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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
TO STOP FIGHT REPORTS.
House Committee Instructed TO Present
Rev. W. F. Crafts Measure.

The preliminary newspaper reports OF the
coming Corbett .Fitzsimmons prize fight
were brought to the attention OF tho house
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce by Rev. WILDER +. Crafts with result
OF speedy and radical action by the commit
tee. Mr.. Crafts is secretary of the National
Reform league. He presented to the COM
mittee the draft OF n bill to stop sensational
reports of prize fights. representing that
most newspapers would be glad to omit the
details of pugilistic events from their col
umns If they were not driven to publish them
by their enterprise Of less scrupuous rivals.
IL is not designed to prevent the publicu-
tion OF the actual news OF the fights.
The committee made some material
changes in the bill and then by a practically
unanimous vote instructed Representative
Aldrich Of Illinois TO report II to the house.
The text OF the bill follows;
"Section /. That no picture or description
of any prize fight or encounter OF pugulists
under whatsoever name, or any proposals or
record of betting on the same shall be trans
mitted in the mails Of the United States, or
by interstate commerce, whether in a news
paper or other periodical or telegram, or in
any other form.
"Sec. 2. That any persons sending such
matter, or knowingly. receiving such. for
transmission by mail or interstate commerce,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor
and shall be bepunishable by Imprisonment for
not more than five years, at, ther discretion
OF the court, or by fine not exceeding
$1,000"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
COLLISION Of RAILROAD TRAINS.
SEVEN DASHED TO DEATH.
Only One Member of the Woodward
Family Escaped.

An incoming train on the Southern rail-
way struck wagon Mt Avondalc crossing,
four miles from Chattanooga, Tenn, and
killed seven of It's occupants. The dead
are:
Mrs. William J. Woodward; her daughter,
Mrs. Lizzie Woodward Montgomery, aged
20; Mrs. Montgomery's two months old child (;
George Woodward. aged 23: Della Wood
ward. aged IS; Mary Woodward, aged 15;
Daisy Woodward aged 10. The last two
named fingered several hours after the uccl-
dent.
No limbs were broken, but II nearly every
case the skull OF the victims were crushed to
fragments. each body seeming to describe
an eclipse through the air and falling upon
its head, 70 to 100 feet from tho scene. Liz
zie Montgomery descended on the pilot Of
the locomotive and still held her two-year-
old sister, who escaped with "a few bruises
and was the only one saved, In her lifoless
arms. The unfortunates were the family of
well-known farmer living near Kings
Point, Tenn. They were returning home
from Chattanooga In wagon, and George
Woodward, the son, was driving. Nearing
the crossing the young man heard the dan
ger signal and tried to check his team.
which became unmanageable and dushed
on to the track. Fifty yards from tho place
Abraham Laird, reversed his lever, having
given the usual danger signnl, but too late
to do any good. Every window In the
coaches was broken, and the engineers pilot
demolished
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
REMAINS A PORTION OF TURKEY.
That Is the Policy of the British Regard
ing Crete,

In the house OF lords the Marquis OF Sails
bury said that to give the house the facts OF
the moment as regards Crete he would read
a telegram sent to the British ambassadors
to the courts Of the great powers. 1t was as
follows:
"lr!orm the government to which you are
accredited that her majestys government
purposes to make the following declaration
oil the policy which they intend to pursue
and which they believe Is in accordance with
the views OF their allies:
Firstly, The establishment OF an adminis-
trative autonomy in Crete as necessary
condition for the termination OF the inter-
national occupation.
Secondly, That subject to the above con-
dition Crete ought In their Judgment, to re-
main portion OF the Turkish empire.
"Thirdly, The Turks and Greeks eho uld
be informed OF this resolution.
"Fourthly, II Turkey or Greece should,
when required, persistently refuse to with
draw their military and naval forces from
the island, the powers should impose their
decision by force upon the state SO refus-
Ing"
He said the withdrawal Cf the Turkish
troops from Crete was Il necessary condi-
ton OF autonomy. Therefore they would
have to withdraw except so far as they had
been kept in cases OF the island of Samoa
and Servia. The Turkish troops would evil
IDENTIFY have TO be withdrawn when auto
nomy was established.
The Greek troops, the premier imagined,
would be required by the powers TO with
draw at an early date He believed this was
the course the powers desired to pursue
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
CAPITAL NOTES.

Among the bills passed was that pension
ing Gen. Casslus NJ. Clay Of Kentucky. at ESQ
per month.
Secretary Herbert announces that he will
open a law office In Washington. He will
practice before congressional committees.
Gen. Russell A. Alger, McKinley's secre-
tary OF war, has leased the Lafayette Square
house now occupied by Secretary Lamont.
Captain William r. McElroy, q well-known
Ohio river pilot, has been sentenced by the
mayor OF Pomeroy to serve n sentence In the
Cincinnati workhouse for vagrancy.
President Cleveland has respited until
March 2S the Barrsgo gang, who were SEN
fenced to be- hanged at Santa Fe, N. NJ, thus
throwing the responsibility for their ultimate
fate upon Maj. Mckinley.
1t Is now estimated that the rural free de-
livery would cost t40, ,OO0, 900 per year. Be-
fore Il was experimental with the estimate
OF cost was e20, ,000. 600. irt'. ~
The president has signed the act aut horiz
Ing the secretary OF the navy to arrange for
the transportation OF contributions to relieve
the famine sufferers In India.
A diamond badge Is to be presented by
Postmaster General Wilson to President
elect Mckinley March 8, on behalf OF the
sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
The President commuted to five years the
sentence OF eight years imprisonment im-
posed upon ]. T.. Crandah, late President OF
the First National Bank Of johnson City,
Tenn. Crandall was convicted OF making
false entries. rl.! sgod.... :
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
NEW COURT FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
The Stats Requires More Facilities for
Federal Cases.

A bill will be introduced in the next Con-
gress to give West Virginia an additional
United States court. At present there is but
one. which meets Mt Wheeling, Parkersburg,
Charleston, Carksburg and Martinsburg
OF these Charleston is the only town In the
Southern part of the State, and rs this is n
section whence comes n great part OF the liti-
CATION, much Inconvenience and expense en-
sue. A bill was introduced at the last session
but failed OF passage, to: provide for sittings
OF the court ut Welch, Mcdowell county, and
Huntington, Cabell county. Should the bill
now proposed become q law the State will be
divided into the Northern and Southern dis
tricts, the courts sitting at Wheeling, Clarks-
burg, Parkersburg and Martinsburg In the
former and Charleston, Welch and Hunting
ton in the latter.
1t Is claimed that the business, as we'll as
public convenience, warrants the creation of
an additional court. At the end of the last
fiscal year there were 1856 cases in the West
virginia district. or rs many as came up In
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio,
Iowa and Connecticut, although these
states have among them IL judicial districts.
great many of the West Virginia eases
arose from violations Of the internal revenue
laws In the mountain counties. 1t Is claimed
that the amount saved in travelling expenses
OF the judge. Juries officials and witnesses
would exceed the cost of an additional court
Its creation will also give the State another
United States judge, district attorney and
marshal
Senator Elkins and Congressman Miller
and Dayton favor a new court, and the latter
will make strong fight for its creation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
NEwsY NOTES

At Gloucester, Mass, the Webster block
was destroyed by fire; loss e70,000.
The village OF Chilambo, Central Africa,
where DR.. Livingstone is buried, has been
deserted.
John Jacob Astor,s $4,000, 900 hotel, which
Is In course Of erection next to the Waldorf,
will bs called the Astoria.
A bill making 1t punishable offense to
wear a high hat at q theatrical performance
In Colorado passed the assembly by vote Of
a. to 10.
August Belmont 4 Co. deny emphatically
the Louisville story that they are In scheme
to consolidate the Kentucky distlieries to the
amount Of els, 100000
The North Dakota legislature has decreed
that oil railroads shall be assessed for taxa
tion at not less than 5000 mile regardless
OF their cost or earnings.
The children OF John Cain, farmer living
near Perry, o. T., set fire to the grass In
their dooryard. The clothing of Nora, aged
4, and OF boy aged q caught Hre and both
were burned to death.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
SPRUNG A SURPRISE.
Investigating Committee at Denver Makes
. an Unexpected Report.

The committee of five, Senator Reuter-,
chairman, appointed by the Colorado legis-
lnture to investigate the Ieadyille strike,
submitted n report which was, TO say the
least, great surprise to the mine owners.
Il. j. Dewar. secretary OF the Leadville
miners union, says the committees con-
clusions are eminently satisfactory to the
miners
The committee recommends that board
OF arbitration be appointed to deal with the
question, two to be chosen by the mine own
ers, and two by the miners, the fifth to be
chosen by the four. Whatever decision the
board OF arbitration shall arrive Mt must be
binding on both sides and an agreement to
that effect must be signed before hand, ac-
cording to the report. 10 facilitate this
most desired end. the committee submits an
agreement In full, which provides that the
scale OF wages In force Immediately before
the strike occurred shall be conceded by the
mine owners and shall remain In force until
the board Of arbitration shall have arrived
at q decision.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
INCREASED TARIFF ON FRUIT.
Committee Proposes that the Home Grow
ers Shall Have the Market

A material increase In the rate OF duty on
certain tropical fruits raised In this country
was made on Tuesday morning by the Re-
psblican members Of the Ways and Means
committee. A duty Of 20 cents cubic foot
was placed on oranges, lemons and lines,
whether imported In bulk or In packages,
and which places the duty at 80 per cent. ad
valorem. The present duty Is y cents Gu
bic foot In the Mckinley law 1t was less
than ~ cents. This increase was made In
compliance with the appeals OF the Califor-
MIA fruit producers, who complained that
the present rate was ruinons and that the
Mckinley duty was not nearly sufficient.
The committee were Influenced by these
considerations, and after a careful investi-
cation satisfied themselves that, while the
new rate was practically prohibitory, It
would not increase the cost Of such fruits a
quarter OF q cent In each case. and that the
retail price would remain practically un-
changed, Mt the same time giving the Ameri-
can grower monopoly OF the home mar
ket. The fruit importing interests protested
vigorously against any material increase In
the duty, their argument being that foreign
fruits do not compete to any extent with
the American product, inasmuch rs they are
placed on sale at different seasons OF the
year.
The wooden schedule will be the last TO be
considered. Its consideration will develop
considerable opposition from the manufact-
uring interests, and II Is In order that It may
be fully discussed that the committee will
not agree upon tentative rates until the last
moment consistent with prompt reporting
Of the measure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
TERRIBLE SPANISH LOSSES.
Over 1000 Tro'ps Lost in Two Battles
When Gomez Lead.

A special from Havana, via Key West,
Fla, says; The advlces from Santa Clara are
that In the battle at Cenza the loss OF the
Spaniards under Gen. Weyler amounted to
500 killed and wounded. In one battle ut
Calabazas and Cabiguan the Spanish losses
are reported TO have been equally ms large,
but the Spanish dead and wounded were sent
TO Sancti Spiritus and definite figures cannot
be obtained. In these two battles Gomez
commanded In person.
The lighting has been continuous on Wey-
ler's march through Santa Clara, and the
Cuban patriots have scored numerous vic
tories, The battles OF Ceniza resulted in II
complete rout for the Spanish commanded
by Gen, Legura. He was met by the patri-
OTIS under Gen. GARLIC and Col. Mrabal
and his two battalions werc held in check
and then forced back, the Cubans charging
with their machetes. One field piece,
mounted on mn eminence, did terrible execu-
tion. Gen Legura reformed his forces with
two new battalons and again charged the
Cuban forces and was aguin repulsed with
heavy loss.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
SWEPT BY FLOODS.
Several States Inundated by 0veraowing g
Rivers

Tho uo,o,coho,o ,uoc,o,c aud ohio
r,yers ,-,,ra N, egnod ha,,bs T,;osJa,, trbe
n,.a,,,s, da,,a,, ~ go 80 LIS ,ho Wnor,,ao
Saia o,,d' V"p,,,,Ia,,,nnv ,lsosa rho III
,ia,o ,.a.,,ao. n.,i. ,,as aar ,,,,as
,,a y, s,,s.'Sa'a al ~, ,,',,,,,
sac,o,,as ~, * r,,,ar ,ian, ,ha pai,imnra .
ohio rai,rnad h,, ,vean WcpSsssnor,n nnd pits
b,,re ,sas SiondeJ WITH yatey md work
conid rn, ha ,os,,,a.d nnt,, ,Sa ,tyar suhsids
ed ''' 70 'e"'' ""''' INV '''''
'rbe Mo,opoabeia rivar ,eocbed n mox,.
mum staya a. % Zoo, and Inches M pits.
hnra ~ II an o'cIoot T,osdav nis,h, nnd
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
KING GEORGE SPEAKS.
Great Demonstration in Athens Forty
Thousand People Participate.

Over 10000 persons participated in dem
onstration Sunday afternoon on University
square, Athens. In favor OF the union oi
Crete with Greece. The greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. An address was adopted declaring
that the king and people were ready for any
sacrifices of blood and treasure to bring the
present Cretan policy to u successful issue.
The crowd then marched to the palace aud
deputation presented the address to the king.
Tremendous cheering followed. His majesty
King George. Crown Prince Constane, duke
Of Sparta and other members OF the royal
family occupied places on the balcony. The
king addressed the crowd as follows:
you are executing the true mandate oi
the Hellenic people. thank you for this
imposing display OF your feelings. May God
protect our beloved country and strengthen
our common efforts. Long live the Hellenic
nation" The address OF King George was
followed by vociferous cheering.
Prince Nicholas hasarrived at Larissa, a
town on Thessaly, on the Turkish frontier,
twenty miles from the guilt OF Salonica. Sew
en- hundred Greek soldiers, with artillery,
have landed near Kissoto.
Turkish transport, accompanied by
British torpedo boat. Is engaged In convey
Ing 1000 troops from Gambia to Canea.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
Signed q Confession.

Otis G. Smith, formerly cashier Of the
Georgia Security and Banking Company,
at Atlanta, and well-known member OF So
ciety, has been held by detectives since Sat-
urday evening on a charge OF embezzlement
He has signed u statement confessing that
he is forger and an embezzler. and has
thrown himself on the mercy OF those he has
wronged. In addition to n shortage Of about
$1,000 with the Georgia Security and Bank
ing Company he Is short with James w.
English, Jr., whose confidential clerk he
was, about 1850, and with Harry l.. Eng
lish 4 Co.. Insurance, about $4,000. The
shortage may grow to greater amount, but
this sum has already been developed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
FREE sILvEaITEs MOVE.
Teller and His Friends Call . Kssting at
Chicago June O.

The silver Republicans In the senate and
house have signed an address to the people,
which was made public, calling . meeting Of
''provisional national committee of the
Silver Republican party" to meet in Chicago
Tuesday, June 8, 1897, for the purpose Of
calling a national convention Of all silver
Republicans and those who will cooperate
with them in political action, until the
right"
Each state and territory rs asked to dssig-
nate member OF the provisional national
committee to represent 1t In oil matters pre-
liminary to the calling OF the national con-
vention Charles A. Towne Of Minnesota, ID
named chairman Of the national committee
until further organization Is affected II Ia
signed by Senators Teller, Dubois. Cannon,
Pettigrew, Mantle, Jones and Representa-
tiyes Towne, Hartman. Shafroth and Allen
of Utah.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
Tank Steamer Goes Down.

The German tank steamer Diamant, Capt.
wlschausen and thirty-ave men was prob
ably lost with all hands, $50 miles southeast
OF Halifax, February H. or else she has
been drifting at the mercy OF the elements
ever since. Capt. Forth says he sighted the
tank steamer February 10, showing
distress signals, having lost her propel-
Ter. The steamer was taken In tow, hut the
ed until the 18th, when she disappeared al
together. The Calico had towed the d.
amant $40 miles. Capt. Forth cruised around
nearly q day. but saw no trace Of the
steamer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
Boston Wool Market.

While the sales In the wool market show a
considerable diminution, the market bids
firm with prices strong. Territory woods are
still meeting with some sale on about the
same basis OF prices. but no advance In values
can yet be noted. For offerings OF fine me-
dium and tne 30@32c can be obtained on the
secured basis, while choice staple lots call
for 34@35c. Fleece woods are In moderate
supply, with values strong, although sales
are only moderate. Australian woods re-
ceived boom In sales during the past ten
days, over 1900. 900 lbs being sold at firm
piices. The following are the quotations for
leading descriptions; Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania fieeces-X and above, 1a@l81sc; No.
comblng,i 21@22c; No. 2 combing, 2l@22c
Xxx and Xxx above, l9G20c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY.
After Ruling Themselves for Moro Than
One Hundred YearH

Only at long intervals does the outside
world hear from Norfolk island. away out in
descendants OF the mutineers Of the
Bounty" but the state department at Wash
ington has just received one ofthe occasional
communications. 1t Is In the shape OF a re-
port from Isaac Robinson, United States
consular agent on the island, and contains
an account OF the dissatisfaction OF the Pit
cairn community who, after having governed
themselves by their own laws for more than
100 years. have now, by an edict Of the gov
ernor OF New South Wales, been deprived Of
this right The governors action was caus-
cd, rs he explained, by q desire to correct
the maladministraton Of justice. The con-
drought during the past summer, and ths
failure OF the whale fisheries, which formed
their main reliance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
TRADE REVIEW.
Impulse Given to Trade and Many Thous-
and Men Secure Work.


II. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade
says;
Genuine Improvement In business does not
come with rush, like the breaking OF n
great dam. The growth for some weeks has
been more encouraging because IL nearly all
lines 1t hns been gradual and moderate.
The rupture of the steel rail and other
combinations in the iron business has
brought out a vast quantity OF trade which
had been held back and has set many thous-
and men ut work, while the slow but steady
gain In other grent industries has given en-
ployment TO many thousand more but the
full effects will not appear until the increas-
ed purchases by all these swell the dis,ripu-
tion Of goods. Meanwhile it Is substantial
ground for confidence that months which
were regarded by many in the money market
with serious apprehensions have passed with
ut disturbances and with steady gain In the
position OF the country and OF the treasury
The breaking OF bonds which have restrict
ed many branches of the iron industry has
been followed by an enormous increase In
demand and In orders booked, and by the
storting OF many works. The rapid Increase
In the coke output In the Conncllsville re-
gion, which is now over 100000 tons, gives
prospect OF moderate cost for fuel pur-
chases of rails are estimated at 900, 900 tons
within two weeks, whereas the production
last year was 1. .i0I, ,s92 tons, and the sales
only 100000. Important contracts for ex-
port continue, and American makers under
sell foreign In tin plates by 75 cents, and are
selling cotton ties below 10 centc for which
81 10 was charged for the same by importers
u year ago.
Failures for the week have been 900 In the
United States against 27S last year, and so In
Canada against So last year
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
KING GEORGE Is SURPRISED.
Action Of the Christian Nations Against
Him 10 Deplored.


A dispatch from Athens says: During an
interview with King George the king said;
~ cannot but express my profound aston
ishment and grief upon learning that the rep
resentatives OF the great Christian powers
not only permitted the Turkish forces to en-
ploy as military base sphere they had
taken under their protection In order to i'm
pose upon 1t neutrality and peace, but also
positively caused their cannons to be fired
upon Christian people driven by outrage and
massacre to struggle for life. liberty and re-
ligion. Nothing In the world till these events
occurred would have induced me to believe
In the possibility Of such an act"
~ utterly fail TO comprehend why Europe,
instead Of following historic precedents In
Italy and elsewhere. allowing the Cretans to
declare by plebiscite what suzerainty they
should desire, should attempt to force upon
them n regime alien to their feelings and In
evitably destined to result in further compli-
cations"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
10 MINERS PERISH.
Awful Calamity in Deep Mine at
Zacatecas, Mex

At Zacateca', Mex, fire broke out in Sana
moro mine, one OF the properties OF the
somberete Company, and communicated to
the San Francisco nine The principal
shaft in the former IS 5000 feet deep, and a
rescuing party went down to the bottom, but
were nearly suffocated by the smoke. The
Cornish miners displayed unusal heroism In
attempting the relief OF imprisoned men.
The bodies have been taken out and all
show signs OF asphyziation. There is no
longer any doubt ITO miners perished. The
city OF Zacatecas is n scene OF mourning and
CONSERVATION, this being the greatest
calamity In its mines during modern times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
WOMEN CANNOT VOTE.
The Helen N. Cougar Case Disposed Of by
Indiana Supreme Court

The supreme court OF Indiana has affirmed
the case OF Helen NJ. Cougar against the
election Of officers OF her precinct In Lafay-
cite, in which she claimed the right to vote
at general election. and brought suit
against the election officers to compel them
to receive ana count her ballot In pro-
nouncing the opinion OF the court Judge
Hackney said that the question presented In
the case is whether women have, under the
existing laws in the state OF Indiana, the
privilege OF suffrage. and whether sex is a
qualification upon the right to vote for pub
lie officers. He then proceeded to show that
under the constitution women can not vote
and that this provision of the constitution Is
not In conflict with the constitution Of the
United States
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-03-03
MeXinlsy's Washington Suit

Major McKinley's inaugural suit was ship
ped from Washington to Canton The wool
from which 1t was woven was donated by
Hon. John Mcdowell, OF Buffalo township,
Washington county. The CLOTH, which Is
black, was woven by Thomas Oaks, Bloom
field, N. Y, and the suit WAS made by Henry
Kobel, Cleveland, o., the tailor whom Major
Mckinley himself requested should cut and
make the suit. Every part OF 1t Is OF Amsri-
can material. thread, buttons, etc., a tribute
to the protection sentiments ofthe President-
elect.