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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
President Roosevelt Sees Many
Reasons for Its Observance.


The President issued his proclama-
ton naming Thursday, November 30,
next as a day Of thanksgiving. The
proclamation recounts the reasons for
the observance as follows:
When, nearly three centuries ago,
the first settlers came to the country
which has now become this great Re-
public they fronted not only hard
ship and privation, but terrible risk
to their lives. In those grim years
the custom grew of setting apart one
day in each year for a special service
of Thanksgiving to the Almighty for
preserving the people through the
changing seasons. The custom has
now become national and hallowed
by immemorial usage.
We live in easier and more plenti-
full times than our forefathers, the
men who with rugged strength faced
the rugged days, and yet the dangers
to national life are life are quite as
great now as at any previous time in
our history.
1t Is eminently fitting that once a
year our people should set apart a
day for praise and thanksgiving to
the Giver of Good, and at the same
time that they express their thankful
ness for the abundant mercies re-
ceived, should manfully acknowledge
their shortcomings and pledge them
selves solemnly and in good faith to
strive to overcome them.
During the past year we have been
blessed with bountiful crops. Our
business prosperity has been great,
No other people has ever stood on as
high level of material well-being as
our own stands. We are not threat
ened by foes from without. The foes
from whom we should pray to be de-
livered are our own passions, appe-
tites and follies, and against these
there Is always need that we should
war.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Boston Wool Market.

There is renewed interest In the
wool market. The general movement
has taken place in all grades of Ohio,
and Pennsylvania fleeces. Fine wash
ed delaine has been broken on price,
a moderately large amount having
sold at 37kc, with the market price
at 39c. Sales of three-eighths and
half bloods have been quite frequent at
94@35c. In line with the activity in
delaines, some Xxx has been sold at
36@37c, and X at SAC. Xxx, x and
delaine are in fair supply. A small
business has been done in Michigan
neeces. Quarter bloods are at $50
94c. Fine unwashed is held at 25@
26c; half blood, 32@33c and 1880 and
34@35c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
CzAR GRANTS PRlVILEGEs
Nicholas II. Finally Yields to the
Voice of the People.
COUNT WITTE PRIME MINISTER
The National Assembly viii Become
Real Legislative Body-Suff-
rage Largely Extended.

The autocracy of the Roman-offs
and the old order CT things has
ceased to exist in Russia. Emperor
Nicholas has surrendered and Count
Witte comes into power as minister
president, with an imperial mandate
which will enable him to convert the
farcial national assembly into real
legislative body, elected by greatly
extended suffrage, and to confer upon
the people fundamental civil liberties
including free speech.
These welcome tidings reached st.
Petersburg on the evening of Octob-
er 80. Count Witte had spent the
day with the Emperor at Peterhof,
going over the final draft Of the mani
festo to which he insisted that GER
tain minor notifications be made,
and before taking the train for st.
Petersburg he telephoned to a friend
that the Emperor had affixed his sig
nature, and that the imperial man
date comprising the conditions upon
which he had agreed to accept office
was in his pocket. These include
freedom of the press, the right of as
sembly and the immunity of the per-
son, including the right of habeas
corpus.
The official announcement says:
IAN imperial manifesto issued this
evening appoints Count Witte prime
minister with special authority to
coordinate and unity the powers of
the different branches of the admini-
stration. Civic liberties are grant
ed to the Russian people, and to the
national assembly Is given legisla-
tive power, while the suffrage is en-
larged."
Count Witte insisted on a cabinet
on the British model, with a selected
premier responsible to the imperial
douma, or parliament, while the EN-
peror clung to the appointment of
the members Of the cabinet on the
American plan by the Emperor as
chief of state.
Count Witte sent the following mes
sage to the Associated Press:
81 am sure the American people,
who understand what freedom Is, and
the AHleIlCdl press, WHICH NOlceS
the wishes of the people, will rejoice
with the friendly Russian nation at
this moment, when the Russian peo-
pie have received from his imperial
majesty the promises and the guar
antees of freedom, and will join in
the hope that the Russian people will
wisely aid in the realization of those
liberties by cooperating with the
government for their peaceful intro
duction. Only thus will it be possible
to secure the full benefits of the free.
dom conferred upon the people"
Messages from various Russian
cities told of fighting between the
mobs and troops. These messages
were filed previous to the promulga-
tion of the Cars manifesto.
Late at night after the news got
abroad crowds began marching up
and down the Nevsky Prospect sing
ing the National hymn and hurrahing
for liberty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
CASHIER LEFT A NOTE
Explains the Cause Of His Trouble
and Suicide.

The following statement, or con-
fession, as it has been termed, was
written by Cashier Clark of the En-
terprise National bank of Allegheny,
October II, the night before he shot
himself. The paper was found in the
pocket of his coat
Dearest Wife and Children-In 10
hours or less | will be in the other
world. You have been dear, good
wife to me. Andrews has worked my
ruin. Dear wife, keep all the insur-
ance for yourself and babies. How
hard it is to leave you all. / have
made desperate effort to keep things
going until l could get the road
financed, but it has been too slow.
The examiner is here and / am ruin
ed. Do forgive me. 1t is not my
fault; | have been shamefully rob-
bed. The bank will get everything
but the life insurance. Your hus-
band, LEE.
Attachments against the property
Of W. H. Andrews were issued in
Crawford and Venango counties by
the action of Receiver Cunningham
of the Enterprise National Bank.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
BUTcHERED by HUNDREDS.
Russian Jews Killed and Manned
by lnfuriated Mobs.
AUTHORITIES ARE PoWERLEss
Dead and Manned Fill Hotels and
Stores, While Wounded Are
carted Away by Scores.

The London Daily Nails" Odessa
correspondent gives an unconflrmed
report that Kishineff has been abso-
lutely destroyed by fire. He says
that the three suburbs Of Odessa,
Peressyp, Zastava ana Moldavanda,
have been completely devastated.
The Kieff correspondent OF the
same paper says that the British
consulate has been riddled with
bullets. The British consul was
stopped by soldiers, with leveled
rifles. who, however, permitted the
mob to wreck the house of a wealth
ly Jew.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg,
dated November Sd, reports the dis
Oovery Of a plot to massacre the
Jews in that city. 1t is semi-official-
ly circulated says the correspondent,
that at least 1000 persons have been
killed and 10000 seriously wounded
In the leading so provincincial towns
of Russia in the last "a hours, and
the death roll is still mounting.
The Berlin "Tageblatt" prints the
following dispatch from the Jewish
owner Of three houses in Kieff:
"Anti-Jewish excesses have been
raging here for three days and all
the Jewish shops and many private
houses have been totally destroyed.
The number of Jewish victims is
large, and children ald old people
have been barbarously murdered,
while the military and police looked
On with cynical Indifference"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
THIRTEEN DIE IN WRECK
Passenger Coaches Crushed Against
the Sides OF Rocky Gorge.

Thirteen persons were killed and 80
were injured in the wreck of a west
bound Atchison, Topeka C Santa Fe
passenger train, known as the Cali
fornia Express, which while running
35 miles an hour, struck loose rail,
ditching five cars near the eastern
limits of Kansas City.
The wreck occurred at Rock creek
cut on curve, where jagged rock
walls on each side of the track form
bluff almost 100 feet high. The
sides of the coaches were crushed
against the rough stone, killing and
wounding passengers and trainmen.
One Of the first bodies removed was
that Of the dining car porter, Ran
dolph Richardson. When killed he
was passing through some oftthe rear
cars and had just made the announce
ment, Last call for breakfast"
j. d. Whitmore, one of the injured
was in the smoker, which had an
old-fashioned coal stove heater. He
was thrown In such way that one
leg was jammed into the broken
stove in contact with the live Goals
and was so covered with the debris
that he was unable to get out and
his foot was burned until 1t must be
amputated.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Pension Clerks Dismissed.

Secretary Hitchcock ordered the
dismissal from service of four clerks
In the pension bureau, accused of
loaning money at usurious rates of in
terest. The action was taken upon
the recommendation of Pension Com
missioner Warner, who charged that
these clerks not only charged very
high rates of interest, but conducted
tie business during Office hours. He
made written statements in all the
cases, detailing the facts in each.
The clerks who lose their places are:
George H. Getz, George S. Livingston
and Joshua R. Hayes, all receiving
salaries of $1,000 each, and George r.
Marble, whose salary was $1,400.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
U. S. Steel Earnings Grow.

The directors of the United States
Steel Corporation declared a regular
quarterly dividend OF 1% per cent on
the preferred stock, payable Novem-
ber 80. No dividend was declared on
the common stock. The net earnings
for the quarter ended September 80,
were $31, 1,240,5S2, an increase of s12,.
466,65o, as compared with the same
quarter last year. Untitled orders
on hand September 80, aggregated
5,S65,377 tons, an increase of 2,S37,-
941 tons. as compared with September
30. 1904.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
New Era for Finland.

The proclamation of civil liberty in
Russia was followed by the announ-
cement of the return to a constitution
al regime in Finland and the aboli.
tion of the arbitrary conditions under
which Finland has been governed.
After a meeting of the constitution
alists Prince Obolensky, the governor
general, announced to deputation
sent by the meeting that he had been
instructed by st. Petersburg that the
Diet be Immediately called in extra
ordinary session to legislate for Fin
Land.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
PROMISED UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
Emperor Francis Joseph Yields to
the Demand Of Mobs.

s'S SS''u'e W "SSo'
While scenes of great violence were
being enacted in the streets of Wen
ma, 1t was stated on good authority
that Emperor Francis Joseph had de-
Nded to grant universal suffrage to
Austria, and had instructed the prem
fer, Baron Gautch Won Frankenthurn,
to draft measure on a comprehen-
sive basis. The decision is attribut-
cd to the emperor's desire to catisfy
rioting, and to at the same time
strengthen the Hungarian coalition.
More than so persons were injured
In the disorders, which grew out OF
great socialist meeting in behalf of
universal suffrage. The orators used
fiery language, declaring that millions
OF workers were ready to follow the
Russian example. The crowds out
side the hall were so great that traffic
was stopped for three hours,
After further harangues outside
the government buildings, the crowd
marched through the streets shout
ing for revolution. Near the Hof-
burg the police forced the demonstra
tors to enter the side streets, causing
numerous conflicts, in which several
persons were seriously injured, the
wild scenes lasting half an hour. La
ter at night the turbulence was re-
newed in many parts of the city, and
many more persons were hurt.
1t is alleged that the socialists
stoned the police, compelling them to
draw their swords, and it Is said the
police acted with brutal violence.
The masses resisted angrily, and a
cafe On Ringstrasse was almost de-
molished.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Charged With Numbering Girl.

Charged with having murdered
Susan Anna Geary, the beautiful
chorus girl, known as Ethel Du!rell
OF "The 9hepherd King" Theatrical
Company, now playing at the Nixon
Theater, the finding of whose mutt
lated torso and limbs formed the
famous suitcase mystery, Morris
Nathan, secretary to Manager b. A.
Reinold of the company, was lodged
in Central police station at Pitts
burg. The arrest came as the result
of telephone message received from
Chief Of Detectives Watt of Boston.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
TAFT ARRIVES AT ISTHMUS
Secretary of War Will Be Busy Dur.
ing Panama Stay.

The United States cruiser Colum-
bia from Norfolk Va, October 2S,
with Secretary Taft and his party on
board, arrived at Colon and received
salute of II guns. The public
buildings, the Offices Of the Panama
railroad and other establishments dis
played flags in honor of the double
event, the second anniversary of the
establishment of the Republic of
Panama and the arrival of Secretary
Taft.
The engineers with Secretary
Taft will be very busy during their
stay on the isthmus. Their head
quarters will be Colon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
New Government Printer.

Charles A. Stillings of Boston, as
public printer to take effect November
l. Mr.. Stillings is manager of the
printers board of trade of New York
City. Senator Lodge was among
those who indorsed the appointment.
Mr.. Stillings was connected with
Boston printing house for some years
and was once secretary of the Typho-
tnetea of Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Prof. Mitchell Ousted-

The board of bishops of the Meth
odist Episcopal church Will inform
the trustees of the Boston university
school of theology that the plea of
the trustees for the retention of Prof.
Hinckley G. Mitchell in the chair of
Old Testament criticism in that
school cannot be granted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Textile Strike AXerted.

At the conclusion of a conference
between the Manufacturers associa-
ton and the textile council at Fall
River, Mass, it was announced that
a compromise agreement on the wage
issue had been reached and that a
threatened strike of 10000 or more
operatives would be averted The new
plan provides for a direct and indi-
rect advance totaling slightly less
than 0 per cent, the agreement to
date from October 23.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Missionaries Killed In China.

Five American missionaries have,
it is believed, been murdered at Line
chow. DR.. Eleanor Chestnut, Mrs. E.
c. Machle and child and Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearle are the victims. The
murders are said to have occurred
October 2S. Linechow is a town of
10000 people, situated in the west
ern portion of the province of Kwang
Tung, at the head of the gulf of Tong
King, not far from the treaty port of
Pakhoi.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
MASSACRE is CONFIRMED
Chinese in America From District
Where Murders Occurred.

The Presbyterian Board Of Foreign
Missions at New York received a
cablegram from Canton, China, tell
ing of the murder Of five American
missionaries at the PRESBYTERIAN sta
tion at Lienchow, news Of which was
received from Hong Kong.
No motive which might have led
by the Chinese to murder the
American missionaries is known by
the Presbyterian Board Of Missions
here,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
New York's Population.

The population of Greater New
York, as counted by the State Enum-
Grafton Bureau June 1 and announced
October 80, is 4,O14,3O4, compared with
3,437, ,202 in 1900, and 2,5O7414 IN
1890. The population of Manhattan
borough is given as 2,112,697, and
Brooklyn as 1,35S,S91. There are now
S,066,672 people in New York State.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
BATTLEsHiP SPEED RECORD
Rhode Island Does Fastest Mile at
1898 Knot Rate.

A new speed record for American
battleships was established by the
Rhode Island on her official standard
ization trial trip over the measured
mile course of Owls Head, Me-, dur
ing which she steamed one mile at
rate of 1888 knots an hour. An
other mile was made at the rate Of
1927, while the average time for the
12 runs over the course was 1898
knots an hour. The contract called
for a speed Of 19 knots.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
ROOSEVELT ENJOYED HIS TRIP
Made Speeches to Men on the West
Virginia.

President Roosevelt regards his
Southern trip just ended, as a most
enjoyable and profitable experience.
Particularly did he enjoy the sea voy-
age, and he expressed himself in the
most enthusiastic terms regarding
the ships, officers and men of the
squadron.
While at sea Sunday, the President
made speech to the officers and men
Of the West Virginia. He had just
completed an inspection of the en-
tire ship.
President Roosevelt came ashore
from the Dolphin at the Washington
navy yard at 11:55 o'clock, October
81, and five minutes later he had left
the yard for the White House, in a
carriage with Mrs. Roosevelt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Dog Fight Causes Murder.

Policeman John Upton of Catletts-
burg, KY, attempted to separate two
dogs fighting on the streets Of that
city and kicked one of the CANNES
which belonged to Jacob Crother,
well-to-do citizen. Crother instantly
whipped out a pistol and opened fire
on the officer, who, in return. fired
three shots, shooting Crother to
death. Upton is one of the Oldest
policemen in the city.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
GERMANS ATTACK NATIVES
Fight Long Engagement, but Are Too
Tired to Follow Enemy.

An official dispatch from German
Southwest Africa says that Lieut.
Gen. Won Trotha, the commander-in-
chief of the forces, recently attack
ed an entrenched force of rebelious
natives on the Orange river, east of
Hartebeestmund, under the command
of Morengo, Morris and Christian.
The fighting lasted several hours,
until nightfall. Three German Off
GERS and 13 men were killed and
three officers and 81 men were
wounded and five are missing. The
rebels, who lost heavily, drew off
during the night. The troops were
too exhausted to follow them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
RECORD BREAKING OUTPUT
Baldwin Locomotive Works Were
Kept Busy During the Past Month.

The Baldwin locomotive works last
month turned out 225 engines. This
is the largest output in the COM
pany's history, and the construction
this year will break all records. To
get these locomotives out required
the employment Of 16,750 men in the
shops in Philadelphia alone. With
the force at Lewistown there are on
the payrolls Of the company more
than 10000 men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Wilson Order to Employees.

Secretary Wilson, of the depart
ment of agriculture, has issued in
structions that no employe shall be
connected with any firm selling to
the department, or any firm his busi-
ness it is to investigate, nor shall do
any work not connected with the de-
partment outside Of office business
without official consent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
DR.. Mcleod Arrested.

DR.. Percy ID. Mcleod, reputable
physician of the Back Bay district,
Boston, was arrested on the charge
of performing an illegal operation on
Susan Geary, the Cambridge chorus
girl whose remains were found in two
suit cases in the waters of Boston
harbor.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Public Debt Increased.

The monthly statement of the pub
lie debt shows that at the close of
business October 81, 1905, the debt
less cash in the treasury, amounted
to 81, ,002, ,646,125, which is an in
crease for the month of $6,06S, ,116.
This increase is largely accounted for
by the decrease in the amount Of
cash on hand due to increased ex-
penditures.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
RUSSIAN STRIKES ENDING
Employees Return to Work Following
Issuance of Cars Manifesto.

The strike has ended on the Mos
cow and st. Petersburg, the Moscow
and Kazan and the Moscow and
Archangel railroads. The conflicts
on these lines were declared off fol-
lowing the czar's manifesto. 1t is
thought that by the close of the week
the industrial situation will have un.
dergone a. complete change.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
Three Years With Chain Gang.

George Washington Murray, ne
gro, once Congressman from South
Carolina, will have to spend the next
three years cracking rocks as mem
ber of the chain gang. The Supreme
court of Georgia denied the appeal
of his attorneys for rehearing.
His punishment is for forging the
names Of ignorant negroes to land
leases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08

The annual report of Chief Signal
Officer Greedy speaks in high terms
of Alaska's wireless telegraph sys-
TEN which is "the only long wireless
system in the world that is regularly
operated as part Of a regular tele-
graph system handling commercial
business.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
AUSTRIANs TO FOLLOW SUIT
Social Democratic aPrty Resolves to
Emulate the Russians.

The congress of the Austrian So
cial-Democratic party unanimously re-
solved to emulate the glorious vic
tory" of the Russian proletariat and
demanded the immediate convocation
of the reichsrath for the sole purpose
of substituting for the present par
lament of privileges" system Of ma
tional representation, based on equal
and direct manhood suffrage.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
EXPRESS PACKAGE ROBBED
Contents Amounting to $4,000, Are
Stolen En- Route.

A sum of money, said to be $4,000
en- route by express from Hamilton,
Mont, to New York, is missing. The
Northern Pacific Express Company,
through several detectives, is trying
to discover what became Of it. The
money was shipped by Charles F.
Kelley to N. H. Harris & Co. for in
vestment.
Instead of receiving the securities
he had purchased, Kelley was dumb
founded to receive a letter stating
that the contents of the package, up
on receipt by the New York firm, con-
sisted Of newspaper clippings. The
seals were intact.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08

OF course, we're lusty people. The
news reports daily show the immense
amount of iron circulating in our COM
mercial arteries.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08

Russian soldiers continue to shoot
down rioters in some Of the principal
cities of the empire.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08
KEYSTONE STATE CULUNGs
ENDoWs A COLLEGE
Judge Paxson's VIII Establishes q
School Of Agriculture for Boys
from IL to 18 Years Old.

Judge Edward M. Paxson, who died
at Bycot, Bucks county, on October
IL, left part of his fortune for the
endowment of college of agricul-
ture. The college Is to be opened to
boys between IL and IS years of age
and regular course Of study Is to be
arranged so that mental equipment as
well as soil tilling experience will be
given. Judge Parsons estate amounts
to more than s3,000,O00. The affairs
of the institution are to be controlled
by a Board of Trustees. 1t is said
this board will consist of DR.. l.. Web
ster Of Philadelphia; former Judge
Harmon Yerks, DR.. VIM. Hrdman and
@. Howard Atkinson, OF Bucks coun.
ty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-08

The greatest tub oyster crusade of
the pure food department has been
completed in the western part of the
State under the direction of Division
Agent James Foust, of Altoona. All
told 500 samples of oysters have been
lifted in Allegheny, Westmoreland,
Washington, Cambria, Blair, Beaver,
Lawrence, Venango, Mercer and Erie
counties. The hundred or more
samples lifted in the Pittsburg and
Allegheny markets were found to be
pure. The same is true of Blair, Cam
bria, Westmoreland and Washington
counties. In Lawrence and Erie
counties the oysters were preserved
with boracic acid, and prosecutions
will follow. Reports from Venango
and Mercer counties have not yet been
received. The crusade cost the State
over s1,500.