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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
MANY KILLED IN MINE
Terrible Disaster at Ze olsr, Ill.,,
Entombs Workmen.
BODIES TERRIBLY sLAcKENED
Theory That Explosion Was Caused
by Union Men on Account of
Strike Not True.

About fifty miners were cntombed
in Joseph Letters mine at Zeigler,
ILL.,, by terrific explosion of gas. 1t
is probable 80 or more of the buried
men are dead. The explosion, it is
said was due to the fact that the
Letter mines are not worked on Sun
day. thus allowing gas to accumulate
in the lower workings.
When between 35 and As miners
had descended into the mine Monday
to resume work, an explosion blew
the mouth of the mine high into the
air. One of the steel cages was
blown to the surface from the bottom
of a 50O.foot shaft. The shock of the
explosion was felt at Benton, IL miles
northeast of Zeigler. A teamster
driving along road half a mile from
the mine was covered with falling
cinders, and debris covered the floor
of his wagon half an inch deep.
One miner was killed and four
were severely injured at the mouth
of the shaft in which the explosion
occurred. The work of rescue was
begun at once by miners who were
arriving when The explosion took
place. The main shaft was demolish-
ed, so rescue work has to be carried
on through the air shaft. This has
hindered the work of aiding the en-
tombed men.
A committee of union miners from
Duquoin and other neighboring min
ing towns, headed by District Presi-
dent Morris, fastened to Zeigler soon
after the explosion, and offered their
aid
The bodies of the dead are so
blackened that Identification was
difficult. Three men came out
alive.
There was much excitement among
miners when the accident became
known, because there had been
strike of lolg duration, and many
conflicts had occurred between strik-
ers and non-union miners. An all
day investigation tends to show that
the catastrophe was due to the ac-
cidental explosion of accumulated
gas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
CABLE BRIEFS.

Ambassador Meyer has left Paris
for st. Petersburg, to assume his new
duties as Ambassador to Russia.
Emperor Joseph has left Budapest
for Vienna. There is no prospect of
an early formation of Hungarian
ca binet
Frank Stevens, one of the two
Americans injured in an automobile
accident near Monte Carlo, April 3,
is dead. Stevens companion, Louis
Hay, is recovering.
Emperor William has arrived at
Naples on the steamer Hamburg,
amidst the booming of canlon and
ringing hurrahs from thousands. He
was welcomed by the Duke of Aosta
and will see the King Thursday.
Hans Bierman, editor of the Olden-
burg Residenzboten, has been sen
fenced to years imprisonment for
accusing Franz RuhsJratt H., Minister
of Public Worship, Education and
Justice of Oldenburg, of gambling, ald
alleging that he was not fit to ST.
perintend the clergy, schools and
courts.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
UNSIGNED BANK NOTES
Decision of Supreme Court Makes
These Notes Good.

Information at the Treasury depart
ment that the National bank notes
without the signatures of the proper
officials of the banks to whom the
notes were issued were being circu-
lated in Western Pennsylvania has
caused stir among the officials of
the express companies under whose
care and supervision these bank notes
left the Treasury for their destination.
1t is understood these notes bear
evidence that they have been in a fire
and are believed to be part of those
supposed to have been consumed in
recent burning of a mail car on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad near
Connellsville.
The Supreme court has held that
unsigned notes as issued to the Ma.
tiClal banks are the promises to
pay" of the Federal government Sc.
cured by bonds deposited before the
notes are issued and that the sigma.
lures are not necessary to make them
negotiable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Boston Wool Market.

Since the strong closing of the
London wool sales, more confidence
appears on the part of dealers in the
wool market. The foreign woods are
firm. Leading quotations follow:
Ohio and Pennsylvania-XX and
above. 33@34c; X. 3O@31c; No l.,
36@37c; No. 2, 37@3Sc; fine unwash-
ed, 24@25c; quarter blood, unwashed,
30@31c; three-elghts-blood, S0@S1c;
half-blood, 29@30c; unwashed de-
laine, 27@2Sc; understandable,
29@3Oc; fine washed delaine, 36B a
SIC. Michigan-Fine unwashed. 200
21c; quarter-blood, unwashed, 200
soc; three-eights-blood soc; half
blood, 2S@29c; unwashed delaine, 25
OPT.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
STAY Granted Mrs. Chadwick.

Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick was
granted a stay of execution by the
United States circuit court of appeals
at Cincinnati, to hold until the further
order, it appearing that writ of
error had been sued, out within the
required sixty days and copy of the
same had been lodged in the clerks
Office of the lower court. Judge
Francis ]. Wing, counsel for Mrs.
Chadwick, said that he expected to be
able to present the appeal sometime
during the month of May.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
NILD WITH FRIGHT
Ike In India Causes Great
5 CT Life and Property.
POPS CRUSHED TO DEATH
Number of Europeans, including
Among Those That Lose
Their Lives.

The Kangra valley, a district north
of Lahore, having an area of over
$500 square miles, and a population
of 100000 people, is believed to have
been devastated by the earthquake.
The town of Kangra, with population
of over 10000, is reported to have
been reduced to ruins. The loss OF
life must be enormous, but no authen-
tic details are obtainable.
Terrible news is at hand from
Dharmsala, 400 men of the Seventh
Gurkha regiment, 20 men of the Sec.
ond, and so men of the First battal-
ion of the First Gurkhas, were
buried alive, and it is impossible to
rescue them. The. mortality among
the Gurkha troops is ascribed to their
occupying new stone barracks, which
was thrown up from the ground two
feet by the movement of the earth,
causing its total collapse.
There were many women, children
and camp-followers in the building,
and they are among the victims. The
survivors seemed to be paralyzed by
the suddenness and awfulness of the
CdldSIlOplic, anu lCl SOllle llllS Uluue
no attempt to rescue the buried.
When the masses of masonry were
removed more than 200 persons were
ertricated. Many of these were ter
ribly crushed. Nine more Europeans
are to be added to the death roll at
Dharmsala.
The shock was so sudden that oc-
cupants had no time to leave their
houses. Some perished on the thres-
holds.
The movement of the earth, was ac-
companied by roaring sound re-
sembling thunder. Unofficial reports
state that the number of deaths in
the area affected by the earthquake
exceed 1000.
A private telegram reports that the
town Of Palampoor, with 10000 in
habitants, was levelled to the ground.
Not a single house escaped damage
in the town of Sialkot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
WATER BolLS IN CRATER
la soufriere Again Shows Signs of
Disturbance.

In view of the fact that earthquake
Shocks were experienced on the
islands of st. Christopher. Dominica
and Antigua and at Pointe-a-Pitre.
Guadeloupe and of the prevalence of
intense heat at Kingston, the chief
of police and two constables, April
3, made the ascent Of La Soufrlere.
They found the area of the lake di-
minished, and met with water, green
and boiling, on the north side of the
lake, steam rising from all over the
lake, for the first time since the
eruptiCls of 1902. Steam was also
exuding from a large creek in the lip
of the crater, and from numerous fs-
sures inside the crater.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
FATAL EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA
Serious Loss of Life and Great DAM
age to Buildings.

A violent earthquake has occurred
accompanied by serious loss of life
and great damage to public and other
buildings. The town hall is almost
razed and the cathedral and Juma
Masjid one of the finest mosques in
India, are seriously injured Other
big buildings are cracked and fissured.
Many houses In the native quarter
collapsed.
At Mussoree, eleven earthquake
shocks were experienced in one day.
The first was continued for three
minutes. 1t was impossible to stand
without support. The left wing of the
Savoy hotel entirely collapsed, the new
Catholic church was wrecked and
every house in the place damaged.
The Mall cracked in five places. One
woman was killed and many natives
injured. Reports from the Debra
Dun and Rajpur districts show exten-
sive damage has been done.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
TWO MEN KILLED IN WRECK
The steubenville Accommodation on
C. and p. Crashes Into Freight.

The Steubervllle Accommodation on
C. and p. Crashes Into Freight.
Two trainmen were killed and a
third injured in a wreck on the Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh Railroad at Cos
tonia, o. The Steubenville accom-
mediation, eastbound, was struck by
extra freight No. 7241, head-on. The
engine of the passenger train was de-
rallied, and went over an embankment.
The cars of both trains were badly
damaged. No passengers were in
jured. The dead are: Edward Fuller,
of Wellsville, o., engineer, passenger
train. H. C. Ewing, of Mansfield, o.,
fireman, passenger train.
The injured trainman is: M. C.
McIntire, of Cleveland, brakeman,
passenger train.
The freight train was running at a
much higher rate of speed than the
passenger, and the nature of the
country there is such that the en-
gineer of neither train could see the
other until the collision was inc
vitable. Engineer Fuller and Fire
man Ewing attempted to escape by
jumping, but were carried along with
the locomotive when it went over
the embankment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
MoRMoNs SUSTAIN SMITH
Apostles Taylor and cowIey, Accused
of Polygamy, Also Sustained.

Joseph F. Smith was sustained as
prophet, seer and revelator of the
Mormon church by unanimous vote of
the nAmbers at the opening session
of the seventy-fifth annual confer
ence.
When vote was taken TO sustain
the II apostles two hands were rails
ed in dissent. One of the dissenters
rose to explain his vote, but was not
permitted to speak. President Smith
merely saying that he could present
his objection to the proper authori-
ties. The members VINO dissented
afterward said that they desired to
protest against sustaining such Off
GERS of the church as live in poyg
amy.
Among the apostles sustained were
Taylor and Cowley. They had been
accused Of living IN polygamy Sena-
tor Smoot was not present, nor were
Apostles Taylor and Cowiey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
TOWN ALMOST WIPED OUT
Eighty Per Cent of inhabitants of
Dharmsala, inaia, Dead.

It is renorted here that 80 per cent
of the inhabitants of Dharmsala, the
hill station, 95 miles northwest of
Simla, were killed. as a result of re-
cent earthquake there. The govern
ment has dispatched from Lahore for
tents, food, blankets, doctors, nurses,
etc, for the sufferers at Dharmsala
The earthquake was severely felt at
Kasuluh, but no lives were lost, and
the Pasteur Institute escaped. A sec
ond shock at Simla Tuesday evening,
caused such panic that the residents
rushed from their houses and slept all
night Il the open.
A dispatch to a news agency from
Calcutta says Lady Curzon, formerly
Miss Letter, of Chicago, wife of the
viceroy of India, had a narrow es-
cape during the earthquake at Simla.
A massive chimney fell through the
roof and ceiling into the room above
that in which she was sleeping.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Portable Wireless Service.

During his hunting trip in Colorado,
President Roosevelt will keep in
constant touch with Secretary Loeb
and his official staff at Glenwood
This will be accomplished by means
of the wireless telegraph under the
supervision of the military arm of
the government, where the receiving
station will be located on top of
Lookout Mountain. Two wires will
be strung temporarily up Lookout
Mountain and connected with the To-
cal lighting system which will furnish
current for operating the induction
coils. Messages will be telephoned
TO and from the hotel where Secre-
tary Loeb will be located
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
WAGES INCREASED
Nearly 5000 Workmen in Wheeling
District viii be Affected.

Official notices of the advance in
wages by the United States Steel
corporation were posted at the Laugh
lin, Aetna-Standard and Bellaire
plants of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany and Riverside department of
the National Tube company. The
increase will run on all besides ton
mage men from to 71s per cent.
The pay roll Of the National Tube
employees will be increased Sl25,000
annually. Nearly 5000 men are, af-
fected ia the Wheeling District. The
Semet-Solvay Chemical company in
creased the wages Of employees at the
Benwood plant per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Burton Will Resicn.

J. r. Burton will resign his seat as
United States senator from Kansas
in a short time, according to informa-
tion givcl out by one of his close per-
sonal friends here. He Is now sound
ing his lieutenants over the state in
regard TO the matter. When Burton
was first indicted, according to a
friend. he felt sure of acquittal. After
ne was convicted. and pending his
appeal to the Supreme Court. he
could not resign. for fear II would be
taken as an admission Of his guilt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
LOST IN BOTH BANKS
Many oberlin People Caught in the
Lorain Failure Also.

A director of the wrecked Citizens
shortage due in the stock speculations
of Cashier Keneen and his two assis-
tants would reach $132,000, and that
the findings of the expert account
ant promises to furnish another SEN
sation.
Many Oberlin people who lost
heavily as stockholders of the Citi-
zens National bank of that city,
wrecked by the operations of Mrs.
Chadwick and President Beckwith,
will also lose as a result of their
holdings in the Lorain savings bank.
OF the 1000 shares of stock of the
defunct local bank, 400 are owned by
Oberlin people.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Russian Troops Go Toward India.

The Times of India authentically
says Russian troops have replaced
those of the Ameer of Bolihara at all
posts on the Upper Oxus, and that
1000 men have been detached from
the Merv garrison as permanent
addition to the Kushk and Murghab
river force.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
MANY Killed in Earthauake.

4 message from Calcutta says:
Eight natives were killed during the
earthquakes at Mussoree. northwest
provinces. Mae Europeans were
killed at Dharmsala. They were:
Mrs. Robinson, wife of the colonel
commanding the troops there and her
two daughters. Mrs. Holderness.
Capt. Muscroft and four members of
the Indian civil service. Seventy
natives were killed and many injur-
ed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
sues Nephew az st.2oo. .ooo.

Former Judge Samuel l.. Bronson
of New Haven. Conn, who was the
Democratic governor Of Connecticut
in 1900. has been made defendent in
a suit for s1,2O0.O0O damages, brought
by his aunt. Miss Susan Bronson of
Waterbury. who alleges her nephew
has not rendered proper accounting
of her bus.less entrusted 20 him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK
Caused by Engineers Wash Being
Thirty Minutes Slow.

AS a result of a wreck on the
Southern railway. near Badham, four
persons are dead. The through freight
train from Columbia TO Charleston, and
the fast passenger train from
Charleston to Columbia collided at
Badham durilg a dense fog.
It is alleged that Freight Engineer
Reeds watch was 30 minutes slow,
and that this was the direct cause
of the wreck The dead are: Thomas
Conlin, engineer on passenger train;
----Stoker, white brakeman;
Adams and Stephens, negro brakemen.
Freight Engineer Arthur Reed was
fatally injured
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Three Men Killed by Nitro.elycerin

A small tank used for the storage
of nitro-glycerin exploded at the
dynamite manufacturing plant of H.
H. Thomas six miles from Bay City,
Mich. An Indian, 40 years old, George
Godfrey of Kawkawlin, and George
Uhlbricht of Auburn were blown to
pieces.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
INDIANS ON WARPATH
Shooting Down Mexicans and Devas.
tating Country.

John st. Clair, Trustworthy pros
pector, has returned from the Yaqui
country, near Ures, Sonora, Mexico,
and he reports that the Yaqui Indians
are still on the warpath. He says
that Malpuche, an old chief, is at the
head Of a band of 80 bucks, and IS
devastating the country. While 60
ing, from Ures to his camp in the
mountains, st. Clair heard firing and
ran into what had been an Indian
ambuscade. He found two dead
MeXicans, who had been killed only
few minutes before he reached the
place, he says.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Santo Domingo Accepts Terms.

A dispatch to Washington from
Minister Dawson announces that
President Morales has accepted the
terms for collection of the revenues
of San Domingo, especially regarding
the salary of $500 a month to be paid
Supt. Cotton. 1t is suggested, how
ever, that ColtCl go to Santo Do
mingo before the other collectors and
arrange with the Dominican govern
ment for their salaries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Hay's Health Imprcved,

The steamship Cretic with Secre-
tary of State Hay and Mrs. Hay on
board arrived at Naples, after a
pleasant voyage. Mir. Hay declares
that his health has been greatly i'm
proved by the trip and Mrs. Hay
also is enjoying the voyage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Threatened Roosevelt.

At Minneapolis, Alexander E. Gran
vile Gordon, charged with sending
a threatening letter to President
Roosevelt was sentenced to one year
in the Saltwater prison by the United
States circuit court. Gordon asked
for leniency. saying that he was under
the influence of cocaine at the time
he wrote the letter. He is Gescen-
dent of Gn honored English family.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
BLOCKED BY ENGLAND
Refused to Allow Nations Rcpre-
sentative TO Receive Money.

A serious hitch in the agreement re-
Gently signed between FSritish and
German bcldholders and Tie Vene-
zuela government threatens to rem
der the scheme for the satisfaction
of the nations claims unworkable.
A clause in the contract provides
that the proportion of the revenue
allotted to the bCldholders shall be
paid to the British legation and
consular officials in Venezuela, but
the British government. refuses
consent
The bondholders are discussing an
alternative arrangement, but consid
cradle doubt exists that the contract
will be carried out
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
A ROYAL MATCH
King Alfonso, viii Wed Arch-Duehess
Eleonore Marie of Austria.

After comparing the charms Of
the daughter of the duke of Edinburgh
with those of the princesses of the
German royal families, the affections
of King Alfonso Of Spain have settled
upon Arch-Duchess Eleonore Marie of
Austria.
While as yet the formal announce
ment of their engagement has not
been made, it is expected that it will
be announced when the young king
and his future queen meet in June
at Cannes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Calls for 1927. 900, coo.

Secretary Shaw issueG call upon
the national bank repositories of the
treasury throughout the couniry Tor
payment into the treasury of $4,000.
900. Under the terms Of the Secre.
tary's call a part of this money must
be paid May Is and a part July l.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
ARTILLERY DEPOT BLOWN UP
Man Exploded Bomb at Hardin, Kill
ing Himself and rs Others.

Seventy-five persons including four
artillerymen' and 40 Chinese coolies,
were killed by the terrific explosion
of bomb in the artillery depot in
Harbin, Manchuria. The man who
caused the explosion was also killed
The entire laboratory, a huge estab-
lishment, was wrecked and 10,000,000
projectiles were destroyed-2,0 900
packing cases containing 5000 each.
Millions of other projectiles not yet
completed were made useless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Boxer Movement not Alarming.

Russia has been informed by the
United States that so far as the
American minister at Pekin, Mr.. Con-
ger, has beea able to find out, the re-
ported anti-foreign movements in
China are not unusual in extent or
character. The Russian government
recently requested Secretary Hay to
INQUIRE into this matter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Operators SIGN Mininq Scale.

The threatened strike of the soft
coal mines in the Central Pennsyl-
vania field has been averted. the
operators granting the miners de-
mands. The scale calls for &c cents
a ton and 81 cents ton for machine
mining. Skilled laborers will be paid
S2.25 to $2.75 day and laborers from
$1.75 to $20S a day. 1ne men will
resume work at once.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12

The D. e. Mitchell farm at West
Alexander. Pa, comprising 10000
acres of valuable coal land, was sold
April 5, through r. A. Whiteside of
Pittsburg to an eastern syndicate
headed by ]. V. Thompson. for S55
an acre
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Afterdamp Caused Explosion.

Afterdamp, due to an explosion Of
blasting powder, set off by persons
as yet unknown, caused ;ne Geatn OF
43 miners at Joseph Letters coal
mine at Zeigler, ILL.,, according to the
verdict Of coroners jury, as re-
turned
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Palace on Wheels.

The most expensive and luxurious
private car ever constructed is build
ing at the Chicago WORKS or the Pull.
man company for w. X. Vanderbilt.
When finished it will cost Mr.. Wand
erbilt, $4,000.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
CHICAGO ELECTS DEMOCRAT
City Committed to Policy of Public
Ownership.

ownership.
The Republican party met defeat in
a memorable effort to capture the
mayoralty of Chicago AS a direct
result the city is officially committed
to the policy Of the quickest possible
cessation of private franchises for
public utilities. Municipal ownership
is especially threatening street car
lines.
After winning successively four re-
markable biennial fights of inde-
pendents against the regular Repub-
lican party organization, John May
nard Harlan, son of Associate Justice
Harlan, of the United States Supreme
court, was loser as Republican candi-
date for mayor. The victor is Judge
Edward F. Dune, Democrat.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
WIFE AND BARNS cREMATED
Husband and Father Arrested, Charged
With the Crime

The charred remains of Mrs. w. ].
Thompson and her two children were
fuond in the ruins of their burned
home at Shadwell, Albermarle coun-
ty. Va. The husband of the woman
was arrested On the charge of murd-
ering the three.
Shadwell is near Charlottesville.
where former Mayor. ]. Samuel Nc
Cue, was recently executed for wife
murder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
Gives $4,000 to Knox College.

The authorities of Knox college at
Galesburg, ILL.,, announced gift of
$4,000 by Andrew Carnegie to that "a
stitution for a new science build
inc
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12
VIII Increase unicn Pacific Stock.

Official announcement was made
that a meeting Of the Union Pacific
Railroad company stockholders will
be held at Salt Lake City, Utah, May
5, for the purpose of considering and
acting upon a proposed amendment OF
the articles of incorporation of the
company increasing its preferred
capital stock by the amount of $780,
100000 and of authorizing the issue
of such additional stock
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12

Russia's plans for the reconstruction
Of her navy include the building of 10
battleships and 80 armored cruisers,
besides torpedo boats, destroyers, sub
marines Gld mine boats.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12

Turkey is preparing for struggle
expecting to have to fight for ex-
istence against the European pow
ers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12

DR.. L. b. r. Smith has been ap.
pointed a pension examining surgeon
at Greensburg. Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-12

A mob at Fultcn. Ky. twice at
tempted to lynch three negroes In
Jail there charged with killing Oihcer
Baker.