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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
NOT ONE VESSEL AFLOAT
Port Arthur Is In Ruins and Few
Soldiers Patrol the Streets
JAPs SHELL TOWN AND HAR6oR.
The Only Battieship Remaining was
Driven Out and Attacked by
Torpedo Flotiila.

Every part of the city and harbor
of Port Arthur is visible from 203
Meter hill. The streets Of the city
are deserted, aud but few soldiers are
doing patrol duty. Many buildings
have been burned and others shatter-
ed. The shelters of the harbor pres
ent strange appearance with the
turrets, masts and tunnels OF war
ships showing just above the water.
There Is not vessel afloat In the har-
Dor. The docks and buildings on the
water front are torn and burned.
The Japanese shells reach every
part of the city and harbor.
The Russian battleship Sevastopol
the only Russian warship that escap-
ed destruction being docked when the
other vessels were sunk after the Jap
anese captured 203 Meter Hill, escap-
ed from the dock and harbor last
night and is now anchored under a
protecting mountain. Some torpedo
craft are also outside of the harbor.
The report of Vice Admiral Togo Is
as follows:
Commander Kasama, commanding
the torpedo flotilla, on Monday night
at midnight attacked the Russian
battleship Sewastopol. lying outside
Port Arthur. The result Of this at
tack has not been ascertained. Sub
sequently two torpedo boats under
Commander Masado attempted sew
eral attacks. facing the enemy's Wig
orous fire. The shock of the explos-
ions of torpedoes was felt, but the
next day the Sevastopol remained In
the same position. None of our ves-
sells was damaged. On Tuesday at
$3.50 o'clock in the morning another
torpedo flotilla, under Commander
Arakawa, attacked the Sevastopol,
but the result of this attack was not
learned. In this attack shell from
the enemy struck the funnel Of one
of our torpedo boats and another
struck the engine room, disabling the
vessel and she lost her freedom of
motion and was towed away by her
comrades. There were no casualties.
The commander of the naval guns
overlooking Port Arthur. reporting
at 10 o'clock Tuesday night, says:
"To-day's bombardment was princi.
pally directed against the arsenal and
torpedo storehouse at Tigers Tail
peninsula and the vessels anchored
In that vicinity. The storehouse was
set on fire and burned In about an
hour. About six shells struck the
ships and three vessels used for vari
Gus purposes were destroyed. One
took fire and sank The lombard
ment of buildings caused serious dam
age. The result of the indirect bonn
bardment of the Sevastopol has not
been ascertained, owing to the incle'
ment weather"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
BRIDGE FELL KILLING THREE
People and Teams Thrown into
the Icy River.
FOUR PERSONS BADLY HURT.
The Acci dent Resulted From the Slip
ping OF Cables From Their
Moorlnes.

Three persons were killed and four
Others seriously injured by the col
lapse of the suspension bridge across
the Elk river, which connects east
and west Charleston, w. Va.
The dead: Mamie Higginbotham,
aged IL; Annie Humphreys, aged II;
Ollie Gibbs, aged 10. The injured.
Zella Smith, aged II, compound frac-
ture of elbow; William Holmes, ne
gro, driver, cut and bruised; Henry
Fielder, driver. serious internal in
juries; Elma Tucker, aged 1S, both
arms and leg broken.
On the bridge when 1t went down
were six children on their way to
school, and a number of other pedes-
trians, together with six teams. The
noise of the crash was heard through
out the city. The bridge went down
without warning, but q number of
those who were near the ends of the
structure managed to reach land be-
fore it collapsed. Those who went
down with the wreckage fell a dis
tance of 40 feet into the ice-covered
water of the river. The steamer
Baxter broke the ice to allow small
boats to reach the scene and the res
cue work began Immediately. The
injured were first assisted to the
shore. and later a search was made Of
the river for dead bodies. The bodies
of Mamie Higginbotham and Annie
Humphries were taken out and the
search continued until nightfan, but
no others were found. A girl named
Lillian Calender saved herself by
hanging to a cable. ollie Gibbs died
tonight of injuries received.
The bridge was a single span 500
feet in length, and was built in 1852. It
had been known to be unsafe some
time, and heavy traffic was not allow
ed on 1t.
During the Civil War one cable of
the bridge was cut by General Wise
when he evacuated Charleston, the
bridge at the same time being par
TALLY burned. The same cable was
afterward spliced and has been in use
ever since
The accident was caused by two ca
bles on the north side slipping from
their moorings. When that side
dropped another cable snapped, and
the floor tilted and turned completely
over
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
ss,ooo,ooo FIRE.
Several Large Buildings In MInneapo-
lie Destroyed.


Fire which broke out in the photo
graphic supply house of the o. II.
Peck Company, at Fifth street and
First avenue, Minneapolis, at 10:30
o'clock at night, spread to adjoining
buildings and caused loss roughly
estimated at s3,000,000. The Peck
building was entirely gutted, while
the six-story furniture house Of Bou.
tell Bros, one of the largest establish
ments of It's kind in the northwest,
was ruined and number of smaller
buildings were destroyed.
The Powers Mercantile Company
an immense department store, just
across First avenue south, caught
fire, but heroic efforts on the part of
the Minneapolis and st. Paul fire de.
partments saved the building, al.
though immense damage was done to
the stock by water. For a time the
best part of the retail district of the
city was threatened, and the flremen
seemed powerless to stay the progress
of the flames, which were driven by a
high wind from the north. BY allow.
ing the buildings already on fire to
burn themselves out, and confining
their efforts to adjacent buildings
however, the firemen had the flames
well under control at 2 o'clock this
morning.
One man was reported killed by com
ing In contact with live electric wire
and two firemen are also believed to
have been killed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
STEADY GAIN IN TRADE.
Less Idle Machinery, Material for Tun.
mel and Canal Construction Be-
inq In Demand.

r. G.. Dun & Co., say: Manufactur-
ing activity increases, testifying to
the general confidence in heavy de-
mand next year, and trading branches
report seasonable conditions.
Holiday goods sell more freely than
staples, but all classes of merchandise
are going into larger consumption,
while II is the exception when there
is complaint regarding mercantile col
lectfons. Iron and steel plants are
gaining steadily, footwear forward
ings are running close to the large
figures of last year, and irregular raw
material supply is the only serious
element of uncertainty In the textile
industries.
Farm staples are returning large
profits to producers and foreign trade
returns for November showed very
small loss in exports, considering the
abnormal figures last year. For the
last week at the port of New York
imports were $2.577.36S larger than
in 1908, but exports declined S2,632,-
500. Far from meeting with the set
back that many traders anticipated.
the iron and steel industry has gone
steadily forward.
mere Is no tNlue0Ce Oh lnIlullOn III
the present situation, fuel shortage
increasing the cost of production,
while orders covering all the product
of some furnaces for the first quarter
of next year testify to the faith of
consumers. This forward business is
the best feature of the market. Rail-
ways are beginning to anticipate
their needs during the early months
of next year, which is one of the fun
damental features of strength in the
present situation. Cars. locomotives,
rails and structural materia! for brid-
ges are among the active divisions,
while machinery and tools are stimu-
lated by orders for big tunnel and
canal construction in addition to Jap
anese orders. Pipe and tube mills
are receiving large orders, and con-
struction work promises to be very
heavy next year. which accounts for
the rapid increase in the output of
material. Packer hides are steady,
but weakness has developed in coun-
try hides. and buyers of native
steers wait for concessions.
In few exceptional cases lower
prices are now quoted for cotton
goods. but as a rule the market has
held firm.
Failures for the week numbered
276 in the United States against 329
last year. and 25 in Canada, compar.
ed with 90 n year ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
Monday.

The House transacted large
amount Of miscellaneous business,
starting with pension bills and con.
sidering the Hill financial bill later ip
the day. During the day 14S private
pension bills we're reported favorably
by the committee of the whole. A
bill amending the law preventing the
carrying Of obscene or immoral litera-
ture into any State or Territory so
as to prevent the importation or ex-
portation of such matter was passed.
The Speaker announced committee
assignments as follows: Mr.. Needham,
California. to Ways and Means:
Messrs. Wood. New Jersey, and
Knowland, California, to Coinage,
Weights and Measures; Mr.. Webber,
Ohio, to Insular Affairs; Mr.. Heflin,
Ohio, to Mines and Mining Mr..
Thomas, Ohio, to Militia and to Edu.
cation; Mr.. Croft. South Carolina, to
Manufactures and to Expenditures In
the Navy Department.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
IDENTIFIED MRS. CHADWICK.
Matron Of Penitentiary Says She is
Madame De We're.

How do you do, Mrs. De Vere?"
This greeting was addressed to Mrs.
Chadwick in her cell at the county
Jail in Cleveland Thursday morn
ing by Mrs. l.. M. Kissinger, of Co
lumbus, formerly an employee in the
women's department in the peniten-
tiary, who was well acquainted with
Lydia De We're when the woman was
a prisoner there.
A look of mingled recognition and
terror flashed over the face OF the
prisoner, and instantly she covered
her face with her hands.
Mrs. Kissinger was accompanied by
Mrs. Flora Kissinger. her mother-in-
law, who was matron In the women's
department during the incarceration
of Nine. De We're.
Both women positively identified
Mrs. Chadwick as Nine. De We're. 81
will take my oath on It," said Mrs. l.
M. Kissinger. "She has hardly
changed at all since she was a pris.
oner in the penitentiary."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
The Mormon Oath.

Endowment house secrets, includ-
ing the terrible oaths which Mormons
who go through these ceremonies are
compelled to take, were revealed at
the Smoot hearing by ]. II. Wallis,
Sr., of Salt Lake City, who, once a
Mormon, has now renounced the faith.
One of the oaths which he described
is pronounced by the opposition to
Senator Smoot to be direct renunci.
alton of allegiance to the United
States In favor of the church.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
BONDS HOUSES sWINDLEp.
Man Gets Securities Running Into
Thousands of Dollars.

Detectives are searching Canada for
man who, under many aliases,
swindled two big New York and Bos-
ton bond-deallng business houses out
of securities running into thousands
of dollars.
A year ago last September he open
ed an Office for the sale of real estate
at Lynn, Mass. He carried on an i'm
surance business and appeared to be
prosperous. Soon afterward he call
ed on the bond brokers and purchased
gilt-edged bonds costing more than
100000. Certified checks were ten
dered in payment, and, after the buyer
disappeared, II was found that the cer-
tification of the checks was a forgery.
The Office in Lynn was closed mean
while and no trace of the pseudo real
estate broker could be found. The
police in the larger cities were noti-
fed. A month passed and then the
suspect appeared in Birmingham, Ala.
There he was looking over sites to
start a cotton seed oil mill and soon
became a member of the Commercial
Club of that city.
He obtained about $4,000 on some of
the stolen bonds from Birmingham
bank and then was next heard of In
New York city. He rented an office
and tried to sell the bonds almost
within a stones throw of the firm he
had robbed.
Detectives were close upon the trail.
but he fed just before they arrived and
Is now reported to be in Canada.
Some Of the bonds placed with brok-
ers here for sale are understood to
have been recovered
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
WILDCAT INSURANCE.
Promoters Of Companies on Trial In
Chicago Plead Guilty to Operating
Scheme to Defraud.

A crusade begun several months
ago by government officials against
the operation of wildcat" insurance
companies reached successful ter
mination, when Steven w. Jacobs and
Charles j. Van Anden of Chicago
pleaded guilty to charges of operating
scheme to defraud by placing al
legged fraudulent insurance policies
and using the United States mails to
conduct the frauds. Witnesses from
all parts of the United States were
present In the United States court
ready to testify that they had paid
premiums on fire insurance which,
when their homes burned, they were
unable to collect. Complaints have
been made from over 100 different
cities and towns throughout the coun-
try that the two men awaiting SEN
tence had refused to redeem their
policies, when presented for pay
ment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
Tuesday.

Sitting as grand jury, the House
of Representatives, with almost full
membership and after more than five
providing for the impeachment of
Judge Charles Swayne, of the North.
ern district of Florida, for high
crimes and misdemeanors."
a resolution granting the use of the
pension Office building for the inaug
ural ball was passed by the Senate.
The House committee on approprla.
tions has reported an urgent deficiency
bill carrying S2i4.000. Among the
items are sl2,500 for the payment OF
electoral messengers and $1,000 for
the printing of the electoral returns
100000 for equipment of the Chicago
postoffice building and $4,000 for
testing Goals and lignites.
Thursday.
The Senate Committee on Territor-
les completed its work on the state.
hood bill and authorized a favorable
report on the matter of admitting
Arizona and New Mexico as one State
and Oklahoma and Indian Territory
also as one State.
The Senate adopted a resolution an.
nouncing that II would consider the
impeachment of Judge Charles
Swayne according to the demand o.
the House.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was passed without debate in thu
Senate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
FIVE KILLED ON WARSHIP.
Explosion on Massachusetts While
Workmen Are Making Repairs.

Three men were killed and two
others were so badly injured that
they died an hour latter, by an explo-
sion of a boiler on the battlesnIp
Massachusetts,. which is lying at
League Island navy yard There were
half a dozen men at work in the boil
er-room when the explosion occurred.
The dead are: Edward j. Bub,
boilermaker; John Wilson, boiler.
maker; Andrew Hamilton, boilermak-
er; Joseph Adore, helper; Charles
Ritter, helper. They were all OF
Philadelphia. Bub Hamilton and
Ritter were instantly killed.
The gasket on one of the boilers
blew out and the force CT the explo-
sion closed the automatic door, thus
preventing the escape of the men
from the compartment.
Lieutenant Cole, chief engineer OF
the battleship, was scalded, but not
fatally.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
NEW Works. OFFICIAL VOTE.
Roosevelt's Plurality 175,552 and
Parker Runs $4,000 Behind
Herrirk

President Roosevelt's plurality In
the State Of New York at the last
election was 1859, as shown by the
official returns certified to-day by the
Board of State Canvassers. That of
Higgins. for Governor, was S0,560.
Parker is shown to have run nearly
$4,000 behind Herrick, the Democratic
candidate for Governor.
For Governor, total of 1,625,907
votes were cast, of which Higgins re-
ceived S1S,264, a plurality of S0,56O
over the total of 732.704 cast for Her
rick. Other candidates for Governor
received: Pendergast, Socialist
Democrat, 36,259; Mckee, Prohibition,
2O,56S; DeLeon, Socialst-Labor, 81
976; Boulton, Peoples party, 6,015.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
Oath Of Vengeance.

The retribution obligation taken by
Mormons in the endowment house
ceremony, as quoted by J. Lundstrom.
Smoot hearing before the Senate Com
mittee. was as follows: "Oh, God.
the Eternal Father, We ask Thee to
bless Thy church. the holy priesthood,
to help us to keep Thy covenants, and
that all that raise their hands against
Thy church be accursed forever. and
that vengeance be visited upon the
nation for the blood Of Joseph Smith"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
Two Banks Robbed.

Robbers blew open the safe in the
Bank of Rice. at Rice station, Is
miles north of st. Cloud, Mimi. and
secured $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
negotiable paper. The robbers es-
capped, using a team of horses which
they had stolen Tor that purpose.
Three suspects have been arrested.
A lone highwayman held up the Bank
of Chisholm, Minn., and secured $2,-
200. He forced Cashier Greiser into
the vault at the muzzle Of a revolver
and locked the door. The robber es-
capped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
TERsE TELEGRAMs.

James Rankin, his wife and four
children, are dead at Siddell, ILL.,, from
eating poisoned cabbage.
John II. Wood, president and cash.
Ter of the First National bank, OF
Matthews, Ind. was found guilty of
mlsapplication of bank funds and false
entries.
Twelve business houses at Rich.
land, Tex. were destroyed by fire.
Only one carried insurance.
The Mergenthaler Linotype COM
pany has declared a quarterly divi-
dend of 2R per cent. and an extra
dividend Of 8 per cent.
The syndicate organized by Spey-
er & Co., to finance the $4,000, 900
Cuban loan has been wound up. Par
ticipants are said to have divided a
profit of slightly less than per cent.
At no time were the members called
upon to pay any part of their sub
scriptions.
Fire at Sardis, o.. destroyed Ia
buildings. The property loss is not
given. Woodsfield. but a few miles
distant. was visited by similar fire,
supposed to have been incendiary.
The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railroad Company reports for the
quarter ended September 80 a sur
plus over charges of $1,434,146, an
increase from the same quarter last
year of s375.425.
The Chicago, Rock Island e. Pacific
Railway has declared dividend of
2 per cent, payable January 3. Tho
last dividend, PA per cent, was paid
October /. The January dividend
last year was " per cent.
Rev. Charles w. Tyler. d. D., rector
of Trinity Protestant Episcopal church
of New Castle, Pa, has resigned. DR..
Tyler says he will remain until anoth-
er rector is secured, but no later than
July /, 1905.
Reports from Ohio, Western Penn
sylvania and West Virginia say there
is danger of water famine.
A sharp earthquake shock was felt
at San Francisco, but no damage was
done.
President Roosevelt announced
that Secretary Morton at his earnest
request had consented to remain in
the cabinet after March 4, as secre
tary of the navy.
The Michigan Central railroad has
placed an order for 1000 tons of steel
rails with the Lake Superior Corpora
ton. The price Is said to be quail to
the equivalent of the American pool
figure.
Governor Dunn decided to call q
special session of the Delaware legis
lature for December 30, in order that
blunder in judgment lien law may
be corrected.
The District Court of Appeals at
firmed the decision In the postal con
spiracy cases Of August w. Machen
George Il. Lorenz, Samuel A. Grof
and Diller b. Goff, who were sen
fenced to two years Imprisonment ir
the West Virginia penitentiary ant
to pay a fine of $4,000.
The directors of the Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington Railroad
company have declared semi-annua
dividend of 2 per cent, payable De
cember 81. The directors of the Nor
thern Central Railroad company de
clared semi-annual dividend of
per cent, payable January 18.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
IOWA PosToFFIcE ROBBED.
Thieves Get s2,5oo; Two Of Then
Cauqht and $500 Recovered,

Robbers entered The postoffice at
Reinbeck, Ia, and secured s2,500.
There was an exchange of shots be-
tween posse of citizens and the rob-
bers.
The posse pursued the robbers up
on a handcar for six miles, and after
a number of shots had been fired
one of the robbers surrendered. Thir-
teen hundred dollars were recovered
from him. He gave his name as
James Roach and said he was rail-
road man. Another one of the rob-
bers was captured at Beeman, two
miles farther on. by the town mar.
shall. All trace of the third robber
was lost.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
IRELAND CALLS FOR HELP.

Nationalist Members Adopt Resolu-
'tlons on Failure of Potato Crop.
A meeting was held In the Mansion
House, Dublin, for the purpose of dis
cussing the failure of the potato crop.
Resolutions were passed calling on the
government for assistance and to ap-
ply the provisions of land act to the
west OF Ireland. Employment on
public works is demanded for the
poor. Irish landlords are demanded
for collecting full rents.
There were present John Dillon, T.
G. Harrington. Joseph Devlin and Sir
H. G. Esmonde. and majority of the
Nationalist members of the House of
Commons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
KILLS CHILD WITH CHAIR.
Negro Then Battles With Wife, Cut.
ting Her Hands to Pieces.

Edward Harris. negro of Ironton,
o.. murdered his 6-year-old stepson
asleep in crib, by hitting the child
over the head with a chair and then
striking knife In each temple. He
then turned on his wife and tried to
cut her throat, literally cutting her
hands to pieces as she struggled. She
finally got away and fled, and then
Harris cut his own year-old baby
in the mouth.
He attempted to escape but was
captured later, asleep under a boiler
at brick yard. Officers had to pro-
tect him from neighbors.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
Control Of the c., II. & o.

H. B. Hollins & Co.. announce that
they have exercised their option on
the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
road and have acquired control of that
company. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton practically controls the
Pere Marquette road and has joint
ownership In number of smaller
lines. II Is stated that the deal does
not involve any changes In the man
agement Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton
and Dayton road.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
Investigating Rural Mail Service.

AS a result OF complaints HE'D
with the postofiice department at
Washington, ID. c., over the proposed
change and reduction Of the rural
free delivery routes in Washington
County. Pa, and through the media
ton of Congressman Acheson, Special
way are now going over the routes
making an investigation. BY the
changing of the routes many families
were left unserved and II is believed
that the agents will report against the
great reduction in the pumber of the
routes,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
win Not Disturb Rates.

It Is now admitted by the admins.
tration that there is no prospect of
legislative action at this session on
the railroad rate question which
President Roosevelt referred to SO en-
phatically in his message. There is
absolutely no prospect of the inter-
state commerce commission, as now
constituted. being given additional
power TO revise discriminatory rail
road rates with reasonable ones.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-12-21
The Chadwick Case.

Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick arrived at
Cleveland in the custody of federal
officers and was taken to Jail amid
the jeers and Kisses of crowds in the
street. The federal grand jury return
ed five indictments against her. An
drew Carnegie will give testimony in
the case as soon as his health will
permit. Mrs. Chadwick says she pre-
fers jail to freedom and again declares
she will pay all her debts.