000000000 For §i50 you can The Centr and elti nati En burg Pe ‘MOST NEWS: 000000000 > WO papers, emocrat he Cinein. r, or Pitts. UvTHYOIe A ST MONEY" CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. MESSAGE DELAYED AT LEE'S DESIRE the Americans Could Leave Cuba in Time THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER not All Prominent Congressman, : The Centre Le MORE TORPEDO BOATS. London, April 6.—A Rome special says the contracts were signed to-day for the | sale of three torpedo boats to the United When Consulted, | Agreed That a Postponement of the Mes- | sage Until Monday Was Advisable on the Pre-Eminent Ground of Humanity. Wednesday was the time fixed for President McKinley to definitely state to Congress his Cuban policy. did this they threatened to break away from him and force an issue themselves, The message was not delivered. Con sul Lee’s request for postponment was the cause, a brief summary Thursday news of the past week will page 2 of this issue. The following is of the morning's latest war news from dailies. Other be found on The President’s message 1s postponed. It was all ready to go in Wednesday. Congress and the country waited for it. Just at 12 o'clock, Wednesday came the little, but portentous message of Gen. eral Lee, which for the time outweighed the great and far-reaching the said the Consul take care of all the Americans message of Monday, we Delay until President. General, and can act before then and there will be danger. For the first time since this controversy began the President has both parties with him. as to the wisdom in delaying the message. The President He believes that could he be granted a littl There is no difference of opinion is still for peace. ttle more time he could arrange matters with Spain on a peace basis, but Congress has been chafing at his delay and demands action, rather than permit Congress to run away and he wlll meet that demand with the situation. There is no doubt whatever that Pres- ident McKinley would peaceful solution on the part of Spain, and there is still a lively hope at the White House that something will yet oc- cur to prevent hostilities. thing does occur it must have its origin in Spain. It is said the Administration still that Spain will grant complete liberty to Cuba, but does not expect it, sequently preparing for a war that is likely to Porto Rico and the Canary Islands as well as Cuba. welcome any But if any. hopes and is con- . involve Consul General Lee left Havana to re- turn home with many Americans Great crowds rushed to the Natioual Capitol to hear the President's message and were consequently disappointed. Spain's torpedo flotilla is still at Cape Verde Islands, There is new proof of England's solid friendship for the United States in the present crisis, The Spanish Cabinet is on the brink of an eruption. Owing to the grave situation the stock markets will not close to-morrow or Sat- urday. The Cuban Junta made a remarkable statement to the effect that if the insur- gents are not recognized asthe dominant Government they will attack States troops if sent to Cuba. United Minister Woodford's family and the American Legation left Madrid. Efforts are making by this Government boats of China. —-—— to buy four torpedo - LATE NOTES Austria's Emperor bas urged Spain to make all concessions, Captain Sigsbee who commanded the Maine when she was blown up, declared before a Congressional committe that it was caused by the Spanish, England refused to join other Furopean nations in a scheme of mediation, The Treasury of the United States was never in a better condition for war it is now, Consul General Lee says it will not be possible for all the Cuban Consuls to leave the island for a week or more, Four new steamers were purchased Tuesday. than deprecating war, The cry in the Senate is to drive the | Spanish from the Western Hemisphere, Everything at Key West is ready for immediate action, ——— PREPARING FOR SEA. Houg Kong, April 6.~The United States fleet is preparing for sea. In the event of war Commodors Dew ey’s ships would make an immediate at. tack upon the Phillipine Islands, a ——— - LEE LEAVES CUBA A ————— Washington, April 6.~Jadge Day says the President's message will be sent to | C. A. Paulkner, died Sanday evening at Congress about two o'clock this afternoon. | 6:30 at the residence of his son at Philips. By that time all Americans, including | burg. He was 87 years old and death General Lee, will be out of Caba. Unless he | | Mrs. Mary Miller, a widow, who resides | | Friday morning States. Also for the sale of the armored cruiser Guiseppe Garabaldi to Spain. i THE CINCINNATI AGROUND. Key West, Api 6. aground in the harbor. . The Cinzinnati is . A HOWARD LADY Fouud Hanging From a Beam in the Kitchen | Last Friday. Howard had an at. tempt at suicide sensation last Friday. The citizens of with Mrs. Conard long. Mrs. Miller has been despondent for some time and found by Mrs. Long hanging from a beam in the kitch. was en, Mrs. Long shrieked for help, and a Mrs. severed the man named Rishel responded. Long and Mr. Rishel then rope, lowered the body and summoned fter several hours of hard Miller She is physicians restored years old work Mrs. was Lo con. SCIousnucess., 03 oc Telephone Extension, The Centre Hall Reporter says Saturday 26th, the Bell Telephone pany with a gang of men, began tions on their new lines in Pennsvalley The entire system in the va overhauled and be added. An exchage Hall and at Mill in Centre Hall, Mills, lic circuit trunk lines will be run to Be Spriog Mills and Potters vill be in this district. Two metal. le. foute, and through the exchange here. ment of mecos Ci The manage aim they will be able before, To toll to give a than Millhein the charge will service will have an exchange. in that district subscribers a be made for Centre Hall and Jellefoute service. —— Shot in the Leg On Moaday Wm. Hockenberry a son of Mr. Mrs. Hockenbery, of Nigh bank, met with a painful aceident. The boy is about thirteen years mn and old and some way got-hold of a 18 calibre revolv- rand was the weapon While of loading and unloading there playing with which was filled with cartridges. in the act discharge. mel ¢ aa i was a The lad was sitting down a he ball entered his right leg above the knee and traveled down about a ] i u T ur. foot where it lodged under the skin Fisher was called tl and extracted the ball. .— Death of Mary Kiepper. Mrs. Mary 1 died at the home of Klepper, aged 84 years, her daughter, Mrs, John Carson, at Pleasant Gap, on Wed. nesday might oth, result of old age. was the She came over Her death from her home in Peuns valley last spring to visit her daughter and has been at Plea. was held morning. sant Gap ever since. Funeral at Pleasant Gap, Saturday Interment at Snydertown. - a “ Joined the Navy. Harry McCaleb, son of the well known blind man, Joseph McCaleb, of Nittany, hearing that men were wanted in the navy department at Philadelphia, went to that city, made application and was the only one accepted out of 150 appli- cants, He was assigned to the Colum. bia but has since been transferred to another ship bs A Strange Pedig Murray Courtright had a jackass regis- tered at the prothonotary’'s office in Holi. idaysburg recently, In the certificate of registration appeared the following, writ. ten in the pedigree space: “Pedigree Believed to be a lineal descendent of the clebrated pair | of asses sajd to have been in Noah's ark not certainly known, and a distant relative of Balaam’'s ass. - - -» Putting in the Lamp Posts, The work of putting in the lamp posts at Mill Hall, ordered by the council of | : i that place some time ago, is still going | Minister Bernabe, of Spain, gave out a | formal interview declaring for peace and | the men are now working up towards : i ] : ] } ernor on Friday by Central Commercial | Telephone Company. | i i i i i | and gasoline will be burned. to connect all the principal towns and | valleys. on. Main street has been supplied, and | Jobson's and on cteek. the street along the Thirty-four posts will be put up a Applying For a Charter. i i Application will be made to the Gov. This is the com. pany that proposes to erect telephone lines in Clinton, Centre, Clearfield, Hunt. ingdon, Lycoming and Montour counties .—— Died at Phalipshurg, Wm, A, Faulkner, father of ex- judge BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, APRIL 7 NAVAL FORCES COMPARED Spains Formidable Navy Would be Crushed. MODERN GUNS AND ARMOR Our Heavy Battle Ships Would Work to Spain's Cruisers About Torpedo Boats—Our Better Fighters—An Interesting Compar- ison trom the Scientific American, do Deadly Something Navy has While we are hopeful that the existing difficulties with Spain may even yet peaceful methods, it is likely that if hos- tilities come at all they will come quick- ly. Itisequally certain that the issues of war would be determined upon the sea, and a brief comparison of the fight. ing strength of the two navies will be just now of special interest, Could we defeat Spain upon the high It is safe to say that there is nota of this country that doubts t we could, To the l; annihilating the Spanish navy t only certain, but easy to mi e professional nd, as represented by 50 easy of accomplishment is better to over rather an opponent, g to rate him at bis true value may as well admit at the outset th Spain would go into the war, as i ships are concerned, with a homoge. peols, compact and very 1 a oh nees £0 an one which, if properly hand bravely fought, would be a by no means unworthy opponent for the powerful ships of the United States navy. Each fleet would be strong where the other is weak, and taking the two fleets as they stand swift, heavily armored cruisers and dead- hips ly destroyers against mighty battles and more lightly armored cruisers—the issue, judged independently of “the men behind the guns,’ would be by no means so certain as is popularly supposed. The man behind the gun, however, would be | the controlling factor, and it is the su- preme confidence of the American public in the pluck and discipline of the crews and and daring officers which renders the skill of our naval it 50 confident of final victory If war should come, it woul of n to obtain a decisive naval Jal the very outset. Cuba being jective pot > war would probably be carr nt of both combatants, fed on in Cuban waters. Tbe almost insuperable difficulties of coal supply would prevent in risky any delay attempts now well defended sea ports. upon our The same difficulty would render it to Spain's ad vantage to wage an aggressive warfare and deal as early as possible an effective blow in a general engagement. The ap- proach of the powerful battleship *‘Ore- gon, such a policy. that a numerous It is more than likely squadron, comprising all the powerful armored fighting ships of the Spanish navy and their recently completed torpedo-boat destroyers, would lispatched to give battle to our com- be «¢ bined fleets in the neighborhood of Cuba We will suppose that only the armored ships would be placed in the first line of battle, and for the purpose of comparison, that all the Spain would be sent over in the effort to win a decisive battle The Spanish line one first we will suppose modern armored ships of could boast of only class batticship, the *‘Pelavo.’ She is a g,900-ton ship, of 16 knots speed, carrying two 12% and two 11-inch guns barbettes, placed high above the water line, She bas a 17.7.inch 3 in 11-inch steel | steel belt along the whole water line, and her secondary battery contains nine 4. inch rapid-fire guns. She is a good ship, but possesses the fatal defect of havipg no armor protection between the bar. | bettes and the belt. On this accoust, high explosive shells bursting beneath the barbettes might easily put them out of action, pose the “Towa,” of 11,410 tons, carrying four 12.inch guns, eight 8.4nch guns, and a secondary battery of four 6.iuch guns, She is protected by a 14-inch belt, and | the main battery is protected from the turret roof down to the belt with 15 inches of steel. She 1s thus larger and more heavily armed and armored than the “Pelayo,” and, saving the chanees of a modern sea fight, should easily silence or sink the Spaniard. With the exception of its one first-class battleship, the apanish line of baltle would consist of a magnificent fleet of eight swift, heavily armed and heavily armored cruisers, similar in size, speed and power, and admirably adapted to act together in a concerted fleet action, There is no nation in the world that possesses such a fleet, not even England, and the fact that the ships are ail built to carry the large normal coal supply of resulted from neuralgia of the heart. 1,200 tons would seem to indicate that from the Pacific, would prompt | | batteries of the “Inciana, setts” and “Texas” would be blown | 1808. 3 they were built for just such an emer- gency as now confronts them, The these ships is the “Carlos V most important and largest of '' of 9,235 Her inches thick, tons and 20 knots speed curved deck plating is 6 44 and her secondary battery ted by a con. 18 proteg tinuous beit of two inches of steel She carries two 11-inch guns disposed in two barbettes of 10-inch steel, and a second- ary battery of eight s5'i.inch and four 3.9-inch rapid-fire guns, could oppose the resembles Against her we “Brooklyn,’”" which closely her in many points, i She is of g,250 tous displacement, 21.9 { knots speed and is protected by a steel deck 6 inches thick on which is added a belt of the slopes, to 1.4 L «3 nch steel ex- tending in the wake of the engine rooms prove to be capable of adjustment by | and boilers. She carries an exception. ally heavy battery of eight 8-inch guns, protected by 5!4 and 8 inches of steel, | and a secondary battery of twelve s-inch rapid-fire guns. Unle a lucky shell from the great 11.incl ol the *( los VV." gine more thas a Uns Ar. should find its way into her en. would p she 14 or boiler room, rove match for the Spaniard Following the ‘Car » is the "Crist whose sister the Spaniards were chase from Italy hip, and it » of her sm 108 more the extensi is so compl todd Le $F wateritne contin uous ¢ protects a b inch raj an is another battery of guns, six 4.7 * main batt ror. pier bh barbettes The speed 1 as that of the cruisers knots, Against this! 1.4 “l A nk 4 could oppose the w York,” asn edition of the Brooklyn, tons displacement, 21 knots speed, and 44nch belt and a cx The guns protected by a em rma deck 6 inches on the slopes. 8.inch inch rapid-fire consists of six and ment twelve 4 guns, the gun positions being protected with casements and Wrrets of from 7 10 10 inches of steel, The saperior protection and heavier secondary battery of the Cristobal Colon" should render her a fair match Th iaey Al Cardinal Cisne- are the * the %,"" the “Cataluna.” “Princesa de anta Maria Teresa’ The “Maria Teresa” represected Spain at the Grant Memor. Asturias,” the "In and the "Vizcaya lay for the Hudson ial services last year and some time off Riverside River, immediately aft Drive in and the Vizcaya’ visited this port er the Maine dis. aster Each of these six ships is of 7,000 tons They are provided with a belt of 12-inch steel, displacement and 20 knots speed at the top of which is a 3 inch protective deck. At each end of this belt an armor. ed tube rises to connect with a barbette of 10% doch steel, and in each barbette isan 11 inch un Be. armor-piercing tween these guns is a battery of 5.5-inch quick-firing guns speedy ships we could 1 first.cl “Massachu and Against these oppose two powerfu ass battle. ships, the “Iodiana’’ and setts,” the armored cruiser "Texas the “Puritan,” eT “Amphitrite’’ and four powerful monitors, “Terror, Miantono woh." In point and armor the advantane would be vastly in favor of the this would he offset by the speed, handi. ness and ability to use the ram of the In an artillery duel battie ships and monitors, though Spanish cruisers. there could be little doubt of the issue. In heavy guns the seven American ships have eight 13-inch, ten 12-inch, twelve 10 inch total of 46 and s‘xteen g-inch, a orra WAR WITH SPAIN WOULD BE SHORT | Reasons Why American Ships] Would Succeed. BRAINS, SKILL AND INGENUITY | i What the | A Interesting Warfare the Is What Counts in Naval “World '’ Few Points About our Navy thinks of Situation Information. | nickel steel from sto 1 Putting aside all unnecessary excite. the prospect of a war with Spain is not alarming If war. ment and all exageration, it comes it willnot be much of a | 1. There will be no fighting on land unless it be in Cuba for a few days Spain will not think of invading the Uni. ted States, and the United States will have no occasion to invade Spain. A nation which has been unable to put down 00 half-armed and half-fed in ‘uba after three years of per will il aval experts if superior fighting capacity of the American ips does not make a quick end to the ar, if it shall come to that 3 A 1A wouia conflict sort indicated be ti would test the instru value of the new naval mousters that have swaliowed up hundreds o of dollars in nstration of their worth. It is just as that the target for this test wi Spain shou! She wil iittie use for a navy hereafler VOKCS ouniry And which a contest with this ¢ now 8 perhaps well that Ameri revolutionized naval warfare constructing the first ironclads and itors, should now demonstrate the of the floating forts and'other mot ties that have been developed from the re Ia the ordinary use of the term, a con flict her base of rude beginn f our last war with Spain 3,400 miles distant from supplies, relatively small almost bankrupt and wholly without a lies, cannot be much of a war ; but in its the sea it would be and encounters upon highly World interesting .——— POINTERS ABOUT OUR NAVY The Un n the The nav ited States is power in the world an, France, Russia vad the 1 the United Great Brin at rank ale in order 1 i ames many and Slates are tied The powder used is size of a caranu pest weighs the bres powder being sews gun J] $ a hoisted to Our have speed of from attleships 15 to 17 knots an hour 24 travel only § to 7 knots make TUuisers 1g to knots, while the monitors can the feet long, big enough for a man to crawl § fect part and weigh 135,500 pounds or there. The biggest guns in davy are 49 into, in diamcter at the largest | abouts, armor.piercing guns against a total of | | twelve 11-inch guns on the six Spanish To the ‘Pelayo’ we could op- | ships. This superiority however would be greatly offset by the murderous dis | charge of the secondary rapid-fire batter. | cruise w ies of the Spaniards, which would com. | prise sixty s'%-inch guns, against which we could only make reply with fourteen | | 6-inch and eight 4-inch guns, The result | the un- | of such a duel would be that armured ends and the central secondary " ish ships would be pierced and the ships etther sunk or disabled. note of two other novel and hitherto un. tried elements, which would at least figure prominentiy in such a battle, if they did not prove to be its deciding fac- tor, We refer to the armored ram “Katahdin, of the American fleet, and the deadly torpedo boat destroyers of the Continued on page 4. “Massachu- | i away, while the armor belts of the Span. | { i . . Thus far, however, we have taken no | torpedo boats Porter and Dupont, each | of which can travel 27.5 knots an hour, Barnacles form on the hull of a ship, impeding its speed. A, ill decrease the speed of a ship 15 per centland it must go into dry dock. | Sixty-one merchant vessels belong to the auxiliary navy. These ships are | subsidized and by contract must be giv. en to the United States on demand. Some of the guns in the navy can fire a shot 12 miles, farther than a man can see, for the guns are aimed and sighted by machinery, In battie the woodwork and all arti. eles of wood are either stowed below or thrown overboard Jest the men be injar- ed by splinters, The fastest vessels in the navy are the six months’ | Battleships cost from $2,500,000 to $3, 750,000, and cruisers from $600,000 to $3,000,000. A good torpedo boat costs over $100,000, Battleships are for heavy work; cruis. ers are commerce destroyers; monitors are useful only for coast defence. The Indiana could lie outside Sandy | yet are native | torpedo-boat {| 48 | Lion, | padding of either corn p During the year, 1807, there were printed U2 617 complete copies of Tap Centre Demo CRAY, or V0 each week, al lowing for misprints, our act ual average sworn cireals tion was over 2.000 COPIES PER WEEK Intelligent advertisers will appreciate this statement VOL. 20, NO. 14. Hook and throw 120 | New York at the rate All of cities, of the cruisers ar and the battle Kearsarge, in honor of 8 Only 60 per cent. of the are Americans, aud a born A big battle-ship has on board an electric plant capable of ligl town of 5000 inhabitants Great Britain has 294 torpedoes and destroyers. Uncie Sam | has only eight Jattleships are covered with armor of 7 inches thick. A submarine torpedo-boat tobe known the Plunger is now nnder construc. Behind the heavy armor there ith or | husks. t costs $500 every time one guns on board a ship is fired. Sailors are paid from $5 ¢ month ou board. An act of Congress flogging iu the navy rey 2 ie Amen gun bride and groom pr * Tard gr 1A = ridesmaid and groomsman into the room eq tl LK 44 A ag! he astor of the fore officiatin Manley, 3 at Howard, who with 3 been offered . TE 3 dining room where lunch was serve Philadel The best wish ith them ———— Volcnteers are Pleats lewistown is to have a volunteer com- pany Or service H.C recruiting able bodied men of war with Spain. Kieferle, of that town. is wWi0 mean business in case there is need for the or. ganization. As soon ¢ enough names dril : armory of Company G at Lewistown Haven w ment At signified thei Lock Of services their avenue in case names at Hol Detween names had been ha Saturday Down have teers ing to the f Here in volunteers have been root nm « Ask Rellefon nile publicly mad this cot nity will be prepared to send out about When hostilities commence mu sixty as well equipped members in Co, B. as can be found in the N.G. P. Capt Tavior says they are ready to move on short notice and will have a full company There will unteers be little trouble to secure vol. if trouble with Spain should commence, - H— A — Postoffice Disconlinued, The post-master-genera! has ordered | the discontinuance of the postoflice at Tusseyville, April 1, and that its belong | ings be transferred to Potters Mills post. oflice The reasons for this order are that the office, it was claimed, did not compen. sate the postmaster for the attention it required and an additional! allowance was asked for, which the department re fused, although the additional pay had been given heretofore. Postmaster Swartz stated the trouble but the extra pay was refused and an order to abolish the office was issued as there was no ap. plicant for the place. Mr. Swartz will agree 2 serve on for the sake of postal facility for that vicinity, hence we think the order to quit will be rescinded, which
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