The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-04-27
OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.

| arms at Havana.
British naval officers say the war will
be one of surprises.
The armistice in Cuba has been de-
| clared off by Spain.
More than 100000 men have enrolled
| in New York City as volunteers.
| A fourth naval squadron may be
| formed to protect cities of the gulf.
| John Wanamaker. the Philadelphia
merchant, Is organizing a regiment.
The government has purchased the
| dynamite cruiser Nictheroy from Brazil.
Canada will see to 1t that Spain Sc
| cures no coal at her ports during the
| war.
The Scotch ship Lucerne has been
| purchased by the United States as q
| coaler.
| All through the south the American
| and Cuban flags are floating side by
side.
According to reliable estimates Penn
| sylvania alone could furnish $1,000 vol
unteers.
The Spanish fleet at the Cape Verde
| Islands Is stripped and ready to begin
fighting.
A thousand Cuban volunteers at Key
West have offered their services to the
| President.
Pennsylvania will furnish 1O,769 vol
unteers; Ohio 1924; West Virginia 1889:
| Maryland 1942.
The Carpenter Steel Company Of
! Reading, Pa, sent 600 projectiles to
| Washington Tuesday.
The revenue cutter Gresham, doing
duty on the great lakes. has been or
dered to the Atlantic coast.
The Holland submarine torpedo boat
navigated n mile beneath water dur
ing trial trip the other day.
| Havana newspapers are cautioning
the people not to mistake Englishmen
and Germans for Yankees.
All of the European powers have sent
| representatives to this country to make
| observations during the war.
An American warship sailed last
| Monday with the intention OF cutting
the cable between Spain and Cuba.
United States troops continue pour
| ing into Chattanooga, Tenn, the rem
| devious of the United States troops.
| 1t Is rumored that the Atlantic
| Liners, the Umbria and Etruria have
been purchased by the United States.
| Weyler says that IL American troops
| reach Cuba, the fever will kill half of
them and the Spaniards the other half.
If Spain fights. then in five weeks
| will she ANONYMOUSLY relinquish the
| island, says the Cuban Junta of New
York.
The rules of civilized warfare pro-
vide that no unfortified town shall be
bombarded without at least "a hours
| notice.
Canada will remain neutral, but her
| sympathies are certainly with us ac-
cording to Attorney Gen. Longtry, of
| Nova Scotia.
Marquis Arguelles called at the pal
| ace at Havana recently and offered
100000 to the captain general to use
as he saw fit.
Father Maurice Dorney of st. Cab
riel's Roman Catholic Church of Chi
| cago has been appointed chaplain on
the battleship Iowa.
There are now 760 American ships
scattered over the high seas. They re-
| present a value of $1,000 ,0OO A fine
prize for the Spaniards.
The "Imparcial' prints list of the
American ships in the Mediterranean,
pointing out that they will be easy
prey for the Spanish warships.
Thousands of people visited Chick
| amagua park Sunday, at Chattanooga,
Tenn. Eight thousand United States
| regulars are now encamped there.
The guns of Castle Moro began firing
| at the United States fleet Sunday morn
ing but the shots flew wide of the
mark. The fleet did not fire in return.
The steamer State of Texas left New
| the Red Cross flag. She Is laden with
| provisions for the starving reconcen-
| trados.
| Three Americans arrived at Havana
from Philadelphia a few days ago and
| were Immediately arrested as spies.
| The British consul interfered and they
were released.
The tone of the Portuguese press Is
friendly to Spain. and 1t Is said that
demonstrations in favor Of Spain have
been made before several United
States consulates in Mexico.
Hiram Maxim, the inventor, says the
United States purchased every scrap
of fighting material he had on hand.
| Ten times the material could have been
disposed of had 1t been ready.
Several Chicago business houses are
lnsuring the lives of their employees who
are willing to go to the front. They al
so promise that salaries will go on dur
ing their service in the army.
Fifty tons of ammunition, SO cases Of
rapid fire guns, 3S cases OF gun cast
ings and LAG cases of gun machinery
reached New York from England re-
Gently for the United States govern
| ment.
1t is said that the machinery of the
Spanish fleet at the Canary islands was
disabled by cowardly Spaniards who
feared to cross the ocean. At first II
was rumored that this fiotilla had been
damaged by storm.
The Cuban volunteers will memoir
ialize President Mckinley to appoint
Consul General Lee to be territorial
governor of Cuba, pending the estab-
lishment of the Cuban republic. Reso-
lutions to that effect were adopted.
Private Robert Keyses. OF company
d. Thirteenth regiment, Mich, who was
engaged to marry this week, disappear
ed from Fort Wayne few hours before
the troops departed. His sweetheart
smuggled in a civilians suit and to-
gether they departed for Canada.
Dispatches: from the college and uni-
versity towns of the country report that
the students are forming military COM
panies and are engaging in daily drill.
Cornell will furnish 600 men; Yale,
Harvard and Princeton are not far be-
hind. Other colleges will furnish their
share of patriotic students.
Spanish patriotic sentiment ia noxv