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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
An Ingenious Scheme.

To any one who doesn't possess the
modest luxury of private car, travel.
ing is always thing fraught with dis.
comfort. Columns could be written
on the pathetic struggles of the woman
who travels to stow her wearing ap-
parel away In the coffin-like confines
of lower berth. Any right-minded
woman prepares to shed tears when
she thinks of the next morning state Of
her travelling skirt. Time was when
porters looked after such things, and
could be induced to preserve garments
overnight in mysterious places. but
these days, on nine sleeping cars out
of ten, the porter is instructed to in.
form you that he can't be responsible
for anything intrusted to him. These
things being as they are, feel that I
owe debt Of gratitude to a lady
name to me unknown-who showed
me how to dispose Of a whole ward.
robe in a sleeping car.
She travels great deal, she in.
formed me, and she never leaves home
without at least a dozen of the big
pms anu hOOh
that people use to attach curtain rings
Il forget the technical term for them,
IL 1 ever knew 1t. I was allowed to
peep into her berth after she had ar.
ranged herself for the night, and I
found she had fastened one Of these
pins into each of her more bulky gar
ments and had hooked them all In
a row to the top of the berth cur.
tain. She said the idea was all her
own and that 1t was the greatest COM
fort In the world to know that every
thing was hanging up neatly, just as
1t would be at home. For giving q
really homelike atmosphere to a sleep.
ing car can think Of no other scheme
more highly to be recommended
Washington Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Holding Up WeIl-Remova
Of Industrial Clouds Gives
Brighter Outlook.


r. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade" says There is still no indi-
cation of depression In trade and in
dustry that ressimists predicted would
follow the decline in securities. Con-
servatlsm was developed by the un.
certainty regarding the effect upon A.
nancial conditions, but legitimate busi-
ness Is able to secure funds as they
are required, and the more cautious
progress of business gives promise of
greater permanent gain. Weak spots
have been disclosed, and the technical
position strengthened, just as occurred
In the stock market. Readjustment
after period OF Imitation must OF
necessity bring some losses. yet the
outlook is frightened by the removal
of threatening industrial clouds. Dis
patches from all sections testify to
the liberal distribution of merchandise
and the disposition to prepare for
greater consumption OF all the neces-
saries of life, while the crops are maxi
ing good progress aside from some
cotton districts in Texas. The number
OF buyers in New YORK Is increasing,
IL is gratifying TO ma that consumers
of pig iron have at last apparently de-
cided to place contracts without wait
Ing for further concessions. The de-
cline has now reached its limit, judg-
ing by the larger amount OF contracts
offered, and this Is the most Import
ant Indication of restoration to nor
NAL conditions of prosperity in the
steel industry. 1t is estimated that a
large tonnage of structural steel will
soon be ordered for delivery In 1904.
although this is in a large degree de-
pendent on the absence of labor con-
troversies. The railways are still Wig
orous purchasers Of steel especially
as to rails. There Is a fair business
in plates and sheets, but an effort to
resell an oversupply of billets has pro
duced temporary weakness In that dt-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Spools From Pulp,

The process of making spools from
pulp has been in course of develop.
ment for the past two years, and many
obstacles have had to be overcome be.
fore the spool was perfected. It was
comparatively easy. says the Hartford
Courant, to mould the spool into the
proper form, but after 1t had become
dry and hard the difficulty was to
grind or turn 1t into the proper size
to hold the required amount Of thread.
This trouble has now been overcome.
Pulp will be used only for the, large
size Of spools, as 1t is not practical to
make the smaller sizes of that mater
ial.
Many of the large spools are nearly
four inches in diameter, and up to the
present time they have been made of
wood. When they were first made
they We're turned from a single piece
of wood, but 1t was discovered that
In many cases the pressure of the
thread as 1t was wound on the spool
would push the head off the barrel,
although 1t was the same piece OF
wood. In order to remedy this diff
Guilty, II became necessary to make
the large spools from three pieces, the
barrel and two heads, and when the
heads were closely fitted to the barrel
and glued. they were found to remain
better than when they were one piece
OF wood.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
MUST TAKE THE OATH.
Order Of Public Printer Creates Stir
Among Bookbinders.

An order from Public Printer Pal
mer was issued to the heads of di-
visions in the government printing Of
fee to appear before a notary public
and take the oath of allegiance to the
United States as subscribed to by
clerks under the civil service law. Mr..
Palmer said he had issued the order
at the suggestion of a government Of
fetal whose name he declined TO give.
He said that its object was to place
the per diem employees in the same
attitude toward the governm ent as that
of the clerks on annual salaries. who
have subscribed to the order. Every
employe in the Office will be affected
by the order. The issuance of the
order created considerable surprise
among the employees of the office. es-
pecially among members of the book
binders union, who believe it has in
directly bearing on the issues grow
ing out of the case of w. A. Miller.
the assistant foreman of the bindery,
who was discharged from the office
because he had been expelled from
the local bookbinders' unic1, but who
was afterward reinstated at the direc-
ton of President Roosevelt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
ROAD 70 GROSS TWO CONTINENTS
LENGTH 10000 MILES.
Railway Projected from Hudson Bay
to South Pacific Ocean Esti.
mated to Cost $3.50, 100000.

Plans for a gigantic railroad were
discovered at Guthrie, Okla, when ar
ticles of Incorporation of the Pan.
American Hartford Company, with a
capital placed at s25O,000,000, we're
filed there Aug. "a, with secretary of
the Territory The purpose of the cor.
poration, 1t is said, is to build a line
extending from Port Nelson, Hudson
Bay. in a southerly direction. crossing
the line of the Canadian Pacific near
Winnepeg. Manitoba, through North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska. Kan.
sas, Oklahoma and Indian Territory TO
Galveston. Tex; from Galveston
through the tropic of Mexico to the
boundary line of Central America,
through the Isthmus of Panama;
thence through the United States of
Colombia to Ecuador, and finally
through the republic of Peru to Bue
nos Ayres on the Atlantic ocean. Also
branch line beginning in the repub.
lie of Peru and extending in a south.
easterly direction through Brazil to Rio
de Janeiro also a branch line be-
ginning in the republic of Peru and
extending in southerly direction
through Chilli, to Valparaiso, on the
south Pacific ocean. The estimated
cost of the Pan.American railway is
$3.50 100000, and the estimated length
10000 miles. The incorporators are
w. r. Dodge, Stephen A. Sheldon, w.
j. Pendleton. Eldredge G. Eldredge of
Shawnee. Okla, and C. Z. Wells. of
Lincoln, Neb 1t is not known what
outside interests, If any, these men
represent. The principal offices of the
company are stated to be at Guthrie
and Shawnee, Okla. Within the cor
poration of the Pan-American Rail.
way will be several construction com.
panies The largest of these will be
the Canadian-American Construction
Company, among whose directors are
said to be Charles f. Beach, Jr., Lon.
don. England; NJ. l.. Muhleman. New
York. and Charles B. Williams. City
OF Mexico. These directors will hold
In a general way for the other COM
panies. A charter was also issued to
the American Townsite Company, an
adjunct of the railway corporation.
with capital stock fixed at 100000
900. with business Offices at Shawnee
and Guthrie. Okla; New York City;
Superior, Neb.! Hutchison, Kan; Dal.
las and Galveston, Tex; Winnipeg,
Canada, and the City of Mexico.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
MANUAL rRA,N,rc
rmportant Advance in the Objee.fvs
Methods Of Tcacl,ing.i

advance IN tn8 O0le6sfvD
Methods Of Tcaching.i
Fortunately for the public life Of the
United States the great convention Of
American teachers In Boston paid espe-
cial attention to manual training. The
distinguished experts who discussed
this subject before the convention did
not allow manual training to run away
with all training, but they conceded
that In an industrial society and in a
powerful commercial age like the pres
ent the education Of the senses is Of
pre-emlnent Importance. Hence the
value Of drawing to discipline the eye.
and Of manual training to discipline the
sense of touch, and the nervous and
muscular systems were favorably rec.
ognized.
The commercial course, the manual
training course and the art course do
not necessarily draw essential attention
from other branches IL the time be
properly utilized. because these new
courses greatly rest the mind and thus
economize time. But these new courses
also develop aptitudes which under the
old system would have been quite dor.
mant but for the opportunities fur.
nished in rural communities in the
form of manual training under parental
control.
AS this is On age of tools, II Is essen
tial that manual training be developed
In the use Of power tools. In all proba-
blllty the electric motor. moving power
tools, will be more generally introduced
In the next decade In the public schools
than is now In evidence. The recogni-
ton by our teachers of the Importance
of manual training is enc of the hap
piest signs of the times.
The variety of things to be done and
the relative oversupply of people in
the learned professions, and the under.
supply of men and women in the sci.
entific professions, show that our
schools need to be adjusted to the
present conditions Of the industry of
the age.
That the teachers of the United
States are keenly alive to this demand
is happy omen for the generation
that is now passing through the public
schools.
The best way 10 develop the mind is
TO recognize tie law of all human de.
veiopment and to get at the subject
by the way Of the object. An ocular
demonstration is far better than an
oracular emonstratlon.-New York
News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
WRIGHT SUCCEEDS ROOT.
He VIII Be Made Governor When His
Chief Goes Into the Roose.
Welt Cabinet.

President Roosevelt announced that
he had accepted the resignation of
Elihu Root as Secretary of War, to
take effect about January 1, that he
would appoint William II. Taft, now
Governor of the Philippines, to the
war portfolio and that General Luke
f. Wright, now Vice Governor of the
Philippines, would take Judge Taft's
place. President Roosevelt authorized
the following statement: The Pres
ident some months ago rendered the
Secretaryship of War to Judge Taft,
and at that time II was arranged that
he would succeed Secretary Root. Sec
retary Root will go out of Office some
time in January and Judge Taft will
assume the duties of the Office shortly
afterward." The acceptance of Gov
ernor Taft of the office Elihu Root Is
about to give up means the continue
tion of the policy of Mr.. Root In the
administration of the War Department.
A few army officers had an idea that
Governor Taft would not be selected.
but the wish was father to the
thought. Taft has had serious COLI
sions with several army officers con-
ttl uihb tut administration VI uhoi .
in the Philippines, notably with Gen
eral Chaffee. They are not on the
best of terms now. In accepting Sec.
retary Roots resignation, President
Roosevelt said: My Dear Mr.. Root
1t is hard, indeed, for me to accept
your resignation; and do so not only
with keen personal regret, but with
a lively understanding of the gap your
will create in public life. My
sense of personal loss Is very great;
and yet my sense Of the loss to the ma
tion as whole Is even greater. Your
duties have included more than merely
the administration or the department
and the reorganization of the army
on an effective basis. You have also
been the head of the department which
dealt with the vast and delicate prob
lens involved in our possession of the
islands, and your success
in dealing with this part of your work
has been as signal as your success in
dealing with the purely military prob
lens. To very few states men, in
deed, in any country is it given at the
one and the same time to achieve sig
nal and striking triumphs in the ad-
and reform of the military
branch of the government and in the
of what was. in effect, a
of insular dependencies,
where the problems were now to our
people and were in themselves of
great dificulty
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

The postmaster general issued a for
NAL order authorizing the delivery of
unpouched newspaper mail by bag
gagemasters.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
made arrangements TO deposit $40 900.
900 In banks should money stringency
occur during his term.
j. B. White. postmaster at Hardy,
w. Va, wired the Postoffice depart
ment that the postoffce was robbed
and all the stamps taken.
Maj. Scriven, acting chief signal Of
fcer OF the army, has been informed
that telegraphic communication is now
established in all parts of Alaska COW
cred by the signal corps lines.
President ordered European squad
ron to proceed to Beirut. Syria, to en-
force demand made at Constantinople
for reparation for the assassination Of
Vice Consul E.agelssen at Beirut, Sy-
ria.
Plans are perfected for the winter
naval maneuvers under Admiral Dew
ey off Culebra In the latter part of
January. The squadron will rendez.
vous at Hampton Roads on Novem-
ber 30.
The state department has been ad.
vised by the Costa Rlcan legation that
the government of Costa Rica has rat
flied the convention for the practice of
the liberal professions. signed at the
City of Mexico.
The department OF commerce and la
Dor announces the appointment Of Ed
win w. Sims as special attorney in
this bureau OF corporations. He has
been practicing law in Chicago for the
past 10 years and has been county
Bids were opened at the Bureau of
Insular Affairs for the sale of three
million dollars OF Philippine certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness for the purpose
of supplying and maintaining the gold
reserve under the Philippine curren.
cy legislation.
Minister Squlres at Havana has In.
formed the state department of the
murder of Ira c. Bradley, near Hol-
Quin, Cuba, on June .. Bradley was
about go years old and resident of
California, and had been trying to es-
tablish in Cuba an American settle
ment known as "Bradley's colony"
President Roosevelt announced that
Henry c. Ide. at present a member of
the Philippine commission would be
designated vice governor Of the
Philippines In succession to General
Luke e. Wright. when the latter as
sumes the Office of governor general.
Uncle Sans interests on the Pa
cific coast are growing so rapidly that
It has been found necessary to estab-
ush a Southern Pacific cruiser squad
ron. The squadron now on duty on
the Pacific will be known as the North
Pacific squadron and its sphere of op.
erations win extend only as far south
Is the Isthmus.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
CABLE FLASHES.

Ma .edonians held an immense mass
meeting and issued appeal to Euro
pean powers for help. Turkey has
called out all army reserves.
In the course OF the proceedings in
the case of Whitaker Wright, the COM
pany promoter, in England. 1t was
stated that the losses of shareholders
In the capital Of the three companies
amounted to S25. 100000
The German Automobile Club at
Berlin, has appropriated $4,000 for the
expenses incidental to the interna-
tional race for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup. Emperor William Is taking
personal interest in the event.
A schooner which arrived at Kings
ton. Jamaica, reports that the British
Cayman islands were devastated by a
hurricane. Many houses at George
town, a village near the west end of
Grand Cayman island, were demol-
ished.
Chinese reports from Pekin assert
that the banished Prince Tuan Is there
incognito and that he has had several
secret interviews with the Dowager
Empress while the Emperor was
asleep. Literary chancellors who are
being sent to all the provinces are all
reactlonaries against foreigners and
foreign reforms.
One hundred and twenty lives are
thought to be lost as the result OF a
fire in four-story building at Buda.
pest.
The executive council of San Juan,
Porto Rico. has ordered a committee
Of three of its members to Immediate
ly investigate the leper colony scan-
dial and make their report at the ear
liest possible moment. The disclos-
ures continue.
The Italian government has ap-
pointed Senator Augusta Pierantoni,
professor of international law, to be
counsel for Italy in the question of
the preferential rights claimed by
Germany, Great Britain and Italy In
the settlement with Venezuela
The Chilean steamer Mapocho, from
Panama and southwark bound, bring
ing American and European mails, pos
sengers and cargo, arrived at Guyaquil,
Ecuador, but was not admitted, because
when she left Valparaiso after the ap-
pearance of bubonic plague there.
A nunureu tnOuSanu AustrO-funSb
rian troops, whose three years SER
wee expires in September, have been
notified that they must remain with
the colors until the end of 1908, in
consequence OF the Hungarian diet not
passing the bill providing for the an.
nual quota OF recruits from Hungary.
A telegram from Vladivostock, Rus
sia, says local and American capital
lists there have organized company
to build a railroad from Khabarovsk
to the gulf Of De Castries, on the east
ern seaboard. A large amount of
traffic is anticipated in Saghalien pc
troleum besides coal. lumber and fish.
Secretary Hitchcock Will investigate
every phase of the Indian land scan
dals. so far as the Dawes commission
Is concerned, but 1t will remain for
congress to provide the punishment
II 1t Is found that its members have
been guilty OF Irregularities or con.
duct unbecoming officials OF the gov.
ernment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
SAVED ON THE scAFFoLp.
Respite Arrived After the Black Cap
Was Drawn.

The life of Samuel STILES. negro
preacher. who was to have been hang
ed at Cuero, Tex, for murder, was
saved by Gov. Lanham by less than
two minutes. Stiles was on the scaf-
fold, the black cap had been drawn
over his head and the sheriff was
about to pull the trap lever when a
telegraph messenger arrived with a
telegram from the governor respiting
the convicted man. Stiles swooned
when informed that he had been re-
spited. A woman confessed to the
murder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
TRENCH CASE SETTLED.
An OIL Suit Against the Guffey Com.
pany Ended.

The suit at Beaumont, Tex, in which
Annie Trench. Of England. and George
Howell. Of Kentucky, Joined by large
number of family connections, sought
to gain possession Of 1900 acres of
Spindletop and vincinity, has been
compromised. The principal defend
ants were the j. M. Guffey Petroleum
Company and the Gladys City Com
pany. The attorneys finally succeeded
In getting the plaintiffs to accept a
clear title to 230 acres of land and
$4,000 In cash for their claims. The
damages originally claimed by the de-
plaintiffs were 100000. The suit
was flied two years ago. when the wells
were still gushing, and tied up the field
for a time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
BIG KITE CARRIED HIM UP.
Merrllrs Experiments, After Sliding
Down a Rope, Cease.

While flying a monster box kite, 12
feet high by feet square, Ed Mer-
rill, Of Glenwood, Ia, was suddenly
jerked from the ground and carried
to height from which he descended
by sliding down the kite rope. Mer-
rill had been experimenting with kites
for some time, and was determining
the carrying power of his largest kite.
The cord to which the weight to be
lifted was attached broke, and Merrill.
who had hold Of the kite rope, was
jerked from his feet, and taken 100
feet in the air. The kite rope had
previously been fastened to a tree, to
which fact Merrill owes his life. After
the first fright had passed. Merrill
slid down the rope to the ground. He
has quit experimenting with kites.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
GOING TO ST. LOUIS IN 1904.
Service Men In Emperor's Army Form
National Orqanization.

The North American Kriegerbund at
Terre Haute. Ind, adjourned to meet
in st. Louis in 1904. AS a result of
of the session a united society of men
who served in the German army has
been formed. The committee appoint
ed to perfect the organization of a
central society formed the United
Kriegerbund Of America. The follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Richard Mueller, New York; vice
president, Carl Schmidt. of Cleveland; !;
secretary, Carl Schoenduve, Akron,
o.; treasurer, John Schickler. of Chi
cago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Highest Of Railroadis.

The Ferrocarril Central del Peru Is
the highest railway in the world. In
eight hours it takes passengers from
the tropics to the eternal snows at an
altitude nearly equal to the top of
Mont Blanc, the highest summit In
Europe. 1t cost $45,000,OoO to build
this road In one place 1t was found
necessary to drain river by means
Of tunnel ana use its dry bed for the
trackA
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
BOTH SIDES ARE BLAMED.
cononer's Jury Render a Verdict In
Circus Accident

The coroner's jury at Durand, Mich,
inquiring into the death of the 22 vic
tins who were killed in the wreck of
Wallace Brothers circus train, on the
Grand Trunk railroad, on August Z,
rendered verdict that the wreck was
caused by the failure of the air brakes
to work on the second section; that
the wreck might have been avoided
If the engineer, Charles NJ. Propst, had
watched the air gauge before him. and
also II Wallace Brothers had had their
cars properly equipped with hand
brakes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
KNOCKS JEFF DAVIS DOWN.
Candidate for Governor Fails to Have
Questions Answered Promptly.

Judge Carroll l.. Wood. of the Ar
kansas Supreme Court, who is oppos-
ing Governor Davis candidates, for a
third term, knocked Governor Davis
off a speaking stand, four feet, to the
ground, during the meeting at Bis
marck Governor Davis was not hurt.
Judge Wood was Immediately arrest
ed. Governor Davis publicly asked
Judge Wood questions, and before they
could be fully answered interrupted
with more questions, which SO an
gered Judge Wood that he knocked
Governor Davis from the platform.
Later the matter was adjusted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
GARY ISSUES STATEMENT.
Corporation Chairman Says No Change
Scheduled for Presidency.

Judge E. II. Gary, chairman Of the
executive committee of the United
States Steel Corporation, has issued
the following statement: Il know Of
no arrangement or understanding for
the return of Mr.. Schwah to the pres
idency of the corporation. | think
his general desire is to fully and per-
manently regain his health. It has
been officially stated that his salary
was 100000 per annum, and that in
addition he received something out
Of the bonus fund the same as other
officials. These statements, like all
other official statements, can be re-
lied upon"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-09-02
Five Prisoners Break Jail.

Five prisoners. including Carlos Nc.
Cormick, the boy murderer, aged 16,
escaped from Pima county Jail at Tue
son, Ariz., by digging a hole in the
wall and dropping from the second
story by means of a rope made from
their blankets. All of the prisoners ex-
cept Mccormick were Medcans.