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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
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Congress sus.sins tas Adjudication in Pre-.
paring for Emergency.

President McKlnley's hands have
been upheld by both branches Of the
American congress With enthusiasm
expressed In deeds rather than oratory,
with fervor and promptness almost un-
paralleled in the senate in time OF
peace. that body Wednesday passed
the emergency appropriation bill. car
rying $iS3,000 OF deficiencies and plac-
Ing at the disposal of the president
s50,000.000 for national defense. The
vote by which the measure was passed
was unanimous.
In a spirit of patriotism, with elo-
quent words ringing In their ears, every
member of the house of representatives
Tuesday responded to the presidents
first call to meet the Spanish situation
by casting his vote for bill placing In
President Mckinleys hands $50. 900. 900
to be expended at the discretion for
national defense. Party lines were
swept away, and with n unanimous
voice congress voted it's confidence In
the administration. Many members
who were paired with absent colleagues
took the responsibility of breaking
their pairs. an Unprecedented thing In
legislative annals. In order that they
might go on record In support of this
vast appropriation to maintain the dig
nifty ard honor of their country. Speak
er Reed, who. as presiding officer, sell
dom votes except In case of a tie, had
his name called and voted. The scene
of enthusiasm which greeted the an
nouncement of the vote--Ayes. 3li;
Nays. NONE-has seldom been paral-
leled In the house. In all fifty mine
speeches were made.
Gen. Bingham spoke too conservative
ly In regard to our relation with Spain
and his speech was hissed by many
members.
The president at $40 o'clock y. m,
Wednesday, signed the measure appro-
priating s50,1S3,0O0 for the national de-
Tense, to be expended by him as his
wisdom may dictate. and 1t Is now a
law
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
CABLE SPARKS.

Queen Victoria has arrived at Clmiez
In her usual health.
BY a fire at Hakodate February 13,
300 houses were destroyed.
A glass manufacturing company has
begun operations In Yokahoma.
The Japan Railway Company is pre-
pairing to run sleepers on its lines.
The jubilee anniversary of the Italian
constitution was celebrated last Satur-
day.
In one week in February over 700
deaths from plague occurred in Bonn
bay.
Newhaus. a Belgian official, was eat
en- by cannibals on the Congo last jan
uary.
A fresh rebellion In the Philippines
last week resulted in the death of 80
Spanish soldiers.
The town OF Manila, Philippine Is
lands, was almost totally destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, S5,C0O0O0.
Salviati, the well-known Venetian
glass and mosaic artist, who executed
the mosaics In st. Paul's cathedral.
committed suicide in London.
Two new torpedo boat destroyers
were launched for Spain at Glasgow
last Wednesday. At their trial they
developed a speed of thirty knots.
The export Of raw silk from Yokoha-
ma from July to January 81 amounted
to 45, ,113 bales. of which two-thirds was
to Europe and one-third to America.
Japan has addressed a note to Russia
demanding an immediate and explicit
statement on the question of the con-
tinued occupation Of Port Arthur.
Pirates made an attack on the town
Of Tsung- Mok- Moong. bound the police
killed all who opposed them and de-
parted. taking many things OF value.
The British battleship Victorious.
which recently left England for the
China station, ran aground at Suez.
February Is. and to get of had to dis
charge, her coal and her guns.
On the ground of religious scruples
Hugh Pitcairn. United States Consul at
Hamburg refuses to sign bills OF lad
Ing and other documents needed for the
departure OF steamers for America on
Sundays. He Is very unpopular In
Germany.
Owing to unexpected and continuous
demands from Hong Kong and Shang-
hai for coal and naval requirements
the price of Japanese coal has risen
enormously since the adoption Of gold
monometallism In Japan, October !
1897. The amount Of silver and notea
EXCHANGED for sold has aggregatsd 20.-
ocAooo ~. e. whieh ona!ssysnth We.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
TRADE REVIEW.
War Talk Does Not Rstard TIRE Progress n
Industry.

II. q. Dun e. Co.'S Weekly Review
OF Trade reports as follows for last
week:
II is most gratifying that no Industry
or branch of business shows any re-
striction or hindrance, but some have
been rapidly gaining for the past week
and month. The railways are gaining,
even while spectators are selling their
stocks, and the demand for products
for all the great Industries IL increas-
ing. More gold Is coming from Europe
than is needed, si0s6s,000 having been
ordered during the past week, and
money markets are nowhere alarmed
or stringent, though reasonably more
cautious. The country rests assured
that its industries. almost all OF It's
business, the foreign demand for Its
products especially. and all its sources
are beyond the reach OF foreign power,
and that its honor and foreign inter-
ests are In safe hands.
The greatest of all industries Is send
ing grain forward as II there were no
limit to the supply. Wheat exports
have been 4.i71, ,497 bushels, flour inclu-
ded, againsti. .2GS.l7i bushels last year.
from Atlantic ard Pacific ports. and for
two weeks 7,iG2, 730 bushels, against o.
0iG,5f6 bushels last year. Exports Of
corn. in spite of smaller yield, have
been 7.106.4oi bushels in two weeks.
against e,33G6g9 bushels last year. when
they far surpassed all records. wheat
declined 2h cents, but corn dd not
change during the week. Cotton de-
clined an eighth sales of fertilizers In
dicating less reduction of acreage this
year than was expected. Exports of
principal products in February were
61.634.09l In value. with increase over
last year Of about 80 per cent. in bread
stuff, in cotton 25 per cent, and rs per
cent. in the aggregate.
The weekly output of pig iron was
22S.33S tons February 1. hut 234.430
March l, and the increase OF unsold
stocks In February was only 5,s62 tons
weekly. leaving 225,532 tons weekly for
exports or consumption. against 218.-
457 tons in January and 2f5.249 In Mo-
vember. 1895 the month Of greatest con-
sumption before this year. For four
months production has gained a little,
consumption still more. and II prepara-
tions for war last only a few weeks
they will add much to the demand
Other consumption for railroad cars,
for vessels on the lakes for elevators
and oil pipe lines, for agricultural i'm
plement works and for sheets Is be-
yond precedent. and structural and rail-
works are crowded with orders, though
now receiving few. Iron bar works are
depressing prices because some are not
fully employed. while the steel bar
| mills at Milwaukee have to put on
three eight-hour turns daily to keep up
with orders. Prices are very strong.
except for wire nails. which dropped
because the great wire combination fell
| through, though smaller agreement Is
expected. and In some western dis
patches Is said to have been formed.
Failures for the week have been 24S
| in the United States. against 2j6 last
year and 81 in Canada, against 81 last
year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
CANADIANS INDIGNANT.
Resent an Attempt Of the United States to
Dictate Legislation.

The passage OF the Frye bill in the
United States senate was the subject
Of a heated debate in the commons at
Ottawa, Ont. a few days ago. Atten-
ton having been called to section IL
OF that bill, Sir Charles Tupper asked
IL the government, In view OF the ex-
traordinary proceedings at washing
ton intended to proceed with its Yukon
railroad proposals. He declared that
neither the Canadian parliament nor
people would tolerate the dictatorfal at
titude assumed at Washington. He
called on the government to resent this
attempt at subversion Of Canada's ma
tional dignity.
The premier declared that II was not
the intention of his government to yield
any Of the concessions demanded by
the United States. He said that by the
treaty of Washington. free navigation
OF the Stikeen was assured to Canada,
and any law passed by the American
government which would render nuga-
tory the rights under that treaty was
ultra wires, and would be so held In
the United States courts. He said that
II the difficulties at Wrangell became
insurmountable the government would
construct a railroad from an ocean
port in British Columbia to connect
with the Stikeen route. The trade OF
the Klondike belonged to Canada. and
he proposed to keep and maintain II
for Canadians.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
WAS NOT EXTERNAL.
Spanish Board Of Inquiry Fails to Discover
Evidence Of Treachery.

Capt. Peral. the president Of the
Spanish naval court of inquiry into the
cause of the Maine disaster authorized
the following statement:
ing the huh Of tie Maine. Great DIFF
ficulty is experienced owing to the deep
mud In which the hull Is buried and the
condition of the wreck forward OF
amidships. The whole forward part Of
the ship Is a mass of iron and steel de-
bris. We have hoisted up much Of IL:
but in the mud II Is not always possible
to tell what parts Of the ship. armor.
deck. beams or stanchions are found,
the explosion so changed their posi-
tions.
I'VE think we have located the ram
or prov, but not in the position sup
posed The forward turret, mounting
two large guns, was blown clear of the
hull into the water on the starboard.
We shall continue our work and try to
examine the hull forward down to the
keel. It is possible that we may pro-
pose to the American authorities to
raise the hull by means of the floating
dock, brought from England, and now
in Havana harbor'
I'VE can not believe there was an ex-
ternal explosion of torpedo. for the
following reasons: A torpedo following
the line Of least resistance, must have
blown a great hole In the mud at the
bottom of the harbor. No such hole
was found. A torpedo must have
thrown a large mass OF water into the
air II exploded at a depth of only 81
feet or 80. or at least have produced a
wave reaching the other ships and the
shore Of the harbor. We have examin-
ed every one on shipboard or shore who
saw the explosion; but no one can be
found who remarked any upheaval OF
the water or big wave. A torpedo ex.
plosion always kills fish in the vicinity
No fish were killed by the Maine dis
aster. as fishermen who have known
the harbor for many years testify. TIC
produce the effects noted in the wreck
a torpedo would have been Of enormous
size fully $50 or 200 kilos.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
'aEpAR|NG 70 OBSERAE THE WAR.
CRISIS MUST COME.
ondon Nswspapsrs Arranging for corrs-
spondsnts Cruisers Detailed to
Mako Reports Of the Conflict

An American correspondent writes as
ollows from London: The acute crisis
between the United States and Spain
q the uppermost topic everywhere In
london. No one seems seriously to be-
ieve that war can be averted. The
treat newspapers are making elaborate
Preparations for war correspondents.
am told by an admiralty officer that
.wo or three British war vessels, with
complete schools of naval officers on
)oard, Will be detailed to cruise I'm the
iicinity of Spanish and American fleets
TO as to be able to take every possible
observation.
"The war between japan and China
vas revelation of the extraordinary
jowers of modern marine warfare, and
Is firmly believed In London that the
American authorities possess some
wonderful new discoveries in the way
VI engines of destruction. II Is believed
iere that the American authorities will
De inundated with requests from Eng
ish army officers for volunteer com
MISSIONS, although, beyond Cuba, Il is
hardly to be supposed that the Ameri-
.an army will do very much invading.
THE leading newspapers on the con-
inent are In main sympathetic with the
americans. The destruction of the
Maine. whether by accident or design,
teens to have settled that. It Is believed
here that II Spain goes to war she will
,e I'm condition of utter isolation. The
'nly country which would give her
moral support would perhaps be Aus
ria. Even there, however, Spain can
Expect no material aid. The Austrian
government Is too much occupied with
Internal troubles to extend material as
sistance
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
PEACE Aic DESIRED.
Spanish Minister Meets and Addresses
President Mckinley.

Senior Luis Polo de Bernabe. the new
Spanish minister, who succeeded Senor
Qppuy de LONE. was formally present
Cd to President Mckinley Saturday.
The reception. which was without incl
dent, took place In the blue paror. The
exchange Of greetings were most cor
dial and occupied about 20 minutes.
The Spanish minister said:
THE principal object of my honor
able mission Is to endeavor. so far as
possible. 20 maintain and draw closer
between our two countries the most
friendly relations. In order to attain
this end. 80 much In harmony with my
own pedsonal feelings. ! am ready to
omit no effort whatsoever on my par"
1T Is very gratifying to me to receive
the assurances you have just made of
your purpose to endeavor to maintain
and draw closer In all possible ways the
most friendly relations between the two
countries, and In response I assure you
that my own efforts and those of this
Government will be no less earnestly
directed toward the same high end"
Senior Polo also expressed the well
wishes of the queen regent, and the
President replied in kind. referring also
to Senior Polo's distinguished fathers
services as minister to the United
States
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eleven lOD9ERS BURNED 1OpEA1A..
FOUR IDENTIFIED.
The Bowery Mission at New York, Conducted
BY the Christian Herald, Destroyed.
Lighted Cigarette the Cause

The careless throwing OF a cigarette
among lot OF papers resulted In the
death of eleven dodgers at the Bowery
Mission, New York. Sunday morning.
Only four were identified, Elias Cuddah,
John Foran, --McDermott and Will
liam Sedan.
No. 105 Bowery. which was swept by
fire. Is one of the best t-known lodging
houses on that thoroughfare. II is
called the Bowery Mission lodging
house and Is conducted by the Chris
tian Herald. In the basement of the
building there is a cheap restaurant,
while the ground floor IL used exclu-
sively for mission purposes. Gospel
services having been held there daily
for several years. The four upper floors
were fitted up as a cheap lodging house,
with accommodations for $50 males,
who paid 10, 90 or 20 cents each. accord
ing to the location of the rooms.
After the fire had been extinguished
sufficiently so that search of the pace
was possible, the police and flremen
entered the building and the work of
searching for the victims was begun.
Several bodies were found near the
windows on the two upper floors where
they had been stricken down by at
tempting to make their way to the fire
escapes. SO many bodies were found in
the early stages of the search that Il
was tStii1dteu tndt over lpIty peTSDnS
must have been killed. However. the
officers, fortunately, over-estimated the
loss of life, and eleven bodies in all
were found. Some of these were dis
covered in the small rooms they had
occupied, while others were found in
the Railways and on the stairs OF the
fourth and fifth floors. All of them
were naked. and most OF them were
burned and charred beyond recognition.
ao n on rrin IN
the street they were transferred to the
police station. Coroner yucca was
summoned, and after looking the bod
les at the station house over, gave n
permit for their removal to the morgue.
Manager Sardison, OF the Christian
Herald. who has direct charge of the
mission and the lodging house. called
at the Eldridge street station later and
told the officer in charge that he would
bury the dead
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
ENGLAND CONCERNED.
Her Commercial Interests Would Suffer- In
Case Of War With epain.

That Great Britain Is not only
friendly TO the United States, but also
that herS(hterests would suffer in event
Of war with Spain, was shown by a
visit OF Sir Julian Pauncefote to Presi-
dent Mckinley q few days ago.
Queen Victoria has, through Sir Ju-
liam Pauncefote, conveyed to President
Mckinley her qualification at the wise
and conservative course which he has
thus far pursued in relation to the Gu
ban and Spanish situation. She also
expressed the sincere sympathy with
the efforts put forth by the United
States to relieve suffering humanity In
Cuba, with the hope that these endeav-
ors may be conducted to successful
conclusion without war.
"The desire Of the queen that war
should be avoided was emphasized for
several reasons 1t was pointed out
that tho commercial relations of Great
Britain with the United States were too
extensive to be jeopardized by a war
between this country and Spain. The
blockade Of the port of New York, for
instance. II was pointed out. would be
OF irreparable damage to British ship
ping, while the cessation of the ship
ment Of food supplies to England would
be exceedingly serious.
THE reply Of the president expressed
his pleasure at the utterance of the
queen, with the additional statement
that he also hoped that war could be
averted. Public announcement Of the
real purpose Of the ambassadors visit
has been avoided, and a denial Of the
fact that 1t had relation to the present
crisis has been made because It was
feared that the friendly utterance
might be misconstrued. II was thought
that the approval given by the queen
to the presidents course might be dis
tasteful in quarters and might be re-
garded as unduly influencing the presi-
dents actions in the future.
There was another reason. however.
which had its weight in the direction Of
secrecy. The attitude of Great Britain
goes further In this matter than a mere
expression of good wishes. There is a
desire. which has yet only reached the
stage Of tentative suggestion. that an
alliance may be formed between Great
Britain and the United States. 1t has
been shown that the interests Of Eng
land and this country are not only
identical in general sense, but are
especially identical in the great ques-
tion Of finding In China and the east a
market for. manufactures.
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PREPARATIONS FOR WAR.

The navy department has found no
available ship at italian shipyards.
The United States cruiser Montgom-
cry has anchored in Havana harbor.
A concert at Philadelphia netted &c.
900 for the Maine survivors last Friday,
Two car loads Of torpedoes are now
being laid In the harbor Of Key West.
"Treachery." It is asserted, will be
the report Of the Maine investigating
board.
Three shifts of men are working "a
hours day at the Washington navy
yards.
It is authorativeiy stated that Spain
will receive no aid from Germany In
event of war.
One thousand Chippewa Indians of
Northern Wisconsin are ready to fight
against Spain.
William j. Bryan approves the action
of President Mckinley in his attitude
toward Spain.
The United States cruisers Helena
and Bancroft Of the European squadron
have been ordered home.
A Spaniard recently wrote to friend
in New York for map with the loca-
tion of the banks marked.
Gen. Lee Is very much overworked,
but will not leave his post at such a
critical time as the present.
For the first time since the civil war
the war and navy departments were
open Sunday at Washington.
Reports from all recruiting stations
show that the two artillery regiments
would be recruited many times over.
General Wesley Merritt claims that
10000 United States troops would be
sufficient to send to Cuba in event Of
war.
The Carpenter steel works at Read
Ing. Pa, are enlarging their plant. and
will work day and night manufactur-
ing projectiles.
Fifty more mechanics were at work
at the Watertown. Mass. arsenal Mon
day, and night work in the machinery
department was begun.
Folliwing is the present strength Of
the Spanish navy. protected ships, II;
unprotected. 20. gun-boats. so; torpedo
boat destroyers. IA; torpedo boats. IA;
transports. &c."
The Holland submarine boat was
given a successful trial at New York
last week. She travels under water.
and unawares sends a torpedo against
the enemy's ship.
The Paris" a French paper, says;
1.-THE European concert which prevent
ed the partition Of Turkey. owes 1t to
Spain not to allow her to become the
first victim Of an-Americanism."
Hundreds Of workmen are being ad-
ded to the usual force at the navy yard
at Vallejo. Cal, to rush the work OF
preparing the Charleston, Philadelphia.
Hartford. Pensacola and Adams for
service.
The Etna Powder Company. at Miller
| Station. Ind. has received an order for
| 100 tons OF powder and 200 tons Of dyna-
| mite cartridges from the war depart
ment. The works will be run day and
| night.
The staples Coal Company Of Tsun-
| the government 10 name the selling
| price of The two large and powerful
qeaAn:GelnG etsem tugs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-03-16
SIGN OF WAR.
A Phenomena That Excites the superstitious
in Now York.

The sky at New York the other night
was full Of signs and portents. A red
sword hung in the sky and white
cross surrounded the moon. Tiny Ice
crystals In the air caused the phenom-
ena. the rejecting moonlight forming
the white cross. and light from a fire
In Fort Lee N. j., caused the other
appearance Crowds stood upon the
street speculating upon what they we're
and what they meant. The sword.
long steady shaft of dull red light, large
at one end for the hilt and tapering to
a point. hung directly over the north
ern section OF the city. the hilt to the
east and pointing west. Most people
thought 1t a comet, and all the SUPER
stitious agreed 1t portended war. That
the sword pointed away from Spain
was regarded as ominous. as sword
is presented hilt first In token OF
surrender. Others said the way the
hilt pointed means that Spain would
begin the war. The white cross stump
ed the soothsayers somewhat. though
they agreed its general appearance was
peaceful.
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Dopsndent on America.

The iron trade in London has been
considerably stirred by an article In the
"Statist," pointing out that the exports
and home consumption Of iron have ex-
ceeded the whole output OF the United
Kingdom by nearly half a million tons
and predicting a pig iron famine before
the end of the year. The "Statist" con-
cludes: "There is quite large proba-
bility that we may have to fall back on
America at no distant future, to make
good our deficient supply on America
once our largest buyer Of both pigs and
finished material"
The war department Monday opened
bids for one of the largest orders OF
shot and shell for heavy caliber guns
ever given, including armor-piercine
projectiles and deck-plercing and tor
pedo shells.
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Ungratsful Veteran.

A remarkable case Of pension fraud.
the latest developments In which have
Just come to night. has been made pub
lie by the pension ONCE. About eight
years ago George Watson. with four
aliases, was sentenced to fine and inn
prisonment for having drawn four sep
arate pensions. At the time Of his con-
pension on file. Being an exemplary
prisoner Watson was discharged In
June. 1896. Shortly after. under the
name Of George Kelley. he presented
a claim for pension on account OF serv-
ice in the Mexican war on the ship
Savannah. and later filed application
for still another ship Pawnee. In this
his duplicity was discovered. az the
result OF which he was held In Phila-