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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Japan's Financial Burden.

Former Foreign Minister Okuma,
leader of the Progressive party, be-
fore the Associated Chambers of
Commerce, referring to the sudden
expansion of Japan's finances, said
that when the withdrawal of the
troops is completed, she will find
herself confronted with a debt of ST.
250,000,O00, the interest on which
alone, roughly speaking, will be $751;
100000, or nearly twice the revenue
of the country ten years ago. The
per capita rate of taxation before the
war was 81. Now it is Sc. The per
capita share in the national debt be-
fore the war was Sc. 1t Is now $25
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
ACTIVITY INCREASES
Large Tonnage OF New Business In.
sures Full Time for Steel Mills
Next Year

Favorable trade reports still pre-.
dominate and there is no anxiety re-
garding the future. Higher tempera-
ture checked retail distribution of
heavy wearing apparel and other sea
sonable merchandise. but preparations
for unprecedented fall and winter
trade continue without dminution
Superlatives are needed in comment
Ing ON real estate transactions, build.
ing permits. bank exchanges and rail
way earnings, and failure statistics
for the third quarter show a very low
commercial death rate. Quarterly
records back to 1875 disclose no
three-month' period when the ratio of
liabilities to solvent payments through
the clearing houses was lower than
the 81 cents to $1,000 just recorded,
while the average loss to each firm In
business of 1926 per cent. was less
than In any year except 1881. Indus
trial activity increases, large ton
mage of new business assuring full
time at the steel mills still further
into next year; footwear shops show
much heavier shipments than in 1904,
and the textile factories are well en-.
gagged. Better crop news weakened
cotton and grain prices slightly, but
there will be enormous profits to the
growers even If quotations go still!
lower. Latest reports of railway earn
ings In September show a small gain
Of per ceat. over last years figures.
Strength prevails in the hide mar
ket, despite increased receipts of cat
tie and some deterioration owing to
the longer hair that is a seasonable
factor at Northern points. Leather
Is strong
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
JUDGE CAPTURED BY A MOB
Forced to Rescind Order for the
Arrest of Officers.
DRAGGED FROM FREIGHT ENGINE
Finally Released and Gambling Goet
Merrily on In Brighton,
Colorado.

The spectacle of member of the
judiciary being dragged about by a
mob and forced to rescind an official
order ended day of turmoil at
Brighton, Col, the county seat OF
Adams county, adjoining the city lin
its of Denver.
A. II. Gutheil. County Judge, sum.
moned the Mayor, Marshal and mem
bers of the town board before him
and lectured them for their alleged
failure to enforce ordinances against
gambling and Sunday liquor selling.
Following this, the Judge ordered
the Sheriff and Marshal to gather the
slot machines in the town of Brighton
and when they reported later that
they could only find one Judge
Gutheil deputized two men to arrest
them for contempt. In the meantime
both the Sheriff and the Marshal dis
appeared.
The report of the Judges action
concerning the two peace officers
spread through the town and caused
much excitement Citizens began to
gather on the streets, and, fearing for
his personal safety, Judge Guthie
boarded Union Pacific freight engine
as 1t was pulling a train slowly
through the town He ordered the
engineer TO uncouple the engine from
the train, It Is said, and run to Den
yer with him. threatening legal ac-
tion unless the engineer complied
with the order.
The engineer refused to obey the
demand, and while they were dis
cussing the matter mob gathered
around the engine and Judge Guthiel
was dragged from the cab. He was
told that he must rescind his order of
arrest against the Sheriff and Marshal
and upon being assured that he had
already done so the Judge was releas-
ed by the mob and allowed to proceed
to the city on a passenger train later.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
CHANGES FOR CABINET
Postmaster General Consents to Sue.
ceed Mr. Shaw.

1t is stated positively by a close
friend of the President that Post.
master General Cortelyou will sue
coed Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
when he retires in February.
The place was offered to Mr..
Cortelyou some time ago and he de-
clined the offer. Since then the
President has renewed his offer, and
only a few days ago, it is said, Mr..
Cortelyou accepted.
Associated within this report is one
that Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue. Yerkes is to succeed Secretary of
Commerce and Labor Metcalfe when
the latter becomes secretary of the
navy. Secretary Of the Navy Bona
-parte, according to this program is to
become attorney general when Mr.
Moody retires from the cabinet The
date Of the retirement of Mr.. Moody
has not been determined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Counterfeit S1o Bill Out.

Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
announces discovery of a counterfeit
$40 United States C'Buffalo") note. of
the series of 1901, check letter B.
Lyons, register, Roberts treasurer. 1t
is said to be fairly deceptive photo
mechanical reproduction on two pieces
of paper, between which blue and red
silk fibre has been distributed. The
counterfeit is three-eighths of an inch
longer than the genuine. The seal
is trifle darker. The back of the
note Is printed in very dark green.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
HORRIBLE DEATH
Captain and Crew Fall Into the
Hands OF CannibaIs.

FIdUuo " SdTHipdio.
That his brother was horribly muf-
dered and given to sharks by
cannibals OF Matticolo island, New
Hebrides, was the startling informa-
tion received by r. G. Pentecost of
the Thomas Wightman Glass Com
pany. Pittsburg. Mr.. Pentecost's s
eldest brother. Capt. r. 7. Pentecost,
captain and owner Of the schooner
Petrol, was captured and murdered In
the most revolving manner.
SO far as Mr.. Pentecost has learned
his brother was tied to tree and
transfxed with spears by the natives
OF the island. While still conscious
he was thrown to the sharks, the ma.
tives dancing about, after which Il
cannibal feast was held. A French
warship was sent to the island and
during the attack and burning of the
village of the natives, a marine gun
ner and four natives were killed and
the murderers of Capt. Pentecost and
his crew captured.
Capt. Pentecost was aged 50 and an
Englishman. He had been at sea for
35 years, trading in the southern seas
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
GREAT POWER PLANT
viii Rival the Great Works at Mag
ara Falls

In Stanley county, N. c., Of the Yad-
kin river, away from settlement and
almost out of the reach of civilized
man, the r. A. Gillespie company, OF
Pittsburg and New York, Is construct
ing for the Whitney company, Of
which George l. Whitney, of Pitts
burg, is the head, an enormous power
plant, which Is expected to develop by
water by the time the plant Is all
completed anywhere from $1,000 to
00,O0O-horsepower. There is nothing
In existence to rival the work now In
progress there except the great power
plant at Niagara Falls. The project
contemplates the expenditure of
something like s6,OOO,OOO or $1,000
600 in the utilization of the power
from about 200 feet of fall in the Yad-
kin river, one of the large streams of
the Atlantic slope.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED
Fire in Japan Causes Loss Of Prob
ably $5,oO0OOO.

A fire that broke out in an army
storehouse at Hiroshima, Japan, de-
stroyed 20 temporary buildings, to.
gether with their contents, consisting
principally of provisions and clothing.
A large portion Of the clothing was
removed from a new storehouse the
fire started.
In addition to the 20 buildings con
tanning clothes and provisions, seven
others filled with fodder were destroy
ed. Although the buildings were con
structed of light material, they con
tanned an enormous amount of stored
goods, and the structures being of in
flamable nature, the flames were
difficult TO extinguish, despite the des-
perate efforts of the troops. The fire
spread with great rapidity. 1t was
probably of incendiary origin. The
loss is variously estimated at from
$2,000,000 to S5,000,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
SHOT BY A MANIAC
Without Provocation Swede Fires at
Stranger.

Without any apparent cause An
thony Olson, demented Swede,
shot and possibly fatally injured
Hugh Hamilton, Of Greensboro, Pa, =,
in the Hotel Wilson. No. 10 Smith
field street. After a hard struggle
Olson was lodged in Central sta
tlon and Hamilton was removed to
the Homeopathic hospital where it
was said that he had a slight chance
for recovery. He was shot four
times and one bullet is still lodged in
his right lung.
Hamilton is a prominent potter at
Greensboro and is well known in
Pttsburg He said Olson was an alb
solute stranger to him and Capt.
John Wilson, son of the proprietor
of the hotel, said that he never saw
Hamilton with Olson Hamilton had
been coming to the Hotel Wilson for
Is years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
NO RECORD ON THE BOOKS
Contribution to Campaign Fund
Was Not Recorded.
BlACkMAlL BY LAWMAKERS
What Insurance Men Have to En-
counter in Way Of Proposed
Legislation.

That John r. Hegeman, president of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance ,com.
pany, borrowed $4,000 from the New
York Life Insurance company at k
per cent. below the market rate was
brought out in the insurance investlga-
ton, and President John A. Mccall,
of the New York Life, testified that he
in turn borrowed $4,000 from the
Metropolitan ut the same rate. This
was IN January, 1903, the loan was
renewed In January, 1904, and ran un-
til March. 1905, when the rate of In.
terest was advanced to 2 per cent,
at which rate 1t is still running.
Mr.. Mccall enlivened the proceed
ings further when he said that there
was no record on the books of the
New York Life Insurance company of
the $l50,000 paid to the Republican
National committee for contributions
to Presidential campaigns. While he
had no personal knowledge that the
money was paid, he assumed It was
because he had told the treasurer to
make these payments.
Mr.. Mccall, in detailing the general
Legislation work of Judge Andrew
Hamilton and the counsel he employ
ed, denied any knowledge of the leg,
islative pool which was disclosed in
the examination of Alfred W. Maine,
auditor of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance society last week.
President Mccall testified that the
New York Life's expenses for legal
services from June |, 1900, to August
81, 1905, were $1,1O392O. OF this
amount, Mr.. Mccall said, Andrew
Hamilton received $476927. In
States where Mr.. Hamilton looked
after legislation, Mr.. Mccall said, he
was expected to deal with the man
who could produce the results.
Mr.. Mccall. on this question made
the startling assertion that three
quarters of the bills affecting life in
surarce companies were in the nature
of blackmail.
Nellie f. Towner, of Albany, was
called 10 the stand and disclaimed any
knowledge of the whereabouts of
Cancelled checks of Judge Hamilton,
of Albany.
q Mr. Towner testified that he had
made deposits for Judge Hamilton,
but not while the latter was in
Europe. He had taken, some can
celed checks from the Albany Trust
company early in September, and had
thrown them into drawer in Judge
Hamilton's desk. He had had no oc-
casion to look at them again until
last week, when he received the sub
pena to appear before the committee
He was asked to bring these checks
with him, but when he looked for
them they were gone. He had no
knowledge. he declared, of where they
could have gone or who could have
taken them,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Canton Bankers Indicted.

The Grand Jury at Canton, O., re
turned indictments against w. l..
Davis, vice president, and Corwin D.
Bachtel, cashier of the Canton State
bank, now in the hands of receivers
Davis is held for embezzlement OF
s15,900, and for grand larceny of the
same amount. Bachtel is indicted for
the same two offenses and an addi
tional indictment is placed against
him charging false entries on the
banks books.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
ENORMOUS COMMISSIONS
District Attorney viii Have Insurance
Scandal Before Grand Jury.

That the astounding total of more
than $2,600,000 has been paid as
commissions by the Mutual Life In.
surance Company to two members of
the family of Richard A. McCurdy,
president of the company, and the
promise of District Attorney Jerome
that the insurance scandals certainly
will be submitted later to an extra
ordinary grand jury, were developed
In the insurance investigation.
1t was brought out by testimony
before the Legislative insurance com
mittee that Robert H. McCurdy, a
son of Richard A. McCurdy, has re-
ceived as commissions on foreign
business $l,163,S29 and on domestic
business $541,S52 and that Louis A.
Thebaud, son-in-law of Richard A.
McCurdy, has received an aggregate
of S920113 in commissions from the
company. 1t was also brought out
that Robert II. McCurdy expected
his income this year would be about
$4,000.
w. f. Thummel, an attorney of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company, tes-
titled he had paid to the chairman of
the Republican congressional cam.
paign committee s25OO in cash as a
campaign contribution.
Mr.. Jerome, in announcing in
court that the scandals would be
submitted to an extraordinary grand
jury said the inquiry by the legis-
lative committee had shown great
er moral obliquity and moral obtuse-
ness on the part of persons import
ant in the business world than did
the shocking revelations in regard to
the Equitable Life"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
MILK FOR THE POOR.
Secretary Wilson Imports Herd Of
Milking Goats.

The Department of Agriculture has
imported from the Island of Malta a
herd of G8 milking goats. These ami
mails will be taken to the Connecticut
experiment station, where they will
be fed, MIXED and propagated under
scientific conditions. The young will
be distributed throughout the expert
ment stations of the different States.
Secretary Wilson says: "The milk
ing goat has been neglected in the
United States. Goats are almost en-
tirely free from tuberculosis. Their
milk is peculiarly adapted to chill
dren, resembling human milk more
than that from any other animal. It
1t also valuable for invalids. People
who cannot keep cow may keep a
goat"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
FRosrs DO LITTLE HARM
Not More Than Five Per Cent Of
Corn Is Now In Danger.

The weekly crop bulletin OF the
weather bureau summarizes crop
conditions as follows: The weather
conditions of the week ending Octob-
er 2, as Il whole, were expectionally
favorable to agricultural interests
Highly favorable weather prevailed
throughout the principal corn States.
An exceptionally large and fine yield
Of corn Is now assured over much the
greater part of the corn belt, and
only very small part of the crop In
the northern central portion, estimat-
ed at from two to five per cent of
the total. remains exposed to injury
from frost, and this Is maturing
rapidly.
AS whole, the reports indicate no
decided change In the condition OF
cotton, as compared with the pre-
vious week, slight Improvement
being shown In northern Alabama
and in portions of Texas, while in
other sections Of the latter State
there has ben slight deterioration.
A light apple crop Is reported near
ly everywhere, only Il few unimport-
ant apple producing States indicating
satisfactory yields.
Owing to the extensive prevalence
of blight and rot In the principal po-
tato producing States a light crop OF
potatoes of inferior quality Is gener-
ally promised.
The fall season so far, has been ex-
ceptionally favorable for plowing and
Seeding in the central valleys, lake
region and middle Atlantic States.
In portions of the Southern States
and on the aorth Pacific coast dry
soil conditions have not been favor.
able for this work.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
ENGINEER KILLED
Serious Wreck on Big Four at
Terre Haute.

The second section of a Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & st. Louis (Big
Four train ran into a derail at the
crossing of the Southern Indiana Belt
line at Terre Haute, Ind. The engi
neer was killed and three injured
The engine and ten cars were demol-
ished and the track was torn up for
100 yards. The dead. r. B. Brown,
engineer, Terre Haute. The injured,
Rev. A. w. Luce, Hope, Ind. ]. S.
Shierbaum, fireman, Mattoon, H..
Jesse Syknell, Carthage, Mo.
The engine went over the embank-
ment and the cars piled up. Engi-
neer Brown was caught under the
wreckage. The Rev. Mr.. Luce was
moving his household goods from
Fort Branch. Ind, to Hope, Ind, his
new charge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Finds a Pot of Money

An iron pot containing coins Of gold
and silver, valued at something like
$500, was unearthed by George
Brown upon some rented land in a
suburban addition to Des Moines, Ia,
known as Hyde Park. The coins
were dated before 1860. and it is
presumed that they were buried for
safe keeping by some farmer who
responded to the call for volunteers
in the beginning of the Civil war and
who never returned.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
RAMSEY REMOVED
Wabash Directors Elect DeIano tc
Succeed Him.

The directors of the Wabash rail
road met and removed Joseph Ram
sey, Jr., from the presidency, f. A.
Delano, first vice president was elect
ed to succeed him. Mr.. Ramsey was
removed on the ground that he had
made an attack upon the railroad, an
unprecedented thing for railroad
president to do, according to one of
the directors. At special meeting
of the directors last Monday. Mr..
Ramsey's leave of absence was ex-
tended from October l to October 10,
the date of the annual meeting, when
Mr.. Ramsey hopes to get control of
the road. Mr. Ramsey was present
at that meeting and entered a formal
protest against the extension of his
leave of absence.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
GIVES $to,ooo,ooo CASH
Rockefeller Turns Money Over to
General Education Board.

The siO,OOO,OOO gift of Joha d.
Rockefeller to the General Education
Board, which was announced last
June, was paid to the board by Mr.
Rockefeller in cash. In his letter of
last June Mr.. Rockefeller announced
that this gift would be forthcoming
October | in cash or securities.
The $10,000,000 were delivered to
the Executive Committee of the
board while In session October 2 by
f. r. Gates, representative of Mr..
Rockefeller and also a member of the
committee. The payment was made
In a series of checks made payable to
George Foster Peabody, treasurer OF
the board. Six of the checks were
for $1,OOO,000 and two for $4,000
900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Fairbanks Lets Contract.

Vice President c.. W. Fairbanks
has let the contract for $4,000 resi-
dence at Mansfield, Ill.,a small town
in Platt county, where his brother is
a banker. The Fairbanks own
thousands of acres of valuable land
In that vicinity, and it is announced
that after completing his term as
Vice President Mr.. Fairbanks will
make Mansfield his permanent
home.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
TWO KILLED
Gas Leak Causes Explosion in Gin
cinnati Court House.

cinnati Court House.
An explosion of gas under the floor
of the county commissioners office at
the court house in Cincinnati killed
George Zimmerman, chief clerk of the
commissioners, and Russell Blair, an
assistant clerk. The explosion tore
loose the floor and completely wreck
ed the county commissioners room.
1t also shattered most of the windows
in the court house.
The explosion was occdsioned by
escaping gas coming into contact with
a lighted match in the hands of Pat
rick Walsh, superintendent of county
buildings, while he was looking for
a gas leak in the court house.
In addition to the injuries of Zim-
norman and Blair, which quickly re-
suited in death, two others were
painfully hurt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Wants Money Returned

Attorney General Mayer OF New
York received the letter of Attorney
William Hepburn Russell asking
permission to begin suit against John
A. Mccall, president, and George w.
Perkins, vice president of the New
York Life Insurance Company, for
the restitution of s15O,0OO contributed
to Republican campaign funds. Up-
der the laws of the State the sane
ton of the attorney general Is re-
quired in order to bring a suit of this
character.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Boy Finds $4,000.

Certificates Of deposit, notes and
securities valued at more than $4,000
were picked up on the street in Gin
cinnati by Raymond Schlie, Is years
old. The securities were turned
over to the Western German Bank,
and the officials are trying to find the
owner. The papers were in two small
boxes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
atal Collision.

A 500 line express train from the
East, leaving the Union passenger
station at st. Paul, Mimi, collided
with a Chicago Great Western fast
stock train at the Fourth street via
duct. The force of the collision sent
five of the passenger cars down a 27-
foot embankment. One passenger is
dead and five were seriously injured,
while score or more we're slightly
cut and bruised.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
New Rural Routes.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral De Graw reported that there
were 1,431 rural free delivery routes
established throughout the country
during September, making a total of
32,4S6 routes existing. There are
1855 petitions for such routes pend
ing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Lost in Typhoon.

The Inter-island steamer Canlabe-
mia, 1,097 tons, was sunk in the re-
cent typhoon off Ticao island, one of
the Visayan group. Apparently all on
board were lost. She carried five
Americans, one Spaniard and II ma
tive and Chinese passengers, and a
crew of 81 men and officers. The is
land steamer Carmen is also report
ed lost. Details are lacking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11

Three children were burned to
death and their parents rescued and
taken in dying condition to st.
Mary's hospital, five other tenants
sent to hospitals suffering from burns,
and two firemen hurt in fire in a
four-story flat house in Reid avenue,
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
More Cotton Indictments Found.

The Federal Grand Jury reported
new indictments in the cotton crop
report leakage cases against Edwin
S. Holmes, associate statistician of the
Agricultural department; Edwin A.
Peckham and Moses Haas, of New
York. They cover the same ground
as the other indictments. but are be-
lieved to be more specific.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
LITTLE BEAR GIVES UP
Famous Indian Chief Surrenders After
Twenty Years of Rebellion.

After 20 years of opposition to the
Canadian government. Chief Little
Bear and his band of 800 renegade
Crees, appalled at the number of their
children and horses dying and their
inability to secure food as the re-
suit of the drought prevailing in
Northern Montana, have surrendered.
Chief Little Bear and his band fled
to Montana at the close of the noted
Riel rebellion. Many of the tribe are
now in Great Falls, en- route to Havre,
where the tribe will assemble PRIOR to
beginning the march to Canada.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
ROBBER KILLS GREEK
Two Blacks Hold Up and Rob Thirty
Men.

WV "'oNNo ''O'u W diIi ItSD nlTlv
Men.
Peter Pannell, Greek laborer, was
killed at Salts Run, near Rayland,
o., by one of two unknown negroes
who entered the Greeks sleeping
quarters for the purpose of robbery.
There were 80 Greeks in the room,
all unarmed. The negroes fired sew
eral revolver shots and terrified
them. Then they went from bunk
to bunk, taking the savings of their
victims and secured about S325.
Pannell had bag containing $500
to which he clung tenaciously.
When he refused to deliver it to one
of the negroes he shot the Greek
through the mouth, killing him in
stantly. The two negroes made their
escape toward Wheeling.