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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
CURRENT NEWS EVENTS.

Foreign markets await manufac-
tured cotton goods from America.
Thousands are turned away from
the revival meetings in London.
The bill giving women the right to
vote for presidential electors was vot-
ed down by the Kansas senate, 60 to
20.
A former Hungarian revolutionist is
received by Emperor Francis Joseph
and outlines the plans of the Indepen-
dence party of Hungary.
President Roosevelt will refuse to
submit the arbitration treaties to the
eight European governments for rati-
fication.
st. Petersburg regrets the loss of
Ambassador Mccormick, who has
been promoted to Paris.
Crude oil producers of Ohio and In
diana approve the attitude of the Kan
sas legislature toward the Standard
Oil Company.
The Russian people approve of the
cars order for an investigation of the
ldDoi ulDputt anu hlo utSldl
favor of land congress.
King Edward opened the British
parliamentary session. Opposition
leaders began attack on government
policy. A heated debate ensued.
st. Petersburg is quiet. All
strikers have returned to work. No
disturbances are reported anywhere
in the empire.
President Roosevelt has killed the
arbitration treaties by declining to
negotiate ratifications.
President Roosevelt delivered a
speech touching upon the race issue
before the Republican club of New
York City.
Intense cold weather prevails over
the south and west. Record-breaking
temperatures are reported and there
is much suffering.
A well-known Russian Liberal de.
clares autocracy in Russia will be
swept away in two years by revolu.
ton.
The Russian committee of ministers
orders the minister of finance to
frame legislation to improve the con.
dition of the working people.
Congressman Hearst and Sullivan
heaped abuse upon each other in the
house of representatives, which caused
tumult and great indignation among
their colleagues.
State Chairman Penrose issues a
call from Washington to the Republi
can electors of Pennsylvania for the
state convention to be held in Harris
burg April 20. rf
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
SHARP sklRMIsHlNe.
Russians Hammering at General
Oyama's Center, but With No Ap-
nreeiable Success

The Russians continued to lombard
portions of Field Marshal Oyama's
center and right on Saturday last,
February II. The Russians continue
the construction of defensive works
on their right, to the southwest OF
Mentapan, where they are erecting an
epaulement for a battery of "a guns.
The Japanese recently surrounded a
Russian cavalry detachment near
Hsienchang, killing three of the enemy
and wounding II.
A dispatch from Gen. Kuropatkin,
says:
Early in the morning Of February
IL. 300 Japanese cavalry attacked a
bridge near Fentsekong and damaged
80 yards of the railroad. Train SER
vice was resumed after some delay.
The Japanese bombarded Poutiloff
and Sekheyan with siege guns Feb.
ruary IL.
p "One officer. was killed and several
wounded. According to corrected re-
turns, Japanese prisoners captured
January 25 to January 20 total 343, Of
whom 221 were unwounded."
The war Office has no confirmation
of report from Mukden saying that
the Japanese are preparing to retire
from their positions. on the Sjakhe
river. On the contrary, Gen. Kuro-
patkin's official dispatch says the Jap.
anese continue to lombard Poutiloff
hill.
The mystery surrounding the causes
of Gen. Gripenbergs' sudden departure
from the front has not been cleared
up, and is continuing to be the sub.
ject of much irresponsible gossip.
Gen. Kaulbars has been shifted to the
command Of the Second army and II is
thought Lieut. Gen. Bilderling will take
over the command of the Third army.
News brought direct from the front
is to the effect that the Russian army
is in fine condition and numbers al
most 100000 men.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
HOLE PUNCHED IN BOILER.
Driving Rod Broke While Flyer Was
Running at High Speed.

The Pennsylvania railroad flyer
from Philadelphia arrived here after
having remarkable escape fom a
serious accident at Retreat, along the
Susquehanna river. The train was
composed of FIVE cars, all we'll filled,
and was running about 40 miles an
hour, when the tire Of one of the
driving wheels came off and the right
hand driving rod broke, rendering
the engine helpless. 1t broke off
short, however, and instead of tear
ing the cab to pieces, struck the
boiler at each revolution of the wheel
and soon punched a large hole in it.,
through. which the steam escaped so
rapidly that in less than a minute
the train had stopped.
At the point where the accident
occurred there is high bank on one
side and the Susquehanna river on
the other, and If the train had
jumped the track it would have gone
over into the river. No one was in
jured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
BUSINESS BRIEFS.

The gross earnings of Southern
Railway for the first week in Feb
ruary decreased $76,57S.
The gross earnings of SO roads for
the first week in February show an
average increase. of 1.19 per cent.
Gross earnings of Chicago Great
Western for the first week in Febru-
airy decreased $1S,7S9.
The gross earnings of Missouri,
Kansas & Texas for the first week
in February decreased $47,55S.
A Wall street estimate gives $S,0O0,-
900 as the steel corporation earnings
for January and predicts about $27,-
100000 for the quarter, which would
compare with about $13,000,000 for
the first quarter of last year.
The Calumet and Arizona Copper
directors declared the regular quart
erly dividend Of Is per cent. or $1.50
per share, and an extra dividend Of
per cent. or so cents per share. the
same as In December.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
WEATHER AFFECTS TRADE.
Low Temperature and Deep Snow
Interfere With Traffic and Check
Revival Of Business. Aa

r.. G. Dun G. Co.'s weekly Review
Of Trade" says: Weather conditions
still dominate the trade situation
Low temperature and deep snow have
interferred with traffic and checked
the revival of business that was well
under way In most sections of the
country. Retail distribution is not
maintained, and the deleterious effects
are visible in all outdoor work, while
the interruption to movement Of
freight has affected manufacturing
to some extent. =
Prices of staple commodities at
the exchanges are advanced by the
restricted receipts at primary mark
cts. There is partial Offset in the
largely Increased demand for heavy
weight wearing apparel and other
winter goods, which promises to re-
duce supplies in all positions at the
end of the season. Meanwhile there
is evidence that confidence in the
future remains mistaken, prepara-
tions for spring and summer trade
continuing unabated, except where
fuel and other supplies are tenn
porarily blockaded in transit. job
bing trade in dry goods is on a liber-
al scale. Railway earnings thus far
reported for February were 1.9 per
cent. smaller than a year ago, prob
ably another result of bad weather.
Foreign commerce at New York for
the last week made a remarkable
record for imports, exceeding in
value those of the corresponding
week last year by $4,376,517. Ex-
ports decreased $1,S04,SSS.
Dispatches from leading iron and
steel centers indicate no check in
progress, except the temporary inter-
ruption to output and delivery, caus-
ed by storms and continued cold
weather. It is possible to trace the
affect Of the elements upon receipt
of coke. which prevented resumption
of work at several blast furnaces.
Quotations are firm with little fluctu-
alton, although in several depart
ments 1t is probable that higher
prices will soon be asked, particular
ly for tin plate, which the mills can
not deliver promptly. In the textile
Industries the most significant event
of the week was the revival of ex-
port buying of cotton goods for China.
Failures this week numbered 25S
in the United States, against 2S7 last
year. and 80 in Canada compared with
20 year ago. ..l
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
MITCHELL AGAIN INDICTED,
New Charge Preferred by Federal
,t. Grand Jury. .ss .,t

TT I.tf
Grand Jury. 5s M
The United States grand Jury at
Portland, Ore, returned an Indictment
charging United States Senator Nit
chell, Congressman John N. William
son, and Binger Hermann and others
with having 'conspired to have Gre
ated the Blue mountain forest reserve
in Eastern Oregon, with the intent Of
defrauding the government Of public
lands and also of conspiring to obtain
possession Of more than 100000 acres
of public and school lands situated In
several states, of the value Of more
than $3,OO0.000.
Indictments were also returned by
the federal grand jury this afternoon
against former United States District
Attorney John r. Hall, Private Detec-
tive H. P. Ford, former! Mai. H. T.
Rees, Deputy Sheriff John Cordano,
Alp Caylor, local grain broker, and
Saloonkeeper Fred Simpson. The
charge against Hall, Rees. Ford, Cord
ano and Caylor is that they coaspired
to defeat the ends Of justice by at
tacking the regulations of District At
tOrney Heney,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
AsSASS|NATED IN MOSCOW
Grand Duke Sereius. Uncle to the
Gear, the Victim.
BLOWN TO PIECES ON STREET.
Head Severed from Body and Blown
to Atoms-The Assassin Was
Arrested.
CONSERVATION AT THE COURT

The bomb-throwing campaign,
theatened after the st. Petersburg
riot, has begun. The first victim is
Grand Duke Sergius, UNCLE of the
Czar and Military Governor of Mos
COW.
The Grand Duke was assassinated
at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the
18th in Moscow, his murderer hurl-
ing bomb under closed carriage
in which Serglus was driving. The
carriage was blown to pieces, tie i'm
perial victim was beheaded and
frightfully mangled, and the horses,
Tnharmed bolted.
The sentence of death on Grand
Duke Sergius was contained in a
proclamation issued by the Socialist
Revolutionists Of Moscow after the
demonstration of December II, of last
year, at st. Petersburg was put down.
1t read:
"If our demonstration at Moscow
December Is and 19) is crushed in
as bloody a manner as that of our
brothers of st. Petersburg, then be
the guilt therefore upon the head Of
Grand Duke Sergius and General
Trepoff; and we, the committee, in
that event have foreordaindd their
death"
Where the Murder Occurred.
The tragedy occurred within the
walls of the far-famed Kremlin palace
and almost underneath the historical
tower from which Ivan the Terrible
watched the heads of his enemies
falling beneath the ak on the famous
Red square, and within stones
throw of the great bell of Moscow.
The deed was committed by a
single terrorist, who threw beneath
the carriage of the Grand Duke a
bomb charged with the same high
power explosive which wrought Min
lister Won Plehve's death. The missile
was packed with nails and fragments
of iron. and it's explosion tore the
imperial victims body to ghastly
fragments, which strewed the snow
for yards around.
Every window in the great, lofty
facade of the Palace of Justice was
shattered. and bits of iron were i'm
beded deeply in the walls of the arse
nal, 100 yards away.
The assassin belongs to the noted
Fighting Group" of the Socialist
Revolutionary party, which has re-
moved other prominent officials, and
long since passed the sentence of
death upon Grand Duke Sergius.
Assassin Attempts to Escape.
The assassin was thrown to the
ground and stunned by the force OF
to escape. His haste and the blood
the explosion, but he quickly arose
and ran toward the gate, attemptir"
streaming from his face where he
had been wounded by fragments Z
the bomb attracted the attention of
a sergeant of police, who seized him
before he could draw his revolver.
The man did not deny his crime
but on the contrary glorified in its
success.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
GEN. WALLACE DEAD.
Author of Ben Hur Passes Away at
His Home.

General Lew Wallace, author, for
mer American Minister to Turkey and
veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars,
died at his home in Charlottesville,
Ind. aged rs years. 3N
The health of General Wallace has
been waning for several years, and for
months it has been generally known
that his vigorous constitution could
not much longer withstand the raw
ages of wasting disease.
For more than year he, has been
unable to properly assimilate food.
and this, together with his advanced
age, made, more difficult his fight
against death. At no time has he
ever confessed his belief that the end
was near, and his rugged constitution
and remarkable vitality have prolong-
ed his life.
General Lew Wallace was rs years
old when he died, having been born
in Brookville, Ind, in 1927. He had
been in the thick of political, military
and literary life since the Mexican
War, which he entered before he had
attained his majority and from which
he emerged young lieutenant, COW
cred with honors.
General Wallace's father, David
Wallace, was Clce Governor of In
diana. He was defeated for re-elec-
tioD to Congress because he voted
for 100000 appropriation to build the
first experimental telephone line from
Washington to Baltimore, his con-
stituents objecting to such expendi-
ture of public money as objectionable
extravaganza.
Possibly the least success attained
by him was as lawyer, which career
he embraced in his early manhood
After the stirring events of the Civil
War, fiom which he emerged Ma.
jor General, he took up for brief
period the practice of the legal profes'
sion. But he did not like the law, and
gradually, with diplomatic work in.
terspersed, he undertook the work OF
a litterateur, in which he has made
if comparisons are possible in so well.
rounded life, his most distinguished
success, ~ --T -, :St f.. ~ .-H
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
IN MEMORY OF MR.. HoAR.
House Holds Sunday Session to Pay,
Tribute to Dead Sen ator.

Tribute to the memory of the late
Senator George Frisbie Hoar of
Massachusetts was the occasion of
special session of the House of
Representatives Sunday. Many men,
bers attended, and the galleries were
occupied literally: Representative
Lawrence of Massachusetts presided.
Resolutions expressing the sense of
bereavement and loss in the death OF
Senator Hoar were offered by Rep
resentative lowering of Massachu.
setts. Speakers were Messrs. Gillett,
Lawrence, Thayer, Sullivan, Green,
Roberts, McNary, Powers, Kelliher
and Tirrell, all of Massachusetts, and
Clark and De Almond of Missouri.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Boston Wool Market.

A feature of the Boston wool mark
ct is the noticeable reduction in the
stock of domestic woods. Quotations
in this market on domestic woods are
about as follows: Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania Xxx and above, 35@36c; X
30@31c; No. 1, 9S@39c; No. 2, 800
39kc; fine unwashed, 24@25c; u
blood unwashed, 32c; "a blood, S2c;
" blood, 30@31c; unwashed delaine,
27@2Sc; understandable, 29@30c;
fine washed delaine, 37@37hc.
Michigan fine unwashed, 21@22c;
u blood unwashed, 31@32c; ~
blood, 31@32c; " blood, soc; un-
washed delaine, 25@26c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
.....
COPPER MINES TO MERGE.
Big Arizona Companies Consolidate
Pittsburg Capitalists Interested.

Arrangements have been completed
by Eastern capitalists, including Bos.
ton and Pittsburg owners. for a con-
solidation Of the mines in the 'so-called
Bonanza circle" at Bisbee, Ariz. The
properties to be included are the
Calumet & Arizona, s2,000,O00 capi-
tai; Lake Superior & Pittsburg, ST.
100000; Calumet G. Pittsburg, S2.500,-
900; Pittsburg G Duluth, s2.500, 900,
and the Junction Development Com
pany, $4,000.
At present but one of these prop
critics is producing, the Calumet &,
Arizona, which produced S1,G75,0OO
pounds of copper in 1904. The COM
pany has paid $1,7OO,OOO in dividends
and set aside $2.000,000 reserve.
The shafts of all the properties are
connected and all are rich in ore.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Made Strikes Profitable.

Before the Interstate Commerce
Commission Clarence ]. Shearn,
counsel for William r. Hearst of New
York In the latter's case against the
anthracite coal-carrying railroads,
charged that the coal strikes of 1900
and 1902 had been transformed by the
railroads into sources of profit, and
that wage reduction would not be
justified by the lowering Of coal rates
and prices as contended by, one Of
the opposing counsel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22

The members of the House SUBJ
committee to investigate the affairs
of the Panama Railroad Company
returned from New York, where they
visited the offices of the company.
Chairman Shackleford said the testi-
mony developed that the railroad and
its constituent steamship lines was
an exceedingly well-paying piece Of
property and that It has been a divi-
dend payer from its organization.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Japs Will Save so Ships.

The steamship fremont, which ar
rived at Victoria, B. c., from Jap
anese ports, brought news that so
vessels will be added to Japanese
naval strength as result of salvage
operations now being conducted at
Port Arthur Some of the vessels will!
be repaired at the Port Arthur docks
which 1900 workmen are putting in
repair.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
DEAD AT AGE OF 120.
Possibly the Oldest Man in the United
States Expires in Indiana.

Alexander Furgason, the oldest man
in Indiana, and possibly in the United
States. died in his log cabin home
near the town of Gilman, Ind, at the
age of 120 years. In an old family
Bible, so old that it is bound with
wooden covers. the record is made
from which his age is computed, but
Mr. Furgason contended that the
Bible record was short six years and
he was really 126 years old.
He was uorn in Tipperary county,
Ireland, and came to this country 20
years ago, walking from New York
City to Indiana. Ten years later he
settled on IL acres of land near Gil
man and has lived there ever since.
His wife, about 80 years Of age, and
four children, survive him.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
JeweIry Salesman Robbed.

The fire that partly destroyed the
Brevoort house in Chicago caused a
loss of 100000, and forced $50 guests
to make hurried departure. Three
firemen were injured, but none of the
guests was. hurt. Louis w. Well, a
salesman for jewelry firm. in New
York, reported to the police that
$4,000 worth of jewels had disap-
peared from his room.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Establish Parcel Post System.

General w. S. Shallenberger, sec
ond assistant postmaster general, and
Assistant Superintendent ]. M. Mas
ten, of the railway division of the
United States postoffice department,
returned on the steamer Majestic
from trip to London and Paris.
during which they established par
eel post system with Great Britain
and France, and arranged for sort
ing mails at sea on three Of the big
steamship hnes--the White Star,
American and Cunard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
10000 woRkMEN DISCHARGED,
Twenty-Five Factories Settle with
Their Men and Close Down.

The manufacturers of Lodz, at
meeting decided to telegraph full
details of the situation to the minis
ter of finance. Twenty-Five factories,
among them some of the largest in
LODI, paid off their men and closed
their works indefinitely. The men
dismissed number 10000.
Some other mills which previously
had closed refused to pay the strik-
ers, who demanded money claimed to
be due them. At one mill which
thus refused the strikers spent the
night arodnd the Offices.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
One Man Killed and Three Injured
In Iowa.

Passenger train No. 5, drawn by two
engines, on the Chicago, Burlington
G. Quincy railroad, was wrecked, II
miles west of Creston, la. One man
was killed and three are injured. The
dead E. P. Allen, engineer. The in
jured: E. E. Koesner, fireman; r. c..
Peery, fireman, and F. G. Peterson,
engineer.
Both engines left the track and roll
ed down an embankment, being bad
ly wrecked. The passenger coaches
did not leave the track and none of
the passengers was hurt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
WRECK DUE TO OPEN SWITCH.
One Killed and Three Injured-Cars
Roll Over Emban kinent.

An open switch caused wreck at
Roberts station, on the Somerset &
Cambria branch of sthe Baltimore &
Ohio, in which Harry Baxter of Gar
rett was killed and w. L. Brandt,
foreman Of the work crew; e. B.
Schrock, assistant foreman, and H. F.
Hoover, laborer, seriously injured.
The switch of the siding had been
left open and a coal train dashed into
two camp cars, hurling both of them
over an embankment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
ExpIosion on Submarine.

Four men killed and IA others in
jured were the result of two explo-
sions on board a British submarine
boat in the harbor at Queenstown.
The killed included Engineer Artifi-
Ger Chaffee and Lieut.. Skinner.
Lieut.. II. G. Good, commander Of the
vessel, was blinded.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
THREE OTHER MARKED MEN.
Besides sergius the Car, Trepoff
and BouIigan Doomed to Die.

The news of the assassination of
Grand Duke Sergius reached the Russ
ian Embassy in Berlin first through
a newspaper correspondent.
Travellers from st. Petersburg who
have arrived in the city say 1t was
common talk there that the Territor-
iste had marked four persons for
execution-the Emperor, Grand Duke
Sergius, Governor-General Trepoff Of
st. Petersburg and Interior Minister
Bouligan.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Four Found Dead.

Charles Heller, Josephine Heller,
his wife, George Nolan, son-in-law,
and May Nolan. wife of George Nolan,
were found dead in small house in
Cleveland. When neighbor entered
the Nolan house the rooms were
filled with strong odor of gas. The
only living thing in the house was
a small dog, which was found wrap
ped in blanket. 1t was unconscious.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Aoed Woman Burned to Death.

Mrs. Maria Wiley, aged 20 years,
was burned to death at her home near
Rocky Fork, o., her gown catching
fire from CRATE. When found her
hand was clasping a pail of water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
STATE CONTROLS PIKE.
Federal Government Long Ago Re-
linquished Supervision.

inquished Supervision.
The United States government has
no interest or control over the old
National pike, according to a letter
Representative Acheson has received
from General Alexander Mckenzie,
chief of engineers Of the United
States army, who investigated the
matter at Mr.. Acheson's request. The
United States relinquished all right,
title and interest in that portion Of
the pike lying in Pennsylvania to the
government of that State under the
terms of an act passed by Congress
in 1885.
This act was passed after the
Pennsylvania Legislature had adopted
a resolution pledging the State to
control the pike and maintain it as a
public highway. .fts
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22

Lila Pearsons, aged 13; Esther
Pearsons.l aged IL, and Leslie Pear
sons. aged Z. were burned to death
at Epringdale. A defective fiue Is
thought to have caused the nre.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Earmer STRICKEN WhiIe slnulnn.

While singing Nearer My Home
Today Than | have Been Before"
Anthony Haney, aged 70, we'll
known farmer near Greensburg, Pa,
received stroke of apoplexy, dying
few minutes afterward.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22
Man Dies at Ace Of 11s.

Alexander Mead. a colored man,
116 years old. died in Toledo. o..
Mead was born In slavery October
"a. 1889. near the Big Sandy river. in
Greenup county. Ky.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22

At Edwards. ILL.,, fire in the house
of Manning Harris, coal miner. fa-
tally burned Harris three small
children. .
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-02-22

Mrs. Lucy Jackson Myrick. ma
tive of Vermont. died at Vaudeville.
Mich. aged tO1 years and II months.