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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
FIGHTING RENEWED.
Moslems Reported to Have Attacked
Post on the Frontier.

News comes from the frontier of
fighting between Turkish and Bull
garian troops at Demir.Kapla. both
sides sustaining losses. In official
quarters all knowledge of the AFFAIR
Is denied, but the circumstantlal de-
tails indicate that there Is some foun-
dation for the accounts of the con-
ilict. According to one report, the
Turks attacked the Bulgarian frontier
post. Another version says the Turks
pursued a number of refugees across
the frontier.
II is asserted that the Turks have
frequently attempted to provoke hos.
tllit!es, firing into Bulgarian territory
and crossing the frontier to steal
horses and sheep. The war Office here
is working at high pressure and 24000
recruits will be called out three
months before the usual time. Prince
Ferdinand has sanctioned numerous
other warlike measures. All the cav
airy, except a single regiment at
Sofia has been sent into the frontier
districts, where are also strong forces
of artillery. Vigorous efforts are be-
ing made to prevent bands from cross.
ing into Turkish territory. Two
bands which were sent back have
reached Sofia. The refugees in the
mountains are in terrible cond-
ton through their pursuit by the
Turks and cold and hunger. Many
are dying
From insurgent sources IL Is re-
ported that the Bulgarian villages of
Obiditt and Kremen have been pillaged
and burned, Many of the inhabitants
were slaughtered. The Bulgarian
quarter of Belitza is IN flames. Seven
hundred refugees from Belitza are
reported to have been killed in
Turkish ambuscade near Samakoff
province of Kirk-Kilisse.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
COKE OVENS BLOWN OUT.
Slump in Pig Iron Responsible for sus-
pensions

A careful estimate of the number of
ovens that have been blown out in the
Connellsvlllc fields during the past
week is placed at 5000 o. w. Ken
nedy, general superintendent of the
III. G. Frick Coke Company, stated that
during the latter part of last week and
the first part of this week 1000 ovens
belonging to the Frick company had
been closed down. Besides this It Is
estimated that fully 1000 more ovens
belonging to the w. J. Rainey COM
pany and independent concerns
throughout the region had been blown
out. Mr.. Kennedy, In discussing the
shutdown. stated that 1t was due to
the slump in the pig iron market,
which he believes will be only temper
ary and that the ovens will be going
again in a short time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
NINE LIVES WERE LOST IN STORM.
A MILLION DOLLARS DAMAGE.
Rivers Became Raging Torrents.
Fierce Gale Along Atlantic
Coast-Traffic Crippled.

Nine lives were sacrificed In acci-
dents caused by the deluge of rain,
and property worth many millions was
destroyed by the food in and around
New York City Such downpour has
never before been chronicled in New
York and Il will require several weeks
for the municipal authorities and the
railroad corporations to repair the
damages. In many respecas the storm
was similar to the great blizzard of
March, 1888, as It came from the
southeast and was drawn here In the
path of another storm already raging.
The weather was warm, however. and
there was phenomenal rain instead
of snow. In the Chesapeake bay the
hcod tides cached an unprecedented
height, driven in from the roaring
ocean by the gale ana at Norfolk. Va,
the water front of the city was feet
dccp In water pounding and surging
into the city. In Brooklyn the dam
age was even greater than In Manhat.
tan. Miles of outlying territory were
submerged and the only means of com
munication was by hastily constructed
RATS Five horses were drowned in
one of the city streets. A lineman
was. killed by electricity while fixing
wires underneath the elevated road.
Paterson. N. j. which is just recover
ing from the ravages Of fire followed
by food, again suffered. Mary Had.
Icy, II years old, was standing ON
bridge crossing what is known as
Molly AIMS brook. when the bridge
was washed away carrying her TO
death.
Tie dam conGning the waters of
PoICDton Lake n. j., burst, The iron
bridge across the Ramapo river was
carried away and 1o0 houses below
It we're partially submerged Pomp-
ton was isolated. as no trains could
pass The lake. which was emptied,
was more than a mile long and half
mile wide. Nearly all the cities in
northern New Jersey were partly
flooded. Electric light plants had to
close and schools and many houses
wc'e wrecked.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
REVIEW or TRADE.
Easier Money Proves That Business
Affairs Are Becoming More
catiefactorv

n. @. Dun &c Co.'S Weekly Review
OF Trade" says: There have been no
developments OF importance In the
commercial world. AS rule there Is
more caution In making contracts, es.
pecially among manufacturers. Un.
easlness regarding the financial situa.
tion recedes as the season advances
without producing any monetary pres.
sure in connection with crop moving.
The proposed reduction In pig iron
output has been indorsed by all lead.
Ing producers, steadying prices just
wheL changes In freight rates started
anotber reduction. Other mlnufac.
turing news Is favorable, except where
the raw material markets are unset.
tied, or labor struggles cause trouble.
Railways are not yet severely congest.
ed by the crops, yet there is some de.
lay in traffic, and earnings for Sep.
tember ore 81 per cent larger than
last year. Returns of foreign com.
merce at this port are unsatisfactory
exports showing a loss of S1,t8S, GAG
compared with the same week last
year and imports decreasing $2,5T7,.
124. Reduced dividends and curtaile1
production In the iron and steel in
dustry show that conservatism Is in.
ereasing, and there Is no disposition
to disguise the fact that business is
not progressing without interruption.
Yet there is nothing alarming In the
situation and few years ago the con.
tracts now In sight would have as.
sured full occupation for all plants.
Prices receded as 1t became apparent
that the industrial loom was inter
rupicd, and 1t Is now found desirable
to shut down plants not thoroughly
equipped. Already the effect is felt in
the greater urgency to place contracts
by concerns that we're waiting for thc
most favorable terms.
Speculative control ceased with tho
marketing of greater quantities than
the manipul1tors could handle .and
legitimate trade always flourishcs bet.
ter when normal influences prevail
Lower prices also attract purchasers
abroad. and foreign commerce will be
stimulated A moderate recovery la.
ter In the week was natural. as fuc-
tuctions become sufficiently narrow to
bring cut many buyers who feared the
violent prize changes of past months
Failures this week numbered 239 in
the United States, against 245 last
year, and II in Canada, compared with
II year ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
SHARP PRACTICE.
Receiver for Shipbuildlng Company
Make Serious CHARGES.

Receiver for Shipbuildlng Company
Make Serious Charges.
Charles NJ. Schwab and his asso-
ciatcs in the formation of the United
States Shipbuilding Company and the
sale of the Bethlehem Steel Company
to the shipbuildlng company came
in for severe denunciation in the
answer flied by Receiver Smith OF the
shipbuildlng company to the foreclos-
ure proceedings brought by Schwab
and his associates. The charge is
made that by means OF misrepresen-
tatlon and sharp practice Schwab and
others sold the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany to the shirbuilding company for
$50, 100000 when 1t was worth but ST.
100000 That by Misrepresentation
they secured the listing of the ship
building securities upon the New York
stock exchange. and that the whole
was a part of deliberately conceived
plan to wreck the shipbuilding COM
pany and to buy it in at bargain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
STEEL DIVIDEND REDUCED ONE-HAH|
EARNINGS FALLING OFF.
Dividend on the Preferred Shares Re.
mains at the Same Rate as
From the Beginning.

At meeting of the directors OF the
United States Steel Corporation the
dividend rate on the common stock
was reduced. They declared a divl-
dend of one-half of one per cent. The
action on this question was practical.
ly unanimous, there being only one dis
senting vote
The earnings for the third quarter
OF the year show a shrinkage of s4.-
64O,668, as compared with the same
quarter year ago. The total for the
quarter ending on September 80 last
was S32,302,S2L, as compared with
$50, ,945, ,4S9 a year ago.
In Wall street, where the decision of
the directors was awaited with anx-
iety. the action of the board was fa-
vorably received. The reduction In
the dividend rate from basis of four
per cent per annum to two per cent
was considered as polite course and
a step toward conservatism. In all
quarters II was pointed out the reduc-
tion could be easily explained on the
ground that business was falling OFF
as indicated by the shrinkage in earn
ings for the quarter as well as by the
ntiNg uttIedSc III lHc VI VT
ders on the company's books. II was
also considered tacit admission that
a contraction in business had devel-
oped.
During the recent slump in the
stock market, when the bear influences
drove Steel down in big drops, the
Rockefellers have been buying enOr-
nous blocks of the common stock. The
story was circulated that no dividend
would be declared this quarter on tho
common stock. This rumor. which was
said to have been inspired by the
Rockefellers. helped in the pressure
upon the price of the common stock.
Back of the rumor was the fact which
was known to outsiders, that John ID.
Rockefeller would endeavor to force
the directors of the corporation to
yield to him in his wishes not to pay
any dividend upon the common stock,
or at least to cut It.
Mr.. Morgan bitterly opposed Mr..
Rockefeller in his scheme to prevent
the payment of a dividend on the $780,
100000 worth of the stock, which Is in
the hands of small investors. In fact,
Mr.. Morgan used all his influence to
have declared the full dividend of one
per cent. or four per cent a year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Wilson s. BIssell, postmaster gen.
eral under President Cleveland, died at
Buffalo on the 9Th.
Thirteen persons were drowned by
the wrecking of the French lugger
President Carnot of the Hook of Hol-
land.
In the national women's golf cham
pionship match at Wheaton, ILL.,, Miss
Anthony defeated Miss Carpenter 7
up and to play.
Walter DAVIS, colored, was lynched
at Marshall Texas. for killing Consta-
BILE Hayes, who was taking the negro
to jail
Saturdays storm. which passed
through Independence, Wis, killed two
persons and caused property loss OF
$125,OO0 and injured eight.
Four railroad laborers we're killed
and 10 injured, two OF them probably
fatally, In a collision at the Southern
end OF Chatsworth yard tunnel on the
Southern Pacific. railroad.
To proud to accept food from her
neighbors, Jane Tucker SO years old,
OF New York, was found dead from
heart disease, superlnduced by starva-
tlp,.
AT Trout Creek, Mont, a saloonkeep-
er named Ragsdale and his bartender,
name unknown, were shot and killed
by cowboys whom Ragsdale had order
ed out of his place.
Committees of the Presbyterian
Church and the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church which have been meet
Ing In st. Louis adjourned without
reaching final agreement on a plan
of union
Enoch l.. Cowart. cashier of the
Navesink National bank. of Redbank,
N. j., pleaded guilty 10 two charges.
one of embezzllng $4,000 and the 9TH
er In aiding of making false reports
to the treasury.
In an attempt to arrest John Frost,
alias Harry Egbert, wanted in Douglas
county, Ore, for burglary, John G.
Saxton, well-known attorney of
Buerns. who was acting as special dep
nty sheriff, and Jack" West, a ranch.
er, have both been killed by Egbert.
A number of anarchists attempted
TO break up meet of socialists at
Eaire. Vt, and preclpitated fight,
during which, 1t is alleged, Alexander
Garretto fired three shots from a re-
Nc!ver. wounding Il. l.. Corti and EN-
elo Nochlni. Corti, 1t Is said, will die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

An increase of nearly s7000.000 in
the gross earnings of the New York
Central railroad system for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1908. Is shown by
the annual report just issued.
BUSINESS BRIEFS. :. :. :. ....
The Kiskiminetas Coal Company has
been incorporated in New York, AL
fred Hicks, of Pittsburg, being one OF
the incorporators.
Negotiations are under way by New
York capitalists for the purchase of
the Cpyahoga Falls, o.. steel rod mill.
which has been closed for some time.
1t is said that company Is being
formed by New York people for the
purpose of buying the plant and oper-
ating 1t. The plant gives employment
to so men and is owned by a Penn
sylvEnia company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14

IT have found out how that fire
started" said the detective. "a man
on the sixteenth floor dropped a match
down the elevator shaft. 1t went off
as it struck the bottom and set fire to
some waste paper"
How do you know:" asked the
chief.
II arrested a man on suspicion,
searched him and found he had no
matches about him. That was all the
clew I needed. He had dropped his
last match down that shaft"
"That won't do" said the chief. care.
lessly throwing away the stump of his
cigar. Don't you know, you igno-
ramus, that mans last match always
goes out?"
Stung by this exposure Of the palpa.
BILE absurdity of his hypothesis. the
mortified detective hurried away in
search OF new trail. = Chicago
Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
New British Cabinet.

The new British cabinet is compos-
ed as follows: Mr.. Brodrick. former
secretary for war, succeeds Lord
George Hamilton as secretary for In
dia Austin Chamberlain, postmaster
general, succeeds Mr.. Ritchie as chan
cellor of the exchequer; Alfred Lyt-
tleton, recorder of Oxford, succeeds
Joseph Chamberlain as secretary for
the colonies Fl. o. Arnod-Forster, Sec
retary to the admiralty. succeeds Mr..
Brodrick as secretary for war; Gra-
ham Murray. lord advocate of Scot
land, succeeds Lord Balfour, of Bur
leigh. as secretary for Scotland; Lord
Stanley, financial secretary of the war
office, succeeds Austen Chamberlain as
postmaster general.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Weather Bureaus Summary Compiled
from Reports from All Sections.


The weather bureaus weekly sum-
mary of crop conditions is as follows:
In all districts east of the Rocky
mountains the temperature conditions
during the week ending October 5
were highly favorable for unmatured
crops. The northern portions of the
upper Missouri and upper Mississippi
valleys and upper lake region, and
parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas, suffered from excessive rains
While severe drought continues in the
South Atlantic, central and east gulf
states. and in portions of Tennessee
and Ohio valley. The corn crop has
experienced another very favorable
week, although the northerly portions,
in which rains have retarded maturing
and cutting, would have done better
with less moisture. Blight and rot in
potatoes throughout the northern
states has materially shortened the
yield of this crop. Except in the mid
die and south Atlantic states and por-
tions of the Ohio central Mississippi
valleys where plowing and fall seed
have been retarded this work has
made satisfactory progress and early
sown wheat has terminated and Is
coming up well. fine stands being re-
ported from Nebraska and Kansas.
Recent rains in Texas have put the
soil in excellent condition and seeding
Is now active in that State.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
CABLE NOTES.

1t is announced that Belgium will
have a special exhibit at the st. Louis
exposition. 1t will consist of trolley
poles, signs, shop fronts, etc., with a
view to showing how ordinary busi-
ness streets may be made artistic.
The cold Is increasing in Bulgaria
and the tops OF mountains are covered
with snow. 1t is reported that the ref.
ugees, who are still In Macedonia, are
dying from famine at the rate of 100
a day. All OF the refugees who enter
Bulgaria are supplied with food and
clothing. but the majority OF them are
too weak or are too timorous to reach
the frontier.
Owing to widespread belief among
the czar's Mohammedan subjects that
another war between Russia and Tur-
key is imminent, there is an extraor-
dinary emigration OF Moslems from the
southern districts OF Russia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
POSTOFFlcE FRAUDS.
Fifteen New Indictments on Account
Of Big Swl1dles.

Fifteen new indictments were
brought In by the Supreme Court for
the District of Columbia as the final
result of the investigation in the Post
Office department. The indictments
Involve James N. Tyner, late assistant
attorney general for the Postotfice de-
partment, and his assistant, Harrison
J. Barrett; James T. Metcalf, super
intenGent of the money order system;
Norman Metcalf, son OF James r.;
Harry T. Hallenbeck. president of the
Wynkoop, HallenbacH G. Crawford
Company, of New York, which Tor sew
eral years supplied the department
with its money order blanks, and vii.
liam d. Doremus, who is connected
with a house which has been supply
iEg stamp cancelling machine to the
department. There were additional in
dictments against August w. Machen,
former superintendent of free delivery;
George w. Beavers, former chief Of
the salary and allowance division; w.
Scott Towers, who was in charge of
sub-station of the Washington City
postoffice, and State Senator George
A. Green, of New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
SHIP NEARLY SUNK.
Submarine Boat Punches Hole In the
Dahlgren.


The submarine torpedo boat Shark
rammed the torpedo boat Dahlgren,
which, with her crew of seven men,
barely escaped sinking. Lieut. c. A..
Nelson took the Shark out for trial
and steamed into the middle of the
bay. The beat dived 5S feet. Those
on shore who figured when she would
rise were becoming alarmed when she
did not appear. but suddenly she arose
less than 20 feet from the Dahlgren,
who was lying at the dock at Green
port, l.. |. Lieut.. Nelson signalled to
reverse the engines. but her headway
was too strong and she crashed into
the port side of the DalAgren. Water
rushed into the Dahlgren and she set
tied alarmingly. The sailors rushed
for a collision mat. which was placed
over the gap. The steam pump got
control of the water. A hole four feet
long was torn through the plates aft
the engine room. The only mark on
the Shark was tearing the paint from
her bow. Lieut.. Nelson said that the
strong ebb tide made the Shark uncon-
trollable. lie figured to run to the
surface a short distance from the Dahl
gren and prove the Sharks ability to
run close to an enemy and back quick
" away
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
An Interesting Hoard.

Some workmen recently engaged in
raising an enormous slab OF stone in
an old house IN Audierne Finisterel,
France, came upon over 1000 ancient
coins, weighing about 100 pounds. a
few of the coins are of the time of
Louis XIII. The most ancient plec,
bears the date 1643. and the most re-
cent 1709. In the latter year, in conse.
quence of the terrible famine which
was raging. royal order was issued
that the rich were to surrender their
silver and forward it to the mint to be
melted down. The king himself set tho
example, but certain provincial noble.
men hid their fortunes, and the coins
which have just been found (nearly
200 years later are believed to have
formed part of the hidden treasure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw in
formed George r. Carter. secretary of
the territory of Hawaii, that he would
accept s1.229000 of Hawaiian bonds
as security for deposits for circulation
up TO 80 per cent of their face value.
The territory proposes to issue 81 1.000.-
900 of bonds under the organic act.
They are to be 5 per cent bonds and
can be called in Ave years.
IIashi Mote. presumably japanese
merchant, has purchased the Old
United States gunboat Monocacy, now
at Taku, China. for S1f,325 in gold.
This information was conveyed to the
navy department in a cablegram from
Rear Admiral Rodley d. Evans, dated
Nagasakl.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
THE WORKING WORLD.

.Steamfitters and helpers of New
York City to the number of 1,G00 who
have been on strike here. have signed
the agreement OF the Building Trades
Employers Association, and taken
in as members of the union 1879 men
who had been employed to fill their
places.
Contrary to expectations the Pen
coyd iron works did not close down.
but a poster was displayed stating
that wages would be reduced from 10
to 20 per cent. The GOO men laid off re-
Gently on account Of reported lack
of work. will return to their places in
the mill tomorrow. The reduction in
wages will affect the rollers princl.
pally.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
TWO KILLED IN DUEL,
Citizens Of Mountain State Battle with
Revolvers.

A duel was fought at Devon, a vii
lage near Williamson, w. Va. which
resulted in the death of Andrew j..
Farrell and Jacob X. Lawson, prom
inently known men of that section.
Almost a year ago the men became
enemies over a timber deal. Monday
they met face to face in Devon. Both
men drew their guns and opened fire
on each other without uttering a word
Both duelists fell dead in their tracks.
shot through the heart. Lawson was
connected with cne Of the most prom
inent families in Southern West Vir-
gina. Farrell has always death in
timber in the Big Sandy valley
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
THE LoNGWoRTH ACT.
Supreme Court Decides Changes Can
Be Added to Ballots.

The Supreme Court of Ohio sustain
ed the Longworth act which provides
that constitutional amendments, when
indorse1 by a party convention shall
be added to the ballot and straight
tickets be counted as an affirmative
vote. The effect of this will almost
certainly be the carrying of two
amendments and perhaps third. One
of these will knock out the double lia-
bility of stockholders in corporations.
Another provides that each county
must have at least one representative
in the house of representatives of the
State.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
MACHINE WOULD NOT FLY.
Langley's Aerodrome Plunges Into the
Potomac.

Potomac.
The G0-foot steel-built flying ma
chine, the climax of years of exhaust
i've study by Prof. Samuel p Langley,
secretary of the Smithsonian institu-
tion, to solve the problem of mechan-
ical flight in midair was launched
Wednesday. and the experiment, care
fully planned and delayed for months,
proved complete failure. The i'm
mense airship sped rapidly along its
seventy-foot track, was carried by its
own momentum for 100 yards and then
fell gradually into the Potomac river,
whence 1t emerged a total wreck.
Professor Charles M. Manley, who has
been Prof. Langley's chief assistant in
the work preliminary to the attempted
flight, made the descent in the aero
drome and escaped with a ducking.
At no time was there any semblance of
flight.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-10-14
DESPERATE LUNATic.
White House Guards Had Hard Fight
to Overpower Him.


to overpower Him.
Just inside the doors of the vesti.
bule Of the white House the officers
on duty had fierce hand-to-hand fight
with an insane man who was deter
mined to see President Roosevelt. The
man was Peter Elliott, giving his ad-
dress az Minneapolis. and although
he was powerful and armed with re.
volver, he was finally overpowered and
carried To police van. While In the
hands of the officers he began Wig.
orous struggle for liberty. He drew
revolver from his trousers pocket
and attempted to shoot Officer James
Ciscle. who wrenched the weapon from
his grasp. Elliotts struggles, how
ever, were so fierce that the two Of
fcers who were holding him could not
overpower him within the cramped
quarters OF the van, and Offlcer Clscle
had to fire two shots to attract at
tention. Chief Usher Thomas stone
and Omcer Parker, of the White
House force. who had assisted In car.
rying Elliott to the van. attracted by
the shots, rushed back to the vehicle
and assisted in overpowerng him.