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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
ELECTION Is COMPLETE.
Final Function Performed by congress in
Joint Session.

For the twenty-seventh time the two
Houses of Congress met in joint session on
the 10th to declare the vote for President
and Vice President The session was held in
the hail of the House of Representatives.
The capitol was crowded, the galleries of the
House having been reserved for ticket hold
ers. The members OF the Senate, with Vice
President Stevenson at their head. entered
the House at o'clock and occupied the first
four rows OF seats on the right Of the Vice
President, who presided over the convention
and was seated beside Speaker Reed. With
tho Senators came two capitol police bearing
the mahogany box I'm which the electoral
certificates OF the States were deposited
The tcllers for the Senate were Messrs.
Lodge, OF Massachusetts,, aud Blackburn, of
Kentucky, aud for the House Messrs. Gros-
venor, OF Ohio. and Richardson. of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Stevenson unlocked the box and
took out the certificates and as each was
opened the vote of the state was announced
and tally was kept by the telers.
The call Of the States having been com
plCted the Vice President said the tellers
would announce the result Of the vote. This
was done by Senator Lodge and delivered to
the Vice President.
The Vice President said: "The state Of
the vote for President of the United States as
delivered by the telers TO the President Of
the Senate is ns follows; The whole num-
ber OF the electors appointed TO vote for
President OF the United States Is AL. of which
majority Is 22i. William Mckinley, of the
State of Ohio. has received for President Of
the United States 27l votes. William Jen-
nings Bryan. of the State OF Nebraska, has
received 176 votes The vote for Vice Presi-
dent of the United States is as follows The
whole nun ber of electors appointed to vote
for Vice President of the United States Is il1
Garret A. Hobart, of the State of New Jersey
has received 27l votes. Arthur Sewall. Of
the State of Maine, has received l49 votes.
Thomas +. Watson, OF the state OF Georgia,
has received ~ votes.
The announcement Of the state OF the vote
by the President of the Senate Is by law n
sufficient declaration that William Mckin-
of the United States aud that Garrett A.
ed Vice President Of the United States each
for the term beginning March 4, 1897, and
will be entered together with a list of the
votes on the journals of the Senate and the
House OF Representatives. The count of the
electoral vote having been announced and
the result declared, the joint convention Is
dissolved and the Sena,cwill now return to
its chambers
The statement Of the Vice President was
followed by applause on the floor and in
the gallaries. As the Senators fled out Of
the hall, the Representatives arose and re-
NAMED standing until they had all left the
apartment While they were going out the
gallaries emptied themselves, and the whole
function having occupied just SO minutes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
WORK AND WAGES
OF Men, Women and Children in the
United States.

The eleventh annual report OF the depart
ment Of labor, just transmitted to congress
by Commissioner Wright, relates entirely to
the work and wages OF men, women and
children. II shows that the proportion OF
women to the whole working class Is increas-
ing while that of the children is decreas-
ing
Tho definite purpose OF the investigation
was to determine to what extent, II any,
women were superseding the men; to show
the conjugal condition Of the women who
were employed; to compare the relative eff
flciency of men and women. and finally TO
show the relative rates OF wages received by
each sex in each industry.
The commissioner takes occasion to call
attention to the varied work now performed
by his department II now issues annual
reports, special reports and bi.monthly
bulletin OF something over 100 pages, giving
the results OF brief original inquiries and the
like.
The department Is now investigating the
effects or machinery upon labor and the
cost OF production, compilation of wage
statistics in the leading countries of the
world, an investigation OF the liquor prob
lem In its economic aspects, an inquiry in
collaboration with tho state labor bureaus,
concerning the municipal ownership of gas,
water and electric plants; an investigation
concerning the economic conditions OF
Italians in Chicago, and preliminary in-
vestigation OF the economic progress of the
negroes in this country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
MEANING OF THE CRErAN REVOLT.
Turkish Rulers Have Bled the Island as
Spain Has Bled Cuba

The present revolt in Crete, like that which
lasted from 1866 to 1869, has been caused by
the terrible misgovernment of the Turks.
The policy of the Sultan's deputies in the is-
land has been similar TO that of SPANS gov
ernors In Cuba. The only object OF the
Pashas was to enrich themselves by every
possible means. For instance, Mustupha, a
terocious Albanian. pnrvenu like Weyler,
accumulated fortune OF 10000. 900 pounds
sterling during his administration. lie COM
PEELED the inhabitants TO bring to him all
their oil. the principal product OF the island,
and he paid for II u sum which did not rep
resent more than the cost of transportation.
Then he sold 1t Mt the regular market price
and pocketcd the difference.
The administrations OF Mustnpha and OF
Omar Pasha resulted in the almost complete
ruin Of Crete. 1t was only after the Crimean
war that the people took heart. They knew
that they could not hope for anything from
the Sultan's promises, but they did rely on
the guarantee Of reform given by France,
England and Russia This reliance was not
justified by the event
The one cause OF the present, as OF the
other great outbreak, was the brutal mis-
government of the Turk. While Greece did
not urge the Cretans to rebellion, she could
not help sympathizing with them. So once
the people took to armed resistance, they
were sustained in an eifectual way by the
step in the direction of giving actual and
open aid IL the final outcome OF Greek i'm
patience evaporation.
The rebellion OF 1866 began with an appeal
by the Cretans to the Sultan and the great
European powers. The Cretans declared
that the promises OF reform which had been
made to them had been broken. The Sultan
replied by overrunning the island with saw
age troops, who burned the villages, de-
stroyed crops and orchards. tortured and
massacred the men and childred and raw
ishcd the women. The only answer the
powers gave the CrCtan appeal was to call
the Paris Conference. The result of the
latter was n demand that the victims should
submit. The decision of the powers brought
the rebellion to the end, for the Cretans
found 1t impossible to Withstand alone the
20, 900 Turkish troops in the island. Many
ried fresh hatred of the Turk into the entire
Greek world
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
LIVING SKELETONS.
Sad Cases of Indian Famine Sufferers
Plague Increasing,

On his way TO Jubbulpoor the special rep
resentative of the Associated Press. who is
examining into the famine situation in India
visited the poor-houses of Biiaspur and
katni. The inmates were found to be in q
deplorGbe condition, the buildings were
overcrowded and medical attendance was
lacking. A man outside one OF them was
dead and another was dying. 4 girl years
old weighed only 10 pounds. and several ad-
ults were under So pounds in weight. The
skin in all cases was drawn over the face,
showing the out ines of the skulls. and the
limbs and joints had the appearance of those
OF articulated skeletons. There is an inn
mcnse migration TO the Assam tea gardens,
1000 persons going there weekly. deserving
their wives and families.
Jubbulpoor is the worst OF any part of
central India. Ii is estimated that the pres
ent famine is the greatest of the century, and
will greatly surpass that OF 1870 both in area
and severity. The famine belt extends to
Rowalpindi and Bellary, and is 1900 miles
long and 400 miles wide. This is apart from
the scattered districts.
In the rice districts there is no chance OF n
food supply until September. The govern
ment viii thus be forced 10 support nearly
all the population for six months, and many
of them for eight months. Whole villages
are deserted. The governments policy at
however, now alive to the famine, and stren-
uous efforts are made to avert horrible dis
aster.
But it will have to recover lost time, and
owing to the scarcity of the previous three
years the people will easily succumb. Out
OF the 100000 inhabitants OF Jubbulpoor
about 120, 900 are now receiving relief. BY
the month of May this number will be
doubled.
The correspondent has Just heard that tho
kural poor-houses in the western part OF the
district have been burned. Twenty-Five per-
sons perished. Cholera is reported TO have
broken out in the Madrid district relief
works.
The viceroy of India, the Earl OF Elsin, has
given his sanction TO Madras being made a
port OF departure for the pilgrims en- route
for Mecca. The citizens of Madras, however,
have entered vigorous protest. The plague
is increasing in Bombay, at Karachi and at
Poona
Denials is made in Madrid OF the report
emanating from Bombay that cases OF the
plague have appeared among the Hlndoo
devotees from Poona Madras and Southern
India are officially declared to be free from
the plague.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
THE BRADLEY MARTIN BALL.
The Most Elaborate and Expensive Social
Function in New York's History.

The most sumptuous, brilliant aud costly
social function that New York has ever
known was tho fancy dress ball given by
Mrs. Brailey-Martin at the Waldorf during
Wednesday night. About 800 people were
there, OF whom more than 450 were women.
The ball placed about $500, 900 In circulation.
The ball began at midnight, and ended at
D o'clock In the morning. Therefore its
pleasures cost at the rate Of 100000 an
hour. The cost to the hostess was about
Sl25.0 200.
1t was a superb spectacle. People came
thousands Of miles 10 attend t. There was
vast deal OF display, very little originality,
much stiffness and formaity. and very little
fur. IL chiefly benefited many thousands
OF people who saw nothing of it, They are
workers TO whom the largest part of the
money expended was paid.
The Bradley Martin fancy dresg ball will
20 down In history as riot color and dis
play II will be classed with tho Schermer-
morn fancy dress ball of nearly half century
ago, the Prince Of Wales bali and the Van
derbilt ball OF 1888 But IL ecipsed all OF
these. II is the crowning glory OF the social
life OF New York of this century. IL may not
be surpassed in another hundred years.
The decorations throughout the Waldorf
were exquisite. American beauties lilies
and the rarest of imported blossoms, with
vines and palms. were intcrtwined In a mar
velously beautiful scheme. Never in New
York has greater floral display been at
ball. Tiny electric lights and mirrors were
used IN bewildering and artistic manner,
all combining to transform the hotel into an
enchanting fairy house.
The arrangements for the ball we're testei
to their fullest, but with excellent good for
tune they were equal to every emergency.
Thousands Of men and women crowded the
streets around the hotel, but the police kept
them moving, and no conflicts or excitement
OF any kind resulted. Detectives swarmed ia
and around the house to prevent trouble,
but their presence was not needed.
The costumes were exquisite. All the great
men and women Of the last three centuries
were represented. Arrayed, costly beyond
the dream Of the originals, were the men and
women who appeared as ladies and gentle
men Of the olden periods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
WOOL GROWERS WISHES.
National Association Conforring in Wash
ington-Figures Desired.

The National Wool Growers association
mot in Washington, February g. with SO
members present, representing practically
all of the wool-growng states and terri
tories. resolution was adopted calling on
Congress for such u protective tariff on
Merino wool as will give the growers east
Of the Missouri river 20 cents per pound.
farm value, for unwashed merino, and 20
cents. farm value. for washed. For sections
west of the Missouri river 16 cents is de-
mnnded. farm value. for unwashed.
A committee OF seven was appointed. with
President Lawrence as chairman, to confer
with representatives OF the National Associa-
tion OF Wool Manufacturers, and with repre-
sontatives OF the Manufacturers club, OF
Philadelphia, with view to an agreement
as to the pending wool and wooden tariff
schedule, with a reservation, however. to
the effect that the growers would not agree
to any proposition not in full accord with
their views.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
STEAMBOAT WRECKED.
Struck Hard-Her Stacks and Rigging Went
Overheard.

The steamer Natchea met with a serious
accident at $3.50 o'clock Sunday morning, 20
miles below Nicksburg, Miss. Captain
Leathers and First Clerk Morris reached
Nicksburg at o'clock from the scene of the
accident. Captain Leathers states that while
making landing the boat struck the bank.
The great chimneys and stacks and rigging
all went down with crash. One stack went
over board and is under the boat. One of
the chimneys fell directly across the captains
room In which he and his wife were sitting,
but fortunately 1t did not crush in the room
as the bulkheads were double thickness. The
other stack struck one corner of the pilot
house and crashed ON through the decks.
The shock opened many OF the forward butts.
but struck no timbers as far as could be seen,
but caused the hull TO take considerable
water. The tug Joe Seay went down with u
barge to bring up the freight. The Natchez
will return to New Orleans and be docked
for repairs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
A TURKO-GREC|AN WAR PROBABLE.
GREECE READY TO FIGHT.
She Notifies all Europe of Her Interest in
Crete.

The government nt Athens has notified
the powers that Greece cannot remain n
mere spectator OF the events taking place in
Crete and the ties Of religion and race com
pei her TO intervene in behalf OF the oppress-
ed and outraged Christians on that island.
In tho chamber Of deputies Wednesday
evening, Premier Delyannis said that either
the Porte would be prevented by the powers
from sending reiniorcements to Crete or
would persist In sending them there. In
either case, the Premier declared. the Greek
government had decided to take action
promptly and decisively. When Crete de-
manded union with the mother country,
he said, Greece could not remain indif-
fercnt
The leader OF the opposition assured the
Premier that the government would have
the hearticst support OF tho opposition. an
announcement that evoked prolonged
cheers. The Cretan committee are making
Preparations on large scale to land men
and munitions of war upon the shores of
Crete, and the first instalment Of GOO men
sailed on the 10th.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
A REMARKABLE CAR
TO Be Used by President-Elect Mckinley on
His Trip to Washington.

President-elect Mckinley will go from Can
ton TO Washington in n remarkable car. 1t
is private ear without n name, save that it
Is know all over the Pan Handle system as
"So. 49," The walls of it are white oak
planked solid instead of the usual studding.
Ii ii should roll down an embankmcnt, the
sides would not break and it would resist
almost any kind Of shock in a collision.
The top is double framework of steel and
the ceiling is thoroughly cushioned. The
floors are four thicknesses of white oak. The
entire ear is u huge safety box. The chief
luxury OF the interior is the perfect arrange
ment of everything pertaining to human 1om-
fort. 1t has an old-fashoned log fireplace
and two palatial bed room apartments and n
bath opening from each chamber. There is
a magnificent silver service and Il large col
lection of rare china
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
THOUSAND REBELS KILLED.
Spanish Reports From Philippine Islands
Tell Of Cory Battles.

The steamer Pelican, which arrived at
Tacoma, Wash, from China, brings news
from the Philippine islands sent by the
spanish consul up to January q. General
Galbis. with 200 men, supported by columns
under Serrandi aud Albert, at Tagging. rout-
ed 400 rebels from Cavite. commanded by
General Aquinaldo, taking several trenches,
one large gun, several small guns and mill
tnry effects. Many rebels were killed, 32 be-
ing counted. The Spanish lost 10 killed and
Is wounded.
On January spanish troops at Cacaronge
Belssa and Bulucan took six trenches. the
mnnufactory of cartridges, seven guns, many
rifles and other weapons The rebels had
LOO killed. Spanish casualties were "a
killed and GS wounded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
BIG swINDLERs CONVICTED.
Operations of Over 100000 Alleged
Against Them.

A. l.. Spencer and Thomas Aubrey OF scran-
ton, Pa, representing the Phoenix Contract
Company, We're convicted of conspiracy in
having obtained from C.. W. Koons of Au-
denried 10000 worth OF goods which they
afterwards disposed OF at one-half their face
value and divided the money between them.
The defendants, 1t is alleged in the indict-
ment found against them. were the agents OF
an organized syndicate with headquarters in
New York, but operated at various points
throughout the United States.
1t is claimed that they floated $4,000 900
worth OF stocks and bonds. but In reality
they had but u few hundred dollars of capt
tai
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
TWENTY WERE EXECUTED.
Half We're Shot and the Other Half
Macheted by spaniards.

News was received at Tampa, Fla, of the
wholesale killing Of paciflcos at Jubaco,
Matanzas province, Cuba, last week, by ono
of Weyler's men named Marcos. He raided
a small village expecting to find an insur-
gent hospital there. Being disappointed, he
arrested 20 of the men and, putting them in
line. had every other man shot, promising
to spare the others. No sooner had these
been dispatched than he had the others put
TO the matchete.
The Spanish troops during number of
skirmishes recently, in the provinces OF Pinar
del Rio, Havana and Matanzas, have captur-
ed eight insurgent camps and have destroy
ed 50 huts. The enemy in these engage
ments left 2S men killed. The well-known
insurgent leader Jose Manuel Degado, has
been killed in a skirmish at Joyer.
Several trains on the Alatanzas & Havana
and the Matanzas Il Bemba railroads have
been wrecked in the past week and several
soldiers killed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
FOUR KILLED BY THE FUMES.


At North Branch, Minn.. John Bonnman,
his wife and two grown sons were killed in
their potato pit. Bonniman had built a fire
in the pit to guard against frost, and went
with his oldest son to straighten up the place
The father let himself down into the pit and
dropped dead. The son went to his rescue
and fell dead beside him. His screams
brought his brother, n boy of IS fro m the
barn and moment later the mother came
running from the house followed by her
youngest son, lad OF II years. The second
son arrived first and dropped into the death
trap, thinking to help his father and brother,
but the fire damp killed him in a second.
When the mother arrived she, too, jumped
into the pit She was Immediately over
powered, but had strength enough to tell
her remaining son not to come into the eel
Lar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
IRON AND STEEL SCHEDULE.
Members Of the Ways and Means Commit
tee Deal With il.

The Republican meubers of the ways and
means committee dealt with the iron and
steel schedule of the new tariff bill and made
considerable progress. Tin plate was put at
5-l0 cents pound, which is n compromise
rate. as the Wilson duty was 2-l0c and the
Mckinley duty 2-lOc.
Steel rails, iron ore and manufactured iron
in some forms, including pig iron, bar iron,
the committee decided to leave at the pre-
sent rates. The senate placed these articles
In the Wilson law at considerably higher
rates than they We're listed in the original
bill. passed by the house, and the present
duties have proven satisfactory to the manu-
facturers, few OF whom have asked any in
crease.
Cotton ties. which the Wilson law placed
on the free list, would be returned to the
duitable class. The committee decided to
put duty on them OF l-l0c pound ip ad-
dition to the rate Of the iron
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
LIVELY RIOTING IN HAMBURG.
Residents Pour Boiling Water on Police
and Stone Them.

dispatch from Hamburg says the riots
resulting from tho recent collapse of the
dcckers strike were renewed Monday night.
The police finally charged with swords on
the crowds ana several persons were injured.
During the rioting II mob overturned the gas
lamps on streets and alleys in the vicinity of
the Schaarmarket.
The occupants cf the houses on the ad-
jacent streets poured boiling water from the
upper windows OF the buildings upon the
heads of the authorities and peted the police
with hot ashes, bottles and stones, compel
ling the officials to retreat and secure rein
forcements. The policemen and several civ
ilians were severely injured in the conflict.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
DEFENDED THE EXPRESS CAR.
One Train Robbsr Shot Dead by the Mes
senger.

About $50 o'clock Monday evening two
robbers attempted to hold up the west-bound
passenger train on the Santa Fe line, sixty
miles east of Kingman, A. T.. After stopping
the train they made the fireman GET of the
engine and uncouple the express and mail
cars. Messenger Sommers told his assistant
to get of the ear on ono side with shotgun,
while he got of on the other side with re-
volyer. One Of the robbers was standing
near the engine and the messenger shot HIM
dead. The other robber then compelled the
fireman to get on the engine again and run
the engine and express and mail cars up the
road, where they were stopped, and the
robber made an unsuccessful attempt to get
into the express car The mail car was en-
tered and several packages taken The
robber disappeared In the darkness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
sPAIN's OTHER TROUBLE.
How Recruits Rushed off to the Philip
pire Islands.

Advices from the Philippine islands say
that the Spanish troops are pouring into
Manila from Europe at the rate of about
been chiefly in the province OF Bulacan, and
nothing but Spanish successes is heard of.
Since the arrival of Gov. Gen. Polayieia
some 40 or 80 rebels have been shot at Manila
including DR.. Rilel. Tho latter died very
bravely, dressing himself in his best for the
occasion. He expressed wish to die with
his face toward tho firing party but this was
not allowed. He refused, however, to kneel
down. column OF 800 Spanish troops
were recently completely anuihilated, being
ambushed by rebels. The new troops arriv-
Ing from Spain are n poor looking lot evil
IDENTIFY fresh from the plough, and many
seem never to have handled weapon be-
fore,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-02-17
FOR ANNEXATION.
From Hawaii, Says the Islands
are Ripe for 1t.


Lorin A. Thurston, ex-Hawaiian minister
to the United States arrived at San Francisco,
from the islands. Mr.. Thurston, as presi-
dent OF the annexation club of Honolulu, ex-
poets to accomplish considerable missionary
work In aid of tho annexation movement be-
fore his return home. His mission is not an
official ono, he says, and he has not been
sent to San Francisco either by the govern
ment or by the annexation club. He says.
however, II the opportunity presents itself he
proposes to exert his best efforts to aid the
annexation movement. He says the all-ab-
sorbing theme OF discussion in the island
Just now Is annexation. As the day for the
Inauguration of Mckinley approaches, inter-
est in the annexation question is becoming
intensified and widespread. The natives are
joining the movement with the idea that the
United States is their only salvation from the
Japanese, who are elbowing them in various
fields OF labor.