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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Shot and Stabbed,

W. ii. Probert and Councilman james
Langham, two well-known citizens Of Dun.
canville, Pa, while ut the home OF the latter
and In an intoxicated state Friday quarreed.
Langham was shot twice and while lying on
the floor was slashed hy his adversary with a
knife. He may die. Probert was arrested
The quarrel arose over question OF stree,
grading.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
IOWA WILL HAVE BEER.
The Mulot Law Does Not Necessarily Re-
fer to the Tariff Only,

@4o NauASe law LOGS MOI necessarily Re-
fer to the Tariff Only.
The Dubuque Mating Company, which
own the four beer breweries at Dubuque,
has bought ground on which TO erect, at a
cost OF $4,000, n modern brewery. with a
capacity of 10000 barrels annually. This
enterprise is undertaken in the belief that
Iowa, TO adopt the language OF the Republic
can platform four years ago, twill take no
backward step on the liquor question:
The Muict law likos the prohibitorlal
statute, has been ignored at Dubuque with
inpunity. Few contend that the Mulct law
authorizes the manufacture of liquor, but
the Republican platform this year contains a
demand for legislation that will build up
manufacturing industries In Iowa. The pro-
hibitionists innocently assumes that this re-
fefs 10 the tariff, but the brewers have been
assured that their business will be expressly
authorized ty the next Legislature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Pottery Wages Cutl

The L. b. Beerbower Pottery Company at
Elizabeth, n. j., has given notice to its EN-
ployes that an immediate reduction In wages
will take place and that II the reduction is not
accepted the works will at once shut down.
The employees will not accept the reduction.
and strike will follow which will lead 10
the closing of the entire plant and throw out
Of employment $50 hands.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
LATEST NEWS SUMMARIZED
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What In Transpirine the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Told.
CAPITAL ASD LABOR.

Tho $500 miners employed by the Arcade
Coal Company Mt Sonman, near Johnstown,
went TO work Tuesday after being out four
months. They had previously agreed upon n
iO-cent ratc, but would not return until the
operators agreed 10 remove the blacklist from
II number Of the strike leaders.
After being out on n strike for five days the
employees OF the street car lines OF San An
tonic, Tex, were on Sunday taken back on
their own terms. The company agreed TO
pay them sl.5O per day and to employ men
instead Of boys as conductors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
TWO MEN LYNCHED.
A Sheriff Had Them on a Train, Bat o
Mob Took Them.

Friday night at Mitchell's Station, thirty
miles south OF Montgomery, Ala, baud OF
masked men took Riley Walker and Richard
Jordan out OF the Central train, bound for
Montgomery, from Deputy Sheriff Kirkland
aud lynched them by banging them 10 tree.
aud aiterward perforated their bodies with
bullets. Tue prisoners had been tried at
Union Springs for murder, were convicted
and Walker was sent up 10 the peritentary
tor life; Jordan for twelve years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
A Little Girl at Clarion. Pa, Swallows q
q Toad.

Twila, a four-year-old daughter OF j. Alt
man, OF Clarion, Pa, while playing on the
pavement laid down, face foremost, and was
playing with small toad. and while In the
act Of laughing, the toad hopped into her
mouth and went into her stomach. She suf-
tered such extreme agony for somo time that
II took several persons 10 hold her. While
waiting for the physician one Of the neigh
bors gave the child whiskey. which had the
efiec, Of either Supplying the toad or caus-
Ing its denth. DR.. W. II, Myers gave an
emetic, ,.and the little one expelled the toad
lrom her stomach In pieces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Destructive Flames.

Dravosburg, opposite McKeesport, Pa. was
visited by disastrous fire Mt an early hour
Friday morning aud Red Mems Hail. Chas.
Weisser's saloon aud residence, Marsh Daft's
home. the old Phil Hoffman house aud two
unoccupied houses and stable were reduced
to ashes. The loss will amount TO $40, 900,
partly covered by insurance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Buying Arms for Japan.

IL Is reported that the Japanese govern
ment has ordered 100, 900 rifles and n large
supply OF ammunition from the firm Of
Hartley Graham, Of New York. William
J. Brui, the general manager, when asked ~
TO the accuracy Of the report, said that he
was not at liberty 20 speak on SO important a
matter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Another Pension Bill.

Mr. Grow. Of Pennsylvania, introduced in
the house Tuesday bill providing that the
widows OF pensioners married before the
close Of the late war shall receive the sanc
rate:of pension that the pensioner was receiy-
Ing at the time of his death, provided that
the rate Of her pension shall not be less than
tl2 per month.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29

The increase in Montans gold production
this year is no less than S3sl,7j or 73yf
per cent. Receipts this year represent d
total OF 1896 fine ounces OF goli, AMI the
increase lS.46S iine ounces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
Honey is scnrcer this year than it
has been since 1885.

The theory that the remains of ami
mails form the raw material from which
petroleum is formed Ivy nature is still
held by some prominent scientists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
TWO nuNpnnp AND rrrrn DAY.

SENATE After the Senate had agreed 10
the House resolution for adjournment OF this
Congress on Tuesday next, II went into ex-
ecutive session and just before adjournment
referred to the Naval Committee the House
resolution for ballistic tests Of the nrmor
plates to be taken from several battle ships In
pursuance Of the report Of the House COM
mittec investigating the alleged frauds of the
Carnegie company.
HousEln the house nm unsuccessful eff
fort was made TO consider the bill Of Senator
Hin for the exclusion and deportation OF
alien Anarchists, and II went over. probably
finally for this session. Both houses ad.
jOurned TO Monday.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
rinrs, ACCIDENTS, FATALITIES, ETC.

A large crowd OF people assembled nt
Sh"rhutnc, Mimi, TO witness II balloon as
cension and parachute leap by Prof. T.Ward.
As the balloon was about 10 ascend Lee Palm
er, Of Jackson, seized II rope aud was carried
up aeou, l5O feet, when he fell and was killed.
About midnight Sunday night n Wabash
freight train struck horse near Joncsburg,
Mo. The locomotive and 10 cars were ditch
ed. The engineer aud three tramps were
killed, and eight persons were injured.
A yacht, called the Primrose, on Tuesday
went 10 the bottom Of the sea OIL ST. John,
New Brunswick. Her crew, consisting OF
eight men. were drowned. The disaster was
caused by squall.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
F1FTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
summarized Proceedings OF Our Law.
Makers at Washington.
Two HUNDRED AND rinsr DAY.

Two HUNDRED AND rinsr DAY.
SENATE Not IN session.
IIousE-l Less thnn so mcrlcrs were pres-
cnt when the house met. There was the usual
indications that congress was on the eve Of
adjournment. 4 bill was passed to lncOrpor-
ntc the Association Of American Florists Mr..
McCreary Dem. ky.), chairman OF the COM
niittce ON foreign affairs, asked consent for
the consideration Of u Joint resolution to con-
grntulntc the Hawaiian republic on the as
sumption Of the powers Of sell government.
The resolution was offered IN lieu OF the Bou-
Boutelle. MIR. Payne, (Rep., n. Y.D objected.
TWO nuSDRED ASD srcoyD DAY.
SENATE. Not In session.
HOUSE An attempt was made TO secure
consideration Of the senate bill Ifor the ex-
cluslon and deportation Of anarchists, but
MIR. Warner objected md II went over. A
resolution 10 print 20 900 coyies Of the tari1
bill WINS passed. The house then chjourned
until Thursday.
Two HUNDRED AND THIRD DAY
SENATE Having with difficulty secured
quorum the senate went into executive ses-
sion to confirm, " possible, the nomination OF
Judge SSrter TO the district bench Of Tennes-
see,
IIousE Not In session.
TWO nuSEnrD ASD FOURTH DAY.
SrsATE-W without even waiting for the
reading OF the journal, the absence OF n
quorem was pointed out, and the senate got
tied up In II hard knot. No business was
done beyond receiving the report OF the ser
gennt-at-arms, and then directing him TO
compel the attendance Of the absentccs.
After while the senators who were present
got tired Of waiting for their nbsent collca-
gucs, nnd nj leo y. m. adjourned.
House. Representative Amos j. Cum
mings, chairman Of the house committee on
naval affairs, presented 10 the house the pre-
liminary report upon the investigation Of the
armor plate aud billcts furnished to the
government by the Carnegie steel company.
The committee finds that charges Of fraud
have been sustained. scores the company
severely and recommends that 80 suspected
plates In use should be tested ns the only
method OF proving their fitness. II also finds
that the government inspection was negli-
gent, but no charges of dishonesty rests upon
the inspectors resolution was adopted
providing for tests Of nrmor plate now In
use.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
CATTLE MARKET REPORTS.

Cdnle are sold al these figures Ire weiylh
Hogs are sold al net Ueigh, nat IL 20 per cent
tgcnerdltyD gf from Hce meight Shr,p are
sold gross, that Is lice neigM or nodtiugoGl
E,ufyUI giOsl YurIs p}lIaI,uro pa
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-08-29
MARKETS.
PITTsBURG.
Grain, Flour and Feed

(rHE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE OWEN BELOW
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
AMERICANS BANISHED.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 81, 1S94.-Secre-
tary Gresham today received cable de-
spatch from Minister Baker at Man
aqua, simply stating that decree had
been issued banishing the Americans and
English accused of fomenting the trouble
in Bluefields. The decree was authoriz-
ed by an extraordinary act of the Nj
caraguan Congress. This message from
Mr.. Baker constitutes simply an official
confirmation of the press dispatches al
ready published.
The cablegram stated that the Minis
ter was obeying the instructions of the
department and had demanded that the
accused be given a fair trial. Secretary
Gresham will insist that the terri ), OF
the decree be held in abeyance pending
a fair judicial investigation, and if nee
essary the United States forces will
prevent the confiscation of the property
of the accused men.
Unless the desired examination is
promptly commenced Minister Baker will
be ordered to peremptorily demand the
release of all Americans under arrest.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
SHAKE THE OLD MAN"
George w. Downs Begins Divorce
Proceedings Against FEis Wife.


Proceedings Against FEis Wife.
George W. bowers of No. rs Adams street
Hoboken, has instituted proceedings OF
divorce against his wife, Sarah, and has re-
tanned CcSnsellor Leonard to prosecute his
case. Thirteen years ago bowers, then a
widower married, at Lyndhurst, his wife,
Sadie Seymour, who was then seventeen
years old They lived together happily un-
Id eighteen months ago, when Lott P.
Bailey, he alleges, stole her affections
year ago bowers moved to Hoboken with his
wife, hoping to escape Bailey. In Dower's
absence Bailey lavished attention upon the
wife. Bailey lost his position on the d., L.
& w. R. R. soon aftei, Dowers' wife stole
her husbands cash and supported her para
inour. Last Tuesday night Mrs. bowers re-
ceived this note from Bailey, and her hus-
band found it:-
MY DEAR sALLIE;-I will meet you at the corner of
your friend and viii bring Buck" We will have
good time. Give the old man the shake. Yours
p s.-Bring about SIS with you
bowers followed his wife the next night
and caught her with the persons mentioned
Just entering the D., L. & W station He
iinplored her to return and leave the 'disso
lutte crowd" She replied:-"Cto to hell Az
leave me alone. Ii ycu leitt III cua yos.
black heart out. Lott Bailey is tel
thousand times better than you, ami | love
him.
bowers was furious and said if he had
revolver there'd have been a murder on tn,
spot.
They paid no heed to him and went t.
Lyndhurst. At two O'Clock the next morn
ing the wavward wife came home drunk
Then bowers resolved to bring suit.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
WAKED TO WE'D WAKEM.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 81, 1S94-The
Rev. Sabin Halsey was called from his
bed at AS o'clock this morning to per-
form one of the most remarkable we'd
dings of the many hundreds at which he
has officiated during his rectorship in
Grand Avenue Me. Church. Frank C.:
Wakem, of the note-brokerage firm of
Wakem & Marshall, No. 123 La Sale
street, Chicago, became the husband of
Miss Matte Chaplin, a chorus girl from
the "0ff the Earth Company. Wakem
IS one of the pioneers and one of the
wealthy men of Chicago.
Young Wakem, with start on por-
ton of his fathers capital, has become
quite prosperous in the fields of finance
He became q regular patron of the Chi
cago Opera House during. the last season
owing to the fact that ne was impressed
With the charms of Miss Chaplin, a mem
Der of the ballet corps So when a few
weeks ago she cut loose from Chicago
lheatricals and cast her lot with the
Milwaukee venture, he followed shortly
after. The romance had its climax in
the dimly lighted rectory on Sixth street.
Miss Chaplin is a beautiful young wom-
an aged about nineteen.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
WELL. KNOWN IN BOSTON.
story of Leading Characters I'm the
Knfght Abduction Case.

BOSTON, Aug. 81, 1S94.-The names of
Mrs. Mott knight, her two daughters,
Walter j. Freeman, leading characters
in the Boston-New York alleged abduc-
,tfon case, reported from New York city
are all we'll known in the South End OF
this city, where they have all resided at
one time or other.
Mrs. Mott Knight has occupied apart
ments at No 4S4 Columbus avenue for
some time, and was there last Tuesday
when she went to New York to help
push legal proceedings against Freeman.
While Mrs. Knight and her two
daughters were still living together Free
man made love to the elder daughter,
Anna, and wished to marry her, so the
story goes Mrs Knight objected and
last June her daughter was married to
another man.
1t was at one of Mrs. Knights spirit
ualistic seances that she first intro
duced Freeman to her daughter. After
the Oldest daughter was married it
was found expedient for Sarah, the
younger, to go and live with her sister,
as her mother was frequently away from
home attending spiritualstic meetings
and such gatherings.
About six weeks ago Anna left her hus-
band and went to New York City. She
went to No 221 West Twenty-fifth st.
to board Not long afterwards Sarah left
Boston, in response to a telegram to
have been from Freeman. 1t is stated
that the two met in Providence, then
going to New York. She too. was placed
in a boarding house at No. 221 West
TWenty-SiXth street. Last Sunday noon
Mrs. Mott Knight returned to her home
at 484 Columbus avenue from the an
aual Spiritualistic gathering at Onset
Bay, to find certain advices from New
York that threw her in rage. After
consulting with Boston lawyer she
proceeded to New York and told the
story of alleged abduction of her daugh-
ter to the Gerry Society.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
TO TEST THE ERICSSON.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81, 1S94.-The Off
cial speed trial of the Ericsson may take
place within week. The photographic
office has laid out a straight course, 26
miles in length, about 10 miles north
of the Long Island shore, the starting
point being off Southold, directly north
of Nortons Point lighthouse, and rum
ming almost due west to point south
of New Haven. Stations at which small
boats will be placed are established three
miles apart. The new cruiser Cincinnati
will probably be used as the finish mark
and various tug boats or small naval
vessels VIII take obsery ttions during the
run. The contractors bf the Ericsson
have not yet notified the department
that they are ready for the test, and
several days must elapse after the no
tifcation is given to enable the assem-
bling of sufficient vessels in Long Isl
and Sound to conduct the test. 1t is ex-
pected that the Ericsson will reach New
London today, and that she can be speed
lily made ready for the run Her con
tract speed is "a knots. For every quar-
ter knot over that speed she will win
$1,000, as premium, and a corresponding
reduction will be made for every quar-
ter knot under that. If her speed falls
below % knots the Secretary of the Navy
may decline to accept her.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
THE GREAT HUDSON BRIDGE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 81, 1S9i.--The Sec
retary of War today made public the fol-
lowing statement in regard to the Hud-
son River Bridge at New York.
The report of the commission appoint
ed by the President to investigate and
recommend what length. of span, not
less than 1000 feet, would be safe and
practicable for railroad bridge to be
constructed over the Hudson River, be-
tween New York and Jersey City, finds
that 1000 foot span cantilever bridge,
with a pier in the centre of the river,
would be safe and practicable, and that
its cost, including yiaduct, would be
s26, 723.OO0. The cost of the centre pier
is estimated at $9,710G00. The depth to
rock foundation within the limits of the
bridge location being 260 feet nearly 100
feet deeper than any existing founda-
ton 3100 foot clear span cantilever
from shore to shore is found to be pos
sible but impracticable, on account OF
it's exrensc-S51 ,O01.
The board reports that investigation
satisfies it that six-track 3,100 foot
single-span suspension bridge would be
safe and practicable, and would, if GER
tain constructions were adopted, cost
$35, 1867 ,671. Such bridge would carry
six maximum freight trains moving side
hv eide al full spaed
plan is worked out and submitted
for lighter structure suspension bridge
which the board believes would meet
every possible demand with absolute
safety, at cost of S30,74 600 The
board say they feel that the contin>
gency attending the construction of the
deep river foundations of the cantilever
bridge is enough to balance part of
the greater cost of the suspension
bridge
The report is signed by all the mem-
bers of the Commission Major c. w.
Raymond of the United StG.es- Seer
Corps; C. Bousecareu, C. E.. Prof. Will
lam H. Burr of Columbia College; Theo-
dore Cooper, C. E.; and Geo. S. Morri-
son, C. E.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
A Country in which There Are No

"In that country once known as the
Great American Desert, embracing a
portion of Texas and Arizona, there are
no odors." said r. p. Senter of Dallas
to a reporter of the Cincinnati En-
quirer. 'sThere luscious grapes and
many other fruits grow, especially near
the cross timber country, but there is
no perfume; wild flowers have no smell,
and carcasses of dead animals. which
in dry seasons are very plentiful, emit
no odors. 1t was always supposed to
be a treeless plain, upon which no plant
could grow or breathing thing could
live but large part of it is now sue
cessfully cultivated, and but for the rar-
ity of the atmosphere, causing the pc
cIliarity have named, and the mirages,
which are even more perfect than the
Desert of Sahara. no one would look
upon it as barren country now. An
other singular feature common to the
desert land is that objects at distance
appear greatly magnified. A few scraggy
mesquite bushes will look like a noble
will seem like telegraph poles.''
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
THE VIRTUE OF DIsooRD.

1t is the hope of all good citizens that
discord and factional strife in the two
parties will continue That way lies
hope The coincidence of the cries of
harmony coming from the two machine
camps excites suspicion. 1t may be that
Platt and the Murphy machines are about
to make a deal that will divide be-
tween them the spoils of the whole
State. Whether there is ground for such
suspicion or not it would be a griev-
Gus wrong to the State if respectable
Republicans were to harmonic with
Platt, and respectable Democrats with
Croker and Murphy. 1t would not be
long before they found themselves bound
hand and foot and firmly in the power
of the politicians of the baser sort In
the meantime they would have lost the
confidence of their betrayed fellow-citi-
zens, and would never again be trusted
as reformers. Harmony between them
and the bosses means their surrender
and, the loss of their power in the work
of reforming State and city politics.
That is the work which is now in hand
1t is not the fate of either party which
is involved in this contest, but the larger
fate of the government. The discord
which exists and which has been growing
in the Republican and Democratic par
ties is the happiest sign of the times. 1t
ought to be maintained at almost any
hazard.-Harper'S Weekly.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
COULDN'T FOOL THIS LANDLADY
Hrs. Pook Has Trouble With. Her
B0arders, the Welters.

t"c
Mrs. Kate Pook conducts boarding
louse at No. II Waverly street on the
Heights, which has not turned out very
uccessful financially for the past two
nonths owing to her having two boarders
hat have not paid her one centb GARD
hey are Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Weller,
nd are considered by the police to be
Professional beats. On Monday Mrs.
'ook asked them to pay her at least
ome of the $50 which they owed her.
out they refused to do so and only
'aughed in her face. That evening a
.ruck drove up TO the house with several
men, and Mr. Adolph Weller told them
% go right upstairs and remove the fur
liture. Mrs, Pook, however, wasn't go
ng to have it, as she claimed the chattels
md goods belonged to her until Mr.. We'll
er paid her the $50 board bill he owed
Ter, and consequently ordered the men
,ut of the house, and when they refused
go she secured a revolver, and with
,lood in. her eye told the men to remove
he furniture at the peril of their lives.
Ghey left without so much as looking
It the disputed property.
Next morning MF. Weller went before
Justice Macs and had a warrant issued
or the arrest of Mrs. Pook on a charge
If assault and battery. Before Mrs. Pook
accompanied the constable to the station
house she had couple of her friends
watch her house to see that. the Wei
lers did not move the Furniture while she
was away.
Sure enough Mrs. Pook had no more
than left the house when the s. me truck
drove up and attempted to move the
goods. The friends which Mrs. Pook
placed in charge, however, proved true
md Mr. Weller was again unsuccessful.
The case came up before Judge Macs
his morning and as no one appeared
against her, Mrs Pook was discharged.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-31
PYTHIAN EDITORS.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 81, 1S94.-The ed
itors of the Pythian papers in attendance
upon the meeting of the Supreme Grand
Lodge have organized the National Pyth-
ian Press Association with the following
officers;-
President, Fred E. Wheaton, Pythian
Advocate, Minneapolis.
First Vice President, Bert w. Lyon,
Pythian Voice, ST. Louis.
Second Vice President, w. H. st. John,
Pythian Knight, Rochester. N. Y.
Third Vice President, W. G. Ronald,
Pythian Herald, Seattle, Washington
Recording Secretary, w. D. Kennedy,
Knight Errant Chicago.
Corresponding Secretary, B. T. Chase,
Pythian Herald. Lewiston, Maine.
Treasurer. A. P: Riddle. Sprig of Myr-
tie, Minneapolis, Kansas.
Executive Comittee, r. F. Eldridge,
Pythian Pen, ST. Paul, Mimi, Chairman;
Will Scism, Knight Jewel, Omaha; james
4. ,Kehlbeck, Pythian Reporter, New
Secret, Atalanta, Geo.; j. r. Stevens,
Knights of Pythias Magazine, Chat
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