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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
FIRE DOES GREAT DAMAGE
Half a Million Destroyed About
Docks at Hoboken.
MANY VESSELS WERE BURNED
Hard Fight Prevented Destruction Of
the Piers Of Steamship Com
panies-New York Sent Help.

Inside of quarters of an hour
fire swept away the Delaware
Lackawana G. Western Railroad Com.
pany's terminal in Hoboken, seized
two ferry boats and practically ruin
ed them and for half an hour
threatened the destruction OF the en-.
tire front in the vicinity, including
the Hamburg American and North
German Lloyd steamship docks, at
which several big ships were lying.
The property damage Is estimated at
between 100000 and 100000. So far
as known no lives were lost.
For over an hour huge tongues of
flame leaped through the wooden
structures on the Lackawanna docks,
lighting the New Jersey and New
York water fronts. For a time it
threatened loss greater than that
of the big dock fire OF several years
ago when the North German Lloyd
piers were destroyed with a great loss
of life.
Blazing ferryboats, cut from the
docks, fioated in the river, wandering
fire ships which for a time endan-
gered shipping in the river.
The fire started in an old wooden
ferry boat, and swept by a northerly
breeze, communicated with the ferry
house, spread to the main building Of
the Lackawanna, and then to the
Dukes House, a famous Hoboken
hostelry. The hotel was a frame
structure and was ready prey for the
flames.
By this time the flames were
spreading in all directions utterly be.
yond the control of the few first fire
fighters who had responded to the first
alarms.
Following the hotel the structure of
the public service corporation-the
street car operating company Of Ho-
boken, Jersey City and nearby places
went down before the flames.
At 1 o'clock in the morning the
fire was under control, the big
steamhip piers had been saved and
a rough estimate brought the damage
to 100000 or S50O,000
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
SOCIALISTS ARRESTED
Poland's JaiIs Are Being Filled With
Armed Jews.


A thousand Socialists who were
holding a meeting in forest near
Lodz, Poland, were surrounded by
soldiers. The majority were arrested,
many being wounded while attempt
ing to escape The military COM
mander has sentenced the chief of
police and the burgomaster to one
weeks Imprisonment for disobedience
of military orders.
At Warsaw, the police are busy fill
ing the jails with Jewish Socialists.
They captured 250 armed with revol.
vers and daggers in a synagogue.
Fifteen others were arrested after an
exchange of shots. A bomb was dis
covered in the street and three police
men were shot.
There also were disturbances in the
surrounding district. Gangs of
revolutionists, armed with revolvers
and bombs, attacked the government
treasures in the three district towns
of Opatow, Lubartow and Wengrow
resulting in stiff fighting with the
police. several of whom were killed or
wounded. Peasants destroyed the pal
ace of Count KrasinN at Tykocin,
near RyleStok.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
CROP CONDITIONS
Too Much Rain In Some Sections
and Drouth In Others.

The weekly bulletin of the weather
bureau summarizes crop conditions
as follows: Too much rain proved
detrimental In portions of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri and also in
Florida and portions of Mississippi,
but In Northern Alabama, Georgia
and the Carolinas and over a consid-
erable part of the Middle Atlantic
States, Ohio valley and Tennessee
rain is much needed, the effects of
drought becoming serious over the
greater part of Georgia. Rain is also
needed on the North Pacific coast.
Over the Central and Western portions
OF the corn belt the condition of the
crop is generally promising. Thresh-
ing OF winter wheat Is largely COM
pleted in the principal wheat States.
While rust in spring wheat Is more
or less prevalent in the Dakotas and
to a slight extent in Nebraska, Iowa
and Minnesota, the reports generally
indicate that the crop has not sus-
tanned serious injury.
In Oregon harvesting Is active. with
yields below expectations in Wash
ington spring wheat is ripening rapid
ly and is beyond further injury from
hot winds. Nearly all reports indicate
that good crop of oats has been
secured. Cotton shows some improve
ment. The prevalence of rust is very
generally reported from the Eastern
districts, and also from portions of
the Central and Western districts.
Boil weevil and boil worms are doing
considerable damage in Texas and
Western Louisiana, but in the first
named State they are less numerous
The reports concerning apples con
tinue unfavorable from nearly all dis
tricts. Where unfinished, haying has
progressed under generally favor
able conditions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
BUSINESS RESTRAINED
Among Adverse influences Are Strikes
and yellow Fever-crops Are
in Good Shane.

Trade reports are less uniformly
favorable, but adverse factors are o
a temporary nature, and the net re
suits for the week is satisfactory
Numerous strikes have occurred ex
erting the customary pernicious in
| fluence over business. and the epi
demic of yellow fever is restricting
southern trade On the other hand
thermal conditions have facilitated re
tail trade, crop prospects have great
| ly improved, and out.of-town buyers
are numerous In all the leading mar
kets. Manufacturing plants are in
creasingly active, textile mills still oc
cupying the strongest position, while
shoeshops are not making concessions
to get business. Iron furnaces and
steel mills make progress, but less
rapidly. Lumber mills and dealers
are having an exceptionally busy sea
son, Railway earnings in July were
IA per cent. greater than in the same
month last year, and foreign com
merce at New York for the last week
showed an increase of S39l7 ,439 In
imports, while exports decreased ST.
9G9,227. Little change has occurred
in the financial situation, rates rul-
ing easy, while prices of securities
have risen close to the highest point
on record. Bank exchanges at New
York for the week were AIS per cent.
larger than last year and at other
leading cities the increase amounted
to II per cent.
Recovery in the iron and steel in
dustry comes more slowly than was
anticipated, yet there are numerous
indications of a better tone. Quo
tations are practically unchanged Ex-
port trade is expanding and several
important contracts are pending that
will add large tonnage to the bust
ness of the mills when satisfactory
terms can be arranged.
Textile markets have had the
stimulus of an increasing attendance
of western buyers. At present the
only event that might weaken the
position of cotton manufacturers
would be the cancellation of Chinese
orders, as many mills have withdrawn
from the market on account of export
trade Woolen goods are meeting
with steady demand.
Raw materials of the footwear in
dustry continue strong, hides COM
manding the highest position since
the civil war, and showing no indca.
tion of reaction. Footwear markets
respond to the upward tendency of
materials in so far as any changes
are recorded, but western shoe job
bers have not placed the customary
amount of spring orders, owing to dis
agreement as to values.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Bocton Wool Market.

The wool market Is in a healthy
condition with steady movement,
indicating heavy initial business
Pulled woods are scarce. Trading
Is active in territories. Leading
quotations follow: Ohio and Pennsyl.
vania-XX and above, 36@37c; X,
34m35c; No. 1. 41@42c; No. 2,
42@43c; fine unwashed. 2S@29c; a
blood unwashed, 34@95c; as blood,
35@S6c; deaine, 39@4Oc. Michigan
Fine unwashed, half blood, 34@35c;
unwashed delaine, 30031c; unmer-
chantable, 32@33c; fine washed de-
laine, 39@4Oc. Michigan-Fine un-
washed, 27@2Sc; a blood unwashed,
33@3lc; ss blood, 34635c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS.

julius A. Houser, Pennsylvania
railroad brakeman, was killed by a
train near Morava, Pa. He was 80
years old and lived at Erie, Pa.
Sebastian Campbell, an aged glass
worker at New Castle, Pa, is dying
from blood poisoning caused by a
piece of glass getting in his eye.
William Gehm, of Sharon Pa, has
received word that he has inherited an
estate worth several thousand dollars
through the death of an uncle in
Germany.
The Governors of 26 States have.
so far, accepted the invitations of the
National Civic Federation to appoint
delegates to attend a National con-
ference on immigration in New York
City, December 6 and Z.
Before leaving for his vacation
Postmaster General Cortelyou directed
the issuance of new form of mon
ey order which, it is believed, will
be proof against alteration at the
hands of forgers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
ToWboat Sunk.

The Monongahelia River Consoli-
dated Coal and Coke Company's tow
boat Joe B. Williams struck log six
miles below Golconda, H., in the Ohio
river, and sank. There was no loss
of life. The hole in the hull is 40
feet long and the damage IS about
$4,000. The boat will be raised. Next
TO the Sprague the Joe B. Williams is
the largest towboat engaged in the
river coal trade
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
GLASS SCALE SIGNED
Men of L. A. 300 Get Advance-Re-
sumo September I.

The conference between President
Simon Burns and his committee of L.
A. 800, Knights of Labor. and the COM
mittee of Glass Manufacturers, headed
by President J. r. Johnston, ended at
Cedar Point, near Sandusky, o., with
complete agreement. Both sides
made some concessions, and a scale
was signed.
Work may be commenced in the fac
tories September /.
The signing of the scale is of far
reaching importance. The manufactu =
ers gave the men an increase of from
five to ten per cent in wages, while
the men conceded to an unlimited pro-
duction and agreed to work the year
around, so that the manufacturers will
be able to compete with the window
glass trust, which is using machinery
to blow its wares.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
DRIFTED $4,000 MILES
Neither Trade Nor Other Winds En-.
countered on Long Journey.

An unusual condition, the absence of
trade and other winds at sea, was re-
ported by Captain Goodwin of the ship
Drigo, which arrived from Honolulu.
The Dirigo, according to the Captain
practically drifted from Honolulu to
the Delaware breakwater, a distance
of $4,000 miles. The run required 1856
days. On several days the Dirigo,
which is one Of the fastest clipper
ships afloat, made only 80 miles.
The weather in both the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans was calm and sui
try, with incessant rains, like cloud
bursts, deluging the big ship. Only
two vessels were seen until quite
close to the land
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
1870 MILES IN 1o2 MINUTES
Pennsylvania Special Establishes
New Long Distance Record.

All records for long distance run
ming were broken by the Pennsylvania
special when the distance between
Crestline and Fort Wayne, 130 miles,
was covered by Engineer Jerry Nc
Carthy with the five cars in lO2 min.
utes.
The train was 80 minutes late leav-
ing Crestline and when Mccarthy said
he would go into Ft. Wayne on time it
was said to be impossible, as the best
previous time was 112 minutes,
made by the same train and engineer
several weeks ago. The average rate
of nearly so miles per hour is con-
sidered by railroad officials to be the
most remarkable instance of long dis.
tance running known to railroad his
tOry
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
BOYCOTT is STRINGENT
Chinese viii Be Fined If They Deal
With Americans,

The Chinese at Yokohama have
agreed not to deal in American goods
nor to ship goods on any American
steamer, especially the Pacific Mail
Companys steamship China, and to
punish any Chinese dealing in
American goods through others; al.
so not to deal with American banks
and insurance companies.
Chinese convicted of contravening
this agreement will be heavily fined.
Henry B. Miller, the American Con.
sui General, is investigating the mat
ter and keeping a close watch on the
situation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
PEACE TERMS SUBMITTED
Japanese ENJOYS Present Their
Demands at Portsmouth.
RUSSIA MUST PAY THE COST
Cession Of Leases on Liaotung PENN.
sula and Evacuation OF Man.
chura Demanded.

The peace ENJOYS of Russia and ia
pan held their first meeting at Ports
mouth, N. H., August 8, but nothing
OF Importance was done until the sec
ond day when Baron Komura present
ed an outline of the Japanese claims
which were transmitted by M. Witte
to st. Petersburg.
Although great secrecy Is maintain.
ed, the claims are said to include the
cession of Sakhalin, reimbursement
for the expenses of war, cession of
leases on the Liaotung peninsula, in.
Guiding Port Arthur and Dalny: the
evacuation of Manchuria and the
"open-door" policy there: the cession
of the Chinese Eastern railway below
Hardin, recognition of a japanese pro.
tectorate over Korea, the grant of
fishing rights from Nladivostok to Bar.
ing sea, the REIMBURSEMENT to Japan
of Russian warships now interned in
neutral ports and limitation on the
naval strength of Russia in far east
ern waters.
The word Indemnity" is carefully
avoided, the term employed being "re-
endorsement" for the cost of the war
No sum is fixed, the amount being
distinctly adjourned for mutual ad.
justment between the two countries
after the Japanese expenditure has
been ascertained.
The terms were handed to NJ Witte,
written in French and English. The
documents are not long. They are
quite short. A paragraph is given to
each condition. 1t required but about
800 words, in cipher, for NJ Witte to
summarize and add his comments in
the personal cablegram he sent to
Russia before the exact terms were
cabled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
FEVER SPREADING
Two Points Outside New Orleans
Have Several Cases.

Two large foci of yellow fever in
lection were discovered outside Of
New Orleans by officers of the marine
hospital service DR.. Corput went to
Diamond plantation, in st. Charles
parish, and found six positive cases of
secondary infection. Three of the six
persons were dead and three of the
six were Italians. One was a negro
The other point of infection is
Patterson, st. Mary parish, where DR..
Guiteras found 10 cases OF secondary
infections. Most of these are also
Italians. The local health boards
have taken charge in both instances
and are following out the directions
Of the marine hospital service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Acquired by Westinghouse.

1t is officially announced that the
control of the Niagara Lockport and
Ontario Power Company and the
Iroquois Construction company, which
has hitherto been vested in Joseph G.
Robin and his associates together with
the Westinghouse company. has pass
ed by sale of the individual interests
to a new syndicate headed by George
Westinghouse, of Pittsburg, and John
]. Albright, of Buffalo.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Charged with Extravauance.

Extravaganza of the most fragrant
character is now charged against the
department of agriculture, and the be-
lief is expressed in some quarters
that the departments estimates and
record in this connection will be care
fully scrutinized by Congress. The
investigation into the bureau of ami
nal industry is being pushed, accord
ng to department officials.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
ORDERED TO STRIKE
About 10000 Iron Workers Are Ex.
pected to Go Out.

"Orders were issued from the
headquarters of the International
Association of Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers, by Secretary J. J.
Mcnamara, for general strike
against the American Bridge Com
pany from Maine to California.
at is estimated that between 15,-
900 and 10000 bridge and structural
iron workers will quit work. Bridge
work will be tied up in many parts
of the country and a number of big
building projects will be delayed.
The strick will affect thousands in
the building industry"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
JEWS AND TROOPS CLASH
Collision Between Armed Hebrews and
Soldiers Reported.

A collision between the troops and
a body of well-armed Jews is reported
to have taken place at Zhitomir, Rus
sia. 1t is rumored that number of
persons were killed and wounded, but
details are not obtainable
The rumors of serious trouble at
Riga were officially confirmed Twenty
thousand men are on strike there.
Many of the strikers are desirous of
working, but the Socialists deter them
with threats of murder A regiment
of cavalry is patrolling the streets and
keeping order more or less success
fully.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
TRisESMEN ON WARPATH
Villages in South Africa Attacked and
Residents Massacred.

The Cologne Gazette prints a dis
patch that 5000 Cuanhamas (tribes-
mem recently made an attack on sew
eral Portuguese villages located to the
northward of German Southwest
Africa on Portuguese territory. Most
of the villagers, according to the re-
port, were massacred and all their
houses burned
Three French Missionaries were
carried away, but succeeded in es-
Gaping. The massacre occurred in
the same region where body of
Portuguese troops suffered a serious
defeat last year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
AGAINST ASPHALT COMPANY
Federal Court Of Venezuela Annuls
Hamilton Concession.

President Roosevelt has been in
formed through the Department of
State that the Federal court OF
Venezuela has rendered a decision
against the Bermudez Asphalt COM
pany in the case involving the so
called Hamilton concession, annul-
ing the concession. What action may
be taken by this government regard
ing the matter cannot be announced
at this time; in fact, SO far as can
be ascertained, no determination Of
the question has been reached.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
WANTS PAY FOR HUSBAND
Widow of Victim Of Harrisburg Wreck
Sues for Damages.

Margaret e. Phillips, widow of
James R. Phillips, who was killed in
the Harrisburg, wreck on the Penn
sylvania railroad, has sued the COM
pany for 100000 damages In the
bill Mrs. Phillips says her husband
left New York for Pittsburg on the
night of May 10. The facts connected
with the wreck, Phillips injury and
death are then recited. She AYERS
that her husband was of sober hab-
its, of large earning capacity and was
earning an income of $4,000 a year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
WHlRLED TO DEATH
Farmers Daughter, Caught by Hair in
Engine Shaft.

Edith Kent, the 14-year-old daugh-
ter of prosperous farmer of
Chautauqua county, N. Y, met death
in a terrible manner. She had pre-
pared to attend a picnic. Her father
started the farm engine and drove off
to Dunkirk with his brother, leaving
Miss Kent and her mother at home
alone.
Edith had her hair undone pre-
vious to dressing for the picnic.
Passing near the engine, her hair
caught in the shaft and she was
dashed to death before her frenzied
mother could respond to her shrieks
for aid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
1000 Men Quit Work.

According to figures given out by
Secretary Mcnamara. of the Internat-
ional Structural Iron and Bridge
Workers union, 1000 men have walk
ed out in the strike called against
the American Bridge Company. The
men say that the sub-contractors do
ing work for the American Bridge
Company are employing non-union
men, and insist that the union be
recognized throughout No propo-
sition to settle has been formulated
by either side and no arrangements
have ben made to get together.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Army Target Records Broken.

All records for craftsmanship in
the United States army were broken
at Fort Sheridan by Corporal Joseph
c. Smith, negro, who made a score
of 1S1 out of a possible 200 in slow
fire shooting. In rapid fire shooting
he made a score of 81 out of a pos
sible 100.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Crowded Steamer Sinks.

The excursion steamboat Sunshine
sank at Broad Ripple Park, ten miles
from Indianapolis, with $50 passengers
on board. No one was drowned, but
several were injured in the panic.
Persons in launches and canoes took
a number of people from the water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Meat Men Must Answer.

The dairy and food division of the
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul.
ture will open sensational war on
the beef trust" before the close of
the present month. Criminal prosecu-
tions are to be entered against so meat
dealers in various parts of the State
on the charge of selling meats doc
tored" with preservatives of various
kinds. The real defendants will be the
companies constituting the trust. ..
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Mills Will Be Open.

Theodore ]. Shaffer, president of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
Steel and Tin Workers, notified the
officials of the unions at Youngstown,
Warren and Girard, o., and Green
vile, Pa, that the mills of the Car
negie Steel company, where strikes
have been in progress for more than
a year, would be declared open.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
AIaer's Bic Timber Purchase.

Alger, Smith & Co., of which United
States Senator r. A. Alger is presi-
dent, have bought 190,0O0,000 feet of
pine in Lake county. Mimi, and will
extend their railroad the Daluth and
Northern Minnesota, to the Cook coun.
ty line. The consideration is said to
be about S1,500.00O
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Steamboat Burned.

The steamer Nellie Walton. while
anchored in midstream, near Marietta,
o., burned to the waters edge. The
boat was used as a sand digger in
the Ohio river and was owned by Capt.
Duffy. The fire was caused by a
lantern exploding on the lower deck.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
PhiIippine Revolt Nipped.

The steamer Kanagawa from Hong
kong brings news of plot there to
ship 10000 rifles and 100000 rounds
of ammunition to Samar, and other
unpacified districts in the Philip
pines. The scheme was discovered
and the filibusters are in hiding.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Col. Lamont Left 5000. 600.

An estate of 100000 is left by
the late Col. Daniel S. Lamont, Sec
retary of War under President Cleve-
land, according to Mr.. Lamont's will
filed for probate. Mrs. Lamont and
her three daughters are the benef-
ciaries. The estate is valued at 49,
100000 in personal property and $780,
900 in real property.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
A CannibaI Feast.

Travellers who have arrived at Ant
werp, Belgium, returning from the
Cameroons territory in Africa, report
that they heard repeated rumors while
in that region that tribe of canni-
balls called the Mems, recently killed
and ate 1000 negroes and eight Ger
man colonists.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Prospects of Indian Famine.

The Monsoon this year, generally
speaking, has proved disappointing
and as a consequence there is much
anxiety. In the province of Punjab
the crops in the unirrigated lands are
already suffering. There has been an
abnormal deluge in the province of
Gujerat, causing extensive damage
and rendering 10000 persons home
less,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
Chauffeur Punished.

William Henry Myers, a ciauffeur,
was convicted of involuntary man.
slaughter at Philadelphia and sent
enced TO Is months Imprisonment for
running down and killing 5-year-old
Eldon Sarver. The jury was out all
night.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16

The report Of yellow fever cases
August 5 as submitted, follows: New
cases. so; total to date, 616 deaths,
A. total to date, 112; new sub-foci, II;
total sub-foci to date la.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16

Replies from the governors of
states in the union indicate that
Pennsylvania action in taking the
lead toward establishing a commi-
sion to create uniform divorce laws
is well received.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-16
win Leave University of CHICAGO.

DR.. William R. Harper has decided
to resign as president of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. DR.. Harper will de-
vote all his time and energy to battling
with the cancer that threatens his
life