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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
CURRENT TRADE IS GOOD.
Volume Of Business Is Large-Future
Prospects Bright, Liberal Buying
in Leading Markets.

X. c. Dun e. Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says: Fuel scarcity Is still
the one serious industrial handicap.
Protracted idleness at anthracite
mines increased the pressure for soft
coal and coke, and, despite new rec
ords of output, deliveries are utterly
inadequate owing to the lack Of mo-
tive power. This freight blockade OF
coke trains has closed many furnaces,
while the increasing call for trans
porting facilities on crop account gives
little prospect of early relief. Not
withstanding the congestion. railway
earnings thus far reported for August
show gains of "a per cent over last
year and II per cent over 1900.
Weather conditions have been less
uniformly favorable for agricultural
products. yet no severe loss is report.
ed. The current trade Is OF good vol
ume for the season, while the outlook
for the future Is bright Buyers are
numerous in all the leading markets.
placing orders literally at we'll sus-
tained quotations. AS the active blast
furnace capacity of this country de-
creases through want of fuel. foreign
pig iron is purchased more freely, and
Scotch warrants have advanced be-
cause of the steady demand. Domes-
tic needs are now far beyond all pre-
cedent, and even with the available
home capacity active there would be
imports. although less than are now
arriving. There is much that Is grati-
flying in this state of affairs. but there
Is also a drawback. During the re-
.rfA flr sAaffa
demand many export orders have been
sacrificed, which German and Belgian
makers secured. Textile mills are
well occupied, business gradually in
creasing In the cotton goods division,
and demands for quick delivery en-
phasizc the fact that stocks are low
and requirements for consumption
are pressing. Export trade In brown
| cottons Is insignificant, but more in
quiries are reported. New lines of
light weight woolens and worsteds
for spring wear are now fully opened.
and buyers are placing much business.
| Quotations are steadily maintained,
with the market in healthy condition.
There Is some evidence that supple
| mentary orders will command higher
| prices, especially II raw wool makes
| any further advance. Footwear shops
at the east have assurance OF full
| operation for two months, although
there is much complaint OF quotations
in connection with the sensational
movement Of the material. Packer
hides at Chicago have attained new
high record prices, and oak sole leath-
er has advanced. Staple products
average somewhat higher In prices.
owing to less uniformly good news
from the agricultural sections. No
serious disaster occurred, but ex.
cessive rain retarded the development
OF grain and interrupted harvesting
Coffee recovered from within an
eighth Of the lowest point ON record,
rumors Of frost in Brazil proving more
potent than overwhelming supplies.
Failures for the week numbered 2O7
In the United States.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
TROOPS CHARGED STRIKERS.
Clash With state Militia Occurs at
Colliery Near Tamaqua.

The first clash between the striking
anthracite miners and the National
Guardsmen occurred at No. 4 colliery
of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation
Company near Tamaqua Thursday,
and as a result five prisoners are in
the guardhouse at the Twelfth regi-
ment camp. and Captain J. Beaver
Gearhart, of Company +. Twelfth reg
iment, Is suffering from wound on
his shoulder, caused by a stone thrown
by a striker. The colliery Is at the
west end of the Panther Creek valley.
and the Governors troop was ordered
TO that point. Companies + and X, of
the Twelfth regiment, were placed
on trolley, cars and run through the
valley. When the cars reached Sum.
nit hill they were surrounded by n
mob of strikers, who hurled rocks at
the soldiers and called them hard
names. Captain Gearhart was struck
by stone. Several soldiers jumped
from the car in pursuit of the stone
thrower and captured Joseph Mccain.
young miner. The cars proceeded
again. when another crowd was en-
countered and the soldiers were again
taunted and stoned. Half dozen sol
diers jumped off and captured three
men, who were urging the crowd to
their names as John King. Timothy
King and John Kelly. They were
taken to camp at Manila park. where,
together with McCann and Marteen,
they were placed under heavy guard
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
WHITE SQUADRON SHIPS TOO SLOW |
PlLLSBURY'S GOOD SHOWING
Kept Blues on Anxious Seat for Four
Days-Wlreiess Telegraphy on
All Vessels OF Navy.

The navy department has made
public at Washington Rear Admiral
Hlgginson's report on the search
problem" which was conducted by the
blue fleet, under his own command,
and the white squadron, under Com
mander Plllsbury. of the New Eng
land coast. The admiral's report
says: Il have the honor to report
that at $40 n. m. of the cath Inst, on
Magnolia, Mass. the blue fleet under
my command captured the white fleet
under the command of Commander
John II. Plllsbury, u. 8. NJ, after four
days OF anxious watching. Comman.
der Plllsbury's fleet was deficient I'm
speed. His evasion of the outside
scouts and arrival on the coast un.
deferred was. ! think, very credita-
BILE to him. The line of coast over
which ! had charge was divided into
five districts, each In charge of an
officer provided with scouting vessels
and number OF observers at shore
stations. These districts all reported
by telephone or telegraph. or by what
ever means OF communication they
could establish. with the central dis
trict OF Rockport, where Ensign Berry.
u. S. ~. was In charge of the central
Office. and transmitted TO me by
means OF steam launches, torpedo
boats and signals from shore. what.
ever information was received. | can
only say that the operations have been
very beneficial In training the young
men In scouting and as observers.
have already written TO the depart.
ment about the valuable service rem
/ dered by the torpedo flotilla under
command of Lieutenant Chandler.
take the occasion, however, to urge
upon the department the establish
ment on all vessels of the navy n wire
less telegraphy outfit In my opinion
II Is Of incalculable value and no ex'
pense should be spared to hasten Its
adoption. The squadron has with
drawn to Menemsha Light prepara
tory to the combined army and navy
maneuvers"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
WANT TO IMPEAcH PALMA.
Turning Against Their President Be-
cause He Granted Concessions.

President Palma Is without the sup
port of single newspaper controlled
by Cubans. The editorials are re-
markable for their bitterness and
outspoken opposition of the chief ex-
ecutlye. One of the principal causes
Of the opposition to Palma is that he
granted the Castanenda commission
for the establishment of an electric
light plant at Havana This conces-
sion has been a subject OF bitter dis.
cusslon In the House of Representa-
lives. and some members are demand.
ing Palma's impeachment unless the
concession is rescinded. Both houses
of congress have become badly dis
organized over this question, and has
resulted in strong anti-Palma feel.
ing
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
MILES SAILS SEPTEMBER 16.
Proposes to Inspect Every Military
Post In the Philippines.

Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles.
accompanied by Mrs. Miles and his
aides, Colonels Whitney and Maus,
will leave Washington for the Philip.
pines September 3. Two short stops
will be made in the journey to San
Francisco. where the party will ar
rive in time to sail on the transport
Thomas on September 16. Mrs. Miles
may not go farther than San Fran
cisco, or she may conclude to cross
the Pacific. General Miles said that
there were so many things to do in
arranging his Office affairs that he had
not yet outlined his trip after he
reaches Manila. Il regard the trip as
merely a visit to the army there he
said. 1T may be called an inspec-
tion tour. and shall make 1t point
to visit every army camp in the
islands" Before going he will make
his annual report to the secretary of
war, and unless a special report is
made on this inspection tour 1t will
not be reported on until a year from
October
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
CHOLERA KILLS THOUSANDS.
The Dreaded Scourge Sweeps Asia
From Java to Japan.

The cholera epidemic in Asia ex-
tends from Java to Japan, and is af-
fecting whites as well as natives. In
Hong Kong. from the first OF the out.
break to August 9, there had been 525
cases. six of the patients being Euro
peans. and 511 deaths. of whom four
were Europeans. In Tien Tsin the
last report placed the number of cases
for the year at 1.049, and 754 deaths
within the city walls, and l.015 cases
and 5S3 deaths outside the city walls.
In other places in China the proper
tion OF cases and deaths is just as
great. A writer from Kuelin, Kwansi
province. says: People are dying by
hundreds daily. Outside the city over
1000 have died" In Japan the dis
ease is working fearful havoc, and
hundreds have died In Java.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
CABLE FLASHES.

A shuntlng engine at Bloemfonteln,
Orange River Colony, East Africa.
crashed into train conveying re-
fugees TO johannesburg and a number
of women and children were killed.
Letters of Incorporation have been
granted to the Federal Sugar Refining
Company. with headquarters in Mon
treal. Canada. and a capital of $4,000
900. Among the applicants is Claus
A. Spreckles.
The betrothal ceremony OF Prince
Nicholas of Greece and the Grand
Duchess Helen OF Russia occurred at
tine great palace at Tsarsko Self, St.
Petersburg, Thursday. The marriage
service was held afterward ia the pal.
ace church, the metropolitan of St.
Petersburg officiating.
Henry White, secretary OF the
United States embassy at London, and
Mrs White, are passengers on the
Kaiser Wilhelm dc. Crosse. which
sailed for New York from Southamp-
ton Wednesday.
Prof. Virchow, the famous scien.
tlst, appears to be near his end. The
German Medical Weekly of Berlin re-
grets to announce that his strength
is Enthusiastically failing. The profess
sor Is at Harzbrug, In the Hartz noun
tains.
Captain Won Frankenberg and First
Lieutenant Numbauer, OF the First
regiment of field artillery, have been
dismissed from the German army on
| account of the ovation given some
time ago at Gumbinnen. East Prussia,
to Lieutenant Hildebrand, the par
| doned duelist.
The Shanghai correspondent cables
that besides heavily taxing the peo.
pie, the provincial governors of China
are utilizing the indemnity to be paid
the foreign powers as a pretext for
raising loans and are corruptly ap-
propriating large sums of money to
their own purposes.
The international congress of com
merce and industry has opened under
| the presidency OF Count Charles
Flanders. The United States and
Mexico are represented, as we'll as all
the governments OF Europe. The ses
sions OF the congress will last Ave
days.
An important conference of the to
bacco interests has been called tc
take place in London. England, Sep
tember II in an effort to curb the
fierce rate war which followed the for
nation OF the rival combines. The
meeting will include Representatives
OF the American combine the Imperial
Tobacco Company. Manufacturers
Importers and Wholesalers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
IN STRIKE FIELDS.
West Virginia Guards Induce Non.
Union Miners TO Leave Work.
Men Held In Church.

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,bni. as',,na trho nnoiais ng tho
Sv,itchhacI roi,rno, nn,incJ Naior
coartar, ,hot s,,Il,ors ,ycro i,,erfar.
,n, Iii, ,ha,r ,,asson.ors a, sump,i,
III, Cn,,nan,. rs ~, ,ha r,,o,s,h res.
imant was sent 4, tho scepe and suc.
oaoJa, ,n ros,,ri,s nrdor Now a
,,,,, s,rno -, aniIiors na,r,, tho y,i.
,a, ond nrotaot nnn'n,inn mon while
n@n @ ,hnir wov +, work win guns
,nadad a,J ,,,,ors A., shoo, ~ ,horo 10
an,. o,,acL ,ha s,i5iers marched
,hr,,,,,, pa,,ho,. crooI valley -, Sal.
nrdoy nnrning cscortIny Tho non.
,,,in,, ,,,,,t,ars a., ,ho No 4 ond No -
I I,ob,.h coal and Nayiyatiop Com.
nnnv c,,Ii,rIes Mot n ,hn, was fired
nn, 4, hoyoro, u,aho,thod nor was
,here occasion for cvon usinp the
hn,ts or tbo guns ce,,,al Gobin's
orJar a, hu,ts havone,a and buiIets
wae kno,yn throrgh tho vallev before
d,vIiyht aud carrying tbIs news and
viii, ndmoni,ion IN be peaceful the
str,,so leaders aud tho pearo commIt.
too In ali tho mining communities
hepyod tbo strikers ,o remain Mt their
homes koen away from tho soldiers
and mako po demonstration toward
the nop.union workers Manager
charles shnrkev at scranton pa. de-
Mos that tho oneratlon of the Nation
nj wosbery nj Ninock will he I'm any
way interfered with bv the damage
done the pump house by Saturday
morpinp's exnlosion The pump
house was on tho river hank far re.
moved from the washery and used
only to furnish nm auxiliary supply of
water The washerv will work right
along as usual The West Ridge and
Maryine collieries are preparing to
etart nm tbie vaol Sunarintan
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
kloNpIKE PETERS OUT.
Gold Production Falling Often
Men Are After Every Job.

The golden star of the Klondike is
on the wane according to George H..
Hees, who was sent to Dawson by the
Canadian Manufacturers Association
10 examine into the business of the
Yukon territory. Mr.. Hees says the
total yield of the KlondilSe last year
was $24 200. and that the produc-
tion of the coming year will not ex.
ceed Sli,000,000. No new discover.
les have been made for over a year.
At Dawson there are 10 applicants
for every job yet hundreds of men
continue TO arrive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
Minister WV to Remain?

Vessels brought the news to Vic.
toria, b. c., that an order to WI Ting
Fang to remain at Washington was
issued at the suggestion OF Viceroy
Yuan Shih Kai, who memorialized the
throne. saying that since the appoint
ment OF Wu Ting Fang to the minis.
try. he had done things to the great
benefit OF China. that in his opinion
no other official was better qualified
for the post. and that, therefore. he
strongly recommended that WI be
given another term OF ministry.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
Boating Days Recalled.

The Old Canal Boatmen's Associa.
tion held its seventeenth annual re-
union, at Livermore, Pa. and after a
business meeting was given a dinner
served by the women OF the village.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year were: President, Blair McCor-
mick; vice president. Robert BARLEY;
treasurer. M. e. Brown: secretary.
George e. Rutlege. Johnstown was
melected ~ the next place 0f meeting.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
piucky Woman Held Prisoners.

Nineteen prisoners in the county
Jail at Covinetou. Tenn. made an at
tempt to break out in the absence OF
the iailer. They bored through the
top of the cage and were about to
break through the roof. when the wife
of Jailer Smith. armed a negro
"trusty." and taking her husbands
shotgun, covered the prisoners and
kept them still until her husbands
return.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
GIRLS DUST THE BOYS.
Chicago viii Have Messenger Maids
to Deliver Teleqrams

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. at Chicago. Ill.,, has decided that
il will employ no more boys as mes
sengers. The boys have struck three
times within the last month Girls
will he used to carry messages in the
business and residence districts. For
the night work men will be used, and
men will be kept in the daytime to
carry messages into the undesirable
parts OF the city. The change will
be made at once.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

President Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation TO review the parade of
the Grand Army of the Republic dur
ing the National encampment in Oc-
tober
The navy department has been noti.
fed that the United States gunboat
Marietta has left La Guara for vii.
lemstad. island of Curacao, where she
will coal.
The navy department has been not-
fed that the Newport News shipbuild.
ing works will turn the monitor Ar.
kansas over to the government Sep.
tember &.
If the had coal strike does not come
TO an end very soon the opening of
the public schools in Washington will
he delayed. They are due to resume
IN about 10 days.
The state department has decided
to begin the distribution of the first
installment of the Chinese indem.
nifty funds, amounting to about $4SO..
900, among the missionary societies
and individuals who suffered from the
Boxer uprising.
The officials at Bogota have inform.
ed the Colombian minister that spe.
Vial instructions to govern the reply
Vhich Colombia will make to the modi.
fcations in the treaty proposed by
Secretary Hay, will reach Washing.
ton by September 10.
The last installment of $4,000 of
the money donated by Andrew Car.
negie for the Washington public lib.
rary has been received by the district
commissioners. This payment COM
pletes the sum of $3.50, 900 pledged by
Mr.. Carnegie for the building.
General Chaffee has cabed to the
war department that another regi-
ment OF cavalry can be spared from
duty in the Philippine islands. Orders
have been forwarded to him to send
home one regiment, and the head
cavalry VIII be relieved from duty.
Major General Corbin and Major
General Young, of the United States
army, who. with Brigadier General
Wood, are to attend the army man.
euvers when they arrived at Berlin.
Germany. to-day and found Emperor
Williams invitations to attend the
gala opera performance.
Acting President Faulke, of the civil
service commission, has sent a com.
munication TO the executive depart.
ments calling attention to the rule
that men in the classified service
must not be active in politics or man.
age campaigns. while officials outside
OF 1t can, but must not use their Of
fees to control politics or coerce EN-
ployes.
General Chaffee cabled from Manila
that In series of earthquakes on the
Island OF Mindanao 20 Moros were
killed by falling walls. The upheava
occurred in the country adjacent tc
Lake Lanao in the Moro section OF
the island, near Camp Vickers, head
quarters of the American forces.
The report Of Lieutenant Chandler
u. 8. NJ, commanding the torpedo flo
tilla, says: Out OF IA torpedoes pre-
pared. but one failed to run. Out O
the 13 that did run, ~ hit between
the turrets OF the battleship targe
and the other one under one of tn,
turrets. Fully three-Quarters of tn,
shot would have struck directly unde
the engine rooms.
The navy department announces
that Captain Colby M. Chester woul,
succeed Captain Charles H. Davis q
superintendent OF the naval observs
tori.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
TRIP TO THE SOUTH.
President viii Go to Tennessee and
North Carolina in October.

President Roosevelt almost i'm.
medlately after his return to Oyster
Bay on September 3. will make trip
to Tennessee and North Carolina. He
will leave on October 9 for Chatta.
nooga. where he will attend the confer
ence of the locomotive firemen. Sun.
lay. the seventh, will be spent in look
ng over the battlefield OF Chicka-
mauga. On the return trip Ashville
and perhaps one other place in North
Carolina will be visited.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
OLD HOME CELEBRATION.
Grover Cleveland and Joseph Jeffer-
son Deliver Addresses.

Sandwich, Mass. which almost
may be said to guard the entrance to
Cape Cod, observed old Home week
Thursday. Among the speakers at
the town dinner were Joseph Jeffer-
son and former President Cleveland.
both summer residents. Mr., Jeffer-
son told stories, while Mr.. Cleveland
talked in a more serious vein.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
HoLBElN NEARLY SUCCEEDED.
Swan Across English Channel to
Within 4 Mile Of Dover.

Montague Holbein, who started from
Cape Girls Nez, France. at $3.50 We'd
nesday afternoon on his third attempt
10 swim across the English channel,
came very near success. but was taken
from the water Wednesday afternoon
when he was within a mile of Dover.
He was in the water 22 hours and FL
minutes before he was too exhausted
to struggle longer against the tide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
PROPOSAL OF SETTLEMENT
Favor Plan That Raises Cost of Coal
to Consumer.

II Is reported in New York that the
anthracite coal company presidents
have In their possession document
signed by Senator NJ. A. Hanna and
President John Mitchell. of the United
Mine Workers, proposing to end the
strike by permanently raising the
price of coal to consumers so cents
per ton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
Large Mortality Rate.

At the session of the Fraternal Con.
gress at Denver. Col, DR.. ID. o. Mil
lard reported death rate at 40 years
of 1919 per cent, starting with 100000
lives at 20 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
Repel Strikers.

In an encounter between troops and
strikers at Lansford. Pa, Captain w.
II. Helm. of Company X. Twelfth
regiment. was slightly injured. A
half dozen strikers We're bayoneted
by the soldiers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
Miners Scale Settled.

After q conference lasting rs days
1t Pittsburg. Kan. the union miners
and union operators OF District No.
a have reached settlement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-03
scholars Garry Boiled Water.

Because of the bad condition OF the
city water. the board Of education at
Chicago. ILL.,. have decided to shut on
the wsRer supply from oil the public
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-05

The India-rubber shoe is a compara-
lively modern invention. Up to 1923
no such thing was known in this coun-
try but a census bulletin, lately issued,
tells how a Boston sea captain in that
year brought from a tropical voyage a
pair of gilded shoes made of "gum-elas.
tic" These aroused much curiosity by
their imperviousness to water, and
later others were brought and sold. 1t
was not until 1923 that rubber was
made commercially useful. Then Good,
year and others discovered the effect of
sulphur and heat in rendering it hard
and unaffected by temperature. The
discovery opened a great field for the
manufacture Of clothing and shoes,
where fortunes were made for several
inventors.