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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
SEVEN KILLED BY COLLISION
Trains Crash through Failure to
Deliver Orders.
TEN PERSONS SLIGHTLY HURT.
Both Engines Were Badly Damaged
and Four Coaches Were Com
pletely Destroyed.

A passenger train which left St
Louis at 9 o'clock at night on ths
Southern railway collided head-on
with the passenger train leaving
Louisville about the same hour near
Mauds station, H., on Sunday. One
passenger and six employees were
killed and two passengers and eight
employees were slightly Injured.
The dead are: Charles Schmidt,
Centralia, ILL., Engineer Bowen,
Princeton, Ind; Fireman Charles
HUT, Princeton, Ind; Mail Clerk H.
d. Hogan, Georgetown, Ind; Section
Foreman Underwood, Princeton, Ind;
Employe Henry Oskin, Tennyson,
Ind; Cyrus Hutchinson, section hand,
East st. Louis, Ill.
The st. Louis-Louisville and st.
Louis-Knoxville sleepers were drawn
by both trains but none of the passen-
gers in these four cars was injured.
Both engines were badly damaged and
four coaches DESTROYED. The coils
ion occurred between Mount Carmel.
ILL.,, and Princeton, Ind, and, accord
ing to the Southern railway officials,
was caused by the failure of the
operator at Browns, H., to deliver to
the east-bound train an order naming
a meeting point for the trains. All of
the employees with the exception of
the trainmen were in the combina-
ton baggage and smoking car.
A wrecking crew and relief party
left Princeton, Ind, at once and began
clearing the track and removing the
dead and injured. The hardest task
was to extinguish the flames which
had broken out among the shattered
engines and coaches. Water was car
ried in hats and raincoats and thrown
on the flames by the passengers be-
fore relief arrived. Several cars
were burned before the fire was ex-
tinguished. The chair cars and sleep
ers were not damaged
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
MILLIONS FOR CARS.
Big Expenditures VIII be Made by
Penn sylvania Lines.

At meeting in Philadelphia the
directors of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg authorized an ex-
penditure of $7,3S0,000. All except
S4,000000 of this is to go to the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania, and of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago &
ST. Louis. The remainder is to be
used to pay for 1000 freight cars.
To purchase the cars the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Car Company will sup.
ply the money for their building,
and the Panhandle" company will
each year pay off part of the sum.
The orders for building the cars were
given some time ago.
The directors of the Panhandle"
company met first and after declar-
ing a semiannual dividend of per
cent on the preferred and a semi an
nual dividend of 11a per cent on the
common stock authorized the man
agement to purchase cars. To pay
the dividend requires $S60,000.
The cars are to be mostly of the
gondola type, and will be used princi-
pally in the transportation of coal.
Each will have capacity of 100000
pounds, and will be constructed ac.
cording to the Pennsylvania stand
ard.
The directors of the Pennsylvania
Company met after the Panhandle"
board had adjourned. They declared
a dividend of per cent on the stock
of the company, payable December 81
to shareholders of record December q.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
owns all the stock of the Pennsylvan-
la Company. The capitalization is
S50000,000. Last year the dividend
was at the rate of per cent. All
the proceeds from the dividends will
go into the treasury of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
RAILWAY BUILDING DECLINES.
A Falling Of Of About 25 Per Cent
COMPARED With 1908,

Railway building in the United
States for 1904 shows a falling off of
about 25 per cent compared with 1903,
when 5,7S6 miles of the new road
were completed, according to the Rail
way Age. Official returns for the cur
rent year, not yet complete, show
that 4,1GS miles of first track have
been laid since January l last on 299
lines in 43 states and territories.
That there would be a decrease in new
mileage this year was foregone con-
clusion on account of the general
business situation.
With the exception of the 60-mile
link (of which 10 miles were COM
pleted) to connect the Western Mary
land and the West Virginia Central
and Pittsburg and the completion of
the Pittsburg, Carnegie and Western
into Pittsburg, no work has been done
during the last year on the various
roads necessary to complete the At
lantic seaboard line of the Wabash
system, and there are no indications
that work is to be resumed soon on
these lines. There are persistent ru-
mors of an understanding between
the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
Gould interests which will make the
construction of these lines unneces-
sary, and the fact that the work is
still being held up lends color to
them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
FORCED TO RETREAT.
Japanese Lost Six Hundred Men,
Besides 800 Rifles.

The London Daily Telegraph's"
correspondent at Che Foo in a dis
patch dated December 26 says
a messenger from Port Arthur de-
scribes Japanese attack the even
ing of December %, with light col
umn of 5000 and many machine guns
on the northern defenses. They dash
ed along the railway, carried trench
after trench, and succeeded in reach
ing the water course beneath Pay
uisean mountain, whence the Russian
artillery worked terrible execution. A
fierce bayonet fight occurred at mid
night. A strong Russian force ad-
vancing eastward of Payuisean noun
tain threatened the retreat of the
Japanese, who. after a desperate
struggle, retired to the north, leaving
several machine guns, 800 rifles and
so prisoners. It Is estimated that they
lost 600 killed The Japanese halt
ed near the cemetery and finding
that both their flanks had carried all
the works forming the outlying range
of the main forts, then entrenched
on small hills near Else mountain
under a severe enfilading fire, which
caused them heavy losses.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
A THOUSAND MEN FELL
japanese Take Rihlung Hill at
Port Arthur.
FoILs THE BALTIC SQUADRON.
, II Russian Warships Should Reach
Port Arthur They WouId be at
Jap's Mercy.

A dispatch via Fusan, December
20 says; The Rihlung fort was cap.
tured at o'clock this morning, with
1000 Japanese casualties. Seven dy.
Mantle mines, exploded at 10 o'clock
yesterday, made breaches in the front
wall through which large body of
Japanese troops charged under cover
OF a tremendous bombardment and
captured the first line of light guns.
A bitter fight resulted in the capture
OF the fort. The garrison, numbering
500 men, escaped.
Rihlung fort, situated on Rihlung
mountain, formed part of the inner
circle of the chain of forts defending
Port Arthur. Rihlung is situated
about two miles from the outskirts of
the town of Port Arthur, from which
it bears due northeast. The fort Just
captured is mile and half south
east of Kekwan fort, recently cap
tured by the Japanese.
The possession of these two forts
should make most important Breach
in the Notifications of Port Arthur,
and cut off communication between
the Golden Hill forts and the forts
VI lilt WtSltlH StCllOH vi lHt
circle of Notifications.
From Rihlung mountain, which is
nearly opposite 203 Meter Hill it
would appear that the Japanese fire
will be able to reach anything in the
harbor and town, which the Japanese
heavy guns on 203 Meter Hill are un-
able to hit, thus making it apparently
impossible for the Russian second
Pacific squadron to make any use of
Port Arthur, even should the Jap
anese content themselves with hold
ing the strong position they now oc-
cupy
The Russian war Office points out
that the occupation of Rihlung noun
tain at the best only makes the Jap
anese masters of the entire terrace be-
yond the principal forts of Kekwan,
and still leaves the main line un-
broken.
Army headquarters at Tokyo pub
lished list of casualties, presumably
at Port Arthur, showing that 40 Off
GERS from the rank of colonel down.
ward, were killed. and that 5S from
colonel downward were wounded.
The headquarters of the army be-
sieging Port Arthur telegraphs that
on the night of December 2S, after
the occupation of Rihlung, a small
body of Russians still offered resist
ance in the passage between the siege
gun line and the gorge.
At O'Clock in the morning they
were dislodged entirely and the oc-
cupation of the fort became secure.
According To the statement of three
prisoners the defenders of Fort
Kihlung numbered about 500, besides
some sailors. A majority of the de-
tenders were killed. A number of
guns were captured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
HONDURAS WILL PAY.
Settlement for Assassination o.
American Planter.

Honduras has agreed to pay to the
United States, after prolonged nego-
tiations, an indemnity of $4,000,
Mexican, for the murder of Charles
w. Renton, an American planter at
Brewers Lagoon, Honduras, in 1895.
Leslie Combes, minister to Honduras,
has also affected the settlement of the
claim of the estate of the late Jacob
Baiz of New York for $4,000 Mexi-
can, due on unredeemed bonds. This
wipes out all existing disputes with
Honduras.
Thee Renton claim was the out
growth of one Of the most atrocious
murders ever committed in Central
America. Charles w. Renton, his
wife, who now lives in New York city,
and her neice lived on Brewers La
COON. They had trouble with ]. G..
Dave, the manager of the Brewers
Lagoon Wood and Produce Company.
Renton's enemies sent negro across
his land with rifle. When Renton
ordered him away he opened fire up
on the house and volley rang from
the bushes. Renton dragged himself
within his door with bad wound in
his leg. The leader Of the gang be-
seged the house and at midnight di-
vided his desperadoes into two part
les who lay still until dawn and shot
Renton as he stepped out to milk his
COW
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
PLOT COSTS SIX LIVES.
Three Convicts Dead and Three Dy-
ing in Attempt to Escape.

ing in Attempt to Escape.
Seven of nine convicts at the Cali
fornia State prison who made a
break for liberty were almost riddled
with bullets, three being dead and
three in a critical condition. Captain
r. ]. Murphy, a prison Official, was
wounded by shot in the leg and two
slight knife wounds.
The convicts who engaged in the
break were all employed in the rock
crusher, where S25 of the most des-
perate prisoners were at work. A
large sledge hammer was thrown into
the crusher, causing the machine to
come to a standstill. This attracted
Captain Murphy, Charles Jolly and
Taylor to the place.
Thereupon the desperate convicts
rushed TO seize Murphy and his two
assistants. They succeeded in catch
ing Murphy and Jolly. The others
tried to take the other guards, who es-
capped them. The convicts, with their
captives, made their way outside.
The convicts had knives in position
for immediate execution should the
guards attempt to free themselves.
They had no sooner stepped into the
open than the seven guards began
firing, and within 20 seconds seven
convicts were on the ground, help
less.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
SHIP SAILS THE AIR.
Travels 20 Miles an Hour and Is
Easily Man euvered.

Easily Man euvered.
Capt. Baldwin's airship, California
Arrow" driven by Roy Knabenshue of
Toledo, o., who made several success
full flights in the same machine from
the worlds fair grounds at st. Louis,
was given its first trial in California
and was successful, with the single ex-
ception of it's failure to land at the
starting point, owing to running short
of gasoline. A landing was effected
half mile away without damage to
the machine, and it was safely towed
back to it's anchorage.
The machine was in flight an hour
and Is minutes, and in that time sail
ed distance of probably 20 miles.
When flying with the wind the
Arrow travelled at speed of
20 miles an hour, and re-
turning directly in the face
of the strong southeastern gale was
able to make between six and eight
miles an hour.
The airship was maneuvered in
every direction, responding readily to
it's rudder, circling and turning in any
direction. sailing directly in the face
of the wind or at any angle, and ris-
ing and dipping as the operator direc-
ted. The Arrow rose at times to a
height of probably 5000 feet or more,
with Knabenshue regulating the
height by shifting his weight and
raising or lowering the bow of the
craft as he desired to ascend or de-
Scend
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
STORM COVERED LARGE AREA.
Wind Blew at Furious Rate in Many
Places.


One of the most severe storms OF
recent years ragged through the terri
tory lying between the Rocky noun
tains and the great lakes Tuesday,
and caused much trouble to street
car companies, railroads and tele-
graph companies.
The latter were the greatest suffer
ers, for the blizzard which swept
through the west and northwest was
preceded by a heavy fog and drizzling
rain which made the wires almost un-
workable. The intense cold and ter
rife gale that followed close upon
the fog coated the wires with ice and
later in the day threw poles to the
ground, Gripping the companies bad
ly. Railroad trains were badly delay
ed all through the west, some of them
being "a hours late. Street car traffic
in all the cities of the west and north
west was practically at a standstill al
some time during the day.
In its extent the storm was the
most widespread of any in the last
Is years. Counting the fog as a com
ponent part, it stretched from the
Rocky mountains to New York, and
from Winnipeg to New Orleans.
The storm struck Chicago shortly
after noon, and increased with great
rapidity until it had assumed hurri-
cane violence at $50 o'clock, when
the wind tore through the downtown
streets at the rate of 72 miles an
hour
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
OUTLOOK FOR STEEL BUSINESS
A Large Number of Transactions S
Have Been Closed.

The Iron Age says. The outlook is
very encouraging in nearly every di-
rection. While generally speaking
the volume of new business during
the past week has naturally been
rather light, still quite a number of
large transactions have been closed.
A good deal of tonnage has been
entered by the structural shops.
Works in the Pittsburg district have
captured the work. amounting to
about 10000 tons, for the New York
Central road and 5000 tons for the
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
The leading interest has taken 5000
tons of bridge work for the Cincinnati,
Hamilton K Dayton road and 5000
tons for the Pennsylvania lines west.
Some very large requirements are
still in the market, among which is a
lot of $4,000 tons of bridge work for
the\Harriman lines.
None of the large. steel rail con-
tracts pending has been closed dur
ing the week, but the volume of bust
ness already done is indicated by the
fact that the United States Steel Cor
poration mills now have on the
books 425,000 tons of rails for next
years delivery. Some export bust
ness of great magnitude is pending,
and there are also some inquiries from
Mexico, among them one lot of 1900
tons.
The furnace and foundry interests
throughout the central west and the
east have been much relieved by the
copious rains in the coke regions,
which hold out the promise of more
regular and more abundant supplies
Of fuel
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
RUSSIA DEMANDS AMMUNITION
Calls on Chinese to Return 100000
Rounds Recently Seized.

The Russian officials at Pekin de-
manded of the Chinese foreign Office
the restitution of the 100000 rounds
of ammunition, apparently destined
for Port Arthur, seized by the Chi
nese authorities at Fengtai. near here
four days ago The Russians assert
the ammunition was intended only
for the legation guard.
1t is learned at the foreign Office
that the Chinese intend taking a
strong stand in view of the frequent
attempts to smuggle arms and ammu-
.nition. The bales of wool contain
ing the cartridges seized at Fengtai
were consigned to an European resi-
dent of Pekin who is now at Tien
Tsin taking part in the investigation
into the affair.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Boston Wool Market.

Despite the fact that the wool mar
ket remains quiet. the supply of un.
sold material available has seldom
been so small as at present. Some
of the largest houses practically are
sold out of domestic wool, while all
are carrying moderate stocks. 1t is
estimated that the first of the year
will see the supply reduced to 25,OO0,.
900 pounds. There is a good demand
for Territory wools. Pulled woods
are firm and quiet and foreign grades
are steady. Trading quotations are:
Ohio and Pennsylvania, Xxx and
above, 35@3Gc; X, 30@31c; No. 1, 80
@40c; No. 2, 41@42c; fine unwashed
24@25c; a blood unwashed, 32@33c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.

It is announced that the Republic
Iron and Steel company will make
steel rails early in the second quarter
of next year, and that it wants to
enter the rail pool.
BY the burning of the house of a
Mr.. Lafreniere, near Calandar, On
tario, his four children perished be-
fore assistance could reach them.
Congressman William F. Mahoney
of the eighth Illinois district, died at
his home in Chicago. Death was due
to kidney trouble.
Mrs. John Johnson and her two
young sons were cremated in a fire
which destroyed their home at Ban
gor, Me.
The estimated wheat yield in
South Australia this year is 14,575, 900
bushels, an increase of 100000 bush
els compared with last year.
The New York state executive de.
partment refused to grant the Ohio
governors requisition for the extra
dition of DR.. Chadwick, claiming that
proof of forgery is lacking.
The German legation has warned
German subjects at Fez to prepare to
leave at moments notice.
The towboat Charles lutte, of Pitts
burg, was crushed in the ice at Gables
Eddy and sunk in the Ohio river be-
low Browns island.
Nan Patterson the show girl ac-
cused of the murder of Caesar Young
passed a gloomy Christmas in the
Tombs.
The Cuban minister to the United
States denies that yellow fever is
again gaining foothold on the is
land.
Volunteers who crossed the Shakhe
river Friday. surprised a force of the
enemy, killing about 100 and taking
Is prisoners. The Russian losses
were trifling.
Several postmasters in Idaho are dis
covered to be polygamists and a re-
port has been made to President
Roosevelt.
Diphtheria is quite prevalent at New
Castle, Pa, many cases being in the
Joseph Ward, of the Sixth ward, died
lew hours apart, anu u tulru one is
at the point of death.
OF the 7O5 passengers brought on
the steamer Merton. which arrived at
Philadelphia, more than $50 were Rus
slams. Most of those were able-bod-
led men, between the ages of 20 and
80 years, and liable for duty in the
army.
1t is officially reported in Paris that
the attorney general, who is examin.
ing the Dreyfus case, has decided
to recommend a retrial before a court.
martial. This is subject to the ap.
proval of the court of cessation, which
meets in February.
The Wabash Railroad has closed
deal for the lighthouse property at
Hancock, Nd. 1t will be torn away
to make room for a passenger and
freight depot.
John M. Pickart, who took part in
the early border troubles in Kansas.
and was with the party that captured
"Old Kickapoo," the pro-slavery
party's cannon, died at his home in
Leavenworth of pneumonia, aged 20
years.
Any boy living in the Thirty-first
Congressional district of Pennsylyan-
Ia, for which II. Kirke Porter of
Pittsburg is the representative. can
have an appointment 10 the Military
Academy at West Point by showing
Mr.. Porter that he is flt mentally,
morally and physically to become an
officer In the army.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Helped Organize the G. O. p.

Benjamin d. Worthington, died at
Steubenville, o., aged 81. He was
born in Connecticut and went to
Pittsburg in 1887. He helped organize
the Republican party in Pittsburg He
intended going to Cincinnati on the
steamer Moselle that blew up, killing
100 persons, but missed the boat. He
was a cotton and wool manufacturer
for years. He served in the Union
army in the civil war, was hospital
superintendent for the Panhandle rail
road for years and filled different city
offices in Steubenville. He had been
an active member of the Temple of
Honor and had held state and ma
tional offices in the organization.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Miners WAGES Increased.

A bulletin issued by the commits
sioner of labor statistics, shows the
average per capita earnings of Ohio
miners during the past year was
$496.60, an increase of S55.32 over
the previous year. The average num-
Der of days worked was 191, and the
average daily wage was $3.50, an in
crease of sc cents. The total number
of employees in the Ohio mines was
36, AGO an increase of $3.50.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Indicted for Lynchinu.

At Huntsville, Ala, John lamar was
arrested on an indictment returned
by the recent United States Grand
Jury charging conspiracy in the lynch
ing of the negro, Horace Naples. Sew
eral indictments in this case were
found by the Grand Jury, and so far
three arrests have been made. T. M.
Higgins and Robert Powell are out
on So 900 bonds.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Pearl Harbor FINALLY Paid For

The United States has paid $4,000
to the owners of lands at Pearl Har-
Dor. completing the purchase of the
land desired for the proposed naval
station. Secretary Atkinson has
sold second sl,000,00O of Hawaiian
bonds for $1,000 premium, slightly bet
ter than the last sale. They run IS
years and bear Az per cent interest
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Favor Panama Investigation.

While no action has yet been TAX
en- on the Shackleford resolution for
an investigation of the Panama rail
road by the House Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce, it is
known that majority of the members
of the committees are in favor Of
the resolution. Action will be taken
it is understood, so that the investiga-
ton can be made during the present
session of Congress.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
FOUND BY THE ROADSIDE.
Three Deaths From Exposure at
Soldiers Homes.

Specials from Dayton and Sandus-
ky, o., tell of the death of three Civ
ii War veterans from exposure during
the storm Wednesday night. At Day
ton the dead bodies of Daniel L.
Stewart and James Harsa, inmates
of the National Soldiers Home, were
found in roadways near the home
At Sandusky the dead body of George
Weber, an inmate of the Ohio Sol
dieys' Home, was found near the
home, where he had apparently fallen
asleep.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
copper coinaae for China.

With reference to the recent at
tempt of Prof. Jeremiah w. jerks of
Cornell university, and member of
the American commission on inter-
national exchange. to introduce i'm
provements in the monetary system of
China, 1t is interesting to note that a
Chinese proposal is under considera-
tion advocating the coinage on large
scale of copper cash. proving, It Is
claimed. that the Chinese do not con
template change in their monetary
system.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-04
Too Much of Public Life.

Ambassador Choate has announced
that he intends to quit the diplomat
ic service soon after the Inauguration
of President Roosevelt.
"Six years is long slice out of the
life Of a man of my age said Mr..
Choate recently to friends in London,
"and while | have enjoyed the life
and the people | have met in Eng
land have determined TO go home
and devote the remainder of my time
to looking after my own Affairs"