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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
MOB RULES OHIO TOWN
The Governor Calls Out Militia to
Restore Order.
NEGRO MURDERER is LYNcHED.
Enrased Whites Take Further Ven
geancc on colored Denizens by
Firing Buildings.

Richard Dixon, a negro, was shot to
death at Springfield o., by mob for
the alleged fatal shooting of Police
Sergeant Charles Coils. Dixon came
from Cynthiana. Ky. The mob was
composed of 1000 men, but those who
killed Dixon formed number far
smaller than that, probably not more
than 250 most of whom entered the
county jail at II o'clock tonight.
dragged Dixon to the outside of the
building, fired a number of shots into
his body. killing him, and then tied a
rope about his neck and hung him to
a telegraph pole. where the body was
further riddled with bullets.
The mob gained an entrance to the
jail by forcing In the east doors with
a railroad iron.
All attempts of the sheriff and Of
flcers to prevent the action of the
mob were In vain and TO save others
from injury, and death they gave the
prisoner up.
The lynching of the negro Dixon by
n mob seemed to inhame certain
part of the white populace. and be.
fore nightiall there were disquieting
rumors in tho air. Crowds ON the
street corners uttered threats against
the blacks, and almost imperceptbly
plan of assault on the Levee," the
tough negro settlement grew ugly and
seemed to be waiting for the whites
to make the first overt act.
The mob set fire to some buildings
In the levec settlement and excite
ment ran high. At 1890 o'clock the
fire was under control and the mob
had become quiet.
The mayor and sheriff to be pre-
pared, wired. asking Governor Her
rick for six companies of troops.
Governor Hcrrick ordered six National
Guard companies to hurry to Spring
field. The governor also ordered sa-
looms closed.
Two companies from Dayton. one
from Piqua and one from Mlamlsburg
arrived at 1880 a. m. The mob is
quiet and orderly and no further trout
BILE Is feared. The fire was practical
ly under control at / a. m.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
aAFG5LoWERs' RICH HAUL.
Poetoffice Safe Robbed OF $1,000 in
Cash and Valuable Papers.

Safeblowers made a rich haul in the
town Of Chester, w. Va, opposite East
Liverpool o.. gaining entrance to the
post0fiice undetected. The safe, CON
tanning over $1,000 in cash was COM
piete,y shattered with dynamite. Post
master W. G. Johnston made an es-
innate Of the losses and gave them as
follows:
Stamps. S737; money order depart
ment, $9524; POSTAL funds. Si32;
money held for Mrs. Russell William
son, Si9.1S; funds of the Ben IIur
ledge. $25. Added TO these amounts
were POO money order blanks upon
which $4,000 could be realized, It be.
ing possible to convert each blank into
an order TO 500.
The postmaster also lost many val
liable papers, being a justice Of the
peace and having in his possession
numerous legal documents. The door
of the First National bank, Of Chester,
was found open next morning, giving
rise TO the suspicion that an attempt
was made to loot 1t.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
cossACKs COMMIT oUTRAoEs.
dered by Russians in North
ern korea.

The London Daily Telegraph pub
Mshes a dispatch from Tokyo dated
March T. saying:
1T is reported that the Japanese
fleet engaged the Russian Nladivostot
squadron at sea yesterday. The re-
suit Of the engagement is not announc-
ed, but It Is believed that the Russian
ships were destroyed or captured.
News has reached Osaka of an en-
gagement between Russians and Jap
anose a hundred miles from Vladivo-
stok. The Russians fed, abandoning
arms and stores.
a telegram was received at the i'm
perial Korean palace, Seoul, stating
that several hundred Cossacks plum
dered the small North Korean town Of
Kang-Kae. seized ell the grain hay
and provisions they could find and as
saulted and murdered a number of
women. The local Korean soldiery
exchanged shots with the marauders.
then retirea. Several Koreans were
wounded
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
REED SMoOT TRIAL.
Testimony Brought Out by Senate In
vestigatlng Committee.

One of the most interesting and i'm
portant features OF the investigation of
the Senator Reed Smoot case before
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections was brought ont in the
testimony of f.. B. Critchlow, formerly
an assistant United States attorney in
Utah, who told the story of the Moses
Thatcher episode. According to his
version, which was borne out by Off
cial records, Apostle Thatcher persist.
cd in continuing as a candidate for the
United States Senate against the
wishes Of quorum of the apostles and
on that account was held to be mot
In harmony with his quorum"
The history of the campaign he made
against the wishes of his follow Nor
mons. of his defeat and his subsequent
trial before a commission of church
officials, was given In detail, and then
Thatcher's submission to the will of
the church was read and put in the re
cord of the Smoot investigation. This
recantation showed Thatcher totally
broken in spirit and bowing absolutely
to the mandates of the church in that
the consent Of an officers quorum
must be obtained In order that he may
continue In good standing.
The purpose of the testimony was to
show that 1t was necessary, according
TO the rules Of the church, for Reed
Smoot to have obtained the consent of
the church before he could have be-
come a candidate for the Senate.
The committee brought out a va
riety of testimony, of which the most
sensational was given by Francis NJ.
Lyman, president of the Twelve
Apostles of the Mormon Church and
the man chosen to be the successor Of
President Smith. His admissions
were similar to those previously
made by Mr.. Smith pertaining to the
church government. He is more free
of speech than the president of the
church and his testimony. though not
materially differing, caused several of
the apostles present to shake their
heads at the witness for the purpose
Of compelling more discretion in
answering questions.
Charles Il. Merrill, son of Apostle
Merrill was called to the stand He
said he was the son of his fathers
third plural wife and Is himself a
polygamist lie said he was married
first in 1887 to a wife that died in
1889 and that he married his legal
wife" Chloe Hendricks, in 1891, and
had five children by her. He married
another wife in 1888, the ceremony be-
ing performed in the Logan Temple
by NJ. c. Edwardson. He has had four
children by that wife. the oldest of
which is years and the youngest 2k
years. Their mothers name was An
ma b. Stoddard.
Several officials of the Mormon
church testified in the Smoot case be-
fore the Senate committee on Priv.
ileges and Elections that they had
plural wives and had continued to
practice polygamous cohabtation since
the manifesto of 1890. Just before ad-
journment the committee held an ex.
ecutive session for the purpose of hav-
ing read the unprintable testimony in
the Peasdale divorce case.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
NEWS NOTES.

A 2-year-old son of Theodore Wallis
was burned to death at his home, near
Hebron, o.
Mrs. Gustave Stanson, Of Elgin, H.,
shot her husband and son and then
Killed herself.
Twenty bodies have been recovered
from the wreck Of Darlington Hotel
building. in New York.
The cold in Northern Italy Is 50
intense that the Tosa falls. near Simp-
Ion, probably the srandest among
the Alps. are frozen hard.
Foster Dauers, 10 years old, died at
South Fork, Pa, from a rifle shot
wound accidentally inflicted by com.
parton.
over million dollars worth Of prop
orty has been destroyed in the wy.
Cming valley. Eastern Pennsylvania,
and 1000 families rendered homeless.
An unknown coicrod tramp. sleeping
on the coke ovens at ReGstOne, near
Unlontow, Pa, was run over by a
dtnkey car and killed.
A broken hange wrecked a freight
train at Jamiesonville, Pa. on the Bes-
semer and Lake Erie railroads. The
train crew escaped injury.
"Matt" Kramer. Of North Industry
o., nearly died from a dose Of am.
mOnia taken by mistake for a prescrip'
tion left on the same shelf.
Philip Mccormick, 16 years old, OF
East Liverpool, O., was shot twice in
the shoulder, the wounds being inilict-
ed it is alleged, by an Italian boy
during a fight.
II. c. Price a Baltimore and Ohio
railroad engineer. Is dead at his home
in Cumberland, Md, from injuries re,
celved in jumping from an engine
which was running away.
The Grand Trunk railroad share.
holders ratified the agreement with
the Canadian Government for the
construction OF a grand trunk line to
the Pacific.
The Kansas Republican State con
vention nominated the following
ticket: Governor, Edward w. Hoch
Lieutenant Governor, David w. Han
ma; Secretary of State, j. r. Burrows
Auditor, Seth G. Wells; Attorney Gen
eral, c. C. Coleman; Treasurer, Thorn
as 7. Kelly.
Among the sidelights of the Smith
testimony 1t has been developed that
nine Mormon apostles have a total Of
27 wives; that Smith has 21 male chill
dren and an equal number of females
by his five wives; that his net income
Is $75 900 year and the expenses of
his five families are $4,000 annually.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
IRON AND STEEL IMPROVED.
Trade Conditions Generally show I'm
provement-Pig Iron Statistics
ENCOURAGING.

II. O.. Dun & Co.'s "woel,iy Rovlew
OF Trade" says: More seasonable
weather has brought Increased nctiv-
ity In business. norma conditions ex-
isting for the first time this year at
many points, and there is evidence of
an effort to recover lost ground and
prepare for large spring trade. Col
lectiOns are also improving. and struc.
tural operations revive with tnc high
er temperature, stimulating the mar
kets for building materials and In
creasing real estate transfers. There
has been great damage from floods,
although the severe winter had caused
unusual preparation for troubles OF
this nature Manufacturing returns
are favorable as To steel and footwear,
but textile mills are not active, and
further curtailmcnt OF cotton spinning
Is probable. Settlement of several i'm.
portant labor controversies has been
accompanied by new strikes and soft
coal miners have not yet reached an
agreement with the operators Fur
ther delay has occurred as to the iron
ore schedule, upon which another con-
ference Will be held Arril t. Traffic
congestion Is still very bad at some
points. but on the whole the situation
has improved, end railway earnings
for February were only per cent
less than last year. There Is much
encouragement In the pig iron statis.
tics just issued by the Iron Age"
Retailers and jobbers report an i'm.
proved demand for seasonable foot
wear. Cotton mills are again feeling
the disturbing influence of violent in
flation of the raw material and IL Is
stated that much machinery will be-
come idle when present stocks of cot
ton are exhausted. Prices are un-
changed and demand slow at first
hands. Wooden goods are without fea-
ture, but Japan silks are to ~ per
cent higher. Failures this week num-
bered 259 In the United States. against
230 last year. and % In Canada. com
pared with 22 year ago.
Hradstrcccs says: The progress Of
the season has apparently helped the
iron and steel markets. Increased ac.
tivity and flrmcr prices are noted for
the cru1er forms, continuing the large
buying by leading interests last week.
Finished products arc also more active
AMI Increased business Is reported.
Tho i'tuatiOn In iron and steel pine,
wire, wire nails, and structural iron
Is reported strong one a. Pittsburg.
Practl,all the same report comes
from Chicago. where larger sales of
small lots of pig iron rails and rail-
way shop supplies are noted From all
over the country come reports Of spe-
cial activity among agricultural i'm.
plencnt concerns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
Asbestos-Mining. a

Asbestos Is q compound OF silica,
lime, magnesia, and oxide iron. and is
probably the most curious natural pro-
Euct in existence. Being composed
tf fine fibres, it can be spun and woven
fnto CLOTH indestructible by fire. which
renders 1t invaluable in many Of the
arts. Asbestos-mining is carried on
by cutting down the hills of asbestos
bearing serpentine, much as a farmer
cuts down a stack of hay or straw,
or by open quarring on the level. The
rock is blasted out, and the asbestos.
separated from the containing rock. Is
"cobbed"-that is, separated by ham
mering from inferior foreign matter.
This cobbling is comparatively easy
matter in the case of the finer quality.
as It usually separates readily from the
other minerals which the ore con-
tains. but in the lower grades much
difficulty Is experienced in separating
the fibrous matter from the nom
fibrous. At best there is a great waste.
Much of the asbestos is found in thin
and narrow veins and is neglected, as
by the present mode Of operating it
does not pay to separate this from the
serpentine. When "cobbed" the as
bestos is graded according to purity.
color, and length of fibre into three
grades and bagged for shipment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOODS
Dwellings end Stores are Swept
Away Along SuS9uehanna.
ong MILLION DOLLARS LOSS.
Bridges pestroyed---lce Piled 20 Feet
High on Railroad Tracks ard
Traffic Almost stepped.

From all points along the susque.
mamma river reports OF damage by
hcods and Ice gurges are coming in.
Thcrc can as yet be no real estimate
OF damage done. though II is safe to
say that the loss to railroad companies,
mines and other industries in The wy.
ominB valley alone viii reach 81 900 .
OOC. On the west side OF the river at
Kingston, DorrancetOn, West Piustcn
and Wyoming the aftermath shows a
condition OF affairs that has never
been surpassed by any previous Hood.
The Northumberland bridge at sun.
bury was destroyed
1he Pennsylvania railroad put a
force OF 5000 men at work to clear the
tracks of ice from Bainbridge to Fal.
mouth. The road from Columbia to
Port Deposit viii not be open for
several days. From the upper end of
Washington borough 10 Safe Harbor
there are from 10 to SO feet OF ice on
the tracks. and the situation below
Safe Harbor is but little better.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company posted notices at its
colleries suspeuIing operations.
Dr. Paul \. Hartman. representa-.
tive of The state board Of health in
Harrisburg, has been commissioned by
Dr. Benjamin Lee, secretary of the
board. to investigate conditions in the
flooded portions Of Mildletown and to
report promptly 10 the state board.
Precautions will be taken to prevent
an outbreak OF smallpox among the
food sufferers in the lowlands.
Late reports from Cltawissa,
Blcomgburg and Berwick report the
conditions slowly improving. The
Pennsylvania bailroad Company has a
force OF 900 men removing the lee from
the tracks Of it's branch road between
Wolverton and South Danville. Very
little progress was made and traffic
will net be resumed over this branch
for some time.
At Safe Harbcr nine dwellings were
demolished and a number Of others
damaged by the food. The general
stores of John Triple and William
Rowe. with stocks valued at $4,000
each. we're swept away and everything
lost.
The big fourarch stone bridge Of the
Port Deposit Railway ct the mouth Of
the Conestoga creek crumbed before
the ice The large county bridge at the
upper end Of safe Harbor was demol-
ished. as was also the bridge over the
mouth Of Pequea creek.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
Ask 5000 for Hurt Feelings.

Miss Edith Hanna. Of Beaver Falls,
Pa, has brought suit against James
Paw, OF Pitisburg. a widower, to re.
cover damages sustained to her feel
ings by the refusal Of Paw 10 carry
cut an alleged promise Of marriage.
Miss Hanna thinks that as Paw is a
man of moderate means she should
have 5000. Paw Is q street car con-
ductor ana is now in the Beaver Jail.
Paw CON Csses innocence Of any mat
rimonial intentions. He says that he
has three small chillren. which after
his wlfe's death about IS months ago.
were placed in the Protestant Grid.
ren's Home, in Allegheny. wlore Miss
Hanna was q nurse.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
FARMERS HOLD GRAIN.
TePort by Department of Agriculture
for Month Of March.

The March report Of the bureau of
statistics Of the department of agri-
culture shows the amount of wheat in
farmers hands on March / to have
been about l32,600,O0O bushels or eos
per cent OF last years crop, as compar-
cd with 24.5 per cent CT the crop OF
1902 on hand on March /, 1903, and 23.2
per cent Of the crop of 1901 on hand
March l, 1902.
The corn in farmers hands is esti-
mated at about S39 100000 bushels or
S7,4 per cent OF last years crop, against
Al per cont OF the crop of 1902 on
hand en- March /. 1903, against ii. 6
per cent OF the crop of 1902, on hand
on March I, 1903, and 29.2 per cent of
the crop Of 1901 on hand on March /,
1862.
OF oats there are reported to be about
27S700,000 bushels or $40 per cent OF
last years crop still in farmers hands,
as compared with $50 per cent OF the
crop of 1902 on hand on March |. 1908,
and S0.6 per cent Of the crop of 1901 on
hand on March l, 1902.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
SIX KILLED in COLLISION.
Heas.on coIlition on the Alabama
Great Southern.

Six persons killed. three fatally
hurt. two luss seriously injured. and a
limited express train and a freight
train partially destroyed by fire, com.
prise the results of head.on COLI
sion on the Alabama Great Southern
railway near Kewanee, IL miles north
Of Meridian, Miss.
The dead are. Engineer p. II. Lar
kin, of the express train. Birmingham; ;
Robinson Riggs. mail clerk. Chatta-
nooga; y. y. Nicholson, mail clerk,
Chattanooga; Henry Banks, colored,
fireman on express train, Birmlng-
ham; Mail Wclgher Davidson, Chat
tanooga; colored fireman on freight
train. name not given.
The trains involved were the south.
bound limited ON the Queen& Crescent
system. and a northbound Southern
railway freight. both trains using the
same tracks between Meridian and
York. The express train was late
and running go miles an hour. The
wreckagc took fire. the mail car. com
blnation baggage and express car,
smoker and six freight cars being dc.
stroyed. Both engines were totally
wrecked.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
Boston Wool Market.

There is a firm tone in -hc wool
market, with fairly steady demand
in pro9ress. The market tor territory
woods is steady, with old values held.
Pulled wools are quiet but firm. For
eign woods have large call. The lead.
ing quotations follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania, Xxx and above, SIC: X,
30m3lc; No. l, 33c; No. 2, 320 33c;
fine unwashod 2302iiAc; h-blood,
unwashed, 251a@2Gc; 2s-b!ood un-
washed. 2jh @26c; A-blood, unwash-
ed. 251a 026c; fine washed delaine. 80
@36c. Michigan X and above nomin-
al; No. /, 2993Oc; No. 2 2s429c;
fine unwasned, 21422c:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
MANcHuRlAN LINE MlNepa
Japs Intend Destroying Whole Rail.
way. Saws American.

way, says RmSTlcan.
The Russian trans-SIberlan rail.
road from Port Arthur to Lake Baikal
has been honeycombed with mines
for more than year" declared
Charles Klelne. assistant Inspector of
customs az Shanghai, who has arrived
In New York on the Cunard liner
lvernla.
what the brlbing of the Russian
foreman dill not do the Japanese did
through their best engineers. working
as common coolies in the construction
gangs.
"As n result Il would be folly to call
IL railroad. Its rails are so light that
they will not support more than five
cars; its cars are so light that they
will not carry heavy gun; its en-
ginos so light that they will not draw
five cars more than II miles an hour.
The sleepers. logs and sapllngs, un-
seasoned. cut along the line of the
route. untrimmed and Embarked. are
thrown under the 20-foot rails three
tmore often two) to every 20 feet of
rail; and the rails arc barely held to-
gether by single rlvets. without fish
plates.
Not only have the Iisgulsed engi-
neers worked at the wrecking of the
enemys road, but they have formed
espionage corps among the mandarins
and peasantry of Manchuria and
have surrounded the Russians in
Port Arthur. Russia can safely
send troops To Port Arthur. but
the Port Arthur troops cannot
utilize the road to retreat. For as
soon as they embark the line will be
blown mp by the Chinese allies of the
Japanese and the Russians will find
themselves attacked front and rear
without line of communication.
Even If they are allowed to reach
the Baikal lake they will be driven in
to II before assistance can reach
them
Five cars, holding 500 men alto
gether, travelling at the rate of 30
miles an hour. could never escape
from such mobile force as the Jap
anese. Even in the event of the mines
not operating, such trains could be
smashed by shell before they got out
of range.
The mining of the road Is nothing
more than Russia could have expected.
But with colossal stupidity she thought
herself wonderfully clever in pushing
her line. In time Of peace, to her war
camp at Port Arthur.
From the time OF the starting of
that road. the Japanese were alert
awaiting its approach to the danger
line. Then they threw their corps of
engineers. educated at the schools of
Yale. Harvard and Columbia Uniyer-
stiles. into the gangs of laborers and
began to build up her network of es-
rionage and rlan the mines along the
lines. Every military plan of the Rus
slams became known to the japanese.
They were everywhere as servants.
coolies, slaves, humble and obedient.
The coolie frequently was the son of
an honored member of the Mikado's
Council.
ALREADY the effectiveness of the
mining mas been tested at Dalny,
where a bridge was blown up mysterl-
ously.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
Pneumonia breaks Death Record.

All pneumonia and general death
records for a decade, are shown to be
broken by the New York city health
department report for the past week.
Out OF total OF 1900 deaths. 400 are
attributed to pneumonia. For the cor
responding week Of last year there
were only l,479 deaths. and but 300 OF
these due to pneumonia. The total
number of deaths from pneumonia in
the state during January is given at
1,510.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-16
RUSSIAN TACTICS.
Official intlmaton That They VIII
Repeat the Strategy Of 1912.

1t was recently officially intimated
at 81, Petersburg that the Cars mill
tary advisers had recommended re-
course to the strategy of 1S12"-to
fall back before the Japanese army
and lay waste Manchuria. The enemy
being enticcd into the interior. would
finally be overwhelmed by the i'm
monse forces Russia will be able after
a time to bring against them. Thus
the tragedy OF Napoleon's retreat from
Moscow would be re-enacted and
Japan would be prostrated by the loss
Of its best army. Russia. it was sug-
gested, is not prepared at present to
resist the attack OF the enemy at points
accessible from the sea, but must
temporarily retire TO the interior. This
policy involves the abandonment of
Port Arthur and Vladivostok, or rather
the attempt to hold them as isolated
fortresses, the main body of the Rus
sian forces Withdrawing to Harbin,
where the trans-Siberian railway bran
ches--ono branch leading to Port Ar
thur, the other to Vladivostok.