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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
MINERAL OIL ExPORlAriON.
Nearly One Billion Gallons Will be Sent
Abroad by JIne 80.

The recent oil discoveries in Texas
and on the Pacific coast lend especial
interest to some facts just presented
by the Treasury bureau of statistics
regarding the exports of mineral oils
from the United States. These show
that the expectations of the fiscal year
about to end will probably be the larg.
est in the history of this remarkable
industry. which has increased its ex.
ports from 204.OOO,0O0 gallons of II.
Illuminating oil In 1915 to T21 100000
gallons In 1900. In the quarter century
from 1876 to 1900 the total value of
mineral oils exported from the United
States was about S12O0.OO0. 900, an
average of about SIS0O0.O00 year;
and during recent years has averaged
about SG0,O00.OOO per annum, or S..
100000 per month.
The average value of the lllumin.
ating oil exported In 1876 was about
II cents per gallon. and In 1877, an ex
ccptiOnal year, 20 cents per gallon.
BY 1881 the price had fallen to about
10 cents per gallon, the figures for that
year being 332 100000 gallons, valued
ut 34,OOO.OO0. BY 1891 the average
price was about cents per gallon. the
exports of that year having been 5G4.-
100000 gallons. valued at S41 100000.
BY 1898 the average export price was
about . cents per gallon. the quantity
exported having been S24000.000 gal.
Ions and the value reported to the
bureau of statistics by exporters
through the customs collectors, S42..
9226S2. In the nine months of the
present fiscal year for which the fig.
ures are completed by the treasury
bureau of statistics the total exports
of Illuminating oil amounted to J69..
624.75l gallons. valued at S37 939. .514
or 2-3 cents per gallon; while the
total value of all mineral oils export.
ed. including crude, lubricating and
Illuminating oils. naphthas and
reSiduum, was SO. IA. .00j. and for the
full fiscal year seems likely to amount
! to S1O.000.00O.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
TWELVE WERE DROWNED.
Steamer Baltimore Goes TO Pieces In Heavy
Gale on Lake Huron.

The steamer Baltimore foundered
In Lake Huron near Au Sable, Mich,
Friday morning and twelve of her
crew were drowned. Two men were
tossed about in the lake for ten hours.
lashed to a piece of wreckage, and
were finally picked up by the tug Col
umbia. George McGinnis. a deck
hand, one of the rescued, became in
sane from his experience. The other
survivor. Thomas Murphy of Mil
waukee. second engineer. was able TO
tell the story of the disaster.
The dead We're: Capt. NJ. III. Place.
master of the steamer; Mrs. NJ. ii.
Place. stewardess: Michael Breathen.
first mate; John Delders, second stew
ard; Edward Owen. wheelman; G. w.
Sears, wheelman; George w. Scott
watchman; Herbert Winning. watch,
man; p. Marcoux, chief engineer;
William Parker, fireman: =. Kruger
fireman; August Anderson, deck,
hand.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
CRAZED HUSBAND.
Ponders Over Perpetual Motion and Nearly
Kills His Wife.

William Mcmillan. well-to-do car
penter of St. Louis, Mo-, had a
frenzied dream in which he thought
that he had stabbed his wife until
she was dead and then attempted to
commit suicide. He awoke To find
himself saving away mt his neck with
the blade of carpenters plane,
which had cut OFF part of the flesh.
His wife lay in the bed bleeding and
nearly unconscious from the loss of
blood.
Mrs. Mcmillan had been awakened
from sleep by a wound inflicted by her
husband with the blade of the plane.
She screamed and aroused their eight
children, who were sleeping on the
floor above. Her husband cut her ten
times and turned the weapon upon
himself, inflictlng ten wounds. Hus-
band and wife were removed to the
City hospital, both seriously injured.
Mcmillan recently read In an east
ern paper that n reward of $4,000 had
been offered for the discovery of per
petual motion. lie resolved to solve
the secret and it Is believed that his
mind became disturbed. He dooes not
know how he got hold of the plane
blade and says he loves his wife and
| children and would not harm them
| for the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
CABLE FLASHES.

Germany has announced that Count
Won Waldersee and the German troops
will soon leave China.
4 dispatch from Waldenburg, Prus-
sla. says that as result of a fire
which broke out in the Hermann
mlnc II miners perished.
The full score of Purcelrs FAIRY
Queen" missing for 200 years, has
been found in the library of the Royal
Academy of Music, London.
Experiments are being made at
Turin with some new explosives, one
of which. called pyristite, has already
given splendid results, and has been
proved to be eight times stronger than
ballstlte.
\ bill was introduced in the Indi-
ana legislature permitting towns and
cities OF the state to frame their own
charters and to release n municipality
from legislative interference.
All of the diamonds that you see In
the jewelers. windows are pure car
hon. They are carbon crystallized-
the most permanent of gems, for they
can never be melted nor dissolved.
The amendment to the North Caro-
lima constitution for the dlsfranchise-
ment of illiterate voters, which was
ratified by the people of that state last
summer. does not go into effect until
July I. 1902.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
WEST POINT CADETS DISMISSED.
SEVERE PUNISHMENT.
They Revolted gainst the Attempts TO AboI-
lsh Hazlng-Fwe Sent Home for Good.
Six Suspended for One Year.

West Point Cadets Henry l.. Bobby,
Crete, Ncb.; John a. Cleveland. Lin.
den, Ala; Traugett +. Keller. New
York: Raymond A. Linton, Saginaw.
Mich, Birchle D. Mahaffey, Texar-
kama. Tex, all of the second class.
have been expelled from the military
academy by direction of the president
upon the recommendation of the
superintendent of that institution.
The following were suspended with
out pay until April I. 1902: Second
class-Olan G. Aleshire, La Harpe, ILL.,;
Benjamin +. Mcclellan, Tululah, La;
James 4. Shannon, Duluth, Mimi;
Charles Telford. Bountiful, Utah.
Third class-Thomas n. Glmperln.
Dayton, o.. Henry Hawley, Troy, y.
Y.
In his report to the secretary of war
on the events which have eliminated
in the above punlshments, Supt Mills
of the academy says in part:
II have the honor to report that at
dusk ON the evening of April ~, 1901,
n large number of cadets became en-
gagged In an insubordinate demonstra-
tion, directed at the superintendent of
the military academy.
"The pretext for this demonstration
was n punishment awarded to Cadet
Robert Il. Ralston. second class, In
orders published at parade that even
| ing. The actual cause was the resent
ment of a group of insubordinate ca
diets of the second class at measures
taken by the superintendent to enforce
the law forbldding hazing.
| II believe IL Is necessary for the
discipline of the corps of cadets that
the leaders In the insubordlnation be
separated from the academy for good
To permit them to remain under any
promise of reformation would, In my
Judgment. be mistake and might In
volve very serious consequences. The
academy cannot afford to have any
repetition of hazlng or other out
breaks. The present demonstration
plainly exhibits among its leaders q
total lack of appreciation of their re
sponslblltles and obligations. entirely
inexcusable among cadets finishing
their third year at the military
academy"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
TRADE REVIEW.
Labor Troubles do Little Harm to General
Buslness-ExceIlent Prospects For
Winter Wheat Improves Outlook

T.. G.. Dua & Co.'S weekly Review
of Trade" says: The labor situation
is the cloud lowering over the business
world. but the difficulties are not suf-
ficiently widespread to seriously inter-
fere With the progress OF manufacture
and distribution. Some settlements of
strikes have been affected during the
week and others seem probable at
an early date. Meanwhile prices hold
firm, the capacity of producing plants
in all the leading industries Is well
employed and crop advices are salts
factory. A feeling of confidence in
the permanence of values appears to
have settled in all divisions of the iron
and steel manufacture. To this may
be attributed the decrease in orders
for distant delivery, purchasers mere
ly contracting for order requirements
from one to two months in advance.
Tranquility regarding the future is
undoubtedly due to the action of the
large combination, which has made
no effort TO secure eXorbitant prices,
but manifests an intention to main
tain quotations at the current level.
Independent producers show dis
position to work along the same lines.
and the net result is less scrambling
to get orders placed, but no indication
that the actual demand Is any small
er. Notwithstanding much-talked-of
dullness in pig iron. Bessemer is firm
ly held at $16.75 delivered at Pitts
burg, or $40 at valley furnace. Foun-
dry irons are somewhat easier. All
lines of finished steel are crowded TO
the limit of productive capacity, and
machinery houses at Chicago are
granting machinlsts' demands rather
than risk delay. Correspondents re-
port the winter wheat outlook stead
lily improving. and there Is every
reason to anticipate an abundant har-
vest. The most encouraging feature
Is the decrease in the amount
| of harm done by Hesslan flies.
which earlier in the season
threatened to be severe. In the face
| quotations continue firm, injury in
Germany affecting foreign markets.
Atlantic exports have been large for
the past week, including flour,
amounting to 3,692.413 bushels,
against 2,lT3,356 bushels in the same
week last year and 1,646,624 bushels
in 1890. Speculation in May corn has
died down, but the general level of
this cereal continues far above nor
NAL prices, and more liberal receipts
have been attracted to interior cities.
For the week 3,667, ,042 bushels were
received, against 1,G94.7S6 bushels last
year. On the other hand. foreign buy
ing Is restricted. Atlantic exports be-
ing only 1.136,S99 bushels. against
3,534.673 bushels a year ago. Fail
ures for the week numbered 1S0 In the
United States, against 1856 last year,
and % In Canada, against 2frv'ast
year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
SENT TO PRISON.
Officers Connected With Commssary Frauds
at Manila Are Punished.

Capt. James c. Read, late depot
commissary at Manila and former
resident of Plttsburg. Pa, has been
sentenced to three years imprisonment
on conviction of crime I'm connection
with the recent commissary scandals
there. The others officers are Capt
Frederick J. Barrows, late depot
quartermaster for the department of
Southern LuZon, to five years, and
Lieut.. Frederick Boyer, late depot
commissary at Calamba, to one year
The prisoners We're driven in "A mule
wagon to Bilibid prison. Manila. and
began to serve their sentences.
Capt. Read and Capt. Barrows
seemed comparatively unmoved by
their situation. Lieut.. Boyer pro-
tested his innocence and seemed vim
dicative toward Capt. Barrows. who,
he alleged, was alone guilty of mlsap-
propriating bacon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
PRODUCTION or STEEL.
Gross Tonnage Greatly Increased During the
Last Year-Pennsyivana Leads.

The bulletin of the American Iron
and Steel association says: The pro.
ductlon of open hearth steel in the
United States In 1900 was 3.iU2.552
gross tons, against 2.947.316 tons in
1880. an increase of 4JJ.23G tons.
The production of open hearth steel
ing0ts and direct castings by states
in gross tons was: New England, ~.
800; New York ana New Jersey. g.
3G1; Pennsylvania, 2.T03,9l9; Ohio,
13O. l0l; Illinois, 2S5.551; other states.
III COS; total, 3.IJ2.552.
or the total production In 1900. 3.
5iI, I,O23 tons Were made by the basic
process and S55.52 tons We're made by
the acid process. The total produc-
tlon of open hearth direct steel cast.
ings in 1900 amounted to 1896 gross
tons. of which I1,O94 tors We're made
by the base process ana l3S232 tons
were made by the acid process. In
1900 our open hearth production prob
ably exceeded that of Great Britain,
which amounted to 3,030,251 tons in
1SDD
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
SERvIANs READY TO REBEL.
King Alexander Is not PopuIar-Austria May
Lend Hand.

Dispatches from Vienna indicate a
coming revolution in Servla. where
the masses are becoming disgusted
with King Alexander as they used 10
be with his father. Milan. The Serv-
ians are not fairly represented by the
degenerate family on the throne.
There Is much sturdy virtue in the
race. and with national government
the country ought to have a prosper.
Gus future.
There seems to be no hope for Serv-
la. however, under the existing
dynasty. and the Servians themselves
seem to have come to this conclusion.
Austrian troops are near the Servlan
frontier. and the Austrians might
make an attempt to occupy the king
dom in the event of an outbreak.
The time is favor'''r for such a
movement owing .;ussia's preoc.
cupatlon in the east and England'S 5
troubles in South Africa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
FlTz JOHN PORTER DEAD.
Noted Civil War Officer Who Was Cashlsred
and Later vindicated.

Gen. Fitzjohn Porter. who has been
Ill for several weeks at his home in
Morrlstown. \. j., died Tuesday. He
was so years old.
Gen. Porter was 4 prominent figure
during the Civil war. and his trial
by court martial and dismissal from
the army on charges that implied
cowardice was a case that attracted
attention for years. His friends in
sisted that he had beeen unjustly con-
demned. and they afterward proved
their contention to be right and Porter
was reinstated. The dlsobedience for
which Porter was court martialed oc-
Cured August 20, 1862. during the sec
ond battle of Bull Run. Porter was
ordered to advance with his troops.
He did not do so, and in the following
January he was cashiered and dis.
qualified from holding office under the
government.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
OUTLAW TO SURRENDER.
Gen. callles Preparing to Give Up-will
Cripple MaIavar.

Senor Dancel, an accredited inter
mediary. has returned to Manila after
having had very satisfactory inter
view with the rebel commander. Gen.
Gales, who has been declared an out
law. Senor Dancel says Cailles Is
anxious to surrender with his entire
command, provided his men are liber-
ated as soon as they take the oath of
allegiance. Gales says that person
ally he Is not afraid of an investiga-
tion of his various acts. lie says that
he never violated the laws of war and
that he always showed consideration
for his prisoners.
Cables Is now concentrating his en-
tire command with n view to facili-
tating the surrender of all his forces.
He Is also taking vigorous action to
prevent any strngglers from escaping
and becoming landrones. Senor Dan
eel asserts that the surrender of Gail
les will cripple Gen. Malavar. who has
been relying on the former to make
dlverting raids.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
FIVE KILLED AND OVER FORTY HURT.
TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE
Blunder Of a Motorman Causes an Awful
Disaster Near Albany, N. Y.-Fatal
Ending 10 Sunday Outing.

Electric cars racing for a switch
while running in opposite directions
at the rate of 10 miles an hour, cost
Ave lives Sunday afternoon by n
terrific collision In which over 40
prominent persons were injured. some
fatally and others seriously.
The scene of the accident was about
two miles out of Greenbush. n. ",
on the line of the Albany and Hudson
railway. The cars met on the single
track at a sharp curve, and so fast
were both running and so sudden was
the collision that the motormen never
had time to put on the brakes before
southbound car No. 30 had gone almost
clean through northbound car No. II
and hung ON the edge of a high bluff,
with its load of shrieking, MANNED hu-
manity. One motorman was pinion.
ed up against the smashed front of
the southbound car with both legs
severed and killed instantly, while
the other one lived but a few minutes,
Fully 100 men. women and children
formed struggling pyramid, mixed
with blood, detached portions of hui
man bodies and the wreckage of the
jured of the men extrlcated them
selves and began TO pull people out of
the rear ends of the two ears and
almost everyone was taken out In
this way and nearly all were badly
Injured.
The cars weigh IL tons each and are
the largest electric cars built, but So
frightful was the crash that both
were torn almost TO splinters. Both
We're filed with Sunday pleasure seek
ers returning from the new recreation
grounds that the railway had just
opened.
With both motormen killed II was
hard TO get at the cause of the acci
dent, but It is pretty we'll determined
that It was caused by an attempt OF
the southbound car to reach second
switch instead of waiting for the
northbound car at the first siding.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
MURDER PLOT EXPOSED BY LETTER
FOUL CONSPIRACY.
Mine Manager, Members Of His Family and
all His Properly Included In Destruc.
tion PIanned-Rewards offered.

As result of labor troubles at Ber-
nice, sullivan county, Pa, 81 strik-
ing miners are said TO have banded
themselves together to kill j. IL.
Crawford. assistant superintendent OF
the Bernice coal mines and eventually
destroy all the other members of his
family and all his property. The CON
spiracy was unearthed and 30 deputy
policemen have been appointed to pro-
tect Mr.. Crawford and the mine COM
pany's property.
About two months ago the trouble
began when the Bernice Mine Com
pany demanded that the miners re-
fraln from joining labor union. The
men objected to the dictation of the
company, and as they had other diff
iiculties that they wanted adjusted,
the miners went out on strike. The
mine since has been flooded and even
though the company desired to start
work they would not he able to be-
gin in less than. several months. a
letter found in front of the post
office tends to show that n conspiracy
Is afoot to despatch Mr.. Crawford and
his family. The letter says that ~
men have already sworn TO carry out
the murderous plans and that six
others will do so at the next meeting
The superintendent Is to be shot
from ambush and his house Is to be
burned to the ground at night while
members of the family are asleep. Al
| effort Is being made to capture the
writer of the letter. and big reward
| will he paid for the conviction OF I'll,
entire gang. The better class of min
ers deplore the dastardly work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
SOUTHERN FLOODS.
Eight Lives Lost and Great Properly Damage
In Tennessee.

Millions of dollars damage has been
done and at least eight lives lost in
Upper Tennessee by the foods which
began their work of destruction where
Il dam across the Doe river at Eliza
bethton gave way Tuesday afternoon.
All property in the path of the flood
was destroyed and people rendered
homeless in a moment. The Chuckey
river in Green county and the French
Broad in Jefferson are also out of
bounds, and growing crops have been
swept away all along their courses
Telegraph wires generally are down.
On the Chuckey river six bridges
were swept away, resulting in damage
of about 100000, while the damage to
farms. Outhouses and stocks along the
stream Is Green county alone will
amount to half MILAN dollars.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
REPORT ON PORTO RICO.
Governor Allen Explains Why Lazlness Exists
on the Island.

Gov. Charles III. Allen of Porto Rico
has presented to the president through
the state department, his first annual
report. The governor expresses the
opinion that n scheme of colonial ad-
mlnistration such as is found in the
Danish, French and English West In
dies might safely be instituted with
variations dependent upon the future
policy of the home government, rather
than our territorial form.
The governor speaks plainly In pre-
sentlng the reason why this island has
been at practical standstlll for near
ly four centuries, and says that I'm n
climate where man can lie in ham
mock, pick n banana with one hand
and dig n sweet potato with one foot,
the incentive to idleness is easy to
yield to.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
SOUTHERN SENATORS RESIGN.
McLaurln and Tlllman, Of South Carolina,
Adopt Novel Measures.

AS the outcome of a spirited debate
between United States Senators B. II.
Tillman and John l.. McLaurln of
South Carolina, both of them have
put their resignation in the hands of
Gov. McSweeney, to take effect No
vember 15.
They have resigned with the under
standing that they are to go before
the people of the state in joint can
vass. and that the sentiment of the
people is to be expressed in the vote
In a Democratic primary to be held In
November.
Tillman last summer was reelected
to the United States senate for six
years, and McLaurin has yet two
years TO serve.
Should Tillman be sustained Me.
Laurin's seat will be vacant. while If
McLaurin Is successful he will sue
ceed to Tillman's long term.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
CHASTITY TRAGEDY.
Half. Eaten Remains OF Children Found In
West Virginia Mountains BY Search
Ing Party Bruin Killed.

TO be crushed to death in the EN-
brace of monstrous black bear and
their little bodies afterward mangled
and partly devOured was the fright.
ful fate that befell the three young
children of T.. 7. Porterlleld, noun.
talneer residing about II miles south
east of Job, w. Va. The remains were
found by searching party which In.
cluded John Weldon, Maryland hunt
or, who. within few minutes after
the discovery of the bodies, shot and
killed the bear In n neighboring
thicket.
The children were Mary, aged 81;
Willie, aged >, and Henry, aged 1.
They left home to gather flowers In
clearing near their home. Nothing
more Is known. but 1t Is supposed that
they wandered into the woods and be.
coming lost continued on their way
until they were overtaken by the bear
IN the dense forest, three miles from
their parents home.
The bear feasted off all three of
the bodies. The bones of the children
had been crushed like straws and the
| flesh stripped off with teeth and
| claws. The party divided and began
Il search. Within few minutes Wei
don discovered 1t in Il thick clump OF
| hemlock sapllngs near small stream
a single shot ended Its life. 1t was de
clared to be the largest bear evei
seen In that neighborhood
The bodies of the children. which
presented sickenlng sight, were car
ried home In sacks. The parents Of
the children are almost crazed will
grief, their bereavement leaving then
| sbiItI,es
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
COAL TRUST FORMING.
Indiana Operators Must Get in or Be
Crushed.

The proposed Indiana coal trust
has progressed to point where n
meeting has been called to he held in
indianapolis, TO complete the combln-
alton. Options have been taken on
two-thrds of the mines in that state.
The trust will be backed by an abund-
ance of eastern capital, and It's oper-
alton. it is predicted. will force the
operators remaining outside the COM
blne either, TO enter the trust or to
abandon the working of the mines.
thus giving the Indiana coal trust
undisputed control of the mining in
terests in the state. The trust will
be Incorporated under the laws of
New Jersey.