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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Deficiency Bill,

After spending most of the day In a
wrangle over the case of Judge Ar.
thur II. Noyes of the Alaskan Dis.
trlct Court. the Senate Wednesday
passed the urgent deficiency appropri.
alton bill. I'm the Senate executive
session the discussion of the nomina.
tiOn of Benjamin Daniels to be mar
shal of Arizona was continued. II
was said that the President had De-
gun an examination for particulars,
and had instructed Daniels not to on
ter on his duties until the charges
could he investigated. There was
some doubt as to the identity of Dan
iels with the Wyoming convict.
The House Wednesday agreed that
general debate upon the anti-oleomar-
garine bill shall continue till Thurs
day afternoon. after which there will
be one day of debate under the fivc-
minute rule. The legislative, judi.
cial and executive appropriation bill
was reported from committe. 1t car
ries s25. lGS.S99. or about S5OO,OOO be-
low the estimates. In the Item In
crcasing salaries 2GG such increases
are on account of rural free delivery.
II Is proposed to- continue for another
year the temporary employees in the
treasury, war and postollice depart.
ments. A general provision Is made
against paying compensation to pub
lie employees who are incompetent
or incapaCltated.'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Pension Money.

The Senate Friday passed the pen.
sion appropriation bill with an amend
ment prohibiting the collection OF any
Zee for aiding in securing the passage
by Congress OF any special pension
bill Mr.. Pritchard. OF North Caro-
lina offered an amendment, which
was ruled out on point of order, that
a man who had served in the Confed
crate army, but subsequently had
served in the Union army should have
a pensionable status. The Senate ad-
journed to Monday.
The House Friday passed the legis-
lative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill, which carries $25,17l,-
969. The only important amendment
added was one to authorize the pres.
ident to place all or none of the 1,25O
extra clerks appointed during the war
with Spain in the civil service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
TOWBOAT MEETS WITH DISASTER
BOILERS EXPLODED.
Two OF the Crew OF the ]. w. Allies
Killed, Eight Missing and
-Four Injured.

The boilers of the steamer John w.
Allies, OF the Monongahela Consoli-
dated Coal and Coke Company ex-
ploded with a terrific report and terri.
BILE results Tuesday night. near Lock
No 2 at Port Perry. Pa. Two of the
crew were killed outright. eight miss.
ing and four were injured, the result
1f the disaster. The wreck caught
lire shortly after the explosion. The
john w. Allies had seven flats In tow
anu was on her way down the river.
When less than three-fourth of n mile
below Lock No. the explosion oc-
CURED. The flames from the burning
wreck disclosed a feaful view to those
whose attention had been attracted
by the explosion. Nothing remained
Of the vessel but the stern bulkhead.
but two of the bodies were recov-
cred. but they were unrecognizable.
Eight other members of the crew are
missing. II Is supposed that their
bodies are either burned or swallowed
up by the icy waters. Six men were
rescued before the flames burned what
remained of the boat to the waters
edge. The injured were so badly
hurt that they were unable to give
their names. william Shaw was cap.
tain and John Bates pilot of the boat.
Both are probably lost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
THE BUSINESS WORLD
interruption to Railway Traffic and
to Outdoor Work by Storms
Big Iron Famine.

X. G.. Dun e. Co.'S Weekly Review
or Trade says: Interruption TO rail-
way traffic and outdoor work by Sc
we're storms was the only unfavorable
FACTOR in the business situation during
the past week. while manufacturing
activity increased and distribution
through retail channels was undimin.
lshed. Reports from the West are
especially encouraging; but a few
southern plants are slow to exhibit
the Improvement. Railway earnings
Tor January gained ~ per cent over
last year and 24.2 per cent over 1900.
Famlne conditions exist in the mar
ket Tor pig iron. Considering the fact
that production during 1901 was far
beyond all previous records the pres
ent shortage gives indisputable evi.
dence or the unprecedented rate at
which the mills have been consuming.
II deliveries are wanted before July
IL is often necessary to pay a pre-
MUM, and consumers have been com
PEELED in some instances to place or.
ders abroad. German billets are still
arriving, but the market abroad Is ad-
vancing. which will tend to check the
movement. Structural material sup
plies are utterly inadequate, and the
action or the Chicago Council repeal
Ing the ordinance limiting the height
OF buildings has placed many new con-
tracts on the market. Railways are so
urgent for supplies that an order for
rails may go abroad. Final reports of
commercial failures during January
exhibit an exceptionally large number
or lnsolvencies and also an unusual
amount of defaulted liabilities. In
manufacturing lines there were 264
failures, involving s6,30S,9 ,94S, an in
crease Of sl,607. .96i over the liabilities
last year. Defaulting traders mum.
bered 1,120, with liabilities of s7,116..
912, an increase of 172 in number and
sl,SO5,l6S In amount. Miscellaneous
failures were 80 in number and sSS6,.
5sl in liabilities, exceeding January,
1901, by 10 in number. but showing a
decrease Of s321,44 in defaulted liza
bilities.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
NEW GUNS FOR SOLDIERS
National Guard Of Pennsylvania Ma,
Be Equipped With krag
Jorgenson Rifles.

William +. Richardson, quartermas
ter general of the National Guard o
pennsylvania, on the stan of Majo'
General Charles Miller. and keeper %
the State arsenal at Harrisburg wht
has been acting for Brigadier Genera
Thomas j. Stewart, ndjutant genera
OF Pennsylvania. since the latter met
with an accident last April and broke
his leg said Thursday: There will bt
no reglmental or brigade camps II
Pennsylvania this year, but division
one. ] have already visited eight
sites and will interest Ave more before
any choice, Is made. The National
Guard will very likely be equipped
with Krag.Jorgenson rifles before
the next camp. This matter has beer
about definitely settled by the Con
gressiOnal committee. In order thai
the troops of the different states may
all have the same gun. Personally, )
prefer the 45-caiber rife, and think Il
Is the best gun for National GuarC
purposes" Mr.. Richardson would moi
say that the Second brigade board
which met in Pittsburg a few weeks
ago. had recommended any removals
in the Fourteenth regiment, N. q. u
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
TEN MILLION FIRE At PATERSON
IMMENSE HAVOC BY FLAMES.
A Day Of Conflagration - Eleven
Deaths In st. Louis - Church
Consumed In Philadelphia.

Fires at various points throughout
the country Sunday brought death to
number of persons and caused none
tary losses which will aggregate many
millions of dollars. The most seri.
Gus conilagratlon was that at Patcr-
son. N. j., which practically wiped out
the business section of that city. en-.
failing property loss which Is con.
servatively estimated at SlO,000,0OO. 1t
was only after many hours Of hard
work that any portion of the city was
saved A statement issued by the
Mayor declares that the city will be
rebuilt and that no outside assistance
is needed. Eleven persons were
burned to death and number of
others seriously burned or otherwise
injured In n fire which destroyed the
Empire Hotel at st. Louis early sun.
day morning. The fire found all the
dodgers sound asleep and had gained
sufficient headway to shut off all the
avenues of escape except to two nr
three fortunate persons who were first
to awaken. Nearly all who saved
themselves did so In their night
clothes. The Colorcd Protestant Epis.
copal Church of the Crucihxon. to.
gether with adjoining parish house. at
Philadelphia. less. 100000: and the
two-story building of William Gray A.
Sons stone contractors, were destroy.
ed; loss. 100000. Fire also destroyed
the plant of the Shadbolt Manufactur.
ing Company In Brooklyn. N. Y, en-.
failing loss of 100000 At East
Pepperell. Mass. In answering fire
alarm. the towns only fire engine, to.
gether with horses and driver plunged
over an embankment into canal, both
horses being lost and the driver unin.
jured. The Centenary Methodist
Church at Lebanon Pa. was burned;
loss. $1,000 The O'Keefe block at
Carnegie. Pa. was destroyed; loss
$4,000. George White was burned to
death at Mallards court Allentown
Pa. property loss, Sl,OJO. Two chill.
dren of DR.. II. Berlinger suffocated dur.
ing a fire in their home in New York
and Pier G, of the Lehigh Valley Rail.
road Company, at New York, together
with the schooner Meteor. two tugs
and a steam canal boat, were burned
Sunday morning. The property dam
age reached a quarter of million of
dollars. And the business section of
Elberton. Ga, was destroyed loss
100000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
CABLE FLASHES.

The French Chamber of Deputies
has passed a bill for the gradual o..
duction of miners hours to eight.
An accident in the church of Horen.
citos in Chiriqui. Panama. resulted In
the death of l3 persons and the sew
ere woundlng of 80 others.
Lord Salisbury, the premier. un.
yelled a life-siZe marble statue of the
late Queen Victoria at the Junior
Constitutional Club in London We'd
nesday.
The death Is announced at Madrid,
Spain, of Vice Admiral Jose Mon.
toto. The commander of the Spanish
fleet at Manila was Rear Admiral Pat.
ricio Montojo.
Herr Pedram, the German minis
ter to Hayti. will succeed DR..
Schmidt-Leda. the German minister
to Venezuela, who has Deen absent
from his post for some time.
A Russian count named Toulouse
Lautrec de Savine, who is said TO
be a naturalized American citizen,
has been arrested in France for ex-
tradition TO Bremen on a charge Of
swindllng.
Joseph Chamberlain's announcement
that the Dutch proposal for peace in
South Africa will be submitted to the
Boer Generals by Lord Kitchener puts
an end to the incident in London.
4 sensational crime was committed
on Sunday near the forest of Bombay,
France. A garner named Leroy was
killed for money by Bidaud, of Mont
marte Camp. assisted by woman.
The Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
heir presumptlve to the throne CT
Austria and Hungary, Wednesday
started for st. Petersburg. The visit
Is regarded as being OF great polit.
ical significance.
Captain Grossman, who started Fri
day to walk down the Danube from
Linz to Vienna, a distance of 100
miles, with his newly invented water
walking shoes, covered 20 miles. He
is towing his wife in a small boat.
The Governor of the town of Caga.
yam. in the province of Misamis, ISL
and of Mlndanao, has resigned. claim.
ing that the military authorities there
do not recognize his authority in re.
fuslng TO receive his writs of habeas
corpus.
The chamber of deputies of France
Wednesday by vote of 33S to 2l9
adopted a bill providing that a nine
hour day shall be instituted at the
coal pits; in two years a days work
shall be eight and one-half hours. and
in another two years 1t shall be
eight hours.
Emperor William of Germany has
intervened to stem the spread Of The
faith healing cult in Germany. His
majesty has had long conferences with
the chiefs OF police for the purpose Of
devising measures to counteract the
campaign OF the Christian Scientists.
A tablet was dedicated in the vault
of st. Peters Church in the Tower OF
London to the memory OF Lady Jane
Grey, her husband. Lord Guilford
Dudley. the Duke of Northumberland
and the Duke of Suffolk,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
BLIZZARD BEATS RECORD.
Trains Fast In Great Snow Drifts
Around Cory.

All travel was abandoned between
Oil City and Brocton. on the Chautau.
qua division of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Sunday. The blizzard is the
worst in history. All night train No
3 lay in huge drift at Summit. and
Sunday morning food was carried to
the imprisoned passengers. Two
snow plows jumped the track at Sher
man and the officials gave up hope of
moving trains, and decided to run
through trains from Brocton to Ash
tabula via the Lake Shore and forward
to New Castle and Plttsburg. The
Dunkirk division of the Erie, also the
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pitts.
burg division of the Lake Shore were
blocked and no trains moving. On
the main line of the Erie travel was
delayed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
CAPITOL NOTES.

+ Admiral SIMPSONS condition was
somewhat improved Friday.
Secretary Root has chosen General
S. NJ. b. Young. of Pittsburg, to be
the first president of the new war col.
lege.
Lieutenant General Miles has enter.
ed protest to the Secretary of War
against the selection of sites for army
posts in the neighborhood of large cit.
les.
The authoritative statement Is
made at the White House that Gen.
eral Leonard Wood, governor gen.
eral Of Cuba, will not be called to ac.
count.
Attorney General Knox Wednesday
gave a preliminary hearing in the
case of Judge Noyes. of the United
States Court for the Nome district of
Alaska.
Governor Taft told the Senate Com.
mittee that the Philippine war as
waged by the insurgents is a crime
against civilization and against their
own people.
The value OF merchandise imported
into Cuba during the seven months
ended July 81, 1901. was S37,903, ,266.
against SS9.252, ,90S for the same period
of 1900, and s34,054.967 in 1899.
Senator Jones. of Arkansas. has in.
troduced bill increasing from SIS to
$12 per month the pensions of Mexican
War veterans who have reached the
age OF 40 years and over.
The judiciary committee of the
al 20
a national bureau of criminal identi.
ficatlon in Washington as advocated
by the police chiefs OF tho country.
Representative Newlands. of Ne.
yada, introduced a joint resolution
Wednesday inviting the republic OF
Cuba to become Territory az a part
of the United States, to ultimately be.
come the State of Cuba.
The second part of the report of the
Industrial Commission renews me
recommendations that promoters AMI
organizers of industrial combines
should be required to furnish full de
tails o. organization.
The United States government 4
acting with japan and Great Britain
In resisting any action by Russia and
China in the shape OF a Manchuriar
treaty that would threaten the inter
ests OF the United States.
President Roosevelt, upon his arrival
at Groton, Mass. Sunday did not fint
Theodore. Jr., alarmingly i'll with pnou
monia, but the boys condition was no;
sufficiently reassuring to warrant the
Presidents immediate return to Wash
ington.
f. S. Theall representing Staytor
& Campbell. counsel for Rear Admira
Sampson. called at the White Hous,
Friday and filed with the president Z
brief in the Schley case.
The movement for strong federal re
striction OF polygam by means of al
amendment to the constitution, hal
taken form again, and In response I,
many petitions and letters. the Hous,
committee on judiciary Friday fxe,
February rs for hearing on the sub
teot. q. .rs :. l.-.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
WAS PLAYING coNJURoR.
Herb Doctor Falls Victim to Northern
Enlightened Negroes.

Theodore Williams, a negro herb
doctor. at Charleston. w. Va, was at
tackled by mob oil his own race Mon.
day at Glenn Jean. Fayette county.
He was called to his door and the mob
promptly began shooting. Williams
returned the fire. Williams was
killed Tuesday morning Moses Al
len was found with a bullet through
his stomach and he died in the after.
noon. He made an ante-mortem state.
ment that he happened to be passing
the place and was struck by stray
bullet. Williams came to West Vir.
ginia recently from Tennessee. He
had, among superstltlous negroes. a
reputation as conjuror, and this is
supposed to be the cause of the mob's
attack.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
WANT CANALS SOLD.
Legislative Topic In Ohio Bobs Up
Public Works Board Out.

The entire canal system of Ohio Is
TO be abandoned. The water ways cost
he State several millions OF dollars.
The appropriation bill introduced in
the House Friday by Chairman Crafts,
Of the committee on finance. carried
only an allotment sufficient to provide
for the expenses of the State Board
that time, 1t Is said that a definite plan
for dlsposing of the canals will have
been formulated. Attorney General
Sheets is drafting a bill, authorizing
the sale or lease of the water ways to
the highest bidder. and abollshlng the
board
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
GIRLS BODY FOUND.
San Francisco Murder Mystery Resem'
bes Famous Durant Case.

A mysterious murder resembling. in
some of it's features, the noted Dur
rant case. is now puzzling the police,
of San Francisco, Cal; The nude body
of Nora Fuller, 16 years old, who dis
appeared from her home January Il.
was found lying on a bed in the up.
stairs back room of an unfurnished
house. The girl had been dead some
time. She was either strangled or
poisoned. John Bennett and G. b.
Hawkins are believed to be the aliases
of the man responsible for the girls
death. The theory hinges on either
q quarrel or discovery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
AGENT DISAPPEARS.
Adams Express Company Loses $1,000
in Mutilated Currency.

Frank Fuller. the local agent for the
Adams Express Company, left Hud.
son, o., Friday night. and his absence
has given rise to suspicion. The com.
pany inspector, G. c. Davidson, of ALI.
ance, checked up Fullers books Thurs.
day and pronounced them all right.
Yesterday after being notified of the
agents sudden disappearance, the
same inspector went over the books
again, but found no evidence of wrong.
doing. Sunday when entrance to the
safe was finally effected, it was dis.
covered that $4,000 in mutilated cur.
rency. entrusted to the company for
transportation to the Treasury at
Washington, was missing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
SUBMARINE FOG SIGNAL.
Using Water to Conduct Sound for
Ten or Twelve Miles.

An interesting experiment is to be
made at Egg Rock. Lynn, England, in
submarine fog-signaling. A bell is to
be hung so feet below a buoy, which
will be moored in Is fathoms OF
water and will be struck by electric.
ity from the Egg Rock Light Station.
where a power house is already estab.
lished. 1t is said that a person plac.
ing an ear against a rod held in con.
tact with the hull of vessel will be
able to hear the bell three TO five
miles away; in fact. it is believed that
the ringing of the bell will be heard
at a distance OF 10 to II miles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
COUNCIL ANGRY AT UNCLE SAM.
Threatens 10 Eject Postoffice from
Municipal Building.

The postofTce location fight was set
tied at Steubenville. o.. Saturday,
when the Edward Nicholson building
was selected. The postofiice has been
in the city building. but as many re.
pairs were wanted by the Government
Council raised the rent and 1t was de.
cided to move. Council has served
notice on the Government to move and
threatens eiectment If the postofice
Is not out of the city building within
the required time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Roosevelt omits Himself.

The President has omitted from the
list of brevets for service in the war
with Spain. to be sent to the Senate,
his own name. He was recommended
by the Army Board for the brevet
ranks of Colonel and Brigadier Gener-
al for gallantry at the battle of San
Juan. Santiago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
LOCOMOTIVE BOILER LET'S GO.
Engineer Instantly Killed and Fireman
Fatally Scalded.

The boiler of freight locomotive
on the Lake Erie and Western Rail-
road exploded Sunday while the en-.
gine was standing on a siding near
st. Marys. o. Fireman Floyd Brown
Of Lima. o.. was killed outright. and
Engineer Edward Casey. of Fremont.
was scalded so badly that he died a
few hours later. A number of cars
were wrecked. A defective crown
sheet is supposed to have been the
cause of the explosion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Proposes Tax on School Children.

J. II. Truxal, school director at
Pleasant Unity. Westmoreland county,
Pa, has started movement to tax
the parent or guardian of every child
within the school age SO a year. TIE
aim is to compel aliens, at present
exempt from school tax, to contribute
to the education of their children.
He also proposes a law compelling
every school director to pass an ex.
animation before icing allowed to take
office.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
pAINsTAKING ROBBERS.
Took Postoffice Safe Into the Road
and Used Dynamite.

Thieves entered the postonlce at
Wampum, Pa, Thursday night, car
rled the safe into the middle of the
street and blew II omen with dynamite
they secured several thousand stamps
and small sum of money. The rob.
berry was not discovered until morn
ing. when Postmaster Fitch went TO
open the office. Several residents
heard the explosion, but they sup.
posed that 1t was blast at the ad
Joining stone cuarries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
viii Number Their Ballots.

Despite the point raised by two of
Pittsburg's attorneys to the effect that
under the recent amendment to the
constitution ballots are not to pe
numbered, the Philadelphia County
Commissioners will go ahead with the
work of printing diagonal folding
line on each ballot and cumming the
edge, as has been the custom hereto.
fore.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Girl Student Commits Suicide.

Belinda Riordan. aged 80, of Troy.
n. Y. student in the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. was found dead
Tuesday in her boarding house in Phil.
adelphia. Pa. Over the heart were
three gashes inflicted by a palette
knife and beside the body ay phial
of carbolic acid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Fire Destroys Part of Ohio Town.

The village of Feederdam, six miles
north of Kent. O., was almost wiped
out by fire Tuesday. The buildings
destroyed were Mrs. F. S. Jewett's
general store. the postofHce, Doolittle's
cheese and butter factory and the resi-
dence of Mrs. F. A. Jewett and II. X.
Jewett. The loss is $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Girl Goes 10000 Miles to Wed.

Anna Troeller, of Akron, O., has
started Tuesday to Sidney. Australia,
10000 miles, there to meet and marry
Joseph Mclean, steamship engineer
running between Australia and New
Zealand. whom she chanced to meet
two years ago on an ocean voyage
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Must Be Vaccinated.

The board of health OF Oil City, Pa,
has issued orders that all school chill
dren who have not been vaccinated
must be excluded from the public
schools. Hundreds of children were
turned away from the school doors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
CHICAGO WOMAN AIDS schooL.
Gives 5000 to the Wooster, Ohio
University.

Rev. l.. f. Holden, d. D., president
of the Wooster, Ohio, University, has
announced that Mrs. T. B. Blackstone,
of Chicago has given $4,000 to the
fund for rebuilding the university,
which was practically wiped out of
existence by fire on December IL last
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
half.Mater MILK fer earis

The campaign directed against Par
isian milkmen who dilute their miIh
continues to be carried on with much
vigor. One such tradesman was fined
90 francs for selling milk diluted with
water to the extent of 81 per cent. An
other was sent to prison for two
months and ordered to pay fine OF
SO francs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Train Kills Physician.

DR.. r. S. Troxell, of Galhtzin. Pa.
one OF the most prominent men in the
county, was killed Saturday near Lii
ly. lie had been to that place to see
a patient. and on his way home he
was struck by a shifting engine and
instantly killed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
Wholesale Killing Of Dogs and Cats.

Friday morning the butchery of
every dog and cat found loose on the
streets of Plymouth township. near
Wilkesbarre, Pa, commenced. They
are being killed because it is believed
they are responsible for the spread of
smallpox, of which there are several
cases in the township.