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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
THE FIRE RECORD.

Piqua, 0.-The Enterprise carriage works
Loss about &c, 900. Fireman William Miller
fell from ladder aud was badly injured
Montgomery. .Mo.-The greater portion of
the city. including IL stores and office build
ings. Loss, sl30,00O; insurance about one
half.
Dublin. Textile Dublin Compress,
valued at $4,000. The property has been
the source of litigation for some time be-
tween local parties and the consolidated
company
Mahony City Pa.-Tbe Merchants hotel,
Adams g. Browns drygoods store, Stern's
shoe store. Loss $50, 600; little insurance.
DeKalb, Ill.-W. L. E,wood's big stock
barns with l47 Percheron horses and four
trotters; also 100 tons of hay.
Detroit-The Phoenix brewery. Loss
s35, 900 on stock, machinery aud buildings,
with but $40, 900 insurance on stock.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

At the beginning of the new year
the United States Treasurer began a
new system of bookkeeping so far as
currency notes are concerned. The
new system will save considerable time
and labor and facilitate to some extent
the redemption of worn and mutilated
money, Under the present system the
United States notes or the Treasury
notes and gold and silver certificates,
when received for redemption, are
credited on the books of the depart
ment according to the series of (which
they are composed. This entails a
great deal of labor which is now re-
garded as unnecessary, especially in
the case of United States notes, of
which there are six different series.
Hereafter the amount daily received
will be recorded as whole and the
new certificates will be issued in re-
turn as heretofore. There is no
special significance attached to the
change, and it is said to be merely in
the direction of reform of methods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
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NEW LABOR QUESTION.
U. p. Employees Claim Pay on the Basis
fthe Government S-Hour Day.

U. r. Employees Claim Pay on the Basis
of the Government S-Hour Day.
AT Omaha, Neb., Union Pacific employees
are about to raise the question, If, as Judge
Dundy says, they are employees OF the Unit.
ed States Court, they ought not to be paid
On the basis OF the United States working
lay OF eight hours, instead of on the cor.
porate basis Of from 10 to Ii hours. Eugene
Debs, President OF the American Railway
Federation, thinks this position can be
maintained and II is understood he Will
work to this end.
So tar as known this question was never
raised b,fore and the outcome will be
watched with interest. A well-known Union
Pacific conductor, speaking of the matter,
said: Il have heard IL intimated that Debs
would take charge of the employees case
before Judge Dundy, and should one of the
proDlems, that eight hours should cons,i-
lue days work, be decided i'll favor of
the men, the men working over time will
probably make more than they were m ak
ing under existing schedules"
A keOkuk, H., dispatch says the Union
Pacific Railway receivers applied to Judge
Woolson, Of the Federal Court, To put IN
force an order similar TO that Issued by
Judge Dundy, of Nebraska, relative 10
striking employees Woolson declined to put
the full order IN force, as none OF the Iowa
employees had struck and were not repre-
senIed Ia court However. he affirmed that
the Odd employees are now employees of the
receivers aud suUj ject To the recel yers' riders
The receivers hau the right to promulgae
wage schedule which the Judge approves
The employees may quit the receivers ser
wee, but not III such manner AS TO Interfere
with the operation OF the railroad, he
Judge reserves to any employe the right 10
come into the court and have complaints
investigated and remedied,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
GLOOM IN ENGLAND.
Great Britain's Trade Returns Show She
is Losing Her Boosted Supremacy.

Great Britain's Trade Returns Show She
is Losing Her Boosted Supremacy.
The publication at London OF the govern.
ment board of trade returns for 1893 has
produced a profound impression through
out the county and has deepened the gloom
caused by the present commercial depres-
sion, The total imports last year were 4D5,-
069, 800 pounds, as compared with 423. T93.-
$50 pounds in 1892 and ABS, AL ,26i pounds
In 1891. The value Of re-esports of foreign
and colonial products declined last year by
nearly 5000 900 pounds ns compared With
1892 Hence the country not merely i'm.
ported less for its own consumption, but
lost the handling of "a large amount as
brokers and the usual profit thereon.
The value Of British exports In 1893 was
2I9, ,496, 2I6 pounds, as compared with 22I,-
QT7,053 pounds in 1892 and 2i7 ,23j,l50
pounds in 1891. The apparent balance
against the country was i27 ,62J. .S52 in 1893,
as against 126. i09. 52l pounrs in 1891. One OF
the leaders OF the Social Democratic fedora.
tion declared the present condition would
materially advance the cause Of radicalism
and Republicanism in Great Britain. Said
he:
I'VE have lost the market of the world
thanks to capitalist greed and the war be-
tween capital and labor Our much vaunted
free competition has overreached itself We
have taught Our rivals the blessed principle
of buying in the cheapest and selling in the
dearest market to such purpose that they
have set up business in our own lines and
are never at loss TO find an EnRlishman
who will help to ruin his country's reputa'
tion for the sake of personal gain, lndi-
viduaism stands today confessed failure,
and Mammom, bankrupt, will soon have TO
put up the shutters"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
THE QUEER Est ON RECORD.
A Boston Man Who Will Circle the
Globe Without a Cent to Stnrt

A Boston Man Who Will Circle the
Globe Without a Cent to Start.
paul Jones'" Boston clubmsn, has
contracted to start on nothing and circum
navigate the globe bringing backs5 600 with
him. He will start from the Boston Press
club within few days, On the day of the
start he will strip and committee will
appraise his clothes. He will then set about
earning money to buy them back. He will
black boots. brush clothes, do anything in
fact and accept what is given him If any
one offers to treat he will accent and sell
his drink to some one else. When he gets
his clothes he will go on the street and earn
money in any legitimate way he can to go
ON TO New York, whence he will sail for
England. He has already made contract
with an Atlantic liner to take him over for
his services as dish washer.
Jones is cultivated gentleman OF means
The wager grew out Of his theory that any
man can get rich in short time ifhe will
only swallow his pride" This he proposes
TO do for wear.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
EXPIRED PATEN rs,
Important Inventions Made Free by tn
Limitation Law.

Important Inventions Made Free by the
Limitation Law.
Among the important patents which
have expired during the past week by limi-
iation are the following; Typewriter, J. T.
Anderson; furnace aud process for maufac.
turing iron and steel b. Bayliss; ventilator
for railway car windows A. BrandoD rock
drilling engine 7. S Bnckminster; machine
for rolling metals OF irregular shapes g.
Duff; feed mechanism for sewing machines
II. tegh; machine for twisting and spool.
ing barb fence wire J. +. Glidden: steam
boiler furnace b. Hershey: gr lin binder Il.
Horton; gas regulator X. D. Martin; auto
matte car fan ]. r. McNeillie; seed planter
pound telegraph wire w. X. Kice: hydraulic
engine J. u. Richardson; telegraph insulstor
7. Seller; electro magnetic attachment for
time locks w. w. Sherar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
TO MEET PEARY's SHIP.
Chicago Herald" Building Boats for
an Arctic Expadition.

ChicaRo heraid building Boats for
an Arctic Expedition.
The Baltimore Morning Herald" states
states that two extraordinary designed boats
are being built in Baltimore for an artic
expedition. The work Of construction is
being carried or with the greatest secrecy.
The protector Of the enterprise is said to be
the Chicago Herald" The plan is ia
for the north. 1t is intended to ship the
boats TO Northern Russia, where the. expe.
dition will take TO the water. IL will be the
purpose OF the party to intercept the MEM
nearly finished and the other is well under
way. The builder has agreed to turn the
boats over TO the owners on March %. The
parties which will risk the terrors of arctic
life will be made up, it is stated. OF several
experienced navigators and explorers, four
Of the staff of the Chicago Herald" and q
crew of picked men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
PENSION RULINGS.
Assistant Secretary Reynolds Renders
several Important Decisions.

Assistant Secretary Reynolds Rendets
Several Important Decisions.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Rey-
nods has rendered four decisions OF consid-
,rable importance to pension att orneys. He
holds that where several applications are
lied for claimant at different times by
iifferent attorneys based on separate disa-
olities, the several applications pending
shall be considered at the adju dication as
)ne claim aud allowed as such.
If contract for a fee of S25 on account OF
zach disability has been filed the only fee
allowed will be to the attorney filing the
first contract. The former practice of
1ividing the fee on allowance OF the claim
between the attorneys filing contracts has
been ordered discontinued. This is due to
he fact that the Commissioner of Pensions
has no power to vary the term of contrac,
1r divide the fee between the attorneys after
party filing the first agfeement under the
law has complied with the contract terms.
This ruling will apply to claims already
filed and in which the attorney filing con-
tract subsequent TO the first has performed
no service and to all claims hereafter filed
Where n widow claims pension for bp.self
and her own children aud also declares for
the soldiers child bya former wife, the
claim will be considered In entirety and the
rights OF all the parties are subject TO IA
single adjudication, In these cases the al.
torney Is entitled to but one fee.
In cases where in the same declaration
claimant asks for increase and alleges n new
disability and an attorney prosecutes the
claim under articles of agreement, the con.
tract applies to the whole matter pending
and the attorney is held TO be entitled TO
but one fee. Where AN attorney dies
leaving pension claims pending in which
he was entitled TO recognition, the depart
ment holds that his personal represenfstiv-
es will not be recognized to complete such
pl
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
crime and Penalties.

Two girls, Chrisse Duhrer and Maggie
Sanford, put two burglars to flight at st
Louis after a bloody fight. One Of the burg
lars was shot and both girls were badly
injured.
Charles Heine, German inventor, SO
years of age, hanged himselfto perpetual
motion machine, in New York, upon which
he had been at work for 25 years.
The execution of Will Purvis at Colum.
ba, Miss, was q failure. The rope broke
at the first drop, without in any way injur-
ing Purvis. The spectators interceded in
such a manner as TO induce the Sheriff to
refuse to pro eed with the hanging An
effort will now be made to secure executive
clemency. Purvis was a white cap,
James c. Nicholas, aged As years was
murdered on n street at Clyde N. Y, by
Fredrick Childs, aged % years, in the pres.
ence of over 100 people
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

The union between Sweden and Nor
way, which mas existed since Novem-
ber, 1914, does not seem to the San
Francisco Examiner to be wholly har-
monious at the present time. Norway
has tired of the union and appears dis
posed to secede and set up for itself,
possibly under republican form of
government, and special article in a
Berlin journal says that there is every
reason to believe that the King of
Sweden is prepared to use force TO
maintain the union between the two
countries. At the same time, though
there is a strong military party in
Sweden, the nation as whole would
think twice before entering on war
which would entail foreign complica.
tions. These complications would
arise probably out of the relations be-
tween Denmark and Norway. Den
mark has a strong sympathy for Nor
way and no special fondness for Swed-
en-, and the creation of a Norwegian
republic might endanger the Danish
dynasty. The scheme, therefore, has
been conceived in high quarters to
place Prince waldemsr Of Denmark
ON the throne Of independent Norway
10 found Norwegian dynasty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

The Major General commanding
the United States army has approved
that part of the new tactics which pro-
vides for officers giving commands
under certain circumstances by whis-
ties instead of by word of mouth.
Whistles for the purpose are to be
mounted on the hilts of the officers
swords, and orders have been issued
TO the armories to make the altera-
ton in the swords as fast ms possible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

Boston has proved to her satisiac-
ton that physical culture is success
in her schools, states the New York
Times. A Swedish teacher who has
made herself acquainted with the
matter says there is no question that
the general health of the boys and
the girls was remarkably better at the
end of the school year of 1898 than
1890 or 1891. She believes that the
fifteen-minute daily exercise has
caused this improvement, and predicts
that time will show more perfect
physique, graceful bearing and healthy
carriage. There is no doubt in the
minds of students of health upon this
point. The blood grows sluggish
with sedentary habits, and the brain
does poor work for it. Start the cir
culation by active respiration and
muscular action, and give the correct
pose to the body, whether walking or
sitting, and the child is sure to prove
more robust and more intelligent.
Brooklyn has her Director of Physical
Culture of the public schools, follow
ing Boston's system closely, and it is
hoped success will attend the new re-
Oime
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
UNDERGROUND TRANSIT.
Chicago Has a Scheme That Beats Mes
seneers All Hollow

Chicago Has n Scheme That Beats Mes
sengers All Hollow.
The problem Of rapid underground tran
sit has been solved. The news OF the world
has commenced rushing under the streets
of Chicago into the hands ofthe editors OF
various newspapers The city hall, the
central police station, the offices of the city
press association the various national and
international news associations and the
main stations of the telegraph companies
have all been connected by underground
pneumatic tubes. and the time of transit
from the most distant points to any gwen
destination IN but one minute. Circulating
in all the tubes OF the system is q continti-
Gus current of air and when it is desired to
transmit package from one station TO
another is only necessary to place the mat
ter to be delivered in carrier which is
inserted within the tube and is instantly
of.
A trench was made in the streets under
the surface of sufficient depth TO get q
straight line as lar as practicable. Below
all pipes aud other distractions conduits to
the number OF 20 in nest were then built
of square vitrified clay pipes, containing
longitudinal cylindrical holes in which the
seamless drawn brass pneumatic tubes are
placed. These condu Is are laid in and
surrounded by Portland cement from S to
20 inches thick, thus making a solid wall OF
masonry which will not be affected by
dampness, heavy traffic or other causes
Starting from the city press rooms in the
Western Union building AT the corner Of
Clark and Jackson streets, the line of tubes
was laid in northerly direction and diverg-
ed at intersecting streets TO the various
points of destination.
The motive power is jet of steam, dis
charged through an injector, the inven-
ton of David Hunter, an old newspaper
man of Minneapolis. The air Is expelled
from the tubes so that when the carrier is
placed in position it is forced to its desti-
nation by atmospheric pressure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

The tenth annual convention of the
Master Painters and Decorators association
of the country is in session at Baltimore,
Md.
The Hollow Gable Manufacturing Com
pany, Of Hornellsville, y. ", has resumed
work after a long idleness.
The conductors and guards Of the South
side alley "L' road in Chicago, have &c
cepted a reduction OF 10 per cent,
The Riverside blast furnace at Wheeling
and the jefferson Iron Works, at Mingo, o.,
have resumed work, employing YDO men.
The Rockland Silk Mil one Of the largest
in the country, and the Preston Brick Com.
pany at Hornellsville, n. Y. have resumed
work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
HUGE SALE OF SILKS.

Good Prices Realized in a $50O,O 900 Sale
of Imported Fabrics.
The largest sale OF silk goods ever held in
New York City began Wednesday. The
drygoods trade of the country was strongly
represented, The total amount realized
from the sale exceeded over $500, 600. The
goods offered were black, colored and fancy
silks, Of popular, medium and fine qualities.
active buying and very sood prices weJs
realized on almost every. description oi
goods. The goods were sold ON four months
credit. The silks we're from the N Ills Of
6chuarzeneach. Huber 4 Co In Germany.
France, Italy, Switzerland and this country
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
FRENCH TROOPS SLAUGHTERED.
Col. BONNER and over 200 Members Of
His Expedition Into Africa
Massacred by the
Natives

Massacred by the
Natives.
The secretary OF the Colonial Department
at Paris has received telegram from St.
Louis, Senegal, stating that Col. BONNER IL
officers and % privat,s were massacred by
the Tuaregos.
Col. BONNER with part OF the French force
bad lett Timbucloo and gone to the west
ward Of that place when he was attacked
Capt PHILIPPE, who was left in command OF
the force holding Timbuctoo during the ab-
sence Of Col. BONNER.
Col BONNER left Timbuctoo on January
IL. On the night of January Is he and his
column, while asleep, were surprised and
surrounded by Tuaregs. Capt. Ngotie es-
cspec and reloined the detchment with
which Lieut.. Sarda was guarding the cap
tured herds few miles in the rear. A few
native riilemen saved themselves by fight
from the general massacre
The Tuaregs were on loot and we're arm
ed with lances and knives. When the DIS
patches lett Timbuctoo the city was sur
rounded by Tuaregs, who appeared here
and disappeared there, making itimpossible
TO form any accurate estimate AS TO iher
number, Capt PhiiiIe, upon whom the
command of the French forces devolyed
after the death OF Col. BONNER, sends notice
TO the Governor of Senegal that he is hold
ing Iimbuctoo with 800 rifles and six can
mons and that he intends 10 hold out unii
reinfDrcements arrive. The mi xed populace
OF buctoo regards the French force
with varied feelings. Many are said 10
favor the occupation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
MRS. LEASE WINS.
She Also Defies the Governor to Prefer
His Threatened Charges of
Rriberv

Bribery.
The Kansas State Supreme Court has de-
cided the suit of Mrs. Lease against Gov
ernor Lewelling in favor of the former The
Court was unanimous, the Populist member
concurring with two Republicans. The
Court holds that Governor Lewelling had
no authority TO appoint a successor Mrs
Lease who was appointed for the term OF
one year as a member Of the State Board OF
Charities and confirmed by the Senate and
that j. w. Freeborn, who has been sitting
with the board for several weeks IL a usup
er A reporter saw Mrs. Lease Just alter the
decision was E.ade. She said:
81 had intended TO resign my place on the
board as soon as this decision was handed
down in my favor, as the salary connected
with tits mere pittance, but have chang
ed my mind ana propose TO hold my
place at all hazards. My reasons for this
are simply these: am informed that it Is
the plan of the administration to bring
charges against me for bribery in the letting
of contracts for supplies for the Stale insti-
tutions. All such charges are false ana
propose TO make them prove any charges
they may prefer or hold their peace"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Financial npd Commercial.

Inability to make collections, caused
Isaac Tinney, the Oldest merchant tailor in
Youngstown, o., TO make an assignment.
No statement has been given out,
NJ. i. Lazarowitz, dry goods dealer at
Youngstown, o.. made an assignment. lie
claims assets of $4,000 and liabilities oi
$4,000.
Executions aggregating about IS, 600 were
issued at Indiana, Pa. against +. J. Mil
dren and the Black Lick Manufacturing
Company, operating fire brick works at
Black Lick. This throws several hundred
men ont OF work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
HARRISON TO MARRY AGAIN.
The Ex-President Reported Engaged to
Rsoh Mrs ltapfarl

The Ex-President Reported Engaged to
Rich Mrs. Stanford.
The Daily Evening Democrat Of Shelby
vile, Ind, says; The Democrat has
learned through source which it believes
to be reliable that ex president Harrison
and Mrs. Stanford, widow of the late Le-
land stanford the California millionaire
and United States senator will shortly be
united in marriage at Palo Alto The ex-
apolis for the Stamford university to deliver
q series of law lectures and while there will
be married to Mrs, Stanford, whose wealth
is estimated at $50. 600 900. Mrs Stanford
was warm friend of the late Mrs. Harrison
and during the late Repr blcan administra.
tion the Harrisons and Staniords formed a
close and lasting friendship which has ter
minated in the TnmOred marriage"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Saws the New York Mail and Ex

Says the New York Mail and Ex-
press: The United States of South
Africa is spoken of by an influential
London paper as probability of the
future. The leaven of liberty is work
ing all over the eglobe. The federation
of man is an increasing possibility.
Perhaps future generations will know
the United States of the World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

Tea, the beverage of the higher
classes in Germany, though more con-
sumed in the north, is rapidly win
ming favor also with the middle classes
in the south. Everywhere, notes the
Washington Star, thete table is grow
ing popular, and Germany will proba-
bly,, at no distant period, become a
large consumer of ten.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
Another Worlds Fair Blaze.

The agricultural building at the worlds
ed by fire Wednesday afternoon. After tho
fire was ont a section OF glass about 100 feet
long fell from the roof narrowly missing
Q number Of firemen who were underneath.
There were only about three carloads Of
exhibits in the building and they were ut
at no time In any danger. The hre was OF
blaze was discovered In . pile Of rubbish
close to the building.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
LATER NEWS.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

The contract for building the Southern
Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi
at New Orleans has been awarded to the
Phoenixvile, Pa, Bridge Company at the
cost Of 81, 100000.
The Bear Spring Iron Furnace,in Stewart
county, Tenn, will resume giving employ.
ment to 800 men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
MisceIlnneOus.

George Williams of l5 West street, New
ark, n. j., is dying Of hiccoughs. He was
attacked six weeks ago, and the longest rest
be has had in that time was thirty six
hours Doctors have given up ait hope Of
bis recovery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

In times of war the armies of the
Europeans nations can be raised TO
9,366, 900 men and the daily expense
will be nearly $40, 900, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14
DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

n. b. Oakley, New York veterinary
surgeon, by mistake served friends with
aconite instead OF whisky and also took a
drink himself AS result p II. Tracey Is
dead and Mr., Oakley and Frederick Woods
will die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-02-14

--Lucy CLINE, . domestic employed st an
Atlantic City hotel, fell from fourth story
WI wisoow 10 70 tns Grouns' Th distance otO fsst
was at work - usual