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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
APPROPRIATION FOR 1899.
Among Other Items the Treasurer Wants
Sal, ,267,760 for Pensions.

Secretary Gage transmitted to Con-
gress the estimates OF appropriate ~
required for the service for the Anal year
ending June 80, 1897. as furnished by the
several executive departments. The
total amount called for by the estimates
os s462. 2.647, 1886, which is about $32.0O0,-
900 in excess of the appropriations for
1898; including DEFICIENCIES and miscel-
laneous. about $14. 900, 900 more than the
estimates for 1898.
The recapitulation by titles Is as fol-
lows. cents omitted: Legislative estab-
lishment. s4.465. .532; executive establish
ment. SCOOPS. .4S4; judicial establishment,
$6S7. 500; foreign intercourse, 1850, 42s;
military establishment, $24. $40. .043; naval
establishment, S29. .929. .539; Indian affairs,
S.375.617; pensions, 3l4l 1851 ,750; public
works, $73.364. 1874; postal service. $6.04s.-
liz; miscellaneous, $35. 1S7, 400: perman
ent annual appropriations. 31l7, ,S36, ,220.
Grand total. $462. 2.647.SS5.
These amounts include estimates for
rivers and harbors. $4s. .72S. 100. and for
tifcations and other works OF defense.
$l3.37S.57l, the details of which already
have been published.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
DUEL IN PARIS.
Hot Words During Debate Involves News
paper Mon in a Fight.

As a result OF some hot words ex-
changed during the Dreyfus debate in
the chamber of deputies ut Paris. Jos.
Reinach, Republican member repre-
senting the district of Digne, a we'll
known newspaper man ana author and
editor of "Republique Franchise" sent
his seconds to NJ. Millerand. the we'll
known Socialist Republican and editor
Of the Petite Republican Franchise" a"
A duel with pistols has been arranged
to take place between the men. NJ.
Reinach has already fought duels with
NJ. Magnier and Paul Deroulede. All
political and social interests continue
to be merged in the case or Alfred Drey-
fus, the former captain of French artil-
lery, who Is alleged to have been un-
Justly sentenced to Imprisonment for
life on the charge of having sold i'm
portant plans of the French war de-
partment to agents of foreign power.
The journals still devote endless CO.
lumns, in the biggest type. to the af-
fairs of Dreyfus, his friends and enc
mics and everybody In any way con-
nected with the case.
Adolph Neudorff, celebrated in Eu-
rope and America as a composer and
musical director. died suddenly at New
York OF heart failure last week.
NJ. Millerand. Socialist deputy and
editor. and M. Joseph Reinach, Con-
servative deputy. editor and auditor,
exchanged two shots without hitting
each other in a duel near Paris. Honor
was satisfied
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGES.
A Wisconsin Water Company Held Respon-
sible for a Typhoid Fever Death.

The jury in the case of Julia A.
Green, as administrator, against the
Ashland Water Company. of Stephens
Point, Wis, brought In a special ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiff in the
sum of $4,000 In the circuit court the
other day. The grounds of recovery
wer e the alleged negligence Of the
water company in furnishing impure
and unwholesome water, containing
typhoid fever germs. to the plaintiffs
husband, Kars G. Green. from the ef-
feet of which he died. The verdict an
swered all the questions in favor of the
plaintiff. The case will be carried 90
the supreme court.
Impure milk supplied to the people OF
Paterson. N. j., 1t was discovered, was
the cause of the 80 cases of typhoid fe-
Yer there last week. The milk came
from Branchville, Sussex county, where
the milk cans had been washed In a
brock, into which the discharges from a
sick room were emptied.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
SUFFICIENT FORCES.
Gen. Blanco Will Use Natives in Quelling the
Cuban Rebellion,

1t Is believed that no further rein
forcements of Spanish troops will be
required for Cuba, the present force
being regarded as sufficient to suppress
the insurrection before the rainy sea-
son begins.
The newspapers published the follow
ing which is commented upon:
"Cap.-G Blanco has cabled the
government that. knowing that Gen.
Correau, minister of war, is opposed to
sending further reinforcements, he has
studied the means of creating a volun-
teer corps of whites and negroes who
would reply to the guerilla tactics of
the rebels by similar warfare; but he
would need for this undertaking 1000
900 pesetas monthly. He Is convinced
that by making such a pecuniary effort
Cuba, except in the e. stern part. would
be pacified by June nex.. when the local
government could finish the war"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Italian Ministry Resigns.

The Italian cabinet has resigned. Gen.
Pelliux's action is regarded as n politi-
cal move to make IL possible for the
Marquis Di Rudini TO secure unan-
nous ministry. The ministers of H.
nance, justice and public works in the
retiring cabinet will not appear in its
successor. The resignation of Gen.
Pelliux, minister Of war. was in conse-
quence OF the action of parliament In
amending the bill dealing with army
promotion against his advice. King
Humbcrt, the Marquis Di Rudinl, the
premier. and the other members OF the
cabinet, urged Gen. Pelliux to recon-
slider his action
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
The Power of a Flying Machine.

A flying machine, brought to Mount
Holly. N. j., by Prof. Langley. Of
Washington. and Prof Elfreth Watt
kins, OF New York. has been attached
for the last few days to a car on the
Medford branch of the Pennsylvania
railroad. to demonstrate whether the
machine could propel a car. There IL
a gasoline motor engine in the machine
and sufficient power has been obtained
to drive the car at the rate of six miles
an hour. The power Is applied to two
propellers. about four feet long, and
they make about 800 revolutions a
minute. The two professors are of the
opinion that a machine can be con-
structed that will draw a car at the
ordinary speed now allowed on rail-
roads
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
A Ton Of Gold Transferred.

The sum Of $5oO0O0 gold coin (nearly
one ton In freighD. was deposited In
New York last week, In exchange for
q telegraphic transfer of that amount
to San Francisco. The arrangements
for this transfer were made through
the treasury in Washington. A few
weeks ago New York bankers had mil
lions OF dollars In gold in San Francisco
that they wanted transferred In the
same way. Now the exchange IL re-
versed. and the government could ac-
commodate the bankers without loss.
which they could not do then. At that
time the bankers shipped their gold
from San Francisco by registered mall.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
CoALINa STATION IN CHINA.
Germans Take Advantage Of the Murder Of
Missionaries

There Is much self-congratulation
among the Germans that the mission
AIRY incident in China absolves the gov
ernment from the tedious and, per-
haps, abortive process OF diplomat
cally claiming n coaling station In the
form of demand for n treaty port or
settlement on perpetual lease. 1t Is
believed unnecessary to take Great
Britain into account: she Is overoccu-
pied elsewhere, while Japan is not like.
ly to resist the coalition OF Germany,
Russia and France. When the German
reinforcements arrive at Kiao-Chou
bay they Will bring the total German
force there up to 1856 men. the largest
body Germany has ever sent beyond
European waters.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Revolyed Rapidly Round the Wheel.

Volney Moore, workman at the
American wire nail works, at Ander-
son. Ind. had a marvellous escape from
death the other night. While working
around the machinery he was caught
on a line shaft that was revolving at
the rate of sixty revolutions per Sec
ond. He was whizzing around at a
terrible rate, when fellow workmen ran
to his rescue. and stopped the wheel.
II is feared that he received internal
injuries. BY unaccountable luck he
was so caught that his hands and feet
in their rapid revolution came In con-
tact with no obstacle. He Is not able to
tell the sensations one has going
around at the rate of sixty revolutions
Der second.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
England After African Possessions.

The twenty-seventh Bombay infantry
with a field hospital, large quantities Of
telegraph equipment and several laks OF
rupees for immediate expenses, has SAIL
ed for the island of Mombasa, on the
coast of Zanzibar, west coast of Africa,
where 10000 coolies will be engaged TO
accompany the troops. The expedition
Is under the direct orders of the British
war Office. The island of Mombasa be-
longs to Zanzibar which is included in
the East Africa protectorate of Great
Britain. Mombasa is the capitol OF
what Is known as the coast province.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
An Enforced Vacation.

Every member OF the police depart
ment of Chicago viii take an enforced
three days furlough or forfeit that
number OF days pay during this month
In order to bring the pay roll within
the years appropriation. On account
of the large number OF men added to
the force by Chief Ripley It was dis
covered some time ago that tho appro-
priation Is several thousand dollars
short. Three days pay from each
member of the department 10 a saving
OF about $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Must Protect yspsn,s Intsrsst.

minister plenipotentiary from Japan to
the United States. said recently: II
desire to soy positively that Japan is
opposed to the annexation of Travail
by the United States. 1 believe this
matter will be amicably adjusted.
There may be serious trouble II the
United States annexes the islands
without regard to our interests there.
But do not believe the United States
will act unfairly"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Docs Not Want FOREIGN Aid.

The Minister FOR the Spanish Colon
les, Senor Moret, has received a dis
patch from Marshal Blanco, the Cap
tain General for Cuba. recently, say
ing: II have to-day sent the following
telegram to our Minister at Washing
ton: There Is no need for foreign help
to provide for the wants of this island
or its inhabitants. The Government,
from its own resources. Is endeavoring
TO provide for the necessities, the needs
of which, moreover. Is diminishing
daily'"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08

william Blake. the first white sett-
Isr In what IL now Pomona county. Cal.
- dead. He was born In New York
City and was . member OF the troops
that were with Fremont on his first ex-
~ lieutenant In the United States army
= planting the 4ters and stupes iirst
- Pikas Peak.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Wsyler's lnhuman Policy.

The London Daily Chronicle publishes
letter from a correspondent In Hava-
ma, who says:
"Sagasta's efforts are too late. I'm
der Weyler's vile regime half the Gu
ban population disappeared and the re-
naming half has been converted into
implacable enemies Of Spain-enemies
who will absolutely refuse to accept
spain's word.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
70 Yirht Ccnsumptiou.

The board of estimates at New York
recently appropriated $4,000 for the
treatment Of consumption in a. special
hospital. The appropriation was made
by request of the bord Of health. speak
ing for which DR.. Biggs declared that
one out of every seven persons who die
in New York City are victims OF the
disease. the percentage among the
working classes being one-quarter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Governments Loss.

In connection with the arrest Of
Charles Morson Coney Island saloon-
keeper was arrested the other day on
the charge Of having received stolen
postage stamps from a gang OF wes-
tern robbers. Postofiice Inspector Wa
terbury OF the Denver division said
that during the last year stamps worth
more than $l50.000 had been stolen
from postofices In various parts OF the
country and the greater part disposed
of in New York
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Stabbed His Teacher.

Rev. S. A. Hearne, principal OF the
Pierce county. Ga, high school, was
severely stabbed the other morning by
Harry Harper a 16-year-old pupil. Mr..
Hearn was Furnishing Lattimer Harper.
a younger brother. when Harry arose
from his seat and slipped up from be-
bind and stabbed him three times in
rapid succession. Harper. Immediately
after the stabbing. went home, and,
securing q gun. left town.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Image At a Great Depth.

A dispatch from Robinson ILL.,. claims
that at depth OF twenty-seven feet,
while blasting rock In well. a bronze
an angel bearing In one hand the bowl
Of what is supposed to have been can
dlestick.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
$4,000 Reward for q Burglar.

George r. Blodgett. head OF the Law
department OF the General Electric
Company. of Schenectady. N. ". was
shot by a burglar and mortally wound
ed. The General Electric Company has
offered a reward Of $1,000 for the burg
lars apprehension.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-08
Locomotives for Cola Huntera

The Klondike snow locomotive conn
pany has filed Incorporation papers In
Bergen county. N. j.. The capital
stock IL placed at s125000.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
BIG BANKS 60 DOWN.
NATIONAL OF ILLINOIS CAUSES
OTHERS TO FAIL.
E.kels Score. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Says the Suspension Is Due to Reck.
less Methods Managers Received
Warning.
Three Banks Closed.

Three Banks Closed.
The National Bank of Illinois at Chi
cag failed to open its doors to the pub
lie Monday morning. This action was the
sequel to the step taken by the committee
of the Clearing-Ho Association, which
Saturday evening decided to suspend the
bank from clearinghouse privileges. And
as n result of this suspension E. 8.
Dreyer & Co. and Wasmansdorff, Heine-
mann & Co.. two private banks clearing
through the Illinois National, were forced
to make application in court for a re-
ceiver. So far US can be ascertained by
Chicago advices, the trouble is no likely
to reach beyond these three banks, and in
every case it is stated that depositors
will be paid in full or nearly SO.
Not since 10 has Chicago banking cir
cles been shaken up as they were when
the news of the closure of the National
Bank of Illinois was made known. It
has always been considered the second
strongest national bank in the city. It
~ through the Chicago fire, the panic of
'73, the troubles of 20, and the troublous
times of 90 with n clear record. Accord
ing to Comptroller Eckels, 1.-THE failure
is due to injurious, reckless and impru-
dent methods followed by the officers and
not checked by the directors, though their
attention had been individually called to
the same and over their individual sig
natures they had promised to remedy the
weak points in the banks condition"
The essence of the trouble with the
National Bank of Illinois was that the
entire capital, $2,OOO,OO0. and surplus,
100000, was practically loaned in one or
two hands. The bank had advanced
some $1,5O0,O0O on Calumet Electric
Railroad stock, a property of momentari-
", at least, doubtful security, while near
~ $5OO.OOO was loaned to e. s. Dreyer
& Co., who in turn had spread their
capital over an expanse completely out Of
their power to handle. Other large loans
30 individuals more than completed the
sum of the banks capital md surplus.
When these facts were brought to the ut
tention of the clearinghouse, a week or
so ago, a committee was appointed to in
vestigate. In order if possible to discover
some means of averting the failure. The
result of the committees investigation
was to demonstrate that the management
of the bank had been drifting into meth
DDS which no amount of bolstering up
could Offset, and that however willing tho
Chicago clearinghouse might be to so
to the assistance of the Illinois National,
the most honest, safest and best policy
would be to make n clean breast of the
whole business and for the credit of the
clearinghouse itself, to suspend the bank
from membership pending q report by the
government bank examiner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01

prominent in State and county conven-
tons, and his speech nominating Chief
Justice Agnew drew to him the attention
of political leaders of the State. He was
associated with Cameron, Conkling and
Logan as a dclegate-at-large in the men,
orable battle of the '.33O6." All these
things We're more in the mature of means
to an end rather than ends themselves.
For twenty years in county, supreme and
Federal courts he has had a most varied
practice as advocate or counselor, before
jury or the court, in original or appellate
jurisdiction. Mr.. Brown is associated
with w. N. Henscl in the practice Of
law. He was urged warmly for the
vacancy on the supreme bench of the
United States that was filled by the ap-
pointment of Justice Shiras. Mr.. Brown
is a bachelor and lives in a homestead
nine miles from Lancaster.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01

The National Wool Growers Associa-
ton unanimously adopted n resolution
taEoring IN extra session Of Congress.
"A bill was introduced by Representa-
i've u of Rhode Island. app%ropriating
$4,000 for the erection in Washington
of a monument to James G. Blaine.
"Gen." ]. s. Coxey, of Commonwcal
army fame. is in Washington to resume
his effort to secure Congressional action
on his schemes for good roads aud non.
interest bearing bonds.
Members of the House Ways and
Means Committee say that the reports
from Washington outlining an elaborate
scheme for a duty on silver in the new
tsRif bill is merely a fiction.
The agricultural bill follows very close
ly the lines of the one drawn last year
and the amount to be appropriated will
be about the same, which was, including
the weather bureau, $2,29S,5 $40.
The Inauguration Committee has re-
ceived applications from the Fourteenth
Regiment, Ohio National Guard; the
Pennsylvania State Fencibles Battalion:
the York, Pa, Rifle Association Of Veter.
n 8 and others for places in the parade
March 4.
The bill for the legislative, executive
and judicial expenses of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893.
carried a total of $21. 6G77. $3.50. which in
$1.O09.S21 less than the estimates, and
$S7,S90 less than the appropriations for
the current year.
The Executive Committee of the Amer.
lean Bimetallic Union has reached n de.
Termination to enter Mt once and with
vigor upon the work of what it terms
thoroughly educating the people of the
country upon the merits, of the silver
question"
The Secretary of the Navy has made
public the findings in the court of inquiry
upon the battleship Texas, which recent
y sunk while being dry-docked in New
York. The Secretary says in substance
that the Texas is all right, and has suf-
Tered no more accidents than any other
boat Of her class in the navy.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01

The use of brick-dust mortar as n SIN.
stitute for hydraulic cement is now rec.
commended on the best engineering au-
thority, experiments made with mix
lures Of brick dust and quicklime show.
ing that blocks of one-half inch in
thickness, after immersion in water for
four months, bore without crushing,
crumbling or splitting, n pressure of
1900 pounds per square inch. The use
Of brick1lust mixed with lime and sand
Is said to be generally and successfully
.practiced in the Spanish dominions,
and is stated to be in all respects Sill
perior to the best cement in the con-
struction Of culverts, drains, tanks, or
cisterns.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
cnn cuba Bux Liberty,
Fairness In Facts.


The trend Of gossip regarding Cleve-
fand's Cuban message shows plainly
that the public think that the Presi-
dent means more than he says. The
belief is fast becoming general that
MI. Cleveland intends that Spain shall
act at once and that the war shall be
over before he retires from office. The
solution that seems to meet with most
general approval Is that Cuba shall
buy her liberty Of Spain and that Uncle
Sam shall indorse the note, 80 on her
bond as it were, to insure the payment.
It 10 presumed that Mr.. Cleveland in
tends that the question Of payment
shall be settled by arbitration, which
might postpone the final adjustment
for some tmc. Meanwhile. both par.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
Chinese to Make Wine.

The Northern Pacific liner Tacoma,
which arrived to-day from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, brought news that q
Chinese syndicate intends to open at
once in northern China a large estab-
lishment for the production Of wine.
The vine has long been grown in that
country, but only with a view to pro-
ducing grapes for the table. Attempts
were made in 1893 to produce wine
from these grapes. These attempts
were so successful that the syndicate
referred to applied to the Chinese Cow
eminent for a monopoly for the produce
ton of wine from grapes.
An Austrian expert has recently Wis
tied the wine-produclng districts OF
northern China and describes the quail
ity of the grapes grown there as excel
lent. Baron Max Won Babe. son of the
late director OF the Austrian Pomologi-
cal Institute, has been appointed direc-
tor of the new establishment in China
and is now on his way to that country.
An increasing quantity of wine =
consumed in China by the Chinese Off
cials and the growing: European settle
ments on the seacossts. Heretofore
the supply has come. from California
and Europe. With cheap labor 1t rs fig
.ured that wine can he produced very
cheaply at home. 1t is stated that the
Chinese arc anxious toJdrive foreign
wines out of TINT market Tacoma Dis.
patch.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
FOR ArroRNEy-eENERAL

Jacob Hay Brown Said to Have Ac.
ceptcd a Cabinet. Portfolio.
Jacob Hay Brown, who is said to have
been rendered, and to have accepted, the
portfolio of Attorney General in Presi-
dent-elect McIxinlcy's cabinet. is one of
the leading lawyers of Pennsylvania. He
is the foremost member of the bar in
Lancaster County, a county that for a
century or more has been distinguished
for its great jurists. Mr.. Brown has
been eminent in politics for many years,
and has more than once been mentioned
in connection with very high Offices in the
nation and in his State. He became
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
CITIES MUST HIRE wATcHMEN.
Decision by Ind.nna Supreme Court
as to Railway Street Crossings.

Decision by Indiana Supreme Court
as to Railway Street Crossings.
The Indiana Supreme Court, by de-
Gliding that an incorporated town or city
has not the power, by ordinance. to COM
pei q railroad company to keep a watch
man and erect gates at its own expense
Mt points where tracks cross a street, up
set n local police regulation that has been
exercised in nearly every town and city
in the State for many years. The case
in which the decision is announced came
from Crown Point. where the Pennsyl-
vnnia Company refused to obey the or
dinancc. Judge Monks, who wrote the
decision, holds that the Waterman and
gates, if maintained, must be paid for
by the towns and cities. He maintains
that a railroad company in crossing u
street is on an equality with a citizen.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
News of Minor Note.

Charles Jackson, of Richmond, Ind.
is u prisoner in Moro Castle, Havana.
There are three British warships. one
German and one French, at the Philip-
pine Islands.
An accident by which six men are BE-
lieved to have lost their lives occurred in
the tunnel of the Holy Cross mine near
Red Cliff, Col.
The commission to decide whether
Santa Monica or San Pedro shall 70
ceive the appropriation for. n harbor win
meet In Los Ar cl:s "a,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
STARVED in A CAR.

A Tramp Who Wa. Seven Days With
OUT Food or Drink.
At Plainfield. N. j.. the other day,
when a box car containing lumber was
opened a tramp was found therein. The
fellow had crawlcd into the car while it
stood on q siding in Ottawa, Canada, sew.
en- days before. and while he slept the