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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Government Statement.

The monthly statement of the Gov
eminent receipts and expenditures
shows that for the month of Sep
TENDER, 1906. the total receipts
amounted to ISL ,497, 1870 and the
expenditures $40, 270,154. leaving a
surplus for the month of $11, 1921, 036.
The receipts from the several sources
of evenu were: Customs, $27, $780,
0l0; internal revenue, $21 ,491 ,481;
miscellaneous, S2,725,G99 The re-
ceipts last month were s1,246,0O0 in
excess of those for September, 1905,
and the expenditures s1,040,000 less
than for September, 1905. For the
three months of the present fiscal
year there is shown a surplus of s5.-
S7l 900.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
PALMA GOES OUT PENNILEss
Minister from Cuba Confers With
Secretary Root.

Gonzales de Quesada, minister from
Cuba to the United States, conferred
with Secretary Root regarding the
situation in Cuba. Mr.. Quesada ex-
pressed full confidence in the friendly
attitude of this government toward
Cuba. Quesada said President Palma
after spending 40 of the 73 years of
his life in fighting for Cuban liberty,
leaves the palace in Havana without
a dollar. His private fortune, as well
as the best energies of his life have
been patriotically poured out in the
cause of his country. Quesada add
ed.
q have cablcd to President Palma
an invitation to make my house his
home if he decides to come to the
United States. Although President
Palma is practically penniless he has
hosts of friends who will remain
steadfast, ever though adversely has
become his portion"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
PROBING FRAUD CHARGES
Claim That Defective, Tubes Were Put
Into Naval Vessels.

Secret Service agents of the United
States Government, working under or
ders from the Department of Justice,
are investigating charges filed with
Secretary of Navy ~Bonaparte that the
United States Government has been
made the victim of a gigantic fraud.
1t is charged that several of the
largest and most costly battleships in
the United States Navy are equipped
with thousands of boiler flues which
were never subjected to the Govern
ment tests and that many of them
were delivered to the Government and
placed in the vessels after they had
been rejected as defective by the Gov
eminent inspectors.
The warships directly involved in
the charges are: New Battleship
Maine, Battleship Georgia, Armoured
Cruiser Colorado, Armored Cruiser
Pennsylvania.
The charges are against the boiler
fues placed in these vessels at the
time they were built, but also affect
nearly every vessel in the American
navy which has had flues installed
since 1898.
The author of the charges, which
were submitted to Secretary Bona
parte through United States Senator
J. B. Foraker of Ohio, is Frank l..
Emmett of Sharpsyille, Pa, who was
in charge of the shipping department
of the Shelby Steel Tube Company's
mill at Greenville, Pa, when this COM
pany made the tubes for four war
ships. He confesses his part in the
alleged fraud against the Government
and swears to a statement containing
all the charges.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
U. S. Marshal Removed.

The President has determined to
remove from Office Vivian j.. Fagin,
United States marshal for the South
ern district of Ohio, upon the report
of the civil service commission that
he has been guilty of making politi-
cal assessments, and Marshal O'Neil,
of the Western district of Louisiana,
on the allegation of general u~nfitness,
as disclosed by the report of a COM
missioner of the department Of just
loo
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
BALLOON RACE
Lieutenant Lahm, of Sixth U. 8,
Cavalry, Victor in Contest.

SaVaiTy, NiCtor IN CONTEST.
The Aero club officially announced
that Lieutenant Frank p. Lahm, Of
the Sixth United States cavalry, one
of the American contestants, was the
victor in the first competition for the
James Gordon Bennett cup for inter
national a%eronouts.
The race started Sunday afternoon,
when Is balloons, representing seven
countries, sailed away from the Tul-
leries Gardens In Paris. France. C..
S. Rolls, one of the English contest
ants, has not been heard from.
Up to the present time. however,
the performances of Lahm and Her
sey, in the balloon United States, in
reaching Is miles north of Scarbor-
ough, England, is the best record at
tanned by anyone of the Is starters.
Santos-Dumont had an accident
which compelled him TO descend. His
arm caught in the m~echanicism OF
his motor, %paralyzing it. His injury
was not serious and he returned to
Paris.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
STOLEN MONEY FOUND
Slayer of Pearce Family Admits Rob-
berry Led to Murder.

That Elmer Dempster, the negro
slayer of the family of Samuel
Pearce in Cecil township last July,
committed his crime in preparation
of robbery, was disclosed at Wash
ington, Pa, when the negro, who is
in Jail under sentence of death, told
the officers where the money he stole
could be found.
Officers discovered, wrapped up in
a piece of cloth, $3.50 hidden in an
oil derrick near the Pearce home, as
he said they would. The money was
taken from a pocketbook belonging
to Mrs. Pearce. Dempster said that he
killed Mrs. Pearce when the latter dis
covered him riding the purse, and
that he slew the rest of the family to
prevent their telling of the first
crime.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
The Boston Wool Market.

The wool market held firm, active
in some directions and dull in others.
No large blocks of Territory wool
have been sold, but Territories are
moving freely. Pulled woods are
steady.
The price ranged from Ale to 44Rc.
Leading quotations follow: Ohio and
Pennsylvania Xxx and above, "a to
34l5c; X, 81 to sec; No. 1, 40 to
Ale; No. 2, So to soc; fine unwashe'
% to zee; half-blood, unwashed,
to Sac; three-eighths blood. unwa~
ed, "a to 35c; one-quarter blood. ~
washed, 30 to 33c; delaine. washed
SO to SIC;
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Disbar Two Prominent Lawyers.

The supreme court of Illinois issued
orders disbarring George S. Baker
aad Herbert B. Wickersham. formerly
prominent Chicago lawyers. Baker is
charged with collecting money for a
client and failing to turn it over. He
was addicted and arrested, gave bond
and then fled. Wickersham, who is
charged with a similar o~ffense. was
Indicted and has been missing ever
since.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
DROWNED HIS LITTLE SON
Drunken Man Throws Child Into River
and Jumps After.

Drink-crazed Patrick Coyne OF
Pittsburg, while crossing the TWEEN
~ty-second street bridge with his g.
year-old son, suddenly seized the lad
and hurled him far out over the rail.
ing. The boy sank to death in the
Monongahela river, but scarcely had
the body disappeared before the
father also leaped from the bridge,
falling almost in the spot which
marked the sons watery grave. The
father was taken out unconscious,
the body of his son has not yet been
recovered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
DEATH LIST INCREASING
Later Report Swell the Number OF
Casualties on Coast.

The number of casualties in the
great storm is slowly increasing as
messages are received from places
which have heretofore been inaccess-
able. The total of the known dead
was brought up to a certainty of 70,
and a possibility of 1O2 by the reports
that have reached Mobile.
Four bodies not before counted
have been found at Coden. and it is
estimated that go lives have been
lost from the oyster fleet around
Cedar Point. This last estimate is
probably somewhat exaggerated, for
the reason that it includes among the
dead every man aboard a fishing boat
who has not been heard of since the
storm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
CUBAN FUNDS ALL RIGHT
President Palma Departs from Ha-
vana for His Home.

Former President Palma, who de-
parted from the capital to his home
with no money remaining of his once
large fortune. left the Cuban treasury
in a satisfactory condition with $13,-
100000 in it. The obligations out
standing will soon necessitate paying
out one-half Of this, but the income
of the government amounts to nearly
2 1000, 900 a month and loans are not
considered necessary, as nearly all the
congressional appropriations have
been Cancelled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Find $50, 900 in spinster's House.

That gold, silver and bills a~ggregat-
ing $50 900 were found in the Robin
son homestead. Hudson, N. Y, where
Miss Frances Carolyn Robinson, a
recluse. vas found dead four weeks
ago, is announced. The treasure was
stuffed in pots. cups and vases which
were hidden in hooks and corners
Mis- Robinson left a will dividing her
estate among four charitable socie-
tinc
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Bank Robbed at Noon.

Two robbers entered the Kimmon
Ginko, q japanese bank. also known
as the Golden Gate bank. at 1888
O'Farrell street, San Francisco, at
noon and after fatally beating S. IRA
kata, the manager and seriously in
juring A. Sassaki, a clerk, with a piece
of gas pipe, escaped with $4,000 in
gold. Manager Urakata died two
hours later, from his injuries. IRA
kata was acting as teller of the bank.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
MORMON UNDER ARREST
President Smith Held on Charge OF
Living With Five Wives.

The president of the Mormon
church, Joseph +. Smith, was arrested
and bound over to the district court
on the charge of living ~unlawfully
with five wives. The complaint was
sworn to by a Mormon deputy sher-
if, the warrant was served by order
of a Mormon sheriff, and the COM
hitting magistrate is also a Mormon.
President Smith was arraigned i'm
mediately after his arrest and waived
preliminary hearing. After being
bound over he was released on his
own recognizance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
CABINET WILL CHANGE
Attorney.General Moody and Secretary
Shaw Will Retire.

Two retirements from the presi.
dents cabinet are slated for the COM
ing winter. They are those of At
torney-General Moody, whose resig-
nation will become effective about
December /. and Secret"rv of the
Treasury Shaw, who will retire in
February.
For one of the vacancies the Presi-
dent will nominate George V. L.
Meyer, American ambassador to Rus
STA. For the other he is not yet ready
to make an announcement.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Emigrant Steamer Founders and Only
rs ESCAPE.

The emigrant steamer Charter
house, voyaging between Hollow and
Hongkong f%oundered of Hainan head.
Capt. Clifton and 60 passengers were
lost.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Kohsichang has picked up a raft be-
longing to the C~harterhouse. on which
were Chief Engineer Dowse, % OF the
crew and two women, after they had
been drifting for AZ hours.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Cruiser Reaches Santiago.

The arrival of the American cruiser
Des Molnes, at Santiago, Cuba, Oct.
/, relieved a serious situation. Fully
1000 armed revolutionists were en-
circling the city within three miles,
threatening a raid. The government
forces were not sufficient to drive the
besiegers away.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Seven Entombed in Mexico.

BY what is reported to have been an
intentional firing of the timbers of the
Buena TERRA mine. near Chihuahua,
Mex, sever men lost their lives sew
eral days ago. A report of the catas-
rophe has just been given out and the
authorities have instituted an investi-
CATION. Particulars are not available
and no cause has been assigned which
could have prompted the act. The
Buena TERRA mine is located in the
Santa Eulalla mining district.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Presidents Son Must Answer.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and several
of his fellow students at Harvard. to-
gether with two police officers have
been summoned before the Suffolk
county grand jury in connection with
an investigation by that body of an
assault upon n of the officers on
Boston
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
kilLED PRiSO..-3S
The Dominican President Wins Vic
tory and Then Slaughters Cap
tured Rebels.

Advices from Monte Cristi, Santo
Domingo, which was besieged for
some time by Dominican revolution
lists, that President Caceres,
with 1,2O0 men, recently attacked the
revolutionists, raised the seige and
pursued the besiegers, dispensing
them and captured a number OF
prisoners.
Twenty-four of the prisoners were
executed, and the property of the
recalcitrant revolutionists was de-
stroyed. Later the revolutionists raj
lied and according to the last advices
we're preparing to make another at.
tack on Monte Cristi.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Insurance Rebates Condemned.

The National Association of lnsur-
ance Commissioners adopted a strong
resolution against the practice of
granting rebates as a great injustice
to the public. An address by Charles
s. Hardy of Chicago foreshadowed
increased rates of fraternal insurance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Cooked Alive.

Literally cooked alive in a boiler
into which steam was turned on by
mistake, Gustave F. Friend of Vim
cennes. Ind, lived five hours with his
flesh dropping from him in chunks.
He remained conscious and arranged
all his worldly affairs, babe his
friends goodbye and then prayed with
his pastor till death came.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Mint Statement.

The statement of the director of
the mint shows that the coinage exc
cuted at the minis of the United
States during September, 1906,
amounted to $40, 1898 ,734, as follows;
Gold, $9,460, 1862; silver, $1,30S, 900;
minor coins, sl25.571. In addition
there were coined 400, 900 five peso
gold pieces for the Mexican govern
ment.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Held for Smuggling.

Twenty thousand dollars worth of
emeralds were found by United
States customs officials al New York
on Manuel Suarez when he arrived on
the Oceanic of the White Star line.
The Jewels were seized and Suarez
who says he is a Colombian, was ar
rested on the charge of smuggling.
United States Commissioner Shields
later admitted him to $500 cash bail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
TWO KILLED IN COLLISION
Refusal of Air Brakes to Work Said
to Be the Cause.

Two persons were killed and 20 in
jured in a rear-end collision on the
New York division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad ear Eddington, Pa.
10 miles north of Philadelphia.
The dead: Mrs. w. H. Council, wife
of an employee of the railroad; Mrs.
Mary O'Malley of Philadelphia.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Russia Anxious for Peace MEETING

The convocation Of the second peace
conference at The Hague is being
urged by Great Britain and also by
Russia, the latter wishing to show
that the international situation in that
country is again becoming normal
and in any case 1t does not affect her
foreign policy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Anti-administration Republicans OF
Alabama, in convention at Birming-
ham, nominated for Governor Judge
A. Stratton Of Montgomery. The plat
form calls upon President Roosevelt
to stand for a third term.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

The Octopus, the new submarine
addition for the United States navy.
was successfully launched at the yards
Of the Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany, Quincy. Mass. in the presence
Of many distinguished naval officers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Fifteen men are supposed to have
lost their lives in an explosion in the
Dutchman Coal mine at Blossburg, N.
NJ, a small camp five miles from Ra-
ton. Three bodies have been re-
covered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
800 Horses Burned Alive.

A stubborn blaze in the livery and
sales stables of B. Gray on West
Third street, New York, destroyed
nearly 900 horses said to be valued at
500, 900 and many carriages.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Packers Guilty Of shortweishins Lar

The Omaha Packing Company. AZ
mour & Co., and Libby. Mcneil 4
Libby, were ~adjudged guilty of sellin|
short weight lard and a fine of 81
was imposed upon each firm by just
ice Sheldon, of Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
Yellow Fever at Havana.

The marine hospital service has
been notified by cable from Havana
of the appearance of two new cases
OF yellow fever there, making seven
cases reported during the past
week.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Gen. Guerra and his insurgent
forces in Cuba offered no trouble to
Americans and peaceably gave up
their arms without any sign of dis
order.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10
MACON WILL BE GOVERNOR
President Roosevelt Makes Him Pro-
visional Executive over the At
fairs Of the Island.

1t was announced at the White
House that, upon further considera.
ton of the subject, the President had
decided to adhere to his plan and
send Chares II. Magoon to Cuba to
relieve Secretary Taft as provisional
governor, allowing Governor Winthrop
to remain in Porto Rico. where his
services are needed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Eleven persons were hurt In a col
lision between two passenger trains
on the st. Louis & Cairo line of the
Illinois Central railroad at Murpheys-
boro. Ill.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

Mrs. John Severson Of Mondovi,
Wis, has given birth to four boys.
The babies are strong and healthy and
physicians say they will live.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-10

The .heater at Odessa where the
Jewish Company PLAYED has been en-
tirely destroyed by fire. A professor
and two students persisted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

reported that the 1evees were intact
and the flood pressure had begun to
subside. The Church ditch and the
Mono ditch are still in an angry mood
and Fancher creek, to the south of
town, is very high.
Reports from the mountains say snow
is still falling. At noon 1T was report
ed that over a foot of snow had fallen
at the Crane valley dam of the San
JOAQUIN Power company, which is at
the 25OO-feet level. This means that the
fall of snow is increasing at great
rate i'm the mountains and that warm
spell would mean Il greater flood than
ever. Three feet of snow fell during the
night at the 5000-foot level.
The Kings river overfiowed its banks
during the night. flooding out all truck
farmers in the lowlands and causing
damage estimated at half million
dollars.
At Sanger all fords and bridges have
been washed out and it is necessary to
go to Reedley to cross Kings river. At
midnight last night over six hundred
feet of the Southern Pacific track be-
tween Visalia and Goshen Junction was
washed out and trains are running by
way of Sanger. The Southern Pacific
announces that it will send out train
by way of Merced this afternoon for the
north. The situation at Clovis is i'm
proving, although miles of country are
still under water.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
WORST FLOODS
SINCE The 6O'S
THE STREETS OF WSALIA ARE
WATERWAYS
Mountains Are Still Pouring Their
Torrents Of Water Into the Town.
foundations Elsewhere
In the State
Bv Associated Press.


V1SALIA, Cal, March 1.-THE flood
now prevailing in this section has not
been equaled since 1862. Several
streets of this city are now water
ways and business practically has
been suspended.
Church street, from the Delta office
to Main street on the south side and
Oak street on the north, is covered
with water, in some places eighteen
inches deep. The water in Main street
is knee deep and the Easements of
many stores are flooded. The loss,
however, is slight, as men were kept
busy all night removing goods.
In the northeastern part of Visalia,
the residence section, the water is
four feet deep. The court house and
high school are surrounded by water
and the sugar factory is below the
surface of the flood.
At Patterson bridge, two miles east
of here, the water is eight feet deep
The towns of Woodville and Farmers
vile have been deluged and the
country Immediately east of Visalia
is covered with water. The Seligman
building on Mill creek has settled to
such an extent that it's doors cannot
be closed and the entrance way is
barricaded.
The cain fell all last night IN the
mountains east of here and this water
reached Visalia late this afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
SLEEPY OPERATOR
CAUSES DISASTER
CONTINUED from Par. One,

the number of fatalities reaching
twenty. Six were injured seriously;
others injured slightly. All of the
injured will get well.
mo. 8, leaving Pueblo, had orders
to meet No. 16 at Adobe. The dis
patcher had %. X from Florence
lows stating that No. had gone by.
He had been asleep. beyond question
and did not hear No. go by and
o. K'd.' his order and is the sole
author of the collision. This was the
day operator, and he was doing duty
for the night man, as the night man
had gone to Pueblo to cash pay checks
without asking permission from the
Pueblo office. Our standing rule is
that day operators are not to relieve
night operators and work overtime
unless permission is asked and grant
ed by the chief dispatcher"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
RIPPER REPEAL" NOW A LAW
Governor Pennypacker of PennsyIva-
mia Fails to Act and Measure
Is Effective by Default
BY Associated Press.


HARRISBURG, Pa, March 1.-THE
Philadelphia Ripper Repeal" passed
at the recent extra session of the legis-
lature becomes a law at midnight but
1t cannot be announced or made a mat
ter of record until Monday. Governor
Pennypacker failed to act upon the
bill. which becomes a law by default
THE Ripper" took from the mayor
of Philadelphia the power of appoint
ment of the director of public safety
and the director of public works. The
bill as originally passed also took from
the mayor the power of appointing the
directors of public health and charity
and the director of supplies. Governor
Pennypacker vetoed the sections of the
law which disturbed the latter two of
fees, but approved the sections which
related to the departments of public
safety and works. He gave as reason
for signing the original bill that the
people could voice their sentiment at
the polls.
After the recent November election
at which the Republicans We're de-
feated in city and state, Governor Pen
nypacker called a special session of
the legislature to pass reform meas
ures. Included among these were the
Ripper" bills. The governor, how
ever, refused to reverse himself, and
the repeal of the Ripper" became a
law.