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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
BLOW AT RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
French Deputy Prepares Bill to Stop
Church Schools.

Premier Combes has communicated
to the council of ministers the text Of
a bill forbidding all teaching by the
religious orders in France even those
now actually authorized. The bill pro
vides for the dissolution, accompanied
by the sequestration of property, of
such congregations as exist solely for
the purpose of teaching and the par
tial sequestration of the property of
those congregations which, in addition
TO teaching. also conduct hospitals for
the INDECENT
Five years are allowed for the COM
plete carrying out of the proposed law,
the adoption of which will entail the
closing of 1929 schools for boys, 2,195
school buildings where girls are taught
and all the schools conducted by the
Christian brothers. The bill also pro-
vldes for the enlargement of the public
schC0ls conducted by the state. II is
estimated that the complete operation
OF the premier's plan will cost the
state S5,000,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Animals and Second sight.

1t is a common belief that many an
finals see ghosts and future events
Kerner declares that they are endowed
with second sight. This faculty is
thought to be especially strong in dogs
and horses. Storks are known tc
have foreseen the burning of houses
on which they have been wont to
build their nests and to have aban
doned them, taking up their abode on
other buildings or on trees in the vi
cinity. No sooner had the anticipated
confagration taken place and a new
house been erected on the same site
than they returned and built their
nests as before.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Boston Goes Democratic.

Mayor Patrick Collins, Democrat.
was reelected by 26,565 plurality, the
largest ever given a mayoralty candi-
date in the history of Boston. The
board of aldermen next year will be
solely Democratic and that party will
have a large majority in the Common
council. The city favored licensed liz.
uor selling by a large majority. The
election was notable for Republican
apathy, the vote for the candidate for
mayor, George H. Swallow, falling Off
more than S3 per cent from that given
the party candidate two years ago,
while it ran nearly 20 per cent behind
the vote of Gov. Bates last month.
The vote was: Collins. 6S,S51; Swal-
low. 222S6
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
State Education.

The great State universities make the
acquiring of an education possible tc
any boy or girl who has sufficient am
bition to apply it. They meet the de-
mands of the cooperative socialists
Excluding the charges for technical
and professional departments. Indiana
and Kansas universities require no
fees. In Missouri there is an ZEN
trance, laboratory and incidental fee
of S5." Michigan, besides matricula'
tion and diploma fees, imposes an in
cidental fee of $50 a year; Wisconsin
an incidental fee Of $40; Illinois, S24
and Iowa, S25.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
A New Saccharine Plant.

A report from Germany is to the ef'
feet that a plant has recently been
found in South America with contains
a considerable quantity of saccharine
matter, is not fermentable and pos
sesses an unusually strong saccharine
taste. The celebrated chemist. Ber.
toni, considers this plant of great val'
ne from an industrial point of view on
account Of Its natural sugar proper
ties. which are of high percentage. and
the sugar obtained from the plant is
said to be from twenty to thirty times
as sweet as ordinary cane or beet su.
gar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
TRADES UNION FINED.
First Penalty Ever Laid Upon a Labor
Organization.

Judge Holden, of Chicago, fined
Franklin union, No. 4, Press Feeders,
$1,000 for contempt of court in vio-
lating an injunction restraining the
union from interfering with the busi-
ness or employees of 10 printing firms
members of the Chicago Typothetae,
This is the first time that court has
fined a union as a corporation, and
an appeal was taken. The judge, in
rendering his decision. said the union
had assaulted and terrorized women
and intimidated families. and that
murders had resulted from Its attacks
on innocent persons seeking work
under contracts satisfactory to them
selves and their employers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
BUTLER APPEALS FOR AID.
Condition OF Fever Stricken Town
Stated by Committee.

The general nslief and executive
committees, Of Butler, Pa, in Joint
session issued the following state
ment and appeal to the American
public;
We wish to advise the people of
the United States in regard to the
epidemic of typhoid fever in Butler
The number of typhoid fever cases in
November. 1.123; the number or
deaths from other causes, 23; new
cases of typhoid fever up to Decem-
ber IL, ia; total number of cases Of
typhoid fever to December 13, 1854;
tCtal number of deaths from typhoid
fever. 81; total number of deaths from
other causes. IL. The population Of
Butler and Lyndors. adjoining. is 49,
600. A conservative estimate Of those
dependent upon daily wages Is $4,000.
We have no means of ascertaining ex.
pected cases Of typhoid fever except
reports by ward committees. which
for the past week have averaged II
new cases a day. The nature of re-
lief work thus far consists in furnish
ing nurses and hospital supplies and
providing for all temporal wants
where the bread-wlnners or any other
needy or deserving persons have been
stricken with the disease. Our town
has been prosperous and we have a
fair number of well.to-do citizens who
have contributed generously to the re-
lief fund. Thus far the recent addi-
ton of large manufacturing interests
in the town and the consequent influx
of large foreign population, represent
ing various nationalities. and who are
only moderate wage earneTs, have
necessarily caused the draft made
upon the generosity of our citizens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
BODIES OF cAPTIvEs EATEN.
Mad Mullah's Followers Said to Have
Taken to CannibaIlsm.

Advioes from Somaliland, East At
rica. say that the Mad Mullah's camp
followers have taken to cannibalism,
owing to a shortage of supplies. The
body of a captive recently executed
by the Mullah was Immediately car
ried of and eaten. The feast was
PARTICIPATED in by women, whom the
Mullah subsequently ordered execut-
ed. These were in turn cooked and
eaten by their late comrades.
According to deserters, the Mullah
is not suffering from an actual scar
city OF food, but is husbanding his re-
sources and restricting the distribu-
tion of food strictly to the fighting
men, leaving the camp followers to
shift for themselves.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
LanLs of Frlars Bouuht.

An agreement has been reached by
Gov. Taft and the friars for the settle
ment of the friar land question. The
pope has given his approval and the
approval of the war department is
awaited. The settlement provides for
the purchase of 100000 acres, COM
prlsing all the agricultural lands and
holdings of the friars, with the excep-
tion of 10000 acres, including a farm
near Manila, which has been sold to a
railroad company, and one sugar plan
tation. The price agreed upon is ST.
250,000 The friars originally asked
$15,000,000. Gov. Taft offered them
81, 900 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

Every dog in England has to pay an
annual tax, which amounts TO seven
shillings and six pence year. Fres
from this tax are, however, all dogs
of less than six months OF age, as well
as shepherd and butchers dogs. Ac.
cording to official returns. there were
last year 1,S71,619 dogs in England
paying this tax, which means total
revenue for the Government of about
$3,500O00. The city of London alone
had 1886 tax-paylng dogs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
The Hygiene of Perfumes.

Perfumes are not selected for their
hygienic value, but such they have.
Doctors tell us that handkerchief
may i3e made antiseptic by the use OF
perfume. The action of the spirit OF
the scent and the essential oils can de.
stroy the germs. Lavender Is sup.
posed TO soothe the nerves, that is why
the bed linen is lavender scented. Jas.
mine induces nerve exhaustion and de-
preston. Don't use strong scent; use
delicate. clean perfumes only. 4
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Cashier Kills Himself.

Harry w. Mayne, cashier Of the
Farmers and Merchants bank at Linn
Grove, Ia, shot himself through the
heart. 1t is believed that Mayne had
been speculating on the Chicago
board of trade Omcials of the bank
which is private institution, CLAIM,
that the deposits, amounting to $780,
OO0. were controlled by the First Ma.
tional bank of Storm Lake. The
doors OF the bank were not opened
Mayne left a widow and five children
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Exnloratlon In southern Ioe

The steamer Scotia, which left the
Clyde November 3, 1902, for the Ant
arctic regions with members of the
Scottish Antarctic Association on
board, has arrived at Buenos Ayres,
Argentina, from the Antarctic regions.
She will remain a week, after which
she viii return TO the Falkland is
lands, whore six members of the expe-
dition will remain in charge of the
meteorological station. The expedi,
tion reached latitude 1925 south.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Thirteen Prisoners Escape.

A sensational Jail break occurred
at Tombstone, Arlz., and 13 prison
ers escaped by saving the jail bars
and breaking through the ia. walls.
Two of the prisoners, Bert Alverd and
w. l.. Stills, were held as the prin-
cipals in the Cochese train hold-up
In this county a year ago. The form
er was under sentence of two years
in the penitentiary and the latter had
six indictments hanging over him on
the same charges. The other escaped
prisoners are Mexicans, held for petty
orimes
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
TELEGRAPHIc BREviTIEs.

The Tuscarawas river at Coshocton,
o., is frozen over for the first time in
years.
Rich gold fields are said to have
been discovered in the Congo Free
State.
Spain will not participate In the st.
Louis exposition, which was decided
at Cabinet council.
Loretta McCamon, aged 8. died at
East Liverpool o.. from burns re-
ceived while playing about bonfire.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion has secured a large order for
rails for a railroad in Arabia at about
s23 a ton.
The women's board of managers of
the st. Louis exposition elected Mrs
Daniel Manning. OF Albany, N Y,
president.
The Warren (O) Masonic lodge has
purchased the Graham-Nash block for
100000 and will remodel the structure
for lodge purposes.
Irlshmen in the United tSates are
TO be appealed to for funds for mon
ument at Enniscortley to the memory
of the rebels of 1898.
The Norwegian Authors Associa-
tion has passed a resolution in favor
of concluding a copyright agreement
with the United States.
At Valley City, N. D., the mill and
elevator Of the Russell-Miller Milling
Company were burned. with loss of
$75, 600, partly insured.
u-ba 1.,.,n,, -
San Francisco frorn Manila with the
Thirteenth infantry and two COM
ranies of army engineers.
About 1000 Jews at Kishineff. Rus
sla, are asking for aid to emigrate to
Argentina or to Canada. They want
tracts of land to establish colonies.
A telegram from Vardoe reports
that the steamer Orion has been de-
stroyed by fire, and that three of the
crew and three passengers perished.
Hugh Jones. of Sharon. Pa, who
was In the Youngstown CO., hospital
with a broken neck, will be discharged
on Christmas day and pronounced
cured
A conference at Manchester Eng
land of Lancashire cotton spinners
sent a message to the cotton manu-
| facturers of the United States and
Europe suggesting short time In the
mills.
/ At Upper Sandusky the jury in the
trial OF Phillip Nagel, charged with
the murder of his friend. William
Wade returned a verdict of murder
in the first degree without recon-
mending mercy.
Charles Rain, Sheriff OF Cherokee
county, Kan, was held up and robbed
in the depot at Baxter Springs, Kan.
by Clarence Cunningham, an escaped
prisoner from the Columbia (Mo.)
Jail after he had placed Cunningham
under arrest.
A call has been issued for the an
nual meeting of the United Mine
Workers of the Massillon district TO
be held in Trades and Labor assembly
hall in Massillon next Monday. at
which time officers will be elected for
the ensuing year.
Engineer Knox was killed when the
locomotive of the Chicago. Denver lin
tied train on the Burlington road
jumped the track near Malvern, Pa.
Passengers were thrown into q panic,
but escaped with bruises.
The will of the late Cardinal Her
zero Bspinosa contains the extra
ordinary bequest Of 100000 to the first
Spanish general landing In United
States territory with an army suffi-
ciently strong to avenge the defeats
of Cuba and the Philippines" The
legacy is to remain deposited in the
bank of Spain.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Double Murder over 6 Cents.

A quarrel over the sum of cents,
the charge for a pool and billiard
game, resulted in the murder Of two
persons in the Italian quarter of
Philadelphia. The dead are Mary
Matza, aged 40, and Antonio Lesta,
aged %. The man who did the kill.
ing is Nicholas Myo, aged 40 years
He is under arrest.
When Myo and Lesta became in
volved in a dispute over the payment
for a game of pool. Mayo drew a re-
volver and %lled Lesta. Mrs. Matza
who owned the place, upbraided Myo
whose only reply was two shots from
his revolver.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
United states Abroad.

II you could only know what the
United States is called abroad you
might join society for the preserva'
ton OF geographical names in their
original purity. There is neither rea'
son nor excuse for calling us "Stat
Until" In Italian; "Estados Unidos,'
In Spanish; "Etats-Unis, in French'
"vereinigte Staten" in German. etc.
The whole world should call us the
United States in plain Americanese.
But we are guilty Of Angllcizing the
names of foreign countries. Why
should we say Spain" when the
name Of the country is "EspanaT
why Sweden" when It is Sovereign
Why Hungary" when 1t is correctly
"Magyararszag" why Italy" in
stead OF Ttalla" Why prussia" In
stead of "Preussenw Why "Tus'
cany," rather than "ToscanoT Why
Turkey" instead of "Osmanli vilaie.
ti?" why Japan" instead Of "Nip'
POM" and so forth.-New York Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

The state department has received
the following cablegram from United
States Minister Allen, dated Seoul,
Korea, December 10: Japanese
forces landed at Mokphe, a point on
the west coast of Korea, 200 miles
south of Chemulpo, to protect Japan
ese subject from Korean rioters. This
has no significance, as trouble is purely
local."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Postal Clerks Sentenced.

Columbus Ellsworth Upton and
Charles W. McGregor, former clerks
In the postofiice department at Wash
ington. who were found guilty of pos
tai frauds, were sentenced by Judge
Morris to serve two years In the
Maryland penitentiary and TO pay a
fine of $1,000 each. The counsel for
both defendants gave notice of appeal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
WAGE REDUCTIONS.
Cut Will Affect 10000 Employees Of
Steel Corporation.

The Presidents of the subsidiary
companies of the steel corporation
have notified their employees of the
wage reductions to go into effect jan
uary 1. They will range from to
90 per cent, and will affect all men
where union agreements are not nee
essary. In cases of unions. agree
ments are expected to be made which
will reduce wages uniformly. This
reduction will affect about 100000
workmen in the various grades OF the
subsidiary companies. The remaining
10 per cent of employees are members
of the Amalgamated Association OF
Iron, Steel & Tin Workers, whose
wage schedule runs to July 1. 1904.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Or. Hale chosen for Chaplain.

The Republican Senators in caucus
decided upon Rev. Edward Everett
Hale. d. D.. OF Boston for chaplain
of the Senate, beginning January 1.
He is ngregationalist, and is now
SO years old For years he was pas
tor of the famous South church, in
Boston.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
10000 Men h|

All the coke operators Of the Con-
nellsville and Lower Conna allsville re-
gions are following the example OF
the II. C. Frick Company. and have
posted notices of a wage Production.
The scale is the same as that posted
by the Frlck Company. In ALI the re-
duction will affect 10000 men In the
Connellsville and Lower Connellsville
regions and the Westmoreland coke
district
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Bank Merger Fails.

The failure OF the merger Of the
Farmers Deposit National Bank and
the Colonial Trust Company, Of Pitts
burg, was officially confirmed. The
officials OF the Farmers Deposit Bank
sent to each of its stockholders a cir
cular letter in which they state that
the noncompliance Of the Colonial
Trust Company with the agreement
renders it null and void and the agree
ment is ended by its own conditions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Many Made Homeless.

Between 75 and 100 people were
rendered homeless and driven out
into the cold, with nothing but their
night clothes, by fire which destroy
ed the planning mill and lumber yard
of the Bennett Lumber and Manufac-
turing Company at MiIlvale, Allegheny
county, Pa, and partially destroyed
a dozen houses adjoining the burned
mill property.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
FEARED EXPOSURE.
Cashier Kills Himself Before Books
Were Examined.

After greeting bank examiner who
had come unannounced to examine
his accounts. Asa C. Bushnell, cash
Ter of the Yale National bank, in
New Haven, Conn. went into the
basement of the bank and shot him
self, death ensuing soon after at
Grace hospital. A statement given
out by Edwin S. Greeley, president of
the bank, and by John 7. Manson,
the vice president, said that an inves-
tigation of the books indicated that
the cashier was indebted to the bank
fer between $4,000 and $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

Walter Kugenski. of Wilkesbarre,
Pa. asked Anthony Balsock for per-
mission to marry his daughter and
was so badly injured that he is in
a dangerous condition. He has been
in love for some time. To-day he
summoned courage 20 ask the old gen.
tleman. Balsock promptly seized a
bottle and battered the suitor's head
Balsock was arrested.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

w. A. McKowan, secretary of the re-
gents of the California State univer-
sity. confessed TO President Wheeler
that he was a defaulter to the amount
OF $4,000 and possibly more. Most Of
of the money was lost at the race
track.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
stole Charity Funds.

The Salvation army corps placed
kettles on tripods in the business
streets of Sharon, Pa, where money
was contributed by the. generous pub
lie. The funds thus co hected were to
be used in giving the children of
the city a Christmas d r. Thieves
stole two of the kettlel ID the mon
ey they contained
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

The Asiatic squadron. under COM
Tuand of Rear Admiral Evans, has ar
rived at Honolulu
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-14
THE POWER OF NATIONS.

A dispatch in the Journal a few days ago
gave brief outline of a novel view ad-
vanced by Hon. r. S. Taylor. of Fort
Wayne. regarding the rights of the United
States in the matter of constructing the
Panama canal The Fort Wayne News
prints a communication from Mr.. Taylor IA
which he presents his views more fully
They are novel and radical, but coming
from one of the best lawyers in the State,
are at least worthy of consideration.
Briefly. Mr.. Taylor holds that the right
OF eminent domain which inheres in every
government to an extent emitting it to
seize, condemn and appropriate property
for public uses. paying a fair compensation
therefor. also authorizes a government to
another government or of its subjects II
such property Is necessary to the construc-
ton OF a work which would benefit the
whole world. In other words, Mr.. Taylor
holds that the law of eminent domain,
which Is undisputed as far as the sovereign
power OF every government over the prop
erty rights of it's own citizens is concerned.
is Of worldwide application in cases where
the interests OF mankind are concerned He
holds that the Justification of the exercise
OF the right OF eminent domain rests on the
same broad ground in both cases To quote
from his letter:
The interests OF society demand more and
more complete subordnation OF the ind.-
vidual TO the whole In matters which con-
Germ the whole. This Is true OF nations as
we'll as individuals Steamships and rail-
roads have made all men neighbors. There
is a brotherhood OF nations as we'll as OF
men. And brotherhood among nations
brings with II duties as well as brother
hood among men. Among these is 10 rec
ognize the right OF all In things which con-
Germ all. The right Of way for the Panama
canal Is To the world what the right OF way
for railroad Is to the State of Indiana-a
matter of great and common interest. III
there were some sort OF federation among
the nations OF the earth with code of in
ternational laws. and an international court
| TO enforce them such a case as that OF the
| Panama canal would be provided for by a
| law under which, by the exercise OF an In
I ternatI0nnl power Of eminent domain the