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drowning J. the Ca,avaa rive.
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u,g mal 6ml,n wIln ms wue,
Ella, were crossing the river in a
discarded hatteau, when it went
down in the middle of the stream
both the man and woman. after a
fierce struggle, going down with
1t, in full view Of several parties
who stood on the York bank, but
were unable to render help.
The boat had been secured on
the North Carolina side and was
then nearly full of water. 1t was
bailed out and then Smith came
to the York side, where his wife
got In the boat and with him was
returning to his home, when the
boat sprang leak or was turned
over by Smith with the expecta-
tion and intention of drowning
the woman.
Smith and his wife had been
separated for some time on ac-
count Of jealousy on the part of
the husband. 1t is reported that
he had several times threatened
to put her lights out" and, while
1t is understood the woman had
a"~ee' 70 return n HE home sr1
was doing 40, there is a suspicion
that they quarrelled while in the
boat and that he in his anger
capsized the boat, man and wife
going 70 the bottom. The facts.
though, are really not known AID
may never be.
At lest accounts the bodies had
not been recovered, taou-h dill
gent oGrCh was being made.
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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05
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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05
WASHINGTON BUDGET
Correspondence OF The Enterprise.

a puion office the Gavsrnn,ant
Printing office is 20 be an "onan
sbop.n that no diecrimirotior
shall he made batvaas u,io,ond
nonunion labor ,s the talk of tbe
dav in W,sb;nsto, I'm ION &c
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effect. moraover. con,as tba Doys
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vas4iro tlon or lba r,tbo5s on,
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the public printer nm an ecoror
ical basis and the DoIitic.ns oro
aghast. whef iha rraridept will.
epdoubte1g, tor~ t.- Iab,r vo,a
is the unanimous nrediction os
all that have yaceutlv co,ne to
Wasb.ng,ov.
A prominent democratic con.
gressmau now in Wasbjpgton
declares yhaf ihe Presidents stand
is uuao.1saafv DUO 10 tNe advice
Of tla NV Iar, republican mol.
ti,i.us. ma, ,g ..o,a have Wis.
lied 1im a, OYSTER Tay. and who
aar. a.-r..a s.. tas,a,s former
position Of f~ie0drirepr TO the
unions w.r Going TO lose him tna
SUPPORT Of .s own state wa.ra
.n. .o..-usr ui"e is au power.
full .-r. Roosevelt has decided
that The Wall s.r.a, vote will
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vote. mucr oi wulcu would ue
cast tor the democratic candidate
when it came time to vote is the
explanation Of the representative
referred to.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1903-08-05

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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

The failure of the Gross a. Strauss
Co., dealers in ladies' garments and
furnishings, Boston, was announced.
Liabilities are estimated at $l50,O00.
United States steel earnings for the
current quarter are estimated as low
as $16,000,000. It is again reported
that cut in steel rails from $2S to
$26 will soon take place.
Panhandle directors have declared a
dividend of 1h per cent on the COM
mon stock, payable February 15 to
stock of record on February 5, and a
dividend of per cent on the preferred
stock, payable January 10 to stock of
record on January 5.
Total stocks OF all kinds OF gihin in
all positions in Chicago are now 12,-
$4,000 bushels, of which $3.50
bushels are of wheat, 3,294,000 bush
els are of corn, and 1921, 600 bushels
oats. The total is 7,4S9,000 bushels
mcre than shown in the official visl-
BILE. nearly $50 per cent more.
Directors of the General Electric
Company declared the regular quar-
terly dividend of per cent.
The Hooking Valley Railway Com
many has declared the regular semi
annual dividend Of per cent on It's
preferred stock and IA on the com
mon, payable January IS.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
RULINGS ON SPANISH CLAIMS.
senate Furnished with Those Made by
Treaty Board.

In response to the resolution Of the
Senate of December 9, the Spanish
Treaty Claims Commission sent TO the
Senate copies of the announcements
made on November "a, 1902, and April
2S, 1908, of the principles governing
Its decisions. which were reaffirmed
on December 3. 1908. in connection
with the various opinions then filed.
The commission also transmitted
copies of the various opinions of the
commission. The main propositions
Of the commission were that the Uni
ted States will now be held liable to
It's own citizens only for acts for which
Spain would have been liable to those
citizens if the United States had not
released the claims and assumed the
obligations of Spain, and further, that
Spain, except in special cases, was not
liable for damages done by the insur-
gents or for damages done by Spanish
troops in their attempts to suppress
the insurrection.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
REVIEW OF TRADE.
More Confident Feeling In Iron and
steei-HoIIday Trade
Very Large.

r. @. Dun e. Co.'s weekly Review
OF Trade" says Business is decided.
ly better than at any recent date, and
tho improvement is not confined to
activity In holiday goods. Continued
low temperature not only stimulates
retail sales, but jobbers are receiv-
ing supplementary orders for season
able goods, and collections are more
prompt. Railway tonnage is heavy,
and several manufacturing branches
are starting idle machinery Conf
dence Is increasing in the iron and
steel industry, and the feeling Is be-
coming more general that prices will
not be materially lower, except possi-
bly, In some departments that have
not yet participated in the readjust-
ment. II Is encouraging to find some
Improvement in demand for pig iron,
although no extensive tonnage Is ex-
pected to be taken until 1904. The
steel markets have been in q state of
uncertainty during the past week, ow-
ing TO the numerous meetings in pro-
gress for the settlement of price lists
and wage scales. Most producers in.
sisted that new business would not
be accelerated by further concessions,
yet outside mills were offering bet.
ter terms, notably in the case OF bill
let's. Structural material is gradually
revlving, contracts for new bridges
and buildings coming forward, and
much construction work Is scheduled
for early in the spring. Failures thls
week numbered 329 in the United
States. against 267 last year, and in
Canada 20, compared with 16 a year
ago.
Bradstreet's will say: Wheat, in.
Guiding -four, exports for the week
ending December II aggregate $685..
035 bushels, against 4,599,330 last
week, and 3,256O37 this week last
year. For "a weeks Of the cereal year
they aggregate S0,SS2,S64 bushels
against 122,15Sf535 in 1902. Corn ex
ports for the week aggregate 637, 1851
bushels, against 659,O25 last week,
, and 1864 year ago. For "a
weeks they aggregate 26S99,36S bush
els, against 6,662, ,,344 in 1902.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
SIGNS OF INVASION.
Colombian Troops Found Encamped
Near the lsthmus.


Marines will be rushed to the Gulf
of Darien by Rear Admiral Coghlan
to thwart any attempted invasion Of
Panama by 500 Colombian troops
which Capt. Turner of the Atlanta
found encamped between Tomato and
Tarana island. A similar movement
will be made by Rear Admiral Glass
toward San Miguel bay, on the south
ern coast of the isthmus, to prevent
possible attack from that direction by
a larger force reported to be operat-
ing in that direction.
Orders to this end were sent to the
isthmus from the war department and
are the natural complement of the re-
cent landing from the Dixie of 400 ma
Tines now encamped at Empire and of
battalion from the Prairie now en-
camped at Cargona
The fleet in sthmian waters will
soon be strengthened by the addition
of the cruiser Olympia which left Nor
folk for Colon to-day and will relieve
the Mayflower as flagship of Rear Ad-
miral Coghlan.
The force of Colombians, which was
taken from Cartagena recently and
landed near the mouth of the Atrato
river, has been discovered. The Uni
ted States cruiser Atlanta discovered
schooner in the gulf of Darien and
on overhauling her, found that she
was carrying a battalion of Colombin
soldiers to join the others already
there. An officer of the Atlanta land
ed and had a talk with Gen. Ortiz, who
commands the Colombians. Ortiz pro
tested in writing against the presence
of the Atlanta in Colombian waters
and demanded that she leave. The
cruiser came to Colon where Comman-
der Turner made a report of the affair
to Admiral Coghlan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Mother and Two Children Met Death
in Burning House.

Overcome by the flames which were
destroying their home in Johnstown,
Pa, Mrs. James Crosby and her two
children. James and Grace fell direct
ly in the path of the fire. and were
burned to death. Totally unconscious
Of the horrible end of his family, Jas.
Crosby, the husband and father, was
seated calmly in st. Columbia's Cath
6lic church.
The flames were discovered about 6
o'clock. Mrs Crosby and her oldest
laughter had arisen TO prepare the
morning meal 1t was while seated at
he breakfast table that they discov-
sred the interior OF the kitchen was
iblaze. The mother rushed to the
lecond floor of the house 10 awaken
he younger members of the family.
;he was not seen afterward. The
lanes by that time were bursting
orth from every side of the house.
There were three bedrooms on the
iecond floor and the son, James Cros-
~, occupied the middle one. Grace
vas in the rear room.
Although the spectators attempted
rescue the mother and children.
lothing could be done. Members of
he Cambria fire company found the
mrned and blackened bodies of the
Unfortunate woman and her children
70 badly disfigu!ed that recognition
vas impossible People attracted to
he fire probably saved the life of the
,ldest Crosby girl by refusing to al
ow her to re-enter the house 10
fearch for her mother.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
STUDENTS PERISH IN FLAMES.
FRENCH COLLEGE BURNED.
Panlc-strlcken Pupils Leap from Up.
per Stories and Are SerL
ously Injured.

Four persons are known TO have
been killed and perhaps 30 others in
jured, 12 of them fatally, in a fire
which consumed the Central Tennes-
see college fer young negro women at
Nashville, Tenn, department Of
Walden university. IL is possible that
the ruins may contain the bodies of
other victims. The property loss is
estimated at $4,000.
The known dead are: Stella Add.
son, Port Gibson. Miss; Matte Lee
Moore. Huntsville, Ala Sallie Dade,
Hopkinsville, KY; Mamie Johnson,
Hattlesburg, Miss.
Fatally Injured: Eleanor Moore
(white), preceptress), Chicago; Lady
b. Knox. Greenville, Miss; Minnie
Aston, Covlngton, Tenn; Bertha
Monford, Chicago; Lula Terry, Nc
Minnville, Tenn; Lula Millen, Cow
lngton. Tenn; Ernestine McCleary,
fernando, Fla; Leona Miller, st.
Louis; Mamie Harris, Maysville, KY;
Mamie Booze, Clarksville, Miss; Vic
toria Miller, Anchorage, KY; One
Student, not identified.
Fire broke out about II o'clock in
the top of the building, which was
four stories high, and without fire
escapes. It was occupied by about 60
students, who were asleep when the
alarm was given. The widest panic
ensured. the women and girls rushing
screaming to the windows. from which
they jumped in droves, the dead and
injured lying in heaps where they fell
to be fallen upon by those following
them from the flaming windows. Every
ambulance in the city was soon on
the scene, and the injured were hur
ried To HOSPITALS
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
100000 FOR A PAUPER.
Former Expert Telegraph Operator
Was In the Poor House.

Henry II. Cook. formerly of Plant
vile, Conn, then of Omaha, and now
an inmate of the poor house at Col
vile, Wash. has just fallen heir to a
fortune of 100000 and has been To-
Gated through the efforts of the Union
Pacific officials.
Many years ago Cook was one of
the best known telegraph operators in
the world, but was disabled by "oper-
ator's paralysis" and finally drlfted
into the Washington poor house. Some
time since his uncle, Andrew Cook, of
Plantville, Conn, wrote to the Union
Pacific Railroad Company asking for
information of Henry, saying he
wished to leave his fortune to him.
The Union Pacific sent circulars to
every telegraph office in the country
and located Cook in Colville (Wash)
Poor house, where he has been for 10
years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
THE NORTHERN SECURITIES CASE.
ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES BRIEF.
Maintains That Consolidation Was In.
tended TO Defeat, and Has De.
stroyed All Competition.

The brief of the government in the
case of the Northern Securities Co.
and others VS.. the United States on
appeal from the decision of the Cir
cult Court of the United States for the
District of Minnesota, was filed in the
United States Supreme Court Mon
day. The document was prepared by
Attorney General Knox, and Assistant
Attorney General Day, and covers $50
printed pages.
After showing how a majority of the
stocks of the Great Northern & North
ern Pacific were acquired by the Sc.
curities company, the attorney general
says.
THE final result OF these transac-
lions was that one and the same set
of men-Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan and
their associates being the ruling splr-
It's among them-acting together un-
der n charter agreement and through
the agency of a corporate organiza-
tion, became vested with absolute
power of control over two parallel
and competing systems of interstate
railway.
"ln place of the two distinct sets of
stockholders with rival and cOmpet-
ing interests, namely. the stockkold-
ers of the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific, there has been substi-
tuted (by means of interchange Of
stocks described) the one set of
stockholders with common and non
competitive interests. namely the
stockholders of the securities COM
pany.
They have a common interest in
both; they receive their dividends
from n fund created by pooling the
earnings of both. A more effective
method for combining competition be-
tween rival and naturally competing
business corporations-it would hard
ly be possible to conceive"
The questions of law growing out
of the statement of facts are present
ed as follows:
"First-Has a combination been ac-
comphshed by means of the Securi-
ties Co. in violation of Section 13 of
an act of Congress, approved July 2,
1890. entitled An act to protect trade
and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and monopolies,' hereafter
called the antitrust act?"
"Second-Have the defendants mo-
nopolzed or attempted to monopolize
any part Of the interstate or foreign
commerce of the United States. in
violation of Section of the antitrust
act?"
"Third-Was the relief granted by
the Circuit Court authorized by law?"
The government maintains that
each of these questions should be an
swered in the affirmative.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
RECIPROCITY GRANTED 70 CUBA.
DUTIES CUT 20 TO 40 PER CENT.
House at the Extraordinary
Session.

BY vote of 81 to IS the Senate
passed the bill previously passed by
the House to carry into effect the rec
iprocity treaty with Cuba. The treaty
provides for a reduction of 20 per cent
from the rates Of duty under the Ding
ley law on all Cuban articles imported
into the United States, and a varying
reduction Of from 20 TO 40 per cent
from the established Cuban duty on
articles imported into Cuba from the
United States. The Senate agreed TO
the House resolution for a holiday re-
cess from December 10 to January A.
The vote on the reciprocity bill was
as follows.
Yeas-Aldrch Alger, Alice, AM
son, Ankcny, Bacon, Ball, Beveridgc,
Blackburn, Burnham, Burrows, Bur
ton Clapp, Clark (Wyoming), Clay
Cockrell Cullom. Depsw. Dillingham;
Deliver. Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks.
Foraker. Foster (Washington), Frye.
Fulton, Gallinger, German. Hale.
Hanna. Hansbrough, Hepburn, Hoar.
Hopkins. Kean. Lodge. Long, Nc
Comas. McCreary, McCumber, Mitch
ell, Nelson, Overman, Penrose, Per
kins. Piatt (Connecticut), Platt New
York;. Proctor. Quarles. Scott. Sim
mons. Smcot. Spooner, Stewart, Stone
Wetmore-57
Noes-Bailey. Bard. Bate, Berry
Carmack, Culberson. Daniel. Dubois,
Foster (La). McEnery. McLaurin
Mallory. Martin, Newlands, Pettus,
TAliaferrO, Teller, Tillman-1S.
Pairs were announced as follows:
Hawley, with Clark, of Montana; Mil
lard, with Clark, of Arkansas;
Kearns. with Gibson; Warren, with
Money; Quay. with Morgan, and Kilt
redge. with Patterson.
The Democrats who voted for the
bill were Bacon, Blackburn, Clay
Cockrell. German, Overman and Stone
The only Republican who voted
against it was Bard, of California.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
Great Possibilities of the Future.

Egypt is not as large as New Mexico,
It is even more arid, and yet, along it'
only river, the Nile, 100000 acres are
under cultivation, and this area is be
ing greatly augmented by the compile
ton of the great dam at Assouan, built
by the British Government. Along the
Rio Grande, the Nile of New Mexico
only 250,000 acres are under cultiva'
ton. counting in the irrigated land
along the tributary to the Rio Grande
or only one-twenty- of the area
under cultivation along the Nile. This
will give an idea Of the magnitude OF
the possible development of New Next
co by the building of storage reser
voirs. There is no reason in the world
why New Mexico should not eventuai
ly support a population Of 100000
people.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23

Only the other day heard from one
Of my boys OF two ways in which men
have sought to save their renson when
long In the dark cells for punishment.
They are, I believe. much practiccd
and well known In prison. One is to
take n pin into the punishment cell
with you. Then you divert the weary
hours In that pitch darkness by throw
Ing 1t mp in the air and when II falls
you hunt for 1t on hands and knees.
and thus give yourself an occupation.
But, alasl the officer may know OF
this hunt for the pin and take II from
you, so perhaps the other practice Is
more sure to keep the brain from mad
ness. That is the spelling of words
backward. I have Mt the present time
In our Hope Jail man who can spell
anything just as quickly in that fashion
as in the ordinary way. and when asked
why he taught himself what semeed to
be such n useless accomplishment, he
answered: 81 saved myself from In.
sanity by It." The greatest blessing
to the man In prison is work. I had
the opportunity of witnessing the cruel
evils OF enforced idlencss at the time
NIL work was taken from the men in
State Prison in New York through
labor agltntion.-Mr Maud Booth, IN
Leslle's Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
AGAINST REED sMooT.
Mass Meeting at the National Capital
Urues Action.

A public meeting. called by the In
terdenominational Congress of Wom-
en- Of Washington for the purpose of
protesting against Reed Smoot re-
tanning his seat in the Senate, was
held here in the Metropolitan Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. Bishop Sat
terlee of the Protestant Episcopal
church presided and addresses were
made by him and a number of women
prominently identified with the move
ment. The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved, That the congregation
here assembled does most earnestly
protest against Apostle Smoot retain
ing his seat in our national Senate.
Resolved, That we call upon all
loyal and patriotic men and women of
every State to send protests to the
Senators from their States and urge
upon such citizens immediate and
prompt action.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-12-23
MILLIONS STOLEN.
Big Shortage Found In Chicago City
Accounts.


A shortage Of $4,000. 900 In the spec
ial assessment bureau Of the munich
pal government of Chicago has been
uncovered by expert accountants who
audited the books. Coupled with this
big deficit are charges of misappio-
priatlon of funds and OF criminal mis-
management for 32 years. While 1t
Is known that much Of this big sum
which should have gone to the tax
payers of Chicago in rebates for i'm
provements has been illegally trans
ferred during former years to the
credit of other municipal government
al departments which had exhausted
their appropriations, It is also known
that sum totaling up in the millions
has been stolen.
Hundreds Of thousands more went
to members of the city hall clique
even after the rebate frauds had been
Illegally transferred to the credit de.
partments. That was in the days
before civil service. There Is $1,000.
GOO due Chicago citizens in rebates
on special assessments made for i'm.
provements. II was found that S15.
925 in rebates have been twice paid
out double payments having been
made on rebate warrants calling for
this sum.