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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life moro, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the valuo to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative; efectunlly cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fcvers
and permanently curing constipation.
II has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and IL IL perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and s. bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
pnd being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute il offered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
cniMrs ANp rrNALrIrs.

J. W. Coppinger, United States Consul at
Toronto, Ont, and ex-mayor Of Alton, ILL.,,
shot and slightly wounded Col. AT. Rogers,
Of the latter place. The trouble grew out OF
n discussion over an old personal and poiti-
cal ieud.
Mrs. Harrie, Burrows, aged - years who
was serving life sentence in the Philadel-
pha penitentiary for the murder of her
husband, committed suicide by hanging.
Detective John Conway,of Chicago was
shot and seriously wounded by men claim
ing to belong TO private detective agency.
A, Bedford City, Va, seven indictments
were brought in aga inst County Treasurer
Arthurs by special grand jury. Five
charge him with embezzling s3i, 22G of State
and county bonds. The others charge the
misuse of $500 school funds.
Philip Schneider, n wife.beater, drew a
razor to resist arrest at New Orleans. a
policeman shot him in the abdom,n and he
died in an hour.
The trial of Patrick Eugene Prendergas'
for the murder Of Mayor Carter b. Harrison
Of Chicato began Monday before Judg,
Brentano.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

The Mexican government in order TO re-
fund advances detained in 1892, to dssol We
private mints and to complete the Tehaun.
tepic railroad has concluded new o per
cent loan with the National Bank Of Mexico
and the Bleichroders for f3 600, 900, service
Of which Is secured by loan of ~ per cent.
ON the export duties. The loan will be is-
sued in January.
The Spanish Cortes will m eet in Decem ber
for the purpose OF voting extraordinary
supplies for the Morocco expedition in order
to enable Spain TO act against the Sultan
himself If he refuses to submit TO the
claims Of the Spanish Government, which
will be backed by the Spanish fleet and by
the armies now in Africa,
As an outcome Of the sensational dis
cussion in Parliament over anarchy, Secre-
tary Asquith has refused to allow the An
archists 10 hold n meeting in Trafalgar
square next Sunday.
At Paris Police Inspector Colson was
fatally wounded while arresting an
Anarchist
failed and many other failures will certain
ly follow. Genoa suffered most The
Bourses there and in Florence closed after
the announcement of the collapse, Several
stock exchange firms will go into liquida-
ton The creditors of the Credit Mobilier
including depositors, number more than
10000,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
THE LABOR WORLD.

PARIs locksmiths get $3.50 per day.
FGANcE has had 800 strikes this year.
Sr. LOUIS, Mo-. has 10l union grocers.
Sicily has 800, 900 union agriculturists.
CHICAGO has 30, 600 idle clothing workers.
COMMERCE employs 15,G2O,OO Americans.
Co-orERArIyE agriculture is thriving in
France.
lLLlSois' weekly payment law sis uncon-
s:hutionai.'
THry say 100000 men are idle in the
United States.
FroRrp. reports 500 tramps on the road
to Washington
KAvsAs' Eight Hour law has been de-
clarei unconstitutional.
TuE Commercial club Of indianapolis,
In l.. ana IN" Board OF Trade have started a
movement TO aid the idle.
CoLoRADo ia sendin: her unemployed men
10 Texas. and Texis feeds them and sends
them on IRON town to tcwo.
THR BrooSs Locomotive Works st Dun
kirk. Y. Y. which usually employs 1909 men,
now has only 100 on the rolls.
BUpA-pRsrH. Hungary. reports strike OF
GOo0 on account OF the discharge OF man
ior being Il member OF the union.
A NUM9ER Of large iron mills in the West
have resu ned work. ant many wooden mills
in New England have started up again.
MARRIED men and residents OF the city will
have precedence when Seattle, Wash. shall
begin the WORK on local Improvements to
provide work for the unemployed.
NEwBERGY (Penn.) railroad SHOPS had to
shut down the other Sunday. because man
who refused to work on the SABBATH 'hreat
ened to prosecute the whole !or:s ioi viola
ton o the Sunday law.
SRyE9tL OF the large iron mills at NoungI
town. Ohio. alter having been smut down for
twenty-three weeks. started as result OF
the settlement OF the wage-scale question on
"A basis OF sl7j for puddlinr AMI the finish
ers' scale OF the fin'shers Union.
| TwEXTY-FoUR puadlers at Allegheny,
| Penn. the other dny were compelled &c
| leave the company houses. They borrowed
| r. wagon, but no horse could be secured
| ,rnereupon a dozen men got into the shafts
| mad nul,eh the wagon 10 rooms here and
there that had been secured by the strikers.
CHURCH BEILs rang joyfully in all the min
ing towns OF England and Wales because thu
| great strike OF the coal miners had heef
| ended at n conference between employer
| and employees. The strike has been the mos
disastrous TO many interests that the king
| dom has ever known. Outside the persons
directly interested in the business, the suffer
| ing has been widespread on account OF tint
high prices oil coal caused by its scarcity.
The strangest bit of labor news that ha'
turned up lately comes from New Haven
| Conn. All the employees OF the thirty-seveI
Chinese laundries have formed labor union
and they will only do washing on Mondays
Tuesdays and Fridays, while ironing vii
occupy their time on Wednesdays and Thurs
days. The days work has been fixed TO be
gin at a. m. and finish at s p. M. with M
work on Saturdays. They receive ~. 10 pc
week and board. The proprletors will sent
TO New York and Boston for Chinese to taxi
their places.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
The Net Increase Last Month Was So.
716,d9S. Gold Reserve Still



The public debt statement issued atWpsh-
ingio on, shows the net increase of the public
debt, less cash in the treasury, during the
month of November to have been sG,Il6,-
I0S. The debt bearing no interest increased
S3I3, 1866 There was 4 decrease in the cash
balance in the treasury during the month
of 81 ,00i GTi. The interest bearing debt is
1855, 039 go and the debt bearing no inter
est 1874, $50 ZIG, total debt Of 1901 5693lb.
The certificates and treasury notes Offset by
an equal amount of cash in the treasury
amount to sJ0J, 229, ,302 an increase during
the month Of ell ,Gl94il. Tie net gold
reserve is So, $780, ,Oi9, and the net
cash balance si2240,567, total
available balance OF t95 GIG decrease
since the lst of November of 81, ,0.l, GA. The
total cash in the treasury is t73I, ,sl0 1856.
The receipts OF the government for the
month of November were s23. 800 IOl and
the expenditures $3l ,3U2, ,026 The receipts
Tor The first five months of the fiscal year
July, August, September, October and
Novem ber-amotnis tn $l29, iU3, All and the
expenditures Sl5Y, 32l, 5l3. aeficit for this
fiscal year to date OF s29,9lS0SG For the
first five months Of last year the receipts
were s16l lsi 0Ig and The expenditures
s156 800, ,7t6 The expenditures on account
| OF pensions during the present fiscal year
amount to 500. 4sl ,5I2 as against sjj 4Sl, ,79j
Tor the same time last year.
The customs receipts this fiscal year have
fallen off s23, go t30 and the ia ternal reve-
nue. receipts 81, 6G6 67s, as compared with
last year The expenditures nnder the head
| OF War" this year have been 81. g. 1873
| and under the head Of Navy sl,9l3 2S9
greater than for the first five months of last
year.
The total amount of National bank circu-
lation outstanding November 80 was sos,
| $50, 7SS, AN increase in in circulation since
November 80 1892, of $50 $3.50, ,g6) d n de
crease since October 81, 1888, Of &363. 37S.
! The amount OF National bank circulation
| outstanding against bonds deposited there
for November 30 was &ls7 600, JJ9
| The receipts from customs at the port OF
| New Ors for the month Of November were
! S6,3l2, S07 as compared with receipts Of ~,
55I 1856 during November; 1892, ana $7,537, :
1856 during October 1893. lhe amount paid
in gold coin was 81 per cent vi the total,
while durin. October 37O per cent was paid
| in gold coin. The payments in silver certl-
Gates show large crease this month over
last, bein.; 45S per cent this month and b.
per cent last month, The other kinds oi
money used were silver coin, o l per cent
| gold certificates. O.I per cent; United States
notes, 1853 per cent and United States treas
ury notes, ga per cent
| The total gold in the treasury, coin anC
bullion, is $l6l, l22 l2s; the gold certificates
in treasury cash $l49 O90; the gold certiii
Gates in circulation $IS, ln3 ,0I9 and the ne
gold in the treasury So 959,0i0.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
REMARKABLE SURGERY.
A Broken Back Strengthened and the
Patient Will Recover.

A Broken Back Strengthened and the
Patient Will Recover.
Mary Hooker, % years old, domestic in
the family of Mrs. A. L. DOLL who occu-
pies third story fiat on West Seventeenth
street, New York, fell through the dumb
waiter shaft to the cellar, distance Of 45
feet, and had her back broken. She is now
at the Polytechnic hospital. Her back was
broken and she was otherwise terrible
bruised, but she will not probably die, ow-
ing o the extraordinary o-eration which
was performed upon her by Dr., Robert ii.
NJ. Dawbarn, professor of surgery at the
Polytechnic hospital. and who happened to
be In the house where the accident occur
red
When taken TO the operating room it was
found that the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
dorsal veriebrae wee fractured and that her
whole body was badly bruised. Pieces Of
the fractured bone were pressing on the
spinal cords, causing paralysis oftbe lower
limbs. The operation, which lasted about
three hours, consisted in cutting away por-
tions of the broken bones. elevating the
backbone and cleaning out the debris. Then
the entire body was pat mp IN plaster Dur
ing this delicate operation Dr.Dawbarn and
his assistants expected the girl to die In
their hands. The docter thinks that the
girl will live.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
WRECKS AND SMALLPOX.

That is What the Officials of the Lehigh
Road Have TO Contend With.
IL the long Lehigh strike continues an
organized effort will have to be made to
feed hundreds OF miners and their famil les
Many are already suffering from hunger.
There is no change in the strike situation.
The company will get rid Of the incon,-
petent help as fast as possible. They are
causing great deal OF trouble and much
loss to the company. in one day no less
than five wrecks were reported between
White Haven and Wlkesbarre. The first
occurred at North Wilkesbarre
A freight train leaving Wilkesbarre about
midnight remained intact until it reached
a place near the Conynghan coal breaker,
where the last two cars parted from the
train. This escaped the notice OF the crew.
The train sped on and left thetwO cars
standing ON the main line.
Passenger train 10 due to leave at LAO D.
m, did not leave until about O'Clock. Co
ing at good speed 1t crashed into the
two freight cars. The engine. with the two
cars. were wrecked completely and the fire.
man severely injured. The road curves at
that place very much and the cars could not
be seen.
Soon af,er o clock engine 80 stopped at
Gracedale 10 take water. Engine 4U2 came
along running at the rate OF % miles an
hour and crashed into the cahoose attached
to 394 Two brakemen whose names
were Nelson and McCabe were instantly
killed The cabo Sc caught tire and the
body OF one of the men was burned up.
A dispatch from Somerville. N. j., says:
A terrible wreck occurred near Bloomsburg
station, on the Lehigh Valley Railroad,
which blocked both tracks andby which the
life OF another green trainmen was sacritic-
ed. The engineer of a heavily loaded coal
train going east got orders at Bloomsbury
station to take siding for fast east bound
express.
The express passed and Joe johnson one of
the green brakenen, ran ahead Of the train
10 open the switch. He did this, at the same
time throwing the cros over the switch
leading from the east 10 the west bound track.
He then attempted to get on the engine,
when he was thrown under the wheels and
instantly killed.
The coal engine was half way across on
the westbound track when heavy west
bound coal train came rushing down the
steep grade at this point and plunged into
it, Both engineers jumped and saved their
lives. The engines came together with q
fearful crash and both OF them are q total
wreck. Coal cars are piled up in heaps,
blocking both tracks.
II is said that smallpox has broken out
In the barracks at Phillipsburg, where the
men now working on the Valley are quar-
tered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
THE FUTURE OF THE X. OF L.
powderly Writes Of the Work Done BY
The nrlcr it, Ahc Pat

powderly Writes OF the Work Done BY
the Order in the Past.
In letter 10 the New York World re-
viewing the history OF the Knights of Labor
Ex-General Master Workman r. V.Powder.
~ writes as follows concerning the order;
In no way has the order ofthe knights of
Labor accomplished W much good rs in the
education of The citizen in his rights and
duties The strike is u relic Of a bygone bar.
barrie age. II bad its origin thousands OF
years ago when the striker was n warrior
who took TO the field when the strike began
II has survi, ed because men have not fully
considered or CAREFULLY studied the condition
oftheir neiRhbors. SO iniricbtsly are our Ii
terests interviewer that no strike OF any
importance can be entered upon without
INJECTING injury Oh Others not directly COLI
cerped ~ the controversy.
or the results Of the session Just closed
and passing into history the ffients OF the
order Cannot but e i;er avn apI r,hension
and misgivings. Inc proceedings nave been
characterized by n somewhat reckless dlsre'
gard Tor law, rule, precedent and eSperi.
ence. That apprehension Ut the condition
OF our members III isolated sections of the
country which so particularly marked the
deliberations Of preceding sessions uf the
General Asseub was lumentably absent
from the session Of 1888. Boycotts without
number were levied without care. delibera
ton or thought OF future consequences,
l.ongeslabllshed customs and usagps have
been lightly set aside. Ghe wishes of local
assemblies were disregarded in transferring
them from one jurisdiction to another
IasIng II altogether the dignity and dtto-
rum which rievalled IN other sessions Of
the BODY could be recalled in painful con
trast with this. could the rank and file of
the order have occupied positions where
hey could witness the acts OF the srepresen.
thtives they would certainly disapptUve of
Their methods OF enac,ng ,pislation as.well
as OF the legisl tion itsei
IL Is no' in its General Assembly that the
Order OF knights OF Labor ~ strongest; we
must search for its real strength and energy
in the hearts Of It's memt tiers and their de
vo,ion 10 its principles. In the acts Of the
Officers Just enieiing upon their duties we
VIII find cause tor rejoicing or sorrow, as
thev are successful or Otherwise They have
before them no light or pleasant task and
will require the confidence and inspiring
aid of the whole membership.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
crime upd Penalties.

J. CIV. Morrison, OF Springfield, ILL.,, a
piano tuner was arrested near Winchester,
charged with attempting TO assault Miss
Markrock OF that place. A mob took Mark
rock toa corn field near by and beat him
with clubs and stones until he was dead
Harmon Whaley. who has been tutor
of Latin at Harvard College the past three
years GU hist It in his room, on Harvard
square. le WAS re moved to the C,mbridge
Hospital ~here, il is believed he cannot
recover.
George Goddard, of Chicago has surren'
dered to the Sheriff in M,nison, Ind, say.
Ing he murdered Alexander smith, nigh,
clerk at the 90 ,idental House, in Chicago
October g.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
OvEReAT,No.
sAs nsst Il vrsusAs v,sA sAs a,sv.ss
Denesr.

TIE Hsst Il yrsushs wisA sAs 0rsvsss
Denesr.
Because OF the peculiar signincancc
which now attaches to the word
Temperance, we should not forget
that "Eyery man that striveth for
The mastery Is temperate In all
things," and that IL Ia Just as bind
Ing on us to show moderation In our
use Of the necessities OF life as In our
use of It's luxuries. Even the neces-
,ities OF life may become superfui-
ties through their quantity and quail
lty being raised TO the point Of lux
ury. Take, for example, the food
supply OF the body.
1t Is obvious that the body must
have rich, force-supplylng food In
order TO carry on its daily tasks. Yet
The fact is often lost sight OF that an
yver supply Of food TO the body, like
1vercoaliny the steam engine, Is pro-
luctive OF nothing but waste. More
steam Is made than can be used
Nor is this all. In such finely
adjusted machine as the human body
no one piece OF the complex organism
can be oyerworked except at the
ultimate expense of the rest.
Not only are we inflicting the
stomach with an unnecessary amount
Of work when we crowd II with food,
but we are to the same extent i'm
posing upon the other organs. As a
matter OF fact, II Is the liver which
generally gets the brunt OF the extra
burden, though the heart and kid
Deys are also affected to n greater or
less degree.
Among the disorders caused by
this superfluous condition are hamor-
rhoids or bleeding piles.
TO ascertain the proper proportion
between the demand and supply Of
the body, one must consider not only
the peculiar needs Of each person,
but the season OF the year. Heat is
the unit Of force in the body; but
while force.supplying food may be as
necessary In summer as in winter,
the need for fats, or hydro. carbons,
a they are called, TO maintain the
bodily heat is by no means so urgent.
For one who is properly familiar
with the resources Of his own body,
and who is not blinded by appetite,
IL is comparatively easy TO discover,
to remarkable degree OF nicely, the
amount ana kind Of food which his
system requires
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
BOILING DEAD CHINAMEN.

a New Industry to Which Chicagoans
Empatically Object.
The Chicago police are looking for law
against boiling dead bodies, but can find
none. Residents along Clark stre't near
Graceland Cemetery, report that Chinese
workman are boiling bodies in shanty
erected on vacant lot. Officers Gale and
Wate found that bodies had been boiled
preparatory 10 shipment. Some time ago
Chinese representative made arrangements
TO export bodies of their countrymen that
had been buried in Graceland. In prepar-
ing them for shipment the bodies were
boiled and this process was objected to by
neigh boring residents. Forty SIX bodies re-
main 10 be prepared for shipment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06

james Smith, aged 1903 years and 3 months
died at New Yors, at the age of l0l. He
was a coal HEAVIER.
In the great football game Thanksgiving
between the Princeton andYale college clubs
the former wo1 by score Of q too.
Della Kecgnn, whose suit against Russell
Sage for breach Of promise was recently dis
missed in court, created a scene on Wednes-
day by humping J. Baptist Marshall her
New York LAWYER.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Abraham Stein Il TO-, importers of hides
coffee, etc, in New York, failed. linoli-
ties about $1,000, 600. The assets January
last were more than that amount.
The Wuerpel Switch and Signal Company
Of 81. Louis, which has been closed for sew
eral months Oh account Of financial difficult
ties has made a voluntary assignment. The
liabilities are estimated SOS, 900 assets about
$4,000.
Assignee Maehr Of the Glidden-Joy Var
nsh Company of Cleveland, o.. which fail
ed last July, has made the last payment tc
the creditors Of the company, dscharginf
all obligations
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
LATER NEWS WAITS.


Next weeks schedule for the Homestead
steel works will put on nearly every
man employed in the mill The 40 inch
mill has been put on triple turn for the first
time in months, Except the 32inch mill
and the converting mill all other depart
ments are working double turn.
James r. Sovereign, the new general
master workman of the Knights of Labor,
said that as soon as iossble he will endeav-
or to sellthe property in Philadelphia and
move the headquarters to Washington or
Baltimore.
Lake Superior Iron Company lspheminG
Mich, resumed work at la portion of their
property giving employment to 200 men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
MOETuARY.

In the midst of his p operations for the
coming session of Congress, Gen. William
Lilly, Large from Pa. was
cut down in death at bis home, in Maucb
Chunk.
Charles Kosminski,a "A well-known banker,
dro ,ped dead in the Chicago City Republi'
ca convention Saturday, after making a
speech seconding the nomination of Alder
man Swift for Mayor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
snpS,ni, IubOr nud Jpdus,ri,t.

The Hotchkiss Ordnance Company OF
Providence has started upits two factories
ON "a hour time. Orders for ,orpedo,shells
have been increased largely. All ofthis is
the result of n recent visit here of Charles
X. Flint, the Brazilian Governments rep
resentaiive In New York All the shipments
are made at night
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Walked Into Death.

At Grand Rapids Mich, Myron A. King
q mason, shot and killed his wife and thci
ended his own lite by sendi & a bullet intt
his brain. King and his wife had parted
Two weeks ago after haying several violent
quarrels Wednesday morning she passed he,
tion by her husband. Sue reluctantly en-
tered the house and soon after neigh Dor,
heard the report Of the revolver and rusheC
in to lind both stretched on the floor. The
woman was dead and The man lived but .
TOW minutes
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
An Extraordinary Wedding.

An exlraordina y double wedding occur
red in the neiyhborhood Of Cross Plains,
Mrs Ellen Fitzgerald, aged 40, who became
the wife OF II. II. Lambert aged 70 and
Mrs. Mary Ofut a widow Of 20, who was
welded TO William Armstrong, a widowtr,
aged n. Among the wedding guests pres
ent were IL children and 81 grandchildren
of the grooms and three sons OF the brides;
law.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
A Poor Year for Whales.

Steam Whaling Company, reports that the
total catch Of whales by the Aric fleet has
been only 315 for the season. the amount
of whalebone TO be marketed ne 1t spring he
estimates at 1863, 900 pounds lhe stock on
band is less than last year, when whalebone
WAS a TO IS q pound.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06

Two hours Of steady hiccoughing killed
Wesley Parsons, aged 10 years, and a prom
nent farmer OF near Laurel Del. Mr.. Par
IONS was taken with laughing fit while
oking with friends. This led to hiccough-
nR, which exhausted him, and finally the al.
aicted man fell from his seat dead
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06

A new type of influenza is reported in
Liverpool. II attacks the mouth, throat
and eyes, and, II not promptly treated, the
lungs.
Twenty-Five burned and mutila,ed bodies
were taken from the railroad wreck near
Milan.