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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Rev. John Witherspoon Scntt. u. D.. was
born in Beaver county. Pa, June - 1900.
and, WAS, therefore. Ia his 93l year. lie was
. son OF George McElrny scott, native OF
Bucks county, who aiterward went TO
Beaver county to take charge OF n prrsty.
ierian church. DR.. Scott graduated from
Washington-JeferSon College. AMI subse.
quently took a postgraduate course at Yale.
Aherwaid he rccemed profe.sor,hipin tie
college from which he graduated " hch DO.
sition he held or two years.
About this time he married Mary Neal,
and, going Wtst. he accepted n proiessurship
IN Miami University NJ Miami o., il 1876.
While there three children we're BON to him
Elizabeth, aiterwari Mrs Lord; Carolina
aiterward Mr., Hnrrison, and John Nal
Scott. \ number of years later Or. Scott
founded the oxford 90 } Female College, and
In ls5O became its President.
AS tie advanced IN years, DR. Scot gave
mn TIL" college work, and coming to Wash.
irgton. he was appointed TO Il clerkship in
the Interior Department which position he
held mp to The time of ;he advent in Wash.
ingtou, OF President HARRISON, when he re.
signed ut the instance Of the President and
iouk M his abode at the White House
Here the venerable men led the happy. con.
tented and tranquail existence tina, o man OF
his are 50 thoroughly appreciates alter a life
Of activity.
The room he occupied was one Of the besi
In the house. the windows overlooking the
main entrance. the front lawn and Penn.
sylvania nvenue. IL was well supplied with
his iovurie books. DR.. Scott was always the
first riser of the Presidents household, and
was usually about long before the fami y
were stirring. Although he always had o
carriage at his disposal,he scarcely ever used
1t, preferring to walk when possible, lie
was engaged for months prior to his death
on a roluminous geneolopy OF the Scott
family. but was unable to finish it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
A TRAINS FATAL TUMBLE.
A Passenger Express Goes Over an EN-
bankment, Injuring Several Peo-
pie, Thr ee OF Them Fatally.

The Northbound Missouri Pacific passen.
ger train jumped the track about one and Il
half miles from Arkansas City, Ark. The
baggage car and Two coaches left the track.
The coach next to the baggage car rolled
down the enbankment of about ~ feet and
turned over a total wreck injur.ng 10 or u
passengers.
Among those injured who were from
Arkansas CITY werc; ID. q. Porter, Judge
liLdall John A. Smith, Mrs. DR.. Tillar, OF
l'llar Station, probably fatally hurt; Mr..
Barrow, A. u. Page, OF Greenville, Miss.
Three colored men, names unknown, were
cut and bruised cOnsiuerbly. They were
cent TO the Missouri Pacific Hospital at st.
Louis and are considered probably fatally
hurt Several others received some
scratch s.
The cause of the wreck Is supposed to be
the giving away OF ties, allowing the rails
~ spread.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
SEVEN COMETS AT A TIME
Are Now Visible, According to Prof. ia.
coby, of Columbia.

coby, OF Columbia.
According TO Prof. Jacoby of Columbis
College, there are now 10 less than seven
comets visible This, he says, $50 far az he
has had any information or experience, the
largest number on record. They are all
telescope comets, however" he said. They
are the Holmes comet, which has received
30 much attention of late: Freeman's comet
which is the latest discovered; ;Swift's comet,
discovered last summer; Winnecke's comet,
en old one which appears regularly at inter
walls of five To eight years; Dennings comet
another new one; Brooks comet, and Barn.
and so indistinct us TO be barely visible with
the large telescopes 1t was discovered
through the agency Of photography by
Prof. Barnard.
Astronomers are watching Freeman's
comet with sreat interest At first II was
very close to HOLMES comet. and travelled
in the = me direction. Ii WAS discovered
November "a hy Prof. Barnard. AT Brighton,
England. Cloudy Weather has so lar pre-
vented Wy from taking an observation OF the
new comet Astronomers surmise that Free
mans comet IL fragment OF Belas comet
which disintegrate,l about 30 years ago.
we are hnNlouslN awaiting Clcur nlght
so that We may take Az observation and de-
termine whether its orbit is the same AS tha,
laid down Tor Biea The comet at first
supposed Ia he Bic as, and which was dis.
covered 10y Prof Holmes, has been found
to he entirely new, and has been christcned
after it. discover. 1t is now duly catal gued
and its orolt is established. think u great
deal too much was said und written about
the Holme. comet. 1t is now muvng stead.
lily away from u> in an OF bit that Will take
II nj least seven years to travel around the
earth. IL will never me near MS. We
were unable 10 take observa ions last Sun
day night. when showers Of meieors were
expected, because of the cloudy weather.
The meteCrs sten last week are undoubtedly
depris of the Biela comet. such us is met
with each time the earth e osses the orbit OF
the lost comet The new comet disroved by
Freeman, is travelling in a southtrly direct
ton, so tar as we nave received r. ports, At
the last observation from which we have
heard, 1t was still in uie constellation OF
Andromeda, and so tar as could be deter.
minded was traversing the indentical track
laid down Tor Biela's comet"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
LOOSE ON A STEEP GRADE.

RUNAWAY CARS crash INTO An ENGINE, KILL.
ING Two MEN.
At Shenango two freight cars broke loos.
on a eep grade and started towards the
station at u terrific gait, having q clear
piece of track two miles long. The switch
engine happened on tiie track the runaway
cars were travelling. before the men in the
CAD could escape the cars were upon them
with n crash that was heard for miles. The
James Dunley and Charles Mcdowell, en-
gneer and fireman OH the swilcher, we're
both killed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
EVEN CoRPsEs UNSAFE
Froai the Ravages of the Thieves Who
Now Seem to Own Chicago.

The thieves now infesting Chicago have
begun to rob the corpses in the City Morgue,
Thursday night they entered the Office and
carried of a big clock. Then they got into
where the bodies are laid and took pair Of
trousers on the corpse of a negro, who com
mitted suicide few days ago. They also
took the shoes of the feet Of another corpse
and carried away large amount of clothing
which had been taken from the unknown
dead, and which was kept for the purpose
OF possible identification. There Is no
clew to the thieves. A daring gang Of burg
lars visited the little town OF May Fair six
miles out, and robbed the residence OF three
wsll-known citizens, the postoffice and the
village store. The total amount Of robber
ies. II 10 believed IL In the neighborhood Of
so.eoo. The thieves used wagon 70 carry
81 their booty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
BnYoNp uus yuRpERs.

Maxim and his wife, the Australian baby
farmers charged with causing the deaths Of
10 infants have been committed for trial.
At Buena Ventura, Colombia. between 60
and 10 buildings, including the Court House
and prison, were burned, but the principal
commercial houses were uninjured. This
san important distributing center on the
Pacific coast.
Near Jassen, Germany two bands of gyp-
sizes became involved in quarrel over the
possession of horse. They opened FIRE
upon each other, and five were killed in.
stantly and nuinbur received serious
wounds, A detail Of soldiers were called,
when the fighting bands Joined forces. and
two more gypsies were killed, and n number
OF soldiers wounded.
The Russian government has assigned the
sum of s3,0 600 to be expended in supplies
for the peasants in the famine-stricken pro
yinces.
seyenty-four lives were lost by the wreck
of the japanese dispatch boat Chishimakan,
which was sunk In the sca of Japan in
collision with the English steamer kavenia
Winter and ice sport are claiming victims
already. At Sag'n, In selesia, five children
broke through the ice while skating and
were drowned.
The fourth Inauguration Of General Por.
firio Diaz as President of Mexico took place
at the city of Mexico amid great romp this
morning in the Chamber of Deputies.
Cholera is spreading again in Cherbourg,
france, and four persons died Of the pague.
In Bonneville, Tourlarville and Coteville,
cholera is epidemic among the children and
the public schools have been closed.
At Vienna, the Church Of st. Michael,
one OF the finest in the city, which was visi.
ted by tourists from all parts of the world.
was burned.
severe gale has been prevailing over
Scotland since Sunday. Snow stofms are
reported in the lar North, accompanied by
thunder and lightning. A quantity OF
wreckage has drifted ashore.
Playing % Men at Once.
I o1 , A..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Squeezing pimples killed Him.

John Harris, a young man Of Philadel.
phia, died Thursday under myster Gus cir
cumstances. The coroner's physician in
vestigated the case. He found that Harris's
face had been filled with small pimples
which he was in the habit of squeezing un.
I'll his face was in a mass of sores. The
autopsy revealed the fact that blood poison
ing. superinduced by the constant squeez-
ing Of the pimples on the face, was the
cause Of his death.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
THE REV. DIR. SCOTT Is DEAD.
The Father-in-law ofPresident Harrison
Dies of Old Age. The Peaceful
Close of Busy Life.

DR.. Scott. the father-in.aw Of Prcsden,
Harrison, died at Washington. Tuesday
The household at the Executive Mansion
were by his side. The invalid passed away
without struggle. lie had been uncon-
scious for hours, and was unable TO recog.
ni2e the weeping friends Mt his bedside. The
President and family are very much pros
trated nt their bereavement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Three masked robbers entered the saloon
of J. +. Faitz, in Chicago, Sunday night.
and after holding up the crowd, rined the
money drawer. They then proceeded 10 the
saloon of John Campbell, which was crowd
ed with customers, and repeated the attempt
but was attacked by John Cane, whom
they fired upon and fatally wounded, and
then made their escape.
A l5-year-old murderer was hanged at Ma
con, Ga, His name was Thomas Ball, and
be had shot an officer dead.
Mrs. Fannie Adams Of Little Rock. hn,
confessed that she mur ierd her husband
iast month. She wanted TO get him out Of
the way no she could marry George VIII.
iiams, the man who furnished the revolver.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

"A VICTIM Of hydrophobia at Rale igh, n
C., John Nolan, who was bitten tive months
ago. applied a maidstone and considered
himself out Of danger. He has just died in
horrible agony, having chswsd his tongue
10 pieces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
FINAL ELECTION FIGURES.


ILLINOIS OFFICIAL FIGURES.
SrRINGFlELp The State board of canvas.
sers completed the canvass OF the official
vote of illinois rs follows: President, Cleve-
land, 426,2 ,2sl, Harr son, 500, 2Ss, Weaver,
%, 207. Bidwel', 2i,S07 For governor, Alt
geld (Dem.) 425, ,407, Flfer (Rep.) 401 $50,
Link (Pro.) - 6si, Barnell (Pop.) 1891.
ONE HARRISON ELECToR IN KANSAS.
ToPEKA.-The State board of canvassers'
count shows the election of nine Weaver
electors by maiorities averaging 4.3s7, and
one Harrison elrctor by t01
majority. c bbell. the defeated
slector. was beaten on account
Of typographical error in the certifcations.
The count shows the election of the entire
Peoples party State ticket by rnajorIties
ranging from $500 TO S,6OO.
OFFICIAL FIeURIs FROM TEXAS
GALvEsToN.-A special from Austin to the
Galveston News says: The official count OF
the Presidential vote in Texas gives Cleve-
land 239, liS. Harrison II, ,475, Weaver 90, 6Ss,
Bidwell 2,l65. TO Harrison's voe should
be added $3.50. Republican ballots for the
lilly white" electors, being representatives
of the white mans faction OF the Republi.
can party.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Wa.hiuusu News.

The total collections of inte rnal revenue
for the first four months of the present fs.
cal year We're $50, ,25s O2O, an increase of
A,332,752 compared with the collections
during the corresponding period of the last
fiscal year.
The Secretary of the Interior has sent
kilograms of dismissal to 20 special agents
Of the General Land Office This sction
was made necessary because of insufficient
appropriation.
Ex-Governor Gear has formally assumed
the duties of the Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. The President has delegated 10
him ths power to sign Treasury warrsnts
and also authorized him to act us Secretary
of the Treasury in certain contingencies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Stage Robber Shot.

William Miner. serving sentence for
stage robbery, and John Marshall, for burg
larry, attempted TO escape from the State
pris on ct San Quentine. Cal. The guard
fred upon them. killing Nssshall and ssrl-
ously Woundipg Miner.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

General Joseph H. Potter died at Column
bus, o.. oil heart disease, aged 20. lie was
retired in October, 1886 from the army With
the rank Of brigadier general.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
FIsa ncIaI a nd CsmmercInI.

At Joliet ILL.,, the Stone City bank, a pri-
vste institution. suspended payments ON NC
count OF run caused by the shutting down
Of the Enterprise Company, one of the de-
psrtsnents OF the big wire fence industry.
The bank is operated by II. Fish a Sons.
IT. failure 10 heavy one. 1t Is estimated
<het nothing lsss than 100000 will settle
~ hsm's affairs The failure 10 dus to the
tun eaaaen y isads.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
i'ciiticni.

A Prohibition bin has been introduced in
the South Carolina Legislature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Legislative.

A bill has been introduced In the Ala
bama legislature providing for an annuity
of $500 year for Mrs. Davis. widow Of JEFF
terson Davis during her life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

-QwIko 10 the failure Of the natural gas
wells In the Indiana fields, the pipsags Of
gas 70 Chicsgo threatens to be stopped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
Personal.


Ex.secretary Blaine is graduall, recover.
ing from his recent illnesss.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
CHICAGO A DIsEAsE.BREEpER.

A Severe Epidemic Would Likely kin
Half the Population.
Congressional Investigator Stafford finds
Chicago in .uch bad sanitary condition,
that, he says. y severe epidemic would likely
kill half the population.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

At Raleigh y. C.. eight stores were burn.
ed Loss, $4,000; half insured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07

Playing % Men at Once.
At Baltimore, Nd, I.asker astonshed the
chess players, when he defeated "a players
simultaneously within four hours.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
UNNECESSARY ALARM.
Timely Words OF an ex-surgeon-G General q
the Marine Hospital Service.

Timely Words Of an ex-surgeon-G eneraI of
the Marine Hospital Service.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2S. John S. Hamilton.
ex-surgeon-general of the marine hos.
pital service and at present in the ma.
rine hospital service here. soundsa note
of warning to those health officials in
the country who are doing much to con.
vince the public that cholera is near at
hand. Prof. Hamilton take the view that
while there is danger there is absolute
ly no occasion for alarm. Unnecessary
and repeated warnings, he says, are liza
BILE to produce panic and result in
Juriously. In answer to a question on
the cubject of cholera, he said: ~
think there is absolutely no occasion
for alarm, although there is. every
reason for extreme vigilance on the
part OF those intrusted with the man.
agement of our sanitary matters. The
national and local authorities have bet.
ter sanitary arrangements than ever be.
fore, the laws are more practical and
sanitary science has more resources
than formerly. The sanitary officers
throughout the country are fully alert.
but some of them seem to forget that
one OF the most important duties of an
officer charged with sanitary admins.
tration is the prevention of panic
Panic paralyzes industries and dries nm
the channels of trade, doing almost as
much harm as the epidemic itself
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
CALLED TO ACCOUNT.

Turkey Must Pay For the Burning of nr.
Bartlett's House - FaIsehood Not hi.
plOmacy.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-Constantino-
pie dispatches, stating that the burn
ing of the house of Rev. DR.. Bartlett,
the American missionary at Bordour.
Asia Minor, for which prompt repara.
ton has been demanded by the
United States, has been traced to
carelessness of an American servant.
are quite at variance with reports
made by the American board of commits.
sioners for foreign mission and trans.
mitted to the state department, and are
also condradicted by dispatches re-
ceived from Mr.. Pendleton King, the
American charge d'atfaires at Constan.
tinople. The experience of the Ameri.
can legation in Turkey in the case Of
numerous preceding outrages of like
character, has been that the facts in
each case have been met BY denials
from Said Pasha, the Turkish min.
lister of justice, sometimes in the
face of clearest proof, and some
plausible excuse, like that in the pres
ent instance has been assigned to ex-
plain away the occurrences.
1t is understood that the explanation
will not delay the peremptory orders
given to the gunboats, Newark and
Bennington, to proceed from Genoa to
Turkish waters as soon as possible
after the Columbus celebration of the
LIST inst, to support the demand fol
reparation.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
BAD FOR LIZZIE BORDEN.
servant Bridget sullivan Describes tn,
Scenes in the House of Death.

Servant Bridget Sullivan Describes the
Scenes in the House of Death.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Ayg. 29.-The
principal witness in the Borden
case Saturday afternoon was Bridget
Sullivan, the family servant. She
told in detail all the doings of the
household on August and 4 up to the
murder. even to the taking in of the
milk can in the morning and Mr. Bor.
dens coming to breakfast without any
collar. The evidence was very dam
aging to the defendant.
John Cunningham, newsdealer. gave
unimportant testimony and Repol tiers
Manning and Stephens. of tao local ia.
perS, testified that they could find nc
footprints in the grass, about the house
or on the fence.
Counsel for the defense was stirred
up last night over the story that Ma.
iron Regain had heard a .ssrrel he.
tween the Borden sisters, and Attor.
ney Jennings, at the solicitation Of
the reporter who wrote the article,
seconded by number of prominent cit.
liens, drew up a form of affidavit
denying the statements attributed
to her and submitted it to Mrs.
kegan for her signature. She refused
to sign it unless the marshal said So
and the marshal positively refused to
allow her to do anything of the kind
unless she was placed on the witness
stand.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
Appalling Loss of Lie by a Welsh Mine
Explosion,

appalling Loss Of Lie by Welsh Mine
Explosion.
LONDON, Aug. 27.-At the Park sir
mine, near Bridgton, in Glamorpan
shire, Wales, this morning, soon after
the day shift of $50 miners had gone 70
work, an explosion occurred and caused
the earth and rock to fall. The mouth
OF the pit was closed before any men
had escaped and it is feared that there
Will be great loss of life. Hundreds Of
the miners in the vicinity volunteered
their services for relief work. .t
Ate o'clock this evening a rescuinp
party assembled to the surface BEARING
with them two men whom they had
found near the bottom of the pit Both
men were badly burned and uncon.
scious. The physicians hold little hone
OF their recovery.
Shortly after these men were brought
up flames from the burning pit assembled
and set fire TO the structures at the pit
mead and all hope was abandoned.
Those who escaped death in the explo-
sion have certainly been suffocated or
burned to death. The disaster is one
OF the worst that has occurred in the
mining district for many years.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
IN ROYAL CIRCLES.


PoPE LEO possesses the invaluable
gift in statesmen Of never forgetting q
face. ~ wy 49,
MUSHROOMS are favored above all 9TH
er foods by the car of Russia, and he
especially enjoys picking them himself.
QUEEN VICTORIA has mastered the
Hindustanee language, in learning
which She has shown a great deal Of in,
terest and spent considerable time.
The queen of Greece is presidentof a
sisterhood devoted to the reformation of
criminals, and visits personally the con.
demned prisoners in Athenian prisons.
The Austrian emperor, in order to &C.
knowledge singular display Of loval.
ty, accepted the sum of five florins
equal to about two dollars, which had
been bequeathed to his majesty by poor
peasant recently deceased in the Austri.
an province Of Carniola.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
THE CHOLERA.
Progress Of the Plague in European
Cities.
Number of New Cases at Hamburg-En-
gland Somewhat Frightened The
Disease i'm Russia Precautions
in This Country.
The Plague at Hamburg.

HAMBURG, Aug. 29.-The number Of
fresh cases of cholera on Saturday was
469, the number of deaths 1877. Incom.
plete returns for the day show that
there are at fewest 800 fresh cases.
The number of deaths has not vet been
ascertained. The mortality from cholera
has raised the number of funerals daily
from an.average Of 'thirty-fve to one Of
800. The city is not yet panic-stricken,
but the presence of the plague is every.
where. ..
The streets yesterday were deserted
for the first time since the disease be.
gan its ravages. The usual Sunday ex.
curSions were abandoned. Noexcursion
trains were run and the steamers which
usually take out parties lay idle at the
docks.
Prof. Koch declares that there is nc
reason for the exaggerated alarm that
prevails in Berlin as the sanitary con.
dition Of the city:is incomparably bet.
ter than that of Hamburg. Great sur.
prise is expressed at the action of the
Hamburg authorities in giving the
cholera figures up 10 Thursday as 57S
cases and 1914 deaths; whereas the
Reichsanzeiger gives the figures up to
Friday as 1923 cases and SIS deaths. 1t
Is reported that the Sylvia, bound from
Hamburg to New York, has landed at
Cuxhaven, two Of. her crew suffering
from cholera. '',
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-02
TALKS &souT AUTHORS.

WALTER BEsANT, the English novel;
Ist, was intended by his parents for
career in the G irch, but he drifted
naturally into literary work.
WILLIAM BLACK, the novelist, does his
literary work in a room at the top Of
his house above the noise of the street
and away from ali unnecessary inter-
ruptions.
ROSE TERRY COOKE, with all her
power and reputation as 4 writer, was
not able, it is said, to make much more
than mere pin money out of her liter
airy labors.
DR.. EDWARD EGeLEsToN, the novel;
list, has just been appointed an associate
professor at Cambridge college and will,
begin next fall q series Of lectures upon
colonial life and literature.
Mrs. CRuGER's pen-name of sJulien.
Gordon. finds a contrast in Mrs.
Craige's John Oliver Hobbies" Still
there are no hobnails' in the style Of
either of these gifted Americans