The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
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Stocks Take Tumble on Wall
Street.
Due to a Feeling of Certainty,
1t is Said,
That There is to Be War With
Spain.
RUSH AT NAVY YARDS
Gives Color to the RumOrs Of
Impending Trouble.
Even Old Fort BarraneOs at
Pensacola, to Be Manned.
A CUBAN MANIFESTO.
Issued Declaring That Nothing
But Independence
Will Now Satisfy the Cuban
ReyOIutiOnists.
A CUBAN MANIFESTO.
Issued Declaring That Nothing
But Independence
Will Now Satisfy the Cuban
ReVOIutiOnists

New York. Nov. 6.-There is a dis
tinct war feeling in financial circles
here in relation to Cuban affairs, de-
spite frequent denials. The hurried
preparations for activity at the navy
yards, the orders issued for getting
ready fortifcations all along the At
lantic coast has produced nervous
feeling in Wall street.
The shadows of pessimism Overshad-
owed the Wall street mind more and
more as the week progressed and the
heavy liquidation and declines of Fri
day We're due to a feeling of certainty
that there was to be war with Spain.
By Friday evening there were no bulls
left on the stock exchange. Sugar has
lost over 10 points.
The Commercial Advertiser says:
THE Brooklyn navy yard IS actlVe
and work on all the war vessels lying
at the wharfs or dry docks is being
pushed forward as rapidly as possible
under orders from the navy depart
ment
mo one seems to understand why
such haste is necessary, and inquiries
are met with the inVariable reply, 1t
is nothing unusual. We are obeying or
ders issued some time ago; that IS all
We always finish work at this station
as rapidly as we can SPAN naval
activities have nothing to do with our
industry
AN oficer attached to the Office of
the cOmmandant of the yard said that
he believed some sort of an order had
been received to urge the completion of
the two new vessels which are at the
yards making preparations for the final
trials under the board of inspection
These vessels are the torpedo boat
FOOte and the big battleShlp Iowa.
Pensacola, Fla, Nov. 6.-MajOr Nc
Murray commanding the First artil-
lery at Fort BarrancOS, has been IN
hW General Wilson.
engineers, to restore the walls of old
Fort San Carlos. near BarrancOS- This
is the Oldest and most interesting fort
ress in the United States. It was orig
inaIly built by the Spaniards and was
several times captured by the French
and English 1t has not been used
since it was captured by the American
army under General Jackson. in 1921.
1t viii now probably be supplied with
rapid-fire guns.
New York, Nov. "a manifesto ad-
dressed to the government of the Gu
ban republic has been issued by Cubans
in this city. It has already been
signed by nearly all the leading mem
bers of the Cuban colony here and viii
be sent for additional signatures to
every part of the United States where
there is a Cuban colony or club. The
document Will also be submitted for
signatures to the Cuban colonies in
Mexico, Central and South America,
Paris and Rome. It will afterwards
be transmitted to the Cuban provision
al government Copies of it in Span
ish and English will be mailed to every
part of the world.
The document states the causes
which compel the Cubans to accept no
transaction with Spain which is not
based on the a absOlute indep ependence of
Cuba. The signers pledge themselves
TO support the men fighting in Cuba
until Cuban independence is accOmp-
lished. Prominent Cubans in this city
regard this manifesto as the most inn
pOrtant document issued by Cubans
abroad since the war started in Cuba.
A copy of the manifesto and a list of
the names of some of the more prOmi-
nent persons who have signed it will
be sent to the government at Washing
ton that its significance may be better
appreciated.