The San Francisco CallVOLUME LXXXIII.—NO. 140. SAN ERANCISCO, TUESDAY, APRIL. 19, 1898

—TWENTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS.

SPANIARDS FEELCUBA IS LOST

TO THEM NOW

They Will Not Surrender TheirHold Upon the Island With- |

out a Hard Fight.

\u25a0 .^t^.!. IBM. by James Gordon Bennett.

MALRID, April18.—Alleyes aredirected toward Washington to-day.Itis felt that the Cuban question hasentered upon its last stage, and thatthe chance for a peaceful solution isa very slender one. namely, whetherthe House stands firm and keeps toits non-committal attitude or allowsitself to be influenced by the exampleof the Senate.

The way this nation regards thequestion is shown by the fact thatnow the resolution of the House isfelt still to leave a loophole for apeaceful settlement, whereas only ashort time ago such a resolutionwould have been looked upon asequivalent to a declaration of war.

This change in sentiment has beenfurther helped by the speeches ofSenators Wellington and White.There is really no bellicose feelinghere in administration circles.Neither is the feeling a sullen onein bowing to the inevitable. Itseems, however, to be felt that war isbeing forced on the country, and thatit could not be avoided, no matterwhat sacrifices were made.

Every one appears to realize thatSpain's actual hold on Cuba is lost,but at the same time the people areunited in a determination to cling tothe sentimental bond that still ex-ists between the mother country andthe island. Ido not think any onereally hopes to keep that bond intactshould war break out, but all aredetermined to make the victory ofthe Americans a dearly purchasedone.

A Spaniard, who has large inter-ests in Cuba, said to me to-day: "Ihold that the Government ought togive Cuba the broadest liberty, butIwould fight heart and soul againstgiving up the nominal hold on theisland. Ifwar comes, you may bosure itwillnot be a short one. Notonly will you have our forces andthe loyal Cubans to fight against—, both bodies acclimatized and inuredto hardship— but you will also haveto contend with the natural difficul-ties of the place, with the rainy sea-son that willshortly begin and withthe fever that is epidemic there."

There were renewed disturbances|at Valencia yesterday in which thewomen participated. Before orderwas restoreu the gendarmes werecompelled to make two charges uponthe mob.

Although Sunday morning passedquietly at Barcelona, there was ademonstration last evening when thecrowds which gathered in front ofthe newspaper offices read the latestannouncements of the action takenby the United States Senate in re-gard to Cuba. After it becameknovni that the Senate had adopteda resolution favoring the recognitionof the. present Cuban insurgent (*ov-ernment, there was a scene of thegreatest excitement, and patrioticshouts were raised on all sides.When tha students neard the news,on leaving the theaters, the pa-

raded the streets, cheering for Spainand made an attempt to reach theUnited States consulate. The au-thorities, however, had taken precau-tions, and the students and otherswho took part in the disturbancewere dispersed.

The report is that Spain has pro-posed a loan to leading financialhouses, including the Rofhschiids,asking the sum named on the secur-ity of the Almaden mines. TheRothschilds decline to confirm ordeny the rumor.

SPANISH FLEETSTRIPS FOR ACTION.

ST. VINCENT. Cape Verde Is-lands, April 18.

—Should war be

declared the Spanish fleet, con-sisting of the cruisers CristobalColon and Infanta Maria Teresa,

the torpedo-boat destroyers Ter-ror, Pluton, Ariete, Rayor andAzor, now anchored in this har-bor, willleave at once for Cuba.On all the ships the utmost rest-lessness prevails among officersand men, because of the uncer-tainty as to the time for action.No shore leave is being grantedto any man on the ships, as it isexpected that word to move maycome at any moment.

The cruisers Vizcaya and Al-mirante Oquendo, which sailedfrom Porto Rico, are expected tojoin the fleet here by Wednes-day.

The vessels here now arestripped for action and ready tosail at a moment's notice. TheSpanish transport San Franciscoarrived here this afternoon, hav-ing on board a cargo of coal in-tended for the Spanish squadron.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Weather forecast for San Fran-cisco: Cloudy on Tuesday, with fogin the morning; fresh westerly wind.

Maximum temperature for the pasttwenty-four hours:

San Francisco 60 degreesPortland 54 degreesLos Angeles 70 degreesSan Diego 62 degreesSacramento 82 degrees

FIRST PAGE.Congress Declares for War.Spain Sees Cuba Already Lost

**"SECOND PAGE.

Marines to Lead Invaders.Troops Ready to Move.New Squadron for Defense.Spain's Work in Cuba.

THIRD PAGE.Congress Will Set Cuba Free.Riots Occur in Porto Rico.

FOURTH PAGE.The Deadlock of the Finlgans.San Rafael Flower Show.Burled by Caving Earth.Church Work In Early Days.Veterans Take Nevada City.Bring Gold From Dawaon.

FIFTH PAGE.New Army Hillto Pass.Eastern Baseball Games.Racing at Ingleslde.Supervisors Do Not Limit Racing.

Editorial.SIXTH PAGE

-Congress Has Spoken.Remember the Maine.Democratic Governors.An Evident MisconceptionThe Yellow Ingalls.The Telelectroscope.Answers to Correspondents.Why the Bulletin Was Angry.

.SEVENTH PAGE.Meeting of the Ministers.Plans for the Masonic Home.News From Across the Bay.

NINTH PAGE.Births, Marriages and Deaths

TENTH PAGE.Sam Wall on Klondike Output

ELEVENTH PAGE.Oakland Water Front Fight.Why the Vigilant Was Not BoldThe Klamath Lumber Case.Beer May Be a War Luxury.

TWELFTH PAGE.The New Charter.

NINETEENTH PAGE.The Commercial World.

TWENTIETH:PAGE.Democrats Go to War.New« Along the Water Front.

DYNAMITE ROMBAT A CUBAN CHURCH.

An Explosion Causes the Death ofThree Persons and Serious In-

jury to Others.Copyrighted. 189S, by James Gordon Bennett.

HAVANA, April 18.—Latest advicesfrom Alfonso Doce are that the explo-sion of a dynamite bomb took place atthe Church of San Francisco de Paulaat 8 o'clock last night. It occurred atthe main entrance. Those killed were:Jose Larino, sacristan. and TuanGrowcs. Ramon Fondora, a child,was so seriously injured that he diedsoon after. Pedro Dago, a policeman,and Luis Perez, child, were alsowounded.

The usually peaceful neighborhoodwas terribly frightened by the noise ofthe explosion and people- crowdedabout the scene, stupefied at the firstsight of the mangled bodies and de-struction wrought.

The church doors were smashed topieces, and also several images. Theexplosion greatly damaged the mainwall of the church. The windows andglass in the doors of the house of Dr.Fucntes in Adams street, near thechurch, were blown out.

The whole community is denouncingwith the greatest indignation the per-petrators of this horrible crime.

MADE SPECIAL AIDTO SECRETARY ALGER.

PHILADELPHIA, April IS.—Presi-dent Frank Thompson of the Perm-

6ylvania Railr .id has besn called uponto act as special aid Co Secretary ofWar Alper and in this capacity willtake charge of tho transportation

branch o£ the military service in the

event of active hostilities. The selec-tion of President Thompson for thisduty has been favorably commentedupon in view of his experience duringI the civil war as assistant to the thenAssistant Secretary of War, Thomas AScott, with duties similar to those atpresent entrusted to him.

EXACTLY THE SAME ASA DECLARATION OF WAR

WASHINGTON, April18.— The resolutions as agreed on byboth houses of Congress are as follows:

Resolved, By the Senate and House of Represantatives of theUnited States of America in Congress assembled —

First— That the people of the island of Cuba are and of

right ought to be free and independent.Second

—That itis the duty of the United States to demand,

and the Government of the United States does hereby demand,that the Government ofSpain at once relinquish its authority andgovernment in the is/and of Cuba and withdraw its land andnaval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.

Third—

That the President of the United States be and hehereby is directed and empowered to use the entire land and na-val forces of the United States, and to call into actual service ofthe United States the militia of the several States to the extentas may be necessary to carry this resolution into effect.

Fourth—

That the United States hereby disclaims any dispo-sition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or controlover said island except for the pacification therof, and asserts itsdetermination when that is accomplished to leave the governmentand control of tho is/and to its people.

RIOTING AT MALAGA

LONDON. April 19.— A dis-patch to the Daily Telegraphfrom Gibraltar says: A tele-gram received there from Malagareports a resumption of the riotsat Malaga on Monday, and thatthe American Consul's negro

servant was killed and personsin the crowd were injured.

Infantry on the Move.OMAHA, April 18.—It was nearly 5

o'clock this afternoon before the trainsbearing the Twenty-second Infantrygrot away from Fort Crook. The troopsat Forts Robinson and Niobrura willtake tho trains to-morrow. The RockIsland nan tho contract for moving thoInfantry from Forte Sill and Rono andwill have* ltd trains rendy to bo loadedon Tuesday morning. The eontraetn formoving the cavalry from these pointsand the Infantry from Fort Logan havenot yet been let.

THE NATION'S VOICEFOR WAR WITH SPAIN

CONGRESS ORDERSTHE PRESIDENT TO

Mandatory Resolutions That Will Set inMotion at Once the Armed Force

of the United States.

The Dons Know They Will LoseCuba, but Are Prepared to

Make a Bitter Fight.NEW YORK, April 18.—

The Herald's Washington cor-respondent telegraphs: War itis to be so far as Congress isconcerned. The die has beencast. With the finalaction ofCongress, adopting the Turpieresolution, making it manda-tory upon the President todemand of Spain the with-drawal at once of her forcesand authority from Cuba, andto use the United States landand naval forces to accomplishthis result in case Spain re-fuses to comply with thedemand, there seems no es-cape from war.It is practically

equivalent to a formaldeclaration of war.

Congress has gone furtherthan the President desiredHe preferred the House reso-lution. This would have giv-en him an opportunity forfurther negotiations beforeadopting the extreme courseof using the military and na-val forces to end Spain's mis-rule in Cuba.

The only possible escapenow from war would be atreaty of peace between Go-mez and the three SpanishPeace Commissioners report-ed to have left Havana yes-terday, and this no one hereseriously considers possible.The finalresolution leaves thePresident no other alternativethan war.

Most objectionableas it is to the Presi-dent he willsign it,be-cause he appreciatesthat Congress is thewar making powerand that itis his dutyto carry out the willof the people as ex-pressed by Congress.

He will follow that bodyso long as that body doesnot encroach upon his consti-tutional prerogatives.

Having left out the provi-sion requiring the recognitionof the present so-cal.ed re-public of Cuba the President

considers that the declarationsin the resolutions are clearlywithin the province of Con-gress, and that as the respon-sibilityfor war rests upon thatbody he will carry out itsdeclaration to the letter.

Under the terms of the^resolution he is first requiredto demand that the Govern-ernment of Spain at once re-linquish its authority andwithdraw its land and navalforces from Cuba and Cubanwaters.

Itisexpected that hewill immediately ap-prove of the resolu-tion, and a note willbedrafted atrow's Cabinet meet-ing which willbs inthe form of an ulti-matum.

This willbe cabled at ojiceto Minister Woodford and acopy furnished to the SpanishMinister of this city, togetherwitha copy of the text of theresolution passed by Con-gress.

Hardly any personanticipates for a mo-ment that Spain willcomply with the de-mands which the[President will beforced to 'make.

Certainly no member of the Ad-ministration expects any such result.On the contrary, the authorities ara

GLASS TO HAVETHE CHARLESTON.

NEW YORK, April 18.— AWashington special to the Her-ald says: The first officers as-signed to duty with the cruisersNewark and the Charleston, re-pairs to which are being pushedat the Norfolk and Mare Islandnavy yards respectively, areLieutenant-Commander W. H.Turner, who will be executiveofficer cf the former vessel, andLieutenant-Commander G. Elock-ing-er, who will have the sameposition on the Charleston.It is practically decided that

Captain Henry Glass, captainof the Mare Island Navy Yard,willbe placed in command of theCharleston.

The Newark is a prize forwhich several officers ranking ascaptain are struggling. No de-cision was reported up to theclose of office hours to-night asto who will have command ofthis vessel.

SPANISH TORPEDO DESTROYERS UNDER SAIL.

DON ANTONIORIZO,Commander of tho Torpedo-boat

Rlzo.

DON CLAUDIO AL-VARGONZALEZ,

Com mander of ihe Tor-pedo-boai Azor.

DON MANUELSOMOZA,

Commander of the Torpedo-boatArlete.

DON FRANCISCO ARDERIUSAdjutam-Seoretary of the

Chief of the bquadron.

DONFRANCISCO be la ROCHA.Commander of the Torpedo-destroyer

Tirror.

DON FERNANDO VILLAMIL,Chief of the Squadron.

DON PEDRO VAZQUEZ,Commander of the Torpedo-de-

stroyer Pmton.

DON DIEGO CAIVLIER,Commander of tht> Torpedo-de-

stroyer Kiiror.

THE CHIEF AND COMMANDERS OF THE FIRST SPANISH TORPEDO SQUADRON.(From Picture Juil Received by Tauzy & Co,Post Street.)