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OUR WAR WITH SPAIN.

The boy king Of Spain has the
Gen. Merritt and his troops have ar
rived at Manila.
Ex-Secretary of state Sherman be-
lieves that the war Is about over.
British opinion favors the retention
OF the Philippines by the Americans.
Cubans exiled some time ago from
Santiago are returning in large num-
bers.
The japanese press favors the re-
tention Of the Philippines by the Unit
ed States.
There are 15i sick soldiers at Miami.
Fla. Fifty-seven OF the men are i'll of
typhoid fever.
Spanish steamers are now on their
way to Santiago to remove the $4,000
prisoners back to Spain.
Two Washington newspaper men
have applied for a charter to conduct
national bank at Manila.
Natives of the Philippines are pray
ing President Mckinley not to restore
the Islands to Spanish rule.
Spain protests against the contin-
uance of the campaign i'm Porto Rico
after she has sued for peace.
Business In the city of Ponce. Porto
Rico, has enjoyed great boom since
the arrival of the Americans.
Fifty sick and wounded soldiers ar
rived at New York on board the trans
port Leona, from Santiago last Friday.
The number of sick American SOL
diers now at Santiago are $40. or
these 1924 are suffering from fever.
The five Spanish ships captured in
side the harbor of Santiago will be
used as transports by the United
States.
Admiral Cervera has sent his report
of the naval disaster to Spain. 1t was
first inspected by United States CEN
sors.
The people of Spain are clamoring
for peace, having lost confidence in the
government, in her generals and her
newspapers.
DIR. Nicholas Sem, chief of the oper-
ating STAFF at Santiago says Gen. Shaf-
ter unnecessarily exposed his troops
to yellow fever.
Latest news reports from Manila in
dicate that Admiral Dewey Is after
capturing ~ merchantmen, cruising
near the Philippines.
The Olivette n few days ago left New
York carrying among other things so
crates of eggs and 1900 quarts of ice
cream for the sick Americans at San
tiago.
Several soldiers of the civil war who
have again enlisted are deprived of
their pensions. The government holds
that man who can pass muster is too
healthy to draw pension.
Sylvester Scovel. a New York World
correspondent, and three New York
Journal correspondents have been
banished from Cuba. They made them
selves too prominent in Gen. Skaters
affairs.
Gen. Augustus power in the Philip
pines has been reduced. Spain's OBJ
ject is evident. When the general sur
renders he can only give up Manila,
while his former power enabled him to
surrender all the islands.
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TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD

Five longshore people were burned
to death in a cheap lodging house in
San Francisco.
Rear Admiral Charles l.. Norton,
commanding the Washington navy
yard, retires August 6.
A tornado at Mayvlew, Mo-. last
week wrecked a dozen form dwellings
and destroyed thousands of dollars
worth of crops.
A Chicago newsboy who some months
ago beat his way to the klondike has
returned with $1,000 in gold and has a
claim in the Yukon district.
The Westinghouse Machine Com
pany closed a contract for big steam
and electric plant to be used at the
iron mines at Santiago de Cuba.
A Hobson day celebration at Milan,
Mo-, last Saturday ended disastrously.
The horses attached to two ships which
represented America and Spain ran
away. Fireworks and bombs were
prematurely exploded, and Charles
Parker was killed, having the back OF
his head shot off.
The Bay of Ponce is two and half
miles across. and the harbor Is pro-
tected by several small islands. The
port Is generally known as La Playa
de Ponce. 1t has about 1900 inhabi-
tiants.
Ponce may be considered the COM
mercial metropolis OF Puerto Rico. II
IL situated on rich plain. surrounded
| by gardens and plantations,
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SANTIAGO TROOPS 70 CONE NORTH.
ALoER CONCERNED.
siskssss Nsssssitstss the Renewal 6 Our ssilisrs.
osmp Selected q Long island lnnunss viii
Remain 10 Garrison the Prsvinss


Secretary Alger is deeply concerned
under oo,ora, eha,.os,. oa,u...s
"'''e
no" ehcahpeu on the outskirts OF SAN
tiago. The health report shows a sur
prisingly large number of eases of s,ck-
ness. but army surgeons arthorixe the
statements that these tieures are mis-
leading in n certain sense aud that
the situation NAV not be nearly so had
as theN would seem 10 Indicate
The slightest aiIment OF the noat
temporary nature suff,ces IN pIace a
soldiers name on the sick renorts,
which in their present shane wo,,id not
distinguish between such case ana
one Of mortal Illness The inferencs
Is that many of these case~ in shat
ter's camp are of n trivial nature b,,t
go to swell its grand total OF sick and
wounded.
Notwithstanding this mitigating fact
Secretary Alger is going to remove
the soldiers AT the very earliest onnor-
tunIty TO n more bealthful climate
ton of the Secretary. n few days ago
inspected n tract of land adjoining
Montauk Point l.. belonging 40 the
Long Island Railfoad comnanv which
had been offered In the Government
as suitable for large encamnment
The tract js three miles snuarp CON
tains an abundance NJ freab water n
considerable lake hill 15o feet in
height and many other sanitary ad-
yantages. Including salt water hath
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
BURNING STEAMER ARRIVES.
Revolver Was Used to Prevent Cswsrdly Pssssngsrs
From Making Away with the Life Beats.

The steamship Ardandhu of the
Tweedie line, trading between West
Indian ports and New York. came up
the bay at New York Wednesday with
the cargo stored in her lower hold on
fire. The widest excitement followed
the outbreak of the fire last Monday.
and several of the eleven steerage pas
sengers. all Jamaicans, endeavored to
seize the life boats. The third mate.
Percy Sanders, was forced to draw
his revolver to prevent the men from
the steerage leaving the burning
steamer In the three life boats. which
could easily have accommodated As
passengers and members of the crew.
The passengers were. however, forced
out of the boats by Capt. Walker, and
preparations were first made for the
saving of the lives of the women and
children on the vessel. The sea was
quite calm and the ship officers stood
by the rope ladders. Thus a panic was
averted and the safety of the SO per-
sons on board the Ardandhu as
sured.
1t was nearly midnight when Capt.
Walker considered that he had the fire
In control and decided to continue on
his way to New York. The officers
from that time on kept watch over the
life boats to prevent the II Jamaicans.
who appeared to be terror-strlcks
from deserting the burning ship In
them.
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President Promptly Responds to Spain's
Request That Negotiations to End
the War be Considered.
FRENCH AMBASSADOR Acts FOR SPAIN
Cuba shall he Free, and Porto Rico Is to
be Coded to the United statcs-Coai-
ing station In the Pacific.
NO DECISION on THE PHILIPPINES.

The reply Of the United states gov
ernment to the overtures for peace
presented to this government last
Tuesday were received at Madrid Sum
day
The negotiations for Spain were con-
Quoted by NJ. Cambon, the French am
bassador at Washington.
The terms on which the pi esident
viii consider to treat with Spain for
peace have not been made public, as
the question of the final disposition of
the Philippines has not been decided
upon by the president and his advi. ers,
among whom here was a disagree
ment.
on the other points of the answer.
there was no disagreement and these
propositions were ratified as they
stood Saturday, namely:
Cuba to be free.
Porto Rico TO be ceded to the United
States.
one of the Ladrone islands (probab-
ly Guma). to be ceded to the United
States as coaling station, and, as an
immediate step, all Spanish military
forces in the West Indies to be with
drawn. with the formal REIMBURSEMENT
by Spain of her sovereignty over any
pVSS'SolNIS dnlohS ti'St lSiduuS.
AS to the Philippines, the cabinet
agreed upon the following point: That
Manila bay, with the city and sur
rounding territory should be retained
In the possession of the United States
at least for such a length of time as
Is necessary to devise and put i'm oper-
alton some plans for the future gov
ernment of the entire group. After
that point the main divergence of OPT
MON began and all sorts of proposi-
tions were put forward and urged by
individual members as the best means
of dealing with the future of the
islands
In the very midst of the discussion
the element that had strongly urged
the necessity of protecting Aguinaldo
In any settlement we should arrange,
received a severe shock through the
receipt of chblegram from Admiral
Dewey stating that the insurgent
chief had assumed a defiant attitude
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Express Compsnies Lose.

Judge Tuley of the Chicago circuit
court last week ruled in favor of the
shippers I'm the test case brought by
the Illinois Manufacturers associa-
tion, granting a writ of mandamus
compelling the United States Express
Company to accept for transportation
packages for shipment without the
payment of / cent in excess of the re-
gular rate. The case will be appealed
by the defendants.
The court held 1t was not within the
domain of the shipper to issue the bill
and that the law expressly provides
that the person issuing the receipt
shall affix the stamp.
Three million dollars annually is the
estimated sum which the express COM
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also present. AS no breathing move
ment or pulse was perceptible for three
minutes, DIR. Schweninger declared
quietly and simply that the prince was
dead.
According to an unofficial account,
the death agony was prolonged. The
prince died without taking leave of the
family. For fully an hour he suffered
terrible difficulty in breathing, and
his groans were fearful to hear during
the death struggle. He had been placed
In a sitting position and propped up
with cushions in order TO relieve the
frightful spasms of breathing.
His powerful constitution fought to
the last. The family. gathered In an
adjoining room, was plunged into the
very anguish of grief by the means
from the death chamber The only con-
ISOLATION was that the prince was un-
conscious during the last two hours.
DIR. Schweninger telegraphed the
news to Emperor William in Norway.
1T is reported that tsEmperor william
has telegraphed Count Herbert his de-
sire to have worthy public funeral at
Berlin, and that in reply Count Her
bert, after thanking the Emperor. de-
clined the offer on the ground that his
father long ago expressed a distinct
wish to be buried at Friederichsruhe.
The Emperor also wired Professor
Begas to take mask of Prince Bis
| marck's face.
/ Prince Otto Edouard Leopold Bis
marck Schoenhausen was born of an
old noble family of the Mark" brand
enburg) at Schoenhausen, April /, 1915.
Brought up in the political faith of the
Junkers. or Prussian Tory squirearchy.
he became in 1876, a member of the
provincial diet of Saxony, and of the
| Prussian diet in which he first at
/ h.tI I. hoe
| In defense of the old monarchial party.
During the revolutionary period of AS,
the services he rendered in the public
debates to the conservative cause led
| to his appointment as the representa-
tive of Prussia in the diet of the old
German bund in Frankfort Austria
was then all powerful in the German
bind. From the time of Bismarck
appearance, however. the voice OF
Prussia began to have increasing
weight.
He humbled the Austrian empire. de-
| stroyed the French empire and created
| the new German empire. He remodeled
! the map of Europe. dismembering Den
mark and France. He enlarged the
frontiers Of Prussia by the annexation
| of various provinces, including the do
minions of three dethroned German
princes. and succeeded in placing Ger
many, which had previously been the
weakest and least. respected of all
the great powers, at the head of all the
states OF Europe.
In addition to these successes. Count
Bismarck obtained great popularity
| for creating representative branch oil
the new federal government. on the
basis Of manhood suffrage. The diet
which first assembled In 1867. con-
sisted OF delegates representing 23400.-
900 Germans.
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MERRITT IN COMMAND.
The General Has Established Headquarters at Csvits
Meets Admiral Dewey

Gen. Merritt assumed command OF
the American forces Immediately after
he had reported to Admiral Dewey last
week. He has established headquar-
tiers at the Cavite arsenal.
The Newport was escorted to an an
chorage near the cruiser Charleston by
the gunboat Concord, the crews of the
Vessels of the American fleet giving
her rousing welcome.
At the close of his official visit to the
Olympia. Admiral Deweys flagship,
Gen. Merritt was officially recognized
by salute of 13 guns. Until he shall
have received the reports of the Of
flcials who seeded him and fam
iliarized hirnself with the situation
Gen. Merritt cannot determine as to
his future course.
The fleet saw nothing of the monitor
Monterey and the collier Brutus, and Il
is supposed that the monitor is coaling
at Guam island.
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Enthusiasm At Havsii.

The steamer Maripose has arrived at
San Francisco and brings news con-
cerning the enthusiasm at Honolulu
when news was received there that the
islands had been annexed.
Whistles of foundries. mills and
steamers were turned loose and pam
demonium reigned. Fireworks were
Set off and one hundred guns were
fired on the grounds of the executive
building.
At the same time the Hawaiian band
marched through the streets to the
wharf playing American patriotic airs.
An immense procession was formed
made a speech.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
CABLE FLASHES.

Spaniards at Manila are still expect
ing the squadron and 10000 men report
ed to have been sent by the home gov
ernment.
Sadness prevails among ministerial
circles at Madrid ON account of the In
difference with which the Spaniards at
Porto Rico allowed the Americans to
take their towns.
The correspondent of the London
Times who witnessed the movement Of
our troops In Cuba. says the charge ak
Santiago was most brilliant and
daring one.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
VIEW OF THE MARIA TERESA.

and Admiral Dewey expressed the opi-
Mon that the United States would he
obliged to make war upon them. ne
cessitating the requirement of 10000
troops to subdue the islands. While
this did not bring about complete
dismissal of the proposition to take the
Insurgents into account in settling the
terms of peace, it did have the effect to
cause an agreement upon the propo-
sition to defer action on the question
of the disposition Of the islands until
the other phases of the peace negotia-
tions have been satisfactorily adjusted,
meaning by that that the matter goes
over until the last Spanish flag has
disappeared from the western hemi-
sphere and the American flag is hoist
ed to stay over the coaling station we
require in Micronesia.
These terms are not to be basis
for further negotiations. This blunt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
SIMPSONS REPORT.


Uervefae blueofsn.
Admiral Sampson's official report Is
a statement of the facts connected with
the destruction of the Spanish fleet. 1t
Is made up of reports from Commodore
'schley. Capt. Evans, of the Iowa |;
Capt. Clark. of the Oregon. Capt. Tay-
lor, of the Indiana; Capt. Philip. of the
Texas. and Commonder Wainwright,
of the Gloucester.
Capt. Evans. of the Iowa; Capt. Tay-
lor. of the Indiana and Capt. Phillips.
OF the Texas. are praised In high
terms Capt. Clark. of the Oregon, re-
ceives marked praise for the manner in
which his ship was handled. and the
efficiency of his fire.
Commander Wainwright, OF the
auxiliary cruiser Gloucester, Is most
highly complimented and recom-
mended for promotion. Admiral Samp-
son says that the destruction of the
Pluton and Terror by the Gloucester
was one of the most remarkable events
In naval warfare.
The report at some length compli-
hients the men OF the fleet and mem
tions In particular a number of COM
missioned officers who were conspicu-
Gus for their GOODNESS during the fight.
The rescue of the Spanish sailors after
the battle was over is also dealt on.
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reply that will be made to Spain's re-
quest will be sent in writing direct to
the Duke of Almodovar, Spain's Min
lister of Foreign Affairs. from whom
Spain's petition was received last
Tuesday through the French Ambas-
sador at Washington.
The initiation OF overtures for peace
has had the effect of suspending In a
large measure. for the time being at
least. interest In the military and
naval situation. It is virtually admit
ted by leading members of the ad-
ministration that upon only one point
1u peace negotiations is there likely to
be serious friction. and that relates to
the future Of the Philippines. As to
Cuba and Porto Rico our government
feels that there 10 reasonable cer-
1ainty OF encountering little opposition
70 our demands. The Spanish govern
nent might Insist upon the proposition
thrown ouf by fhsn yatioan recently
3Gnely 9hat ~ unite4 States shall
4ID0k Fu14~ U 10. Il w n
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REVENUES GREATLY INCREASED.
Collsstisns Under the New Law Win Amount 10 .
Million Dsllsrs . Day.

under the new war revenue act will
average s1.000,000 for every working
day, said a government official recent
ly. which is more than 100 per cent
more than was collected under the old
law. At the present rate this fiscal
year will produce upward of 5000. .000.-
900 from this source alone, and II the
law continues in force for a very few
pay the expenses of our fight with
Spain, besides building a few more
great war vessels. Yet / venture to
assert that very few persons. indeed,
will feel the act to be burden in any
respect,
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Gen. Brooke Wednesday was author
ized by Secretary Alger to push
forward with his fast ships at
once to Porto Rico. leaving the slower
transports to follow when ready.
This action was based on Gen.
Brool<e's report that the movement of
his troops was being delayed by the
difficulty of getting the troop equip
ment aboard some OF the transports.
He suggested that he be allowed to
start at once with such of the trans
ports as were ready and Adjt. Gen.
Corbin telegraphed him that the sec
retary of war approved his position
and authorized him to act accordingly
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PORTO RICO WELCOMES
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
Ponce. the Largest City on the lsls.d
Taken Without Resistance.
ONLY A few SHOTS WERE FIRED.
All the Transports Are Now Anchored Near
shore-infantry and Artillery
Eject n Landing.
GEN. NILES ISSUES A PROCLAMATION

The negotiations for cessation of
hostilities between the United States
and Spain has thus far In no way af-
fected the Porto Rican campaign.
Gen. Miles has landed at Porto
Rican port. the American flag has
taken the place of the Spanish en-
blem, four of the enemy have been
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
Indignant Frsnshnsn Stand BY zols.

The expulsion of M. Emile Zola from
the Legion of Honor promises to create
q serious division in the organization.
The wsu-known author, NJ. Jules Bar
bier. resigned Yesterday on account of
M. Zola's expulsion. and this morning
NJ. de Pressenz, the editor of the
Temps" took a similar course, saying
It is "repugnant to wear a decoration
which still ornaments the breast of a
man like Esterhazy, while it has been
removed from that of great writer
because he demands that the most ele-
mentary principles of law and justice
be respected"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03

The Spaniards Tuesday night sunk
the Spanish gunboat Sandoval. which
has been lying near Caimanera. Cuba.
This Is looked upon as gross breach
of the terms of the surrender which
the Spaniards then had knowledge OF.
especially considering the fact that
food had been sent by the United
States navy into Caimanera.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-03
Gen. Brooke Leaves for Psrto Rico.

panies will have to pay i'm case the
opinion is sustained by higher courts.
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Killed. and thousands of troops are on
the way from the United States to
reinforce the invading army.
The war department posted the fol-
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st. Thomas. July 90. 1893. $40 p. m.
Secretary of War, Washington, ID. c.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-23

uniform of private and mixed freely
with them He found them treated
like brutes. underfed. uncared for,
their religion insulted, and in other
ways abused. His first care was to
change all this. He abolished the
tlogging lash. gave them good food and
beds. paid them promptly and fully
and guaranteed them the full exercise
of their religion.
This treatment had its effects In
a short time the same sort OF men who
under Hicks Pasha tamely submitted
their necks to or fled in fear from the
sword of the deryishes were changed
into brave, strong warriors, ready to
fight fearlessly and willing to place
implicit confidence in their leaders. 1t
was this at once humane and shrewd
management of the Egyptians that
enabled the sirdar to lead them vic
toriously against the mahdists all
along the Nile to the triumph at Om-
durman and the taking of Fzshoda.
General Kitchener. at an extraordiuar-
lily early age. has attained to honors
rare in the British army.
In 1878 kitchener was sent to Cyprus
to organize the land courts Of the ISL
and, and In short time he had map
ped every Granny of the land But de-
spite hih civil service Kitchener's mil
itary ardor did not abate a lot As
long ago as 1888 he led an expedition
of 500 British and some Sudanese and
a few bashi-bazouks to check osman
Digna, and very nearly succeeded in
capturing that fiery leader In the
same gear. after recovering from the
wounds he had received. he took part
in the attack on the dervishes besieg-
ing Suakim. commanding brigade
consisting OF the Ninth, Tenth and
Twelfth Sudanese battalions This
brigade carried the trenches OF the
Arabs by storm. He has been in sew
aral actions in the Sudan, and always
successful and brave.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-23
n..lnr n werth Mhlle.

An Irishman. walking over a side
walk. in counting some money acct
IDENTIFY dropped a nickel. which rolled
down a crack between two OF the
boards. The Irishman was much put
out by the loss, trifiing though Il was,
and continued on his way swearing
audIbly. Early the next day a friend,
while walking by the spot, discovered
the Irishman In the act OF deliberately
dropping dollar down the same crack
through which he had lost his nickel
The friend was. of course. much as
tonished at what he saw. and. desir-
ing to learn why Pat should deliber-
ately, to all appearances. throw away
money. Inquired his reasons, and was
fairly taken on his feet by the fol-
lowing lucid % explanation. 'It was
this way" said Pat ''It's yesterday
that l was for passin this way when
lost nickel down that hole. Now.
/ reckoned that it wasn't worth me
while to pull up that sidewalk for a
nickel, but last night a scheme struck
me. and | am dropping down the doll
lar to make 1t worth me while"
The Lamar register., 1898-11-23
A marrow Escape.

In his book. The crimea OF 1854.
Sir Evelyn Wood, V. C.. relates the fol-
lowing snecdote: L was making for
a place where the parapet had eeea
worn down by men running oyer il. In
order to avoid the exertinn Of mount
ing up even four feet when a YOUNG
soldier passed me on my left side, and.
doubtless, not noticing l was wounded.
knocked my arm heavily, saylns, Move
on sir. please. As be passed over the
parapet with his rifle at the tran. l
caught it by the small o; the butt TO
pull myself up. He turned round an
grily. asking. What are you doing
And while his face vas bent on minH.
a roundshot, passing my car. struck
him full between the shoulders, and
stepped over his oody, so exhausted As
TO be strangely indifferent to the pres
eryation Of my own life. saved by the
soldier having JOstied me out of my
turn At the gap"