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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
CABLE FLASHES.

Six officials of the traffic and en-
Rineering department OF the London
e Northwestern railway sailed from
London. England to make a study of
American railway methods.
The rumor which was current last
fall that King Leopold will visit the
United States. is revived in Brussels,
Belgium, which says that the king will
go to America for the Easter holida IS.
The eighth anniversary of the upris-
ing at Barre, which was the beginning
of the Cuban revolution against Span
ish rule, which finally resulted in
Cuba's freedom, was celebrated in Ha.
vana.
King Edward will send the late
Queen Victoria's priceless collection
of jubilee presents for exhibition at
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The king personally announced this
decision to President Francis, of the
st. Louis exposition.
Advices from the Philippines say
General San Miguel has made good
his retreat to the Morong mountains,
as the scouting parties have Tailed to
Bososo when reinforcements reached
the government troops.
Five hundred imperial troops were
caught on February 16 in an ambush
in the Yang-Uing pass by the rebels
of Kwangsi, South China. All the SOL
diers were killed and the rebels cap
tured large supplies of arms which
the troops were taking to the besieged
garrison at Chipuen.
A tremendous gale has swept over
the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
At INVERSION, Lancashire, passenger
train was blown over, number OF
passengers were injured and 10 cars
were wrecked. At Cork a building col
lapsed, burying 10 persons In the ruins.
One was killed and one was fatally in
jured
A steamer which arrived at Mar
seilles, France, with China's mail also
brought advices from Canton to the
effect that the Cantonese have been
agitated over the arrival there of two
American warships, which gave rise
to the report that the United States
desired to secure the small island of
TIo-Nan, occupying a strategic position
in front of Canton.
According to a dispatch from Sofia
published in England, desperate fight
ing has occurred between small
band of revolutionaries and 800 Turks
In a defile close to the village of Bra
zil, near Kastorla. Albania. The Turks
had 80 killed. The insurgents lost
heavily, but succeeded in gaining the
mountains.
News from the region surrounding
the volcano Colima In Mexico. contin.
ues to be alarming, The people, terri
fed by the belching flames and pour
ing lava. are seeking refuge In distant
towns and villages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
CIVIL WAR STARTED IN HONDURAS
MICARAGUANS INVOLVED.
seriila Advancing on San Antonio del
Notre to Establish His Claim
to the Presidency.

The forces under the command of
General Nicasio Yasquez sent by Pres
ident Zelaya, of Nicaragua. to help
President Sierra, of Honduras to cope
with the revolution begun by Senor
Bonilla. who was elected president of
Honuuras, but whose election was
afterward disputed by President Sier.
ra, have occupied Choluteca City, GS
miles south of Tegucilpa. while Gen.
eral Anastasce Ortiz, with elements
given by Senor Regalado. the retiring
president of Salvador. has invaded
Honduras by way of Sesuntepre. to
assist Senor Bonilla in his revolution.
Bonilla, after landing arms at Elacei-
tuno, small port in the gulf of Fon-
SEGA, between Amapala island and La
union (Salvador) has occupied the
town of Ostotopec. so miles north of
Saan Salvador. and began his advance
toward San Antonio Del Norte to at.
tack the Honduran departments of
Comayagua and LaPaz, leaving his
Rear guard protected by the forces
which retiring President Ragalado has
placed on the frontier of Salvador and
Honduras. The Nicaraguan foreign
minister who was sent to Salvador to
Induce President Regalado to aid the
revolutionary movement against Pres
fdent Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala,
has been unsuccessful in his mission,
and has returned to Nicaragua with
she Guatemalan wouldbe revolution
lists under General Leon Castillo and
also with 1000 rifles that President
Eelaya had sent for the use of Saliva
dor against Guatemala. The president
of the Honduran congress, DR.. Alvara-
do Manzano. President Sierra's min
lister Of state Alvarado Guerrero, and
numerous members of the Honduras
congress have arrived at Amalpa to
beck refuge from Sierra's alleged per.
eecutions
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
NEW'sY ctGAstsNcS:

Motor omnibus services are proposed
Tor eight towns in New Zealand.
The official valuation of the Philadei-
phia City Hall and grounds Il ga. co.,
900.
The culrass. lance and helmet OF the
French cavalry are soon to be abol-
tshed.
German girls are being strongly ad-
vised in BerllL to seek husbands in
America.
Ecuador intends to have a worlds
fair as soon rs the Guayaquil Railway
Is finished.
1taly's King is paying unusual at
tention at present to American Ambas-
sador Meyer.
The Russian censor is more than or
dinarily busy with the examination Of
books from America.
Andrew Carnegie's offer of $4,000
Tor library has been accepted by
Colorado Springs, Col.
The Ontario Jockey Club has decided
to make Its spring meeting twelve
days, from May % to June @.
General William Booth, commander
in-chlef of the Salvation Army, has in
spected the army posts at Atlanta, Ga.
The Minnesota House has passed a
resolution asking Rear-Admlral Schley
to be the guest of the State at st. Paul.
The Ordnance Department has been
notified that the fire in the Rock Island
arsenal did damage estimated at ST.
765, 900.
Russia win send her Siberian exhib-
Its to the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
through the agency Of the East Chinese
Railroad.
A Home for Consumptive Actors Is
to be established at Manltou, Col, in
Miramont Castle, which was built in
1897 as home for consumptive priests
but never occupied.
Peter Johnson, of Chicago, convicted
If using the mails to defraud former
Sheriff w. *. Burchinell out of S17,-
100. has been sentenced to the peniten-
dary for fifteen months and fined
SlOO0.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
HONOR JOHN WESLEY.
President Talks TO Methodlsts at .
Great Meeting.

President Roosevelt was the prln-
cipal speaker at q meeting In Car
negle hall, New York. In celebration Of
the two hundredth birthday OF John
Wesley. Mr.. Roosevelt said In part:
Since the days OF the Revolution not
only has the Methodist church in
creased greatly In the old communities
OF the 13 original States, but 1t has
played peculiar and prominent part
in the pioneer growth of our country
and has assumed a position of i'm
mense Importance throughout the vast
region west of the Alleghanes which
has been added to our Nation since
the days when the Continental Con-
gress first met. For a century after
the Declaration of Independence the
greatest work Of our people, with the
exception only of the work of self
preservation under Lincoln, was the
work of the pioneers as they took pos
session of this continent. Such men
make the most efficient servants of
the Lord If their abounding vitality
and energy are directed Alright; and If
misdirected their influence is equally
potent against the cause of Christian
ity and true civilization. In the hard
and cruel life of the border. with its
grim struggle against the forbidding
forces of wild nature and wilder men,
there was much to pull the frontiers
man down. But together with the rest
of the pioneers went the pioneer
preachers; and all honor be given to
the Methodists for the great proper
ton of these pioneer preachers whom
they furnished. And now. in celebrat-
ing the wonderful growth of Method
ism, need hardly ask body like this
to remember that the greatness of the
fathers becomes to the children a
shameful thing If they use it only as
an excuse for inaction instead of as
spur to effort for noble aims. These
men drove forward and fought their
way upward to success because their
sense of duty was in their hearts, in
the very marrow of their bones. If we
tire tc succeed as a Nation we must
have the same spirit in us"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
SPuMTERED CARS CATCH ON FIRE
BAD RAILROAD WRECK.
Big Four Trains Collide Near Cleve.
land-Wlth Fatal ResuIts-Mall
Clerks Cremated.

Big Four passenger train No. 25.
which leaves Cleveland at $3.50 p. m,
going west. colllded with freight train
No. AZ, eastbound, near Berea. IA miles
west OF Cleveland. o., while both were
running at full speed. and the engines
were reduced to mass of tangled
scrap iron. The cars were piled one
on top Of another, until the mass of
debris was fully 80 feet high. The
dead: w. II. Blackwell, head mail
clerk, of Cleveland; burned to death
In his car; l.. NJ Walworth. mail clerk.
of Cleveland; burned and bruised;
died from injuries; F. W. Kreismann,
of Cleveland mail clerk burned to
death; 7. w. Smiley. mail clerk, OF
Cleveland. burned to death. Seriously
injured: John Ferguson. engineer of
freight train. taken to Charity hospi-
tai from relief train; William Fish, en-
gineer Of passenger train, taken to
Charity hospital in serious condition;
Joe Coulter, express messenger, pinned
between boxes and express packages.
snow thrown on burning wreck by pas
sengers saved his life; brought to
Cleveland: Two fremen. names un-
known, taken to Charity hospital. To
add to the terror of the injured pas
sengers, the wreckage caught fire and
soon many of the cars were reduced
to smoldering ruins. The dead are all
mail clerks. and II is thought they
were imprisoned in one of the burn
Ing cars and burned to death. The
freight train had been standing on
side track waiting the arrival OF the
passenger train which was due to pass.
After waiting for some time the
freight moved out on the track and
started toward Cleveland. The inter
locking switch and signal system is
used on this line, and 1t is said that
the switch on the side track was turn
ed and the lights were shown to indi-
cate that the west-bound track was
clear. Then II was that the freight
train started on the west-bound track,
the crew believing they had the right
of way. The freight engine had no
headlight. and the passenger crash
ed into II with terrific force. The
passenger train consisted of two mail
cars. one accommodation baggage car.
one day coach, and three sleepers.
The mail car telescoped the engine
and caught fire from the lamps inside
the car. They burned like tinder and
soon the flames were communicated to
the rest Of the wreckage. which was
piled up In q confused mass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
Subsidiary COINAGE.

Mr. Quay made another attempt in
the Senate Wednesday to have a vote
on the Statehood bill, but was met
with an objection from Mr.. Kean. New
Jersey. The Statehood amendments
were withdrawn from the agricultural
and postofiice appropriation bills,
both of which were passed. the latter
with an amendment to pay the tolls
of rural free delivery carriers on toll
roads. The sundry civil appropriation
bill was taken up and the item Of
100000 for ex-Queen Liliuokalani, Of
Hawaii. caused discussion. The mat.
ter was laid over and the Senate adopt
ed amendments appropriating 800, 900
for an international commission to fix
relative values Of gold and silver and
authorizing the Secretary OF the Treas
ury to coin subsidiary silver without
regard to the amount outstanding.
Three hundred and twenty pension
bills were passed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED BY MOB.
STRIKERS RESIST POSSE
Federal and County Authorities Have
Pitched Battle With Miners
In AtkinsvilIe.

One of the bloodlest encounters ever
recorded from the West Virginia
| mountains occurred at Atkinsville, q
small mining village In Raleigh county
II was a battle between Federal and
State authorities on one side and
striking miners employed at the Raj
eigh & Wright coal works on the
other. The exact number of strikers
killed Is not known. but 1t Is estimat
ed as low as seven and as high as IL
Walter Freeman, a negro deputy mar
shall, was also killed In the conflict
The number of miners injured may
exceed 35, of whom Is were sent ON
a special train to the miners hospital
at McKendree as soon as they could be
carried to the railroad station. Seven
dead bodies, chiefly foreigners, and
but few of whose names are known
have been found, but II is believed
that there are others. The known
dead are, Dick Taylor, John Dobson
The mortally wounded are, John Heis-
er, Irwin Lawson. The Federal au
thorities were led by Deputy Marshall
Dan Cunningham. of Charleston. and
the State officers by Sheriff John Cook
of Raleigh county, both of whom are
as brave men as ever served In any
official capacity In the State. For q
long time a strike has been on In
the Piney district. in Raleigh county
and during the late severe weather
the miners were almost starving and
they were destitute of clothing. This
caused them to resort to destruction
of property with hope of forcing the
operators to terms. Coal tipples were
burned and destroyed. and bridge
across Piney river. not far from the
mines. was burned. This caused Judge
Keller, of the Federal court, to issue
blanket injunction restraining the
strikers from Il tlespassing on the prop
erty of the coal companies. Deputy
Marshall Cunningham, with three as
sistants. attempted to serve the writs
of injunction. He was confronted by
200 miners, most all of whom were
armed with Winchesters. During a
demonstration the strikers seized one
of the deputies. Taking him to one
of the cabins. they kept him until af
ter dark and ne was then told to &c
at once under penalty of death. Dep
uty Cunningham secured the aid OF
Sheriff Cook. who decided to proceed
to the mines with posse. Federal
and State authorities marched down
the mountain side to the narrow val
ley. Near The pit mouth the strikers
noticing the approach Of the officers
Immediately opened fire. The strikers
did not remain assembled, but sought
shelter behind trees and rock cliffs and
kept up a continual fire. The battle
lasted more than an hour. there being
but few intervals when shooting was
not going on. After an hours fighting
the miners made the fact known that
they would surrender and the officials
drew nearer the scattered band OF
strikers. which numbered about 80
They were all disarmed and were
marched under guard of about 40 OF
the posse, while the other officers be
gan the search for the wounded, dead
and dying.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
THIRTY MILES OVER SNOW.
Passengers From Blockaded Train
Have Terrible Experience.

Ore OF the two blockaded express
trains reached St. Johns, New Found
land. The other snow bound train was
expected to be released a few hours
later. Twenty OF the latter's passen-
gers left the train and travelled across
80 miles of unbroken snow fields, car
rying food in knapsacks on their shoul-
ders and guiding themselves by the
telegraph poles. They reached an
open section of the line on st. Johns
side of the country and expected to
reach that city in few days.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.

The name of Wayne MacVeagh is
under consideration by the President
as the representative Of the United
States at the arbitration at The Hague
tribunal, of the question of preferential
treatment.
Solicitor General John X Richards,
whose nomination as Judge of the
United States Circuit Court for the
Sixth District was confirmed, will not
assume his new duties before the mid
die of March.
The subcommittee of the House
Committee on Appropriations agreed
to give Secretary Cortelyou 5000, 900
for the expenses of the Department of
Commerce outside of what has already
been provided.
Attorney General Knox has been no.
titled by the new Panama Canal Com
pany that his cablegram, accepting an
,ffer to sell its property for $40, 900 900
will be answered by William Nelson
cromwell, counsel for the company.
President Roosevelt has signed the
lgreement drawn under the terms of
.he Platt amendment providing for the
acquisition by the United States of a
naval station at Guantanamo and q
coaling station at Bahia Honda, both in
Cuba.
United States Minister Leishman at
Constantinople has reported to the
State Department, under date of Feb.
Tuary 4. that Philip Brown. the Second
Secretary Of the United States Lega-
tion there, Is seriously i'll from an
attack of pneumonia.
The President sent a message TO
the Senate calling attention to cable
gram received from Governor Taft of
the Philippines declaring that all par
ties, without exception, are urgently
petitioning for the passage of the
philippine tariff bill
President Castro has suggested to
Mr.. Bowen that it would be advisable
TO refrain from signing the French.
Spanish and Belgian protocols until
these governments signify whether
their representatives in Caracas or in
Washington are to carry on the nego-
tiations.
1t is seml-oflicially announced that
Melville w. Miller of Lafayette. Ind
will be appointed Assistant Attorney
General of the Interior Department to
succeed Willis Van Devanter, who has
been named as Circuit Judge of the
Eighth United States circuit.
Secretary Shaw transmitted to the
Senate letter from Attorney General
Knox recommending an appropriation
of $946.O83 to satisfy the decree of the
Supreme Court In the prize money
case of Admiral Dewey and others on
account OF the sinking Of Spanish yes
cells In the battle Of Manila bay.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Is Helped by MIIder Weather.
Demand for Many Lines Show
Marked Increase.

r. @. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says: Mllder weather not
only accelerated the demand for many
lines of merchandise, but relieved the
pressure for fuel, which threatened to
become a serious matter, and Incl
dentally facilitated efforts to reduce
the freight congestion. With no other
retarding feature than the holiday
business fully maintains its gratifying
position. Increased interest has been
displayed by purchasers of all pro-
ducts OF Iron and steel, giving a de-
cidedly firmer tone to the market,
and in many instances quotations have
advanced. one of the definite changes
being rise of 81 ton In wire prod
ucts. which was not a surprise, and a
new ore schedule averaging over 20
cents ton higher. This makes every
step OF the process more expressive
to the Independent producer. ore, pig
Iron, coke, wages and freights having
reached higher position. To the
leading products, however. the situa-
ton is less disturbing, as most of these
factors are under one control and II
will be possible to hold prices of fin.
ished conservative position. A very
heavy tonnage of pipe has been NOV
ed or old orders and considerable
new business Is reported. Few addi-
tional advances have occurred in quo
tations of cotton goods, the develop
ments OF tho week being chiefly In the
direction of establishing the market on
higher basis than was suggested by
earlier spasmodic advances. Business
in woolens has fallen off unexpectedly,
some early buyers reducing the size
tf their initial orders. while in few
exceptional cases there have been COM
plete cancellations. THIS change of
front is attributed TO the fact that
manufacturers have not held to open
Ing prices. New England shoe shops
have secured moderate advances In
several grades of footwear, chiefly of
fall styles in demand by Western
buyers. Quotations of leather are
fully maintained. Failures this week
numbered 211 in the United States,
| against 215 last year. and % in Cana
da. compared with 80 year ago.
Bradstreets says: Wheat including
-four, exports for the week ending
February 26 aggregate 2,656,S79 BUSH
els. against 2.713,792 bushels last week
and 3,234540 bushels in this week a
year ago and 5.233,313 bushels in 1901.
Wheat exports since July l aggregate
100, ,724,64S bushels. against $50. 166. .099
bushels last season and 134,295,9
bushels In 1900. Corn exports aggre-
gate 2.56S.930 bushels. against 3.739.-
! 457 bushels last week. 312.664 bushels
a year ago and 4,1S5, 400 bushels in
1901. For the fiscal year exports are
3O.73s.5S2 bushels. against 23.118.990
bushels last season and 131.7S0,324
bushels In 1901.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
Circulation OF Books.

II the statments OF book publishers
are true every author is a millionaire.
or soon must be. Yet all are poor.
with the exception of few Kiplings
and Tarkingtons. Literates do not
long for lucre. They thirst for it,
though. At 10 per cent royalty per
copy could point out three authors
whose incomes are $4,000 a year,
based on publishers statements Of cir
culation; yet these celebrities have
to live by spacewriting for newspa-
pers. But fame comes just the same.
whether 100000 copies are published
or 600. The point is to let all the
people know that Toggeau Garczon-
skis ",rhe Immortal Immera" has a
circulation OF 100000. 1t is unnec-
essary to cell so many so long as
everyone believes so many have been
sold. Fame nowadays is measured by
1.-THE extent OF the worlds acquaintance
with what is said about you, not what
you do.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
MARDI GRAS FETE.
Demonstrations for schley, Wheeler
and Miss Roosevelt.

Rex made his triumphal entry into
New Orleans February 22. and the
crews of Protus presented their gor-
geous pageant in the presence of per-
haps the largest multitude of people
ever gathered in the streets of that
city during the Mardi Gras. Weather
conditions were fiawless and the num-
ber of strangers exceeded that of any
previous year. Aside from the hom-
age paid the king. the feature of the
afternoon parade was the popular de-
monstration In honor of Admiral
Schley, General Wheeler and Miss
Alice Roosevelt AT the conclusion
of the parade Admiral Schley, accom-
panied by Mayor De Capdeville and
General Wheeler. and escorted by the
continental guard in the picturesque
costumes of the Revolution to the ar.
mory of the command.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
STRIKERS GROW RioToUs.
Attack Employees and Attempt e
Wreck Power House.

An attempt was made by mob Of
150 men to wreck the power house os
the Indiana Railway company, at
south Bend, Ind, and do injury to the
employees. Seven men were at the
power house when the attack was
made. One, named DIETRICH, was
thrown bodily through window and
seriously injured. J. A. Ovitt and NJ.
l.. Lester were badly bruised by brick
bats. stones and clubs. The attack
was planned for time when 1t was
thought the police could not reach
the scene in force. but detail reach
ed the place in time to effect several
arrests. Among those arrested are two
ex-employes of the company. who went
on strike. Considerable damage was
done to property.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
Decided Aoainst Maccabees.

Attorney-General Carson OF Penn
sylvania has advised Insurance Com
missioner Durham that he is at liberty
to refuse the Knights OF Modern Mac
cabees. Of Michigan. the right OF reg.
istration solely upon the ground Of
the close similarity in name and title
to that of the society already regis
tered in Pennsylvania. The Michigan
organization recently applied for per-
mission to register and do business In
this State
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
Protecting the Trusts.

The Supreme court at Trenton, N.
J., denied the application of of O'Hara,
a stockholder of the National Biscuit
company, to examine the books of the
corporation, which was organized in
New Jersey. The court held that a
mandamus can only be obtained at the
discretion of the court where the rela-
tor shows that the rights he seeks to
enforce are germane to his status as
q stockholder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-04
Wireless Company.

The international Wireless Tele-
graph Company with a capital OF S..
100000 and 81 900 paid in, filed articles
of incorporation at Camden. N. j. The
objects of the corporation are to pur.
chase or acquire the letters patent for
the United States granted to any per.
son or persons covering the discovery
of wireless telegraphy and telephony,
and the invention. improvement, manu-
facture and use of apparatus.