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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
BETTER WAGES CONCEDED.
The Peoples Purchasing Money Has
Been Increased.

The People's Purchasing Money Has
Been Inoreased.
IL. u. Dun COS weekly re'ieW oi Haue
says:
pro,ress toward bet,er business continues
49,, =, =. - 49,, 80. 80, o,.,.o,.s In
p"' " 70 e'o" ""u noo's nun, oos''e :"
numter OF establishments better wages
have been conceded, thus increasing the pur-
chasing power OF the people. Strikes have
largely overbalaneed settlements, several OF
importance having thrown about $4,000
workers out Of employment this week. Re-
tail trade has improved on the whole since
March, ,as the approach OF Easter brings mere
business.
The output OF pig iron April was 1853, 1872
tons weekly. practically the same as March /,
with decferse Of l,0s0 tons in unsold stocks
during the month. Doubtless heavy stocks
were taken up by manufacturers in anticipa-
ton oil u strike in the coke works, but the
apparent consumption is larger than nt any
other tim @ for some months, and only sixth
less than in March, 1892. Bessemer iron has
advanced TO $40 rs In Pittsburg, but there Is
no change whatever in prices OF finished pro-
ducts during the week.
Failures for the week were 2O1 In the
United States. against 2ls last year, and "a
In Canada, against "a last year.
"Bradstteets Financial Review" says:
Speculation continues to be mainly pro-
fessional, and Is subject to the changeable
conditions which that implies. There has
been no great activity, and the influence OF
the stock exchange holiday on Friday, sup
plementing the practical suspension OF busi-
ness at London over Easter Sunday. tended
at the close OF the week TO still further re-
strict the volume OF trading. Ihe only bull
manipulation OF any moment was IN sugar,
which had n moderate advance, while there
were some interesting developments In con-
neetion with North American.
"Ihe National Provisioner, the organ OF
the meat and provision trade, VIII say;
mo more absurd theory has been advanced
Tor some time than the receat attempts
which have been made TO make the eonsum-
ing pubic OF this country believe that the
shortage oi CATTLE now so apparent every.
where, is due to any other than natural
causes. with wisdom begotten OF igno-
raaee and inability or Discrimination to aecu-
rateiy investigate, false ana erroneous news
has been trumpeted IN every state In the
Union TO such an extent that the greater por-
uon oil the people OF America are under the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
THE NEXT MOVEMENT.
II Win Be An Exodus From the Cities to
Occupy Small Farms.

The next great labor movement in large
cities will not be town lots or "boom"
schemes, but toward farms. The tendency
this spring In many of the cities toward ex.
perimenting for themselves With the "De.
lrolt plan" will aid this movement materially,
Tor IL will prove to many hanger-on in the
cities, who has lived from hand to mouth loi
years that he can support his family in COM
parative Independence by his own labor on
very small piece OF ground. IL will teach
the charitably inclined, also, q needed lesson.
Charity rs usually extended to the needy Is
degrading In that 1t cultivates desire TO OBJ.
tain something for nothing; but to help one
to obtain "A chance to earn an honest living
benefits the giyer, the recipient and the com.
munity at large. Machinery Is crowding
men cut OF nearly every vocation. Machinery,
OF course, Is used on the farm. but one need
not be millionaire to possess the utensils
necessary for cultivating the soil successfully
and even the best farm implements arc mex
pensive in comparison with those Of other
industries.
The man who raises enough for his own
family and little more is sure Of a market
for his surplus at some price.
The movement in this direction Is be-
coming quite general throughout the country.
and colonies Of laboring men are being or
ganized in all the large cities and crowded
manufacturing and commercial centers many
OF which will secure large tracts af land and
embark in the business of farming on the CO.
operative plan. large company OF old war
veterans In Minnesota have organized a col
only, aud purchased large tract of land in
Georgia, on which they Will locate. An effort
is being made among the the unemployed
railroad men OF Cincinnati to organize for
the purpose of colonizlng on farming lands
in the South, but as yet no definite action has
been taken. 1t is generally believed that
this is the most feasible plan by which it may
be hoped to improve the condition Of the
laboring classe, In the cities that are now
oyer-crowded, ana it lis improbable that the
Government will soon take an interest in the
matter and lend helping hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
JUST LIKE PALEFACES.
Representatives of the Six Nations Guar
rel Over the Selection Of a Chief.

Representatives of the Six Nations Guar
rel Over the Selection Of Chief.
Delegates from the Ononda5a, Seneca,
Cayuga, Mohawk, st. Regis, Oneida and Tus-
carora Indians met in council at the "Long
House" at the Onondaga reservation on the
18th. There were fully 100 chiefs present,
besides numbers OF warriors, braves squaws
and papooses 1t was the first general coun-
Gil OF the six nations held in seven years.
Chief Sachem Daniel La Forte. OF the Onon-
dagas presided, and Saohem Thomas Web
ster, an Onondaga, was medicine man.
Alter the selection OF chiefs to I'LL vacan-
cies caused by death fractional fight was
precipated between the followers OF two
Tnscarora Sachems. One faction desired the
selection OF Daniel Prentup, the other asking
for the appointment o. David Chew. Sachem
LaForte named Chew aud Chief Isaac Patter-
son OF the Tuscaroras, the most influential
Indian OF the tribe. insisted that one OF the
most sacred OF Indian laws had been violat-
ed BY the selections the right OF the Oldest
woman In the tribe 10 name the chief
He claims that the election was made tech
nicality and was prearranged, ana said the
the Tuscaroras would leave the ak nations
In body and become citizens.
Chief Sachem Luther w. Jac, of the Tusca-
roras, disclalmed this intention. Patterson
has q large following. and 1t is thought that
he will carry out his threat. The Senacas
have takon sides With the Patterson faction.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
A Western Simeon.

W. A. Deuel., general superintendent oi
the Colorado division Of the Union Pacific
railway passed through the territory which
was swept by the sandstorm. "No writer
could exaggerate," said Mr.. DEUEL. 'the 81.
noon which visited western Kansas and
eastern Colorado Clouds OF sand were
driven through the air by high wind, OBJ
scuring oil objects and rendering existence
almost impossible for man and beast. A man
yenturing into a whirlwind of sand invarla.
bly, returned In a few minutes with his face
bleeding from hundreds OF cuts. The men
employed to clear the railroad cuts OF the drifts
OF sand and snow were unable to work more
than half an hour without being relieved.
At Cheyenne Wells, Col. n station ou the
Union Pacific, 10 cars Of sand were taken
from the depot platform. Cuts were nled
with immense drifts which averaged about
two-thirds sand and one-third snow. The
bodies Of two sheep herders who were over
come by the storm have been found, and
Others are reported missing. The loss Of
range cattle was great.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
LABOR NOTES,

Experienced and practical harness-makers
are wanted by ]. W. Davis, Ashland, O., and
A. E. Young, Mt. Gilead, o.
The Parry Manufacturing Company at In
dianopolis, and John Heppert, Akron; o.,
want to employ ca.riage-painters.
John Grudelhoeler, Indianapolis, Ind, will
give employment to an experienced irsn-
smith who can do flne carriage work.
Coat-makeers are wanted by Burt Trow-
bridge. Lebanon, o., aud Henry Runge,
Grafton, W. Va.
The Banner Buggy company will give en-
ployment to two experienced top makers, at
their factory, In Columbus, o.
The Carrollton woolen Company, Carroll
ton, KY, wants to employ ten good jean
weavers. Good wages and steady work
promised.
A general demand comes from all parts Of
the country for tailors-pants, coats and vest
makers. Especially is this true Of the small
cities and towns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
NEW INCOME SUIT.
Entire Law to be Again Tested Before
the Supreme Court.

Entire Law to be Again rested BEFORE
the Supreme Court.
Another suit to test the constitutionality OF
the income tax hps been instituted In the
circuit court at New York. 1t Is an action in
equity brought by Charles Allen OF Green
field, Mass, against the Illinois Central Rail-
road Company and others. The counsel for
the complainant are Joseph ii. Choate. Clar-
ance A, seward, William Guthrie, David Will
cox and Charles Steele.
The complainant declares that he is in-
formed that the company intends to pay,
under the provisions of the income tax law, a
tax OF 2 per cent. on all its net profits and in
come for the year 1894.
The bill then AYERS that the income tax aw
is unconstitutional In that, IL said tax IL col
lectable upon the company's income and
profits, 1t is a direct tax in respect Of the
railway property, fixtures and appurtenances
operated and owned by the defendant COM
pany by being imposed upon the income and
profits thereof, the same being real estate,
and Is likewise direct tax In respect OF its
personal property by being imposed upon
the income and profits thereof, which direct
taxes are not apportioned among the several
states, us required by the Constitution OF the
U nited States. II Is further averred that II
the income tax be held not TO be direct tax
then its provisions are nevertheless unoonsti-
tutional in that they are not uniform through
out the United States as required by the
Constitution. The non-uniformity OF the law
is then pointed out at length, after which the
bill declares that the exemption OF mutual
insurance companies. savings banks and in
stitutions constructed on the mutual plan,
etc., ID unconstitutional In that these ex-
emptions operate to arbitrarily fr said
companies from the payment Of their just
proportion OF taxation.
The bill further sets forth that the tax ID
slna fxr el,A sk.t "a
pairs vested property rights; that all per-
sons or corporations taxed may be deprived
OF their property without due process OF law
and that all persons or corporations taxed
may be compelled to produce and disclose
their private books and papers In order to
make them liable for penalty, or to for
felt their property all OF which is agains,
the express terms OF the Constitution.
The complainant, therefore, prays that the
defendant be restrained from voluntarily COM
plying with the income tax law and that he
be granted such other relief as the court may
deem best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17

The suit OF one OF the heirs of William
Penn, William Dugald Stuart, Of London, to
secure possession OF property In the city OF
Easton, Northampton county, resulted In v
verdict for the plaintiffs. The case was ar
gued In the United States circuit court be-
fore Judge Dallas. No testimony was heard
for the defense but the verdict was taken
under instructions from the judge. The prop
erty sued for, and which the heirs will now
receive. is the valuable park in the center OF
Easton which William Penn dedicated rs n
site for a court house. The city built the
court house In another part OF the city and
converted the Penn site into park. Mr..
Stewart and other heirs Of William Penn
have suits under way to recover u large par
OF the city OF Wikesbarre.
The entire lower portion OF tho largo plant
Of the Susquehanna iron company, ut Col
umbia, was destroyed by fire. The fire start
ed in the oil house and spread throughout
the structure. The loss Is 100000, covered
by insurance. The mill was the largest in
Columbia, aud employed 250 men.
A. c. W. Cain, n boot and shoe dealer
OF Penn avenue, Williamsburg, was robbed Of
batween s450 and $500 about 1890 O'Clock
Saturday evening, by two men who entered
the store after ~ o'clock and overpowered
him taking the money from the safe.
The men who struck against 80 per cent.
reduction In the polishing department or the
American ax works at Beaver Falls, are
going back to work as fast as they can get
places.
James King, n farmer near West Newton,
Is charged with starving stock. Humane
Agent Freese shot two horses that he claims
were too fur gone to recover,an ordered the
rest to be properly fed.
Samuel Spindler, OF Uniontown. eloped
tpit NIra Spip
planned that hts wife had served him cold
meals.
The body OF an unknown man, bearing up-
on his right arm the tattooed letters "R D."
and n star, was found floating In the Ohio
river near Georgetown.
The governor issued the "Arbor day''pro
clamation, in which he dsignates Thursday,
April IL. and Friday, April 26, as the days to
bo observed.
The Franklin council has instructed the
mayor TO enforce the ordinance putting
tramps TO work on the streets and the mayor
has Bought balls and chains for them.
Hoffman Myers killed himself at Salisbury
by cutting his jugular vein with q pair Of
scissors.
The corpse Of an infant nearly devoured by
dogs was found In the field OF Peter Wagner,
near Connellsvil e.
Mrs. Samuel Clark attempted to commit
suicide at Sharon by taking paris green and
her recovery is doubtful.
Notices have been posted at all the Rainey
coke works In the ConnellsvIile region that
the Frick scale will be paid from April /.
Chief OF Police ]. W. Tillard, Of Altoona.
has been appointed chief of the new paid fire
department
The Henderson family. oi Mercer and Ven-
ango counties will holo q reunion at Hender-
son, Mercer county, August 22.
The grip epidemic at Franklin has lost its
grip.
Monaco will vote May IA on $50, COO for
water works.
Thieves stole everything In sight in the
boiler shop OF George Sigman In Oil City.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
FLOODS CAUSE DAMAGE.
High Water in New York State, Eastern
Pennsylvania and the South.

High Water in New York State, Eastern
Pennsylvania and the South.
The Delaware and Lehigh rivers and Bush
kill creek have overllown their banks, and
the lowlands are submerged for miles. Re-
ports are to the effect that thousands Of dol
lars worth OF lnmber has been carried away
in the lumber regions.
Heavy rains and melting snow have caus-
cd the Lackawanna river 10 overflow its
banks. The amount OF damage done will
reach thousands OF dollars. Bridges have
been torn away, piers removed, and out
houses flooded, causing the death OF many
domestic animals. Tho greatest damage is
caused by the flooding OF tho mines, some Of
which may not resume work for weeks.
Reports Of high water come from nearly
every town in western Massachusetts A
mill dam at Burnardstown has been swept
away. Loss, $4,000. The river is reported
above high water mark at Northampton, and
the mills are shut down on account Of back
water. The Westfleld river is the highest II
has been for years. meadows and highways
being flooded. The Hoosac river at North
Adam is q torrent, though no damage is re-
ported from that section OF the state A
large stone dam at Greenfield has been swept
away, besides a few bridges and culverts.
An unprecedented rainstorm prevailed
about BlucAeld. VIVA, Sunday night. Wash
outs and slides are reported on the three
divisions OF the Norfolk Il Western railroad
The bridge over the East river was c"rried
away. Houses were blown down.
The rainfall was phenomenal at several
points in North Carolina. particularly at Chapel
Hill, where almost five inches fell In
~ hours. Both the Cape Fear and Roanoke
rivers are already four feet above the danger
line, and are rising rapidly.
Trainmen report that there are hundreds o.
cattle lying dead alongside the railroad
tracks. in the West, where they drifted dur
ing the storm and died
The thaw and heavy rains caused the water
In the Mohawk river to rise higher than II
has reached for several years. The entire
valley is flooded and the losses will be very
heavy.
The Hudson river is very high from the
freshets up the river, and at some points
property on the banks are threatened. All
the wharves in Poughkeepsie are submerged
by the unusually high tide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
The Stars and Easter.

The Rev. ]. S. Hartzell, an Episcopalian
clergymen residing near Charleston, y. O.,
publishes this statement Good Friday OF
this year the heavenly bodies which gravi-
tate around the sun will be in exactly the
same position relative to each other and TO
the earth that they occupied on the day
Christ was crucled. 1t will be the first time
such q thing has occurred since that day."
At Newburyport, Mass. people who were
out late Thursday night report seeing eeauti-
full and peculiar celestial phenomenon In the
shape OF a cross formed by the moons rays
with the moon as q center. Captain Post. OF
the police force, who, as a mariner, has been
In many parts OF the world, said that he had
seen many phenomena, but nothing like that.
II was plainest about midnight, just as Good
Friday was being ushered in.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Watson Building at Washington uutted
by Fire.

The Watson builning, one Of the largest
office and store room buildings In Washing
ton was gutted by fire. The damage to the
structure will reach $4,000. covered by in
surance. The loss to druggist @. W. Roberts
and Thos. Morgan. dry goods, will reach at
least S25. 1000, nearly all covered by Insurance.
photographer Crawford's loss is S1,0 0, with
no insurance. The loss to furniture, libraries,
etc., Of several offices will reach several
hundred dollars. The flre was caused by
spontaneous combustion in Roberts drug
store. The burned building is close to tho
court house, and preparations were made to
remove books and papers from the latter.
The postofllce just across an alley, was In
danger. Several thousand dollars worth Of
oils and chemicals were in the cellar OF the
drug store, but the fire did not reach that
place. Had they burned, nothing could have
saved the entire block. Repairs were being
made to the water company's mains, and the
water was turned of when the fire started.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
PENSION CASES REVERSED.
Assistant Secretary Gives out Some I'm
portant Opinions.

ABB1Btant NANes Out oOAiAo AhA-
portant Opinions
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior John NJ.
REYNOLDS has reversed the decision OF the
commissioner OF pensions, who denied the
risnt OF woman to fle application for a
bounty land warrant because her mother was
was an illegitimate child OF sailors widow,
the applicant herself being born in wedlock.
He has affirmed the decision OF the COM
missioner OF pensions and held that soldier.
disabled while on veteran furlough, separated
and absent from his command, is not en-
titled to a pension. To secure pension for
injuries received while on veteran furlough,
the soldier would have to be with his COM
mand at the time OF the injury.
Judge Reynolds has also reversed the de-
clsion OF the commissioner OF pensions who
refused to continue the pension OF an idiot
son OF deceased soldier, who had reached
the age OF 16 years, when by law his pension
ceased. The question ss to what constituted
idiocy from medical standpoint did not
wholly apply to the boys case, but upon tho
evidence that he could not materially aid in
his own support, could not read or write, and
without the care OF relatives he would be in
the alms-house, Judge Reynolds decided that
he was entitled to q continuance oil PEN
eiOn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
This Time 1t is the Discovery of a,
American Physician.


United States Consul General Charles De-
Kay. at Berlin, believes that an American
physician has discovered the means OF curing
consumption, lupus and perhaps cancer. In
a report to the state department he says that
the coming medical congress at Munich is
likely to give no little attention to the dis
covery made 10y DR.. Louis Waldsten, a native
OF New York, announced in the German medi-
cal papers rs 10 the extraordinary action Of
minute injections Of pilocarpine, chrystal-
lized extract from the Brazilian iaborandi
plant. on the lymphatic system.
The key OF the discovery IL this; Bysucces-
sive injections Of minute doses OF pilocarpine
in the veins, he arrives at gradual sumu-
lation OF the lymphatic system. That system
increases the white corpuscles in the blood
which, in some way not agreed npon, GER
tainly overcome and render harmless those
poisonous particles in the blood that pro-
duce diseasr The discoverer storngy ad-
vses physicians to try piocarpine In the
early stages OF consumption, and indeed In
all diseases involving the Emphatic system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
SLIPPERY CHINESE.
Laborers Beat the New Treaty by Buying
Bogus Notes.

It seems almost impossible to enact laws,
out Chinese exclusion lnws which this in.
cenious people cannot and do not in some
way cireumvent With an experience OF 10
or Is years since tho first Chinese exclusion
legislation went into effect 1t was reasona
bic to expect that all loopholes in the Chin
ese exclusion laws had been closed up, but
the laws, treaties and regulations to the as
tute Chinese appear as open as sieves.
An important case now before the treas
ury department involves the construction OF
the second article OF the treaty Of March II,
1898, which allows any registered Chinese
laborer, who has n lawful wife, child or
parent in the United States, or property
therein Of the value OF 1000 or debt Of like
amount due him and pending settlement TO
return.
Under this article, II is alleged, that
Chinese laborers who desire to leave this
country and return, make arrangements prior
to their departure by which they receive a
note OF S1,C00 made payable to the China
man who departs His note or draft COM
plies with the law as TO the returning Of
Chinaman having $1,000 worth OF property
in the United States.
Whether such note or draft is properly
within the meaning Of the law has been re-
ferred by Solicitor Reeve, OF the treasury,
who holds that such notes or drafts are prop
erty when issued by responsible firm or In
dividual.
Il IL alleged that n Chinese banking firm
OF San Francisco is doing Wholesale bust
ness in issuing such notes TO departing Chi
nese laborers who intend to return; that such
laborers have no property, but pay good
interest on the notes while in use. and upon
their return here hand back the notes to the
banking firm. The bank, of course, takes the
risks involved.
Treasury officials are endeavorlng TO fnd
some means OF preventing this imposition,
but so far without success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
STRICT SUNDAY LAW.
Bill Passed BY Both Branches of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature.

Bill Passed BY Both Branches of the Mas
sachusetts Legislature.
The house spent almost the entire day
Tuesday discussing the bill to regulate the
the observance of the Lords day and then
engrossed 1t in concurrence with the senate.
Among the provisions Of this bill is one de-
claring that no entertainment shall be given
on Sunday to which an admission fee Is
charged. It makes any person attending o
performance IN violation Of the law liable to
a flnc Of IS, ,nnd says "Whoevcr, OH the
Lords day, keeps open his shop. warehouse
work-house or does amy manual labor, busl.
ness or work, except works OF necessity and
charity, or take part In any sport, game oi
play except a sacred concert, shall be pun.
ished by u fine Of ESQ for each ofIense, and
the owner OF any hall In which said law IA
violated Is liable to a fine OF $500"
The legislative committee on insurance has
reported to the house favorably on the bill to
prohibit any life insurance company in Mas
sachusetts placing policy on the life OF any
child under 10 years OF age. The bill. II II
passes, will affect business to the amount Of
over $4,000, 900 annually.