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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
MASON. DIXON LINE.
Rcsurvey Of that Historic Bounday Has Be.
uun-Granite Posts 10 Mark the Limo.

The resurvey of the Mason and Dix
on boundary line between Pennsylvania
and Maryland has begun under the di-
rection of a commission consisting OF
DIR. Henry S. Prittchett. superintendent
OF the survey; DR.. William Bullock
Clarke, OF the Johns Hopkins Universi-
ty and State geologist of Maryland and
Major Brown, OF Harrisburg. w. c.
Hudgins, OF the coast survey steamer
Blake, is also identified with the work.
1t is probable that large granite posts,
three feet in length. will be used to
mark the boundary line. About the only
inscription on the posts will be an "M'
on the Maryland side and "P" on the
Pennsylvania side, which will be chisel-
ed in the hard granite. A reference to
the authority under which the resurvey
is made, may also be cut in each post
Librarian Buchard, OF the United
States Coast and Geological Survey. is
preparing historical data dealing with
the Mason and Dixon line which is TO
be published by the government
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
BRITISH PRISONERS FREED.
The Beers Release Their Captives-kruger
Nearing Portuguese Territory.

The British prisoners at Noortge-
dacht have been released by the Beers
and are marching to join Lord Roberts
forces at Watervalhoven, near Machado-
dorp. President Kruger and his chief
officials are at Nelspruit, about 60 miles
from the Portuguese border and on the
railroad between Pretoria and Delagoa
Bay.
A cyclone that visited Maieking
Thursday evening did more damage
than the seven months bombardment.
1t blew down or unroofed numerous
buildings and levelcd the hospital caus-
ing much suffering among the sick and
wounded. One person was killed and
two were injured.
General Buffers column has arrived
at Helvetia, where Gen. French and
General Pole-Carew are also encamped.
Both Waterfallboven and Watermelon
der were found deserted, the Beers hav-
ing retreated with their guns in the di-
rection OF Barberton. Commandant
General Botha has ordered burghers TO
return their Mausers to the government
military commission until the latter is
able to issue ammunition.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
THIRTY KILLED AND MANY HURT.
RAILROAD HORROR.
An Atlantic City Special Dashes Into Wild
Train Scenes Of Horror in the
Eight Wrecked Cars.

Thirteen persons killed and over so
others injured is the appalling record
OF a rear end collision between an ex-
cursion train and milk train on the
Bethlehem branch OF the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad Sunday morning at
Hatfield, Pa, p miles north OF Phila-
dclphia.
The wrecked train consisted OF 10 day
coaches and was the first section OF a
large excursion made up OF people from
Bethlehem, Allentown and surrounding
towns TO Atlantic City. This section
left the Union depot in Bethlehem at
6:o5 a. M. exactly IS minutes behind
the milk train
At 6:s4 the milk train drew up at the
milk platform at Hatfield, and in less
than two minutes the special excursion
train, running at the rate OF IS miles an
hour, crashed into the rear OF the milk
train. The locomotive ploughed through
the two passenger coaches and crushed
them as il they were egg shells.
The excursion train was picture oi
indescribable horror. The locomotive
was mass OF bent and broken iron and
firmly held the bodies OF its engineer
and fireman beneath its great weight
Behind the engine six OF the ten cars
were also a mass OF wreckage. The first
car was broken in twain, and the other
FIVE cars were thrown on their sides,
completely demolished.
Nine persons were killed in the first
two cars and the others in the coaches
were badly manned. As soon as the
crash came a terrible cry arose from the
smashed cars. Those who had not beer
injured crawled or jumped from the cars
and went TO the assistance of the injur-
ed Many were pinned down by wreck.
age and had to be freed by the liberia
use OF axes.
With three or four exceptions the
dead were killed instantly, the Others
dying on their way to the hospitals. Al
the injured were first taken to a shed a
the Hatfield station The dead wer,
removed to a barn. Messengers were
sent TO the nearest villages for physi
clans, and a relief train was telegrapheC
Tor from Bethlehem.
The coroner OF Montgomery count,
visited the wreck early and spent tn
entire day at the scene. He at once di
rected the removal OF the dead to Lans
dale, a short distance south of Hatfield
He promises rigorous investigation
into the horror.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
ELECT OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
Veterans Unanimously Elect Major Leo Ras-
sieur Commander In Chief.

The Grand Army elected officers
Thursday. They are:
Commander-in-C Chief, Leo Rassieur,
St Louis.
Senior Vice Commander, Z. c. Milli-
ken, Portland, Me.
Junior Vice Commander, Frank Sea-
mon, Knoxville, Tenn.
Surgeon General, John A. wilkins,
Delta, o.
Chaplain-in-C Chief, Rev. A. Dralms,
San Quentin, Cal.
With the selection of the above Off
GERS and the choice of Denver for the
National Encampment of 1901 the thir-
ty-fourth National Encampment practi-
cally "ame to a close.
There was no contest for the honor
OF entertaining the veterans in 1901,
Denver being apparently the unanimous
choice of the delegates.
The following officers were elected by
the Woman's Relief Corps for the ensu-
ing year: National President, Mrs. Mary
l.. Carr, Longmont. Col; National Sc
nior Vice President, Mrs. Belle Nj. Sat
terlee. St. Louis, Mo-; National Junior
Vice President. Mrs. Abbic r. Flagg,
Battle Creek. Mich; National Treasur-
er, Mrs. Sarah Z. Phillips, Syracuse,
n. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
RESCUE FOR STARVING MINERS.
The Government viii Send a Transport 10
Cape Nome.

AT the Cabinet meeting Friday It
was decided that the War Department
should send a transport to Cape Nome TO
bring back such OF the miners who are
penniless and liable to cndanger the
public welfare there this winter by rea-
son OF their destitute condition. Provi-
sions and clothing will be sent to the
Indians, who are said to be destitute.
The transportation companies, it is
claimed, refuse to aid the unfortunates
at Cape Nome. The transport in order
to effect relief, must go at once. Gen
eral Randle estimates that there are
1000 persons at Cape Nome in danger
OF starvation.
Information received from several Of
fetal and unofficial sources shows that
the Alaskan Indians along the coast
from Cape Nome are in serious situa-
ton. The miners, it is reported, have
gathered for their own use nearly all
OF the driftwood which the Indians have
been accustomed to depend upon for
this winter fuel, and in some instances
the cabins OF the Indians have been torn
down by the miners and the wood used
by them.
In addition to these Affections il is
said that the grip, in a most virulent
form, has broken out among the In
dians and that altogether their case is
one which calls for immediate succor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
THEIR ULTlMATUM.
Unless Anthracite Operators Agree 10 The
Scale a Great Strike Is Imminent
Within Ten Days.

The United Mine Workers Conven-
ton at Hazelton, Pa, adjourned Tues
day evening. The miners will strike in
the anthracite region il concessions are
not granted within 10 days.
That a strike OF the anthracite miners
may have disastrous effect on the bitu-
minous coal fields, is indicated in Off
cial advices that the State representa-
tives of the United Mine Workers
Union have been conference with the
National officers. and that decision
has been reached to strike in every BIZ
luminous field where the operators
make an effort to send coal into anthra-
cite fields in case of trouble. II the an
thracite miners so out it will be the first
organized strike on their part and the
United Mine Workers Union is prepar-
ed to exhaust its treasury in support OF
them. Several hundred thousand dol
lars will be available at once, and the
national executive board has power 10
levy weekly assessment on every
member at work. The first support
would come from the national head
quarters and when that is exhausted the
executive board may call upon the State
unions. Illinois has nearly 100000 in
the treasury.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
AN APPEAL ISSUED.
Senior Salvador CIsneros y Betancourt Wants
the Present military Government With
drawn-Tyranny Alleged.

Speaking for and with the authority
OF the people OF Cuba, Senor Salvador
Cisneros Batancourt, twice President
OF the island republic, has issued in
New York an appeal to the American
people. for immediate freedom for the
Cubans. The appeal is also prepared in
Spanish and is now on its way to Cuba,
where il will figure powerfully. Senior
Cisneros believes in the approaching
election of delegates to the constitution
al convention.
The appeal in part says: "The people
OF the United States must be informed
that the military authorities in Cuba
have been arbitrary in their proceed
ings; that they have disregarded the
rights of the people OF Cuba; that they
only too often act and have acted as
conquerors in a conquered land, rather
than representatives OF free people
helping those who had struggled for
freedom.
The independence of the island and
the welfare-nay, the very existence oi
its people-are gravely threatened to-
day, all Of which has produced such gen
eral alarm and just discomfort that II
has taken the constant effort OF the
more sober minded and temperate lead
ing Cubans to prevent an outbreak
which would repeat in Cuba the disas-
trous scenes we have witnessed in the
Philippine Islands"
Senor Cisneros then goes on to give
some of the alleged facts on which the
charges are based. He claims misman-
agement in the custom house depart.
ment and favoritsm shown Americans
He says the military government has
made many errors in the management
of legal questions, and mentions blum
ders made at the last municipal election
He says that greater frauds than tn,
postoiiice frauds will be unearthed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Bressi Tried and Sentenced In One Day--Pres
ceedinss Brioi, With no Mercy Shown.
Horrors Of The italian Prison.

The trial OF Bressi, the Anarchist
who, July 90 shot and killed King
Humbert, of Italy, at Mona, while His
Majesty was returning from gymnas-
tic exhibition, resulted in the regicide
being sentenced to life imprisonment,
the limit OF the Italian law.
Although Bressi escapes death, his
fate will appear to most men far worse
than death. His first place Of incarcer-
alton will be the secret cell" cham
Der about six feet long by three wide,
and half lighted. A few inches above
the floor is a plank about half yard
wide and slightly inclined, which serves
as bed. The food is bread and water,
passed through a little window called
the spy" by the jailer, the door being
always kept vigorously closed.
He will be condemned TO absolute si-
lence. II he breaks the rule he is sub-
ject to other punishments, such as the
straight waistcoat, iron and straight bed.
II he attempts his life in any way he
will be put in the straight waistcoat,
and at night in a sort OF sack in which
he cannot move.
When he has suffered the punishment
OF the secret cell for longer or short
or time, he will be removed to another
cell, where he must remain for 10 years.
Its size depends on the construction OF
the prison. These cells are lighted from
the corridor, and are generally about
two yards square. The bed is the usual
plank, and bread and water the food.
In winter a single blanket is allowed
at night. Silence is still enjoined, the
only concession is the door being open
cd few inches. The food is given only
once in "a hours. II the prisoner is
sick, the doctor can have him removed
to the prison infirmary, where he is
kept in a separate chamber Prisoners
in solitary confinement may neither
read, write. smoke nor work. They are
condemned to absolute idleness and alb
solute silence Very few complete their
sentence; they either go mad or die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
COAL FAMINE THREATENS.
New Foundand and Germany Confronted
With a Serious Problem.

A coal famine now threatens the
colony OF New Foundland. The estab-
lishment of a large smelling enterprise
at Sydney absorbs the greater part of
the Cape Breton output; and the failure
OF Reid's mines leaves the colony with
out any local product.
Sydney coal has advanced 80 per cent,
and there is probably not enough 10
supply the winters demand Mr.. Reid,
the railway contractor. is likely to be
most affected, his trains and steamers
absorbing fully third OF the entire CO.
lonial coal import.
The coal famine in Germany has be-
come very serious and a number of
chambers of commerce have petitioned
the government for reGef. The Prus-
sian Cabinet has resolved to grant a
modified railroad tariff for foreign coal
in order to facilitate the importation
OF coal from England and the United
States. The Prussian Minister of Rail
ways has laid an embargo on all the coal
mined in the State mines.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
PRINCE CHING As THE REGENT.
STRONGLY PR0.F0RElGN.
II Is Said He Would Return to Pokin u Ms
Safety Was Assured by Foreign
Ministers.

1t is rumored at Shanghai that the
Japanese gained great victory over the
Boxers and Chinese troops from Pei
Tsang and Ho 81 WI last Thursday at
Teh Chou. The story says that 1900
Chinese were killed. including Prince
Tuan and that all The Chinese were
driven back into Chi Ii
The Reform party, under kang lu
Wet. is said to be actively preparing for
rebellion. 1t is reported from Hankow
that 25 reformers have been executed,
their hearts being exposed.
The Taku correspondent says that the
country around Taku and Pekin is de-
vastatcd, with the result that the Box
ers are most unpopular and are being
attacked by the pcasantry. The Box
ers, who were moving north from Shan
Tung. are now returning hastily to
their homes.
Yu, Governor OF the province OF Shan
ST. is reported to have invited the for
eigners in the province to come to his
protection. Fifty accepted the invita-
ton. and all were massacrcd.
Five powers have agreed to Russia 5
proposition to withdraw troops from
Pekin and two have announced opposi-
ton to its adoption. -Four powers have
finally declared that Li-Hung- Chang is
acceptable to them as peace envoy for
China two questions not only Li-Hung-
Chang's credentials. but the power oi
the Imperial Government to approve
his acts. and one wishes to know more
about the credentials he holds before il
is willing to treat through him.
This sums up the situation. 1t could
hardly be more satisfactory. viewed
from the American standpoint. An ac-
tive interchange OF views took place
Thursday between the capitals OF Eu-
rope and Japan and Washington. and
as result it is likely that pressure will
be applied to the two powers anxious
to remain in Pekin to induce them tc
Withdraw simultaneously with the cvac-
uation by the other allies
The powers who object to the Russian
proposition are Germany and Italy
Those iavoring it are the United States
Great Britain, France, Japan and Rus
sia. The powers which question Ii
Hung Chang's credentials and the abil
ity OF the Imperial Government to en-
force the terms he may make are Ger
many and Italy, while France woulC
like to know more about the credential
before negotiations begin.
lelcgramS from the Russian miniStc
at Pekin say: There is an unconhrme,
rumor that Prince Ching has been ap
pointed regent, but is afraid to return
TO Pekin unless the foreign ENJOYS vii
guarantee his liberty. Ten dignitare
remaining in Pekin have consequently
resolved to petition the diplomats, in tn
interest OF an amelioration OF the situa
ton, to invite Prince Ching to returi
to Pekin and to give explanations.
1t has been learned that the empires
is going from Tyan-Fu, in the provinc
OF Shan-Si, to which place she had fle,
after her escape from Pekin, to Hsinan
Flu. Tyan-Fu is farther west tha
Hsinan-Fu, indicating that she is NOV
ing still further away from the Chimes
capital.
1t is stated that Prince Tuan's sor
1sut Sing, will be declared emperor un
der the protection of Russia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Tho New Chief Justice.

A commission was issued Monday by
Governor Stone, OF Pennsylvania, 10
Judge J. Brewster McCullom, of Mont
rose, designating him as Chief Justice
OF the Supreme Court to i'll the vacancy
created by the death OF Justice Henry
Green. Justice McCullom is Demo
crat, and his commission runs until the
first Monday OF January, 1910, when
Judge Dean, OF Holldaysburg. will be-
come Chief Justice
The new Chief Justice was next to
Justice Green in seniority and under the
constitution the Governor is required 10
promote him. He will appoint Su-
preme Judge to fill the vacancy created
by these changes after his return from
the Grand Army encampment at Chi
cacO.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
TWENTY MILES OF CARS.
Santa Fe Railroad Blockaded by Long Trains
Laden With Wheat.

The extensive yards of the Sante Fe
Railway Company in Argentine, Kan,
are almost exclusively occupied with
cars of wheat, which it is impossible to
move. 1t was estimated that there were
20 miles of wheat cars there this morn
ing.
The trouble is said to be due to the
inability of the Chicago division of the
road to handle the great inflow of wheat
from the various branch lines in Kansas.
The difficulty is not so much from a car
famine as it is due to the lack OF mo-
tive power to keep the lines cleared.
All other roads in Kansas are unable
to handle the wheat offered. All the
elevators are full. and farmers are dump
ing wheat in big piles on the ground
near the railroad stations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
BATTLE WITH CANADIANS.
American Traders In Province Of Mackenzie
Had a Bloody Encounter.

kilograms from Winnipeg, Man, tell
OF serious troubles in the Great Slave
Lake district, between American aud
Canadian traders. Fifteen Americans, it
was charged, smuggled large quantities
OF supplies in and were thus enabled to
undersell the Canadians. They also fur
nished whisky to the Indians.
Edmonton traders, angry at losing
their trade, sent committee to notify
the Americans to retire. The latter de-
clned and shooting followed. August
Briese. OF Seattle, was fatally wounded
and several OF his companions were
hurt
The Indians joined in with the Amer
leans. Finally the latter fed to the tim
ber. Mounted police have been sent 10
the scene.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Transport Sails for Manila.

The transport Logan sailed from San
Francisco Saturday afternoon for Ma
Mia, via Nagasaki. with 1893 enlisted
men and o4 cabin passengers, including
officers. The Logan carries the head
quarters band, First and Second bat
talions OF the First regiment, Colonel
A. A. Harbach commanding. and the
headquarters band and Third battalion
OF the Second infantry, under command
OF Lieutenant Colonel Augustus w.
Corliss.
Among the passengers on the Logan
are Major Koehker OF the Thirty
seventh infantry and Major Bolton OF
the Twenty-fourth infantry. There are
also II acting assistant surgeons and
female nurses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Cuban Trade Increasing.

A steady and material increase in the
trade OF Cuba is evidenced in COM
parative statement just made public by
the division OF customs and insular ai-
fairs. war department, which gives the
customs receipts at Cuban ports for the
first seven months OF 1000, as compared
with the same period last year The
statement shows that the total receipts
for the first seven months OF the pres
ent year aggregate $o,33I,832, as against
$8.IIa,8I5 for the same period last year
an increase OF $I,aIQoI7.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Volunteers TO be Recalled.

The war department is preparing to
bring home the $1,000 volunteers from
the Philippines whose terms OF service
will expire between Dext November and
June, 1901. The homeward movement
will begin about the middle OF Novem-
ber
No orders have yet been issued on the
subject, but it will take practically all Of
the transport service at the command of
the department to accomplish the re-
turn OF the volunteers. 1t is the inten-
tion OF the department to return the or
ganizations in the same relative order as
they were shipped to the island, thus
cqualizing as nearly as possible their
terms OF foreign service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Bankers Will Form Combine.

A great bank trust is being quietly
formed in New York city. The fact was
first brought out by the announcement
that the controlling interest in the Ninth
National bank had been purchased by
syndicate. According to trustworthy
reports, overtures have been made to
the presidents OF the National Citizens
bank, Peoples bank, Pacific bank, Me
chanics and Traders bank, and the East
River National bank, for an amalgama-
ton Of all these institutions with the
Ninth. The combined capital OF the
banks is $a,622,ooo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
CABLE FLASHES.

President Loubet will give a banq
to all the mayors in France, some
ooo September 22.
There is a typhoid fever epidemj
Paris, resulting from impure watef
The Peruvian President is still VIII
out Cabinet. The one appointed Tud
day night resigned next day.
A collision occurred on the Caledo-
nian Underground Railway at Glasgow,
and "a persons were seriously injured
A group OF American fnanciers, ac-
cording to dispatch from Moscow.
has acquired the Moscow-Archangcl
railway.
About $4,000 striking miners have re-
sumed work at Cardiff. Wales, the Taft
Railway Company having acceded to
their demands.
The autumn maneuvers OF the German
army will be attended this year for the
first time by representative OF the
French army.
Italy has protested against Germa-
ny's new meat law on the ground that
it contravenes the 1talian-German COM
mercial treaty,
Owing to the Philippine troubles Ma
Mia hemp has risen so per cent German
companies will start Manila hemp cul-
ture in German East Africa.
Another death. supposed to be due to
bubonic plague, occurred at Glasgow,
Scotland Sunday. Ninety-three cases
OF the disease are now under observa-
tion.
Owing to absence of rains, the rice
crop in Marking, China, is failure and
silk weaving is almost at a standstili.
10000 looms being idle. Maintenance
OF order is difficult.
Giuseppe, Tomazo. Venetian who
is believed to have been an accomplics
of Luigi Lucheni in the assassinati(
OF Empress Elizabeth OF Austria,
been arrested at Budapest.
The Prussian academy OF scieno
received from the Smithsonian In
ton an elaborate engrossed addr
congratulations upon the recent
renee OF the academy's bi-centen
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
RICH GOLD STRIKES.
Late Discoveries Show That Nome Disir'c
Teens With Wealth.

Late mining developments have been
OF a satisfactory nature. No doubt now
remains OF the genuineness of the
Kougrock strike; Harris and Quartz
creeks in that country are rich and the
former shows from 25 cents to $I.5o to
the pan. Oregon creek and its tribu-
tary, Hungry creek, have developed
richness
On Hastings creek, eight miles east
OF Nome, prospectors have discovered
a gravel bed IS feet in thickness aud
of unknown breadth, extending from the
gulch way up into the hills. 1t is be-
lieved that the next season Hastings
creek will be the scene OF most extern
sive operations in the country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-09-05
Where Wealth Is Coined.

The monthly statement of the Direc-
tor of the Mints shows that during Au-
gust the total coinage at the United
States mints was $7,774, 100, as follows
Gold, $5,o5o,coo; silver, $2,536,ooo; min
or coins, $I88, LOO.
During August Ia,7oo,ooo coins OF the
face value of $I,324I6o were the prod
uct OF the mint in Philadelphia, Pa.
OF this amount there were 6,Io4,ooo
coins in silver of value OF $I,I36,ooo,
and 6,sIaooo in the base metals, valued
at $I8S. 100