THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1898, INVESTIGATORS REPORT May Be Presented to the Govern- ment This Week, They Were Buallt For the Government, But Are Now the Prop- erty of Uncle Sam—~Warlike Prepa- rations Continue In All Sections, Washington, March 16-"The gen eral expectation of the cabinet,” sald of after meeting vesterday, "is that some will be the week from the inquiry ex- amining into the « Main# explosion, Yet,” he added, "it would not be surprising t« 8 if the report should delayed for a longer We have nothing on which to base this hope that I know of, only the feel hat what 1 have sald There is nothing at one them report during court of ause of the received present be time ing seems general t will be the case, hand as yet to indi the nature of the findings of the court, “Today our time was oC upled in a general discussion of the measures under way for the national notably in regard to the new vessels for war We an eye on the two ships struction for Republic, but it is not probable them, If we cannot obtain ate are keeping under « Chile and pure It was i tracts for the New York ing that visser ha i Maine urt of In iry aster that 1 a submarine min YAS caused the warlike are the by and made tion Negotiations closed Monday by the triumphant purchase by the navy de- partment, in London, of the cruisers bulit and bullding at Elswick for the Brazilian government Pos. wibly the officers took more pleasure In closing up the busimess in this manner because of the knowledge that the Spanish agents have been striving to pecure these very ships, to whom It Is sald they would be of much greater value In case of trouble than to the United States. The United States flag will be hoisted over the new ships within a week, probably, and just as spoon as the crew can be put aboard the Amazonas she will start for the Uni- ted Btates, The other vessel will fol low at the earliest possible moment he terms of sale are secret The two Brazillian vessels will be ex. tremely useful additions to the United States navy In either war or peace, in the opinion of Becretary Long. They are steel, sheathed and coppered, with twin screws, and will be the first cruisers In our navy to embody that most important useful feature of naval construction, sheathing, for which Constructor Hichborn has worked earnestly for many years past. He finally succeeded in having some of the smaller gunboats vonstructed on this principle. The Amasonas fa rated at 3,000 tons displacement, with an Indi- cated horse power under natural draught of 7,500, which Is calculated to develop 20 knots speed. Thus, while preparati result of that ns Inf being Irma. two fines | from Libson " | TWO NEW WARSHIPS PURCHASED | | the Brazilian | | charge members of the | the | | lerymen | were | Army en and wi | fenses at he | | war has such a what will be | | Hook { men left defense, | acquisition of | the Argentine | { | cultural | equestrienne } the ship 18 about the size Charleston, she Is much faster, armament is also much more able The Her formid- new cruiser Amazonas, accord- ing to present plans, will be manned entirely from the San Francisco. The latter vessel salled yesterday morning and will arrive inthe Tyne Friday. It Is expected that she her officers and crew with Amazonas, placing Lieutenant Arthur PP. Nazro, execu- tive officer of the San Francisco, in of the latter vessel, Without 1ibt the Aman will be gotten the as soon as possible, that the San Fran- her. AT SANDY about will divide Commande; Mins ocean expected il convoy ACTIVITY HOOK. And the Navy Board Busily Inspects Ing Proposed Auxillary Cruisers, New York, March 15.-The 300 from Fort and Fort Wadsworth to transferred to the Under the direction of hundreds of soldiers unting guns ther de the civil en there, all ch under 16 been ordered from the of many of the work Hundreds of oth artil Hamilton Sandy Hook latter point ordered yesterday gineers swkmen busy m bullding are ramparts and laying « Hook Not since tivity Been se All years and fidren old have The Sunday. carpenters ane ¢ working women wives Masons, mechanics tional Herymen Are quarters They er 1cii i are INQUIRY BOARD QUITS HAVANA. Wants Sessions nt Captaln Sampson the to Continne Went. Mangr Key GENERAL MILES IN NEW YORK Activity In Military and Naval ( ircies Continues U'nanated sels 14 A a 4 i : Ma A Female Cavalry Troop. Martha A the troog Brush of her her to con Adjutant General Moss, Mrs the State Horti She ia a fearless handles a gun very 3 Mra Shute iil mined Ad intenti sult with Shute Hhe ting ¢ Vernos ne, and he advised is secretary of soc’ely and dexterously A Monster Steel Combine, Cleveland, O., March 16. -One of the biggest pools the country has ever known was formed In Cleveland yester- day. All Bessemer pig iron producers in the Cleveland, Mahoning valley and Shenango iron districts are bound to- gether by the combine. The only firm In these districts, it is officially stated, not Included in the pool is the Cleve. land Rolling Mill company, of this city The pool will control the Hessemer market of the United States. A num- ber of furnaces will be closed, and at the end of the year profits will be di- vided Prices will be advanced B80 sents per ton immediately, Spanish Poltoe Kini strikers. Bilbao, Spain, March 16.-The strike that has broken out in the great iron mine at Bomorrostro, 15 miles north. west of this city, has led to serious dis turbances. The rioters stoned the po- Hee, who fired upon the crowd, killing three outright, Troops have been sum- monad to the scene of the outbreak, Life Sentence For Koerner. New York, March 16-Willlam J, Koerner, the newspaper artist, was sentenced yesterday to Imprisonment for life for the murder of Rosle Red. gate, his sweetheart, on Sept. 23, 1898, Koerner's attorney will appeal from his conviction, | of the | His | the ge | and a | the | daughter, | Ont, | no particular di system. | ment | came pani | the hallways in GEN. ROSECRANS DRA. The Veteran Warrior's Death Was | Peaceful in the Extreme, TO BE GIVEN A PUBLIC FUNERAL, | The Veteran Was Stricken With Particular Disease and the End Came | counties in No ! | office, Through a General Weakening ofthe | Systom-—Two Children at Log Angeles, Cal, March 12 eral WW. B. Rosecrans dled yi at his near Redondo warrior's death was p« For between life Gen sterday The old aceful in the ex had at times home several days he been and death, again in treme, uncon and splendid days At scious a comatose kept him alive ide when the a son and daughter and Anna ose of immediate frie sides the attending phy Hakes His third child, a Mra, O'Toole, Hves at Hel state vitality for the bed end camd of neral, Carl rans number nds of family, sician, Ii» General Rosecrans w and the through a general weakeni of When he w first as stricken with end came the BORE ns ELEVEN LODGERS DEAD Fire York Lodglug House, mm Marc! id } the Hesnlt of a in a New ation of the rooms was given and wik] soen« { of the They over When f inmates Arm ia Many cken and fell each their efforts reach the The majority of them saved tions of thelr clothing, were naked Premier Salishury to Go to France, Lotidon, March 16-It Is officially announced that the Marquis of Balis- bury, the premier and minister of for. elgn afMalrs, was greatly fatigued by Friday's cabinet council, and a return of the weakness from which he has suffered, following the attacks of Ine fluenza, supervened, with the result that Sir Willlam Broadbent, his phy- pician, advised the premier to take a complete rest in the south of France Mr. A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury, and government leader In the house of commons, will deal with for- eign business during the premier's ab pence, The premier has no intention of resigning. the Aroum excite lodgers be rushed ensued piri into other street only pore and several to Threatened Strike of Miners, Cleveland, March 15.«Concerning the possibility of another great strike of conl miners, Thomas Young, manager of the M. A. Hanna Coal company, ex- tensive operators In Pennsylvania, ia quoted as saying: "A strike involving about 20,000 miners will probably soon be In full swing In central Pennsyl- vania. The operators declare they will not pay the Chicago scale, and the miners announce their Intention to strike. It ia probable that the Hooking Valley operators will sign the scale rather than lose thelr share of the spring business.” Deathbed, | stricken, | JOHN WANAMAKER ACCEPTS | The Business Men's Nomination For Governor of Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, March 10.—John Wana- maker will be the candidate of tne Business Men's Republican League for governor, He gave out a letter last night addressed to the notification mittee appointed at the meeting representatives from nearly all the state held in this cliy Feb, 7, in which he states that he want to be a candidate for th realizes that somebody fight therefore his personal cepts public duty 1d him In his lett ff necep JO on doen not but the sinks Lhe make and he Mr. Wana maker says in . “1 am neither by false hopes at my prospect delegate end hands of the maries and « as to defeat of the han send ast national Senator Quay majority of the for McKinley contests and bogus tained by the state be relied upon to sed ing de didate » ajority, as ied met! an aimos voters were ittee that legates to give Year chalrmi that ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. ade rain ¢ CRre ad fell throm Run injured Penney igh a trestle bridge at Boston yesterday. 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