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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
TEN MEN DROWNED.
Were Swept From Their Vessels Dur.
ina Terrible Storms.

After a battle of 12 hours with the
heaviest of seas. six of the eight men
who composed the crew of the schoon-
er Benjamin S. Cromwell which went
ashore off Bellport. l.. l., were swept
from the wreckage to which they
were clinging and drowned not 200
feet from several hundred villagers
who. standing on the shore, were pow
erless to help them.
Two men were lost by the steam.
ship York Castle, which arrived from
DelaSo bay, in an attempt to give aid
to the American schooner Willie l..
Newton, about 200 miles southeast by
south of Sandy Hook.
The schooner Frank w. Howe was
wrecked at the north head of the Co.
lumbla river. The life.saying crew
succeeded in resculng FIVE men, but
two of the crew of the stranded
schooner were crushed to death by
the heavy seas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
May Revive Whipping Post.

If Jill offered in the Virginia Leg.
islature becomes law the whipping
post, abolished nearly 30 years ago,
will be revived. The measure pro.
vides that all persons found guilty of
the larceny of goods the value of
which is not more than IS shall re.
ceive not less than 10 nor more than
80 lashes. 1t was the custom all over
Virginia years ago to whip persons
convicted of petty crimes. A post was
set in the Jail yard, and to this the Of
fender was bound with his back barred.
The brutality of the punishment, how
ever, caused popular outcry against
1t, and the law was repealed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
COST OF COAL IN BLOOD.
One Life for Each 264,eos Tons Mined
Twenty-Six Killed

The annual report of w. ]. Mollison
inspector of mines for the eleventh BIZ
luminous district Pennsylvania, shows
that of total of &C mines So were in
operation during 1903. There were
6,S69,366 tons Of coal produced. or a
total Of 10.32S coke ovens. 10. 900 were
in operation. There were 3,S29,37O
tons of coke produced.
There were G,l50 persons employed
inside the mines, 1886 outside, includ.
ing 2,SO2 coke workers. For each of
the 26 fatal accidents in the mines,
there were 264.206 tons of coal pro.
duced. The leading three coal pro-
ducers were the II. c. Frick Coke com.
pany. 4,S94.S25 tons; Plttsburg Coal
company, 49l,SS0 tons, and w. ].
Rainey, 42S.S20 tons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Father and Son Killed.

An accident in No. 8 Mine of the
Massillon Coal Mining Company Tues
day resulted in the death Of John
Fothergill. aged 60 years and his son,
Charles aged 10 years. and the SER
ious injury Of Frank McGinnis, Jenkin
Jones, and George Scott. The five
men were riding in a mine car when
It jumped the track. knocking down
several props and causing tons of
rocks to fall upon, them. The elder
Fathergill leaves a wife and several
children. -
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
JAPAN LANDS 10000 TROOPS.
eonbardment Of Port Arthur Repeat.
ed.-Raildroad Torn Up.

Cabling from Chefoo on Feb. 23,
a correspondent of the London Morn
ing Post" says 10000 more Japanese
troops have landed at Chemulpo, and
that he has received confirmation OF the
report that some Japanese have landed
at Pigeon bay, others at Talienwan,
and that an engagement occurred the
night of February 12
According to the Standards" cor.
respondent a. Seoul. the Japanese
bombarded Port Arthur at Intervals
between the Sth and the 14th of Feb
ruary, causing, however, only slight
damage.
The report is confirmed, this cor
respondent continues, that 20 miles of
railroad track and some important
bridges have been destroyed between
Harbin and Vladivostok.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Japanese Officers Hanged.

Three Japanese officers were hanged
as spies by the Russian forces in Man.
churia for attempting to blow up the
railroad bridge over the Sangari river.
The officers were disguised as coolies
and were arrested Just as they were
about to make the attempt. 1t was
learned later that they were Japanese
officers OF the general staff-namely.
Col. Assai OF the engineers and Lieu
tenants Zonelolascha and Kaeurta OF
the sappers. They we're at once
hanged from the girders of the bridge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Suffrage Case Decided.

In the supreme court OF the United
States an opinion was handed down
by Justice Day in the case of Jackson
Giles VS.. the Board OF Registration
of Montgomery county. Ala, dismiss
iIg the case for want OF jurisdiction.
no Feredal question being Involved.
The case involved the suffrage clause
OF the new constitution OF Alabama.
This provision was attacked on a dis
elimination against the colored race,
Of which Giles Is a member.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
CHARGED WITH ENLIGHTENMENT.
6oeton Man Sunk $2e6,ooo Of Other
Peoples Money!

Wallace H. Ham. Boston agent of
the American Surety Company, treas
urer of ST. Pauls Episcopal Church
and the trustee and treasurer of St.
Luke's Home for Convalescents, is a
confessed embezzler of at least
$266,0O0 to $2S6,000 from the three
accounts. In addition he has used up
his wifes entire estate, amounting to
about $4,000.
Speculation in the falling stock
market caused the losses. Ham has
been specializing about Is years. He
Is as years old and has been in charge
of the New England branch of the
American Surety Company about ten
years. He was arraigned and held by
Judge Ely in $4,000 for hearing
March 3.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
A Caterpillar Plaque.

New South Wales has new plague
this year to add to its other miseries.
Great stretches of country have been
barred by armies Of caterpillars. Some
idea OF their numbers can be gained
from the report that a mail train was
an hour late In Sidney. owing to it's
meeting with one OF these armies. It
had to wait until the hordes had been
shoveled from the traek.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
West Virginia Loses.

In the first annual debate between
West Virginia University at Morgan
town, and the Ohio State University,
held in Columbus, the decision was
unanimously awarded to the latter.
The question was: Resolved. That
municipal ownership of public utlli-
ties is undesirable" Ohio State had
the negative side in the debate. The
judges were Prof. U. G. Watherly. OF
Indiana University; j. c. Edward Kib-
ler~of Newark. o.. and President II.
G. King, Of Oberlin College.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Southern Ttain Wrecked.

A Southbound passenger train on the
Southern railroad struck a rock on the
track near Del Rio Tenn. derailing the
engine, mail car. combination ear and
one day coach. All three cars rolled
down an embankment into Pigeon riv-
er, but only one person was seriously
injured. Engineer Clark was crushed
and the press messenger bruised
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
DICK WILL SUCCEED HANNA.
Republican Members OF Ohio LeuIs-
iature Name Him for Senator

Gen. Charles Dick was nominated
by reclamation for both the unexpired
and regular terms for United States
Senator to succeed the late Senator
M. A. Hanna at the caucus of the
Republican members of the Leglsla.
ture Wednesday evening. The name
OF Gen. Dick was the only one pre-.
sented. AS the Republicans have a
large majority in both branches, Gen.
Dicks election Is assured. and the bal
loting on March 1. will be only a
formality,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
THREE KILLED.
Locomotive Boiler Explodes, Causing
Death and Destruction.

The boiler of locomotive on the
Pennsylvania railroad blew up at
Ehrenfield. Three of the trainmen
were killed outright and two others
were fatally injured
The dead are: Engineer Tyson of
Derry. hurled through the cab and in
stantly killed. body badly mangled !;
Conductor Cent? of Derry. on the en-
gine at the time of the explosion /;
George Bittner of Summerhill stand.
ing alongside the engine when the
boiler exploded. killed by flying boil.
er plate.
Fireman Howell Of Derry was ter
ribly scalded and crushed; Brakeman
Furl was mangled and scalded, one
leg torn off.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Canal Treaty Siuned,

President noosevelt signed the proc
clamation putting into effect the treaty
with Panama regarding the isthmian
canal. AS soon as the proclama-
ti7n was signed It was returned 10 the
State Department. where the eX-
change of ratifications already had
taken place between Secretary Of
State Hay and Minister Bunau-Varilla,
OF Panama.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Children Taken From the STAGE.

Five small children who are men,
bers of Maxine Elliott's company. now
playing Her Own Way" at the I'LL
nois theater, Chicago were taken
from the stage by order of +. C.
Davies, state factory inspector Mr..
Yack. manager of the company, was
arrested on warrants charging viola
tion of the state labor law, but gave
bond for his appearance in court to-
morrow. The children Joined the
company in New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
FIRST LAND CLASH.

The first land encounter occurred
Friday A picket of Cossacks attack
ed a small detachment of Japanese
troops on Korean territory. The Cos
sacks captured some japanese prison
ers, on whom they found maps and pa
pers. The collision was presumably
between accommodating parties.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Rourke Cochran Elected.

w. Bourke Cochran was elected a
member of Congress at the special
election held in the Twelfth Congress-
ional district of New York to fill the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Mayor George b. Mcclellan
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Dead in Hotel Fire.

Fire partially destroyed the Alham-
bra building. Chicago. occupied by
the Alhambra theater and hotel. and
caused the death OF three persons.
Several others had narrow escapes.
At least 80 women were carried down
ladders by the firemen to the street.
The dead are: William Fisher, Gin.
cinnau; Frank Becham, Cincinnati;
Mrs. Anna Wells.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
CAR LOSES MORE SHIPS.
Japs Use Russian Signals and Cap
ture -Four Vessels.

Four Russian torpedo boat destroy
ers have been captured at Port Ar
thur by the japanese squadron and
their crews have been transferred.
Russian signals were used with sue
cess.
1t is reported in Tokyo that Vice
Admiral Togo has again attacked Port
Arthur. 1t is impossible to confirm
the statement. II is considered very
probable that the vice admiral has
made another attack on the Russians.
as he is engaged in blockading Port
Arthur.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Many Wounded.

Reports have reached St. Thomas
that there was very severe fighting in
Sanchez. Santo Domingo. on February
IS. 1t is asserted that the number OF
wounded was large and that many of
the combatants had to receive surgi.
cal treatment on board a French mail
steamer. Puerta Plata is reported
to again be in the hands of Gen. Jim.
inc2
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Seven Men Wounded.

In an effort to close up a poolroom
that has tor long time operated in
the outskirts of Madison. H., across
the river from 81. Louis. three con-
stables, augmented by posse of citi-
zens, all bearing warrants for the ar
rest of six men connected with the
poolroom, precipitated riot which re-
suited in the shooting of seven men.
Two may die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Russian erutaIities at Nluehwano.

Private advices received from Niu-
chwang confirm the reports of the ILL
treatment of Japanese refugees at the
hands of the Russians while they were
Journeying through Manchurla, and
declare, moreover that some of the
refugees were without doubt cruelty
murdered, The Russian soldiery at
Niuchwang is SO undisciplined that
that place is unfit for European
women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
Mixed the Bottles,

Mrs. Jacob Lutz. aged 81, died at
Smithville, o., from the effects of a
dose of carbolic acid, given by her aged
husband, Mrs. Lutz had been III and
solution of carbolic acid was used
In dressing sore. The bottle was
left standing on table. Sweet cider.
OF which she drank occasionally, was
kept in a similar bottle. Mrs. Lutz
asked for cider and Mr.. Lutz got the
wrong bottle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
REBELS VICTORIOUS.
Kill or Wound Many OF the Domini.
can Government Forces,

Government forces attacked San Pc
dro de Macoris last Saturday. They
were received with a fusillade from
the insurgents, which resulted in
many being killed or wounded. The
gunboat Presidente then bombarded
the town and inflicted much damage
The attack and the bombardment were
renewed on Sunday. The rebels fired
on the Presidente and damaged her
about the water line.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02
EXPLOSION Kills Three.

An explosion of dry starch In the
plant OF the Warner Sugar Refining
Company at Waukegan. Ill. destroyed
the establishment. Is known to have
killed three men and injured num-
Der OF Others.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-03-02

The Insane Asylum at Racine. Wis.
was burned to the ground. All the in
mates escaped.
The evening world., 1904-09-22
lin Friday Economies Are Far-ReachinQ Ind

The extraordinary economies of
Bargain Friday at Bloomingdales' are
always an open book to those who
know how to spend money carefully.
On its every page tomorrow they
may read story of this stores abso-
lutte supremacy, for the money saw
ings we offer include practically
every want of this new season, both
personal and for the home.
The evening world., 1904-09-22
Receiver Appointed for General
Metals Company at request
o. Creditor-concern Claims
: to Have Capital Of 100000
ACTION NECESSARY TO
PRESERVE BIG PLANT.
NAhred Rocker, ir, Appolntee, on
Way to Colorado City 10 Take
Charge Of Valuable Proper.
ties There.

fudge Holt. Of the United States Dis
trtet Court. has appointed Alfred Roel-
ttsr. Jr.. receiver OF the General Metals
Company. Of No. II Broadway, which
claimed to have capital Of sl.5co,0,O.
and has large plants for the reduction
OF gold ore into bullion at colrad city,
CL
The appointment OF Receiver Reixer
..was on an involutary petition nled by
Joseph ". Bacon. who says lie Is n
creditor Of the General Metals Com
pany. He states that the alleged bank
rup. corporation has a capital stock OF
gVc,0oc now outstanding, and that It's
factory and places OF business else
where are OF the value OF about
EU,oc0
The pstItioningi creditor also states
pihat the appointment OF a receiver Is
necessary To preserve the plant ard
ores In course OF manufacture, In ths
interest OF himself and Henry Parker
and Russell Parker. who are also credi-
tors, and Join IN the appeal.
Although the notice was short Judge
Holt appointed Rocker and the latter
started early to-day TO take charge OF
the properties in Colorado City. His
soad s for S5,o0.
Claims BASED on Votes.
Bacon further on In the pstititlon says
that he has provabls claims against
che General Metals Company amount
ing In excess OF securities held by him
to $50
Henry q. Palmer, the second peti-
ttonsr. claims that H,gaT Is due him.
and Russell Parker says that the Gen
srai Metals Company owes HIM $50.
n Al shess claims are based on notes,
enc one hsid by Bacon being dated Aus,
Is, uo<, due Dec. %. 1904 Paimers note
bears the date OF Aug. 8. 1901. while
ParkM's is similar 10 that bcid BY
Bacon In amounts and dates.
The involuntary peatiou further al
lsges that the General Metals Company
w3thin the legal limit committed an act
,of bankruptcy when on Sept q Presi-
tdent Charles r. inFney and a director
admitted IN writing Its inability TO pay
fts debts and US Willingness TO be a..
judged bankrupt. This admission, the
pStftoner AYERS. has been made public
and delivered 10 certain OF In creditor"
The evening world., 1904-09-22
$4,000 ROBBERY
I. STOPPED IN TIME
Thieves LoOting Canal Street
Clothing Factory Frightened
of After They Had PIunder
Ready to Carry OF.

An en,erprlsing gang NJ burglars
chopped a way iHtn 4 store a. NJ, iio
Canal street ,o.day, packed toWe
worth of goods ready tor removal and
Ned to escape capture, leaving the
goods packed on the root AMI In the
hallway " the building through which
they forced an entrance.
The building Ia occupied on all four
,oors by smarln & Borowlix, maau-
f,cturers ot clothing. Tenement'hoi'es
on Chrystle street back up against the
building. and through one Of these, No
20 Chrystle street. the burglars effect
ed an entrance. cutting a hole In III"
roo. o, the clothing store and making
their way downstairs, carefully avoid
ing the burglar alarms With which the
store Is fitted.
Yessin Dowsky, tanitT OF No. -.
heard men walking through the halls
and got up TO investigate. Next he
heard footsteps on the roof OF No. ll9
Canal street and called 70 a man who
was walking through the hall OF No.
90. This man calmly walked back to
the root and warned his COMPANIONS.
and all escaped
Dowsky rushed out and found po-
llceman. kaufman. and then ran on
until he picked up Roundsman sulll-
van and three others, In the hallway
OF No. % and under the stairs they
found several packages and boye, oil
ready for removal. On the roof were
several other boxes and bags. Alto
gether the thieves had collected sew
enty rolls OF fine cloth, COO pairs Of
trousers. S suits, rs spring overcoats
and ) winter coats.
Blood scattered about on the roof
showed that enc Of the thieves had
evidently cut himself on ths Tin while
cutting through the roof.
No trace OF the men could be found.
The evening world., 1904-09-22
YOUTH DISAPPEARS.
wiinamssurg woman Asks Polico
70 rfua Vanished Son

Mrs.. Mary Askln reported 10 the
william sburs pofice to-day the dIsap-
earanos of her sevsnteen-ysar-old son
Morris. The boy vanished last Mon
day and his aged mother has searched
the prisons and hospitals Of the city
without discovering any trace ~ els
whereabouts
She told the police that the lad work
cd In O tin factory and had always
been dutlful son, giving her his earn
ings each week He left his home 10
70 10 work Monday morning. and has
not been seen since. He was dressed
in his working clothes.
The evening world., 1904-09-22
HARD FROST IN JERSEY.

tSnecIal n Tia Evenlng WORLD
MoRRIsTOWN, y. j.. Sept. 90
There was hard frost all over North.
ern New Jersey early to-day. The ther.
mome;er registered from to de.
srees bslow the freezing point and lee
formed nj various places
The evening world., 1904-09-22
sunday Worlds sI,cOO Prize Con.

One Thousand dollars In gold Is the
prlzr offered by the New Sork SUNDAY
World for the nearest estimates OF tho
popular vote for the next President
To vote you must have n coupon
These coupons are printed only In tho
New YORK sunday World, one each
Sunday. Get next Sundays issue and
cut out the coupon.
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-11-12
D..., Xiii Peer santa CLAUS.

A number of very good and very
we'll meaning women decided some
years ago that the story of Santa
Claus WAS q wicked fiction and
should never again be told to little
children.
Every year they begin crusade
against that old gentleman with
the long white whiskers and the
sleigh. This year they have begun
q little earlier than usual, hoping
to head him off before his arrival
is too generally expected among
his small admirers.
While the ground taken by these
women ia very high and noble, we
hope devoutly that they will never
be- successful in their mission.
The fable about Santa Claus Is
certainly harmless. No child is
ever made liar because he dis.
covers, by shrewd questions, that
Mr.. Santa Claus is only myth.
And all the while his imAglns-
ton, which is \ very important
part of his mental makeup. it be
ing stimulated,
He will sit for hours thinking
about the coming of the good old
fellow with his big bundle of toys,
and picture to himself all the de.
tails of the reindeer, the sleigh
and the difficult aud perilons jour.
ney down the chimney,
And ~ the reading Of fiction
will later develop his mind and
teach him to think for himself, 40
this fable occupies his thoughts
and directs them gradually into the
right channels.
OF course, the story of Santa
Claus il a lie. So are the tales Of
Hans Christian Anderson and
Grimm; yet nobody thinks OF tell
ing a child who is listening to one
of them that they are not true.
To do 80 would be instantly to
kill his interest in them, and set
him to wondering whether there
Is really any truth in the world
after all.
II you have children OF your
own, you will find that they do a
good deal Of thinking about thus
Santa Claus story, particularly
about this time Of the year, and
that the thinking only results in
giving them a keen interest in
other stories when they grow
older.
Aud 20. although VT sympa-
thiZe with the women who are
seeking to destroy our white
haired old friend, We can only re-
joice when we find that thus far
their efforts to Danish him have
met with not particle Of success.
"
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-11-12
Del Ner,e 7 Monte Vista Q.

The Monte Vista High School
football team played Del Norts
Tuesday afternoon. The game re-
suited in touchdown, goal and
n safety for Del Nor,e. Monte
Vista failed to score.
The boys from here had not re-
covered from their game las, Sat
urlay with AlsmosR aud were in
no shape to play. Pearson aud
Schsrer were hurt and pu, GU, OF
the game which weakened the line
and enabled Del Nor,e TO make
repeated gains by burdling.
The return gam. will be played
here on Thanksgiving day.
Mr.. Herr, assistant vice pr-si.
dent of the d. & Il G., visited
ALAMEDA "Wednesday, sdvi.ing
with Superintendent Lee and
Master Mechanic Graft. concern.
ing needed improvements here.
Til. company is planning to build
n chop for repairing coaches. Al
coaches on tn. narrow ssgne .ys-
t~m are To be brought here for re-.
pairs. A night shift, Of mschini.'s
And other workmen will b. pu, ON
aud III. number IT men increased
'Afsy or more. The u. 4 X. q.
people dc~erv. mnch cre,li, for the
efficient manner Ia which they are
~Quippiag their road and service.
Zach Eagle made II business trip
70 Couejos this week.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-04
GOT BACK His EGG.

Talk about Yankee shrewdness,"
said the travelling man. 81 was In a.
little tarern up in Connecticut not
long ago, and farmer came in with
eggs to sell. The transaction took
place in the barroom of the establish
ment. The proprietor agreed to take
two dozen, and when the farmer came
to count over the contents of his bas-
ket he found he had twenty-five eggs.
The proprietor wanted the extra, egg
thrown in for good measure. The far
mer didn't see it that way, and they
argued the matter. At last the pro-
prietor said he'd take the twenty-five
eggs, give the man a drink and call it
square. The farmer agreed and pocket
ed his money.
Now what'll you have?" asked the
proprietor.
The Yankee farmer was ready
with his reply.
Sherry and egg said he"