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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
SCOTS ARE JEALOUS
Want Parliament to Deal With Local
LEGISLATION

Irritated by the lack of opportuni-
ties to discuss Scottish questions in
the house of commons and jealous ct
the promises of greater control of local
affairs made to Ireland in the kings
speech at the opening of parliament,
the Scottish members have selected
Mr.. Perie, Liberal member for the
North division of Aberdyen, 10 intro
duce bill for the establishment of a
parliament for Scotland
This provides for the creation of a
single-chamber legislature to deal with
purely Scottish legislation. Pears will
be eligible to membership and the exc
cutive power will continue to be vest
ed in the crown. The bin also pro-
vides for a revival Of the old Scottish
privy council as it existed prior to
the union. 1t is proposed the Scottish
parliament shall have power to impose
taxes, except customs and excise du
ties, the king to be represented by a
lord high commissioner and the seat of
government to be at Edinburgh.
Outside of the friends of Mr.. Perie
who favors local self-government for
all nationalities of the United King
dom the project is not taken seriously
There is no demand among the people
of Scotland for local parliament.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
PEOPLE ARE DRIVEN OUT
Repeated Earthquake Shocks in
New Mexico Town.
HOT SPRINGS BECOME HOTTER
Columns OF Smoke From the Lava
Fields and Other Volcanic Mani
festations Are Reported.

Earthquake shocks numbering be-
tween 50 and so have practically
made ruin of the town of Socorro, 100
miles north of El Paso, Tex No loss
of life is reported.
Il. M. Fink, cattle buyer, who
came in from Socorro, declares he
was sitting at dinner at the Winckler
hotel on Monday when the entire side
wall of the dining room fell in and
guests and walters scattered in every
direction. The people are in pan
ic, and all who can do so are leaving
the town.
There Is crater of what is thought
to be an extinct volcano not more
than eight miles from Socorro and the
inhabitants think that perhaps the
volcano has something to do with the
remarkable series of shocks.
Water in the hot springs at Socorro
has increased over 10 degrees in tenn
perature and 1t is thought that this
furnishes a new evidence of internal
upheaval which is of local nature
and that the earth is disturbed at
great depth in the immediate vicinity
of the town.
The National railroad sent box cars
into the town to take the people
away. Many are going to Santa Fe
and Albuquerque.
Observers reported thin spirals of
smoke in the lava fields in the direc-
tion of Alamo Gordo, probably from
hot sDrngs or other volcanic mani
festatlon. A drenching rain passed
over the valley adding to the discom-
fort of campers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
CLEANLINESS PROVES FATAL
Negroes Escape Fever but Die from
Pneumonia.

Perfect sanitation and cleanliness
are proving fatal to the West Indian
negroes employed on the Panama
canal. Although Colonel Gorgas and
his assistants have banished yellow
fever and other tropical fevers which
made the chanal zone burylne
ground for the French canal builders,
they have found that sanitary pre-
cautions taken in the quarters occu.
pied by workmen make the jamaican
negroes especially susceptible to
pneumonia and other throat and lung
troubles.
West Indians are not accustomed TO
an abundance of fresh air and we'll
ventilated, cleanly quarters. Living
for generation in small huts where
large families crowd into rooms tight
ly closed against the night air, the
negroes from Jamaica and other trop-
ical islands have developed lungs with
cramped capacity and especially sus-
ceptible to changes of temperature.
The officers in charge have found
that the West Indian laborers cannot
be induced to eat sufficient wholesome
food to keep them in good health,
even when supplies are furnished to
them at cost prices and meals are
made attractive.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
IRON AND STEEL MARKET
Continuous Stream of Structural Con-
tracts Comma In.


The "Iron Age" says: Consumers
of iron and steel who have been hold
ing alocf from the market a
few weeks ago waiting for
light on the crop outlook
seem to have put aside their doubts.
The uncertainties about the removal
of mid-year contracts that were a
matter of comment in a few finished
lines have been settled and the ton
mage is now on the manufacturers
books. The bar situation in particu-
lar has greatly strengthened and some
buyers of structural steel who hesi-
tated are now committed.
Reports from buyers are of one
tenor--that consumption of months Is
not yet In sight, The railroads, what
ever the immediate state of the bond
market. give no signs of letting down
from the scale of buying that has re-
Gently prevailed, and are making con-
tracts indicating no fear of financial
obstacles.
I'm Eastern rolling mills the strike
of iron workers is still unsettled, but
the bar iron trade is in a position to
stand some curtailment."
The Iron Trade Review" says:
Prosperity of the iron trade is
shown not only by reports indicating
an increase of earnings of more than
10 per cent. compared with last year
but also in continued heavy buying of
rails and rolling stock. The officials
seem to entertain no fear that recent
legislation will be disastrous"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
The Wool Market.

The improved conditions shown
in the wool market are a distinct en-
couragement to the trade. A hopeful
symptom is the disposition on the
accept fair prices for their clips. The
finer grades of pulled wool are in
best demand and a fair business is
being done. Territories are, moder-
ately active. Foreign grades ~are
steady. Leading quotations follow:
Ohio and Pennsylvania Xxx and above.
33 to SAC; X, 81 to 32c; No. |, 81 to
3Sc; No. 2, 81 to 38G; fine unwashed,
25 to 26c; one-fourth blood unwashed.
32 to 33c; three-eighth blood, 23c;
one-half blood, 32c; unwashed, 80 to
33c; three-eighth blood, S3c;
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
AMERICANS IN JAIL
Arrested on Isle Of Pines for euIid-
ing Telegraph Line.

American residents OF the Isle of
Pines are excited over the imprison-
ment In the common jail at Neuva
Corona of Miss Mile Brown, 19 years
Of age; l.. C. Giltner, postmaster Of
the town of Columbia. and William
Augustine, all Americans. .
The three, for their own instruction.
and amusement, had constructed toy
telegraph line 1900 feet long, strung
from Giltner's store to the residence
Of the other two. They were arrested
without warning charged with the
violation of an old military order pro-
hibiting other than Government tele-
graph lines, tried by newly appoint
ed Judge and sentenced jointly to pay
$500 fine or to undergo a joint term
of Imprisonment of 100 days.
All refused TO submit to the pay
ment of the fine and were taken to
jail to serve 33 days each. The jail
has no accommodations for female
prisoners.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
STRANGE PLEA REFUSED
Man Appeals in Vain to Be Sent Back
to Prison.

Louis A. Gourdain, or Convict No.
$685. as he prefers to call himself,
who is making extraordinary efforts
to be reincarcerated in the Joliet, ILL.,,
penitentiary, and who rushed from
Chicago to Washington, from Wash
ington to New York and from New
York to Narragansett Pier in order to
present to Justice White of the United
States Supreme Court his petition i'm
plorlng the authorities to again lock
him up, failed in lis mission. Justice
White refused to grant his request.
Gourdain was convicted of conduct
ing lottery and sentenced to serve
four and half years in the peniten-
tiary at Joliet, ILL., His attorney OBJ
tained his release on a writ of super
sedeas. But all that was against his
wishes, he says. and as he mad prom
ised to serve the sentence imposed he
felt in honor bound to request his re-
incarceration.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
PEACE TREATY WAS SIGNED
Tranquility is Restored Between
South American Nations.
ROOSEVELT AND plAz THANKED
History Of the Trouble That Once
Threatened to Erbroil Ameri-
can Republics.

A treaty of peace between Guate-
mala. San Salvador and Honduras was
signed on board the United States
cruiser Marblehead on the high seas
off the Guatemalan coast.
There was some difficulty in reach
ing mutually acceptable conditions.
The Mexican minister, Senor Gamboa,
was active in assisting in bringing
about an agreement.
The peace commissioners adopted
resolutions thanking the presidents Of
the United States and Mexico for their
intervention.
The central American war which
bade fair to involve four or more
republics in addition to the two origi-
nally concerned, Salvador and Guate-
mala, began in May with the depart
ure of expeditions from Salvador to
assist a Guatemalan revolution under
the leadership of General Toledo.
From the moment the trouble passed
beyond the phase of an internal dis
turbance the government at Washing
ton set about instituting measures for
the re-establishment of peace.
The cruiser Marblehead was ordered
from Panama to La Gbertad, with di-
rections to report to Leslie Combs,
American minister to Guatemala and
Honduras, and Mr. Combs and Will
lam L. Merry, minister to Costa Rica,
Nicaragua and Salvador, were in
structed to use their best endeavors
with the belligerents to bring the war
to an end.
At the same time David E. Thomp-
son, American ambassador to Mexico,
was instructed to make such repre-
sentations to the Mexican government
as might enlist its efforts for the same
ends, Mexicos desire for peace be-
tween its neighbors being well known.
Mexico entered heartily into the
project, and its diplomatic representa-
tives in Guatemala and Salvador
were instructed to cooperate with
Ministers Merry and Combs.
Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras
agreed to an armistice beginning July
IS, in order that representatives of
those governments might meet with
the American and Mexican diplomats
on board the cruiser Marblehead to
consider terms for a treaty of peace.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
JURY FREES JUDGE HARGls
End of stubbornIy Contested Case in
Kentucky.

At Beattyvlle, Ky, the jury in the
Hargis-Callahan trial returned ver-
dict of not guilty after being out %
minutes. The case was one of the most
stubbornly contested Kentucky court
has had for years. The men were
charged with the murder of j. B.
Marcum.
In May 1903, Marcum was shot in
the back and killed in the Jackson
courthouse. Curtis Jett and Tom"
White were convicted and given life
terms for the murder. Jett, after his
conviction confessed that he shot
Marcum and that his act was inspired
by Callahan and Hargis. On the wit
ness stand, however, he repudiated
the confession and said he alone was
responsible. The acquittal followed
largely on this reputation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
CASES GO TO CHICAGO
Federal Grand Jury at Cleveland Has
No Jurisdiction to Indict.

The Federal grand jury, which has
been investigating alleged violations
Of the interstate commerce laws and
anti-rairoad rebate laws, at Cleveland
adjourned without bringing any in
dictments. The investigation was di-
rected particularly against the Stand
ard Oil Company and the Lake Shore
railroad.
The failure to return indictments, it
is officially stated, was due to the
fact that the court was without juris-
diction of the alleged offenses. All
of the evidence secured Is to be trans
ferred to the Federal officials at Chi
cago, where the cases are to be prose-
cuted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
HIGHER WAGES FOR MANY
New England Textile Mills Announce
Voluntary Advance in Opera
tives' Pay.

The mills of Manchester, n. H.,
which give employment o fully $4,000
operatives, have posted notices an
nouncing an increase of per cent
In wages. This applies to the Amos
kcag Manufacturing Co., including
the original plant and the Amery and
Manchester corporations and print
works, which were recently taken
over by the AmOskeag company, and
the Stark mills, which are a part of
the American Duck Co. These var
ious mills have a weekly payroll of
approximately $4,000, and the in
crease proposed will amount to more
than $250,000 in the amount paid
operatives for the ensuing year. The
increase, which will take effect Mon
day. July 80, is entirely voluntary.
Notices have been posted announc-
ing an advance of per cent. in
wages at nearly all of the Lewiston,
Me. cotton mills. This advance af-
fects several thousand operatives. At
the Bates mill the advance will go
into effect July 80, while at the An
droscoggin the > per cent. increase
will begin August G.
An advance in wages of per cent.
to take effect on July 80, has peen
announced to the 1900 operatives of
the Pepperlll mills in Biddeford, Me.
The advance Is entirely voluntary on
the part of the management, and
means total increase in wages of
100000 a year. Notices Of an increase
in wages have been posted also at
the Lockwood cotton mill at Water
vile, to take effect July 80. About
1900 employees will be affected.
Notice of a 5 per cent. raise in
wages was posted at the Nashua, n.
H., cotton mills this morning. Three
thousand operatives are affected by
the increase.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
BRAZIL WELCOMES ROOT
Secretary Of State Reaches Para and
Receives Message Of Welcome.

The navy department has received
cablegram from Para, Brazil, an
nouncing the safe arrival Of Secretary
Root and his party at that city on the
United States cruiser Charleston.
Upon his arrival at Para, Mr.. Root
received the following dispatch from
Baron Rio Branco, the Brazilian min
lister of foreign affairs
"At the moment of your first land
ing on Brazilian shore, | have great
pleasure to send your eXcellency the
cordial greeting of the Brazilian
government and to express my deep
conviction that your voyage around
South America will be of great bene-
fit to the interests of our continent"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
FAVORS INSANITY PLEA
Mother Of Harry Thaw Retains Coun-
sci for His Defense. ~.

Mrs. William Thaw, notwithstand-
ing the objections of her son, Harry
Kendall Thaw, declared that insanity
shall be the defense to the charge
against him in connection with the
killing of Stanford White.
After a dramatic meeting with her
son in the Tombs, Mrs. Thaw assum-
ed full charge of the defense and ar
ranged to retain the services as coun-
sci of the firm of Black Olcott, Grub
er & Bonynge, who were dismissed by
young Thaw a few days ago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
MINERS ACCEPT TERMS
Hard Fight Against Open Shop and
Arbitration.

The organized miners of District
No. 2. embracing all the soft coal
counties of Central Pennsylvania, will
return to work according to the terms
of the settlement signed by the lead
ers at Harrisburg on June Is.
Delegates representing all the locals
of the district met in convention at
Clearfield, Pa, and after discussing
the matter decided to accept the set
tlement by a vote of 377 to 242.
The opposition to the provisions
conceding "open shop" and arbitra-
ton of local troubles was bitter and
vigorous, and it required all the elo-
quence Of National Secretary-Treas-
urer w. B. Wilson and District Presi-
dent Gilday to win the convention over
to the concessions.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Sewer Pipe Combine Quits.

The Sewer Pipe Trade association,
through its attorney, Harry Alvan
Hall, Pittsburg, promised that if a
federal grand jury investigation which
had been started in jamestown, N. Y,
would discontinue the trust would be
dissolved. This, in effect, was plead
ing guilty to the maintenance of a
secret contract to limit the territory
and control prices for sewer pipe. Dis
trict Attorney Brown accepted the
proposition and adjourned the grand
jury until August 6.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
MEDIUM ARRESTED
Councilmen Charge Woman With
"Predicting Future Events"

Mrs, Celia Crawford, a spiritual
medium If Pittsburg has been arrest
ed in Charleroi, Pa, on information
made by several members of the bor-
ough council charging her with vio-
lating a state law by telling fortunes
and predicting future events"
For several years past Mrs. Craw-
ford has been we'll known in all the
Monongahela valley towns, having
made it a practice to journey from
town to town in houseboat accom-
panied by her husband. They carry a
tent which they pitch on the riverside
and hold spiritualistic seances in it in
the evenings and on Sundays. Mrs.
Crawford also gives readings in the
boat. She gave bail for $500 and
states her intention Of fighting the
case.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
DRAGONS SLAY PEASANTS
Soldiers Charge a Peaceful Meeting
AgarIan Strike Spreading.

The agrarian strike in Russia, con-
tinues to spread, and it now extends
over several governments where the
harvest is threatened with destruction.
Twenty government spirit stores have
been destroyed by revolutionaries.
Dragons attacked peaceful meet
ing of peasants in the village of Ko-
cherovka, in the province of Tamboff,
killing 80 of the participants. The
dragons fired several volleys int The
crowd, also charging with drawn
swords.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Hearst Fails to Make Case.

The attorney general of New York
has decided that there is not sufficient
ground to institute proceedings for
the oustlng of Mayor George B. Nc
Clellan. of New York city. He de-
clares that William R. Hearst has not
made out a case showing his title to
the office.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
WRECK DUE TO HIGH SPEED
Coroner's Jury Fixes Blame for
Salisbury Disaster.

The coroner's inquest into the
cause Of the wreck Of the Plymouth
steamer express at Salisbury, Eng
land, on July l, whereby n lives were
lost, resulted in verdict that the
derailment of the train was due to the
high speed a which it was running,
and which was contrary to the COM
pany's orders.
The jury declined to allow the ver-
dict to be recorded as one of ac-
cidental death, saying that they con-
sidered that a certain amount of
blame is attached to the company as
we'll as to the engine driver.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
TWO CONDEMNED
Jury Convicts "Black Hand" Men Of
Murder.

Giovanni Grazano and Georgia Qua
genti, Italians charged with being
members of 'Black Hand" society,
and with killing Angelo Capibianca, a
Braddock fruit dealer, and placing his
body on the railroad track to obflter-l
ate the evidences of their crime, were
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, at Pittsburg. The jury was out
all night before arriving at a verdict.
Capibianca was killed near Blair
station, April 5, having been stabbed
and shot to death. The two men
were identified as having been with
him in Braddock and having hurried
ly left the scene of their crime
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
SMALL DIVIDEND
Creditors Of Defunct Bank Will Not
Get Much.

According to reports received at
the office of the comptroller of the
currency from Bank Examiner Rim
aker, in charge of affairs of the En-
terprise National bank, of Allegheny,
Pa, the creditors of the failed insti-
tuition will receive a dividend of from
Is to 25 per cent.
Recent developments seem to indi-
cate that the creditors will receive
a larger dividend than was expected a
month ago. Another dividend will, in
all probability, be declared, but the
comptroller at his time is unable to
estimate the amount.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
Disturbances Causes Alarm in Parts
nf Mexico and Texas.

Considerable property damage was
done at Soccorro, San Macial and
nearby settlements in New Mexico,
by an earthquake shock, which was
the most severe Of the 200 that have
occurred in that part of New Mexi-
co during the past two years.
The shocks are local and are caus-
ed by earth slides in the Nagdalena
mountains.
A distant earthquake shock was felt
and swayed and many persons fed
to the street. No damage was done.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
CHARGED With Murder.

Deputy Marshal E. J Urig, OF
Smithfeld, O., swore out warrant
at Steubenville for the arrest of Cen
eral Manager H. E. Willard, of the
United States Coal Company, operat-
ing mines at Bradley and Plum Run,
charging him with murder in connec-
ton with the mine riots several weeks
ago, when two miners were killed, and
several miners and guards shot.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Steamer Sinks and 10 Drown.

The small Portuguese steamer Silva
Americana sank recently at the en-
trance of the Kwanza river, Portu-
guese, West Africa, while on her way
from Lisbon to Dondo on the left bank
of the Kwanza. Nineteen persons who
were ON board the vessel were drown
ed
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Will Survey New Route.

Plans are to be taken up by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for a
new route for the proposed cutoff
from the Cleveland C Pittsburg di-
vision at Smiths Ferry, Pa. across
Columbiana county, o., to Alliance,
connecting with the Ft. Wayne rail
road just east OF that city.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
News Of Fortune Kills.

While reading a letter from his
sister, Mrs. w. J. Hammer, of
Greensburg, Pa, saying that he had
fallen heir to $4,000, w. R. Johnson,
a switchman Of Kansas City, died. A
rupture of an artery near the heart
was responsible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Siam Will Abolish GAMBLING.

Under the leadership Of its general
counselor, Professor E. H. Strobel,
formerly of the Harvard law school,
the government of Siam has begun a
systematic crusade against gambling,
which has long notoriously fiourished
in the kingdom. 1t proposes to abol-
ish on April 1 next all gambling
places in Bangkok, il the Christian
nations assent to a readjustment of
Slams tariff for revenue.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Death of Lady Curzon.

Lady Curzon, of Kedleston. wife of
the former viceroy of India. who had
been Ill for some days, died on the
18th inst. She never quite recovered
from her serious illness at Walmer
castle, Kent, in 1904, and the recent hot
weather brought on a pronounced at
tack of general debility. Lady Cur
zon was Miss Mary Letter. daughter
of the late Levi u. Letter, of Chicago.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
Heavy Fines Against Bridge Agents.

It will cost the first of 23 bridge
agents and companies who were
prosecuted at Lima. o., nearly $4,000
for violation Of the law against re-
strant of trade. Judge Cunningham
overruled the motion for a new trial
in the case Of Harry Hammond Of the
Canton Bridge Company. The court
costs will amount to $4,000, as the
case was bitterly fought.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
MORE SMALLPOX AT COLON
Eleven New Cases Reported, but no
Americans Are Infected.

Eleven new cases of smallpox at
Colon were reported to the Washing
ton Office Of the canal commission by
Governor Magoon. One new focus of
infection has also developed. The to-
tai number of cases now is 2,;.
No Americans have the disease. and
so far there has been no deaths. No
cases exist in the isthmus outside Of
Colon.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Lee Lindel and Henry Wilkes, me-
gro boys. were arrested charged with
robbing the Columbia, Tenn. post
Office recently of several thousand dol
lars. Wilkes confessed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25
JAPAN UPHoLDs sToEssEL
Military Opinion Is That He Earned
Gratitude of His Country.

The report that General Stoessel has
been sentenced to death by Russia,
has shocked the public sentiment Of
Japan. Military opinion. from the
highest to the lowest, conscientiously
believes the verdict wrong. Facts as
oertained by the besieging party at
Port Arthur would not only have ac-
quilted the General. but have gained
him the gratitude OF his country.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Orders have been placed by the Erie
Railr, Company for 1000 new
freight cars, some of which are to be
delivered In December Of this year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-07-25

Armistice between Guatemala and
Salvador was arranged and peace
commissioners will negotiate on the
cruiser Marblehead.