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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
SEEKS WAR WITH CHINA,
Russian Ministers Urging Car TO
Open Hostilities.

Tho car Is being strongly urged By
his ministers to declare war against
China.
The Russian ambassador to Peliing
says that as the Chinese are fisaf-
fccted toward Russia. their race ha-
tired should be brought clearly into
light and made TO take the form of
open hostility, which would warrant
Russia in carrying out her policy in
the far east much more effectively
than ever before. He AYERS that Rus
sia has everything to gain by open
war with China, and much to lose b.
her involuntary neutrality.
That being so, Il Is taken for grant.
cd In political circles here, as well es
In military spheres, that NJ. Lossar
will compel China TO show her hand
to some purpose, and that In the very
near future war viii be declared be.
tween the two countries. Hence the
repeated protests made by the Rus.
sian minister at Picking against tho
dispatch of Chinese troops beyond the
great wall and his threat that uniasa
they are speedily withdrawn China
will be treated as n belllcoront.
No confirmation has reached Lon
don Of the various rumors, most Of
which came Ivy way of Paris, Of land
fighting, landings hy japanese on The
Lioo-Tung peninsula, the capture of
japanese transports hy Russians, etc.
Dispatches from various points
agree that the Russians have com
pletely evacuated Korea, but beyond
this there is little reliable news.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
River and +larbor Bill.

The river and harbor bill passed the
house without amendment. 1t appro-
PIRATES s3,O00.O00 to be placed at the
disposal OF the secretary Of war to be
used for emergency purposes to carry
on the work that would deteriorate II
there was a stop, and in no instance
Is any one project to have more than
$4,000. Several attempts were made
to amend the bill by specifying Ger.
tain projects for appropriations, but
they were all ruled out on points OF
order.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
JAPs CLAIM CREDIT.
Claim That Mines were Laid During
Demonstrations.

JClaim That mines were Lald DuHhG
Demonstrations.
The st. Ptorsburg correspondent Of
the Echo De Paris" sends the follow
ing: ~ learn that firm opinion p.e-
walls in naval circles, based on telo-
grams from the surviving officers, that
the loss Of the PotropavlOvsk and the
injuries to the Pob.Gda were caused
by the japanese and by submarine
vessels. Hitherto Il has rot been t7-
lieved thGt the japanese had any sub
marine boats, but II is nov admitted
that such boats might have been re-
ceiyed with the cruisers bought from
Argentine and tTCught Cut from Gonca
by Biitish crews. Vt Is difficult to yer-
ify this, but the admiralty IS OF the
opinion that the cruisers brought out
two submarine vessels
Rumors are current in St. pct2rs-
burg that Vice Admiral Togo cent in
n number Of steamers on the night Of
March 81 and succeeded In sinking
several of them ana IN hloCkGd'ng the
channel Of Port Arthur. The rumc.s
cannot be confirmed at this hour.
The date referred to. by the cores
pondent in the above dispatch, March
81, is probably according to the old
style calendar, by which the event
would have taken place on April IS,
according to the new style calendar.
The London Daily Mails Che Foo
correspondent declares that advices
from both Russian and japanese
sources indicate that the battieship
Petropayloysk was torpedoed, By n
pretense of an attack on the harbor by
the enemy Admiral Makaroff says the
correspondent was ent.ced outside for
the Japanese torpedo boats, which
crept behind him and awaited ais re.
turn and dealt the blow as he was
nearing the harbor on the return.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Manassa Gets Camn.

Major General Henry C. Corbln,
commanding the division OF the At
lantic, sent invitations to the COVER.
nors of all the eastern states and OF
Texas to take part in the joint field
exercises of the regular army and OF
the organized militia within the de-
partment to be held near Manassas
Va, beginning September 5. There
will be 10000 men from the organized
militia at Manassas, and an equal
number from the regular army.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Fifty Japaneee Killed.

Gen. Kuropatllin, in dispatch to
the Emperor says that Gen. Krasna-
linski on the night of April s, ordered
detachment of sharpshooters to
cross to the left bank of the Yalu
river, opposite Win. The sharpshoot-
ers landed on the island OF Samallnd
and surprised partol of so Japanese
scouts Just as the latter were ap-
preaching the east side of the island
in three boats. The Russians allowed
the Japanese to land and then fired
on them. Nearly all the Japanese
were shot, bayoneted or drowned and
their boats sunk. The Russians sus'
tanned no losses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
FORTUNE IN A POT.
Legacy Of Old Merchant Found Buried
in Cellar.

Two orphan girls in Canton Berne,
Switzerland. will receive $2,7OO as a
result Of the honesty of wesley Zaugg,
Of Wooster, o. Abraham Furi an old
merchant who died q few days ago,
directed in r,s will that after a num-
Der of bequests were paid the balance
of the property should go to his nieces,
in Switzerland. Only a few hundred
dollars were found.
When Zaugg opened the envelope
which held the will a small piece of
paper dropped out. The writing was
in German and told where pot of
gold was buried in the cellar Of Furi's
residence. Zaugg went TO the cellar
and dug up pot containing the sum
in gold coins. The pieces all bore
dates Ug TO 1851.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
HOME WRECKED.
Natural Gas Explosion lmperiled sew
eraI Lives.

Two people were burned, one prob
ably fatally, and the lives of several
other persons. including a small boy
suffering with scarlet fever. were i'm
perlled by an explosion of natural gas
which almost demolished the two
story and attic brick dwelling at IS
Magee street, Plttsburg.
The explosion occurred when Benny
Drob lighted a match in room on
the first floor. in which he had been
repairing gas fixtures. The concus-
sion blew out the front walls in the
second and third stories and the fur
niture was smashed and blown into
the street. The rear wall on the third
floor and the furniture in the room
were blown into the yard back Of the
house. Mrs. Adler and her son Philip
were thrown violently to the floor by
the explosion. but escaped unhurt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Siam wants Railwav Material,

Hamilton King, United States Minis
ter to Siam, Is forwarding to the State
Department tenders and specifications
for rolling stock for Siamese state
railways covering an order for 81 cars
and many brakes and wheels. 1t is
expected this order will be followed
soon by large one for locomotives
and iron bridges. 1t is due to the
efforts Of the American Minister that
the principle OF open bids has been
established in SIAM.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
CROP REPORT.
Condition of Winter Wheat Falls Far
Below Last Year.

The monthly report of the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of agriculture will show the av-
erage condition of winter wheat on
April to have been 7G.5, against 97.3
on April /, 1903, 1871 at the CORES
ponding date in 1902, and Si1, the
mean Of the April averages of the
last 10 years. Tho following shows
the averages of condition on April
/, the corresponding averages one and
two years ago, and the mean of the
corresponding averages Of the last
10 years; Ohio, GG, 81, n rs, Penn
sylyania, a. 100, 50, 81.
The average condition of winter
rye on April was S2.3, against 97.9
on April /, 1903, S54 at the cor
responding date in 1902, and S91, the
mean of the April averages of the
last 10 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Split in New jersey.

At Trcnten, N. J., a practically har-
monious State Democratic convention
of more than 1,2C0 delegates which
selected an uninstructed delegation to
the National convention was followed
by a boiling convention of the sup
porters OF William Randolph Hearst
for President. The boilers numbered
about 100 men who claimed they had
besn Illegally deprived of seats in the
regular convention.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
WOULD HANG eX-eoV. TAYLOR.
Gov. Davis, Of Arkansas, Refuses tc
Ask Pardon for Powers.

Gov. jefferson Davis, of Arkansas,
has refused the request of the com
mittee of Chicago clcrgymen who ask
ed him and other Governors to use in
fuonce with Governor Becl;ham, Of
Kentucky, to obtain a new tlial for
Caleb Powers.
Powers was twice convicted Of COM
pllcity in the assGssina '1n OF Coy
emor Gocbol. Although the second
trial resulted the same as the first, the
clergymen contend that Powers had
not had a fair trial and that his con
victiun was due to political feeling.
Governor Davis told the clergymen
that not only Powers, but eX-Gov.
w. S. Taylor should he hanged. Tay-
lor fed to Indiana 10 escape trial aud
that State has refused to eXtralitc
him to Kentucky.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
TELEGRAPHlc RREVlTlEs.

In Fairmont, w. Va. the police have
found that children started fires that
alarmed the city.
Minister Powell, at sSanto Domingo,
notified the Government there that he
expected a settlement May of the
money due on account of the claims
of Americans.
The Spanish court will go into
mourning year for the late ex-Queen
Isabella.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
CLEARED OF CHARGES.
Congressional Committee Declares
Dietrich 70 Be Not Guilty.


United States Senator Dietrich. Of
Nebraska, las been declared by a
special committee of Congress to be
not guilty of any violation of the
statutes of the United states or any
corrupt or unworthy conduct relating
either 90 tho appointment of Jacob
Fisher rs postmaster at Hastings,
Mob. cr the leasing of the building in
jhat city to the United states for a
pCsoGCo,
The committee which investigated
the charges against Senator Dietrich
was composed Of Senators Hoar, Platt,
Of CoGnocs'Cut. SUuone,, C0chrell and
Po'tus Three members Of the com
m!ytee are Republicans and two Demo
Gratis The report is unanimous. The
!, port reviews the testimony and the
cCnciurion IS reached that the charges
Cauro. be sustained.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
New York Bank Fails.

The Federal bank, state institu-
ton of New York City, was closed and
officials of the state banking depart
ment are in charge. David Roths-
child was president of the institution
until a few weeks ago, when he re-
signed after a fire of criticism from
the newspapers. The banks capital
Is S250,OO0. According TO a recent
statement, it owes its depositors $780,
600.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
cIarksburq Rank to Reopen.

The Comptroller of the Currency au.
thorized the Traders National bank of
Clalksburg, w. Va, to reopen for
business. This bank suspended Feb
ruary 2, 1904. The board of directors
has been reorganlzed and increased
and the stockholders have authorized
an increase in the capital OF the
bank to 100000, which increase has
been paid in full. The comptroller
states that the bank is now in a per
fectly solvent condition.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
WANTS BRYAN REMOVED.
Mrs. Bennett Says He Is Using Estate
for Expenses.

Counsel for MIS-. Grace Imogene
Bennett appeared before Probate
Judge Cleveland at New Haven with
petition that William Jennings
Bryan be removed as the executor of
the estate of the late Philo s. Bennett,
the chief allegation being that he is
dissipating the funds of the estate in
his legal actions in attempting to Sc
cure the probating of the sealed let
ter" as a part of the will.
The "sealed letter" gives Mr.. Bryan
$4,000. The court will set a date for
q hearing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

In revenge for an alleged betrayal
George Duncan, a prisoner, stabbeo
and probably fatally wounded Bur
glar Jim" Anderson, another prisoner
at the Ohio penltentlary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Great Painter Perlshei.

The admiralty has received official
information that Vassili Verestchagin,
the celebrated painter of battle scenes,
was among those lost by the sinking
Of the Petropavlovsk
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

The poulatlon OF the United States
has for forty years been about twelve
times that of Canada; the number Of
divorces in the United States in that
times has been 10000 times the num-
Der of Canada.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

A barn and two sheds of John High.
baugh, near Morgantown, W. Va, were
destroyed by fire, causing loss Of
about $4,000, with no insurance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20
Hogs.

Sunfowers make good fuel. The
stalks when dry are as hard as maple
wood and make coed fire, and the
seedheads, with the seeds in. are said
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

The Church o. England enjoys an
income OF about one million dollars q
week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-04-20

George Martin Goss, SO years old,
committed suicide at Cumberland, Md,
by cutting his throat.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
G-MECHANICAL.

RI. ANDREWS, Superintendent.
See Rules and Regulations Nos. 4, 3D.,
and 35, Examination, Fri
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
THE PREMIUM LIST
Additional Items not
Week S

More premiums offered by the
West Tennessee Fair Association
to be awarded at the meeting to be
held in Union City October 19, 20,
q and %:
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26

Displays.
500 Best display of poultry not
less than eight varieties. 3
301 Best display of pigeons, not
less than FIVE varieties. 2
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
DOMESTIC ARTS,

Miss Sallie Wade, Superintendent.
Examination Thursday at 10 a. m.
No entrance fee.
See Rules and Regulations No. 81
Articles for this department must have
oeen made within the years 10000.
Patchwork.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
M.-MISCELLANEoUs
"Teethina" as its name implies,
Is used by every mother wise,

u
To stay convulslons that come on
When teething time begins to dawn.
For nausea, vomiting and the weak,
irritable stomach Of children; Moth
ing equals DIR. Moffatt's "Teethina"
(Teething Powders) 1t aids diges-
tion and regulates the bowels.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26

Mrs. NJ. l. Brown, Superintendent.
Examination Thursday at 10 a. N.
No entrance fee. Must have beer
grown in ObiOn county.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
I-CULINARY PREPARATIONS.

Mho. JUTiN = DONNELL1, ouPI'
Examination Thursday at 9:3o m
All fruit must be open for inspection.
No entry fee in this class.
All articles exhibited in this depart
ment must have been prepared for actu-
al use by the exhibitor within the year
1904.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
F-PoULTRY.

Examination, Thursday at 10 a. M.
See Rules and regulations Nos. 80
and 50.
Premiums will be paid on cock,
cockerel, hen and pullet of each breed,
fowls showing singly instead of in
pairs, as heretofore.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-08-26
Fruits.

Ten per cent. entrance fee. Must
have been grown in Obion county.
Apples-Winter Varieties.
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
WOODBUR<.
THE HOTCHKIssvILLE NEWS.

HE 1AAG INh"os
 Mrs Hubbard A. Hotchkiss is spend ing the week with relatives in Bridge port.
 Mrs Dollie Knox has brought her little granddaughter. Maud NOrthrOp, from Waterbury to live with her.
 George s. Allen purposes raising about 50 varieties of dahlias, this year.
 Frank P. Thomas is in poor health.
 James O'Brien of Providence, R. l., is visitor at Alfred Murphy's.
 Mrs. Bernard Tanning and family have been under the doctors care with throat trouble.
 Henry Gilbert and family occupy the tenement of Horace Warner. MT Gil- bert is an employee of the Electric Light Go.
 The local justice court, criminal term, was in session in the Town hall, last Tuesday. It was case of Lester vS. Taylor. Taylor's garden was be- ing damaged by Lester's chickens and it was alleged that while Mrs Lester was trying to persuade her hens to re. turn to their own scratching ground Taylor, more forcibly than gently, re- moved her from the premises The court listened to the evidence and i'm posed fine of $3 and costs on Taylor Frank Axelby of Lakeville has beer visiting at Thomas Greens.
 George F. Morris was quite indis posed with sore throat, last week.
 MT ThOmpkins has been quite i'll
 Mrs Waldron is quite poorly, having had another hemorrhage or two. On Monday forenoon, George We'll had an operation for appendicitis per ? formed. Doctors were present iron New Haven and trained nurse al
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
BETHLEHEM.
WHITE CLOVER CREAMERY.

hiIE CLOf ER ChEAMER4.
 Cream was brought in to the Cream cry, last week Wednesday, for the iTst time. A. O. Mitchell is in charge Qftbe business and is assisted by Har- fyjsRa Johnson. The prospects for the success of the enterprise are the best. The Building is first class in every re- speet+and the most modern machinery hasSbeen procured. The cream is re- cefTed,' weighed and sampled. Then it is sterilized and thoroughly cooled by passing over an aeratOr of the most approved make. The products will be marketed as cream or butter as the market demands. With section of the best dairy land within easy reach of the creamery we had ought to make a good quality of products.
 Mrs c. Bloss spent last Saturday wis. iting friends in Waterbury.
 Mrs F. w. Randall of Brooklyn has been visiting friends in town. Jonathan WOoten had one of his pairs of horses killed by lightning, last week Thursday.
 The case of Lauren Stillson vs. Da vid Hurlbut Of Washington was triet before Justice James w. Flynn, las Saturday.
 Daniel J. Sullivan, sporting edito of the Waterbury American, and Mir John Sullivan and daughter of Water bury, have returned home after a tw weeks stay at Breezy Crest farm.
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
VILLAGE CHURCH JOTTINqs.

VILLAGE CHURCH JOTTINGS.
 Rev A. H. Post again reached here, last Saturday, and from his pulpit, on Sunday morning, he delivered a ser mon on "Sincere Gratitude"
 F. $. Power and family intend, this week, to be again located at Loomar wick Inn for the summer.
 Mrs Barnes, having passed the lat ter part of the winter in Hartford, has again returned to this village and opened her cottage for another sum- mer'S SOjOurn with us.
 Willie Wilson ot Merryall has been engaged by E. J. HOSfOrd, postmaster, to assist in the pOstoffice, here. and commenced his duties therein on Thursday of last week.
 Mrs A. B. Corning passed most of last week and over last Sunday wi tn relatives in New Haven. Devaux & Taylor commenced paint ing the church, last week, and it is as. suming a much winter appearance When the spire, 80 feet high, receives two coats of Breinig's silicate paint we believe it will appear much more years past.
 Major Walter and Dea D. Burnham Rev Henry Upson and Miner A Strong attended the celebration anc parade of the G. A. R., at Hartford | last week.
 Ezra Douglass comes out, this week with buggy which does credit to hin as carriage painter and varnisher. Editor A. P. Smith of THE BEE wa entertained at dinner, Saturday, b, Postmaster K. J. Hosford.
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
BRIDGEWATER.

DWIGHT WHEELER IMPROVING FROM HIS INJURY.
 Late news from Dwight Wheeler re-
 ports him improving, hoping soon to
 be around again. MT Wheeler was in- | jured on the train just out of Savan- l nah, on his journey home from Flor1- da, where be spent the winter. Mrs Frank Prince and daughter,
 Maud, of Pittsfeld, Mass, is the guest of her parents, MT and Mrs Albert Brague. Charles Bayette, ST., is out with a | new business wagon, purchased Of New Milford parties, which he will use on his cream route in Roxbury. MT and Mrs Hubert Thomas and Mrs Martha Minor of New Milford were
 the guests of Dr and Mrs Daniel Church on Sunday. Miss Edith McEslin spent Thursday in New Haven. Samuel Hurlburt of New Haven was in town on Sunday.
 A. B. Lewis of Worthwhile spent a few days in town, this week, the guest of MT and Mrs Charles Bayette, ST. Willis Frost is out with a fine new l runabOut wagon, purchased of New
 Milford parties. A Polish family from out of town
 moved, this week, into the residence of
 Mrs Eli Roberts. Miss Flora Snedeker of New Milford
 was the guest of friends in town on Sunday.
 Miss Sadie Taylor has a new piano,
 purchased of A. L. Donkey of New Mill ford. B. A. Treat of South Britain was in
 town, on Tuesday, delivering wall pa per.
 William W. Welton spent Tuesday in Litchfeld.
 Mrs Eva Goodsell of Woodbury has returned to A. H. Gillett's. Mrs Charles Bayette, ST., is spend ing few days with her daughter, Mrs Howard Peck, at Long Hill. Sherman Garfield and Raymond B. Osborn were the guests of MT and Mrs
 Burton Garfield on Sunday. Dr Wilcox and MT Adams from Mt Vernon were recent guests at Shady side. Mrs Jane Bayette is with her daugh- ter, Mrs Howard Peck, in Long Hill. Mrs Dora Sanford and daughter, | Miss Mabelle, are in New Haven for few days.
 St Marks church is being newly car
 peted. B. N. Treat from South Britain was
 the guest of Mrs H. M. Jessup, one l day last week. Mrs James Orr has entertained a cousin from Pennsylvania. Miss Gertrude TrOwbridge spent Sunday in Roxbury. w. W. Melton drives new horse.
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27

Gertrude Trowbridge of Bridgewa- ter spent Sunday with her cousin, Ma bel Thomas.
 Noble Thomas of Derby visited rela- tives in town, last week.
 Frank Benham, the noted horse dealer of Waterbury, spent Sunday with relatives on Botsford Hill.
 William Spargo is quite poorly with dropsy.
 Mrs Ruth Tyrrell is very i'll with pneumonia.
 Mrs G. N. Hurlburt has visited her son in Baltimore, the past two weeks.
 Mrs Sarah Hodge Ihas opened her house for the summer.
 Mrs Stephens spent last Saturday with her sister in New Haven.
 Miss Sarah Beardsley entertained the Sunshine club at her home, last Saturday afternoon. Mrs FitZSimmOnS will move into the Lewis place, recently bought by Mrs Gibbs, about the first of June. Burt Futile has bought the Lewis place on the road to the Station, oc- cupied by Frank Winters. Ira M. Booth exchanged on Satur- day of last week with Charles Sackett of Waterbury, seven horses for num- Der of new wagons, harnesses and | DldukeUS, Uflc ucdl UcluS dUOuU d pl ,OoO one, MT Booth delivering the horses at Woodbury on Monday, May 23, at p. m.
 Road agent Warner has secured the services of Selectman Dickinson to su- pervise the road making where MI Warner has not contracted them out and has William Hawes with team al so working with MT Dickinson, which secures to the town good roads wher
 ever they go. George E.IBarnes:is. having his build ingsI painted. Frederick is the ar l tist, and right good one, too. II Dr l.. J. Pons is out this spring witt
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
Brookfeld, Ct

erman, took a few moments to himself from his labor and with his rod visit
 ed the trout stream near his home and his reward was string of fine speckled beauties, ten in number and
 of good size, some coming up to nearly one pound in weight. He is easily the
 No, l this year around here for amount
 and size. Some have had more but of less proportion. It is one of the
 poorest trout seasons here in some
 time.
 Miss Emma Beers visited her broth CT living in Bristol, the past week. Owing to his illhealth caused by over exertion as foreman for Miss Emma
 Beers, Daniel Watson is taking a va
 cation for a few days. Accompanied
 by his wife they are driving his road horse through the northern tier of towns of Litchfield County. He will on his return commence his hoeing,
 as he has corn and potatoes already up. He is hustler.