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VOL. LXXI.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
GENERAL SHAFTER'S ARMY IS IN
CUBA.
{same division among the Populist Sen-
| ators, although Senator butler, of N.
| C.) and Pettigrew, of 8. Dakota,
The Hawnilan Annexation Resolution wwent | annexation,
Through the House Last Week With |
a Large Vote {of Congress to Lieutenant Hobson and
‘ BE yote.
WasHINGTON, June 20.—At
General Shafter’s army is in Cuba, snd
unless somebody at the
end gets ruttled over the reported sail
ing of a Spanish fleet from Cadiz, |
bound in the direction of Cuba, and |Promply adopted by Congress. There
issues orders that will prevent, this is has been a hitch in the ¢ of
likely to be a hot week in the vieinity| Hobson und his men, but officials are
of Santiago. The first fleet of t rans. | Confident that the exchange will short-
ports is due at Manila today, and IDew- |" ; .
ey is not likely to wait for Gen. Ner- [Cully stated at Madrid that the Span-
rit, who Is just about ready to start] ish government had authorized Gen.
from San Francisco with the third and)
last fleet of transports, before taki ng | hb
[tis not surprising, says the World,
Washington |
exchange
Blanco to make the exchange.
WA ty
; SPAIN SIGHS FOR PEACE.
Manila. ?
It is semi-officially announced
at the last Cabinet meeting it was
cided that more troops would be need-
ed, and that another call for wvolun-
teers would be issued shortly, proba-|iotenler upon
bly this week. It would seem t hat [States in any hope of success,
more use should be made of the troops) one of her Minis
we already have before asking xxaore |lershis confessed, solely by her sense
men to volunteer, {of honor to prevent
Although Secretary Alger has prosi- | home.
tively denied the story that owing to} © ; for
quarrels between himself and sen. | quickly, in order to save someihing
Miles, who is now in Washington,
latter had been virtually deposed from |!0 the finish.
the command of the army,
friction between them continues, =mnd|
even goes so far as to say that Mr. De]
Kinley intends directing Irove-|
ments of the army himself. The|
change of plan by which Gen. Miles
to go to Porto Rico in command of the
invading army now being prepare«i for |
that expedition is said to have { If we do not do this soon it will be too
caused by this disagreement, and
have been the proposition Cie
Miles himself, who preferred being re-|
sponsible for one army over whic he |
would have absolate conirol to
held responsible for the movements of
by
i hat
take
t hat |
de- that persistent
| Government of Spain as making indi-
rumor represents the
{rect advances for peace, Spain did
war with the United
She
was driven to it, as
a revolution at
Spain is now anxious peace
t he |outof the wreck that will follow a war
Senor Carranza, fi
ier
tion at Washington, admits as much
inthe private letter which was cap-
the tured and published :
“I think if we are to have any suc-
it will be througls
by
cess in this matter
| treating fc
is
ir peace yielding Cuba
and having them recognize the debt.
b»een
to |
mn.
¥
LO
late, and we shall lose Cuba and Por
Rico and all that this
and in addition
with the Cuban
war has cost us,
be
debt, for which o
There
continue
of
we shall charged
ir
treasury is responsible, 1s
being
we cannot
doubt here that
all our troops and being hampered this war, in which we have nothing t
civilian control.
the invasion of Porto Rico is
place before the Spanish fleet
It is announced gain and may lose our three coloni
to {and be ruined for flity years.”
alleged !
10
starting
frit
Lruih,
This is the cold obvious
to have sailed from Cadiz ean
Porto Rico. If the reported
of this Spanish fleet results in
ing up things a little, it will be
mighty good thing. Similar
in the past have resulted
up things.
A Democratic caucus of the House is
to be held this week to
whether the party shall return to
old method, suspended since the
war, of compelling all participants
a parly caucus to abide the
sion of the caucus,
While members of the admin
tion profess to believe that the insur
get | dispassionate oLservers
Who, then,
longing the war and making il a seri-
Who is de
,
or
is responsible for pro-
barry-
ar: al
reg
han
ous matter ? priving Spain
ris aL
of a decent pretext givin
in EIDE | hopeless contest
Kinley, who was at opposed
ay war, and when war became ine
table adopted the policy
ing it as to hurt the
. : na , ‘
delerrzaine of 80 conda
Spaniards as litt
as possible T
in first astoni-
It is this policy which
by «deci- | ished and then encouraged the Span-
to make a b r
Whatever Mr, Mo-
been it
ish Government
fave
Fsira- show of resistance,
have
only a mistaken kind-
hearfedness—this was the effect of
ay
AGREAT WAR ATLAS
Kinley's motive may
gents in the Philippines are actimg in|was perhaps
accordance with an agreement zxasde his
with Admiral Dewey, it is well Kknnown
that they are more or less worried over
the news announcing the declarmtion |
of an independent government by the | ——
Philippine insurgents. No official |??rior Pablicaiion of “The
will say what are to ve the relations of pista Foe
Gen. Merritt, who is to command the
army sent lo the Philippines as
as be military governor of the islands,
with the insurgents. It begins to look
as though there might be more serious |
trouble in those islands than whip |
ping the Spaniards who are tixere, |
The administration was certainly
expecting the insurgents toset wp an” : eps
independent government wher: ino-| The Philadelphia Pres’ ™ gre
structions were prepared for the mmili- war atlas Cou% 11g Biteen pages
tary government, to be establishhe<d by | mae, and six pages of valuable hi
Gen, Merritt, to collect tariff duties on | es, sowing the :Smncial, ni ary
importations to the islands. ad Haval strength of the United
Although there are about thirty =en-| Blates and of Spain.
ators who are opposed to the adopt]
ion of the Hawaiian anpexation reso
lution, which went through the Ei ouse
last week by so large a vote that the
Czar was compelled to keep his room,
under plea of sickness, for several «days, |
and which is now the “unfinished bus- |
iness’’ of the Senate, it is not believed
even by themselves, that they ean pre
vent a vole being reached and the res
olution adopted by the Senate. Xt has
been decided that the opposition
should do all the talking during “the
debate; also thet Congress shall mot be
allowed to adjourn until the resolu
tionis voted upon. This brings it
down to a question of the endurance of
the opponents of annexation, skwould
they decide to fight to the last diteh;
but it is considered likely that they
will allow a vote to .be taken ism the
course of a week or two—one wvery
close observer of things legislative is
#0 confident of this that he has wager
ed the cost of an elegant dinner for
eight gentlemen that the voie will be
taken before the 4th of July. The
whole power of the administration is
being used to bring about a vote.
A larger proportionate number of
Democrats in the Senate will vote for
the resolution than in the Flouse,
where eighteen voted for it, and = few
who favored annexation refrained
from voting in deference to the large
party majority against it. Xm the
—
Bp
“The Philadelphia Press” has secur-
ed a war atlas which
portion of the earth whereaconflict on
land or on sea could occur
“The Philadelphia Piew” ordered a
very large number of the atlases and
through its great order is enabled
ni will cover
well
not
| at almost actual cost.
a brief, interesting and accurate histo-
ry of Cuba,
Those ordeving the war atles to
sent by mail must enclowe ten cents
and an extra 2-cent stamp for postage.
Mail orders will be filled the same day
ps received. They should be addre<s-
ed to the War Atlas Department, "The
Press,” Philadelphia.
be
Card of Thanks,
Mrs, Mary J. Odenkirk desires to
thank the friends and neighbors who
80 kindly sssisted them during tie ill-
ness and death of Miss Jane Porter,
pA
During the summer of 1501, Mr.
Charles P. Johnson, a well-known at-
torney at Louisville, Ky., had a very
severe attack of summer complaint.
Quite s number of differnt remedies
were tried, but failed to afford any re-
lief, Afriend who knew what was
needed procured him a bottle of Cham-
betlain'sColie, Cholera, and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which «quickly cured him
and he thinks, saved his life, He
says that there has not been a day
since that time that he has not had
thisremedy in his household. He
speaks of it in the highest praise and
takes much pleasure in recommending
it whenever an opportunity is offered.
For sale by 8. M. Swartz, Tusseyville;
F. A Carson, Potters, Mills; J. H.
Rows, Linden Hall, and H, F, Ross-
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HO ! FOR ALTOONA
CENTRE COUNTY TO FIGURE
AT THE CONVENTION
CAN DESTOY A CITY, |
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius is
| 280 feet feet beam, 8 feet
{ draught and has a speed of more than
long, 20
21 knots,
The Vesuvius has a battery of three
pneumatic guns, mounted in the bow
at a fixed angle of 18 degrees. The
guns are 60 feet long, 15 inches bore,
Girent Go From
iD. ¥.
Delegation to
Fortney to Make Jeuks' Nomi
nating Speech,
What can she do? Bhe can drop 500
An immense delegation of
miles away with accuracy. She
repeat this feat fifteen
minutes, That means three and three
can
times in ten
on Wednesday, next, for the state con-
. : vention at Altoona, Centre is the ori-
quarter tons of high explosive thrown | :
upon the enemy's ships or forts, ginal Jenks county, his name having
I'he
broadside is almost beyond computa.
destructive power of such a!first been urged for Governor by the
Centre Democrat, and it took
It is enough to destroy a city.
The moral effect of
wild-fire all over the state,
D. F¥. Fortney, Esq.,
honor of the
a bombardment
will have the
by the Vesuvius must be tremendous,
making nominating
The dynamite eruiser Nichtheroy put
an end to the late Brazilian revolution | speech for Mr. Jenks, and his ability
Her mere pres- | as an orator guarantees an able and
ence was enough,
Where ashell strikes from one of the
eloquent effort,
C. M. Bower, Esq., will be a candi-
guns of the Vesuvius the havoc is aw-
ful.
the midst of
: ’ dat for stinerior indee
One of her projectiles dropped in late for superior judge.
a
GARMAN'S CALL
a regiment would elimi- -
If
the regiment was not torn to bits, he
‘ip CHAIRMAN
nate it from the war, any man in
sm .'s Democratic Convention to Meet in Alloo
wot ld not be fit for fighting.
na on June 20,
Against a ship the Vesuvius will be
3 ' Chairman John
deadly. One of her big shells dropping :
M. Garman, of the
) ' Democratic state committee, issued the
gh the} : .
following Lie state conventio
armor and, exploding ina vital part,
from Democratic headquarters :
ii ‘
In
of the
shatter the ship. If one of these shells
1
explodes the
fifty feet
het
srdance with the Instruct
l ex
= BACH
in air or in the water
. Democratic stale centra
of a ship of war it} . .
: mittee the Democratic state conven-
crush side or bottom and
her. If of
within fifty
| weg 11 ¥ «wf at he Fleven
tion is called to meet at the Elevent
those shells ex-
of
her .
1 ’ } » +
at 1 clock noon, to
LL
nation
sink
plodes
one
!
opera house, in tl {
vard avenue eCity ol
‘ards Sp : xu
. toona, on Wednesday, June 26 1
war it will render ; ’
’ t ’ \ nomicale can
useless for fighting, for the det si
will throw the bearings of her en-
1
gripes oul of lim ile Lhe sl
I'hus
ship will become a mere helpless
, disloe
1 $1 4
the neatly fitted parts, thie
tar.
$ attend
get
iDeEs As may come bel
a
QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP
$311.
What Word Have Happeved Had Quay
Owaed Hastings,
defined d spositi
a platform at
1 which all
peopie
be any humiliating sur-
yp
HNAgine, §
n upot
all good
1 : fiest
WW iid ON
rt rincipies
ry may tual forgiveness and for-
owned Govero r ire
ass min
Hast
L.ecislawn
# -
lating elements
ings do { session of the i that Lia kept the party asunder.”
f
VV Of which was
the most ver schemed History of Oar Flag
irst United Btlai
y congress June 14,
he Governor : that | and stoipes, was made, it is said, ou
v & 1 $ .
from Washington | an old blye arms
It
| was hoisted by our army at Fort Stan-
New York, during
in 1777.
raiscd this
: . ts 4 1:4
soldier's white shirt,
he hurned by night
fo Harrisuurg to secure bis ownership {over coal, anda flannel petiicoat.
when the infamous Quay-Becker bil
wix. near Rome
that Governor Hastings 1ejec | Burgoyoe's campaign Paul
Jones apoears to have first
the flag raised by Wesh-
when he (ook
command of Lhe army was the English
ed his sordid proposals, and immedi- |
ately aderward vetoed the pel. flag at sex.
Os
ington at Camb.wze
desi roy the most w halesome principle
flag with Lthileen red and while sliipes
added. in the
the slars represent all the states,
of the Bullitt charter, are all mailers
wor
a"
HR
adopted by con-
SMeualor Quay was unable to secure | gress,
the absolute propretary right he de- | the stripes, the thirlcen states,
sired in the Governor of Pennsylvania, | Safest
Niapnco’'s Men Desert.
wotild the Becker bill be now law, but |
La
Guansia, that
than 5,000 Spanish volunteers
the numerous raids upon the Treasury, | of the Cuban Civil Government at
organized and conducted with so much in Camaguey, report
rapaciiy by Quay’s venal majority of | more
the Legislature, would have been sue- and many regulars from Puerto Prin-
| the | cipe and Noaevilas garrisons have «c-
patriot army. The im-
enormous aggregaie !
| serted to the
fliched from the Toksury,
Take th# Cannes aod Alack Cadiz,
At the Cabinet meeting held a few
days ago it was practically admitted
that the administration intends to
take the Canary Islands and also at-
tack Cadiz. It was slated that after
the capture of Bantiago the entire ar-
my and navy will be free {o go to Por-
to Rico, to the Canaries and to Cadiz.
Only small armies of occupation and a
few protected cruisers will be necessary
to maintain the advantages which
have been gained in the West Indies,
Referring to the purpose of the ad-
ministration to make war upon Spain
directly by attacking the Canaries and
bombarding Cadiz a member of the
Cabinet says: “The brand of Caln is
on the brow of Spain, The awful roar
which reverberated in Havana harbor
when the Maine was destroyed still
rings in the ears of our people. Spain
exulted over that act of assassination.
The people of Spain will hear the roar
of thirteen<inch American guns and
will feel the effects of their explosion.’
{ of the American fleet.
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Cullings of More than Ordinary Interest
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To the north (including Watkins
Cilen, Niagara Falls, Thousand Is
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Chusm, Lakes Champlain and George,
Bata Climb de Philippines
Him Down,
Al a colored camp-meeting recently,
says the Atlanta Constitution, the
leader lined out the im-
promptu hymn ;
Dewey Cnt
summer
following
Hatan cuttin’ up he shines
Try ter take de town ;
Satan climb de Philippines,
Saratogs, and a daylight ride through But Dewey cut him down !
the Highlands of the Hudson,) July
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York, Philadel-
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Fly fum Batan frown
Satan climb de Philippines,
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But Dewey cut him down !
Matan drownin’ in de
Try ter swim ter town ;
Climb the Philippines—0O, me !
jut Dewey cut him down !
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Proportionate rates from other points,
To Yellowstone Park and the Trans
Mississippi Exposition
train of ping,
ment, observation, and dining cars, al-
“Wonderland’
and two days at Omaha,
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Baltimore, and
on # special
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Tickets will be sold June 27, 25, and 29,
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Will Serve lowe Cream
' Big talk is nix.
at rate of single fare f+
On Monday the post-office at Tus-
seyville was reopened at the res
of Mrs. Maggie Love,
pointed post-mistress,
cents.
idence
who was ap-
—— Persons who have examined some of
the wheat fields, inform us that weevil
The ladies will serve he wheat. This pest is
Mrs,
Friday evening; proceeds to
ice cream, on are damaging
James Boal’s lawn tomorrow, also doing harm to the clover.
The 7
moved about half a mile
the road near the
catch the Loopers,”” the reason given,
James Masden, keeper of the toll
rate above Millhall, near Lock Haven,
fell dead in his garden, last Friday af-
Death was due to heart dis
be used
Mountain toligate has been
for defraying the expenses in sending
the CU. E. singing books to Co, B, at
- S|
Old
invitations to |
Monday evening
lower down
school-house, ‘to
- Bil ipsam
”~ Bithday Party
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shawver, of
Fort Hotel, have issued
ternoon.
a birthday party on
ease
A trick that relished by
| Daniel Wolf, of Aaronsburg,
| of a large grape vine in his
sawed off under the surface,
unknown ill dispositioned party.
Grange Hall.| Mr. Pelt, known to many in
| this place, father of E. G. Van Pelt,
{ died at his home near Slaterville, N.,
Y., oun Monday evening, aged 91 years.
Hog Cholera. | He %as a gentleman highly respected
There are several cases of hog chol- | by all who knew him.
era in town, and it would be advisable |
if persous having hogs would use al
prevenlive, in order to keep the dis
Ida's fifteenth birthday. Was Doi ;
—— - consisted
.
lot being
by some
Flag Raising ant Pleasant Gap.
On last Saturday afternoon the far
Van
The speakers were Clement Dale, Esq.
————— A A AB SOBA
We learn that some of our farmers
| woulda't sell their wheat at the offer
| of $1.50, expecting it would go to $2;
then they would have held up for
2.50. The sudden big drop leaves
them disappointed to the amount of
about 75¢ on each unsold bushel.
GG. W. Kephart, the veteran, who is
well known in Decatur twp., Clear-
field county, on May 29, sheared from
a Southdown and Cotswold ewe, which
was raising a lamb this sprihg, a coat
of wool 10 inches in length, and from
a wether of same stock a fleece 12 in.
long, and a wether of the Cotswold
breed a fleece of wool which measured
14 inches in length. The measurement
was made when the wool came from
the sheep and was its natural length.
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