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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
AS TO PENSION APPEALS.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Bussry ISSUES uIs LAST
ANNUAL REronr.
The annual report of Gen Cyrus Bussey,
the assistant secretary of the interior, has
been received by Secretary Noble. 1t deals
xclusively with the work of the board of
pension appeals, of which the assistant secre.
tary has direct charge, and with the pur.
chase of Indian supplies at the government
warehouse in New York. The report shows
that on July l, 1891, there was 8, 03O appeal
ed'pension cases on file with the board and
that this number OH June 30, 1892, had beep
reduced to 4,3io.
There were 1 2js appeals filed during the
year. OF the 4, 4,039 cases acted upon during
the year the decision of the commissioner
was sustained in 1856. Action was reversed
in 46I cases, 2Ol were dismissed and 400
cases were reconsidered by the commissioner
pending appeal.
He recommends that congress be request
ed TO enact q law that shall expressly author.
ize the department to treat all improper, IL.
legal and excessive payments of pension,
whether caused by fraud or by mistake, as
proponents to be charged against the cur.
rent pension, with view 10 reRdjusting or
equalizing current pension payments within
the discretion of the secretary.
In concluding his report General Busse,
says: IL am gratifed to he able TO say that
in compliance with the provision OF the
various pension laws on June 80, 1892,
there were borne on the pension rolls the
names of s560s7 pensioners, lI6,92s more
pensioners than were carried on the same
tolls at the end Of the preceding fiscal year
and 457, ,050 more than were on the rolls
June 30, 1887"
General Busy calls attention 10 the fact
that the appropriation bill for the Indian
service is usually passed so late in the year
that it seems impossible to let contracts for
supplies in time for delivery before winter
sets in, and this, especially as to blankets
and winter clothing, has caused much suf-
fering. He recommends that the appro.
pration for these supplies be made one
year ahead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
STORMS IN THE NORTHWEST,

WASHINGTON STATE srrrERTNG.--FIyE LIVES
LOST.
Reports OF storm throughout the west.
ern portion Of the state are growning worse.
and prospects of rail commit unicaton being
restored are abandoned for several days,
five deaths are reported as the result of the
floods, while loss of property in the shape
Of farm buildings carried away and wreck.
ed will amount to thousands Of dollars The
valleys of Duwamsh and Stretching to the
northwari are vast lakes In the stuck val
ley, as far as the eye can see, the valley is a
seething lake in which logs, shingles wreck
sG buildings, railroad ties, uprooted trees
and debris are jammed together 10 to 20
feet deep.
In Chehallis county, near Elma. the
Northern Pacific bridge OH Grays brancn is
so weak that the trains dare not cross till
the high water recedes. The Great Northern
will not he able 10 run trains until the
bridges are repaired. the slides removed and
and Easter runs trains TO the International
boundary, but a transfer is made around
The slide at Blackman. Three or four small
steamers are reported sunk in the Snoho-
mish river but no lives lost. The large
steamer is carrying passengers to Whatcome
to take the rail connection 10 the East. The
Canadian Pacific has almost entirely es-
capped any damage or delay. Frame houses
OF all descriptions have been seen floating
in nearly every stream OF any size west OF
The mountains.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
Crime mud Penalties.

Two shop-lifters were arrested in ChicaSo,
who had a new deyice-a regular portable
Fence" 1t is pasteboard box ten inches
square at the top of which is arranged u
lid with spring. A very small weight on
the lid would cause IL to go down, allowing
anything placed on top of it to fall into the
box. 1t would then be forced back by the
spring.
Mrs. Ada L. Jackson, colored, 20 years old
vas murdered in her bed in New York
while her two small children lay beside her
A stone tied in rag to form a slungshot
was found in an adjoining room, and is sup
posed 10 be the weapon which made the
wound on the womsn's head. Thomas
Bristol, colored has been arrested by the po-
lice on suspicion OF having killed the WON
an. His hat was found in her room,
Death warrants for the eight colored men
and boys in Chestertown, Nd, Jail, convict
ed of the murder of DR.. Hill, have been pre-
pared. December 10 is the date for the hang.
ing
c. Sinclair cashier and confidential book
keeper Of the Armour Packing Company,
New York, is missing The amount o
money that is also missing from his en-
ployers bank account is e;timated at $50
600
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
ALL WILL BE TRIED.

no HOMESTEAD CNsEs WILL BE DEopPED
CLIFFoRD's TRIAL FIRST.
District Attorney Burleigh of Pittsburg,
denies statement made by Attorney Argo,
one of the Western lawyers defending the
Homesteai strikers, that, after the failure
of conviction in the Critchlow case, there
will be no further trials of the other indict-
ell strikers, The district attorney said that
was foolish utterance. 1t would not be
he meant To try all of those against whom o
true bill had been found.
The first one that will come up now Is
that of Jack" Clifford, who is accused of
the same murder for which Critchlow was
tried, that of Tom G. Connors the Pinker.
ton. This case will not come up until pos
sibly the middle of the coming term of
court, it being the custom of disposing of the
petty cases first.
Attorney Erwin. for this reason, st arted
ior his home on Saturday evening. He will
be back, however, in time to assist in the de-
lense Of Clifford.
There will be no attempt to prove an abb
bi in the case OF Clifford. His defense will
be fought out on the ground that the going
OF the Pinkertons was an invasion Of Home.
stead, which the strikers had a perfect right
to resist if the plans OF Attorney Argo are
carried out. This plan, though, finds little
favor among the Pittsburg attorneys. They
want to try for acquittal on different lines,
which are not yet made public.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
Disasters. Accidents aud Fatalities.


There was collision between freight and
passenger train near Popularville Miss, on
the Northwestern railroad Two tramps
were killed and most of the train crew badly
shaken up.
At Grand Rapids, Neb,, on account of a
switch not being closed passenger train
ran into freight on the Union Pacific, kill
ing Engineers Mcdonald and Barrett, Con-
ductor Keller and Fireman Owens. Three
persons were injured.
Last Friday party of musicians started
from Everett, Wash, for Marysvile in a
yacht. Sunday morning the steamer Mabel
picked up capsized boat and reed organ
afterward driited asho,e. Nothing has
been seen of the party.
-Four young men working on a govern
ment soow at Lewiston, Wash. on the Snake
river, drowned Thursday, when their craft
was capslzed by blast.
A two-story frame structure in New York
known as the st. Nicholas Park Hotel was
burned and servap: girl named Rosa
Rnubuhler, aged q, lost her life Loss, SIS.
O00
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
A FAMILY BURNED UP.
Death OF Three Persons 10 Fire Nea,
Sharpsburg.

Death OF THREE Persons in a Fire Neai
SharpsburR.
The residence and green house OF Hiram
Danahower at Pleasant Valley, a suburb %
Sharpsburr, Pa, were totally destroyed by
lire and the entire family consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Danahower and child perished in
the flames The charred remains of the
bodies were recovered by the Sharpsburg
Fire Department, but they were burnt be-
yond recognition.
The fire originated in the green house,
where the furnace was heated to protect
the plants. The fire was discovered by
Charles Grubbs, who lives next door, at l:30
a. M, and he Immediately aroused other
neighors. who forced the doors of the dwell
ing only to be driven back by flames and
smoke. There was no water to be had, so
the people could do nothing but witness the
destruction of the building and the crema
ton Of the victims. Mr.. Danahower was a
thrifty citizen, aged SO, of sharpsburg
Mrs. Danahower was 36 years Of age and
the little girl about o.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS
Happenings The World Over.
oLEANINos OF INTEREST TERsR.
LS TOLD. BOTH DOMESTIC
AND FOREIGN.
EIres

At Pana, H., the Christian county poor.
house with nearly all its contents was burn
ed. Mrs Warden Gardner was badly burn.
ed The inmates narrowly escaped.
The Grand Rapids, Mich, Folding Chair
and Table Company's factory was burned
loss on stock, $4,000; oil building and
equipment, sac, 900; insurance, $4,000
At Chicago. the five story building occu-
pied by the Bridgeport Wood Finishing
Company damaged $4,000. Two fremen
were injured by barrel of oil exploding.
AT Plymouth, Mass, the historical Unita.
by Paul Revere in 1901 The loss is heavy,
the organ alone being insured FOR $4,000.
AZ Marshfeld Wis; S,nadts lumber camp
was burned Five of the eight men who
occupied the building were bui ned, and one,
Andrew Mullenbach; is now dead. Charles
David, of Mcmillan, cannot recover, and
two others are burned so badly that the
flesh has dropped from their hands and
faces. Loss on building $1,000.
At Winston, y. C., the Hotel Zinzendori
recently built by the West End Land Com.
pany at cost of $4,000, was totally de-
ttroyed by fire. The contents were mainly
taved. The hotel was one of the best in the
South.
At Newport. Il. l., "The Brakers" the
elegant and costly residence of Cornelius
Vsnderbuilt is u smouldering mass of ruins.
B.ackened ar crumbling walls of brick,
and heaps OF ashes, are all that now remain
ofthe palatial villa which for years has
been numbered among Newpor's largest
and finest residences The fire also destroy.
ed all the valuable contents OF the villa
including furniture, brio a-brac, wearing
apparel and rare and costly articles of every
description. The silver, jewels and other
valuables of a like nature, were placed in
the safe by the servants and are prob
ably all right. Estimates place Mr.. Van.
derbuilts loss at not less than 100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
STAMBOUL KING AGAIN.

ar CALIFORNIA STALLION GOES \ MILE FASTER,
ny QUARTER or A SECOND, THAN KREaLIN.
Stamboul ,rotted on kitc-shaped track
At Stockton, Cal, in 207!. The day was not
favorable, it being cloudy and cold. and the
track was damp from ram. The stallion
was in good condition and had it been a
better day his time would have been lower.
He went to the half in l,02t and finished
207., going without a skip until he reached
the wire when lie left his feet. The perform
ance makes Stamboul king OF the trotting
turf.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
THE PENSION ESTIMATE.

ONE HUNDRED AND sfxTy-six MILLION roL1Ans
NEEDED FOR NEXT yEAB.
The secretary OF the interior transmitted
to the secretary OF the treasury, the estimnt.
e' required by pensions for the fiscal year.
The sum OF si66, $50 will be nee, ssary to
pay pensions on account OF the army and
navy. including the maintenance ofpension
agencies, clerk hire and other incidental
expenses. or this amount IL is estimated
hat si65, 100000 will be paid directly TO
pensioners. In addition to the estimate Of
tli6'OOJ,0W for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1872, deficiency of $40 sos, 1921 is asked.
During the first fiscal year of the present
'dminis ration, an estimate of $50, SOC, ,00J
N round numbers, was sufficient to pay
pensions and other incidcntals.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

LARGE WORKS TO SHUT DOWN.
Caused BY the ULo ,rtainty of TariD
Legisla, ion.

The Illinois Steel Company, Chicago, en-
ploying $500 men, will shut down Decem.
Der 10, for two or three months. The pri
mary cause is said to be due to the uncer.
tainty of tariff legislation. Owing to the
general belief that steel rails will be cheap
er, few orders are being received. While
the works are shut down, an invention,
which will do away with the travelling
crane, will be introduced. This will dis.
pense with 6j men, each of whom make
1850 year Another invention which
will be put in the rail mill dispenses with
helpers These men draw 500 per month.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
CRITCHLoW FREE.
Acquitted by the Jury After Little More
Than an Hour's Deiibsration.

Sylvester Critchlow, the Homesteadel
charged with killing I. J, Connors, Pink.
erton, was acquitted at Pittsburg, the jury
having been out just 70 minutes.
Critchlow was Immediately taken back to
Jail, where be is now held under indict.
inent for riot in default Of g., 900 bail There
is also On indictment against him for the
killing of Silas Wayne at Homestead on
July @.
Other Homestead suits will taken be up at
once, 1t is said. The first one is against
Jack Clifford, who Is also charged with
murder and iiot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
Minneapolis Flour Output.

The amount OF flour ground at Minneapo.
lis last week was tho lightest for any week
In the past three months The weeks out
put was ,79O barrels, averaging 3l,l3l
barrels daily, against 22i, $50 the week be,
fore, l6l. 200 for the corresponding time in
1891, and 1888, l70 in 1880. Foreign trade Is
extremely dull, bids being usually I'd to Is
below the views of millers. The direct eI-
port shipment by the mills last week were
81, 200 barrels, against Il, 800 barrels the pre-
ceding week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
BEYOND Oun BORDERS.

Black diph,heria is raging in Canadian
lumber camps.
The South Australia wheat harvest will be
abundant.
Four cases Of cholera are reported at Brus'
sells. Some anxiety is felt but the health
authorities are confident that there Will be
no spread of the disease
In Is of the Russia cholera districts there
we're 3, ,3l3 cases Of the disease and 769 deaths
the last week
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
per-onai.

President elect Cleveland spent Thanks
giving Day quietly and enioyably on
Broadwater Island, Va. Mr.. Cleveland had
mis- Thanksgiving dinner at $ p. m.,the only
persons present being his companions,
Messrs Davis and Jefferson, and the host
Mr.. Ferrell.
James G. Blaine is again a very sick man,
and the daily attendance of physicians Is
-equired
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
ENORMOUS WHEAT CROPS.

The wheat crop OF Minnesota and the
Dakotas will be many million bushels above
all estimates. Over l,l0o cars were received
yesterday, the heaviest Of all the season.
but the daily receipts have averaged over
1000 cars. Conservative grain men who
early in the season placed the crop at S.
900 0c0 bushels. are now ssyiag it will be be.
tween l40. 900. 900 and 100 900 900 bushels.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
Miscellaneoua.

Many deaths are reported as the result Of
FOODS in the State OF Washington, while the
loss Of property in the shape of farm build
ings carried away and wrecked throughout
the State will make formidable item.
The famous Homestead (Pa.) Advisory
board is no more. At meeting on Mon
day night that body was formally dissolved
Addresses OF regret were made by those
present.
Eskimos atthe Worlds Fair grounds took
an unusually black negro for satan.
In the suit Of Barbara Reich against the
Philadelphia Company at Pittsburg, for
dsmases for injuries caused by an eIplo-
sio, OF natural gas ON Smsllman street, a
verdict was given fur $4,000 damages for
the plaintiff. Miss Reich was badly injured.
In the case Of David Bennett, who was also
hurt by the explosion. the same jury gave .
verdict Of 500 for the plaintiff.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

per yard to ~ Al per heading. Lsboren
and all other employees about the mines and
breaker of the company. were also given in
creases from 10 to so cents per day.
The X. Of l.. has voted 10 remove head
quarters from Philadelphia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
~s----
A NATIONAL BANK ROBBED.

orreI,Rs BLOW urrN THE VAULTS WITH pyN,.
Nirr,sEctnED BETWEEN S11, ,00O AND $15 600
IND ESCAPE.
-Four expert cracksman, with dynamite.
succeeded in cracking the safe of the First
National Bank at Liberty. Mo-, securing n
sum OF money estimated at from sii 600 to
$4,000. The burglars were scared away be-
fore they completed the work and did not
get into the reserve vault of the safe, In
which was $4,000. They had dynamite
fuse attached to this, but fled without touch
ing 1t off.
Leaving the bank the burglars went to
the house of Joseph eele stole carriage
and team OF horses with which they made
their escape
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

A BAND OF OUTLAWS BROKEN UP.
The Marrow gang of highwaymen and
train robbie in the neiehborhood Of Rome.
Ga, has been wiped out. Jim Green, one
OF the number, confessed after being arrest
ed, resulting in the capture Of George and
John Marrow and Henry Leakc, and the
killing of Will Marrow and Chester Scott.
while resisting arrest The gang robbie the
East Tennessee express Of $1,000 abont
year ago and recently held up tram at
pip1rnOpt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
A MOTHERS MADNESS.
Iries to Throw Herself In the Fl
Whore Her Child Psrishsd.

AT Tecumseh, !. T., Mrs. Charles Edmon.
son left her 9'year old child alone In her
house while she went to IN adjoining field
after her husband. Dsring her absence the
house caught IRE. The husband and wife
hastened back, but too late to save their
child. The mother attempted TO throw
bersslf into the burnins mass. but was ~,
sssinsd By her husband.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

-CHARLEs +. CHuRcH, = travelling sales
man for Sanford a. Co., dry goods, Of Win
nipeg, was caught In = blizzard while driv-
ing scross prairie, lost the trail and was
frozen to death.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
INSURANCE pEFRAupERs SENTENCED.

Louis Ebert and John H. ONeal, whs
were charged with defraudng the Metropol-
itan Life Insurance Company by sending In
bogus policies. were convicted at Washing
ton. Ebert was sentenced TO four months
and O'Neal to 10 months In the work house
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
FOUR KILLED, THREE INJURED.

-Four people were killed and three injured
by collision on the Union Pacific Railroad
at Aida, Neb. The following were killed /;
Engineer b. Mcdonald, Engineer 4. B. Bar
relt, Conductor j. W. Keller and Fireman
Owens. The injured are Fireman Castillo,
fatally hurt; brakeman Sutherland, badly
bruised and scalded. One passenger was
slightly injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

At Cleveland the Schneider q Trenkamp
works have started up again with nearly ell
Of the 400 old hands employed. The works
shut down ON account Of . general strike.
The men return ct the former wages.
The miners Of the Pine Brook and Ca
po,ns than, ofths Lackawanpa Iron and
e1ssl Company, Scranton, Pa. numbering
-. were given an incssass Of 10 PER cent In
~nnm fos m,ning coal and for cutting Gross
hsn1inU IN were increased hon 20 cents
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

--MRs. MAGGIE BARrILISA. Of Chicago
dreamed hat her absent husband was mur
aersd. She became raviug maniac.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

-JAooB scHooP, wealthy farmer Of
Duchess county. n, ", has been swindled
out Of $500 by William Haupt, . silver
brick washer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30
AKine Departs for His Throne.


Prince Mono Lulu, of Nashville, Tenn,
who became King of the Vey Nation by his
fathers death some time ago left to take
his seat on the throne.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-11-30

"A BILL to reduce slesping car charges
from esto q 80 night will be introduced
In the Missouri Legislatufs.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-09-17
Persian Swords.

The swords of Hindostan are of end
less variety in size and shape. the most
common being the "tegha' and "tal-
war, broad. much curved blades, wrong
ly styled scimitars, the real scimitar
bci:l; clumsy chopperlike weapon,
nearly straight and widening to tho
point. There is the "khanila,' heavy
straight sword with basket hilt, like the
Scottish claymore. The kilanda was an
object of worship to the Eaiputs. pre-
cisely as to the Scythians. The "pata,"
or gauntlet sword, much used by the
Mahrattas. was development of fhe
"katar," having Il long rapier blade,
often of Spanish make and Il cylindrical
liilt, into which the arm WAS passed to
the elbow. The Persian sword, how
ever, was valued above ell others. and
particularly those of IIhorassan.
These are the real Damascus blades"
the dalnascening being produced by tie
capitalization of the steel Connois.
seurs recognize ten different varieties Of
watering or "jaubar;' and the most in
credible prices have been given fpr
fancy specimens. D;;t the great brittle
ness CT these swords makes them unit
for use by Europeans. who would SILVER
them TO pieces by y smashing blow"
while the oriental employs their razor
edge only for tllc drawing" cut
Chambers Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-09-17
A1exnuder.s Death Mask.

When Hamlet said that Alexander
died. Alexander was buried. Alexander
returneth 10 dust, he overlooked the
fact that Alexandcr's dust, instead OF
being converted into loam to stop beer
barrel, was preserved from corruption
by the process of embalming and from
external injury by being cased in the
most precious of metals. Pettigrew, in
his History of Egyptian Mnmmies, says
of the death mask of Alexander that lit
was sort Of chase work. and of such
nature that it could be applied so closely
to the skin as to preserve not only the
form Of the body. but also to give the
expression of the features to the coun-
tenance."
Hc does not quote his authority for
this statement. but it is unQuestiouably
derived from the account of the death
and burial of Alexander written by
Diodorus Siculus, WHO said: ''And first
coffin of beaten gold was provided. so
wrought by the hummer as to answer Ia
the proportions of the body. 1t was half
flied with aromatic spices, which served
as we'll to delight the sense as to prevent
the body from putrefaction. Then fol-
lows il description of the funeral chariot.
and of the long line of march from
Babylon to Alexandria, where Augustus
Cesar saw the tomb 300 years later, but
there is no reference to'a mask Of Alex
ander's face in gold.-Laurence Hutton
in Harper's.