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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
CABLE FLASHES.

A dispatch from Kobe, Japan, says
three Japanese have been arrested on
suspicion of plotting the assassination
of the premier of Japan, Viscient Kat
sura.
The Duke of Aosta, the heir appar-
ept to the throne of Italy, left Rome
for Germany, where, on the invitation
of Emperor William, he will attend the
grand maneuvers.
During target practice at Wesel
Prussia a revolver in the hand of an
officer went off prematurely. The bull
let struck a sergeant OF an infantry
regiment and killed him.
A motion was submitted in the
chamber of deputies at Lima, Peru,
to prohibit the immigration into Peru
of the members of those religious or
ders which were expelled from
France.
Jose Marco, a non-leprous patient.
who was liberated from the leper
colony, near San Juan, Porto Rico, as
a result of the recent investigation,
died of heart disease, superinduced by
joy at his release.
OShdI MSooNCl, NuO HdS lhNSnttu an
apparatus combining the phonograph
and moving photograph machine, so
as to produce a speaking photograph,
gave q private view of his invention
at Berlin, Germany, with satisfactory
results.
The arguments of the United States
and Great Britain based on the cases
and counter cases in the Alaskan
boundary arbitration already filed,
were submitted by counsel of the two
governments to the Alaskan boundary
commissioners at London, England.
Professor Lammasch, of Austria, has
been appointed one of the arbitrators
at The Hague. of the claims of the
allied powers in the settlement with
Venezuela. DR.. Zorn, professor at
the University OF Koenigsberg, repre-
sents Germany.
Aguinaldo. the Revolutionary
leader, but now pronounced support
er of the policy maintained by the
United States In the islands has ad-
dressed letter of advice to his coun-
trymen. In this he urges them to for.
sake their besetting sin Of gambling;
to improve their methods of agrlcul-
ture and to attend the public schools.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

Advices were received from Admiral
Cotton announcing his departure with
the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francis
co for Beirut.
General Wade has cabled the War
Department from Manila announcing
the death of Colonel Richard Eskridge
u. S. A., retired, who died in the hos
pital August 29 He was retired in
1901.
Several employees of the Bundy Time
Clock company of Binghampton, N. Y,
whose alleged contract to supply
clocks to the postal service has figur.
cd in the postal Investigations, were
examined by the inspectors.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, has
commenced the distribution of public
moneys among the national banks in
pursuance of his plan for putting out
S40,OOOsOOO to prevent a monetary
strlngency.
The report from Rear Admiral Cogh.
Ian on the accident to the Olympia
during the joint maneuvers says the
injuries are slight, but the ship is
leaking badly. The Olympia left
Provincetown for the target grounds
In Vineyard Sound.
The Agricultural Department dis
cusses the quality of milk supplied to
cities in a bulletin just issued.
Rev. Daniel II. Fleming, Of Lead
vile, Col, has been appointed a chap
lain in the army. He was chaplain OF
the First Colorado volunteers in the
Philippines. Mr.. Fleming is an Epis
copalian.
The War Department ordered that
a contract be entered into with the
Pennsylvania Steel Company OF Phil
adelphia for highway bridge across
the Potomac above the Long bridge
The company's bid was s914,000 fol-
the bridge with permanent floor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
REBELS BLOW UP SHIP.
Twenty-nIne Persons Bound to Con.
stantlnopIe Perish After leav-
Ing Bulgarian Seaport.

Three explosions occurred on the
Austrian steamer Vaskapu soon after
leaving the Bulgarian port of Burgas,
en- route for Constantinople, Turkey
by which 20 persons perished. The
vessel caught fire and had to be
beached. It is thought to have been
the work of Macedonian revolution
aries. A telegram conveying the news
was received by the agent of the Hun
garian Levant line at Constantlnople,
to which the Vaskapu belongs. The
telegram said the Vaskapu has been
destroyed in the Black sea. The cap
tain and officers of the steamer and
six of her crew were killed. a total of
29 lives being lost. The Vaskapu
sailed from Varna, Bulgaria. The deck
of the vessel took fire and she had to
be run ashore at Misivrja Bey. IS
miles north of Burgas. The report of
a general uprising in Northern Mace
donia Is denied at Sofia, Bulgaria, both
In official and revolutionary circles
Wellinformed persons, however, as
sert that the report was correct, but
that its premature publication disar.
ranged the plans of the revolutionists.
According to reports from Monastir,
thousands of Bulgarians in the vii
ayet are confronted with famine in
addition to Turkish persecution. Peas
ants who are continually arriving from
Monastir complain of the attitude of
Hilmi Pasha and the Turkish atroci-
ties. The insurgents in the district
of Adrianople appear to be less active.
The Turks are pouring in an over
whelming force and the revolution
aries are taking refuge in the mount
aims. The Bulgarian leader, Gerglcoff,
has been wounded and has fed to
Burgas. Bulgaria. The Russian gov
eminent has declined to receive the
visit of the deputation of Macedonian
fugitlves in Bulgaria, who proposed
to go to st. Petersburg and inform the
czar of the ptiable condition of Mace
donia and beg for his Intervention.
The deputation has been informed that
the Russian government deems the
visit quite unnecessary, as 1t quite
understands the purpose of the Dept
tation. The insurgents, 1t is reported,
have captured the seaport of Ahtaboly,
near Vasiliko on the Black sea, and
the Turkish population has fed to
Constantinople The insurgents have
organized local government at the
captured seaport and are giving ships
their clearing papers and sanitary GER
tiflcates.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
MADMAN SEEKS LIFE Of PRESIDENT
EVIDENCE OF A PLOT.
Was Armed With Big Revolver Fully
Loaded-Suspieiou Persons
Frightened Away.

| Because he held President Roose-
welt responsible for the recent labor
troubles throughout the country Hen
ry II. Wellbrenner, young farmer of
| Syosset, a small town five miles from
Oyster Bay, armed with a revolver,
made three attempts to reach the
Presidents summer home on Tues
day night. 1t is the belief of all of
the guards around Sycamore Hill, of
Secretary Loeb and of the crazy mans
relatives that a tragedy was narrow
ly averted by the vigilance of the
secret service men. II has been
learned that for months Weilbrenner
has been nursing a hatred for the
President. Crops had gone wrong, a
younger brother had been thrown out
of work through the strike of the
building trades and two mortgages on
the farm were heaN.breaking bur
dens. Weilbrenner's mind lost its
balance. That was months ago, and
steadily the conviction grew in the
farmers weakened brain that the
blame lay with President Roosevelt.
In the moment of his capture by the
| secret service guards Weilbrenner
fought like madman and shrieked in
answer to the question of his captors:
Yes; | came to kill the President.
had the gun with me to do it," When
the dangerous character of the man
was discovered by the secret service
guards, he was within a stones throw
of the Presidents house, and in full
view of Mr.. Roosevelt, who was
standing on the front veranda when
the arrest was made. It was shortly
after 10 o'clock when Weilbrenner
made his first attempt to get at the
President. He drove up the drive way
and declared to the two guards that
the president had telephoned for him.
He had no order to be admitted and
was turned away. He drove off, but
soon returned and was sent away a
second time. The third time he drove
up he refused to go away and made
a leap from his wagon. A loaded re-
volver fell to the ground as he did so.
The President was standing on the
porch, and heard the struggle that fol-
lowed between the man and the de-
tectives, who soon secured the man
and locked him up in a box stall in
the stable. He was sullen and re-
fused to say much at first. but he did
not resist. He gave his name as
Frank Weldbrenner." of Syosset.
Five other Government agents here
We're quickly aroused and the prison
er was hustled to town. The prisoner
on the way in became talkative and
asserted that he came for the purpose
of killing the President, The detec-
tives are investigating evidence Of
plot. Seaman. the gardner says he
was awakened by persons talking near
his cottage. The detectives armed
with lanterns made a search They
found that below the tennis court
there were ruts indicating the place
where their prisoner had turned his
buggy. They saw in the soft soil the
traces of many fresh footprints which,
to all appearances, had been made by
several men. Similar footprints were
observed near the cottage of the Gar
dener.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
FATHER LOCATES SON IN PRISON |
KEPT SECRET WELL.
Mourned for Five Years AS Fallen on
Foreign Battlefield Discovered
After Years OF Search.

Mourned for FIVE years as dead by
bowed father and an invalid mother
-honored as hero, fallen in the
Spanish-American War-Earl McGre-
gor. 23 years Old, son of William Nc
Gregor oil Pittsburg Pa, has been To-
Gated in the Ohio penitontiary at Co
lumbus. whore he has served three
years of a l0-ycar sentence for a rob
berry he is now thought never to have
committed. Bearing his disgrace in
silence, under an assumed name, that
he might shield his highly respectable
Family, he divulged his Identity to the
world only when rapidly falling health
convinced HIM that he would not live
TO sse the expiration OF his sentence.
"We thought him dead said the
grieved father at his Carson street
home, THE mother does not yet
know that he Is alive. She is just
recovering from severe attack of
typhoid fever and | fear the news
that he is in a state prison would
either kill her or drive her mad. His
letters to use ceased just about the
time of the breaking out of the Span
ish War, in the spring of '9S. He
was always impulsive, patriotic. noble
and we concluded that he had enlisted
and died in the service of his country"
Young McGregor tells the story of his
predicament in letter to a Dayton
friend, he says: Il started out to
make a living among strangers, fol-
lowing the optical business. l had
been travelling through West Virginia
and was taken sick with fever pecu-
IN hat fgtr OF a.
soon became exhausted. had to re-
sort to freight riding to get out of the
State and met with an old man who
was bound for Cincinnati. For com
pany's sake travelled with him, think
ing | could procure lenses there and
start afresh canvassing. One morn.
ing we reached a small town in Ohio
called Midland City, which is the
junction of three roads. II was bit
ter cold. and we joined two men who
were standing about a fire. Later
We jumped freight that we thought
was going to Cincinnati, but discover
ed that we were on the wrong road
and got off at Wilmington, returning
to Midland City on the next train.
Getting the right line we jumped an
other train that finished its run at
Lockland, a town five miles north of
Cincinnati. Here we again met the
men whom we had seen at Midland
City previously. Shortly after we had
met all were placed under arrest and
developments showed that a robbery
had been committed in Wilmington the
night before. We were all held for
the grand jury. The victims of the
robbery came to Jail and identified
the two strangers as the men who had
held them up. When the trial came
was advised by my attorney to make
no statement and was advised that
we all stand trial together. On the
evidence of the two victims, who iden-
titled the two strangers, we were all
found guilty and sentenced to 10
years imprisonment. | gave the fic-
tlcious name of Lewis McComb, | de-
cided to bear out the sentence under
that name and shield my family from
disgrace"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
LIVES IN DANGER.
Local Authorities In Venezuela Hunt.
Ing Down Foreigners Daring
to Present Claims.

A correspondent from Willemstad,
Island of Curacao. says harsh injustice
is being meted out to foreigners resid.
ing i'm the interior of Venezuela, where
the local authorities are hunting down
all foreigners who dare to present
claims against Venezuela in accord
ance with the recent protocol. Near
Coro local tribunal refused to accept
the testimony Of Ave Italians. On the
atter insisting in rendering their dep.
ositions, three were arrested and
thrown into Jail Two of them at
tempted to escape and were fired upon
one being killed. The Venezuelan
government does not deny this occur
renee. but Is doing nothing to prevent
repetitions. II is learned on good au.
thorlty that letters sent to foreigners
from the Italian and other legations
instructing them to send in their
claims were seized in the post so as to
prevent the claims from arriving In
Caracas in due time. At Cumana,
Venezuela. in q street of that city a
gibbet was erected on which was hung
an efiigy representing a foreigner, and
the populace beat the dummy with
sticks amid shouts of Death to the
foreigners" Two leading traders. NJ.
ralazzi, Frenchman, and Herr
Sprick. a German, were recently ar
rested in Ciudad Bolivar by order of
President Castro for refusing to pay
their taxes. which had already been
collected by the revolutionists during
the latters' occupation of the city. The
French and German Ministers at Ca
racas protested and obtained the i'm
mediate release of their fellow coun-
tTymen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
BoTTLE-MAKING MACHINE.
Same Relation to Glass Trade as Lin.
otype to Newspaper.

A company has been incorporated
at Toledo, O., with fully paid capital
of $4,000, 900, subscribed principally by
New York and Pittsburg people, to ex-
plot an automatic bottle-making ma
chine which bears the same relation
to the glass trade as the linotype to
the newspaper business. The machine
will save 100000 per year on the
cost of beer bottles alone, and will
dispense entirely with skilled labor.
The incorporators are E. ID. Libbey,
NJ. ]. Owens. inventor of the machine;
William S. Walbridge, F. l.. Geddes
and Clarence Brown, of Toledo. 1t is
undetermined yet whether to erect
plants in various cities or license the
present beer bottle manufacturers, this
industry being developed first The
principal glass manufacturers of the
United States have quietly visited To-
ledo and seen, and approved the ma
chine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
CASSATT IN COURT.
Answer to Manslaushter Charge as Re
suit OF Traction Accident.


The seven members of the board of
directors of the North Jersey Street
Railway Company appeared in the Es-
sex county, n. j., court for trial on an
Indictment charging them with man.
slaughter On February 10 last nine
Newark High School students were
killed in a collision between a Cliff
ton avenue trolley car and a Lacka-
wanna express train. Indictments
were returned against Alexander j.
Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. John d.
Crimmins, of New York; Edward F. c.
Young, president of the North Jersey
Street Railway Company; Dr. Leslie
ID. Ward, Elisha b. Gaddis, director of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company;
David Young. vice president and gen.
eral manager of the traction company,
and others. The indictment followed
a verdict by the coroner's jury fixing
responsibility on the North Jersey
Street Railway Company for the acci'
dent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
TELEoRAPHERs COMPROMISE.
Get One Day OF Each Month With
Paw.

The committee of Railroad Tele-
graphers and General Manager After
bury of the Pennsylvania r. r. agreed
on the following compromise: That
all vacations of seven days annually
be dispensed with and that all opera
tors on the system east of Pittsburg
and Erie. whether working eight or
12.hour shifts. be given a relief of one
day month with pay, operators at
present receiving two days a month
relief continue to receive the same
and the operators in the superinten-
dents office and the general Office to
be in no way affected under the new
proposition. The new arrangement
will go into effect on October /.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE.
Carroll D. Wright Thinks Acturail
Skill Can Supply Table.

Skill Can Supply Table.
The International Congress of At
cuaries at New York, was addressed
by Carroll ID. Wright, United States
Commissioner Of Labor, who said in
part: During the last four years
have been frequently asked to furnish
rule or measure of damages to be ap-
piled when a man is killed in some
mechanical trade. The courts are
without the rule and | am unable to
supply 1t. | think, however, that
with the assistance of acturial skill
such a rule may be applied so that we
may have fairly correct tables show
ing the expectancy of life in the vari-
GUS trades. Such a work by the ac-
tuaries of this and other counties
would knit the ties between the in
surance companies and the people. 1t
needs the actuaries of the different
countries to ascertain with reasonable
accuracy these expectancy tables.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
BOLD THIEF CAUGHT.
Took Package Containing $500 by
Means of Wire,

The Germania National Bank at Mil
waukee, Wis, was robbed of $500 by a
daring thief who gave his name as
George f. Johnson. The money
taken was a package of currency, and
was extracted from the paying tellers
desk by a short piece of copper wire
while the teller was engaged at the
telephone The thief was run down
and captured and the money recover
ed. The man acknowledged that his
real name is Joseph Shea, and he is
suspected in police circles of having
robbed the Metropolitan National
Bank of New York of $4,000 on July
23, 1899.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Human Ostrich Not ElidibIe.

Because he is human ostrich"
and eats, glass, tacks. brass watch
chains, soap, collar buttons, wire nails
and broken china, the civil service
commission holds that Lee w. Wright
is not fit subject for employment by
the government. Wright headed the
eligible list for appointment to the
Mobile (Ala) postoffice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
BOUND FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Bishop Dousherty and Secular Priests
Going to Island.

Bishop d. p. Dougherty, of Phila-
delphia, accompanied by secular
priests j. Carroll E. Cook and ID.
Geercke and Profs. j. McCloskey and
J. Mckinley, have arrived in San
Francisco, pending their departure FOR
Manila. These six clergy comprise
an important American delegation of
Catholic priests bound for the Phil
ippines to restore the institutions and
Importance of the church in North
eastern Lu:.on. Bishop Dougherty
will be at the secular head of the re-
gion and have his headquarters at
Vignan. a city about 200 miles north
of Manila. In addition to the revival
of the work of the Catholic church he
will re-establish the seminary at
Vignan
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Passenger Train Goes Through 1
Bridge In South Carolina.

Six persons were killed and 25 in
jured, one fatally and two seriously
in wreck on the Southern railway
near Yorkville, S. C. The dead are:
Engineer Briskman, Fireman R. Hine
Postal Clerk Smith, three unknown
negroes. The injured are: Julius
Johnson, Rock Hill, s. c.. probably
fatally; w. l.. Slaughter, Hickory
Grove. N c., seriously; T. c. Hicks,
Lancaster, s. c.. seriously, Nineteen
other white persons and three negroes
residing mainly in South Carolina
towns, were bruised, but not seriously
hurt. The wreck was caused by the
collapse of trestle 40 feet high, over
Wishing creek.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Seeking Specifications.

"You are the light of my life!' he
protested.
"Candle, kerosene. gas or electric"
asked the practical girl, for well she
knew that all lights are not held in
the same esteem at the present time.-
Chicago Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
IRON ORE LoDEs FOUND.
Prospects Near Houghton, Mich., In.
dictate Addition to Supply.

Dennis Donohue and John Cargh-
lin, experienced miners. report the dis
covery of iron. ore outcrops in Hough-
ton county, near Covington, Mich
The ore is of good quality. and prom
ising quantity. The district where
the discovery was made. is In the
proper geological horizon for ore and
lies In direct line between the west
ernmost Limits of the Marquette range
and the easternmost mines OF the
Gobebic range.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
PrepIexed by Silver Advance.

Ofcials of the United States treas.
ury are uneasy lest the price of silver
bullion should advance to such a fig.
uie as to make the new Philippines
pesos worth more as bullion than as
coin, II that should occur the new
monetary system of the Islands would
break down, for the coins would be
shipped to Hongkong and melted for
sale as bullion. Silver on March 26,
sold at 491 cents an ounce.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
MEET NEXT IN ST. LOUIS.
1904 Reunion Of Society Of Philippines
Goes to Fair Cjty,

The National Society of the Army
OF the Philippines at st. Paul, Mimi,
selected st. Louis as the place for the
next annual reunion. In an address
OF some length General Irving Hale
delivered eulogy on the work of the
army in the Philippines. General
Hale scored hit in his address when
he declared that the Society OF the
Amy OF the Philippines was here to
stay and must never allow itself to be
absorbed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
RIVAL TO ROCKEFELLER.
Organize in Opposition to Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company.

f. II. Barlow has been in Colorado
the past two weeks as the special
agent of John d. Rockefeller, accord
Ing to common report. Mr.. Barlow
has been busy investigating the rec
ords of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
auXiliaries with view to reporting
to his principals the possibility of Os-
good organizing the rival company
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
A WASTE of Time,

Finnegan-"Dont be so lazy an dis
couraged about it. The best way to
foind out what ye can do is to try"
Flanagan-"Ay! But that's the worst
way to foind out what We can't do."-
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
A Great Haul,

"Young Briefly had only been ad-
mitted to the bar a week when he
made a fortune. He was caught in .
railroad wreck in which forty people
were injured"
"And he was one of those who got
damages"
HE was all Of them. He got all
the victims to retain him."-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Stockman Must Pay Fine.

Stoclmen throughout the West who
have for many years been enjoying
free transportation from their home
and the shipping oenters, will find this
privilege curtailed after January /,
1904. The executive officers of West.
ern Lines have agreed that on and
after the date mentioned. they would
discontinue the issuance to stockmen
of return TRANSFORMATION.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
Rapid-Fire Thought.

always think twice before you
speak," said little Tommy's mamma.
"Gee, maw." he answered, ''lf you do
that you must do some pretty fast
thinkin' sometimes when you git to
goin for paw."-Chieago RecordHer-
aid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-09
DRIVE GUARDS OFF.
Forcible Possession Taken of New
Bridge over Ohio River.

Following disagreement between
the American Bridge Company, which
erected a large bridge at Marietta, O.,
anG the Ohio River Bridge and Ferry
Conn., any, the former refused to turn
the finished bridge over and the latter
took forcible possession by aid of the
United States marshal and Marietta
police, running the bridge company's
guards off and operating electric cars
over the bridge, The electric cars car
ried United States mail and could not
he stODDed