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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
DEATH DEALING WIND.
Thousands Of Lives Lost and Towns Destroyed
in the Philippine Islands.

The typhoon which swept over the
Philippine Islands October 9, caused
one of the worst disasters that has
been reported from the Southern Ocean
In the history of that section of the
world. Thousands of lives were lost,
including many Europeans, and the
damage to property was something APP
palling.
Several towns were swept and blown
away. Fully 400, Europeans were
drowned and IL Is estimated that 5000
natives perished. The hurricane struck
the islands at the Bay of Santa Paula,
in the province of Samar. II devastat-
ed the entire southern portion of the
island and cut off communication with
the rest of the world for two days.
on the 18th the hurricane reached
Leyte, and struck the capital of Tao
loban with great fury. In less than
one-half hour the town was mass
of ruins. The natives were panic
stricken, and tried to make their way
to clear ground. Four hundred of
them were buried beneath the debris
of wrecked buildings, and 1926 corpses
of Europeans were recovered from the
ruins, when the native authorities in
stituted search for the dead.
The sea at Samoa swept inland near
ly a mile, destroying property valued
at several million dollars, and causing
wholesale deaths among the natives.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
China Appeals to Russia.

China has appealed to Russia to GUST
Germany from her territory, according
to information which has reached
Washington, as the result of the occu-
patton by German force of a part of
the Shcn Tung peninsula. 1t is stated
at the Chinese legation at Washington
that the influence exerted by Russia
which prevented the rehabilitation of
the Turkish navy will be exercised up
on Germany with equal success in the
matter Of her withdrawal from Chinese
territory. Notwithstanding the efforts
of the Chinese government to get Ger
many to name date when she will
withdraw her forces. the German gov
ernment has taken no step in the mat
ter and the fear is expressed in eastern
and European diplomatic circles here
that her occupation, II not of a perma-
nent character now, Is simply a preli-
miEary to such an end.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

There is some favorable talk of erect
ing a statue to George Washington in
London.
Having first broken the cashiers
neck while lootlng a London bank, the
burglar committed suicide upon being
discovered
Lawrence Mccarthy. said to be the
last survivor of the soldiers at Water
loo, died i'm the workhouse at Nenagh,
Tipperary, in his 1l6th year.
During a dlsorderly meeting of the
Austrian reichrath the other day, Off
cial papers were destroyed, and the
president OF the house was forced to
flee.
The police of Berlin have confscated
last weeks issue of the "Kladdera-
datsh" because 1t contained a cartoon
ridiculinS Emperor's Williams recent
speech to the recruits.
The Austrian Lloyd steamer Diana
has been in a collision Off Galata with
the British steamer Antonio. The Di-
ana sank. The $50 passengers and 40
members of the crew of the Diana
were saVed~
a dispatch received from Vienna
says that Samuel l.. Clemens mark
Twain), while being forcibly elected
from the lower house of the reichsrath
of Austria recently. was struck a Sc
we're blow by Czech delegate.
The attendance at the Berlin Univer-
sity Is the largest on record, exceed
ing 5000 students. including nearly 900
Americans. of which number 4S are
women. The space for this large at
tendance is wholly inadequate and the
government intends to enlarge it by
using the academy building.
a dust cyclone swept over the north
west portion Of Melbourne on Friday
evening. It was especially severe in
the Wlmmera district. where several
towns were wrecked, many churches
and prominent buildings being ruined.
One town alone suffered to the amount
| OF 260,O00 ($260.000.) Several persons
were seriously injured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
A FOOD FAMINE 1T DAWSON CITY.
KLONDIKE HARDSHIPS.
A Vessels Brings a Cargo Of whisky and
Billiard Balls.

Twenty-Five men arrived at Seattle
Sunday on the steamer City of Seattle
direct from Dawson City. They were
divided into two parties. the last one OF
which left Dawson October is.
They came out over the Dalton trail,
and are reported to have among them
ss0,0O0 in drafts and 100000 in dust.
All tell stories of a food shortage In
Dawson that is almost famine. The
last person to leave Dawson was Jack
Dalton. When Dalton left the steam
ers Alice and Bella had reached there
loaded light.
1t is said that the Bella's cargo con-
sisted of whisky and billiard balls. She
brought no provisions. The Canadian
government mounted police chartered
the Bella, and gave all who wished n
free pass to the Yukon. The Bella is
reported to have left about October IL
with 200 men,
There Is liable to be trouble of the
most serious kind this winter in Daw-
son, according to the statements of sew
eral of the party. Billy Leak told one
of the men i'm the party ahead of him
whom he met at Dyca that all the
people talked about at Dawson was the
food famine. Men were gathered In
groups. and cursing with might and
main the newcomers that were con-
stantly coming into the Klondike load
ed with scarcely any provisions. The
mounted police were Offering free
transportation to the grub placers far
ther down the Yukon to Fort Yukon,
but to the countless hundreds who had
labored hard all through the summer
oumulating a grub stake, the pros
pect was uninviting, to say the least.
John w. Brauer. the United States
mail carrier who left Dawson Septem-
ber 27, said: There is only one saliva
tion for the miners who are now at
Dawson City. and that is for them TO
undertake the awful winter trip from
Dawson to Fort Yukon, n distance of
400 miles. There is no food at Fort
Yukon, there is none at Dawson, and
terrible suffering will surely be the
fate of the Dawson miner unless he
leaves there before spring. When
left Dawson the men who were there
had on an average four months food
supply. Some did not have a months
supply, and some had four or five.
The restaurant closed the night
left. 1t had been selling nothing but
beefsteak, for which the hungry paid
50 so.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Trestle Breaks Down.

Two lives were lost and thousands
of dollars worth of property were de-
stroyed in a railroad accident that oc-
CURED several miles south of Winches-
ter. KY AS a heavy freight train
bound north on the Kentucky Central
branch of the l.. e. N. road was pass
ing over a wooden trestle spanning a
deep ravine, the structure gave way,
precipitating twenty-three coal laden
cars to the rocks 60 feet below. The
engine and tender passed over safely.
A number of bridge carpenters were
at work at the bottom of the trestle
when 1t fell. Most of them made their
escape. James Harris and Warren
Burch. however, were not so fortunate,
and were instantly killed. Their bodies
lie buried under hundreds OF tons OF
coal lumber etc
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Austrian Cabinet Resigns.

The members of the Austrian min
istry rendered their resignation to EN-
peror Francis Joseph a few days ago.
who accepted them, and entrusted
Baron Gautsch, who holds the portfolio
of public instruction of the retiring
ministry, with the task of forming a
new cabinet.
The clash of nationalties at Vienna
grows daily more serious. Saturday
night there were riotous demonstra-
tions OH the streets of the city. The po-
lice were called upon several times to
disperse the crowds. which threw stones
and other missiles. In Gratz a deadly
combat occurred between the mob and
the military. The soldiers fired on the
populace and then charged with the
bayonet. Two persons were killed and
five or six We're wounded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
To Suppress Murderous Chinese.

Chinese merchants OF San Francisco
have combined to suppress the mur-
derous Highbinder societies. These
business men have signed compact
not to submit to further blackmail and
without their usual income. the High
binders will be forced to leave the city
or go to work. over twenty Highbin-
der societies are affected by this ar
rangement. While the exact member
ship of these societies is not known, 1t
Is expected to be In the neighborhood
of 1900 All of these are not fighting
men. but they have been affiliated with
the thugs and have been furnished
money when occasion demanded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
BUBNED AT THE STAKE.
Colored Murderer Receives Justice at the
Hands Of an Angry Mob.

On Thanksgiving day Nathan Willis,
a colored man living near Town Creek,
Brunswick county, n. c., was arrested
on the charge of numbering a young
white man by the name of Stephens.
Stephens was found i'm the vicinity of
Waple with a gunshot wound in tho
back. Thursday night mob was raised
by the farmers in the country near the
Waccamaw river Willis was taken
from the sheriff, carried into the woods
and chained between two pinetrees.
Light wood was then piled around
him, and he was burned to death.
Hicks Price. a negro charged with
assault at Jacksonville, Fla, was taken
from Jail at Starks by mob of about
100 quiet, but determined men, hanged
to the limb of "a tree, and about 90
shots fired into his body.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Large Building Collapsed.

One man was Killed and three others
seriously injured by the collapse of
three floors of the building occupied by
the Armour Company as beef pack
ing establishment at Wilmington, Del,
Saturday. James p. Smith, aged 60
years, was crushed to death; Elmer
Caldwell, Gus Schofield and Dorsey
Darlington were seriously injured. The
building was gutted by fire few days
ago, and the unfortunate men were
employed in repairing it. The cause of
the accident is not clearly known, but
it is supposed to have been caused by
one of the workmen knocking over
prop used to hold the upper portion of
the huilding.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Unmailable Mattor.

Assistant Postmaster General Mer-
ritt has issued an order stating that 1t
is not permissible to write upon third
or fourth-class mail matter or its
wrapper. or to print or write upon
second-class matter or its wrapper di-
rections relative to delivery. Conse-
quently, directions to delivery to some
indefinite address, as to Druggist" or
physician" II the matter be undellv-
erable to the addressee, must in all
cases be disregarded by Postmasters.
Postmasters have been instructed
that after March l, 1898, matter so ad-
dressed will be held to be unmailable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Russia Influences Turkey.

The Turkish government announces
the postponement until spring of it's
naval reorganization plans. This is
undoubtedly due to the representa-
tions of Russia to the effect that ar
rears of the Turkish Russian war in
demnity are still due. and that IL Tur-
key persists in spending large sums
of money upon the reconstruction of
her navy Russia will insist upon the
payment of these arrears. Therefore,
the announcement just made by the
porte is equivalent to an indefinite
shelving of the preparation to rebuild
the Turkish navy, and is a decided
setback for the policy of Germany the
latter country having been extremely
solicitous of taking part in rebuilding
fhe Turkish fleet
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
CAPITAL GLEANINGs.

OF the $4,000 appropriated by Con-
gress for the relief of distressed Ame-
ricans In Cuba, $4,000 has already been
expended.
$lS.O0O,0OO was placed In the Treasury
at Washington the other day. The
money represented the proceeds Of the
Union Pacific bond sale.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Street Railway Combine in Philadelphia

A deal was consummated In Phila-
delphia by which prominent banking
firm disposed of its entire holdings of
Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount
Railroad Company stock, over $4,000
shares Ca controlling interesD, to par
ties who are known to be closely iden-
titled with the management of the I'm
ion Traction Company. The Union
Traction Company, for several years.
has controlled all the street railway
lines of Philadelphia with the exception
of those of the Hestonville company.
The latter operates "a miles of track,
and last year carried about 11,000,00O
passengers, with gross receipts of about
$500, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
The Klondike Outdone,

Edward C. Brice, the Chicago young
man who claims to have accomplished
what the sages of ancient days labored
In vain to do, made the other day what
seemed to be nugget of amalgamated
gold and silver. A little button of pre-
cious metal was. he said, the residuum
of base lead and unregarded antlmony
crushed and roasted, mixed up into
bricks and crushed and roasted again
and again. 1t was the first product Of
the new gold factory. Brice says he
does not know what he will do with the
money he gets out of his discovery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Murderer Captured.

City Marshal Charles Wells, of Null
berry, Ark. made what is. thought to
be an important capture the other day
when he captured j. c.. Durham, alias
James Bufford wanted In Santa Clara
county. California. for the murder Of
Colonel and Mrs. r. p. Mckinley. Mrs.
Hattie Durham, Miss Minnie Schess-
Ter. j. X. Wells and r. A. Briscoe, on
May &c, 1896. The crime was committed
for the purpose of robbery. and, owing
to the prominence of the families, a re-
ward of $11 900 has been offered for the
arrest and conviction of Dunham and
his nails
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Russia Pays Heavy Damages.

owners of the schooners Willie Nc
Gowan and Ariel, seized by the Rus
sian cruiser Seabaska, off Copper Is
lands, in 1891, received word that the
Russian government has offered $4,000
for compensation. They VIII accept 1t.
The schooners were seized for being
within the prohibited zone. but 1t after
ward turned out that the commander
of the Seabaska was insane. The own
ers claimed $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Opposed 70 the Chinese.

The government OF Guatemala Is
taking steps tending to the exclusion
of Chinese. who lately have been get
ting over the frontiers In large num-
bers. For this purpose the govern
ment has promulgated decree pro-
viding that within two months all
persons of Chinese nationality within
the limits of the republic viii have to
present themselves to be enrolled In a
registry which will be opened for the
purpose. After the expiration Of the
term fixed every Chinaman, who on
being requested by the local authori-
ties, does not present a certificate will
be expelled from the nation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Blinded with Red Pepner.

Two daring thieves Monday night
entered the jewelry store of p. V. Ber-
gen, in Bound Brook. N. j., and sue
ceeded in looting 1t without attracting
the attention of passersby, although
the store Is in the most travelled block
In the town. The only occupant Of the
store at the time was Capt. j. M. Nor
gan, 70 years old, whom they blinded
with red pepper and then choked into
insensibility. 1t is feared the old man
will lose his sight. The thieves secured
jewelry valued at over 81, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
A Disgusted Judge.

In the district court in Rio Arriba
county. N. NJ, in the case of Epifamo
Jaramillo and p. Salazar, for the
murder of Peblo Garcia, the jury
brought In a verdict of not guilty.
Judge Laughlin said to the jury:
"Gentlemen-I find II Is entirely use
less to prosecute crimes In this coun-
ty. 1t seems that murder is justified
here. You can all be discharged per-
manently and go home"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Plaster Trust Sued,

Melvin b. Church of Grand Rapids
began a $1,000.000 damage suit against
the nti-Kalsomine Co., otherwise
known as the plaster trust, the other
day. Mr.. Church several years ago
turned over his wali-tinting patents
and plaster properties to the trust for
operation. Recently he began suit for
S26O.000. claiming the trust had not ac-
counted to him properly and had with
held profits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Not Afraid of Water.

Ernest EggesIeker farmer, died
from hydrophobia at the Baptist sani-
the popular impression that death by
hydrophobia Ia always attended with
horrible sufferings. The patient was
rational ct all times, drank water free
" did not froth 1t the mouth nor bark
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Election Officers 90 to Prison,

Three election officers pleaded guilty
at Philadelphia last Friday to making
false returns at the recent election.
Judge Breezy imposed the following
sentence: Five hundred dollars fine.
nine months Imprisonment. disfran-
chisement for four years. and disqual-
ificatlon from holding Office for per-
iOd OF seven years"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Attorney General May Bid.

Attorney General McKenna has de-
clded to qualify as bidder for the
Kansas Pacific railway, which is to be
sold at auction under foreclosure pro-
ceedings December 10. This action Is
taken In order to insure the protection
Of the governments interest in the road
and to enable him to bid 1t In in the
event OF failure of the Union Pacific
reorganization or any other syndicate
bidding enough to cover the govern
ment mortgage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Fifteen Nooushiuers Cautured.

Deputy United States Marshal f. j.
Carpenter. with posse Of ~ men, has
arrived at Hot Springs. Ark. with Is
Scott county.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-12-01
Golden Statue Of Mckinley.

r. ID. Highly of Chicago claims to have
been retained by western millionarles
to furnish a solid gold statue of Presi-
dent Mckinley for exhibition at the
Paris exhibition In 1900.
Catoctin clarion., 1897-09-30
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Catoctin clarion., 1897-09-30

vel, puslIy engaged Win some xnittlng
and evidently ignorant Of the fact that
at that very time grave suspicious were
entertained against her son. The old
lady politely rose and welcomed her
visitor, but Virginia, without accept
ing her invitation to be seated, at once
inquired for her daughter Alice.
"Alice is not out Of bed yet" said
the mother. "She sent me message at
breakfast time that she had headache
and preferred to sleep But you can 60
up to her room il you wish. I guess she
is not seriously ILL" She smiled, we'll
knowing that her daughter was fond OF
her morning nap, and that "a head
ache" was often convenient excuse.
Virginia at once went in search Of her
friend. Ascending one flight Of stairs,
che entered Alice Marvel's bedroom.
Alice was in bed, but not asleep. On
tho contrary, she seemed very wide
awake, although completely absorbed
with her thoughts
A moment's description Of this young
lady may not be amiss. Though, like
Virginia, brunette, she was neverthe-
less totally different In appearance.
Her friends called her pretty. and the
Catoctin clarion., 1897-09-30
THE LADIES' HOME JOUR
NAL FOR 1897,

Aneven excellence makes the good things which
THE LADIES HOME JOURNAL. promises unusu-
ally interesting and strong. The list is strong and
magazine: that is, the three White House articles
which cxPrcsidcnt Harrison is to write. No man has
ever done what General Harrison will do in these
articles: show us what "A Day v ith the President
at his Desk means in one article; in another tell OF
"rhe Social Life nj the President and in a third ar.
tice describe Upstairs Life in the White House"
Each OF the articles will be prousey illustrated. An
other series equally fascinating is the one called
"Grea, Personal Events. in which some Of the great
cnthusiasms which have occurred in America will
be revived: those wonderful times when Louis Kos
suth rode up broadway; when the young Prince of
Wales was here; when Jenny Lind sang in Castle
Garden; when Henry Ward Beecher electrified his
congregation by selling slaves in his pulpit; when
Grant went round the world; when Henry Clay bade
farewell to the senate; when John Wesley preached
in Georgia, of which SO few know. All these mem
orabe events and others will be vivdly recalled.
told more graphically than ever before and llnStrat
cd with pictures which have occupied twelve artists
over II year third series is unique and valuable
from the fact that it will give women scores of ideas
for their homes. 1t will reveal what there is Inside
OF a Hundred American Homes" and carefully re-
produce pictures Of one hundred completely furnish
ed rooms in homes in this country from Maine to
alifornla-whcre taste has gone farther than money
Two new department writers have also been exc!us-
lively engaged by the JOURNAL: Mrs. S T. Rorer,
who will hereafter have charge OF the domestic de-
partment and give series of cooking lessons, ard
Dwight H. Moody. the famous evangelist who is to
put the rcsu, Of his life study Of the Bible in de-
artist, Charles Dana Gibson, who crcrtcd the Gibson
girl will present six full page pictures showing" he
People OF Dickens while Alice Barber Stephens
will alternate with MIR. Gibson and present her idea
OF six Types of American Womanhood, showing
the American in society. in religion, in bus
| ness, in summer, in the home and as a mother
Mary L. wilkins, the New England writer, will re.
vive the old quiltng-party, the ancient sngngschoo
and the apple pairing bee in "rhe Pleasures of Our
Neghborhood.' Sir Henry Irving is to tell how to
study, read and present shakespeare in Small Com.
munties." Philip SouSa has written waltz, while
Ira d. Sankey has composed a hymn which he con-
sders greater than his famous NINETY and Nine"
Ian Maclaren will have story. while Herbert d
Paradise" will run through the year Jenny Lind's
daughter is to sketch 'My Mother as Recall Her, y
Side OF the Prince of Wales" in lavishy illustrated
article If it has become fad as it seems, for every
girl and woman take this magazine, it is excel
The JOURNAL is published by The Curtis Publish
inp Comnany. of PHILADELPHIA