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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
STENsLAND BROUGHT BACK
Fugitive F~inancier Says Others Had
Hand in the Theft.

Paul o. Stensiand, under indict-
ment for wrecking the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank of Chicago. arriv-
ed in New York by steamer from
Morocco in charge of Assistant States
Attorney Olsen of Chicago and other
officers. S%tensland, according to Mr..
Olsen, has made Il complete confess
sion.
Theodore Stensland, who gave out
the official statement for his father,
declared the latter had made no sign
ed confession. but had admitted com.
hitting certain ~otfenses which consti-
tute enlightenment under the mi
nois laws. TO some of the indict-
ments for embe2zlement his father
would plead guilty, he said, and in the
case of others he would turn states
evidence.
Stensland made the further state
ment, according to the son. that il
the shortage in the bank was over
$500 900 the money in excess of that
amount had been taken by Henry w.
Herring, the former cashier OF the
bank, who was Jointly indicted with
Stensland OF charges of stealing over
81 900 900 from the bank and for
forgery.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
BANKER Gets TEN YEARS
StensIand, Former President OF
Chicago Bank, Admits Guilt.
HE PUTS BLAME ON OTHERS
E~xonerates Directors from Participa-
ton in Looting but Blames Cash.
Ter, Teller and Clerks.

Paul o. St%ensland, former president
of the Milwaukee Avenue State
Bank, pleaded guilty in court at
Chicago upon charges growing out of
the wrecking of the bank, and was
given on one count an indeterminate
sentence in the penitentiary with a
maximum term Of 10 years.
On another count, that of altering
forged CHECKS, he was fined $120.
New disclosures of the greatest inn
portance were made by Stenslaud to
Assistant States Attorney Olsen on
the train on the way from New York
to Chicago. The banker broke down
and wept several times during the
cross-eXamination.
Il is said Stenslapd laid the origin
Of the alleged forSeries of notes to
an Italian clerk in the bank, and that
at that time they aggregated $780,
900. These forgeries were wiped on.
by the issue of others by q second
fOrger. The Italian was charged with
working in conspiracy with Cashier
Herring.
An assistant from the states at
%torney's Office boarded the train at
Cleveland with the questionable notes
that have been unearthed. They
were examined in detail by Stems
land and some of them pronounced
valid, Notwithstanding the statement
of the makers that their signatures
had been forged. Stensland exon
Grated the directors of participating
in the footing Of the bank and placed
all the blame on Cashier Herring,
former Teller Frantzen and their
partners.
Stensland, in charge of Jailer Whit
man, left for the Joliet ~penitentiary
the same day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
PALMA REGIME RESIGNS
Cuban President and Cabinet Yield to
lnsurgent Demands.

Affairs in Cuba reached a crisis on
the 25th of September, when Vice
President Capote and all the members
OF the cabinet rendered their resig-
nations to President Palma. The
designations We're accepted.
President Palma called a special
session of congress for Friday, when
he will present the designations of
himself and Vice President Mendez
Capote.
The letter containing the PROPOSE
tions sent by Secretary Taft to Presi-
dent Palma was given out. 1t de-
clares the commissioners are inclined
to believe illegalities were committed
in the primary elections held Sep
TENDER %, 1905, that 5000 men ap-
pear to be in arms against the gov
eminent, and a majority Of the people
seem to be in favor of the revolution
lists.
1t is declared on very high authority
that American intervention in Cuba
is certain. Furthermore, 1t is eX-
pected that the proclamation Of in
teryention will be issued from Oyster
BAY,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
MUCH DAMAGE ON COAST
A Hurricane Brings Death and
DesoIation to Cities.
WATER FRONT FULL OF WRECKS
Big Iron Steamers and Lighter Vessels
Thrown Upon Beach by the
Tide.

A dispatch from Mobile, Ala,
September %, says: As a result of the
tropical hurricane which has been
sweeping the gulf coast for the pas.
60 hours, rs are dead in this city,
many are injured and a property loss
of 81, O0O, 600 has been sustained. Be
tween New Orleans and West Pasca.
goula, Miss, % wrecked schooners
were counted today, and almost the
entire distance the land is submerged.
The storm struck Mobile Wednesday
midnight, the wind reaching a velocity
OF so miles an hour. Water from Mo-
bile bay was blown into the city by
the gale and for a time the sea stood
seven feet deep in the wholesale
quarter. The loss Of life is believed
to be mainly among negroes, Mobile
has been placed under control Of the
militia.
Reports to the weather bureau at
Washington from Pensacola, Fla,
announce that the Gulf hurricane pas
sed inland west of there, the wind
reaching SO miles an hour at Pensa-
cola.
Another dispatch from Pensacola,
September q, says: The worst sea
storm and hurricane that the gulf
coast has experienced since the viii
lage OF Pensacola, on San Rosa is
land. vas swept away 107 years ago,
began last night, and is still raging
late this afternoon.
1t is reported that many lives be,
tween the city and navy yard have
been lost.
1t is known, however, that many of
the houses in that section are under
from five to ten feet of water ana
many women have been taken from
second-story windows and carried to
safety in boats.
The estimated property damage is
SO, 000, 900. Every house in Pensacola
has suffered damage and many roofs
are blown off. Telephone and tele-
graph and electric light wires are
among the mass. The water front is
strewn with wreckage for miles on
either side of the city, and vessels
are piled on the wharves, or where
the wharves once were, in utter ruin.
Big iron steamers and many lighter
sailing ships are lying high and dry
up in the city, where the tide has
never before been known to reach.
Everywhere, for miles around, whar-
yes have been swept away or damaged
beyond repair.
A report from New Orleans says:
All railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone communications was cut OFF.
The roadbed of the Louisville & Nash
vile was submerged at Lake Calher-
inc, an inlet from the gulf, five miles
east of here.
The New Orleans e Northeastern
railroad reported that their trestle
over Lake ~Poncnartrain was under
water for a distance of Is miles.
Queen and Crescent trains were pre-
vented from entering the city by the
rise in the lake.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
TAFT WILL ASSUME CONTROL
Failure of Cuban Congress to Act
Makes Intervention by U. S. a
Necessity.

President R~oosevelt's peace COM
missioners, although clothed with the
fullest authority from him to intervene
in Cuba whenever it became obvious
that peace by h%armonizing the war
ring Cubans was impossible, have pat
iently withheld their hands from thus
setting aside Cuban sovereignty until
the last hope had disappeared.
This stage of hopelessness was
reached when the great majority of
all three OF the political parties re-
fused to attend the session of Con-
gress called to act upon the resigna-
tons of all the members of the Govern
ment, and declared definitely that they
would have nothing more to do with
the government of Cuba.
No sooner was the failure of the ad-
journed session of Congress and the
declared intention of the Government
officers no longer to serve reported
70 Secretaries Taft and Bacon than
the preparations for armed interven-
tion were put into operation,
A telephone wire had been quietly
laid in the American Legation to the
battleship Louisiana and as soon as
the order was received from Secretary
Taft 30 marines We're landed and pro
cceded quickly to the Treasury build
ing, where they went on guard.
Members of Moderate assembly de-
nounced the United States govern
ment and condemned Secretaries Taft
and Bacon at meeting held in HAY
ana.
The use of dynamite on foreign
property was urged by radical mem
bers so European powers would in
tervene.
General orders were issued regard
ing the organization OF the marines
for service in Cuba.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
IN MEXICO
Several Reported to Have Fallen in
the riaht.

A courier who has arrived at HOus-
ton, Tex, says the revolutionists and
a force from Ciudad, Porfirio Diaz,
FLASHED at Victoria, about five miles
south of JimineZ. One ranger was
killed and the revolutionists left sew
eral dead. They scattered and are
being pursued by Mexican troops.
Jiminez is not in possession of the lat
ter. The affair is regarded as possess
sing but little of a revolutionary or
political character.
The following telegram was receiv-
ed at the treasury department at
Washington from the collector of
customs at Eagle Pass, Texas:
Yesterday about 80 bandits and
smugglers took possession of Jiminez,
a small town in Mexico. 80 miles
above Eagle Pass. A fight ensued
with Mexican soldiers and several
men were killed. Sensational reports
were sen out describing the fight as
a revolution. Nothing serious in the
situation is reported.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
RICH ANTHRACITE FIND
Will Require Half a Century to Ex-
haust the Vein.

BY the discovery Of he Lykens vein
in the Mahanoy Valley by prospec'
tors of the Philadelphia & Reading
Coal and Iron Company the assets Of
this mining corporation will be in
creased millions of dollars.
The seam averages IL feet in thick
ness and extends for over a mile in
length and about IN eighth of a mile
in width. 1t contains millions of tons
of purest anthracite and it will re-
~duire half a century Of steady mining
to exhaust it. The value of the vein
is varicusly estimated from $50, 900 600
to 500, 000. 900.
Preparations are to be commenced
at once to develop it. This will pro-
vide employment for several thous-
and men and boys.
%Prospectors say this vein runs the
Ientire length of the Mahanoy Valley,
a distance of IL miles, only that it is
deeper at many points than where it
las been discovered and proved, but
ninable throughout the whole stretch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
GOES ON
Additional Rioting in and About
Atlanta, Ga.

Three mounted county policemen
who, with others, were riding along
their beat in South Atlanta, near
Clark university. a well-known negro
college, were ambushed from an alley
about 8 o'clock at night with the re-
suit that Policeman Heard and an
other officer, name yet unknown, were
killed, and the third officer was shot
and is dying at the Grady hospital.
Still another officer is reported miss.
ing.
The other officers, with a squad of
militiamen pursued the negroes into
the woods. The casualties on the
other side are not known.
At Howells station, three miles
west of the center of the city, the
railroad operator has been killed, and
another mar in the same office either
has been killed or wounded by ne
grOes.
The city marshal Of Edgewood was
shot, but not seriously hurt, while
trying to arrest a negro.
The courts have taken q hand in
connection with the riot. In the city
police court Judge Broyles inflicted
the extreme sentence on six young
white men charged with melting riot,
giving each 30 days in Jail and bind
ing them over to the higher courts
under bonds. The grand jury brought
in true bills against negroes charged
with assault with intent to commit
criminal assault on two young white
wOmen
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
ENTERPRISE BANK SUITS
Receiver Seeks to Recover on Notes
in Wrecked Bank.

AS receiver for the defunct Enter
prise National bank, of Allegheny.
Thomas W. Rinaker entered suit in
the United States court against the
Pennsylvania Development Company,
a New Jersey corporation, the action
involving $43T,455.6O, with interest.
William II. Andrews, T. Lee Clark.
the late cashier of the bank, and
others are named in the body of the
statements as co-defendants. All the
defendants are residents of this coun-
ty except Andrews, who claims New
Mexico as his home.
The suit is based on 80 promisory
notes in sums ranging from $4,000 TO
$50 900. They are made in the name
of the Pennsylvania Development
Company, Endorsed by T. Lee Clark
and directors and delivered to Clark
as cashier of the bank before matur-
ity. Clark, in disbursing the notes, is
said to have done so without the
knowledge of the other officers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
NEW YORK STATE TICKETS
Republicans Nominate Hughes for
Governor by Acclamation; Demo-
Gratis Choose Hearst on First
Ballot.

Charles E. Hughes, the New York
attorney who prObed the insurance
scandals and caused such a revolu-
ton in the affairs Of the big conf
panies, was chosen the candidate for
governor by the New York state Re-
publican convention at Saratoga.
The name of Hughes was the only
one to go before the convention, NJ.
Linn Bruce, present lieutenant gov
ernor was renominated also by ac-
clamation.
The ticket was completed by the
nomination of John F. O'Brlen for
secretary of state; Merton E. Lewis
for comptroller; J. G. Watermelon,
for state treasurer; Fl. A. Van Ais
tyne, for state engineer and survey
or, and julius NJ. Mayer, for attor-
ney general.
Immediately following Hughes's
nomination came a telegram from the
standard bearer. accepting the nomi-
nation without pledge other than to
do my duty according to my con
science"
William r. Hearst, congressman
and newspaper proprietor, was nomi-
mated for governor by the New York
Democratic State convention at
Buffalo. The nomination came on the
first ballot and the vote was as fol-
lows: Hearst, 800; Sulzer, 1874; Dix,
II.
Lewis s. Chandler, of Duchess
county, was nominated for lieutenant
governor.
Secretary of state-John S. Whalen,
of Monroe.
Comptroller-Martin H. Glynn, of
Albany.
State treasurer-Julius Hauser, of
Suffolk.
Attorney general-William s. Jack
son. of Erie.
State engineer and surveyor
Frederick w. Skene, of Queens.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
CONVICTED OF REsATlNG
Camden Iron Works Is Adjudged
Guilty Of Collecting S1.23O.

In the [ nited States District Court
the Camden Iron Works of Camden,
N. j., IA found guilty of receiving
rebates from the Mutual Transit Com
pany of Buffalo, a lake carrier. The
rebates, amounting to Sl,320. It was
alleged, were given by the transit
company on a shipment of castiron
pipe to Winnipeg, Manitoba. in 1904.
An appeal for Il new trial was filed,
and pending the disposal of the APP
peal sentence was deferred.
l.. w. Lake, general Eastern agent
of the Mutual Transit Company; G..
z. Campbell, general agent ii the
Great Northern Railway Company,
and the Great Northern Railway Com
pany itself were indicted with the
transit company, but each elected to
be tried separately. The other cases
are awaiting disposal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
puN's WEEKLY SUMMARY
All Goods Being Forwarded as Rapidly
as Shortage Of Cars and Scarcity
of I abor VIII perp,it

OF Labor VIII Permit.
r. G. Dun's weekly Review OF
Trade" says:
Trade expands with the advancing
season, and departments are forward
Ing goods as rapidly as the shortage
OF cars and scarcity of labor will per-
NIT. Mercantile collections are not rs
prompt as they would be II more nor
maj rates prevailed in the money mar
ltet, but there Is little embarrassment
or complaint. Autumn conditions are
o satisfactory and the outlook for
winter is bright because of the large
crops that are now almost completely
secured.
Manufacturing reports continued
favorable and there was a conspicuous
Increase in orders for cotton goods
that was due to exhausted stocks in
the hands of converters and jobbers,
and the belief that the raw material
would decline no further. Woolens
are still the least active Of the leading
Industries and unless clothiers order
literally there will soon be much idle
machinery.
Traffic facilities are still inadequate
yet the railways report an increase Of
lO.G per cent in earnings thus far COM
piled for September, as compared with
similar returns last year. Foreign
commerce at New York for the last
week shows a gain of 81 ,591 ,544 in inn
ports ana a loss of S2,207, 125 in ex-
ports, compared with the same week
in 1905.
Textile conditions show improve
ments, a notably better feeling exist
ing in the primary markets for cot
ton goods, despite the small decline In
raw materials. Buyers are more will
ing TO pay full quotations, and it Is
now rather a matter OF delivery than
price.
New England footwear manufac-
turers are receiving liberal ease orders
for shoes from Eastern jobbers and
wholesalers, chiefly in staple lines.
Some supplementary fall business
comes forward, but this Is about over
for the season.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for September
amounted to $i,Oi2, 507, of which ST.
$50, 707 were in manufacturing. ST.
9GS,2OG in trading, and S1S4,594 in
other commercial lines. Failures this
week numbered 1888 in the United
States, against $40 last year and 90
in Canada, compared with 81 a veal
ago"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
. RAILROAD STATISTICS
Large Increase in Mileage, Traffic and
Earnings,


The Interstate commerce commits
sion made public statistics of railways
in the United States for the year end
ing June 80, 1905, based on reports
of the railroads as required by law.
These show that on June 80, 1905, the
total single track railway mileage in
the United States was 2lS, 101, or A.
1876 miles more than at the end of the
previous year.
The operated mileage for which
substantially complete returns were
rendered to the commission was 216,-
973 miles, including 1865 miles of line
used under trackage rights. The
aggregate length of railway mileage,
including tracks of all kinds, was
306, 796 miles.
The gross earnings from the oper-
alton of 216,973 miles of line were
S2,4S2, 40G, or $107. 3OS ,315 greater
than for 1904, and for the first time,
exceeding the two billion mark.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
WABASH TRAIN WRECKED
Four Killed and Many Injured
Cars Burned 10.

Passenger train No. s, of the Wa
bash Railroad, running from Kansas
City to Buffalo, n. Y, known as the
Buffalo mail, ran into an open switch
west of Catlin, ILL.,, and crashed into
a section of a freight train. All the
passenger cars but n turned over
and burned. Four persons are known
to have been killed. Several others
are missing.
Thirty-seven injured are being TAX
en- care of at Danville hospitals.
The known dead are: Engineer J..
S. Butler, of Peru, Ind; w. w. Eli
son, fireman, Lafayette, Ind; Edward
Harding, mail clerk, Ivesville, H.;
c. II. Karnes, mail clerk.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
STEEL RAILS FOR sTHMus
Contract Closed With the United
States Steel Corporation.

A contract has been awarded by the
Isthmiam canal commission to the
United States steel product export
company, which does all the export
business of the United States steel
corporation, for five thousand tons of
seventy pound steel rails for use IN
the isthmus. The price paid was s29
per ton. Several foreign firms sub
mitted bids for the contract. but all Of
their bids were in exces of the
American concern.
Proposals received a few days ago
for supplying the commission with
Chinese laborers on the canal con-
struction work are being considered
by Chairman Shonts and the general
counsel of the commission in New
York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
REWARD FOR CARS DEATH
Pamphlets Urging Assassination Of
Russian Ruler and Promising Pay
Are Circulated.

thousands of pamphlets printed in
Genoa. and Zurich have been SNUG
elel across the frontier into Russia
Offering S25. 600 reward for the assas-
sinutiun Of the "a The pamphlet
concludes: Rest assured that the
sum viii be paid you, or. if you die
in doing the glorious work, to your re-
lations within three days after you
have accomplished the act. You will
free us from czardom and slavery and
Russia will bless you"
The authorities are c~onfiscating the
pamphlets wherever they can be
found.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
FOUR KILLED IN WRECK
Switch Engine Runs Onto Track on
Time OF Passenger Train.

Four are dead and - or more are
injured as a result of a rear-end
collision of a passenger train and a
switch engine in the Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad yards at New
Prague, Mimi, 40 miles south OF
Minneapolis.
The dead are d. d. Demarais, Min
neapolis, travelling salesman; F. E.
Brown, st. Paul, salesman; George
f. Klinkerfuss, st. Paul, salesman,
and Frank Wrabeck, New Prague.
l.. f. Day, vice president and gen.
eral manager, said that the accident
was caused by a switching engine
in the yards running onto the main
track, on the time of the passenger
train, which was about Is minutes
late,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
THREE BILLION MARK PASSED
Our Foreign Commerce for August Elk
ceeds Record of Month.

The foreign commerce of the United
States has crossed the three billion
dollar line. In the IL months ending
with August, the imports were ST.
254,399.7 35 and the exports ST. 59,-
Az, 1895, a total for the twelve months
Of S 3,013,S17 ,6S3. The bureau of sta
tistics of the department of commerce
and labor, in a bulletin says in part:
The August figures Of both imports
and exports exceeded those of any pre-
ceding August in the history of our
commerce.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Boston Wool Market.

The wool market is more active and
the majority of the dealers are shar-
ing in the business. Leading quota
tions for the week: Ohio and Penn
s~ylvania. Xxx, and above, "a to 341ac;
X. 81 to SIC: No. l.. 40 to 41c; No. 2,
IS to SOC; fine unwashed. 25 to 26c;
half-blood %unwashed, SO to Sac;
three-eighths unwashed. "a to 35c:
quarter-blood %unwashed, 80 to &c.,;
delaine washed. SO to SIC; delaine I'M
washed, 90 to 29c.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
LITTLE FOR oEPoSlToRs
nix in Ohio Town Fails TO Open.
Persistent Absent.

TICo!1Sit HbSC'AIs
rhe people of Middleport. Ohio, be-
he thoroughly aroused over the col
|se of the Middleport Bank. a pri-
|e institution, which failed TO open
doors, after Vice President 7. S.
kntrout had discovered its en-
ssed condition during the absence
resident e. C. Fox.
liam Hofden. an old merchant.
ne so angered we the loss of a
sit that he took a revolver and
bit Vice President ArmentroUt at
home, with the avowed purpose of
ting the banker. Hor1en was in
eDted before reaching Armentrout.
is stated that the greater part Of
leposits. amounting to about S115.-
are missing. Most of the deposit
are poor people and their deposits
resented nearly all their savings.
flee President Armentrout was ar
ted and brought to Pomeroy, where
gave bond for his appearance.
President Fox was found at Toron-
Ohio, where his wife's parents
and his arrest has been ordered.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03

Switchmen's Union Asks for Advance
of ~ cents an Hour.

Grievance committees from every
division of American railroads made a
request for an increase of ~ cents
an hour for members of the Switch
mems Union of North America. Such
other demands as demand attention in
various sections are presented with
the grievance of low wages. Foremen
who now get 80 cents an hour want
AZ cents. Both classes want an eight
hour day. No word is given in the
written request of the committees to
their respective superintendent, but
it is understood that unless action is
taken within 30 days a general strike
will be ordered, tieing up the roads
throughout the country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Confessed Killing Child.

JEANNE Burch, the ~14-year-old nurse
girl in the family Of Herbert Winship,
of Cowles' Corners, N. Y, confessed
to the murder of her employers two
and one-half-year-old child. Afterward
she admitted that it was she, too, who
had burned the barn and five times
set fire to the house.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-10-03
Fiuhter Killed in Rinq.

Jack Mckenzie of Philadelphia was
fatally Injured in a 15-round bout
with Terry Martin of Philadelphia at
the Portland Auditorium at Portland,
Me. Mckenzie received a blow in the
stomach and died within a few
minutes. Martin went to the police
station Immediately and gave himself
up. Gilman Miller of Baltimore was
scheduled to meet Martin, but failed
to show up and Mckenzie was SUBJ
stitutpd.