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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
IOREIGN.

The Hamburg senate has forbidden hotel
keepers In Hamburg to receive as guests
travellers coming from Russian Galicia.
An unknown America at Monte Carlo
lost s3,5OO belonging to his mother at the
gambling tables. When the last coin was
gone he walked quickly ont and IS miles
from Nice threw himself in front Of an ap.
preaching train and was killed Another
unknown gambler lost all he had and blew
out his brains soon after.
Seve persons were killed and % wound
ed in the recent wreck on the Mexican
Southern Railroad
Cholera continues to spread IN the North
of France. In the town of Gravelines, near
Calais, three deaths and one new case were
reported on Wednesday, and three
deaths on Thursday. Several streets in
which the disease is especially prevalent
have been closed by the town authorities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

When completed this cathedral will be one
ol the most magnificent and costly sacred
structures in America.
The ceremonies were held under tent
which the severity OF the weather made
necessary, erected in the hape OF cross.
The day was particularly appropriate for
the laying OF the corner stone as il is known
IN the church calender as the diy of ST
John the Evangelist.
The corner stone stool i'll the central
square OF the tent under peakel roof
twenty feet high. Arounl it was built a
platform four feet high on which were
Bishop Potter, the visiting bishops, the
clergy oil the diocese and prominent invite 1
guests. The platform could accommo late
exactly lOl2 persons and just that number
OF tickets were issuei
Inside the tent wns stesm-heatiny plant
and ten radiators made the Temperature
comfortable. The services began with a
procession to the platform, in the following
order:
The Church Choral Society, students o.
the General Theological Seminary, Trustees
OF Columbia College, Trustees of ST. La ;e's
Hospital; the clergy; Architect George l..
Helms; David H. King, Jr.. builder; Tru.-
tees OF the Cathedral; the visiting bishops:
Bishop Henry G. Potter.
As the procession assembled the platform
passages from the Psalms We're read by the
clergymen and bishops. Then followed a
special service arranged for the occasion by
Bishop Potter, in wnich the musical Tea.
lures which were prepared Dy the Rev Dr..
huntington, were particularly elaborate.
An address was delivered by the Right
Rev. DIR. William Duane, Bishop OF A lbany.
Ihe corner stone was then lahi by ols loJ
Potter, in which he use "a handso ne SILVER
trowel, settling maui OF OAK, square, level AM
plumo. The services closet with recss-
sional hymn.
In the stone was placsl large pewter
box containing copy of the Bibl4, P.'ote,-
fant Episcopsi prayer boo :, by .nudi OF tue
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
ANOTHER MILWAUKEE, FIRE.
THREE FIREMEN KILLED
And Many Injured. Two Big Tanneries
Destroyed by Incendiaries.

Milwaukee, Wis. was visited by, another
disastrous fire Tuesday morning. The big
tannery Of COnrad.Bros. was totally destroy.
ID. and also the greater portion OF the
William BeckerLe Company's tannery,
Fireman Julius Huebner was so overcome
by the smoke that he fell 10 the ground and
was killed George Reichman, Of the fire
patrol, was suffocated by smoke. Thomas
Sullivan, a fireman is missing and his re-
mains are supposed to be in the ruins. Two
other fireman were seriously injured.
The Becker Company's loss is t25, 600
insurance $3.50 most Of which is on tho
warehouse and stock which were saved
Conrad Bros loss is s20O,0OO insurance
sSs,OO0.
During the past year the tanneries have
been operated by non-union men, unionists
having gone out on strike last winter.
Much bitterness has been engendered by
the situation, and as late az last June it
was necessary to keep squad Of police on
duty about the tanneries all the time to
prevent rioting and assault. The opinion is
Ihat the fire was started by incendiaries
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
GRADE CROSSING HORROR.
'hfelessness the Cause OF Another Chica-
go fatality---Four People Killed and
More Will Probably Die.

Sarelessness the Cause OF Another Chica.
go Fatality---Four People Killed and
More Will Probably Die.
There was frightful collision between a
llusburg, IT. Wayne n Chicago passenger
engine and "A heavily loaded street car at
Chicago The list OF killed is as follows
John Blara, drawn beneath the wheels of
The locomotive and irirhtfully mangled;
Archibald McAndrews, head crushed and
h's body tom and cut John Roberts, night
super rntendent of the T. +. Wells Packing
company, t,rribly mangled; unidentified
woman, supposed to be Minnie Carson, died
OF internal injuries while being conveyed to
Mercy Hospital
The seriously injured are: John Brisk,
Ellen Conway, willprobabiy die. J. J. Cos
telo' George Clark, Henry Gruber, Michael
kohn' Minnie kudel, William Keisler Pat
rex oNeill Thomas Rordan, Patrick Shan
ley and Joseph Williams.
The blame for the accident seems to lie
upon shanley, the driver of the car, He
whipped up his horses and attempted to
cross 'he track without waiting for the sig.
mai from the conductor that no train was
approaching.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
WHITE HOUSE GUARANTEED,
Health Authorities Tack Up the Dreaded
Pink Colored steboard.

Pink Colored steboard.
Medical Sanitary Inspector c. j. OsmuD,
of the Health Office. and Orlando King, the
colored messenger, visited the White House
about noon Monday and tackled two signs
on the doors, one on the lower and one on
the upper floor, quarantining the Execu'
tive Mansion against the pubic. The signs
are pink colored pasteboard and on them 10
printed;
10 remove this placard without permission IL
unlawful
Scarlet fever within"
TIE signs were Iut up because Of the i'll
ness of President Harrison's grandchild,
Martena. daughter of Russell Harrison.
The patient is years old and is suffering
from welldeveloped case Of scarlet fever.
II is OF mild type, however, and will I'm.
doubtedly yield TO treatment. The two Nc
kee children, who were playing with the
little patient when she was taken i'll, have
been watched carefully, and are reported as
bring beyond danger Of contagion. The
White House was closed ts the public Mon
day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

OF st. John. The celebrated Cithe iral OF
Florence, watch took from l29S TO liii TO
build, is but 800 feet lons anl 3Jj feet wide,
ami slightly Mailer than the Cat isdrai To
be built in New YOrS. rhe Cathedral OF
Cologne, begun about l!5) an finisha in
1903 is oil feet iong, 23l leet vile, AN til /.
towers are 5ll feet hign 1t surpa'ses the
Cath edral of -. John only in the height Of
its spires. TIE great Canterbury C,tue iral
In England is ji feet long an | q feet wi le
being l31 feet narrower than tnat OF ST.
John tue Divine.
lhs SILVER trowel ani her Implements
use by Bishop Potter in Iaying the corner
stone of the Cat leiral were presented by
I'm my ~ Co. Tney cons So OF trowel,
mallet, level and square, AMI thu materials
use III making tnsm were sterling silver
AMI golden ebony, the latter sele cted from
the choicest products of I re Calf ornia for.
est, an remarkable for tn besu;iiui gold.
ike VEINS runnin throl gn ne wort
The pr.ncipa, piece. tue tr ,wel l. Of ster-
lin : silver with ebony handle. Inc engrav-
inS OF the inscription on tue face of the
trowei Is an appropriate text, and piece Of
art WORK in itself. The m ,liet il OF golden
eIony with pam SILVER muuatins The
level whicn il fifteen inches lodg, il also OF
goldel ebony, while the spirit tuoe is set IN
.erhng silver, tn square is sol piec. OF
silver modelled after a regular mason :
square, with all t1e correcs measurements
1ne entire set is incasei in II hanhso ne OAK
cnest sizs lIxl6 and 81 inches deep. It is
line with osze calf. III. mou 1tinls, lock
handles etc, of the chest are all of sterling Z
silver. lnlaid on to?, in proper foru. are
the arms of the Diocese OF New York.
The instruments will be carefully store
in the property-room of the catnedral and
used aI the laying of the corner stones of
any future building that may be erected in
connection with tine cathedral proner.
Through the courtesy OF the New York
Recorder we are enabled to print the accom-
paying cut OF the new cathedral as it will
APPEAR when completed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

SIZE and grandeur, and will place IL In the
front rank among the greatest cathedrals Of
sne entire world. The most noted churches
dral in the City Of Mexico, which Is 800 feet
long and 42o feet wide, and which took from
1913 to 1867 to build; the Gothic Cathedral
OF Notre Dame in Montreal. 2il feet long by
I5o feet wide with towers 2i3 feet high: ST
fatrick's Cathedral in this city, 33l feet
,,ong ll4 feet wide and with towers 3!s feet
high; and the cathedral in Lima. Perm 330
feet long and ls) feet wide.
st Peters in Rome. hazun In i4iO ami
dedicated in 1926 is 6iii{ feec lon,. 4ijiS
ieet wide and 4 - feet hIgn TO the top OF the
cross IT was l15 years in building, and is
the greatest church IN the world. The
Cathedral OF Milan is iS6 feet long, 9ss feet
wide and 35j feet hign 90 the top of the
spires being inier.or in siG TO the Cathedral
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
LATER NEWS WAITS.


All hoIe OF the recovery Of Lilly Langtry
(who is seriously i'll at I.ondon) has been
abandoned by her physicians. She may
live week month, or year, but per.
manent recovery is out of the question.
Senator Colquitts condition is now con.
sidered critical by his physicians. He was
able ten days ago 10 walk with some aid
about the house but be is now confined to
his bed and unable to rise, one side being
completely pnralyzed. His wife lies in an
adjoining room paralyzed, her brain being
affected. She is not expected to live many
days
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
tnpi,nI. Inbor npd ludu.,r,,i

The employees of all the glassworks in
Leeds (England) have received notice of a
reduction in wages of shilings week
The cause of the reduction is dullness in
trade. The men intend to re.ist.
The rail, Bessemer, converting and pud-
lling mill of the Bethlehem, Pa, Iron
Company is shut down for an indefinite
period. Twelve hundred men have been
thrown ont of employment. The cause OF
he stoppage is lack Of orders the steel trade
being very duh.
Nine hundred work men are idle in Brad.
dock, Pa, because the mills are shut down
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Disasters. Accidents mud rntIi,ie.

Lille Power, domestic at Birmingham,
Ala. went to bed drunk and smoked a
cigarette. The bed clothing caught fire
and she was burned to death.
A train on the Mexican Southern rail.
way was derailed and four persons were
killed and a number were injured.
Flagman J. A. lIouseknecht, Of Brad
iord, Pa, and Brakema II j. OConnor of
Wellsyiile, y. Y, were killed in railroad
wreck on the Bradford branch of the Erie
railway near lIutchins station, Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

had been done, an | only nine of the original
seventeen trustees were living. Those nine
men were summoned TO the bedside OF tue
dying Blshop, and were pie lgei by him TO
go on with the WORK. With the elevation
Of the present Bishop Potter 60 his high
Office work began anew, ana over 81, ,OJ0, ,O0J
has alrea ~ been collected for building ths
cathedral besides the sSj1.0)J paid for the
three city blocks in the centre OF which the
eiihce will stan I. This property living be.
tween llOth ami 18th streets Amsterdam
avenue and Morningsie Drive, was formerly
owned by the L.aSe ani Watts Orphan
house. lt Is the highest groun on Man
haitian Island, AMI oYerlooks tae country
Tor macy miles.
AS result OF the prizes offered for the
best designs for the cathe raj, the le iling
architects of the country submitted plsns
Inc design OF Helms an Lltarg, was closen.
and George Il. Hens was declare the ar
cditect. The catae iral, wnicl is o. the
rouni arch Gothic type, with moificatio IS
VIII take about twenty years to build an /
Will cost about $1,000 900. The first pirc
oil the edihce IN bs co npleted-sle cuoir-
Will take several years to finish, AMI will
cost VI 10000 IL will seat about twenty.
hve hundred people an will be- use for
worship during the completion of the re-
mtln1er OF the worS. The finished buildiny
viii seat between ten an1 twelve thousand
people. In II will be seven channels IN
which, every Sunday, the Gospel will be
preacned in seven foreign languages to non
isn nslisn-spsakiny w,rshipers.
The Cathedral VIII be $50 feet in length,
US feet wide through the transepts and the
heigat OF the central tower will be 445 feet.
lhe width OF the main front will be l05 feet.
the heig OF the front gable l64 feet of the
front towers PAS feet, of the fianking towers
los feet, and OF the interior OF the dome 253
rect. Tne nave will be 02 feet wide and the
span OF the central tower g6 feet.
These dimensions will place the Cathedral
OF st. john the Divine far ahead of any
o'htr cathedral Of the Western World in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Age ofthe Presidents

When he is inaugurated next March, Mr..
Cleveland will lack but few days of being
90 years old which is precisely the average
age OF presidents on their accession. The
oldest president was William Henry Har-
Iison, who was 0s, James Buchanan was G6,
Taylor Go; Jackson and Adams, 81; Monroe
50, Jefferson, Madison ana j. @ Adams, So:
Benjamin Harrison. So; Hayes, 81; Lincoln,
so; Garfield and Pierce, 40; Cleveland, 49,
and Grant, the youngest president AZ.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Duluth's Big Lumber Crop.

surveyor General Ash has just completed
his oihciai figures OF the lumber cut in tho
Duluth district the past year. The cut Of
the year is enlarged by 1857, 80 feet in the
Minnesota road and by 4,7O6, 900 on the Lit
tie and Big Fork river. These official tig.
ures show the cut in this district during the
year just closed to have been Sss i95, 900 feet
OF lumber, l75,6o60o0 lath and SG,Js4, coo
shiurles
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
DISASTERS, AcciprNrs AND rATALrr1rs

The station house at Brighton, Cal, wa.
destroyed by fire. The remains of Miss T..
A. Ayers, the telegraph operator, were
found in the ruins. 1t is evidently case
OF murder and arson. Miss Ayers was re.
ported 10 have lad considerable money.
Adrian Fairchild, who had been employed
nearly 40 years as diver by the dock de.
partment New York, was under water ram.
ming charge Of dynamite into rock. The
charge exploded prema,urely, and Fairchld
was hauled up dead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

AT Boston in the Supreme Court, a petition
was presented from several certificate hold.
ers Of the order of the Solid Rock, asking
for an injunction against the order The
compainants allege that the liabilities of
the order are sl7j, ,0O) and the assets but
about $4,000. 1t is also alleged that IT cost
S3G,000 to collect I G, 600
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

church, journals OF the General Convention
and the Diocese Of New York from 1852 10
lsg2 History of the Diocese of New
York, church almanacs, various coins
copies of the Churchman, the Liy.
ing Church and the Standard
and the morning and evening daily payers
ana prick from the first church built by
Columbus In America, bearing the inscrin,
ton; From the ruins of the first Christian
city OF the new world, where the first church
was erected by Christopher Columbus, 1903
Isabella Hispaniola.p
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Mexico W illins to Take Thorn.

Efforts will be made by the Mexican
Government and through other agencies
TO turn the tide Of emigration which has
been flowing from Europe to the United
States into this country, in view Of the
probable passage BY the United States Con-
sses Of laws further restricting immisra-
tiop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

STARVING In SWEDEN The famine in the
Government Of ulesbory, Sweden, threatens
to cause an exodus of the poorer people,
Hundreds have gone to the coast of the
Gulf OF Bothnia, to seek means Of smigrs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

q is for increase; ID decrease.)
The grand total Of ~ cities shows clear.
ings OF 81 0GG 5i9, 1856 and net increase Of
"a. In the cities outside of New York the
total clearings were si6i, i,6i0, SIS, with net
increase Of 1872.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Financial land Commercial.

Fire insurance rates in Brooklyn have
oeen advanced % per cent. by the NewYork
Tariff Association because of the alleged in.
efficiency of the Brooklyn fire department.
The increased rate is to go INTO effect at
once on all risks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
CHOLERA GAINING GROUND.
Cases Multiplying in Hamburg. On,
Hospital Treating 36 Victims.

Two children living in the Borgesch
strasse, Hamburg, fell i'll of cholera ON
Thursday, and on Monday two more in the
same house with them were stricken. The
Eppendorf Hospital Is treating 3s cases Of
cholera, Of which eight are Of an excesding.
ly virulent type. There was one death from
cholera at the hospital on Monday, With
out doubt the disease is making steady pro
gress. The life insurance companies are
aid to be already curtailipg business.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
WHOLE VILLAGES PERISH.
Frightfnl Results Of the Famine Ragins
in Snow Bound Finland

in 6now-Bound FINLAND.
The famine in North Finland Is increas
Ing, and there 10 movement in Sweden to
renew the subscriptions of last year for the
aid Of the starving Finlander. Many vii.
lagos are snow-bound, and 1t is feared that
whole communities have perished, as moth
ing has been beard Of them for number
Of DAYS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
A PALACE OF PRAYER.
Laying the Corner Stone of a
Great Cathedral.
1t Will Cost $lO,OOO,OOO and
Take Twenty Years to Build.

The corner stone of the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine, in course of construction
at the corner Of Morningside and Amster-
dam avenues, New York City, has Just been
laid with simple but impressive ceremonies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
The Highest Tip of the Worlds Fat,

The Illinois State building at the Worlds
Fair grounds was finished Wednesday. The
summit of the fiaepole is the highest point
on the Exposition grounds, 55 feetS Pove q
dome which reaches height Of 236 ~ .
inches. The building cost 600, 900. ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

Mrs. Langtry is somewhat better, but not
yet out OF danger II she RECEIVERS she will
take long sea voyage, and the stage will
not see her again for long time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04
Descrlption OF the EdiGnc

bescription OF the Edificc.
The idea OF rearing great Protestant
cathedral in America, according to TIE New
YORK Advertiser, was first co nceivel in 1917,
by the late Bishop Horatio Potter an uncle
Oh the present Bishop. When, in 1856
Bishop Horatio Potter lay dyinl, but little
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-01-04

The bank clearing to'als for the week
ended December % 1892 with comparisons,
rs te.rprnuhel 70 HLntlstrcetS are:
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-22
BETTER THAN a CLUB.
new York PolIesnsn Have Adopted =
Novel Plan fof Arouliny Drunks-

New York P6iIesmsn Have Adopted .
Novel Plan fot Arousiny Drunks-
Ever since the New York police com
m~issi0nefs issued the edict against
members Of "the finest carrying their
locusts during the day the %patrolmen
In the downtown precincts hive been
trying to find something to take
the place Of the club when it YVES
found necessary to recall sleeping
''drunks" from tho land of dreams to
the stern realities OF existence.
Formerly, says the Evening World, q
free application ofthe club to the solcs
OF n sleeper's feet had the desired eff
feet. Denied that method Of arousing
the dormant powers Of locomotion in
the sodden gentry It vas often neces-
sary to spend the greater part Of nm
hour pcrsuading IN individual to hie
himself away. But it was not long be-
fore the inventive genius of IN Oak
street station patrolman made the way
all smooth and beautiful once more.
Now n fve-cent rubber ball has
taken the place Of the cightccn-inch
stick. Apparently harmless Us this
little toy looks to the uninitiatcd, it's
efficacy US n bum" accclcrator for
exceeds q whol9uc bundle of night
sticks. Itisn't tho rubber ball, but it's
contents that does the business Every
patrolman in thqiourth ward now fills
i rubber ball with household ammonia
when he starts out in the morning. A
gentle pressure of the thumb and fin
q ger projects nf'lne stream OF fluid
lightning from the small hole in the
hollow sphere n distance of several
feet. This tiny stream brought to bear
upon n ''Slccpcr's" mustachc has never
yet failed to bring about an immediate
rcvivifying of the subject, no matter
how inert the. bundle of bum up
peared to be n moment previous.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-22
FAMOUS AMERICANS.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND never wears
gloves, whether the weather be cold or
warm.
VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON follows
the example of the president and pays
his hotel and railroad bills wherever
lie goes.
N. c. CEEEDE, the founder of Creole,
Col, has taken up his residence in Los
Angeles, CAL, and bought n residence
there for forty Thousand dollars. Hay
ing amassed o fortune he will devote
the rest OF his life to taking ARE OF his
health. i 90.
II is rumored in New York that Hiss
Helen Gould, eldest daughter OF the
late flnancicr, is planning the erection
OF n hospital for ono Miss Gould
Is probably the richest heiress in Amer.
lea, her fortune being estimated ut
from ten to fifteen million dollars.
GEoRGE V~ANpERBrLT's purchase of
tho Paul Cameron estate near Ashc-
villo, N. c., for sevcnty-lve thousand
dollars, it is thought, will make him
the largest land owner in the state.
This property is in the immediate
vicinity Of his great chateau and hunt
Ing preserves
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-10-22
Work Of, the. Steering Committee.

w~AsurSoros, Oct: little Demo-
Gratis in tho Senate arc devotihg mcs.
bf :hs TINS 10 an effort to egree
htuoog themselves, and they arc OF
the opinion that they arc 10, n fair way
to agree on q bill to DO introduced at
tho beginning of nsxt week. So many
OF them arc engaged in this -businoss
that there were. few Id the Senato 10.
day b 1t silver mon, who. understand
ing the. situation, did not suggest tho
absence ara quorum.
1t is a fact that the Democratic
"stccriuR" comuittss has almost
agreed on n bill and a.s now engaged
In ttsifS 10 get The various fnctions
to S6Gept is. Siltet D5n,ocrats accept
1t rather teadilY though they are not
fully satisfied with the limited recog-
milton OF silver. but some repeal Dem
bcrats arc still holding out for abso-
lutte repeal, aud with these tho ttm-
hi;tec is now laboring.
The opinion is expressed that IL ell
these cannot be- won over, enough Rc-
pnb!ieans can be secured to pass tho
measure propoIedr The bill extends
the provision5 OF Tho present silver
purchase law to Jauuary l, 1895, with
a reduction of the monthly purchase
I two and q halt millions per month.
aud for the coinage Immediately. OF
the seignorage silver in. tho treasury.
The matterof bond issue ia still opfn
The most fatotnbly considered propo.
sition contemplates tho purchase OF
silvcr at tho present rate Till ninety
million ounceo hdss been Purchased.
Villas is, the only member Of the
tommlttee holdiHg out against com.
ptomise. A consultation will be hsld
with Carlisle this afternoon.