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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
ADMITS HIS COMPLETELY
kovovick Makes Complete Con-
fession of Ferguson Murder.
TELLS HOW SCHEME WORKED.
Three Other Men Who Escaped to
Croatia were Implicated
In Crime.

Mllovar Kovoyick, under sentence OF
death for the murder OF Contractor
Ferguson. has made a complete con-
fesslon.
The admissions we're made Sunday
afternoon by the Creation to Chief of
Detectives McQuaide. of Pittsburg.
and several others through Interpre.
ter Winkler.
According to Kovovlck, Mllovar Pat
trovick, declared guilty of murder in
the second degree for completely in
the crime had nothing to do with 1t
beyond guilty knowledge.
Koyovick stated that there were
four men implicated in the crime.
three of whom have now returned to
Croatia. He described the laying of
the mine and gave all details.
The first plan was to shoot him, but
this was considered crude and the
dynamite mine in the road was then
adopted as the best plan.
On the morning of September 20
Kovovick and his three companions
laid the mine beneath the small cul-
vert in the foot of Seminary hill, and
then awaited the approach Of their
victim. Kovovick and another man
were on the west side of the road
hidden in clump of bushes along the
fence. A third man was hidden be-
hind the stump and touched off the
battery which hurled Ferguson to his
doom, while fourth was further down
the road acting as lookout The gun,
Kovovick stated. was at hand to be
used in case the dynamite failed to do
the work.
When Ferguson and Martin were
hurled from the buggy Kovovick said
the men hiding with him ran into the
road, and picking up the satchel full
of money, ran over the hill.
Kovovick claims that his accom-
plices will never be caught, for they
left him Immediately, starting for
Europe and are now hidden.
Kovovlck admitted having money
changed at the First National bank. OF
Pittsburg. but says the fact that he
paid Pattroylck what he owed him
brought the latter into suspicion in
the case.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
Bio OIL Suit Decided,

The ], NJ. Guffey Petroleum COM
pany has been victorious in the suit
which was instituted against the cor
poration by the State OF Texas. The
suit was to recover s2.250,000 penal
ties for alleged violations of the anti.
trust law. the Beaumont Confederat-
ed Oil and Pipe Line company having
been made a co-defendant with the
Guffey company. IL was alleged that
the Guffey company had acquired the
holdings OF the Beaumont company
fer the purpose of limiting the pro-
duct.on Of the latter company and OF
other acts In restraint of trade.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
DEATH OF SENATOR QUAY.
After q Few Weeks illness He Passes
Away at His Home.

U. s. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay
died at his home in Beaver, Pa, Sat.
urday evening, May 2sth. after an i'll
ness Of several weeks.
Matthew Stanley Quay was born at
Dillsburg, York county, Pa, on Sep
tember 80, 1888. His father was Rev.
Anderson Beaton Quay, a Presbyte-
rian clergyman, through whom, as
well as on the side of his mother, who
was Catherine McGill, he came from
long line of sturdy ancestry. The
first of the Quay line settled In Ches-
ter county In 1715 and 1t has been a
tradition of the family that strain of
Delaware Indian blood ran its veins.
Senator Quay was named aiter Gen.
Matthew Stanley, OF Brandywine
Manor. Chester county. who had
fought in the Revolution and had fig
ured extensively In the Indian war
fare Of that country. In 1s40 the Quay
family moved across the Allegheny
mountains, stopping for a time In
Pittsburg and then moving to Beaver.
That really became the family home,
although for time Rev. Mr.. Quay
was pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Indiana.
Most of Senator Quay's education
was received from his father until
he was prepared to enter an academy
at Beaver, where he made ready for
Jefferson college, then at Canonsburg
but now part of Washington and jeff
erson college at Washington, Pa.
He chose the law as profession
and entered early upon political ca
reer. He served during the war for
the Union and received the title of
Colonel
The political career Of Col. Quay in
cluded editorial work. various offices
in the State. and as United states
Senator for many years until his
death.
The remains of Senator Quay were
buried in the cemetery at Beaver on
Tuesday. Many prominent men in the
state and from other states were
present.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Zangwill is again giving lectures on
zlonlsm In London.
Alfonso. King of Spain. devotes his
Afternoons to athletics.
Harvard has decided to confer the
degree Of LII. ID hpon Senator Lodge.
DR.. Davidson, Archbishop Of Canter.
bury. hopes to visit the United States
In September.
Anatole Lc Roy Beaulieu. French
economist and publcist will deliver
series OF lectures at Harvard.
Florence Nightingale. seventy-thrce
years old. lives In the home Of Sir K.
Vcrnay. In London. She is quite feeble.
Massenet will receive bonus OF
S220,000 for giving la Scala Theatre.
OF Milan. the choice of lis works for
the next four years.
The late novelist. Jokai. numbered
among his friends Bismarck. Kossuth,
verestchagin. the younger Dumas,
Liszt. 1bsen and Munkacsy.
Mrs. bannie Stenhouse. who had
much TO do with creating early senti.
ment against the Mormons, died re-
Gently at Los Angeles. Cal.
Mrs. Mcclellan. wife OF the New
York Mayor, is one of the most unas-
suming women In Gotham She has
never cared a rap about society.
Captain Robert T.. Lee. the youngest
son of the famous Confederate chief
tain. is at work on book entitled
"Recollections and Letters of General
Lee"
Lord Cranborne, now the Marquis OF
Salisbury. is forty-two years old. He
has been In Parliament. with the ex-
ception of one year. since he was
twenty-four.
DR.. Grant-.howerman. now assist
ant professor of Latin in the Universi-
ty of Wisconsin, has be-" called to
the chair of Latin at Princeton for
the next college year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
CONSERVATISM A FEATURE.
Manufacturing Firms Prepare for .
Quiet sesson--Many Workmen
aid OFF.

II. G.. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade" says: Interruption Of in
dustrial progress by the holiday labor
conflicts and inclement weather again
produced somewhat unsatisfactory
trade situation. Yet the money mar
ket is easy and accommodation read
lily obtained in legitimate business
channels. Liabilities Of mercantile
failures are omparatively small, in
dicating that most concerns have pre-
pared tor a quiet season and are able
to withstand a period of diminished
sales and tardy payments. This con-
se;vatlve attitude is the fundamentals
ly strong feature of the situation, and
when business revives there will be
no pressure to dispose of heavy stocks
of undesirable goods. More manuiac-
turing plants have reduced hours or
wages. and several strikes have added
to the army ol unemployed. No def
mite change Is reported in the iron and
steel Industry, quotations being bare
ly maintained and new contracts
placed with great discrimination.
Mere machinery has stopped at some,
concerns and running time is reduced
at others. The impression is gaining
ground that the declines in quotations
will not go much further, and there Is
less disposition to secure new con-
tracts by making concessions Small
orders for structural material are be-
ing placed, and there Is a iair move
ment in pipe and plates, but the de-
mand for rails, rolling stock and other
railway equipment is distinctly un-
satisfactory. In several departments
CT the industry prices have declined
sufficiently to attract business from
abroad. and this increase in exports
is the best feature OF the situation.
Little change is noted in textile man
uiacturing conditions. Improvements
Is maintained in wooden goods, the
demand showing greater diversified
tion. Wholesale coth!ers exhibit
more confidence by making better pro-
vision for their needs during the bal
ance of the season. Commercial fail
ures this week in the United States
are 220, against 225 last week, 23G
the preceding week and 1872 the cor
responding week last year Failures
in Canada number 26, against II, last
week, II the preceding week and "a
last year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
CONTINUOUS FIGHTING.
Japanese Escape Defeat by Arrival
of Reserves.

Continuous fighting has taken place
northeast OF Feng-Wang.Cheng and on
the railway above Kin-Chau since
May 27. a sharp action has taken
place eastward OF Simatsi. 35 miles
north of Fong-Wang- g-Cheng, which
lasted from the morning OF May 27
until daylight. May 80. Both sides suf-
fered severely. Detailed figures are
lacking.
The engagement resulted in the
Russians retiring on Simatsi, followed
cautiously by japanese detachments.
Three companies Of japanese are re-
ported to have am5ushed a patrol of
the Nerinsky regiment near Huan-
sian.
Severe fighting Is reported along
the railway between stations Vfangoy
and Vfandlen. The Japanese suffered
heavily and would have been ami
hilated had not infantry reserves come
up and forced the Russians to retire
to Vfangoy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
TORNADO INJURIES TWENTY.
Sweepo Down Buildings in Path
Several Blocks Long.

Reports from Tekamah, Neb., which
was stuck by tornado. indicate that
20 persons we're injured, some OF them
seriously.
The storm wrecked most of the
buildings in its path. which was a
sleek in width and several blocks
long. The opera house. two general
s.cres, and several residences were de.
stroyed. A high school commence
ment rehearsal was in progress in the
ope.a house when the storm struck the
building, carrying away the roof and
partially wrecking the walls, A num-
ber of pupils were injured. The prog.
erty loss is estimated a. s50.C00.
A tornado at Cold Water, Kan,
wrecked many barns and destroyed
much farm property. MS. II. Pritch.
ard was struck on the head by fying
timber. A tornado 10 miles southeast
Of Dodge City did heavy damage to
farm property and crops.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
sUsTAINs THE "oLEo" LAW.
In Ohio Case II Makes No Difference
II Product Is Colored.

The supreme court OF the United
States, in an opinion by Justice White
upheld the constitutionallty OF the
oleomargarlne law.
McRay's counsel argued first that,
although the "oleo" was colored to
look like butter, the color was OBJ
tained by the use of butter. which was
itself artificially colored. but the use
OF which as an ingredient in the manu-
facture of "oleo' was authorized by
law; and, second. that the tax 10 cents
pound was prohibitive and confisca-
tory and an attempted Federal usur.
patton of the police powers Of the
State. The court said that the tax
contemplated the finished product and
not the details of manufacture. II the
"oleo" was colored 1t should pay the
higher tax, and If uncolored the lower
tax, regardless of how obtained
As to the amount of the tax the
court said 1t was settled that the
court could not consider the amount
of any tax fixed by Congress, this be-
ing a purely political function.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
CURRENT EVENTS.

The body of an unknown man was
found in French creek, about six
miles below Meadville. Pa.
The vinage of New Liberty, ILL.,, is
reported to have been destroyed by a
tornado, but no lives were lost.
T. S. Ingraham, first assistant grand
chief engineer of the international
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
dropped dead at his desk in the con-
vention in Los Angeles. Cal, from ap-
oplexy.
j. e. Mercell. cashier of the defunct
Highland Bank, at Troy Kan, pleaded
guilty in court of embe2zling 100000
of the institutions funds.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan was awarded
$4,000 damages for the death of her
son, William, by q Westmoreland
county, (Pa.,) jury. The boy was cleo
trocuted at Greensburg, a few months
ago, on pole belonging to the West
moreland Electric company
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
IRON AND STEEL.
Buyers and Sellers at a Dead Lock
as to Prices.

The Iron Age says: The apathy
Of the iron and steel trade is
almost universal, and in the
case of many producers has reached
the point where an entire cessation of
operations Is being prepared for by
working up such raw material as is on
hand and filling such orders as are
still on the books. Resistance to a
further decline Is becoming more obs
tlnate in those branches in viii n the
market Is open. Buyers seem almost
unanimous in the opinion that value
must crumble further, so that there is
practically a deadlock. II sellers fa.t
that concessions would b!ing on, n
good tonnage some of them might be
more inclined to recede, but the con-
vic:ion seems general that actual coz
sumption could not be stimulated ma
terially through such a course. There
is the fear. too. that 1t might be diff
fcult to check serious cutting II 1t
were once entered uron.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
SIX KILLED IN A COLLISION
Two Electric Cars on Lake Shore
Line Crash Together.
CAUSE OF WRECK UNKNOWN.
Men and Women Were Crushed un-
der Heavy Tirbers and Pin
ioned In.

In the most terrible accident that
the Lake Shore electric railway has
ever known, six persons lost their
lives and Is persons were injured,
several Of them fatally.
The eastbound limited, which left
Norwalk, o., at 4:45 o'clock p. m
crashed into an electric package car
at Wells Corners. three miles from
Ncrwalk, about $3.50 o'clock. How the
accident occurred IL not Known now
and rerhags never will be-
The Dead: Clarence Ketcham, New
I0ndon, o.. Thomas Sweeney, Toledo,
o.. Nell Sullivan, Binghamton, n. Y,
Ralph Williams, Tolodo, o., w. p.
Stevenson, Cleveland, w. w. Sher-
wood, Cleveland.
The freight car stopped at Berlin
vile, about five miles east OF where
tho accident occur cd, to leave some
freight and started west again. Both
cars were running at a high rate Of
speed.
The freight car cut almost through
the limited, and the wonder Is that
auyone escaped alive. The spct where
the accident occurred Is lonely cne,
and II was some time before assist
anco arrived.
The sight Immediately after the
crash was ceyond description. Men
and women were imprisoned beneath
heavy timbers and were screaming
and grcaning with pain. Willing
hands socn carried cut the wounded,
but many we're pinned under the
heavy timbers of the freight car. and
IL was necessary to lack the car up
and saw a way through before the
dead could be taken out.
Supt. Strelau Of the Fremont divis.
ion of the road was on the scene with.
in an hour after the accident and is in
charge. Neither the motorman nor
the conductor of the limited was in
iured to any extent. The dead were
taken to Norwalk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
TORTURED o sv ROBBERS.
Aged Mans Feet Burned Till He Plead
for Death.


Bound. gagged and tortured until he
revealed the hiding place Of the money
about his home. was the experience of
David C. Leasure, wealthy farmer,
living near Rochester Mills. Indiana
County. Pa. Five masked men enter
ed the Leasure house, bound Mr..
Leasure, his wife and a girl employed
BY them. The intruders then demand
ed money from Mr.. Leasure, who gave
them $40 and declared that It was
all the coin he had about the building.
The thieves became enraged at So
curing so little booty. fastened Mr..
I.easure to the floor and removing his
shoes tortured him by placing burning
PAPER against his feet.
While the torture was going on the
men demanded money, but the faimer
insisted that he had no more cash
about him and plead with the robbers
TO kill him outright or cease torment
ing him. He offered the men silver
ware. jewelry and other valuables
about the house, but they refused It
all and continued their demands for
money.
Where Is the cash you got for that
load of lumber sold last week?" asked
one of the thieves as he applied the
burning paper to the farmers feet. Mr.
Leasure said that he had received a
check for the lumber and that 1t was
deposited in the bank at In0lana. I'M
able to secure more money or intor-
nation concerning his wealth from the
man the robbers left the house.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
SLAUGHTER IN MISSISSIPPI.
Two White Men and Three Blacks
Have Been Killed.

AS result of a fight which occurred
on the Sims and Williams plantation
at Trail lake, Miss, 80 miles east OF
Greenville. John Sims and his man
agsr, named Cato, were killed by ne
groes and three of the negroes have
been killed also 1t is tea. ed further
trouble may ensue between the whites
and blacks.
The slaughter started about 10
O'Clock at night. when Sims and Cato
we're shot down in their store by
negro named Sam Clark. Sims was
engaged in checking up his cash when
Clark came in. BEFORE he could
make any kind OF a move Clark
raised q Winchester and fred, the
shot taking effect ia the back. Sims
died instantly.
Clark turned on Cato, the man.
ager. and shot him in the right side.
Cato staggered out of the back OF
the store and as he reached the door
a negro convict guard named Van
Horn, who was apparently in waiting,
struck him over the head with rife.
Cato died at Z o'clock next morning.
News of the tragedy was sent to
Greenville and Sheriff John Crouch
with posse went to the rescue. Van
Horn and Clark had made thei. es-
cape before the posse arrived, but the
trail OF Van Horn was found and he
was tracked about quarter Of a mile
into the wood. Here another negro
convict guard named Mayfeld inter-
fered with the posse and he was shot
down In his tracks,
Van Horn was captured and taken
to Leland. IA miles distant, where he
was kept in jail all night under a
strong guard, but at $3.50 this morn
ing he was taken out and lynched by
a mob.
While the sheriff and posse were
busy with Van Horn, Clark returned
to the Sims store with the intention,
It Is said of killing Buck Williams,
the other partner; the bookkeeper,
named Grow, who was also at woIk,
and others. Crow had armed himself,
as had also negro who worked
aaout the place, named Aaron Fuller.
When Clark made his appearance he
was shot and killed by both Crow and
Fuller.
II is believed at Trail Lake that
the shooting is the outcome of meet
ing held in the vicinity OF Trail Lake
by negro secret society
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
GUARDS KILL PRISONERS.
Soldiers Shoot Men at Columbus
and Fort Smelling.

John w. Manning, prisoner at the
United States barracks, at Columbus,
o., was shot and instantly killed by
Private Spsck. one of the sentries at
the garrison. Manning was held
awaiting trial for desertion, having
enlisted fraudulently three times and
deserted twice. His last enlistment
was at Johnstown, Pa, and he was
then sent to Columbus as recruit
Being identified as a deserter, he was
placed under arrest, awaiting trial by
court martial. While at work he at
tempted to escape. Falling to stop
at the command, he was shot through
the head, dying instantly.
Two military prisoners at Fort
Smelling, Mimi, made an attempt to
escape, and one of them. a military
convict named Wilson, was shot dead
by private Kennedy. The other was
retaken latter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
MURDER UNEARTHED.
Body Found In Naptha Tank Car
Shipped From Philadelphia.

At Whiting, Ind. the dead body Of a
man was found in a tank of crude
naptha shipped from Philadelphia.
The skull was crushed and the body
blackened. The body is so swollen
that 1t Is impossible to get 1t through
the opening of the tank car.
BY the finding of the body the au-
thorities believe they have unearthed
a murder mystery. Every possible
mark Of Identification had been remov-
ed from the body. which had apparent
ly been in the tank for some weeks.
The car was shipped from Point
Breeze. Philadelphia. May 81.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
AT GRANTS TOMB.
Corporal Tanner Delivers Address on
Memorial Day.


Memorial Day.
Perhaps the most notable observ-
ance Of Memorial day in New York
City was at the tomb of Gen. Grant.
U. S. Grant Post G. A. r., OF Brooklyn,
had charge of the exercises. The
United States gunboat Topeka was
stationed in the Hudson river in hon
or of the occasion and as the veterans
arrived at the tomb the ship fred a
salute Of 2l guns. Mrs. Algernon Sar-
torls, daughter of Gen. Grant, and Mrs.
Cremer, his sister, visited the tomb
just before the exercises and placed
flowers in the crypt. They were then
escorted to the grand stand and re-
mained during the o,atlon by "Corpor-
al" James Tanner. Thousands of per-
sons visited the tomb during the day.
A number of floral pieces were re-
ceived. among them one from Presi.
dent Roosevelt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
coSSAckS DEFEATED.
Russians Have Abandoned Positions
Near Port Arthur.

A detachment of Japanese troops at
tackled and defeated 1000 Cossacks at
Ai-Yang-Pien-Nen, northeast of Feng-
Wang.Cheng, Saturday. The engage
ment began at 10:30 O'CLOCK and end
ed at 80 a. m. The japanese lost
four men killed and 28 wounded. The
Russian casualties are not known.
General Kurok reports number of
outpost affairs and the capture of
eight Russian scouts.
General Oku, in command Of the
Japanese forces operating against
Port Arthur. reported that the Rus
SLAMS have abandoned Chen-Ko-Chen-
Pau. Huang.Shan and Liu-Shu-Tun. No
Russians have been seen east of
Chen-Ko-Chen-Pau. General Kaka-
mura's detachment, which occupied
Liu-Chu-Tun Friday, captured four
Russian guns.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
WOUNDED BY BURGLARS.
Clergyman shoots One Of Gang At
tempting Robbery.

As the result of two attempts at
burglary and running revolver duel
beween five burglars and three po-
licemen, two men are dying at Falls
Creek Pa, and three robbers are now
in the BTookville Jail. For the second
time in ~ months Postmaster Leahy
was robbed and as consequence of
his resistance was fatally wounded.
In the second robbery of the night
Rev. Mr.. Chisholm. Presbyterian
minister. fatally wounded one of the
bandits while he was breaking into the
minister's house.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
Jap ansse BattIeship Sunk.

The Russian authorities here de-
clare that Japanese battleship has
been sunk by submarine boat and
that three craft OF the latter class are
now at Port Arthur. and another en-
route to Vladlvostok by rail.
A French priest just arrived from
Mukden says 10000 Russian troops
are stationed there and that an army
of 100000 men is at Lao Yang with
heavy reinforcements arriving daily.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
HOUSE WRECKED.
Woman and Child Injured by an Ex-
pIoslon.

While attempting TO burn fiue out
with miners powder, Mrs. John 30
logne, of Florence mine, near Punk
sutawney, Pa. was the victim Of an
explosion. which may kill her and her
l8-months-oid child.
Mrs. Bologne took the powder from
n four-gallon can and after placing
some of 1t in the stove pipe set fire to
II. thinking 1t would clear the fiue. A
Blight explosion followed which threw
sparks into the can. when a second ex-
plosion occurred which wrecked the
house and blew the woman and baby
out through the door and several feet
away from the building. The woman's
clothing was on fire when two neigh
bors came to her assistance. While
they were trying to assist Mrs. Bo-
logne second can OF powder explod-
ed. and they were also badly burned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
Admit. shortage In Accounts.

Jesse B. Baker. bookkeeper form
erly employed by the National How
ard bank. of Baltimore, was arrested
at his home charged with embezzle-
ment. He admitted that there was a
shortage in his accounts of between
ola.00O and. $4,000. Baker disappear
ID two weeks ago, but returned to
Baltimore few days ago and was
arrested. Commissioner Rogers com
nlttsd him in default Of $4,000
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-08
To Cut on Russians in Korea.

Advices received in Washington re-
port the departure from Japan OF an
other army division. While its des-
tinatlon is not stated its is conjectur-
ed that these troops are about to close
in the Russians rear in Northeast
Korea. cutting off the raiding parties
which have threatened General Ku-
rokis communications. There are no
less than $4,000 soldiers in the expedi-
tion.