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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Great Horde of Immiorants.

The great horde Of immigrants from
Europe still continues to swarm into
this country in endless stream and
without the slightest sign of diminu.
ton. Each day sees new records
broken for the numbers of immi.
grants landed at New York and the
end is not in sight.
Five transatlantic steamships
brought in over 5000 immigrants in
one day, while 1850 were landed on
the day before. Other ships brought
2O.2SS, or a total of 32,s63 for the
week landed at Ellis Island.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Boston Wool Market,

While the Boston Wool market IL
considered by dealers to be in a strong
position. business is light in most
grades. Quotations of leading do
mestic descriptions follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania-XX and above. S4G
34isc; X. 30G3lc; No. /. 3G9S7c;
No. 2, S7@SSc; fine unwashed, 247
Csc; unwashed delaine, 2TG2Sc.
Michigan-Fine unwashed, 21622c:
quarter.blood. unwashed. 29030c;
unwashed delaine. 25926c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
"Jim Crow Law Is Upheld.

In an opinion delivered by the
Court Of Appeals at Annapolis, Md,
the act passed at the last session of
the Legislature, commonly known as
the Jim Grow" law, end requiring
steam railways in the State of Mary
land to furnish separate compart-
ments for white and colored passen-
gers, is valid, so far as 1t affects COM
merce within the State, but invalid as
to the interstate passengers, and must
be construed as not applying to them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION
Leaking Gas lgnites at Bellare and
House Is Wrecked.

An explosion which wrecked the
home of John Fogle, in the high water
district occurred at Bellaire, o. The
gas had been leaking and boys shoot
ing rats in the house over the high
water struck match and the gas
ignited, blowing out the side of the
house. Mrs. Fogle was badly cut and
burned, her daughter, Mrs. Clew
Smith, had four ribs broken and was
burned and cut. The victims fell into
the water, but were rescued
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Loses Riqhts of Citizenship.

President Roosevelt has approved
the sentence of the court-martial in
flicted on Midshipman Arrowood of
North Carolina, recently tried for de-
sertion from the navy. The sentence
carries with 1t dismissal from the
navy and the law bearing upon the
case provides that a man so dis
missed shall not hereafter be eligible
to any of the rights of citizenship.
The approval of the sentence was
recommended by Acting Secretary
Darling.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
COMPLAINT NOT Needed
Claims He Warned Uncle Sam
AGAINST Failed Firm.

Colonel Russell B. Harrison is in
receipt of a letter from B. st. John
Hoyt of Pittsburg, in which Mr.. Hoyt
says he called the attention of the
PostofIice Department last year to the
Storey Cotton Company of Philadel-
phia, which recently failed and that no
investigation of the company was
made by the Department, Mr.. Har-
rison, at the request of Mr.. Hoyt, will
forward the correspondence to Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
It is charged by intimation that
some employe or employees of the
PostofIice Department may have been
protecting the company from the in
vestigation asked for by Mr.. Hoyt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
JACkiES HONORED
Johannessen, Bresnahan, Behnice,
Behne and Corahorei Get
Medals.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Dar-
ling has issued a general order an
nouncing the award of medals Of
honor and gratuity of 500 to each
of the following named men on the
battleship Iowa:
Johannes j. Johannessen, chief wa
ter tender; Edward Floyd, boiler ma
ker; Patrick F. Bresnahan, water
tender; Heinrich Behnice, fireman;
Frederick Behne, fireman; Demetri
Corahorgi, fireman.
While the Iowa was engaged on
manouevers January %, a plate of
one of the boilers blew out, filling the
fire room with steam and scalding
water. The seamen rushed into the
room and labored to secure the boil
er and ship against injury by closing
the valves and isolating the affected
boiler.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
NEWS NOTES.

A serious outbreak occurred at
Cssidia, Crete, between Is French SOL
diers and 20 Greek marines. Six
Greeks and two Frenchmen were
killed.
General Allen OF the constabulary
In command Of the Federal troops in
the island of Samar, reports that the
uprising among the Pulajanes is now
under control.
The Delaware Legislature adjourn
ed without choosing a United States
Senator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
RUSSIANS STILL RETREATING
Japanese Following But Not Pressne 9
the Enemy.

The Russian rear guard Is retreating
slowly and engaging in occasional
skirmishes. 1t has now reached a
position 27 miles north of Tie pass.
The Japanese are slowly advancing
without pressing the Russians. In
the course of the retreat the Russians
are destroying bridges, the railway
roadbed and highways and carrying off
stores and demolishing buildings and
everything not, portable. Reports of
wide turning movement by the
Japanese are no longer being receiv-
ed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29

Captured Japanese report terrible
affray in the streets of Mukden on
March 10. when a big detachment
of Russians, the last to leave the city
were entrapped by Chinese bandits
and a few Japanese soldiers, who
closed the city gates and blocked the
narrow streets. According to the re-
port, not a Russian escaped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Train on cresson and ClearfieId Road
Runs Into Landslide.

An accident on the Cresson &
Clearfield branch Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, near Barnesboro, Pa, re-
suited in the death of Engineer John
Gearhart, aged 46, and Addison Kurtz,
aged 27, mail clerk, both of Cherry
Tree. Jacob Miller, fireman of AL
toCna, was caught under the wreck
age. His foot was amputated at the
Altoona hospital. Several passengers
were cut and bruised, but none ser
iously injured.
The train ran into a pile of earth
and rock, which becoming dislodged
from an embankment had fallen on
the track. The engine was upset and
the mail and baggage car was smash
ed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
SIX MINERS KILLED
Two Others Fatally Injured by
EXPLOSION,

Six miners dead and four injured,
two fatally, is the result of an explos.
ion in the mine of the Princeton Coal
and Mining company at Princeton,
Ind. The dead: Hudson Weatherly,
Edmond Geiser, Albert Geiser, Harry
Taggart, William Biggs, George Dill.
John Dill and William Jones were
fatally injured. When the explosion
occurred most of the miners had left
the mine. Whether the explosion was
premature shot or an overcharge is
not known
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29

Attorney General Rogers, of Ar
kansas, has instituted suits against
the Armour Packing Co. and the st.
Louis Refrigerator Co. to recover
back taxes on private cars used in
the state on an approximate valua-
tion of S1,000,00O Suits will be insti-
tuted against other companies that
have used private cars in Arkansas
during the last 10 years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Ven ezuela Warned.

The Venezuelan government, 1t is
announced from Caracas, has received
a note from the American minister,
Mr.. Bowen, requiring an answer as to
whether Venezuela will arbitrate the
questions pending, and saying that in
case OF a refusal the United States
will feel free to take the steps which
may be necessary to secure justice.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Dynamite Wrecks Car; Two Dead.

A car loaded with dynamite in an
Illinois Central freight train explod-
ed near Kenner, IL miles north of New
Orleans. Two men are missing. One
dead man has been found, but he is
an unrecognizable mass. Consider
able damage was done in Kenner.
where buildings were wrecked and
glass and kitchen ware destroyed.
Houses nearby were demolished.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Railroad Earnings.

Increases averaging 9.34 per cent
are shown by the gross earnings re-
ports of II railroads for the second
week of March. Net earnings reports
of 95 railroads for January show an
average increase of 11,4S per cent and
the same roads for the seven months
to Janary 81, 1905, show an average
increase of S.12 per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
New Island for Japan.

The correspondent at Tokyo Of the
London Daily Telegraph sends to his
paper the story of the volcanic throw
ing up in the last days of December of
new island in the sea of Japan,
three miles south of Two. The island
has been named Nushuma. 1t is near
ly "a miles in circumference and Is
4S0 feet above sea level.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
ROBBED OF $4,000
Messenger for Bank Relieved of a
Big Sum by HighWaymen.

oi9 oufH ny r'i9nWdJHlcH.
j. e. Baly, liveryman who was
acting as messenger for the Central
bank, of Oakland, Cal, was held up
and robbed of $4,000. He was On his
way to the Standard Oil refinery al
Point Richmond.
The robbery took place on the road
way between Siege and Point Rich
mond. The highwaymen jumped out
of clump of brush at the side of the
road and covered DAILY and former
Deputy Sheriff Roach, who was riding
with him. DAILY and Roach were COM
PEELED to jump from the buggy and
give up the sack of gold. Then the
robbers tied the men to a fence and
gagged them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
Strike Declared.

At a meeting of the executive
board of Amalgamated Association Of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of the
Second district at Wheeling a strike
was declared in the Laughlin and
Whitaker plants Of the Whitaker
GleSSner company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
czARs FLEET DAMAGED
Reports Reach St. Petersburg Of Tor
pedo Attack.

A report is in circulation in st.
Petersburg that japanese torpedo
boats have sunk the Russian battle
ship Navarin and the battleship Sissoi
velilSy. Both of these vessels are in
Admiral Rojestvenslky's fleet, which
sailed recently from Nossi Be, Mada-
gascar.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
KEYSTONE STATE CULL|N@S
CONVICTED OF HORSE THEFT
It Is Said That the Prisoner Formerly
Preached the Gospel In the
State of Ohio.

Alexander Ramsey, who claims that
he is a preacher, and who has been
under arrest since coming to New
Castle, was found guilty Of horse
stealing and receiving stolen goods.
Witnesses testified that Ramsey rep
resented himself as Pittsburg travel
ing man and procured a livery rig in
New Castle and was caught sometime
afterward in Ohio. 1t is said that
Ramsey preached in Ohio some years
ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29

Professor Frank X. Sanders, dean of
the theological department of Yale
university, has resigned. He ex-
planned to his class that the reason
for his action was to assist in reduc-
ing the expenses of the department.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29
WOUNDED BY BOMB.
Six Soldiers and Two Policemen Vic.
Tins of Explosion in Warsaw.

A bomb thrown from the window of
a house in Volsk street Warsaw.
Russia, exploded in the midst of a
passing patrol composed of police and
infantry.
Six soldiers and two policemen
were dangerously wounded They
were removed to the military hospital.
The assailant escaped.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29

DR.. Nansen fears there will be
split of the union between Norway
anu Sweden
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-29

Jules Verne. the novelist, dieu III
France.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
HAVE BIG TASK BEFORE THEM
of Union and Buffalo Cotton
Mills Will Try to Liduidate the Liza
bilities of the Two Corporations.

Charlotte. n. G.. October 5.-A spe-
lcial from Union. S. c.. to the Observer
Says that the directors of the Union
land Buffalo cotton mills. which have
lust undergone a complete reorganiZa-
Ition. in an all day session today. con-
lsidered the matter Of liuuidating the
liabilities of the two corporations
(which Jointly amoun to about $1,000
1000. with plants worth $500, 600.
Just what steps will be taken to ac-
lcomplish this end have not definitely
been settled upon. this matter being
left in the hands of an executive com
mittee composed of H. G.. Fleitman.
lof New York: William Winchester,
Baltimore: John A. Law. S~partanburg.
land E. w. Robertson. president and
treasurer. eX-officio chairman. This
lcommittee will meet at an early date
when definite plans will be announced.
The task is a considerable one. but
with the aid and cooperation OF
stockholders and creditors and with
1.-THE confidence that is being restored.
lnow hat wild rumors have been sup
Ipianted by definite facts. it is believed
THAT they can successfully accomplish
their though - will require
thine.
1t is learned that the big power COM
Ipany's plant at Meals Shoals n the
Union and Glenn Springs railroad,
which connects Union with the Sea
board Air Line. are not connected
with the Union and Buffalo mills IN
any way and apparently are not af-
fected by their troubles
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
Between the President and
MIR. Townsend.
BILL READY TO BE INTRODUCED
Its Provisions VIII Apply to Private
Cars. Refrigerator Cars and Termi-
nal Cflarge>-power to be Given In
ter-Stafe Commerce Commission tn
Make its FINDINGS Effective After q
Reasscmble Time.

RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION
Washington. October 5.-Railroa
rate legislation was the topic of a long
conference between the President and
Representative Townsend. Of Michi
gan. III OF the authors of the Esch-
Townsend bill. Mr.. Townsend said at
terward that ii was his purpose 20
have his bill in readiness for i~ntroduc-
ton in the House as soon as Congress
convened. He continued:
After making ii perfectly clear
that the provisions of the measure ap-
ply to private cars, refrigerator ears
and terminal charges, it will be nv
purpose. through the measure to con-
fer upon the interstate commerce
commission power to make its findings.
in any particular case effective in a
reasonable time after they are an
nounced. Efforts have been made to
create the impression hat it is the
purpose of the advocates OF this legis-
lation to give the interstate commerce
commission the authority to fix all the
rates Of a railroad. That is not true.
1t is intended only that the commits.
sion if complaint shall be made to it
that n particular rate is unjust.
shall have power. after due investiga-
ton to substitute a reasonable rate
in case the complaint shall have been
shown TO be we'll founded.
d YOU expect that rate legislation
will be enacted during the approach
ing session of Congress?"
Il have no doubt of it." replied Mr..
Townsend. THE House has indica:-
ed where it stanos on that proposition
and | believe there is a strong work
ing majority in he Senate in favor 0.
such a measure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10

The said were made at his own request.
lowing to the unforeseen success OF
THE foreign business. This foreign
business was inaugurated because of
1.-THE success attained by the New York
Insurance Company and the Equitable
Life Assurance Society.
Mr.. McCurdy started this foreign
business in 1885. and assumed the Of
lfce of general manager in 1908 at a
SALARY of $40, 900.
The most startling part of Mr.. Nc
ICurdy's testimony was made just be-
fore the recess. when he submitted a
statement Of his profits. OF the revenue
from his contracts. on h foreign bus
.iiness Of the company. From 1886 to
1902. while he was a member of the
firm Of c. II. Raymond & Co. the
METROPOLITAN agents of n Mutual In
l%surance Company. his profits were
.I$209.123.
Under his contract with the firm he
lpaid one-half. or $104,561 to Mr.. Ray
lmond and from 1898. when he left the
firm down to August 81. 1905. his
commissions were s1.059.267 making
la total personal revenue from the for
leigh business from 1886 t 0 1905 of ST.
163.829.
During the period Of his connection
with the firm Of c. II. Raymond & Co.
Mr.. McCurdy. according to his own
Testimony. has received his share of
the profits on the business of the Mu-
ltual Life Insurance Company written
IbY his firm as the Metropolitan agents.
This sum Mr.. McCurdy was unable to
lgive any estimate upon and later in
the day and when Mr.. McCurdy was
Ica1led. it was brought out hat these
profits to Mr.. McCurdy amounted TO
$541.982. net or after his share of the
Expenses of the FIRMS profits had been
deducted. This made a total of ST.
7O5.681 that Mr.. McCurdy received in
commissions.
In 1893 when Mr.. McCurdy retired
from the firm of c.. H. Raymond &
Accompany ne was succeeded by Louis
IA. Thebaud a son-in-faw of President
lRichard A. McCurdy. of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company. He was
practically under the same contract
Jas Robert McCurdy. and from 1885,
down to 1904 he received in commits
siOnS of first premiums n renewals
the sum of S920.113. All these
ianounts were in addition to salaries
paid Mr.. McCurdy and Mr.. Thebaud.
Mr.. Charles H. Raymond who was call
led to the stand to supply the figures
lof profits that Mr.. McCurdy was una
BILE to produce. occupied h stand for
the remainder of the session. He was
Examined as to the scope and territory
iOf his business. and the amount of
commission he received from the Mu-
ltuai Life Insurance Company as well
las the amount his firm paid sub
|~agents. was closely inquired into. Mr..
IRaYmOnd'S examination was not fin
ished when the committee adjourned
for the day.
Edward I. Doulin. the real estate
manager for the New York Life nSu
lance Company was the first witness OF
the day having been called to con-
Iclude his testimony INTERRUPTED by the
adjournment Yesterday. Mr.. Dev1;r
presented statements as to the reaL
~Iestate holdings of his company in sew
leral western cities. These showed that
but from one to three per e was
IrealiZed last yea on the company's in
Ivestments in buildings but he added
THAT it was expected that four per cent
would be realized this year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
THE CARTER CASE
Tenth Consecutive Day of o. VI. Car
ter Under Cross Examination.

Chicago. October 5.-Cross exarni-
nation of former Captain Oberlin NJ.
Carter by attorneys for the federal
government was continued by Special
Examiner Richard w. Wyman. l. Ii
the teGth consecutive day of criss ex-
animation in the case in which inc
government seefs 10 confiscate Carta.s
~Driva-e fortune Of 500. 900. Carter Nas
c!osediy questioned regarding a dc.
Dosit of S81S.i0 made to the credit OF
his personal ccoun in the Unioa'
Trust Company. New York. DECEMBER
%. 1896. Among the deposits OF this
date was a note for $50 signed by II.
r. Westcott. the defendants father
in-law. Carter explained that the n,te
was for borrowed money Documen-
trav evidence was introduced regart-
ing a bank deposit OF $500 made or
Captain Carter, June 80. 1897, consIst-
ing OF interest coupons on bonds.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
e WINS OUT
Ramsey Displaced as President of the
Wabash Company.

New York, October 5.-Joseph Ram
lsey, Jr., was today removed from the
presidency of the Wabash Railroad
Company at q special meeting of the
Hoard of directors, held in this city,
f. A. Delano was elected as his sue
l~cessor. Eight directors. including Mr..
Ramsey, were present at the meeting.
Mr.. Ramsey has been engaged in a
contest with Mr.. Gould for the control
of the road. Mr.. Ramsey, after the
injecting said his removal was entirely
ing had not been properly called. He
made Il protest before the beard saying
that the bylaws required five days
notice for a special meeting of the
Hoard, and that the notices for this
Injecting were mailed only Wednesday
might. His protest was OveTruled how
ever.
President Delapo took charge of his
Ioffice at once. Mr.. Ramsey and l
have always been friends, hitherto, in
the railroad business said he, land |
do not want to come into this contro-
Iversy in any way"
LAS to Mr.. Ramsey's charge about
the illegality of the meeting l can say
nothing. l am not a lawyer: but there
were several good lawyers on the
board at the meeting and | presume
that they would not attempt anything
illegal. 1t was the general under
jstanding that this was an adjourned
meeting"
st. Louis, October 5.-When shown
the dispatch from New York, f. W
lehman, an attorney representing
Mr.. Ramsey in the application recently
filed for a writ of temporary injunc-
ton against the holding of a meeting
lin Toledo. October 10, said to The AS
lsociated Press: "All / have to say al
this time is that the action in New
York today will not in any way af'
feet our action here for an injunction
We will proceed just as had been de-
icided upon"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED
Energy of Anti-Peace AgitatOrs Will
be Concentrated in an. Attack. OH
the Cabinet.

Toxic. October 5.-f1 a. MIN pass
ing the peace treaty yesterday the
privy council has clearly impressed
upon the anti-peace agitators the inl-
possibilit of a refusal to ratify it. The
energies of the latter will Low likely
be concentrated on an attack upon the
cabinet. Public demonstrations sx-
pressing the national indignation
against the peace treaty will, it is be-
lieved. cease. but this outward suppress
sion of feeling will only create a strong
u~ndercurrent of disaffection which, IL
allowed to grow. will swell the pop;-
lar rage. Unwise resistance and any
attempt to suppress popular opinion
may. it is learned, give rise to acts OF
violence.
Well informed people, while appre-
ciating the wisdom of putting a stop
to the war, are indignant at the half
measure policy of the government as
exhibited, for instance. in the pa:t!-
ton of the island of Sakhalin.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
IS NEW CASES IN PENSACOLA
Cases Under Treatment Now Number
Ninety-Deati:s for the Day. Three.

Pensacola. Fla. October 5.-The off
cial summary FOR today is as follows:
New Eases, 12: total to date. 1S5.
Deaths. 8; total. 50.
Cases discharged to date, rs.
Cases under treatment. 80.
The somewhat increased number OF
new cases is accounted for partly by
the fact that following the bad wealth
er several days previous, the physi-
clans have been able to locate anu
diagnose cases that were not reportet
in the early stsge. Another cause is
believed to be that the people who at
first opposed the efforts of the heath
authorities are realizing the seri-
BUSINESS of the situation. and are Civ
ing some aid in reporting new cases,
One of the deaths today was that Of a
seaman on the German ship Kaiser,
making a tota. of three deaths fr I'm
that ship. out of nine fever cases
aboard.
Two Latients held under observation
as possible fever cases. but whose i'll
ness will o be diagnosed until TO-
morrow are British Vice Consul Fred
erick Bonar and his wife.
The original excitement over the de-
sire to get away from the city has
subsidized and only such persons are
leaving as have business elsewhere or
who were caught here when the quar-
antine went on
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-10-10
A MISTRIAL HAD
In Case of Damage Suit Against the
Southern Railway.

Knoxville. Tenn. October "a mis-
trial resulted today in the case charg-
ing criminal negligence" against ".
B. Caldwell, who was conductor on
one of the trains wrecked on the
Southern railroad near New Market
Tenn, September "a. 1904.
Caldwell was prosecuted by Judge
c. W. Heiskell, of Memphis. whose
son. Clayton Heiskell. was n of the
sixty-four persons killed in the wreck
The prosecutions chief witness was
e. Cleage, law agent of the Southern.
who testified that Caldwell admitted
to him at the scene of the wreck that
the accident was caused by Caldwell
forgetting orders.