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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Nineteen Insurgents Killed.

One lieutenant of the Twelfth in
fantry was killed and another was Sc
riously wounded while reconnoitering
Sunday evening north of Angeles, in the
Philippines. The Americans encounter
ed large force of insurgents and drove
them from their positions.
Lieut.. Cole, Of the Sixth infantry,
with so men, encountered 100 insur-
gents entrenched in the mountains of
the island of Negros. and routed them
after an hour and half Of severe fight
ing. The Americans had three men
slightly hurt. Nineteen dead insur-
gents were counted in the trenches. Six
rifles and a quantity of reserve ammu-
milton were captured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
EXCLUSIVE NEGRO TOWN.
Place Contains 100 Houses, Three Churches
and No Saloons.

By vote of so per cent. of the reg
istered voters, Hudson City, Ala, has
decided to be an exclusively negro
town. Tuesdays election was by the
order of the probate court to decide
whether or not the town should be in
corporated. Incorporation was carried
unanimously, not single vote being
cast against.
The town is located three miles from
Admission, and has 400 population, all
negroes. and contains 100 houses, three
churches, school house, several stores
and no saloons. At the election the
entire town turned out, the males to
vote. the females to see that they voted
right, and not a drop of whisky or the
least disorder was in evidence,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
DREYFUS IN HIS CELL.
Lives on the Simplest Food and Studies
Mathematics.

Capt. Dreyfus still lives almost ex-
clusively on milk and eggs. on rising
at o'clock he takes a glass Of milk.
He Is then escorted to the court room
under a strong guard. on returning
to prison he takes a second glass OF
milk. and at l o'clock a soft-boiled egg
and another glass of milk.
At his wife calls upon him, spend
ing n couple Of hours with him daily
without restrictions of any kind.
After their interview another member
of the family sees him for half an
hour.
NJ. Demange arrives daily at 4,3O in
the afternoon and remains until dis
cussing the progress of the case. Dur
ing the remainder of the time the ac-
cused generally reacs or studies mathe-
matics. He retires to bed about $3.50.
Dreyfus retains his good spirits and
expresses confidence that he will be
acquitted, especially now that he be-
lieves NJ. Labori will be able to return
to the active work OF the defense.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
DRAWN DOWNBY 4 WHIRLPOOL EDDY.
RESCUERS FAIL.
Reach Drowning Man but Are Forced to De.
sert Him 10 Save Themselves-Re
vived After Hard Work.

After two brave men had made n
splendid effort to save him, ii. G.
Srunton was drowned while bathing
at Berkeley Arms, N. j., the other
morning. Mr.. Spanton was in busi-
ness IN New York City and lived at
Last Orange, n. j.
one Of those who nearly lost their
lives in the brave attempt TO save hin
was ID. II. Flat. Those who know hitu
say he is the son of Senator Platt, Of
New York. Such everyone here be-
lieves him TO be. The other was
sloeovitch. who played with the Har-
ward football team last year.
A hundred people were on the beach,
half a hundred in the surf Spanton,
fine swimmer, was beyond the life
line, when he got into whirlpool
eddy. Besides. It is supposed, cramps
seized him. Hearing his cry for help
and seeing his distress, Mr.. Platt and
Mr.. Socovitch quickly swan to Mr..
Spanton. and one got him by each arm.
Encouraging and supporting Mr..
SpantOn, Platt and Slocovitch tried to
swim in with him. But caught in the
same eddy they could make no pro-
gress. Their efforts and Spanton's
struggles soon exhausted them and in
deadly peril they dropped the doomed
man and sought to save themselves.
Platt was the better swimmer. Sloco-
witch had more endurance. Slowly they
made their way out of the eddy that
was sucking them down. At last n
wave hurled Platt senseless among the
waiting bathers. They carried him
ashore. rolled him on a barrel, hurried
him TO the hotel where physicians ap-
piled artificial respiration. Two hours
passed before he revived.
Other bathers had seized Slocovltch.
When they laid him on the beach he
tainted, but soon revived.
Mr.. Spanton was % years old, un-
married, a native Of South Africa, and
had no relatives in this country. His
body was not recovered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Dollar Wheat Predicted.

Dollar wheat in Chicago is among
the possibilities of the near future.
according to optimistic local traders.
The reported failure of the Russian
wheat crop. together with damaging
rains throughout the wheat section of
the Northwest, already have had a
stimulating effect on the price OF the
cereal.
To these two factors was attributed
the advance OF nearly 2 cents In prices
yesterday and the strong closing OF
the market Foreign markets We're az
fected similarly through the same
causes. September wheat sold at 7Sxe
and December 1t 70 cents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
What Dewey Said.

The Lowell, Mass, Courier Ciuzen''
received from Lewis +. MacBrayne
one of it's staff now travelling in Italy
a letter describing a visit to Admiral
Dewey on board the Olympia. at
Naples, August 6. Mr.. MacBrayne
says. after describing an audience OF
an hour which he had with the Ad-
miral:
admiral Dewey was quoted, when
in Austria, as saying that our next
war would be with Germany. He did
not say that. He said that If the next
war was with Germany, it would be
started by the Germans and not by the
Americans. He does not believe that
there will be such a war"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Their View Was Obs,ructed.

William Ainsworth, his two sons,
William, aged Is, and Thurber, aged
s and an employe named Robert Hall.
were killed last Tuesday night while
driving across the New York Central
tracks near Canastota, N. Y.
Ainsworth lived at Fablus, and was
engaged in moving to Clark Mills, near
Utica. The party was struck by a
flyer, which was running at more than
ordinary speed. The view from the
crossing at Main street is somewhat
obstructed by the signal tower and
railway gates, and has long been con-
sidered very dangerous. The horses
were uninjured. but the wagon and
contents were reduced to splincers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE.
Admiral Dewey Declares the Filipinos Are
Capable OF Seli.Government.

The Naples correspondent of the Lon
don Daily News telegraphs the sub
stance of an interview he had with Ad-
miral Dewey there during the admiral's
recent visit. Admiral Dewey said he be-
lieved the Philippines question would
shortly be solved. In his judgment the
inhabitants are capable Of self-govern-
ment. and the only way to settle the in
surrection and to insure prosperity is
to ooncede II to them. He declared
that he was never in favor of violence
toward the Filipinos, and remarked
that after autonomy had been con-
ceded annexation might be talked of.
When asked whether a conflict be-
tween Germany and the United States
over the Philippines We're possible, Ad-
miral Dewey replied. according to the
correspondent:
1T is impossible to foresee the un-
foreseeable"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
A FATAL JOKE.
Boy Found with His Neck Broken and Ropes
Marks Around H.

The dead body OF George Siucoc, of
Murray City, o., was found lying in
haynow a few days ago. The neck
was broken. and there was a mark
around it, evidently made by rope.
Investigation revealed a rope with a
moose at one end hanging out of a
crack in the barn. The rope showed
that II had been recently cut.
Two men who We're seen about the
barn before the body was found have
been arrested on suspicion. The theory
is that the boy was hanged as joke,
and the hanging proving fatal, the per-
petrators sought to hide the evidence
of the crime.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Democrats. Populists and silver Re
publlcans may pool their interests in
Nebraska
An anti-expansion Republican ticket
with Tom Reed at the head OF 1t Is
being agitated.
John Sherman will support George
X. Nash, the Republican candidate for
governor OF Ohio
The overthrow OF trusts and imperial
Democrats will most likely agree.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
A TRIPLE HANGING.
Two Indians and White Man Executed in tic
Klondike.

Passengers on the City of Topeka,
which arrived from Skaguay, Alaska,
brings news of the first legal execu-
tion in the Klondike. A triple hang
ing occurred at Dawson on August 4.
The parties hanged were two Indians,
Dawson Nantuck and Jim Nantuck,
and one white man named Edward
Henderson. Henderson was convicted
of numbering his partner named
Peterson, on the trail near Marsh lake,
in September, 1897.
The Indians were convicted of
numbering William Mahan and injur-
ing his partner, James Fox, on the
McClintock river in May, 1898. There
were originally four Indians i'm
plicated in the murder of Mahan, but
two of them died in Jail at Dawson
last fall.
The execution was private and pas
sed off without special incident.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
CABLE FLASHES.

A couple at Berlin. last Thursday
eloped on an automobile.
An ancient mint has been unearthed
at Rome by workmen excavating in
the street.
August Moestig, an Austrian, has
confessed giving Austrian military
plans to emissarles Of the French and
Russian governments.
English correspondents reporting the
Dreyfus case at Rennes, have been Or
dered to proceed to South Africa In ex-
pectatton Of war between England and
the Transvaal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
CARELESS RlFlEMAN.
While Riding a Philadelphia is Killed-Dies
In His Wiit's Arms.

While driving with his family
through Holmesburg, a suburb of
Philadelphia. Frank Radcliffe was
Killed by a bullet fired by some un-
known person Sunday night. The
lall struck h'l in the breast a. h-
fell dead in his wife's arms. The oc-
cupants of the carriage heard no re-
pc nor could they see any one in Tho
vicinity. Paul Spiel, of Holmesburg
was arrested on suspicion of having
caused lladcl1'c's death Spiel had
heen firing a rifle in the vicinity about
the time Radcliffe was killed. Detec-
tive Geyer is of the opinion that the
shooting was an accident.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Mora Eeuds In Kentucky.

As matters now stand In Clay county
Ky. four feuds are looked for there
instead OF two, as at present The
Benges and StapletOns OF near Benge-
town are preparing for war. One of
the Stapletons was killed few months
ago by a Benge and feelirg has been
growing until an outbreak Is looked
for at any moment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
A Short Honeymoon.

The shortest honeymoon on record
was spent at Guthrie, o. T., recently
+. V. Jobe, of Pawnee, and Miss Mabel
Payton, of Winfield, were married. II
was noticed that the groom was some
what Under the influence Of liquor, and
when he retired to his room with his
bride he sat down In his chair and
Immediately fell asleep. When lie
awoke two hours later the bride was
gone. He found her in a lawyers of
flee where petition for a divorce was
10 him
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
TWO HUNDRED KILLED.
Flllpinos Encounter the Americans and Sus.
lain a Great Loss.

The Filipinos sustained a severe de-
feat before Angeles Wednesday. Ten
companies of the Twelfth infantry,
with two cannon, attacked $500 in
surgents who were entrenched near
the town.
A fierce fight followed, in which the
Filipinos We're worsted and driven
away in disorder. Their loss was 200
men. The Americans had two killed
and IL wounded.
The Twelfth occupied Angeles and Is
holding the town.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Entertained on the Olympia.

The officers OF the United States cruis-
er Olympia gave a luncheon on board
the warship at noon Saturday to the
members OF the Americal colony at
Leghorn, Italy, many persons coming
from Florence for the purpose. The af-
fair was most cordial. and many toas 8
were exchanged. The inhabitants of
Leghorn arranged splendid fete in
honor of Admira Dewey and his officers
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Transvaai Rejects Proposals.

has rejected the proposal of Great Brit
ainain to submit to joint commission
of inquiry the franchise controversy.
The Transvaal Is anxious to preserve
peace. although Great Britain Is send
Ing thousands of men to South Africa
In preparation for war.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Government Seizes Arms.

Lieut.. Schaum, collector of customs
at Baracoa, In the province of Santiago
de Cuba, has seized 14S carbines and
$4,000 rounds OF ammunition that We're
evidently intended for Santo Domingo
Twenty-Five men, Cubans and Domini-
cans, arrived there last Friday on board
the Mortera. They have been kept un-
der close watch, as they are apparent-
ly planning to take arms to Santo Do
mingo. The quantity already seized Is
not believed to be all that Is secreted
there.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Three Killed by a Train.

The eastbound express of the Phila-
delphia & Reading railway struck a
double seated carriage Tue sday morn
ing. containing Frank Hassier and
two sisters named Fleishman. of Har-
risburg, killing all three instantly.
Mr.. Hasser was proprietor OF the
Highland house, a summer resort on
the mountains near Wernersville. He
was conveying the Fleishmsnn girls TO
the station. where they intended TO
take n train for Harrisburg
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
At the NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Capt. A. 4. Mahan, u. s. N, one OF
the United States delegates to the peac
conference. returned on Saturday on
the Lucania.
s. w. Miller, of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed major Of volunteers.
Arthur G. Rogers, Of Ohio. has been
appointed captain, and II. II. Pitcairn,
OF Pennsylvania, and James M. Shall
lenberger. Of Ohio. first lieutenants.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-23
Systematically Robbed.

Seven thousand dollars In bank bis
was stolen from the Canadian Pacific
Wednesday night This Is the third
time within three years that the sta
tion has been robbed. On the FIRST oc-
casion the safe was cracked for $4,000
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
RA1LRoA@ NEWS.

The Wisconsin Central has been sold
to the reorganization committee.
The sale of the Wisconsin Central
railway has been confirmed and new
officers elected, General Manager
Whitcomb becoming president.
The sale of the Leavenmorth, Topeka
and Southwestern railway, which was
set for Monday, July 10, has been post
poned until Wednesday, Ang. 9.
A prominent official close to Presi-
dent A. j. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania
railroad, denies the published statement
that the Pennsylvania and New York
Central railroads had entered COM
pact by which the two systems had
practically become one.
The Railway Age says: The first
half of 1899 is happily distinguished by
showing smaller number of railways
placed in the hands of receivers than
any six months since railway fMsolven-
cies began. Only one road of any i'm
portance confessed bankruptcy.
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
POLITICAL NEWS.

Alger says there can be no alliance
between himself and Pingree because
the latter is not at one with the presi-
dent.
At banquet speech at Columbus Mr..
Bryan said the free silver plank of the
Chicago platform must not be dropped,
nor must any other plank thereof.
The Mohawks, Democratic organi-
zation said to comprise 600 wigwams
and over $4,000 active members, has
been in secret session at Buffalo since
the Sd inst, and has elected officers and
adjourned to meet next year in the city
selected for the national Democratic
convention, one week prior to that con-
vention,
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
> FINANCE AND TRADE.

st. Louis is to have an anti trust steel
plant.
Rockefeller has bought iron mines in
British Columbia.
Ice manufacturing companies of New
York have formed combine with a
capital of $50, 100000.
Western Stove manufacturers have
agreed to advance prices per cent on
all stoves and ranges.
Charles B. Brown of Chicago has
failed. His assets are placed at So and
his liabilities $685. 78, mostly bor-
rowed money.
Orrington Ross, of Hail & Ross, of
Chicago, is negotiating with prominent
glove firms for the options on their
businesses, the intention being to form
a glove com bination with capital of
$15, 10000.
The Great Lakes Towing company,
which plans to embrace all the tug and
towing companies between Buffalo,
Chicago and Duluth, and whose forma-
ton has already been announced in dis
patches from Cleveland, has filed arti-
Giles of incorporation in the county
clerks office in Jersey City. The com
pany has capital of $4,000, 900.
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The war department has issued an
order directing the enlistment of 10 new
regiments of volunteer infantry.
The government has placed another
order for canned roast beef for the
troops in Cuba. The order is for 1885,
900 pounds.
The insular commission has decided
that the islands acquired as result OF
the war with Spain are not part of
the territory of the United States.
The civil service commission, in
letter to the secretary of the treasury,
claims that deputy United States mar
shals have been appointed illegally.
It is said that by the discovery and
use of two pieces of land script, issued
by the government many years ago,
Cass Lake will be retained by the
whites.
The senate finance committee is re-
ported to have agreed upon legislation
to convert greenbacks and treasury
notes into gold certificates and get rid
of the ''endless chain"
The president has appointed Major
Edmund Rice, Third infantry, colonel
of the first regiment to be organized
under the law calling out volunteers.
1t will be known as the Twenty sixth
infantry.
Acting Commissioner Williams of the
internal revenue bureau has decided
that natural and artificial gas companies
are subject to the gross receipts tax I'M
der the war revenue act and that in the
case of artificial gas the returns made
by the company should include sales of
tar, ammonia, coke, etc.
The acting commissioner of internal
revenue has just reaffirmed the decision
of his Office to the effect that the rev.
enue stamp required to be affixed to
parlor or sleeping car tickets may be
affixed to berth or seat checks when
tickets are not purchased by the pas
senger prior to his entering the car.
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
FOREIGN NEWS.

Queen Wilhelmina received the peace
delegates at the palace Friday.
Preparations are being made to send
| 80, 900 British troops to South Africa.
Street car riots have occurred at Lon
| don, Ont, in connection with strike.
The arbitration proposal has been
formally presented to the peace con-
gress.
The British liberal party gained ten
parliamentary seats in the bye-elections
Of Oldham.
The Portugal house of peers has
adopted the commercial convention
with the United States.
The British government announces
that it will contribute $40, 900 1925, 0OO)
to the Antarctic expedition fund.
Vienna police dispersed large social
list demonstration, placing 45 persons
under arrest, among them DIR. Adler,
the labor leader.
1t is believed at Pretoria the franchise
proposals of Great Britain to the Trans
wall have been accepted and that peace
will be preserved.
General Brugere, former chief of the
late President Carnot's military house
hold, has been appointed military gov
ernor of Paris in place of General Eur
linden.
The governor of the penal settlement
OF which the Isle du Diable, where
Dreyfus was confined, forms part, has
been removed for his treatment of
Dreyfus.
The London Times announces that
several special officers of high rank have
been ordered to proceed to South Africa
to organize the residents, as we'll as the
police and local forces, at various points
on the frontier.
The vail of Van, Turkish Armenia,
reports an incursion of an armed band
OF revolutionary Armenians from Per
STA. There have been conflicts with
Kurds and Turkish troops, acc ompanied
by desperate fighting.
Admiral Cervera and the other COM
manders of the Spanish feet DESTROYED
in the battle of Santiago, whose conduct
has been the subject Of inquiry by spe-
cial courtmartial have been acquitted
and formally liberated.
1t is generally believed at Buenos
Ayres that the object of General Roca's
visit to Rio Janeiro is to negotiate an
alliance among Argentina, Brazil, Chill
and Uruguay against any foreign in
Prevention in this part of South America.
Emperor William invited the officers
and sixty cadets of the French training
ship Iphigenie, which he visited at
Bergen, Norway, and inspected, and
the German cadets of the training ship
Gueisenau, to meet at an entertain
ment on board the Imperial yacht,
Hohenzollern.
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
NEWS OFF NOTED PERSONS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clemens mark Twain,
have left London for Sweden. where
Mr.. Clemens will take the Swedish
cure.
Amos F. Wilder, editor of the Madi-
son State Journal, has received a check
for $3.50 from Helen Gould, to be used
in the New Richmond wis., relief
fund.
The offer of J. Pierpont Morgan to
light the interior of st. Paul's cathedral,
London, with electricity has been &C
cepted. 1t is estimated that the in
stallation will cost e5, 900 ($25. OOO.)
The Olympia, with Admiral Dewey
on board, will probably soon arrive at
Suez and proceed to the Dardanelles,
the United States minister having in
vited the admiral to spend short time
with him on the Bosphorus.
Reports from Ashland, O., state that
the condition of Federal Judge Gross
cup is considerably improved. The
jurist is no longer confined to his bed
and every indication is that he is on a
fair way to complete recovery.
The 15Oth anniversary of Goethe's
birthday, Aug. %, will be observed all
over Germany by special performances
at the theaters, the erection of monu-
ments and in other ways. The first eel
ebration began at Dusseldorf on Wednes-
day with the opening of the Goethe ex-
hihitiOn
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

Philadelphia doctors have discovered
that excessive bicycle riding causes
Bright's disease.
Georgia has begun war on the Oil
trust and will seize three fourths of the
Illuminating oil in the state.
The Samoan commission expects to
sail for home July A. and will reach
San Francisco about Aug. IA.
Physicians are experimenting with
yellow fever serum on a patient at
Swinburne island, New York
An outbreak has occurred in the South
Dakota reform school, due to the ap-
pointment of Populist superintendent.
Advices from Dawson say that the
steamer Robert Kerr left there June 90
with over So, 900, 900 worth of gold dust
for St. Michaels.
Three cases of yellow fever on board
the transport Mcclellan, from Santiago,
caused the detention of the vessel and
passengers at Quarantine.
The Association of American Agri-
cultural Colleges and Experiment Sta
tons, and it's allied organization, the
Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists, are in joint session at San
Francisco.
For alleged boycotting and blacklist
ing, George Hinchliff, a brick manu-
facturer, has instituted suit for 800, 900
damages against the Chicago Masons
and Builders association and number
of the largest brick manufacturers.
Morris tribune., 1899-07-15
PHILIPPINE NEWS.

Between June 8 and July 2, LILA
men, enlisted at Chicago, were sent to
the Philippines, breaking all records IN
securing recruits.
Spanish commissioners who have re-
turned from consultation with Aguin-
aldo state that the release of Spanish
prisoners has been practically agreed
upon.
Lieutenant Lawson N. Fuller, ord
nance bureau, U. S. A, has been or
dered to the Philippines as chief ord
nance officer in the field of the army
operating there.
Company E of the engineer corps has
left Willetts Point. n. Y, for Manila
via San Francisco. The company is one
Of the best in the service and has in it
many men who have served 20 or 80
wears.