.
KANSAS ~-IY Mo, April 23.-The
Missouri River at o'clock this even
ing had reached three inches above
danger line and was still rising to-
night. The current is exceedingly
strong. and serious damage to property
in the lowlands may result. Men were
kept busy to-day driving the squat
ters to higher ground, and farmers and
others spent the day in moving their
property and belongings to safe places.
The only real damage that has resulted
so far has been the flooding cf several
cellars of business houses on the river
here. Gangs of men were working
steadily all day pumping out water
and removing goods. 1t is believed the
r.vnr will reach it's height tomorrow
a l begin the fall Tomorrow night.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
Implement warehouse Burned.

OMAHA, April 23.-The warehouse Of
the Kingman Implement Company To-
Gated on Pacific street, between Ninth
street and the Burlington railway sta
ton. was totally destroyed by fire to-
night together with all contents. The
loss is $500 of which 100000 is on
stock 1t is insured for three-fourths the
value. Three alarms were turned in at
$40 o'clock In less than five minutes the
big structure was one mass of flames. 1t
was early apparent that the building
could not be saved, and the firemen di-
rected all their efforts to protecting other
property The building was a five-story
brick structure and contained a big stock
of wagons, buggies, harrows and plows
and other implements.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24

olympia at the battle of Manila. Ii
was arranged that if a fight should
come the Raleigh should do the heavy
work. Coghlan was 20 dash at the Ger
man AdmiraIs flagship and riddle her
with RAPID fire guns. The plan was 10
QemorallZe the crew of the German
flagship with the guns of the Raleigh
93d olympia.
The other American vessels were to
attack the other German ships. a large
loss of American life was expected, but
Dewey so laid his plans that by quick
action no German ship was to be al
lowed to escape.
Dewey. consulted with all the cap
tains on the plan to be adopted, but the
final details were agreed upon at a con-
ference between Dewey and Coghlan.
This showed the marvellous attention to
details that characterized Dewey's
naval management. The Yankee rapid
fire guns were TO do the trick
"COghlan's speeches here have made
a sensation. The full details Of Won
Diederichs' conduct at Manila will come
out some day, and when they do they
will startle the world. Dewey is known
to have been exasperated several times
almost to the fighting point Ammuni-
tion was ready at all times and on more
than one occasion orders were actually
prepared to have the men sleep beside
the guns.
Il do not think Coghlan will be pun
ished. His speeches were made in clubs
at private receptions. Reporters were
admitted at the Union League Club
without COghlans knowledge and
placed behind screens. His speeches
were private matters and not public in
any responsible sense"
The gentleman who made the fore
going statement will repeat It at much
greater length in one of the June maya
zines, and over his own name, which
will convince the public of the authori-
tativeness of his utterances.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24

The flames were seen in the heart
of the city by Night Watchmen Peter
O OBrien and Jacob Miller, who sounded
the alarm by ringing the bell at the
fire engine house, and in a short time
the fire department and three-fourths
of the population of the town were
rushing to the scene. Owing to the
distance and the fact that water had to
be conducted through 1000 feet of hose,
the department was unable to render
any assistance beyond keeping the
flames from spreading to the adjoining
buildings.
Just as the flames began to leap
through the roof, Mrs. Hitchcock, who
had been rushing frantically around in
search of her two little children, Mer-
vyn and Ida, caught sight of them in a
dormer window of the upper story.
They had been in charge of nurse
girl named Margaret Bloomfield, and,
when they made their appearance at
the window, were clinging to her and
of the mother soon drew the crowd to
the front of the building and every
body began to cry for some one to
fetch a ladder.
At this exciting juncture William
and Rudolph Lichtenberg, youthful
sons of William c. Lichtenberg, the
San Francisco commission merchant,
VIII lives Ilcdl Tie SllS VI Tic SCIlpOl,
appeared, dragging heavy ladder,
and shouts of encourag cement arose
from the crowd. They were quickly
changed to cries of horror when the
ladder was found to be too short by
ten feet. Losing no time, the boys
placed it in as adva tageous a position
as possible and William Lichtenberg
ran to the top. He was followed by
Hugh Walker, the son of a lady who
conducts a lodging house at San Ra-
fael.
The boys shouted their instructions
to the nurse, who took the children by
the wrists, one at a time, and lowered
them to Lichtenberg who caught
them by the ankles and, letting them
swing clear of his support, lowered
them headfirst to Walker. He in turn
handed them to Rudolph Lichtenberg,
whose position was near the foot of
the ladder. When the children were
placed safe in her arms the anxious
mother was in a fainting condition, but
soon recovered.
AS soon as the children were safe the
problem confronting the boys was how
to effect the rescue of the nurse, which
promised to be no simple matter. The
girl remained cool and courageous, al
though the heat from the flames creep
ing along the roof was fast becoming
unbearable At William Lichtenberg' s
command she clambered out of the
window, and, hanging from the sill,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
MISSOURI RIVER
RISING STEADILY
Above the Danger Line
at Omaha.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OMAHA, April 23.-The Missouri
River has continued to rise steadily
during the past twenty-four hours and
is now above the danger line. At the
foot of Farnam street, where the big
Omaha and Grant smelt is located,
the water is within about two inches
of the top of the bank and any addi-
tional rise will inflict great damage on
the smelter property. The Union Pa
cific tracks are partially u-der water
The river is a roaring torrent and
filled with all kinds of debris. Below
the Union Pacific bridge is three
miles wide and the Burlington tracks
are Tapped by the waves. The current
that has set in from Florence Lake
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dropped into his arms. The distance
was only few feet, but the brave boy
had to hold on with one hand and
catch the girl with the other. He was
nearly overbalanced by the shock, but
recovered himself and the two reached
the ground uninjuped.
1t was about this time that little
Felix Armstrong was missed. The fire
had now communicated itself to the ad-
joining gymnasium and any attempt at
I rescue would place the reScuerS be-
tween two fires, but the boys hesitated
not an instant. AS soon as they learn
ed the location of the little fellows
room on the second floor they hoisted
their ladder, and, headed By Fred Fof-
fer, clambered up with the intention of
entering the room, but it was too late.
AS they reached the window the flames
burst forth from the room, Singeing the
hair and scorching the faces of the
foremost lad. Reluctantly they were
compelled to return to the ground.
They had hardly withdrawn to a place
of safety when the roof fell in and the
two buildings became one mass of fire
When the flames had exhausted
themselves sufficiently for water in
buckets to be thrown upon the ruins,
the firemen, searching under the direc-
tion of Chief Johansen, found the
charred and unrecogniZable remains of
the little lad still reclining upon his
iron bedstead. 1t is probable that
death was caused by painless suffoca-
ton from the smoke and fumes before
the flames touched him. The remains
were taken to the Morgue by Coroner
Eden and an inquest will be held to-
morrow morning.
Little Felix was the only child of
Captain Richard F. Armstrong of the
First California Volunteers, who re-
signed his position with Shreve & Co. to
go to Manila in behalf of his country
The mother died some time ago. While
the brave soldier is perhaps dreaming
of the day when his feet will once
more tread the soil of his native land
and his heart be gladdened by the sight
and caresses of his little one, the child
lies lifeless on a bare slab in the
Morgue. One soldiers home coming
will be a sad one, indeed-for him
there is only little mound of earth
with it's marble hea6etore.
The total loss bv the fire is estimated
at nearly $4,000, the insurance being
$4,000 In addition to the loss of the
buildings, with all their appurtenances,
many valuable manuscripts belonging
to Octavius Bates, the late principal.
perished in the flames. Part of the fur
niture and other fixtures were saved
by the citizens who were the first to
reach the spot after the alarm was
sounded. The --'~'n of the fire is a
mystery, although the insurance agents
think it was caused by defective fiue.
Principal Hitchcock and his wife
luckily moved their quarters from the
upper to the lower floor two days be-
fore the fire. In describing the scenes
occurring during the excitement, Mr..
Hitchcock said two of the instructors.
S. J. HALEY and w. Buehner, escaped
from the building by jumping from the
second-story. Thew were - led.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24

X AN RAFAEL, April 23.-Fire
broke out in the Selborn school.
near this city. at o'clock this
~ morning, and in less than an hour
the beautiful structure was a
mass of smoldering ruins. Thousands
of dollars worth of property was de-
stroyed and the life of little Felix Arm
strong was sacrificed, despite the
strenuous efforts of four youthful he
roes to save him. Two other children
and a nurse girl narrowly escaped
death in the burning building. and owe
their lives to the same boys, whose no
BILE endeavor to rescue the child that
perished proved unavailing.
While the flames were reddening the
sky and painting the hills, shrubbery
and residences around about crimson
tint, while they roared and cracked
and filled the air with burning sparks.
which fell on all sides. women rushed
wildly back and forth. sobbing and
screaming and praying a kind Provi-
dence to take pity on those who had
not vet made their escape. Strong men
stood J. with blan, ned faces and 81
lently watched the Kaleidoscope
changes. The lack of facilities for
fighting fire made it impossible for
them to do anything else.
The Selborn school was private in
stitution for boys, situated half mile
north of the Hotel Rafael. William
Babcock, one of the directors. was also
virtually its owner, and Rev. Charles
Hitchcock has for the last eighteen
months been employed as principal
About forty pupils of different ages at
tended the institution, and it has al
ways been looked upon as an eXemplar
of it's kind.
When All Quem, tho Chinese cook
who slept in an outbuilding with an
other Chinese and a Japanese servant
arose from his bed shortly before 3
o'clock this morning TO get glass OF
water he noticed smoke issuing from
the basement door and gave the alarm
by rushing into the corridor of the
building and shouting at the top of his
lungs. Principal Hitchcock and wife
slept on the lower floor, there being
three stories to the structure. and were
instantly awakened by the alarm.
Hastily donning their garments they
rushed out into the corridor. to find
that one end of the building was
mass of flames. Bv this time the
Chinese had succeeded in arousing the
students. and they came rushing down
the stairway in their night clothing.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
"H0CH THE KAISER"
WAS WRITTEN IN PARIS

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1899 by James Cor
don Bennett.
PARIS, April 23.-There is evidently
an officer of the Raleigh who knows a
good thing when he sees it. In the
Heralds dispatch from New York it
was stated the song sung by Captain
COghlan at the Union League banquet
was the composition of one of the
marine officers of his ship. AS mat
ter Of fact, this skit on the Kaiser's
assertive personality was first pub
lished in the European edition of the
Herald of January last, and was the
work Of Well-known humorist whose
German English characterizations have
made his nom de plume a household
word. AS our contributor wished to
remain anonymous his desire shall he
respected until he himself comes for
ward to claim the honors of paternity.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-24
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some imposition. William P Moran
was the oldest civil employe in the
Navy Department and cherished the
belief that his thirty three years
clerkship in the Secretary'S office made
him an invaluable and indispensable
part Of the navy. Unfortunately for
Coghlan. Commodore Ammen took the
aggrieved clerks part and a court
martial resulted. Coghlan was ad
judged guilty of scandalous conduct
and sentenced to suspension for one
year. During this term of enforced
idIeness Coghlan took up the study of
law. and when in few months it was
intimated to him that his sentence
would be shortened If he would apollo
gize to Mr. Moran, he declined to take
anv such short cut to favor, and even
expressed the hope that the clerk
would go to a hotter place than Wash
ington is during the summer. Coghlan
lost fourteen numbers in that one year,
and his recent promotion of seven
numbers leaves him still five numbers
short of the place he held in 1876.
In 1889 while in command of the Mo-
hican a three column letter appeared
in the Vallejo Chronicle severely criti
cizing the Steam Engineering Depart
ment of the Navy, showing its lack of
progress in that it was always one
y
duction of new engines, and incidental
ly the writer rubbed the fur the wrong
way on numerous persons in the navy.
This letter was signed ~. B. Coghlan,
Commander. L. S. NJ" and it naturally
caused a commotion in Washington.
Chief Engineer Melville was especially
aggrieved in having his corps charged
with Tagging one cylinder behind"
and the Navy Department ordered
Coghlan to stand trial by court mar
tial for conduct to the prejudice Of
good order and naval discipline The
burden of proof remained with the
court, and as Coghlan would neither
admit nor deny the authorship, and as
the editor of the Vallejo Chronicle was
at this particular time afflicted with
temporary loss of memory as to what
had appeared in his paper the court of
course pronounced Coghlan not guilty
He lost his command, however and re-
mained unemployed until January.
1891. when he was ordered to League
Island. There he again narrowly
ESCAPED being called to account for
talking too freely. The timber dock
culvert was smashed to pieces through
the neglect of some official and a Phil
adeIphia reporter found Coghlan To-
ouacious on the subject: so much so
that an inquiry was held by the Navy
Department, but as it was proved to
the satisfaction of the board of officers
that the reporter had misunderstood
Mr.. Coghlan, he got off without
scratch