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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-22
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
CAPITAL NOTES.

Secretary Hay has decided that.
Notwithstanding Belgian capitalists
interests in II, the United States will
protect the Canton.Hankow railway,
in China, as an American enterprise.
Agricultural Department figures
give $4,5O0,0OO,0OO as a conservative
estimate of the value of United States
farm products exclusive of those fed
to live stock in 1908.
The Republic of Panama will try to
invest sG,000.0O0 of the $10,0OO,O0O re.
celved from the United States In
mortgages on New York property.
Commander Peary expects to take
with him to Greenland in July a
party of consumptives, who, 1t is
thought, will profit by the Arctic air
treatment.
The First National Bank of Cape
May was closed by order of the con
troller of the currency. The bank
was recently reorgani2ed and the
present officers OF the institution, af'
ter a consultation with Bank EXamin.
er Buck, decided to suspend business.
It Is said that the deposltors will bo
paid in full. Financial difficulties OF
the former president, it is stated,
caused the present trouble.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
NATIVES SLAUGHTERED.
Datto Ali Surprises Philippine viIlsge
and Stays Residents.

A report from Camp Overton. Min.
dahao. dated May 10, states that o
massacre had taken place May l2 near
Malabang, on the southern coast of
Mindanao. Flfty-three Philippine men,
women and children, the families OF
employees of the United states military
government at Malabang. were sur.
prlsed at midnight while asleep by the
Datto Ali and a band of Moros from
the Rio Grande valley and slaughtered.
The chief and his followers escaped.
Governor Wright has cabled the
Secretary of War as follows from
dispatch sent by General Wood: mo
disturbance in Cottoba.o valley. AT.
fair was a fight with a band of outlaws
under Ali, who is as much an enemy
of peaceful Moros as of ours. All
Moros in valley are at work and
friendly, and for first time In the his
tory are taking out ceduas. Have
taken out $500 in last six weeks. Not
the slightest cause for anxiety"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
JAPO- RUSSIAN WAR NEWS
Report Of Terrible Slaughter in
in Attack on Port Arthur.
JAP CRUISERS REPORTED TAKEN.
Russian Warshlps Of vladiyostok Fleet
Blown Up After Running on
the Rocks.

It Is reported that Foreign Minister
Lamsdorff has received n message
from the Russian consul at Chefoo,
saying that the Japanese have made a
land attack on Port Arthur, and that
in doing so they lost $4,000 men killed
or wounded. The Russian loss is
placed at 5000. The ultimate outcome
OF the fighting Is not stated.
The st. Petersburg correspondent
of the Paris Matin says: ut is per-
slstently rumored that the Vladivostok
squadron has captured three cruisers
bought by Japan from Chile"
The report that Rear Admiral Jes-
sen, finding 1t impossible to save the
protected cruiser Bogatyr, which went
ashore recently in a fog on the rocks
off Vladivostok, caused her to be
blown up Is confirmed. The guns of
the Bogatyr we're removed before she
was destroyed. No loss of life attend
ed her destruction.
An investigation made by the au-
thorities into the recent attempts to
destroy some of the vessels of the Bal
lit meet Ut tlOuSldut mas ltSulitu III
the arrest of four japanese spies, who
seem to have escaped detection by
wearing the uniform Of naval cadets,
thus obtaining admission to the navy
yard and across to the ships without
difficulty. 1t is believed that they are
also responsible for the fire started
some time back near the naval maya
zine, and for the opening of the sea
valves Of the Orel. The authorities
here think the Japanese have been
harbored by anarchists.
The ST. Petersburg correspondent of
The London Central News" says that
there was an explosion on board the
battleshlp Orel, at Cronstadt. and that
10 stokers were killed. The vessel,
the correspondent says, was damaged
and it will take weeks to effect re-
pairs. The explosion, according to the
dispatcn, was the result of an accu-
mutation Of Gas in the bunkers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
TEN MINERS MEET DEATH
Fumes from Engine Overcome
Them While in Car.
FOREMAN is AMONG THE DEAD.
Accident First Of Its Kind In the An
thracite Region and Is Unex-
planed.

Ten miners were suffocated by gc7
and sulphur fumes from small To-
comotive In the workings of the Sum
init Branch Coal Company at Will
Jamestown, near Harrisburg, Pa.
The dead are w. NJ. Golden, assist.
ant superintendent; George Raide,
master mechanic; John Kurney, 10.
seph Punch. Enoch Morgan, Albert
Nau, Fred James, Adam Scoppenheim-
er. John Fredench, Samuel Fredench.
The accident was one OF the most
peculiar that ever happened I'm the
anthracite mines, and so far II Is I'M
eXplainable, according to mine ex-
perts.
The tunnel in which the disaster
occurred Is one mile in length. and
Is used by the coal company to con
vey the coal mined in the workings in
the Bear valley to the breaker in
the Williams valley. The men en-
ployed In the mines in the Bear val
ley. who reside in Wiliamstown, have
made a practice for years to ride to
and from their work on the trips of
ears that are hauled between the two
valleys by small locomotives.
About 4 O'Clock In the afternoon
General Inside Foreman Golden and
about 50 miners boarded loaded trip
which was about to be hauled from
Bear valley to Willlamstown.
Everything went all right until
about half the Journey was made.
when some of the men attracted the
attention of the engineer, who at
once stopped, and IL was found that
nearly every man in the party on the
ears had been overcome by the gas
and sulphur which emanated from the
stack OF the locomotive and foated
back over them.
The engineer crowded on all steam
possible and the unconscious men
were hurried to the Williamstown end
Of the tunnel with all the speed pos
slble.
Here help was summoned and the
men were taken to the surface, where
corps of physicians made every eff.
fort to resuscitate them. Aid came
too late for Foreman Golden and the
other victims.
The tunnel has been In constant op-
Grafton for more than 40 years, and
this is the first accident of any kind
that has happened in II. It Is per-
lectly free from mine gdses and the
ventilation is so perfect and the air
current so strong and steady that be-
sides being used for hauling cars tae
tunnel has formed one of the intakes
that furnish air to the mines. No trou-
BILE has ever been experienced before
from gas from the small mine loco
motives and the officials are entirely
Mt sea as to the cause of the tragedy
this evening.
Thlrty-fve Of the remaining men in
the car were also unconscious, but the
physicians managed to revive them
and they are now considered out of
danger.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
FURNACES WILL CLOSE DOWN.
Proposed Reduction Of 20 Per Cent in
United States.

Within the next 80 days the produc.
tion of pig iron will. 1t is stated by
leading dealers In New York, be great
~ Curtniled at the furnaces In all
parts of the United States. The pro
posed reduction. which Is not by
united action, is various estimated at
20 to 40 rer cent Of the present out
put The furnaces TO be most quick
ly affected are those which have been
in operation the longest, as the new
furnaces have more modern machin.
cry and equipment and can turn out
iron at a lower cost than their older
competitors. The production Of pig
lion during 1903 was 100000 tons.
Experts assert that unless there is
great Improvement in the near future
the total for the current year will
not exceed 100000 tons.
1t Is stated that the first curtail-
ment will be made in about three
weeks. one company's furnaces in
the Chicago district, producing about
Geo tons of pig iron q day, will then
be closed down and others are eX.
pected to follow rapidly unless the
demand becomes much heavier than
at present
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
TEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Towboat on the Ohio River Was
Wrecked and Sunk.
CAPTAIN AND PILOT KILLED.
Force Of Explosion Shattered Windows
In the City Of Louisville Four
Miles Away.

The towboat Fred Wilson was torn
to fragments. 10 men were blown to
pieces. and IL others injured by a tre-
mendous explosion of the boats boil.
ers on the Ohio river. OF the injured
one will probably die. The force of
the explosion was so great that 1t
shattered windows and awakened the
occupants of houses in Louisville, four
miles from the scene. The dead are:
Joseph o. Price. captain, BiaddOck,
Pa; Albert II. Miller, pilot Pittsburg;
w. A. Holland, guest of Capt Price,
Braddock, Pa; William Quinn, stew
ard Pittsburg; Hugh HCskins, cook,
Pittsburg; j. C. Johnson, deckhand,
Tyrone, Pa; Patrick white. deckhand,
Pittsburg; Sherman S. Shlblcr, second
engineer. Pittsburg; William Thorn
ton, colored fireman. Mildleport. o.;
Joseph Warren, colored. fireman, Mid.
dleport, o.
The injured: Tobias Letzlcouch,
deckhand. Wellsburg. w. Va; prob.
ably fatal; Carl Cody, cabin boy,
Brockton. o.; blown i25 feet 10 shore,
serious william NJ. Timmons, Pitts
burg; John Miller, Allegheny; William
Miller. Allegheny; Albert e. Stewart,
Middleport, o.: Emma Williamson.
chambermaid. Pittsburg. Nine others
slightly injured.
All the injured except Letzicouch
will recover. only three bodies have
thus far been recovered. The bodies
of the other seven victims are thought
10 be pinned under the wreckage and
may not be recovered for several days.
The Fred Wilson was the property
of the MononEahela River Ccrsolidat.
ed Coal and Coke company, Of Pitts.
burg and at the tine the accident oc.
Cured was arranging her tow near
Riverview park, about GO feet from
shore. No explanation of the cause Of
the accident has been offered. One
theory is that there may have been an
excess Of mud IN the boilers.
There was not the slightest warning
preceding the terrific explosion and
SO great was the pressure and so large
the great boilers that the big steamer
was shattered into small bits, while
the crew was blown into the air, some
falling into the river, others landlns
on the embanlmeEt, while some less
fortunate We're caught in the wreckace
and killed instantly.
The upper works Of the steamer
were torn entirely away, while the
hull was so badly shattered that It
sank TO the bottom instantly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
FIREWORKS EXPLODE.
Three Killed, Two Fatally injured in
New Jersey Factory.

Three persons were killed and 10
others injured, two of them probably
fatally. by an explosion in the factory
of the Independent Fireworks Com.
pany at Camden, N. j.
The dead are: Simon Tlervlncozzi.
is years; Joseph Logoea, 16 years, and
an unidentified man. Fatally injured
are: Michael Scalona, so years, and
Leonardo Pinto, As years.
Robert 4. Weser, of Philadelphia,
president of the company, and Joseph
Scaona, vice president, were arrested
and held in l.500 bail to await the ac.
tion OF the Coroner. Warrants have
been issued for other officers of the
concern. Scalona's father was fatally
injured.
The plant consisted Of a two-story
brick storehouse and four frame sheds.
all of which were wrecked. The eX.
plosion occurred in the mixing depart.
ment, but its cause has yet to be de.
termined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
TWENTY HURT M WRECK.
Passenger Train Crashes Into Freight
Cars at East Liverncol.

Westbound passenger trains 303 on
the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad
IN rounding a curve above the railroad
station In this city this afternoon ran
into a number Of empty freight cars
which a shifting crew had left stand
ing on the main track. Twenty per-
sons were injured, some of them quite
seriously. Those worst hurt are:
Engineer Harrison Headley, East Llv-
erpool, badly bruised and shoulder
hurt: Fireman A. J. Williams, Cleve-
land, crushed and bruised in jumping
from cab; Conductor II. Mckee, Bel
lalre. bruised; Express Messenger
Johnson, Cleveland, bruised, safe over
turning on him; Mrs. ]. A. Cotton, col
ored teacher, North Carolina, head and
shoulders bruised; James Costello,
Cleveland, severe cut over eye; Miss
Minnie Wight, teacher, Harrisburg
Pa, teeth knocked out; Mrs. Dan"
Dutach and child, Pittsburg, severely
bruised Mrs. Isabella Townsend
Tarentum, Pa, head badly cut, teeth
knocked out and hand crushed; John
Newman, head cut; Frank Miller,
Pittsburg, neck sprained and face
cut; W. w. Harlser, pottery manufac-
turer, East Liverpool, bruised.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
Banker Plant a Suicide.

Robert II. Plant, president of the
First National bank, of Macon, Ca,
and owner of the /. C. Plants Sons
bank, both recently placed in the
hands of a receiver, committed suicide,
lie had been i'll for two months, and
the collapse of the two financial in
stitutions occurred last week. The
Plant banking institutions are the old
est in the city. The receiver of the
private bank has reported a deficit of
more than SS44,000. Mr.. Plant, in ad-
dition to being identified with various
manufacturing and commercial enter
prises. was well known throughout the
trotting world and his horses for
years have raced in the Grand circuit
Mr.. Plant had life insurance of more
that 100000. OF which about 100000
was for the benefit of his creditors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
ACTION ON DIVORCE.
Presbyterian Church Takes Action on
Remarriaue OF the Divorced.

BY n vote of 2G2 to pa the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
of the United States wiped out that
part of the report of the special COM
mittee on marriage and divorce, which
advised Presbyterian ministers to re-
fuse to marry any person whose mar
riage is forbidden by the church of
which the person is a member. The
committee had formulated this proyi-
sion to help promote the work of the
inter-church conference on marriage
and divorce, which takes in 13 denom-
inations.
The remainder of the report was
adopted. It enjoins all ministers un-
der the assembly's authority TO refuse
to marry divorced persons save those
who have been divorced on grounds
recognized as Scriptural.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
ccLoMeiANs INDIGNANT.
viii Not Receive Diplomatic Repre-
sentative From This Country.

The Colombian government has not
yet gotten over its indignation be-
cause of the secession of Panama,
nor its anger against the United
States for having so promptly recog-
nized the new republic.
Just before Congress adjourned the
President nominated w. w. Russell,
secretary OF the legation at Panama,
TO be minister of the United States
at Bogota, to succeed Minister Beau
pre-, who left there because Of the
failure of the canal treaty negotia.
tions with Colombia. The Colombian
government, has, however, notified
the United States through A. G. Sny.
der. United States charge d'affaires
at Bogota, that it will not receive Mr..
Russell nor any other diplomatic rep
resentative from this country. Mr..
Russell was about ready to start for
his new post of duty, but. because
of this complication, has been direct
ed to remain in Panama for the pres.
ent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
TIE NATIONAL CAME.


Bob Emslie is in his fifteenth year
as umpire.
Jack Cronin is pitching great bali
for Brooklyn.
This Is 1enney's tenth year with the
Boston Nationals.
Geler is doing splendid work for the
Boston Nationals.
Charley thinner says he likes um.
pirlng even better than ball playing.
Pitcher Jack Pfestcr. late of Pitts
burg, has signed with the Omahs
Club.
Inflclder Gene Demontreville. late
of the st. Louis team, has signed with
Atlanta.
Lajole has the poorest fielding aver.
nge of any OF the second basemen.
Ferris leads.
There are no exhibition games nj.
lowed among the minor league clubs
this season.
Frank Selee says the club that beats
out the New York Giants this season
VIII win the pennant.
Cromley. the Georgetown pitcher.
who shut out Princeton. Yale and Har.
ward, has Joined indianapolis.
Pitcher Bill Kennedy. of last sea-
sons Plttsburg team. has signed with
the Independent Plqua (Ohlo) team.
Rube Waddell is the winning pitcher
OF the American League this season,
and Iron Man McGinnlty leads the
Nationals.
Devlln. the New York National, is
welding the stick with telling effect,
and young Mccormick Is not far be-
hind in this respect
The new rule allowing two coaches
pn the lines has been tried for some
time, and from all accounts has been
well received by players and patrons.
Michael Lynch. the Brown Univer-
sity pitcher who has been sought
after by nearly all the clubs In the
National and American Leagues, hes
signed with Pittsburg.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
SOLD BOGUS STOCKS.
New Jereey Youth Admits Using
Mails to Defraud.

Charles l.. Murphy, a country youth
was committed to Jail at Newark N.
j., in default Of $1,000 bail on a charge
Of swlndllng. When araigned before
United States Commissioner White.
head. Murphy admitted that he had
purchased n mail order list from a
firm that furnishes addresses of per.
sons living in rural districts and that
he had written to many of these per-
sons asking if they did not wish to
purchase stock that would yield "A
profit in interest of 80 per cent" He
remembered selling p. j. Robb, of
Salem, o., the complainant against
him, SIS worth of Lunar Oil stock" ="
This stock, he admitted, existed only
in his imagination. He also sold West
ern Union Telegraph stock and
"Marconi Wireless" stock, his part of
the transaction ending on the receipt
of the money.
When asked to-day where he got the
idea of selling bogus stock, Murphy
said: 81 have read considerable and
| learned about such operations that
way. But | did not expect so many
answers"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
NJ. e. General Conference.

J. II. Day, Chancellor of the Syra-
cuse University was the eighth of the
new bishops elected by the NJ. f.
General Conference. but he declined
the Office. The ballot taken for mis-
sonary bishops resulted in the cleo
tion of DR.. I. b. Scott, of Louisiana
(colored) as missionary bishop to
Africa, and DR., w. F, Oldham and
DR.. X. y. Robinson as additional mis-
sionary bishops in Southern Asia. The
conference finally disposed of the
question as to whether the Methodist
church would return to the rule of
limiting the tenure of pastorshlp, by
adopting resolutions that no change
be made in the rule adopted four years
ago, which provides for an unlimited
tenure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
CURRENT EVENTS.

Torpedo tests will be begun by the
navy next month at Newport and Sag
Harbor.
The strike of plumbers and steam
filters in Detroit was settled and 400
men resumed work.
At Boone, Ia, Curtis Galpin was ia,
tally wounded by an unknown assas'
sin who lay in wait in Galpin's barn.
Two additional deaths have occur
red as a result of the explosion in the
Independent Fireworks Company at
Camden, N. j.. which killed three,
Fred A. Beach, of Chicago, who
confessed having embezzled $4,000,
was sentenced to the penitentlary
Beach also admitted to having a wife
and three children in Chicago and q
wife in Dallas.
According to the latest reports the
Japanese camps are infected with
cholera and there Is an average of 100
deaths daily.
The Ulster county IN. " pool
house, three miles from New Paltz was
totally destroyed by fire. Three In
mates who are missing are supposed
to have been burned. The loss Is
placed at $4,000.
The strike at the Standard Steel Car
works at Butler. Pa. has been settled,
and the plant will be run full turn
again.
Rear Admiral Cooper. commander
in-chief OF the Aslatic squadron. has
requested that he be relieved of that
command and placed on the retired
list in the early fall.
Harry d. Babcock, Jr. member Of
the freshman class of Yale. and a
player on the Yale polo team. died
from the effects of an accidental blow
on the head from a polo mallet In the
hands OF fellow player. w. G. Dever.
| eauxs
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
SURVEYS IN 2s YEARS.
What the United states Geological Blu
reau Has Done.


The United States Geological survey
has Just passed its quartor-century
mark and in celebration Of the event
49,. ., a,,h 20 ,ho
""7 p'ep''o' V"S "p
achievements ny IL during that peiiou
which monograph Is to be distributed
In connection with the Government
exhibit at the st. Louis Exposition.
El1ce the establishment OF the sur
yey complete topographic map has
been made of 929,S50 square miles OF
the area of the United States. In
other words, the survey has finished
the mapping of 20 per cent. of the
area of the country, including Alas
ka. or 81 per cent excluding Alaska.
This great map, of which nearly one
third has been completed, has neces-
sarily been published in the form OF an
atlas. The completed part consists OF
1927 atlas sheets, printed In three
cclors from color-plate engravings.
The topographic maps OF the survey
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
NJ. p. General Conference.

With enthusiastic appsoval the
Methodist Protestant conference re-
ceived the proposition for church
lniop, embracing their denomination,
he Congregationallsts and the United
Brethren, A committee of so was ap-
pointed to take the matter under
immediate consideration that decisive
action may be had before the end OF
The conference. The conference unan-
Imously indorsed the inter-church
movement for uniform laws on mar.
riage and divorce, and authorized a
committee of three to represent the
denomination in this regard. Rev.
DR.. M. T. Jennings. of Pittsburg. was
reelected editor Of the Methodist
Recorder" and Rev. DR.. c. f. Wilbur.
OF Pittsburg. was reelected editor OF
the Sunday school publications OF the
denomination.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01
M. z. Elections.

The result Of the ballot taken by
the Methodist general conference for
editor Of the Epworth Herald" shows
the election of DIR. 8. J. Herbin By an
overwhelming majority. Ballots were
taken for publishing agents Of the
New York and Cincinnati book con-
cerus. For. the iNewe York agency
Homer Eaton. and. @. p. Mains were
the only candidates voted for. H. c.
Jennings. and q, Il. Graham we're
elected pnhlishing agents Of the, Gin
emmett branch. -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-01

TOWN ALMOST WIPED OUT.
Two Hundred Buildings Destroyed
With Less of Si,co1,ooo.

TWO Hundred Buildings Destroyed
With Less of Sf,oo5,ooo.
Fire destroyed every business house
Of any Importance, together with a
large number Of private residences,
the principal hotel and the passenger
depot in Yssoo City, Miss, a town of
5000 people. The fire started in the
morning and burned until O'Clock in
the afternoon, destroying a total OF
200 houses. The burned district is
three blocks wide and ~ blocks long.
The estimates Of the loss are between
$1,000, 00O and s2,000,000. In the after
noon the fire jumped bayou and
spread to Latonia, residence suburb,
where II destroyed some OF the finest
homes. About 60 families there are
homeless tonight.
man named Chambliss was killed
by falling walls, and Mayor Holmes
was badly hurt. The residence of Con-
gressmar John Sharp Williams is re-
ported to have been destroyed