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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
UNCLE sam SENDS HIS WARSH|PS
READY FOR A FIGHT.
dered to the lsthmus to Guard
Commerce and Traffic.

4 large part OF the American navy
has been set in motion on account of
the Colombian rebel, General Her
rar. taking charge of the trans-Isth
mian route. The situation was re
garded as so serious that orders were
issued directing the battleship Wis
consin. now at Bremerton, Washing
ton, to proceed to the Isthmus at
once. The cruiser Cincinnati, which
has been doing duty in Haitien waters,
has also been ordered to Colon. II
General Herrara has not evacuated
the line of communication by the time
these vessels arrive. 1t will be the
duty Of both commanders to expel
him. II is the duty of the United
States To maintain free transit across
the Isthmus. II will take the Wiscon.
sin nearly three weeks to get to Pan,
anna, although she is the fastest bat
tleship in the navy. Captain Reiter
has been ordered to make all possible
haste The only United States war.
ship now at Panama is the Ranger,
which is a small gunboat. and not con-
sidered sufficient to protect American
interests under the existing condi.
fions. General Herrara, the insurgent
leader, is between Panama and Colon
with force which will soon have a
strength of about 10000 men. Four
revolutionary gunboats are off Pan.
ANA also. II is thought that Herrara
can stop traffic between the two
places at any time. and a simultane.
Gus attack on both is likely. The Wis
consin carries a full complement of
marines and is amply able to look out
for American interests II the occasion
arises for a display of force. The
strength of Herrara surprises this
government. Only about week ago
the Colombian government solemnly
assured the State Department that
HeTara would be suppressed in short
order. 1t was Colombia's intention to
treble her force of soldiers in the in.
surgent country and a gunboat was
brought from Costa Rica to destroy
the advantage of the rebels on the Pa.
oific side by having four gunboats in
the harbor of Panama. The troubles
caused by the insurgents now Is con.
sidered a fair sample of what may be
expected after the canal is built un.
less the United States Is given prac.
tically absolute control Of the terri.
tory. 1t is probable that on account
Of it the State Department will insist
that the measure of United States
control be made very large or have
the canal negotiations come to an end
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
vANDERslLT.P. r. R. ALLIANCE
New Combination viii Have Capltali
zation cf $4,000 900 900.

II Is given out that q financial alli.
ance has been formed by the two great
railroad factors in the Eastern field.
the Vanderbilt interests and those of
the Pennsylvania system. The work.
ing agreement has been close in the
past. but 1t has never come to an al.
iotment of territory and division OF
property between the two big cor
porations as the new arrangement en-.
tails. The new combination will have
a capitalization of $1,000 900 900 and
mileage OF 10000 miles. The aim
OF the organization is to dominate
traffic between Chicago and st. Louis
the Great Lakes and the Ohio river
and the Canadian boundary ANA the
Potomac river through to the Atlantic
coast.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

The navy department has published d
p resume OF foreign naval progress
last fiscal year
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., who has
been in the West on hunting and
fishing trip, has returned TO oyster
Bay.
Mr.. Squiers, United States minister
at Havana, telegraphs the department
OF state that the Cuban house passed
the senate tariff bill
The President has removed Wi.
liam Vaughan, United States District
Attorney of the northern district of
Alaska, for neglect of duty.
Mr. Ehrman, Vice Consul General at
Panama. advises the State Depart
ment that Aqua Dulce has been sur.
rendered by the government forces.
net increase of per cent oc.
cured in the receipts at the so largest
postoffices in the United States last
month as compared with August, 1901
From information received it is nos
sible that certain defects in the Pana
ma Canal Company's title render tho
sale Of the company's rights TO the
United States doubtful.
1t was announced at the navy de
partment that Rear Admiral Frederic
Rodgers will turn over the command
OF the Asiatic station to Rear Admiral
Robley ID. Evans at Yokohama, Japan
about October 20.
John p. Debolt has been appointed
judge at Honolulu. vice Abram s
Humphreys, resigned
Rear Admiral Silas Casey. com
manding the Pacific station. ono OF
the Oldest and most conservative al
mirals In the navy, has been ordore,
to Panama to keep an eye on the mer
who are expected to protect America,
interests.
The President has appointed Rep
resentative George w. Ray, of Tho
Twenty-sixth New York district, Unit
ed States Judge of the Northern dis
trict or New York. vice Alfred Coke
who has been appointed United State.
circuit judge.
Bids were opened in the office of the
secretary OF the navy for the steel tC
he used In the battleship Connection
at the New York navy yard. The ma
rerial comprises 7,466 tons of shl,
plates. nickel steel plates, steel cast
ings and hull rivets.
The Board of Commissioners of th,
District OF Columbia have notified th,
G. A. r. Encampment Committed
that the proposed automobile race OF
one OF the public streets will not b,
permitted, owing to the great danger
1t would involve. The Commission
ers are In favor OF floral parade a.
feature of the encampment pro
gram.
President Roosevelt returned I,
Oyster Bay and will make no more an
pointments to receive visitors befor
going on his western trip Septembe
10. He will devote the time betwee,
now and then in preparing for tn
trip and in disposing of accumulate,
business.
A telegram from Batopilas, Mexico
announces the death there of Ale,
ander r. Shepherd. vice president O
the board of public works of the Dil
trict OF Columbia during the terr
torial government In 1871, and tw
years later governor Of the District
He was 81 years of age.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
American Ex-consui Appointed By
President Mckinley Under Ar
rest In Italy.

John J. Glrimondi, an Italian. q nat.
uralized American citizen, and former
ly United States consular agent at
Santos, Brazil, but who Is said to have
been dismissed on account of an al.
legged deficiency In the revenues of his
office, has been arrested at Oneglia,
Italy Girlmondi, when he returned 20
Italy from Brazil pretended to have
been appointed United States con.
sui In Persia, and asserted that he
also was commissioned to inspect the
whole United States consular service
In Asia. Later he acted as priest,
and had been daily celebrating mass.
When arrested he was about to leave.
accompanied by two Italian girls. The
facts reported from Italy to Washing.
ton as to Girimondi's arrest have been
known to the State Department for
some time. although II Is said upon
the point of his separation from the
United States consulate Mt Santos
that while complete adjustment Of
Girlmondis accounts may yet show
some Irregularities. the principal
cause OF his removal was the fact that
he spent the greater part of his time
In saying mass at various churches
and almost entirely neglected his con-
sular duties, causing the lodgment of
many indignant protests at the State
Department by the commercial inter.
ests. Girlmondi Is said to have had a
most extraordinary career, and has
succeeded in attaching himself to
many persons OF great prominence
and using them to secure his advance.
ment. He was appointed to the con.
sular service, 1t is said, upon strong
representations from the Pacific coast
people to the effect.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
BOND ISSUE DECIDED ON.
Western Maryland Takes First Step
Toward Making improvements.

"sN''S
II Is announced that the Western
Maryland Railroad Company has de
cided to issue $25.O00.000 of bonds.
This Issue Is part of total authoriz.
ed issue of $50 .000. 900 of first mort.
gage 4 per cent bonds, which will
cover not only the Western Maryland
railroad, but the West Virginia Cen.
trail and Pittsburg railway. and the
1000 acres of coal land and other
properties of the Davis Coal and Coke
Company, which Is a subsidiary com.
pany of the West Virginia Central.
or the total authorized issue s25 600.
600 will be held in the treasury to pay
off at maturity the underlying bonds
of the Western Maryland railroad and
the bonds of the West Virginia Cen.
trail. The object of the present issue
OF S25.000000 of bonds is to supply
money to finance the purchase of the
properties and, with the 100000 900
underwriting syndicate to furnish
funds to build terminals In Baltimore
and other improvements.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
CABLE FLASEES.

The Bank of France has been rob.
bed of $4,000 in gold evidently by
persons having access TO the cash
vault
Experts In England estimate the
damage done to the Kentish hop
growers by the storm of rain and hail
AT fully s500000.
Felipe Cuevas. of Porto Rico. has
been nominated for Puerto Rican
commissioner to the United States by
the American Federal party.
The premier, DR.. Kuyper OF Hol.
land, paid long visit to the Boer gen.
erals, Botha, DeWet and Delarey,
after their arrival from London.
A syndicate with capital of $50.
100000 is being organized in England
by the coal combine, which proposes
TO purchase the Fife and Clyde COM
panies' mines.
Emperor Francis Joseph and Fred
erick William, Crown Prince of Ger.
many, arrived at Sasvar September
II to participate in the Hungarian
army maneuvers.
Patrick A. Mcliugh. member of Par.
lament. from Ireland, for Letrim,
was released from Sligo Jail at the OK.
piration Of his sentence of three
months Imprisonment for contempt of
court. lie was accorded reception,
in which the mayor. the town council.
ors and 1000 Nationalist took part.
There were four cases of cholera
and three deaths from that disease
| on the United States transport Sher-
man between Manila and Nagasaki,
Japan. She had been quarantined at
Nagasaki.
Mr.. Reitz, formerly State Secretary
of the Transvaal, will sail from Am.
sterdam, Holland. September 25 for
| New York to lecture both on behalf
Of his own finances and for the benefit
of the Beers.
The Solr says the condition of Marie
| Henriette, Queen of the Belgians, is
hopeless. and that King Leopold will
probably be obliged to shorten his
visit al Bagneres-de-Luncheon, France,
in consequence.
United States Minister Leishman at
| Constantinople has informed the State
| Department that during his leave of
absence he has placed Spencer Eddy,
secretary Of the legation, in charge of
! American interests.
Official reports show in Russia that
there have been 4.043 cases of cholera
and 2.556 deaths from that disease in
places along the Eastern China rail.
road since the outbreak up to August
2S. The spread of cholera Is abating.
The volcano on Stromboli Island,
Italy. is in full eruption and is throw.
| ing up great volumes of fire and tor
rents of stones. The island Is shroud.
ed in smoke. Mount Vesuvius is show,
ing signs of activity.
William Toll, alias Lloyd, a lance
corporal of the Bedfordshire regiment,
who recently surrendered to the po-
lice of Colchester, charging himself
with the murder OF an unknown man
at Kansas City, Mo-, has been dis.
charged from custody In consequence
of the receipt by the authorities there
OF letter from the United States EN-.
bassy announcing that the mans ex.
tradition is not desired, his story not
being believed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
GOV. NASH DlSREGARDED.
Roger Bill Passes Senate Without
Chief Executives Amendment.

The Senate at Columbus, O., passed
he Roger bill. introduced at the be-
ginning of the special session to cor
rect the Roger act passed last winter
at the regular session. the effect of
which was to deprive the supreme
court of jurisdiction over 95 per cent
of the former business. while it was
the authors intention to widen the
scope of its jurisdiction by removing
the $500 property limitation. The bill
passed just removes the property
limitation. The action taken by the
Senate was contrary to the wishes
of Governor Nash. who wanted the
$500 property limitation retained. II
the House makes this bill n law all
cases, without regard to the amount
Involved, can be taken to the supreme
court on error.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
SAVED FROM LYNCHiNG.
Sheriff Hoon Defends Butler County
Jail From Angry Mob.

jeremiah Bennett, aged 27, was ar
rested at Butler. Pa, charged with as
saulting Thelma Wagner. aged Z. A
mob attempted to force the Jail With
the avowed intention of lynching
him. Sheriff Hoon and his deputies
resisted the mob. beating them off.
Several of the attacking party were
wounded. Sheriff Hoon received a
bad cut. and two of the deputies were
injured. The residence portion of the
jail was badly damaged.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
COLUMBUS is CHOSEN.
Gets the Offices Of Federation Window
Glass Company.

AT a meeting of the stockholders OF
the Federation Window Glass Com.
pary. Columbus, o., was chosen as the
location of the main office and head.
quarters of the newly-organized sell.
ing company by vote of 3S4 pots to
362 pots. The company now controls
i6O pots in the United States, and
hopes within couple OF weeks to in.
crease this number to 500. The Co
lumbus office will handle the entire
production of its 81 plants, whose total
output per year is over 100000 boxes
of glass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Millions for Locomotives.

The Pennsylvania railroad has
placed with the Baldwin locomotive
works the largest order ever given
by any railroad company to single
locomotive plant. II calls for $50
high-class freight locomotives. aggre.
eating in cost $3,250,00O. all to be de-
livered within the first six months of
1908
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Whitecaps at Bloomington, Ind.

Matthew Sturgeon and his wife,
near Bloomington. Ind, were visited
by band of White Caps and fogged
with switches. Notice was left on the
door of Rolla Sturgeon warning hm
and his family TO leave before the
week was out
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Leaving Martinique.

A dispatch has been received from
M. Lemaire. governor OF Martinique,
saying that measures have been taken
TO insure the evacuation OF the north.
ern part of the island. Posts have
been established outside the zone OF
danger. and the cremation OF the dead
at Morne Rouge and Ajoupa BouiIlon
Ia progressing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Captain Andrews Declared Dead.

Captain w. A.. Andrews, the "lion
ocean racer" who twice crossed the
Atlantic in l5-foot cockleshell boats.
is drowned. and his bride went down
with him. The probate court OF Suf-
folk county. Massachusetts,. has grant.
ed letters of administration upon a
$4,000 estate to his son, II. w. An
drews. and has thus pronounced the
captain dead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Coke Jumos to S12.

The price OF coke in Chicago has
jumped to the unprecedented figures
of Sl2 and S13 ton. Small foundries
are threatened with ruin, or at least
with being forced to close down until
prices shall drop.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Eminent Domain Riuhts.

Judge Weiss decided at Harrisburg,
Pa, in an injunction proceeding
brought by the Pennsylvania Tele.
phone Company. to restrain Charles
Hoover from interfering with the con-
struction OF its line. that telephone
companies have the right OF eminent
domain In Pennsylvania.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Get SO a pay but Strike.

Three hundred bricklayers en-.
ployed on sewer work at Chicago
have gone on strike. The men, who
are paid 50 day. quit work without
notice. Unsatisfactory shifting of
men was given as the cause OF the
walkout.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Gould Buys Trolley Lines.

Samuel Thomas and Edwin Gould
are said to have purchased the North
Jersey Street Railway Company, the
Jersey City, Hoboken L. Paterson Trac.
tion Company and the Central New
Jersey Traction Company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Keep Hungarians at Home.

The Hungarian government is TAX
ing radical steps to regulate and re-
strict emigration. The ministry of
the interior has prepared bill which
will be introduced in Parliament.
whereby all emigration of men is for.
hidden until after the performance OF
military service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Returnina to Work Slowly.

There is very little change In the
strike situation in the Kanawha and
New River fields. West Virginia. Each
DAY there have been some accessions
to the working force, but not as many
as was expected.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
MILLIONAIRE srRATroN DEAD.
Discovered the Cripple Creek Bonanza
That Brought Him a Fortune.

Winfield S. Stratton. the millionaire
mining man, is dead at Colorado
Springs. He discovered the Independ-
ence and Washington bonanzas at
Cripple Creek in 1891. The lndepend.
cnce yielded him a great fortune, and
in 1898 he sold portion of ii for sl5,-
600 600
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Flames on Cascade Ranae.

Forest fires are burning over the
Cascades coast ranges from British
Columbia to the California line, de.
stroylng millions of feet OF timber.
many houses and barns and much live
nj
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17
Volcanoes In. Action.

Passengers on the steamer Bertha
from Alaska say the volcanoes Re.
doubt. Hanna and Augustine were
In artiva arnntinn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-09-17

Chinese officials are held to be
guilty before the Son of Heaven for
floods, droughts. famines, fires ana
other natural calamities.
The sun., 1902-11-16
VAN ETTEN'S MISSING WILL.
An Italian Arrested In This City Had the
Document-The Estate Divided.

BINGHAMroS. y. Y, Nov. i5.-Capt.
George F, Titus of the Detective Bureau
in New York. has notified the authorities
that will made 10y James B. Van Etteu of
Broome county had been found on an Italian
prisoner, Peter Malegi, In New York
The document was drawn in 1884. Sheriff
Inderlied searched the records Of the Surro-
gates Court, hut could find no trace of the
will l. il learned. however. that a man of
this name died a few years ago, and in the
absence of any will his estate was divd, d
among several near relatives.
II is supposed that the will was 81 olen
with another paper from the Van tt'en
residence before the death of the testator
and that n failed 10 make another. Now,
If the will IL offered for probate by bene-
ticiaries il will completely overturn the
present disposition OF the estate.
Malelgi wa, arrested on Wednesday
last by Central hice detectives a. d slls-
picious person. he had twenty-four pawn
tickets and the will lie was rpnlandcd in
the jefferson Market police court 10 await
word from the Bingham,un authorities.
The sun., 1902-11-16
DOG AND FOIR MEN ~ 4 FIGHT
On . sixth Avenue Car-Dos and Three Of
the Men Locked Up.

Two real estate men, the motorrnan and
conductor Of a Sixth avenue trolley car
and sixty-po,ind bull terrier were all in
a mix up at Thirty-fourth street and Broad
way AT 10 o'clock last night. The real estate
men are Henry Roe OF Ioi West Forty-ffth
street and his brother, William +. Roc Of iO8
West fortv-ffth street. The conductor is
William Woodward and tho motorman
James Curric.
The Roe brothers came across town on a
Thirty-four'h street car. carrying with
them the huh terrier. A. Thrty-fourth h
street they had started To enter an uIbound
Sixth avenue car 10y the front door when
the motorman caught sight Of the dog.
You cant brn.g that cog oi. tins car,
he said, it's agail.st the rules.
Tho Roe brothers clp paiLed that they
had just had the dog oi the other car aLd
asked if they couldn't keep him on the plat- =
form. The mOtorman said that wouldn't
do either Then the brothers took he dog
of tho car.
A. they were getting of, the motorman
says, William Roe punched lin. Con-
ductor Woodward came up and, accordt &
to several of the passen gers, held William
Roe while the motorman hit him over the
head with the controller
Henry Roe thought II was his turn, and
with the dog in his arms sailed into the
mo,orman. The dog CAUGHT the motor.
man by the throat and inflicted n wound
that bled a good deal but was not serious
Policeman LueS took the four men and
the dog TO the Tenderloin station. Henry
WAS locked mp ON the poIiceman's COM
plant, William was locked up on the motor
mans complaint, the motormsn was locked
up on Williams complaint and the dog was
locked up on general prirciples
The sun., 1902-11-16
CHOKED on BIT or FREE Ll'NCH.
Vas Dying on Sidewalk. where Surgical
Operation Was Performed.

John Schmidt. 81 years old. a painter Of
iF Linden street Williamsburg last even
ing on his way home from work went into
saloon at Myrtle and Central avenues
At the lunch counter he ate some meat
A piece lodged in his windpipe and in his
efforts 10 extract Il he showed il down
further into his windpipe
Men in the saloon vainly tried to help him.
schmidt staggered ont and along Central
avenue. falling from exhaustion when near
Stanhope street Many people who gath
cred around him watched his agonie-, but
nobody, seemingly, had presence Of mind
to summon "A doctor until IA small boy
who had made his way through the crowd.
realized that Schmidt was choking and
ha tened to a nearby drug store. where he
asked he druggist to summon an ambulance.
A hurry call war ~ent To the German Hos
pital and Drs Fulda and Hawkins re-
spond' d
When they reached Schmidt hc was still
alive, but apparently dying DR. Fulda,
after an unsuccessful attempt To dislodge
the meat made an inCision in Schmidt =
throat and inserted a silver tube 80 that he
could breathe Then Schmidt was placed
i'm the ambulance and taken To the hospital.
where doctors worked over him for more
than IA half hour before they succeeded in
removing the meat
II was almost two inches square How
the man had hoped to swallow the meat
in that state puzzled the doctors. The
operation and the shock which Schmidt
had undergone left him so weak that he
will probably die.
The sun., 1902-11-16
BTG JIM KENNEDY OIT.
Ills share In 33d street Gambling Palace
10 Waibaun, and Rurbridgc.

II Big jim" Kennedy hasn't been forced
out of the syndicate which started place
in West Thirty-third street TO get away
the trade of Mr.. Richard 4. Canfield's Fast
Forty-fourth street place a transfer re-
corded yesterday looks very much like il
THy SuN told how last Sunday the syudi-
cate. whose members We're alleged To be
Kennedy. William 7. Burhridgc. Gott-
fried Walbaum and Frank Farrell who
denies his connection with it,, had had an
internal scrap. The fight came about be-
cause the West Ihirtv-thrd street place
didn't attract any of Mr.. Canfed's calling
acquaintanc"s and because a movenen, to
start a Saratoga club that should rival
Mr.. tanfield'> club there fell through.
Whei. these failures &C. IN" 6ElLl.Lt to
the syUdcat" keLLedy was invited 10
withdraw from MIR Burbridge pre-
dicred with some show OF CoLtderC" that
Kennedy would accept the invitation.
Kennedy yesterday trat,si"rred FOR q
nominal price" one-t welfth Of the interes,
in a house on the north side of Thirt v-third
street 345 feet and inch east of Broadway.
10 Gottfreid Walbaum. Two-twelfths of
TIA" same property were disposed Of by
Kennedy 10 William T. Burhridge
Mr.. Rurbridge X a confidential friend Of
Mr.. Farrell A. already told, he got from
kenned~ two slices of the PROPERTY 10 Mr.
Walb, un's one.