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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
THREE MORE, ,ySHIPS'FOR THE NAVY
$5,00o,0O0 EACH.
One Of the Cruisers to bs Named Aiter the
Inflated Mains-rwo More Nay be
Purchased In England.

Three new battleships OF the staunch-
est type afioat were authorized by the
house committee on naval affairs Fri
day and a provision for their construc-
tion was inserted in the naval appro-
priation bill AT the same time the
committee agreed on maximum price
Of $500 per ton for arnor plate for our
vessels, Increased the force OF naval
marines by 473 men, and put matters
In fair shape for decision tomorrow
on the location of dry docks, probably
four In number, capable OF accommo-
dating the largest-sized war vessels.
The new warships provided for will
be OF the finest pattern. II will be two
years. doubtless, before they can be
placed I'm commission. one of them,
the committee decided should be nam
ed after the Inflated Maine. The cost
Il Is expected will be about five mil
lion dollars each. though for the fiscal
year covered in the bill. the amount OF
expenditure may not exceed two mil
Hons each.
The war department last week pro-
mulgated Its order creating the de-
partments of the gulf and the lakes
and abolishing the departments of the
Missouri and OF Texas The department
Of the east will embrace the states on
the Atlantic coast to and including
North Carolina. the department OF the
lakes Will Include Wisconsin, Michigan,
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky and
Tennessee, with headquarters at Chi
cago. and the department OF the gulf
will comprise the states Of South Caro-
lima, Gorgia. Florida, Alabama Miss
issippi, Louisiana and Texas, with
headquarters at Atlanta. Major Cen
eral John r. Brooke will command the
department of the lakes and Brigadier
General William NJ. Graham the de-
partment OF the gulf.
The navy department has reason to
believe II has secured the two war
ships Amazonas and her sister ship now
building In England for Brazil. 1t was
stated at the cabinet meeting by Secre-
tary Long that the naval attache at
London, Lieut.. Col. Well had almost
completed the negotiations for the sale.
Said a Spanish consul at Berlin: 80
soon as war Is declared large and
well-equipped fleet of privateers will
Immediately begin hostilities against
the great American commerce. Spain
has not remained idle since the first
misuhderstandings. Ninety good
steamers lie In the harbors OF BARGE
Iona and Valencia, ready to sail and do
execution, and We have friends, power
flll ones, who will assist us. II not with
men. with money; but, I, In common
with the Spanish government, trust
peace will be preserved"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
THE SEARCH FOR ANDREE.
Eing Of Sweden Accepts the Offer Of the
Unitod States to Find the Explorer.

The state department at Washington
has received from the government Of
Sweden and Norway King Oscars con-
ditional acceptance of the offer made
through the United States government
by Walter Wellman, to carry free Of
charge upon his north polar expedition
steamer Laura, which Is to sail from
Tromso Norway. June 20. party of
Swedes to search for their countryman,
Prof. Andree. in Franz Josef land. THE
government Of the king does not expect
to send out a search expedition" says
the minister of foreign affairs at Stock
holm, but II no news of Andree is re-
ceived by July, gratitude would be felt
II Mr.. Wellman were to permit several
persons familiar with the Arctic regions
to accompany his expedition for that
purpose. The government of the king
has learned with deep gratitude the
courteous and generous offer made by
Mr.. Wellman."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
CAPITAL 0LEANINGs.

The new Spanish minister. Senor Luis
Polo de Bernabe, has arrived in WASH
ington.
Senator Chandler predicts that the
President will intervene for the inde-
pendence of Cuba within 80 days.
President Mckinley attended con-
cert at Washington Tuesday given for
the benefit of the Maine survivors.
Wednesday crowds OF people came to
the Senate expecting to hear flow Of
oratory on the $4,000 900 war appropri-
alton. but no speeches were necessary
to pass the bill.
Prince Albert of Belgium was given
O dinner by President Mckinley Friday
evening. In New York he visited the
stock exchange, lunched with Freder ck
Coudert and drove with the Belgian
consul to Grants tomb.
The House naval committee has de-
cided that one Of the three battleships
they authorised shall be built on the
Pacific coast. These great vessels.
which are to be peers OF any afioat, are
to, cost ss.oO0.ooo0 each.
House committee on elections No. >.
by Q party vote the other day, decided
to report In favor OF unscating William
A. Young, representing the Second Vir-
ginia district. and seating In his stead
DIR. r. A. Wise. the Republican con-
testant.
w. r. Spencer. journal clerk Of the
senate. died at his rooms at Washing
ton the other day. Mr.. Spencer was q
bachelor and was alone when he expir-
ed. He was one Of the oldest employees
Of the senate. having first entered the
service in 1854, He was regarded -
one Of the ablest parliamsn tarians IL
thu United 0katan He WA \ nafiek ~
Wieeeasin. and was about - yssri ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
CUBANs READY.
Waiting for Hostilities to Open Between the
United States and Spain.

A dispatch to the New York Sun from
Santiago de Cuba, under date Of Feb
ruary IS, says President Bartolome
Masso has been informed from New
York of the strained relations between
the United States and Spain. and the
possibility of war. Masso Immediately
called q meeting of his cabinet to dis
cuss the news. According to most
trustworthy information received by
the Sun correspondent. the Cuban gov
ernment has decided to address u mani
festo to the country as soon as hostili-
ties are opened between the United
States and Spain. inviting every Cuban
who " now on the island living within
the Spanish fortified towns to take the
neld and Join the Cuban army. Pre-
vious laws forbidding unarmed men to
Join the Cuban forces. will be abolished.
Reports from Havana say that the
entire Spanish guerilla force OF the bat
talon Of Cadiz was exterminated by
the Cubans. Their leader. Lieut.. Pero-
10. was one Of the first men killed Gen.
Jiminez Castellanos lost In q subse-
Quent engagement 800 more men and
was compelled to retreat TO Puerto
Principe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
Spain Reports : Cuban Defeat

A Spanish column under Col. Tejeda,
according to Spanish report, has
captured several entrenched insurgent
camps In the Manxanillo district. In
cluding the camp OF El Chino. The
troops, the Spaniards add. killed nine
men. made three prisoners and captur-
ed IAN armory with many tools and
destroyed many great huts and hos
pitals." Col. Tejeda's column. 1t is
further announced, will continue bur-
suing the insurgents. who are said to
be in retreat. There was another en-
gagement between these opposing forc-
es. II appears. at La Sierra, and tho
insurgents are alleged to have lost over
100 men. while the Spanish colonel re-
ports only two Of his men killed ana
fifteen wounded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
DANGEROUS .couNrERFEITs.
Congress May Adopt New Design for the
Silver Dollar.

During the last two weeks the atten-
tion of the business men of Denver
has been attracted to the unusually
large number of counterfeit silver dol
lars made of silver that are in circula-
ton. The counterfeits are remarkably
close limitations Of the genuine coin.
The situation is 80 serious that the
Treasury has made 1t the subject Of a
communication to Congress regarding
the propriety Of adopting a new device
for the coin. 1t Is estimated that there
are fully $2,0O0,000 worth of these
spurious coins In circulation In the
country. All that have been found bear
the mark Of the New Orleans mint, a
lower case 90 Immediately under the
eagle, and the dated 1855. The Govern
ments efforts to detect the men en-
gagged In this business so far have been
without success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
SHERIFF MARTIN ACQUITTED.
His Deputies Also Upheld in the Shooting Of
Nineteen Men Last September.

Sheriff Martin and his sixty-seven
deputies were acquitted by Jury at
Wilkesbarre. Pa. last Wednesday. The
sheriff and his deputies were on trial
for killing nineteen men during a riot
at Lattimer, Pa, last September. Judge
Woodward has received many threat
ening letters; SO has Sheriff Martin and
his deputies. There is talk at Wilkes
barre that the greatest strike in the
history of Hazleton Is about to break
out as a result of the verdict.
Edward Uffalessary. editor Of q Lith-
unan weekly paper published at Will
kesbarre. Is responsible for the state
ment that the Austrian government,
despite the result of the Lattimer trial,
will demand indemnity for its sub
jects killed at Lattimer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
RIOTS IN CHINA.
Excitement in the Orient Over Russian Ac.
quiremsnts Of Territory.

The steamship Empress of India
brings news from the orient that the
Chinese of Hei-Lung- Chang are fleeing
or their liyes and 5000 Chinese soldiers
ire beside themselves with fear about
.rossing over from Russian territory
INTO China Of large bodies of Russian
:avalry. infantry and artillery.
Anarchy exists around the city Of
kio Chow. In the island of Hainana,
where thousands of rioters have broken
into revolt against the mandarins. No
less than IL military camps and 28 VIII
lagos have been burned. The marau-
aers are plundering the peaceable in
babitants. Troops that were led against
the rioters were slaughtered.
A German sentry has been murdered
between Chino and Kiao-Chou. The
murderer approached from behind and
severed the sentrys head. Germany
demands proof that the act Is not Of
political Significance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
silsnt for Twelve Years.

A peculiar reason for divorce was
given at Chicago the other day in the
suit brought by Mrs. Catherine O'Rsil-
ly. wife OF Eugene O'Reilly. retired
merchant worth upward Of half q mill
lion. Mrs. O'Reilly alleges that for
twelve years her husband ha. not apo
der the same roof. This. she alleges, Il
tantamount to dsssrtion. In addition.
she charges cruelty. Mr.. O'Reilly has
nisd . cross bill. alleging cruelty and
voluntary dessrtton. Both ere fhonRiy
70 years old and have been married =
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
Plague Riots In Bombay.

Plague riots have broken out In the
native quarters Of Bombay with the
result that many persons have been
killed and wounded. British blue jack
cts Have been landed to quell the dis
turbances and preserve order. The hos
pital officers have been attacked by the
mob and a plague inspector and three
English soldiers were stoned to death.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
Loyal Brothers.

After seeing his brother convicted Of
highway robbery, at Chicago a few
days ago Frank Hill took the crime on
his shoulders. and was sentenced to the
penitentiary. The brothers resemble
each other much. Witnesses pointed
out Robert Hill as the culprit, and he
was convicted, but Frank swore that he
had committed the crime.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16

A letter Just received from . Montse-
81 man st gkagusy states that . new
city hns heon born at Lake Bennett and
bas bssn nane1 Fprfage City. Al the
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15
KANSAS EDITORS ARE NEGLECTFUL.

Some time ago the Santa Fe railroad
invited the newspapers Of the State to
cooperate in advertising Kansas and
setting forth its resources to the Eastern
public. The editors were asked to make
mention Of the advantages Of the par
ticular locality in which they lived, and
the notices were to be gathere. up in
pamphlet form by the Santa Fe route
for free distribution in the East This
is very cOmmendable undertaking, and
most of the Kansas editors so regarded
1t, gave the Santa Fe a little free ad-
vertising and then forgot about their
part of the work. A few responded
promptly and some made promises, but
the Santa Fe has found ii necessary to
send out great many requests. This
certainly ought not to be necessary.
The gain will be greater to the COM
munities which the papers represent
than to the Santa Fe, and surely the ed
itors are not any buster than the adver-
tising department OF the road. An
opportunity to advertise the State is
something a Kansas editor does not usu-
ally allow to go by default, especially
when 1t is in the line of his regular
work.
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15
rHE onoOs1No OF A CHA1RMAN.

There are many significant things
about the selection Of the chairman Of
a State committee. 1t shows in a way
the strength and integrity OF a party
and indicates campaign for principles
or for prizes. 1t is clearly the chair
mans duty to lead the fight for the prin-
ciples of the party he represents. The
candidates are naturally making fight
for votes, but the State chairman is
there to see that the party's declarations
are not for a minute lost sight OF.
On that account he should be selected
Immediately after the adoption OF a
platform and before the nominations are
made. In a pure party the chairman is
thoroughly an uphOlder Of the princi-
pies Of his organization, but where boss
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

loose. But perhaps 1t is really better
that they were held back. They would
have denounced all the good things the
present administration has done, reaf-
frmed the record of the Morrill, admin
istration and made general bOtchwOrk
that would have made worse matter
worst. When the evidence is OVerwhelm-
ing against you there is nothing saved
by talking too much.
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

sure the safe birth Of free and liberty
loving State.
Stand up for Kansas! Don't relax for
an instant in this campaign until 1t is
certain that the peoples victory for the
ticket Of the Peoples party is a land
slide which shall give Kansas a truly
substantial prosperity for the people and
not merely for a favored class.
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

It Is high time to get out and defend
Kansas again. The State has been
blessed by year of prosperity and the
prospects for the present year are that
its close will record even greater crops
and higher notch Of prosperity. The
demands for war supplies will fall ia
vorably upon Kansas, and the State Is
given the unusual opportunity Of dis
posing Of an unusually large yield of Its
products at the best prices. The whole
State will be benefited It is therefore
of moment to ward off any disaster
which may tend in any way to check or
retard this prosperity.
There is a gang of citizens who have
shouted the disCredit Of the State from
the hllltops, who have lied about Kan
sas to their influential friends in other
parts of the union, who have discredlted
the fair name and credit of their State
wherever and whenever they found Op-
portunity. They aimed to make us out
q set Of unpatriotic, unthinklng iabber-
ing fools because Of their ehagrin at de-
feat. egged on by an lntolerable and
lOng-standing itch for Office. They are
those who under The pretense Of giving
the State a good business adminlstra-
ton, put into office the worst outfit Of
boodlers and botcheTs that ever came
down the political highway in this State.
These manipulators and flxers are still
in control Of the Republican party.
They want another try at wrecking Kan
sas. They are scheming to turn an hon
est and capable administration out OF
control Of the State government so that
they may repeat the boodling OF the
Humphrey and Morrill, administrations.
Kansas cannot afford to permit this.
We cannot allow our increasing pros
perity to be even slightly dlmmed by a
corrupt and vicious government Of State
affairs. We want all the prosperity We
can get, and we do not have any need
OF the corruption which taints the closer
atmosphere of great cities and is en-
tirely unnatural in healthy and honest
agricultural region. Kansas is all right;
and the people intend to keep her so,
Let the watchword Of the coming
campaign be Stand up FOR Kansas. "
Let every citizen of the State who has
her honor and lasting greatness at heart
work vigorously to keep her from again
falling into the hands Of shysters and
bunco steerers. The growing greatness
OF Kansas is exactly what should pre-
serve a more jealous guarding of her
position as an adherent Of free govern
ment by and for all the people. We dc
not want boss rule; we must therefore
be as earnest and vigorous fighters fol
liberty as were tho KanSans who made
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15
TRUE CHRISTIANITY is NOT COMPETE
TIVE.

DR.. Chas. H. Parkhurst recently wrote
an article in which he took the ground
thai denOminationalism Is false to
Christianity" In support Of this he
makes the point that Christ kept to-
gether In accord as his disciples men Of
widely different temperaments, saying
that there would have seemed to be an
almost infinite possibility between the
intuitive John and the skeptic Thomas;
or between the spiritualizing John and
the matter-Of-fact James; or between
the impetuous Peter and all his more
deliberate colleagues. But the point
made for us by the easy way in which
all these were held within the embrace
Of a single Christian fellowship, and
could abide all of them. in one accord
is that the mutual union of Christ's
people is, in its essence, something
which subsists entirely outside the ju-
Fisdiction of mental and Temperament
tai proclivities. The accord, IN which
all these primitive disciples were able
to continue with one another had it's
grounds exclusively in the personal
union of each disciple of Christ. It had
to do with something far deeper than
methods of thinking, philOsophic stand
point, or doctrinal complexion. Indi-
vidual tastes, particular ways of look
ing at things, distinctive modes Of
comprehending character, and Charac-
teristic methods OF interpreting Christ's
words, were felt by them to be so far
OFF from the main line Of concern that
they had no effect to divide or disin-
tegrate. There was to them just one
engrosslng reality, and that was their
individual and vital relation to Jesus
Christ; and so engrOsslng was that that
no other consideration was able to count
or to signify"
The great difficulty lies in the fact that
Christianity and the everyday work OF
tn. world follow widely varying paths.
Christ taught mutual help and broth
erly love; the methods of business are
firmly competitive and warllke. The
way in which the world earns its living
Is thoroughly inconsistent with the
ethics of Christianity. The very word
"denominationalism" is suggestive Of
competition, and II is not at all un-
natural that the church organizations,
which have to enter the struggle for
existence, which require funds for their
maintenance, and whose members are
Obliged to take up an un-ChrIstlan meth
cd Of living from the time they come
into world, should take on competitive
methods. When the system which
Christ taught-co-Operat peration-sucCeeds
the present system OF living there will
be no knowledge of denOminational
strife except that embaImed in history.
This may be several centuries, but NO
one who knows anything Of Christ and
his message can doubt its coming.
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

rule runs the machine the candidates or
the man for whom they are puppets con-
troll him absolutely. A step toward this
is where the candidates are allowed to
select the chairman in place OF his Sc
lection solely as a defender Of the party
doctrines.
The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15
THE ADVOCATE
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OF KANSAS.
Published Every Wednesday, at Topeka, Kansas.
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EDITORS AND PRoPHETORs.
Published Every Wednesday, at Topeka, kanSa'
GEO. 3. HARRISON & CO.,
EDITORS AND PRoPRIHTORs.

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The Advocate and news., 1898-06-15

Hold the Republican platform" up to
the light and look through it. II you
get the real thing you will read this:
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-01-29

There is in Philadelphia man who
abandoned the theatrical profession be-
cause he could not lift Fanny Daven-
port. He was member of one of the
local stock companies about 20 years
ago, when Miss Davenport came to
Philadelphia with one of the men of
her company sick. She applied to the
manager of the theater in which the
young man referred to was employed
for some one to take the sick man $
place, and as the young actor was not
in the cast of the play then running his
services were loaned to Miss Davenport.
He was east for the part of Caius Iucius
in "Cymbeline, and the business of
the part required that he should take
Miss Davenport in his arms and carry
her off the stage The lady weighed
considerably more than he did, and
when he attempted to pick her up he
found that his strength was not equal
to the task. His struggles caused the
audience to laugh, and that spoiled q
good scene. He was so Inundated that
he left the profession after that engage.
ment -Philadelphia Inquirer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-01-29

Hood appeared the 3D. and so the net
result Of Schofield's campaign of delay
was one days grace. To the clearing
upof the controversies natural under the
circumstances Schofield offers little;
rather he adds to the number i'll expressly
stating that Thomas left him to fight
the battles of his (ThomasO army and
failed to provide means for crossing the
river at Franklin when hard pushed.
Yet the crossing was made upon bridg-
ing sent there by Thomas early Nov. 80,
He says that Opdycke was Unfortunately
praised for his action at Franklin,
whereas he simply did his plain soldierly
duty, duty for which his superiors had
placed him where the crisis found him.
Officers and soldiers of the Fourth
and Twenty third corps have contended
for years over the break in the Twenty
third corps line at the pike where Con-
rad and Lane S retreating brigades en-
tered. On the one hand, it is said that
Conrads and Lanes men caused the
men in the works to break to the rear,
and ON the other that the retreating
men turned in the works and fought
CALAMITY the Twenty third corps men
falling into a panic and deserving their
proper posts.
A bitter controversy, purely personal,
has been going on between Generals
Stanley and j. D Cox as TO the actu
command ON the field of the Fourth
corps troops engaged Two divisions Of
1 Stanley corps We're in the battle, and
be was in the fighting column Of one in
/ the heat Of the crisis. General Cox had
I been assigned to the command of the
( Twenty third corps, and so acted during
! the battle.
( On the Confederate side General
Cheatham was charged with disobedi-
ence of orders in not closing the road at
Spring Hill behind Schofield, but was
not tried General Cleburne was verbal
ly rebuked for want Of ardor on the
same occasion, but nobly redeemed him
self at Franklin, where he was killed.
GEORGE l.. Ku8TR.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-01-29

A schoolteacher, who had receiv, d
unsatisfactory answers from the most
of his pupils as to the difference b,-
tween an island and peninsula, put
the question in despair, to the last
boy. II can explain it, Sit" he said.
"Get two glasses, fill one with water
and the other with milk. Catch fly
and place in the water. That fly is
an island because it is entirely sur
rounded by water. But now place the
fly in the milk and it will be a PENN
sula, because it is nearly surrounded
by water" And he went to the top
of the class.