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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
A HORRIBLE MINING DISASTER.
IN A LIVING TOMB.
Ninety workmsn Buried in Coal Mine
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
A CLOUDBURST
Industrial Plants We're Flooded, Causing
Work to Cease.

Wednesday evening cloud burst north Of
Beaver Falls causing Walnut run, small
stream that flows along the west side of
town. to become n raging river, and to final
ly overflow its banks, causing one OF the
greatest floods In the north end of town that
has ever been Witnessed. The sea OF water
covered n thickly populated district acres
In extent, four and five feet deep The In
habitants, having the fear Of the prediction
made that today the world would come to
an end, concluded that the prediction was
coming true, and became panic-stricken.
The scene for fully AN hour beggars de
scription, men, women and children He'd
screaming with terror to higher ground,
whore they viewed the rushing torrent that
was filling the lower stories OF their homes
with dismay. People who hnd not time TO
escape retfeated to the upper iloors OF their
houses and then appeared at the upper win
dows, wrlnging their hands and crying Tor
rescue. Others dashed out into the Hood
with their little ones In their arms and on
their backs. and by wading waist-deep man
aged TO reach the hills west of the inundated
district.
In the business portion of that part Of the
town the street ear track was two feet under
water, and all traffic was stopped. Store
rooms were filled with mud and debris, and
the sidewalks were torn up, hardly store
room along Eighth avenue, from twenty
second to Twenty-sixth streets, escaped be
ing flooded; cellars were filled and outbuild-
ings were washed away.
The big mills OF the Consolidated steel
works were several feet under water. The
Marginal railway .was several feet under
water, and washed away In several places.
The Beaver Falls chemical works and the
Art tile works were flooded. A small stream
called Butchers tun, along which is located
number of slaughter houses, was swollen
to such nm unprecedented degree that the
slaughter houses wer overllOwed, and all the
filth and ali they contained was washed into
Walnut run, and then down into the stricken
district. causing n terrible stencil and lodg-
ing In among the houses
The damage will reach thousands Of dol
lars, which cannot yet be estimatel. For
tunatey no lives were lost. Several families
of Hungarians that lived near the bank ef
the stream in very low place had to be res
cued from the upper stories OF their homes
with improvised RATS. In several other in
stances men had to swim for II to reach their
homes. All along the stream many outhouses
were built, and these were all swept ava
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
The Queens Avenue.

Queen Elizabeth not only seemed to
have all the prerogatives of power, but
excited in her subjects chivalry which
would no doubt surprise monarch OF
the present day quite as much as II
might delight him. One of the most
gallant services ever rendered her, al
most as fiatterlng as the offer of Sii
Walter Raleigh's cloak to save her fee
from the mud, Is connected with Hamp
den House, the home of the great En-
glsh patriot.
The Hampdens were n great family
for many centuries, and a stanza
quoted in "Ivanhoe" is typical of thelI
Importance:
Tring, Wing and Ivinghoe,
Three churches all of row;
These three Hampden did foregoe
For striking of the Black Prince a blow
And glad he did escape soc
Hampden House stands on the sum
NIT of the Chiltern Hills, and Is about
three miles from Princes Risborough
which VISA the residence of the Blacb
Prince. 1t is not unlikely that. during
some alteration between subject and
prince, high words may have been
used; that the lordly Hampden of thai
earlier day could not restrain himself
and in the heat of dispute thoughtless
ly struck the Prince; but of this there
Is no authentic record.
But the most interesting tale Is told
of an open glade or avenue in front OF
Hampden. 1t is said that Queen Eliz
nbeth, on her visit to the grandfather
of the patriot, was shown to her room
by Mr.. Hampden. On looking from the
window, she was struck with the gran
deur of the timber and beauty of the
landscape, and asked:
do you not think. Mr. Hampden
that II you had an avenue opening dowr
the hill 1t would be an improvements
Next morning she looked out again
and there on the hillside lay the scores
of noble trees which had obstructed hel
view. The Queens Avenue" had beer
made.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
TRADE IS STATIONARY.
Uncertainty of the Money Situation Retards
Improvement

r. q. Dun 4 Co. in their weekly review
say; Failures for the week have been 2l7 In
the United States against 2j6 last year, and
"a in Canada, against % last year.
The monetary outlook is not yet clear to
some. The strength shown In recent con-
ventions by advocates of silver coinage and
expectation that the elements favoring that
policy may yet be concentrated incline them
to n waiting attitude. The uncertainty re.
tards Improvement, Notwithstanding the
more widely prevalent feeling that the mon
etary action of the st. Louis convention will
be sustained by the people.
1.-THE cotton mills of Fall River contem-
plate temporary stoppnge, the nature of
which Is now under discussion with the
Providence manufacturers. The Pacinc. of
Lawrence, and the Naumkeag of Salem, have
closed for time, and practically all the
Southern cotton mills will be represented
with the same object. Wooen mills were
active without concert, but IA are mention
ed as having closed this week.
There is no similar movement In other in
dustries, though the period of summer clos
ing is at hand In many of them. and import
ant controversies as to wages of iron pud-
dlers and other hands make 1t likely that the
annual stoppage In that industry may last
longer than usual. II may be doubted
whether the boot and shoe industry has ever
been in better shape on the whole. though
lluhuluctut'iS cOHlHiuil tuut du uuNHnct III
price is necessary, which dealers are very
reluctant to pay.
"The great combinations, which the Iron
Age reasons, tend to cause dlsastrously low
prices hereafter, still control the markets
both for materials and finished products of
iron and steel, though 1t is reported that
lower prices will soon be made for coke
owing to better utilization Of the products,
and for nails, owing to the heavy decrease In
consumption. The billet pool reports no
large sale, but middlemen or outsiders con-
tinue to undersell il. The new demand for
finished products is very light, and while
quotations average shade lower most of
them are cut to secure business. Bessemer
pig is a shade lower at sl2.25 at Pittsburg
The textile manufacturers are generally de-
vising curtailment of production, and the
only change in prices is downward.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
THE TURRET rs SAFE.
A Complete Test Male at the Indian Head
Testing Grounds.

The navy department has made further
test of the representative battleship Turret,
which has heretofore been fired on at Indian
Head. This time the purpose was not to try
the plate. but to ascertain the displacing eff
feet of heavy shot upon the structure, with
view to making sure that as mounted on
shipboard, 1t would not be disabled by gun
fire. A l2-inch Misunderstanding armor-
piercer was fired at the Turret with veloci-
ity OF 1000 feet per second. novel ar
rangement of stylus and chronograph, de-
vised for the purpose by the ordnance OFF,
GERS, attached to the turret showed not only
how much It was displaced by the shot, but
also the velocity OF the movement, most
important factor necessary to establish the
strength to be given the resisting mechanism.
In this case the turret was driven back by
the shot four and n half inches, and in going
back 1t was lifted twice bodily into the air
at first as much as a half inch of the roller
paths. The maximum velocity Of the mo-
tion was seven and half inches per second
so that the ordnance officials regari 1t as
certain that the usual restraining devices will
be quite sulllcien. to insure the safety OF the
turret.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
DAMAGE BY STORM,
Pipe Lines Seriously Iuterfered with by
Washouts

About o'clock wedn esday afternoon a
waterspout was experienced within n radius
of % miles OF Sisterville, W. Va, which last
lasted for several hours. The water came
down so rapidly that II amounted to flood.
Thunder and lightning belched forth at short
intervals, and Ii would be no surprise II n
great deal of damage Is reported. Telegraph
and telephone lines were blown down at sew
erul places. Slaughter House run, n very
small rivulet, came out very rapidly, and 1t
was only short time until II had oyerllowed
its banks and was doing damage. 1t runs
through q sewer under the first trestle north
of the Ohio River railraad depot here, and
came out with such force that II soon choked
the sewer up and the back water Hooded
over dozen dwellings north of the railroad
and washed out several outbuildings and
one stable containing several horses. Down
at Long reach one bent was was washed out
of a railroad trestle, which will indefinitely
delay trains In both directions
At Friendly another bent was washed out
and at Cow House run the entire trestle was
completely destroyed. No report has been
received Of any lives being lost.
A telegram from Marietta, o.. says; A
disastrous cloudburst passed over this sec
tion, doing untold damage. Railroad traffic
out the Muskingum Valley Is entirely sus-
pended 10y washouts. The Ohio River road
cannot be operated east of Parkersburg.
The main oil line of the Buckeye pipe line
company Is broken, and n section washed
away back of st. Marys. On Moss run, about
eight miles east of Marietta. the Little Mus
kingum river is over its banks and full Of
debris A frame building, which had been n
grocery store, surrounded by boxes OF mer-
! chandise, was floatcd away. No lives are
reported lost. though the exact extent of
the damage cannot be told until later.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
BENJAMIN H. BRIsT0w DEAD.
President Grants Secretary of the Treasury
dies Of Peritonitis.

Treeiuent urdntb oeorethry oi tne Areasury
dies Of Peritonitis.
Benjamin H. Bristcw, the we'll known law
yer, died at his home in New ork, June 22d,
Of pertonitis.
Benjamin II. Bristow is hest known as Pres
ident Grants Secretary OF the Treasury for
two years from June, 1874, until June, 1876,
and as a candidate for the nomination for
President at the Republican convention OF
1876, In which he received l13 votes on the
first ballot. Rutherford B. Hays was nomi-
mated. Benjamin II. Bristow was born June
20, 1882, at Elkton, Todd county. Ky, He
was graduated ut Jefferson College, Penn
sylvania, In 1851, and In 1853 was admitted
TO the bar at Elkton, Ky. When the civil war
broke out he threw In his fortunes with the
Union side and became lieutenant colonel OF
the Twenty-seventh Kentucky infantry.
From 1868 to 1865 he served in the Kentucky
Senate. As United States district attorney
for the Louisville district for five years, be-
ginning in 1865. he proved so efficient that he
was appointed solicitor general OF the United
States. In 1873 President Grant sent his
name to the Senate for Attorney General,
but the Senate refused to confirm the nomi-
nation. The following year Mr.. Bristow be-
came Secretary OF the Treasury. Since 1876
he had practiced law in New York City.
A. II. Spowles, OF Elgn, H., was awarded
S5, 700 damages In his suit against township
authorities at Washington for the loss OF u
foot His horse threw him, as he alleges be-
cause OF a neglected road
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
ELECTRICITY 0UTsTRIPs STEAM.
An Electric Car Beats a New York Gen.
tral Train.

An exciting race between an electric car on
the Buffalo and Niagara Falls railroad and an
express train on the New York Central was
run from Niagara Falls TO Tonawanda. This
electric road il considered the finest In the
world, and the cars are heavyweight palace
coaches.
At IL o'clock both the trolley car and the
express train pulled out OF Niagara Falls,
When the city was a mile behiud the engi-
neer OF the express suggested race by Civ
ing many short, sharp blasts from the
whistle and then opening the throttle. The
motorman responded by turning on all the
power, and the coach began to wabble as
she spun with lightning speed over the level
roadbed.
The electric coach moved at the rate OF 60
an hour from Niagara Falls city line to La
sale and ran into Tonawanda half minute
ahead OF tho express train. II was the best
race OF the season and it was the most ex-
citing ever held In the history OF the road
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
Four Deaths and Al Cases at sagus La
Graude,

The most alarming Cuban yellow fever
report comes from Sagua La Grande. where
where four deaths have occurred, and there
are Al cases. II is expected that in short
time the fever will become epidemic, and II
II does not become virulent In the city OF Ha-
vana all previous experiences will be revers-
cd.
Accurate knowledge as to the number OF
troops stricken with the disease last year is
denied by the Spanish government. The re-
port shows total OF ,593 cases and NOR
tality OF 80 per cent.
Special precautions will be taken to pre-
vent the Introduction from Cuba into the
United States OF Yellow fever. Each OF the
four revenue cutters patrolling the Florida
coast carries sanitary inspectors to intercept
from Cuba with no intent to enter legally a
port. Sanitary inspectors will be stationed
at every seaport OF Cuba to report the preva-
lence OF yellow fever.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

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All womb and ovarian troubles,
Irregularities, whites, bearing-down
pains, displacements, tendency to can
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81 feel as If owed my life to your
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of my bowels, no strength, and terri
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your Vegetable Compound, he would
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in it. When had taken three bottles,
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only ask women in any way afflicted
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ANNA IvoR, Pittsford Mills, Rutland
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
SIX PEOPLE PERIsHED.
A Gale Causes the Drowning of a Plea
sure Party.

Word has reached Sha wano, Wis, OF the
drowning OF six persons at Shawano lake
during gale at Sunday evening. A party
consisting OF o. A. Risum and wife, Herman
Drackey and wife, Louis Gokey, wife and
child OF Pulciver; Miss Emma Garbrecht, OF
Shawano, and Miss Margaret Grove, OF st.
Nazianz, Manitowoc county, started from Ce-
Gil about o'clock In o. A. Risum's yacht.
en- route for q few days outing on the north
from shore when the boat was capsized by a
sudden squall and the party precipated into
the water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

Connsel-Did you observe anything
particular about the prisoner?
Witness-Yes: his whiskers.
Counsel-What did you observe with
reference t. his whiskers?
Witness-That he had none.-Tid.
Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Not Ready to Swear to II.

Wiggles-What church does your
family attend?
Waggles-The Ninth Unitarian.
Wiggles-That is the one out 18th
street, isn't 1t?
Waggles Observation-Disclosures so.
,-SOmerville Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
A Good Idea.

"If you could have your choice OF
names. which one would you chooseT
EITHER Smith or Jones'"
"Why such common one?"
$50 my country relations couldn't
find me so easily In the city directory
Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

There isn't anything against love, II
people wouldn't fool with 1t when
there are other things they should be
doing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
ANNA IVOR'S REQUEST.

Personal letters reach Mrs. PinlSham
by thousands; some asking advice, and
others, like the following, telling OF
what Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done and will ever con-
tinue to do in eradicating those fearful
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

| can re commend Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton 10 sufferers from Asthma.-E. ID. Town-
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

lHfNys1
Mr.. A. W. Burch, nm atlachc OF

Mr.. A. W. Burch, IN atiache OF
the Rome, N. Y, Sentinel writes
September 9Th, 1895; "In conversa-
tion with one OF our merchants n few
days ago, learned that his wife,
who had been in very poor health,
was regaining her health and
strength, and that she attributed her
recovery to Ripans Tabules. ire
quested an interview, which was
granted, and the lady cheerfully
gave me the inclosed testimonial:
For long time have been inter-
estedi in the advertisements Of Ripans
Tabules, which 1 have seen In the
Rome Sentinel and the leading mag
nzines. The advertisements seemed
TO be honest and grew to believe
them. ItrIed to obtain some Of the
Tabules, but found that none Of the
druggists In this city kept them.
was determined to give them trial,
and at last procured n box by send
ing TO Utica. had suffered from
indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn
and distress in my stomach after
eating. 1 began by taking Tabule
after my breakfast and supper and
experienced immediate relief, and In
few daysthe distressing symptoms
had entirely disappeared. Now
when l eat anything that usually
disagrees with me take one Tabuls
and avoid unpleasant consequences.
1 have also found In them very
agreeable relief for constipation.
(signed), MRs. o. II. RUDD, 429
Liberty St., Rome, N. ""
Ripaus Tabules are sold by drug ,lsts or by ma
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

The Mckinley headquarters will remain in
Cleveland, II is said,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
GludnesS Comes

XHTith better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
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rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that SO many forms of
sickness are not due TO any actual dis
ease, but simply TO constipated condi-
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family laxative, Syrupo of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That Is why IL is the only
remedy with millions of families, and Is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that 1t Is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without dcbilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system Is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies arc not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended TO the most skillful
physicians, but IL in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
tion, aliays pain; cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Heart Disease Kelieyed in 80 Mtnutes.

DR.. Agnew's Cure for the Heart gives perfect
relief in all cases Of Organic or Sympathetic
Heart Disease in 90 minutes, and speedily ef-
fects cure. II is a peerless remedy for Pal
pitation, Shortness OF Breath, Smothering
Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms OF
a Diseased Hart. One dose convinces. II
your druggist hasn't 1t in stock. ask him To
procure 1t for you. II will save your life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

Rpaus Tabules are sold by drug ,lsts, or by mtn
" the price go cents box Is sent to The klpsus
Chemical Company, No. 10 sprucj St. New York
Sample vial, 10 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01

OAtarA and Colds Relieved II 10 - %
Minutes.
:. One short puff. OF the breath through the
Blower. supp led with each bottle OF DIR.
Agnew's Catarrhal Powder, diffuses this Pow.
der over the surface Of the nasal passages
Painless and delightful to use. II relieves In
Fever, Colds, Headache, Sore Throat, Tom
eiIitis and Deafness. II your druggist hasn't
II IN stock, ask hun to procure IL for YOU
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-07-01
Buy d. 90 worth pobtsns I1ostin

A Pasteur Institute has been established Al
Athens.