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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
WOUNDED MURDERER LYNcHED.
His Bullets Did Not Hit His Intended Victim
But Her Aunt.

His Bullets Did Not Hi. His Intended Victim
But Her Aunt.
Henry Sanderson, who murdered
Mrs. Fleischer at Mavetta, Kan, Sum
day. was lynched near Holton We'd
nesday morning. Sanderson attempt
ed to shoot his sweetheart. Myrtle
Fleischer. for refusing to receive his
attentions, but struck her aunt, Mrs.
John Fleischer, who died Tuesday
night.
Sanderson was brought to Holton
Sunday night and placed in a room in
j. Horr's restaurant instead of being
taken to Jail. as he was suffering from
an accidental gunshot wound inflicted
by himself. Sheriff Haas placed no
guard over him except an unarmed
attendant to look after his wound.
At 2 o'clock Wednesday morning the
mob aroused the proprietor of the
restaurant and covered him with re-
volvers. The door of the room where
the prisoner was confined was kicked
open, and Sanderson, stupid from the
effects of morphine, was bundled up
In bed clothes and placed in farm
wagon. Leaving guard over the
restaurant keeper and attendant. the
mob drove to high bridge which
crosses Banner creek.
Here they bound Sanderson hand
and foot, tied a stout rope about his
neck. and pushed him off the bridge.
His neck was broken by the fall. The
little band then went home as quietly
as II had come. The lynchers were
not masked, and made no effort to
conceal their identity.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Increase in Receipts and Expenses.

The receipts from customs during
March amounted to $40, ,933, ,436; from
internal revenue, s2,G71, ,107. and from
miscellaneous sources, $l3, ,425,696. This
is an increase in customs, as COM
pared with March. 1898. of about s5,-
800, 900; internal revenue. s9,7s3,000. and
from miscellaneous sources of nearly
S9.000.000
The total receipts during the nine
months of the present fiscal year were
$3S2, ,444, APT, and the disbursements
s467. 500, 1903. This is an increase in the
receipts. as compared with the same
period last year, of nearly $75.000,000
and an increase in the disbursements
of $l64, ,1a2, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
cHAPLAINs FOR FIREMEN.
Ministers VIII Go to New York Fires to Attend
the Dying and Injured

Ministers VIII Go to New York Fires to Attend
the Dying and Injured.
Fire Commissioner Scannell of New
York, has appointed the Rev. VIM.
Smith and the Rev. James LeBaron
johnson chaplains of the fire depart
ment with the rank of battalion chief.
Mr.. Johnson Is an assistant to the
Rev. DR.. Huntington, of Grace
church. Mr.. Smith is a member of
the order of the Fathers of Mercy. The
fire department never before had
chaplains. The commissioner was
moved to create the office in conse-
quence of the Windsor hotel fire,
where several firemen were injured.
The chaplains will not have any
salary. They will be expected to go to
all large fires where there Is a pro-
liability of firemen or other people be-
ing injured, so as to give religious
consolation to those desiring It, They
will wear a uniform according to their
rank, and will have a fire alarm In
their residences, so that they may
promptly go to big fires.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
She Had Distributed Millions.

Baroness Hirsch, wife Of the late
Baron Hirsch, the Hebrew philantro-
pist. died last Sunday at Paris. She
had been i'll for some days.
Baroness Hirsch took up her hus-
bands work of benevolence at his
death. The vast fortune of the Baron
estimated at s125.000,000, was at her
command, and from this she gave
literally, her charities in Paris alone
amounting to sl,500,000. Millions Were
given to promote the welfare of He
brews throughout the world. and the
Baroness recently gave S20.000,00O tc
Hebrew colonization enterprises In
which she was much interested.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
SUICIDE OF A REAR ADMIRAL.
Charles Carroll Carpenter While Insane Takes
His Life.

Charles Carroll Carpenter While Insane Takes
His Life.
Rear Admiral Charles Carroll Car
penter, u. S. N, retired, aged Ga years.
committed suicide at the Adams Ner-
vine Hospital Sanitarium, Jamaica
Plains, few days ago by shooting
himself with a revolver.
In 1884, while Admiral Carpenter was
in command of the United States ship
Hartford on the Pacific coast, he had
a severe and protracted Illness. since
then he has been subject to periods Of
nervous prostration that demanded
complete rest. He was suffering from
one of these attacks and was under
going treatment when he took his life.
There Is ample ground for the belief
that he was partially insane.
Admiral Carpenter, although retired.
was called into service during the war
with Spain and placed in command of
the Portsmouth navy yard, where the
Spanish prisoners were confined on
SeaVey's Island.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Gift OF S3,ooo,o 600.

Sir William Mcdonald. the Million
aire tobacco manufacturer. of Mon
treal has made another munificent
donation. said to be 100000 to the Nc
Gill university. The school of mining
benefits. and the gift is large enough
to provide the services of lecturer,
a demonstrator. and assistant and a
complete staff of mechanics, which,
with his recent endowment of the pro-
fessional chair gives that department
a complete staff. The total amount of
Sir Williams gifts to McGlll univer-
slty exceeds $1,000, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Edison to Take Part.

An important corporation has Just
been organized under Canadian and
New York auspices. to exploit to the
world at the Paris exposition perfect
representation OF life and work In the
Yukon territory, including all phases
of mining by men direct from the
Klondike. An exact counterpart will
be built representing portion of the
Indian villages, dog teams. together
with moving pictures. the latter to be
the result of an entire new machine
which Thomas A. Edison Is now con-
Structing
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Innocent Wife in Prison Tor Murder.

The Kansas City "Star" Wednesday
printed a story regarding the arrest
of a remarkable gang of Kansas GRIM
inals who have for years lived by
means of robbery and murder. One
Is believed to be the murderer of Jo-
seph New, sor which crime News wife
and George II. Dobbs are now serving
life sentences. Alvin Ballard sery-
ing an eight-year sentence in the Kan
sas penitentiary for horse stealing,
has confessed that he. Frank Altgood
and "Bill' Turner were the murderers
of New. 1t seems that they conspired
to convict the widow and Dobbs. Alt
good, according to Ballard. even went
so far as to try to get on the jury
which convicted them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
AN ENGLISH SUBJECT.

The Land That Gave Him Birth and Wealth
Renouneed by Astor.
William Waldorf Astor, owner of the
London "Pall Mall Gazette" when he
arrived at New York last Thursday, in
answer to the customs officers. de-
scribed himself as a foreigner and a
resident of Great Britain. He Is ac-
companied by his sons, Waldorf and
John, and his daughter. Pauline. Mr..
Astor and his family occupied six state
rooms on the Majestic, and had also
a private sitting room on the upper
deck. This kept the family aloof from
the other 300 saloon passengers on the
Majestic during the voyage. Astor
made the voyage for his health. and
in a week expects to be on his way
back to England.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Her Lover Killed at Malolos.

Miss Mary Wilson. young society
woman of Augusta. Kan, committed
suicide upon learning that Alva Dix,
her lover, had been killed on the bat
tlefeld of Malolos. Philippine Islands.
Alva Dix was private in Company
G., Twentieth Kansas volunteers. Be-
fore he enlisted to fight for his country
against Spain he was prosperous
farmer in Wilson county, and one Of
the most popular young men of his
neighborhood. The young people were
to have been married In June.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Gomez Ia Disheartened,

Governor General Brooke has al
most made up his mind to send the s3,-
600. 900 back to the United States II the
Cuban military assembly does not give
up the army rolls.
In the course Of conversation with
an old friend from San Domingo to-
day, General Gomez said: II am ready
to go home. / am tired OF this jangle
with the assembly. These people are
an ungratefui people. !, who have a
wife In San Domingo, have not money
enough 10 bring her here.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
NATIVES WILLING 70 SURRENDER.
RESTRAINED BY OFFICERS.
Powerful General Quits Aguinaido-. Men and
Women Returning to Maoios carryingWhi,e
Flags-Report From Two Priests.

Most of the Americans are becoming
convinced that the backbone of the in
surgents opposition is broken. There
are numerous rumors pointing to an
early collapse of the insurrection.
One of these Is that Gen. Pic del Pillar,
the best fighter among the Filipino Of
ficers, will desert Aguinaldo and give
his support to the Americans.
Time alone will show how much
there Is I'm this theory. but. as against
IL. II must be borne in mind that the
Spaniards in all their domination of
the Philippines, never gave the In
habitants demonstration of power
comparable In effectiveness to that
given them by the United states.
A priest and two members of the So
called Filipino congress, who hid
themselves i'm the woods during the
fighting which preceded the capture
Malolos have returned there and de-
clared that 1000 of the Filipino sol
diers were anxious to give up fighting
and would do so but for their officers,
who keep them under arms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan Is now full of women,
children and old people. who are re-
turning to their homes, carrying white
flags. The Americans are trying 10
gain the confidence of the inhabitants
by proving to them that, II they will
return and attend to their ordinary
work peacefully, no harm Will befall
them. Two hundred and fifty civilians
came back to their homes in Malolos
last evening. Two thousand women
and children, with n sprinkling of un-
armed men, supposed to be warriors
came to the outskirts of Malolos on
the sea side of the city and afterward
sneaked away, carrying all the goods
they could.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
A COSTLY CHANGE.
Russia to Purchase New Arms Before the Peace
Conference Meets.

Russia has practically resolved to
supply all her artillery with a new
quick-firing gun. the principle of which
Is similar to the French weapon. 1t
is stated that n battery has already
been ordered from a French firm.
though guns of other patterns will be
tried.
Russia IL proceeding in the matter
with unusual haste, her reason, 1t is
believed, being her desire to decide
what gun shall be used, and then to
order them within two months, so that
IL any question is raised at the peace
conference 1t may be said that the
order has been placed and cannot be
withdrawn. The proposal has been
been lack of money. 1t Is estimated
that the cost of the change will be $4O,-
000, 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
AIger is Pleased.

Secretary Alger, after visiting Gov.
Gen. Brooke at his headquarters at
Havana, reviewed the troops and
visited every part of the camp. He
was much pleased with its cleanliness
and the health of the troops. Tues
day evening a reception In his honor
was given by Gen. Brooke. All the
principal Cuban families and the civil
and military authorities. attended.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05

The following cablegram was re-
ceived by the war department on
March 10 from Gen. Otis. Have pur-
chased all gunboats In Philippines of
spain, thirteen In number. now at
Zamboanga. Half are In servlceable
condition. Payment in cash from pub
lie funds upon delivery at Manila
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
TEN THOUSAND DEAD.
Filipnoa Have Suffered Grca. Losses Since the
American Aggression.

American Aggresson.
Lieut. William Braunersreuther,
executive officer of the Charleston,
whose exploit in making the bloodless
capture of the Ladrone islands last
summer will be recalled, writes an in
teresting letter from Manila. He is
now captain of the port at Manila, and
has under him some 500 native Fill
pinos, whom he finds it is easy to con-
troll. Speaking of the natives he says:
Thousands of these are dead (cre-
mated and buried), and the hospitals
are filed with the wounded. many Of
whim will never recover. They have
lost in and about here over 10000 men.
Our loss has been less than 100 men;
TO be exact, GS officers and men killed,
and 275 wounded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
WITHOUT WIRES.
Lendon Paper Prints q Disra.eh Flashed
Through the Air.

Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor,
who recently, after long delay. obtain
ed permission from the French govern
ment to establish station on the
French coast for the purpose of expert
menting with wireless telegraphy be-
tween England and France. announce
ed that he has conducted successful
experiments between the South Fore
land, county Of Kent, and Boulogne.
at the mouth of the Lianne.
The Times Wednesday morning
prints n hundred word dispatch, the
first press message by the Marconi
system of wireless telegraphy, describ-
ing the experiment between the South
Foreland Boulogne.
The experiments were conducted
with the Morse code which was read
as distinctly as II the termini had been
connected by wires
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05
Groom Receives Financial encouragement.

William X. Vanderbilt has dupli-
Gated his wedding present to his
daughter. Consuelo, Duchess of Marl-
borough for his son. William X. Van
derbilt, Jr. Securities amounting in
value to s10,000.000 have been turned
over to the young man by his father.
Miss Virginia Fair, the BRIDE to-be. is
said to have $5.0O0,00O In her own
right
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-05

Malolos, which was considered
Aguinaldo's stronghold and where the
Americans expected to encounter the
greatest difficulty was taken by Maj.
Gen. McArthur's division last Thurs
day. Aguinaldo and his so-called in
surgent government were put to flight
and have now established themselves
farther north.
The rebels burned Malolos before
they evacuated 1t.
The advance on Malolos began
Thursday morning at . o'clock, and
covered a distance of about two and a
half miles beyond the Guiguinto river,
along the railroad. The brunt of the
battle was on the right of the track,
where the enemy was apparently con-
centrated
The First Nebraska, First South Da-
kota and Tenth Pennsylvania regi-
mentS encountered them entrenched
on the border of the woods. and the
Americans, advancing across the
open, suffered terrific fire for half
an hour. Four men of the Nebraska
regiment were killed and 30 wounded
Ten men of the Dakota regiment were
wounded, and one of the Pennsylvania
men was killed.
The Americans finally drove the
Fllipinos back. Although there were
three lines of strong entrenchments
along the track, the enemy made
scarcely any defense there. General
Macarthur and his staff were walking
on The track abreast of the line, with
everything quiet, when suddenly they
received a shower of bullets from
sharpshooters in trees and on house
tops, but these were speedily dis
lodged.
The enemys loss was apparently
small, the jungle affording them such
protection that the Americans were
unable to see them, and I'm firing were
guided only by the sound of the Fill
pino shots. The American artillery
was handicapped for the same reason
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges, but the stores of grain
and fiocks of ducks In the locality
furnished ample forage. The hospital
work is remarkably efficient as 1t has
been throughout the whole campaign
The telegraphers keep abreast of the
line and maintain a constant connec-
tion with the city.
The American flag was raised over
Malolos Friday morning. The Kansas
regiment and the Montana regiment
on entering the city. found II deserted
the presdencia burning and the rebels
retreating toward the mountains I'm q
state of terror.
The following list of casualties re-
ceived from Gen. Otis shows these
members of the Tenth Pennsylvania
were killed and wounded March 20:
Naiel Stevens, Company l. Frederici
Genuine. Company l: Bert #. Am
brust, Company /; First Sergt. Angus
tus Remaley. Company I; Sergt. Chas
w. Ashcraft Company C; Private vii.
liam ID. Lewis; James Novrckr. Com
pany ID; Richard Baer, Company e
George A. Taylor, Company H; Solo
mon Rush. Company X Private VIII.
liam Monglehart; Roy ]. d. Knox
Company e.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

eannonier, she illustrated the charac-
ter OF her countrywomen Of the EN-
erald Isle. In the action, while her
husband was managing a field piece,
she constantly brought him water
from spring nearby. A shot from
the enemy killed him at his post and
the officer of the day, having no one
competent to fill the place, ordered the
piece removed from the field.
Mollie saw her husband fall as she
came from the well with her bucket
of fresh water, and also heard the or
der of the officer of the day for the
removal of the piece. She dropped the
bucket, seized the rammer and vowed
that she would fill the place of her
dead husband at the gun and avenge
his death.
She performed the duty with a skill
and courage which attracted the atten-
tion of all who saw her. On the fol-
lowing morning, while she was still
covered with dirt and blood, General
Greene presented her to General Wash
ington, who, admiring her bravery,
conferred upon her the commission of
sergeant. BY his recommendation her
name was placed upon the list of halr
pay officer for life.
She left the army soon after the
battle of Monmouth and died near Fort
among the Hudson High
lands, soon after the close Of the war.
She was buried at Carlisle, Pa, where
a handsome monument has been erect
ed over her grave by the patriotic citi-
zens in the town
The widow of General Hamilton,
who died in 1854, stated she had often
seen Captain Mollie and described her
Is stout, red-haired, freckle-faced
young Irish woman, with a handsome
pair of piercing eyes. Old residents
If Fort Montgomery say she generally
lressed in the petticoats of her sex
with an artilleryman's coat over. She
vas in Fort Clinton with her husband
when 1t was attacked in 1777. When
he Americans fed from the fort as
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
CITY MAKES THE PROFIT,
How Ownership of Street Railways
Operates in Glasgow.

How Ownership of Street Railways
Operates in Glasgow.
From the beginning Glasgow owned
its own street railway lines. 1t was
too careful of it's streets to allow any
company to control them. Though the
conditions under which a company
leased the lines for 81 years were high
ly favorable to the city, at the expir-
alton of the lease it was decided not
to renew it. An offer was made to take
over the company's rolling stock. sta
bles, etc., on an arbitrator's valuation.
on condition that the company should
not put on a rival line of buses As
this was declined the council started
car shops and equipped the line with
new material entirely. On the day oi
the transfer the competing omnibuses
appeared, but the citizens had long ex-
perienced the advantages of loyal sup
port of their own government. All
the Establishments of the omnibus con.
ductors were unavailing; the omni-
buses ran empty, while the street cars
were crowded, and soon the chagrined
rivals withdrew from the uneven con-
test. Scotch shrewdness has been JUS
titled of her children. For short dis
tances a system of 1-cent fares has
been introduced; the cars have been
made more elegant and comforta BILE;
electric traction is being installed. In
one year the number of passengers was
doubled; and after paying interest on
the capital and providing an adequate
reserve fund, a surplus of 100000 is
left to pay for open spaces, baths and
wash houses, river ferries, art exhibit
tions. music and improved sanitation.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13
Can .Ou Saw Itc

The first symptoms of insanity
said the head of one of the big asyI-
ums, ARE generally apparont 10 a spe-
cialist some two or three years before
the sufferer becomes actually insane.
Again, many thousands OF people who
die sane are mentally balanced OF the
verge of madness all their lives. There
is only wanting some terrible shock to
unhinge their brains
Now, every specialist has his own
methods of testing the sanity of every
person he meets. You see, so accus-
toned 90 We become to looking behind
mans brain, we get q l1ania for so
doing. One of the commonest methods
is that of giving some sentence gener-
ally full Of RS or S. such as 'roand
the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran
to be repeated, apparently only for a
joke. In reality this is one of the
surest tests as 10 the condition oe a
mans brain. If he fail to be able to
repeat it without getting hopelessly
muddled, we, If possible, keep our eye
on him
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

She asked for Miss Dorothy Dix, whd
had charge of all the nurses in the hos
pitals there, and at last had an audi
ence with her She told Miss Dix that
she came to Baltimoro to be an army
nurse. Miss Dix lool at her for a
moment, and then d: my dear
child, you are too young and mex
perienced to engage in such work The
awful scenes of suffering and death
would chill your young heart You had
better take that baby back home"
Il must and will be a nurse said
Mrs. Ewing. I'm old enough; I am a
wife and mother. Here is my mar
riase certificate and here in my arms
is my baby boy. token of mother
hood, and, Furthermore, my dear hus-
band is here, perhaps dying, and l
must nurse him and his comrades who
fell with him"
Miss Dix, however, was inexorable
and refused TO allow Mrs. Ewing to add
her name to the roll of army nurses.
She left Miss Dix with a heavy heart
and again sought DR. Quick, her old
physician at home, and through him
she met DR.. George Rex the surgeon
in charge of the Baltimore hospitals.
She told her story to him, and after
listening to her he said that such de-
votion should not be thwarted, and on
October 8, 1862, Mrs. Ewing, then less
than 20 years of age, signed the roll
OF nurses and entered on her duties.
She made an excellent nurse. and many
a battle-scarred veteran will never for
Get how kindly she ministered to him
as he lay wounded and suffering in
the genera! hospital.
When her husband saw his wife and
baby enter the ward where he Law he
was amazed and thought he was dream
ing. He chided her for leaving home
and begged and coaxed her to return,
but in vain, for she told him that she
felt she was doing her duty to her God.
her country and to her fellow-man, and
that nothing but death could deter her
from doing her duty
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-13

the stories of the sufferngs of the pa
triot army, and she knew every foot
of the ground, every nook and corner
of the historic region, and no doubt her
environment had much to do with
shaping her future life She married
just before the war, and when her first
baby was three days old her husband,
Emanuel Ewing, member Of an old
Chester county family, kissed her good
bye, shouldered his musket and went
to the front with Captain John r. Dob
sons company.
1t was hard blow to the young wife
and mother, but her husband was as
loyal as she and felt that he must do