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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
BIG BANK FAILURE
Two Principal Officers of Chicago
Institution Are Missing.

With a deficit in It's accounts of
possibly over S1,000,000 and with the
whereabouts of two of it's chief Off
GERS unknown to the authorities, the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank, one of
the larger outlying institutions in
Chicago, was closed by State Bank
Examiner c. C. Jones.
In the excitement following, ]. G..
Wiser, an officer of the Royal League
who had on deposit in the bank funds
of the organization, fell dead, and
Henry Koepke, grocer, on hearing
the bank had suspended, shot himself
and died in short time. All his
money is in the institution.
The bank had deposits amounting
to about $4,000,000 and loans and
credits to about the same sum.
Riotous scenes attended the an.
nouncement of the failure, and 20
policemen struggled all day to keep
an excited crowd of depositors, nearly
all of whom were foreigners and many
of whom were women, from rushing
the doors of the institution.
Theodore Stensland, vice president
of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank,
was arrested on a charge of violating
the banking laws of the state. Earlier
in the day the institution was placed
in the hands of receiver and Paul o.
Stensland, president of the bank and
father of the Give president, together
with Cashier Herring, were officially
declared fugitives from justice.
This action was taken by the au-
thorities after developments and
showed the finances of the failed in
stitution were in a deplorable condi-
tion and had been for number of
years. Besides the discovery of many
Irregularities in the management Of
the bank, it was also found that even
the safety deposit boxes owned and
rented by the bank had been tamper-
ed with and rifled.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
CASHIER CLAIMS INNOCENCE.

Henry w. Herring. of Chicago,
cashier of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank, which closed its doors,
was arrested in Chicago. He will be
refused bail until his connection with
the disappearance of nearly $l0O0,0O
of tile banks funds is cleared up.
Paul o. Stensland, president of the
defunct institution, is still a fugitive,
and, although nearly 100 detectives
are searching for the missing presi-
dent. his whereabouts is a mystery.
Herring declared he did no know
where President Stensland was and
that he had had no communication
with Stensland for more than week.
Herring strenuously denied any re-
sponsibility for the failure of the bank.
Herring maintained that if he was
guilty of breaking the banking laws
of Illinois, President Stensland was
responsible. Herring declared he never
had benefited a single dollar by Presi-
dent Stenslands system of banking.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
IYNCHER Gets 10 YEARS
A North Carolina Jury Quickly
Disposes of Man Who
Leads Mob.
FIRST CASE IN STATES HISTORY
Leader of the Mob Arrested Tuesday
Indicted Thursday, Convicted
and Sentenced Friday.

What Is said to be the first in
stance of the conviction of a lyncher
in the history of the state was fur
nished when George Hal, a white ex
convict of Montgomery county, North
Carolina who was one of the party
Salisbury for the murder of the Ly-
erly family, was found guilty of con
spiracy in connection with that crime
and was sentenced to Is years in the
penitentiary.
The Jury was out but 35 minutes
and returned with verdict of guilty,
after several witnesses had been
heard. Judge b. +. Long sentenced
Hall to the maximum term provided
for by law, Is years at hard labor in
the pententiary. The evidence
against Hall was overwhelming. He
was remanded to Jail.
But four days have intervened be-
tween the time of the triple lynching
and Halls arrest and conviction. Mon
day night the three negroes were
taken from the Salisbury Jail, hanged
from a tree and their bodies riddled
with bullets. Next day, Tuesday, Hall
was arrested. Wednesday a special
grand jury was summoned and in
dcted him for murder and Friday he
was arraigned, found guilty and SEN
tence pronounced.
The state sprung a surprise in the
trial when the offense against the
prisoner was changed from murder to
conspiracy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
PASSENGERS IN PANIC
Emigrants Fought With Knives
While Ship Was Sinking.

The Madrid correspondent of the
London Central News wires that
when the Italian steamer Sirio was
lost scenes of horror attended the
wrecking. The steamer was going
at full speed ahead when she struck.
Her bow was crumpled up and a great
hole was ripped in her hull forward.
Through this hole the water rushed
In immense volume, flooding the for
ward holds In few seconds.
Panic seized the emigrants The
shock was terrific and everyone on
the ship'was hurled down by the i'm
pact of the hull upon the rocks. Those
sleeping on the decks were scattered
about and confusion reigned from the
instant of the accident
The passengers commenced to rush
for the small boats, in which many
were killed and manned. The crew
was unable to cope with the panic
and finally Joined in the mad battle
for safety. The emigrants drew
knives, with which nearly all of them
were supplied, and fought like dem
ons to obtain places in the lifeboats
as they swung in the davits.
Women and children were ignored.
some of the former fighting like men.
though the majority were hurled aside
or trampled to death in the stampede.
Men stabbed one another in fearful
hand-to-hand conflicts about the boats
or fought barehanded with the feroci-
ty of animals.
OF the women and children a num-
Der were thrown overheard and left
to drown. Other women threw their
children into the water and leaped af--
ter them.
The horrible strife on the decks OF
the ship lasted not more than min
ute. for within scarcely that period
of time the ship filled and sank. She
sank by the bow, which slipped of
the rocks into deep water.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
SUIT FOR $5oo,ooO
Wife Alleges That Father-in-Law Has
Caused Separation.

Mrs. George B. Rafferty,, whose
husband is a son of Gilbert T. Raffer-
ty of Pittsburgh, has begun an action
to recover 100000 from the elder
Rafferty, on complaint that he has
alienatcd the affections of her hus-
band from her. Papers in the action
have been filed in the supreme court
in Brooklyn, N. Y, by Cantrell &
Moore.
Mrs. Rafferty,, whose father-in-law
is a retired coke manufacturer, was
Deborah Mcintyre. Her mother had
a photographing business in Alexan-
dria Bay, N. Y. On October 2S, 1901,
the daughter was married to George
Rafferty, in Clayton, N. Y.
Through his attorney, Archibald R.
Watson of No. 81 Nassau street, the
elder Mr.. Rafferty, declares he will
spend s1,000,000 to defend the suit,
but will not give penny to settle it.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Potted Stuff is Bad.

Reports of the analyses of about so
samples of potted ham, potted chick
en-, hamburger steak and luncheon
sausage and similar canned meats sold
by packers, submitted to State Dairy
and Food Commissioner Ankeny of
Ohio, show the presence of preserva-
tives, and in some cases traces of
tin and zinc poison, attributed to the
use of poor quality of containers.
One sample labelled "Potted Chick
en- was found to be veal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
TWO MEN KILLED
Panhandle Limited Train Collided
With Locomotive.


Train No. 16, the CiISiDnati and
New York Limited, known as -SThe
Pride of the Panhandle" among the
railroad men, was wrecked, just be-
low Steuben street, West End, Pitts
burg Two men were killed instantly.
They were: ]. w. Umstoll, of Shera-
den, fireman of train 16; frightfully
mangled, with parts of his head and
limbs ground off and scattered along
the track; o. T. Cunningham of In
gram. fireman of freight engine with
which train 16, was in collision; head
crushed and partially ground off and
an arm torn off.
The injured: William Parker, bag
gagemaster of train 16, thrown under
mass of trunks and baggage and
confined until the wrecking crew got
to work to clear the car.
There were number of unusual
features about the wreck. Train 16
was speeding toward Pittsburgh at
rate of about so miles an hour in
charge of Engineer c. w. Wolf OF
Allegheny. Just after passing. D VI
tower, where there is a network OF
crossings, it struck a heavy freight
engine running light, which was at
tempting to cross over from the west
bound passenger track to the freight
tracks. Although both engines were
going in the same direction, the shock
was tremendous.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
PRISONERS BREAK JAIL
One Fugitive Charged With Murder
and Another Refuses to Leave.

Buck Kittlewell, alias Frank How
ell; jeff. Taylor and Carl Gross,
broke out of the county Jail at Nor
gantown, w. Va, and escaped into
Pennsylvania.
Kittlewell was being held on a
charge of robbing the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad Office here and was also
wanted in Cleveland, o. Taylor was
brought here from the Marion county
Jail for safe keeping on a charge of
murder, while Gross was serving a
30-day sentence for petit larceny.
Walter Flum, held on murder
charge, had chance to escape, but
refused to join them. Four steel
bars were pried from the Jail win
dows. 1t is believed they had assist
ance from the outside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
DUN's WEEKLY SUMMARY
Industry Maintains Phenomenal Re-
suits, Despite Labor Disputes.


In some sections the intense heat
facilitated retail trade in summer
goods and improved the attendance at
seaside resort, but the most important
development in the business world was
the increased activity of jobbing and
wholesale departments in preparing
for autumn and winter requirements.
Crop reports are all that could be de-
sired, harvest and threshing returns
SURPRISING all but the most sanguine
expectations, the few unsatisfactory
statements being far unbalanced by
the numerous encouraging results,
Mercantile collections might be more
prompt at some eastern points, but
the average is well maintained by dis
counted bills at the west and south.
Manufacturing news is still of good
progress, the iron and steel industry
maintaining phenomenal results, des-
pite some labor troubles. High prices
prevail in the footwear industry and
for most textile fabrics, but the gem
eral level of all commodities reflects
the cheapening of farm products on
account of the big crops. Railway
earnings in July were II per cent
larger than last year. Failures this
week numbered ia in the United
States, against 222 last year, and Is
in Canada, compared with 10 a year
ago.
Iron and steel are in unprecedented
demand for a midsummer period;
building materials, though less active
at New York show few SIGNS of a let
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
AMERICANS AMBUSHED
Pulajanes and lgorrotes Attack Ameri-
can Troops and Constabulary.


One hundred and fifty Pulajanes
pierced the military Gordon, burned
the municipal buildings, killed the
ex-president of the town, two former
members of the constabulary, and
three policemen at Abuog in the is
land of Leyte, 20 miles from the
scene of the recent fight. One hun
dred soldiers and constabulary are in
pursuit.
Mai Crawford and Capt Knauber,
with lieutenant and eight constabu-
larry were ambushed by Igorrotes
while shooting the rapids of the Abu-
lung river in Northern Luzon on a
bamboo raft. Maj. Crawford and
Capt knauber and five men were
wounded with arrows. They were
unable to return the fire because the
enemy were hidden on the wooded
banks of the river. This outbreak is
ineXplicable as hitherto the Igorrotes
have been peaceable.
Abuyog in the island of Leyte Is
only about IS miles from Burauen,
where two encounters with the insur-
ltCIiOuIaJS nave OCCulIeu WllllH ChS
last month. The Pulajanes first took
the town, burning the records and
numbering some policemen. Gen.
Wood ordered an attack on the insur-
rectionists and they were cornered by
detachment of the Twenty.fourth
infantry and the constabulary and $50
Of the natives were killed while the
American troops lost only one SER
geant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
ROOSEVELT REspITEs TWO MEN
Negro Confessed on Scaffod That He
Committed the Crime.

President Roosevelt granted a re.
spite until November l of the eXecu-
ton of the death sentence in the case
of Robert Sawyer and Arthur Adam,
negroes, who are confined in the Will
mington, N. c., Jail, having been con-
victed of murder and mutiny on the
high seas.
The stay was granted because of the
confession Of Henry Scott, who said
on the scaffold just before he was
hanged that he had killed the three
officers and the cook of the schooner
H. A. Berwind, which sailed from
Philadelphia July G, 1905, and for
which the three were convicted.
Another negro also implicated in the
mutiny was killed by Scott.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Auainst Nearo Supremacy.

1t is being suggested in England
that small party of American negro
preachers, who have been advocating
the Ethiopian propaganda, africa for
the Africans" should be deported
from South Africa. The government
has taken no action. The agitation
against the preachers has been re-
vived by the recent trouble at Cape
Town, for which they are held by GER
tain London papers to be partially
responsible. They have made no Sc
cret of their mission to South Africa,
advising the natives to use their eff
forts TO secure black supremacy in
that part of the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
BURNS HUSBAND AND SISTER
Demented Woman Kills Herself and
Relatives by Cremation.

DR.. L. II. Denslow, of South Bend,
Ind, husband of the demented woman
who saturated her clothing with
gasoline and set fire to it, died from
burns received while trying to save
his wife's life. Miss Eugene Balfour,
sister of Mrs. Denslow, also died
from the burns she received in an
effort to extinguish the flames that
were burning Mrs. Denslow to death.
Mrs Denslow, after saturating her
clothing with gasoline, threw a pan
of the liquid on her husband, and
when he endeavored to smother the
flames enveloping his wife he was in
stantly a mass of fire. Mrs. Denslow
was burned to crisp.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
GREAT PLOT UNEARTHED.
Leaders Arrested Confess to Wide
spread Conspiracy in Finland.

A message from Copenhagen says:
A number of members of the Finnish
revolutionary organization were ar
rested, and under pressure confessed
the plans of the patriots.
They revealed widespread plot to
blow up all of the government build
ings at Helsingfors with dynamite
and to establish a dictatorship over
Finland
This being successful. it was plan
ned to march to st. Petersburg to
aid the opponents of the government
there.
The government is alarmed. and ii
is feared that Finland has been elect
ed as the starting point for the revo
luton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
DEMPsTER's FOURTH VICTIM
Negro's Bullet Causes Death Of Lit
tile Robert Pearce.

Robert Edward Pearce. the fourth
member of the Samuel Il. Pearce fam
lily of Washington County, Pa, who
was shot near Cannonsburg, died
week later from hemorrhages due
to the bullet fired by Elmer Dempster,
the confessed murderer now in the
county Jail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
LIVES LOST IN FLOOD
Train Carrying Prospectors Isolated
at Small Station-Bridges Down
and Tracks Washed Away.

Special dispatches from San Angelo,
Tex, ON the Concho river, tributary
of the Colorado, say:
Thus far five deaths have been re-
ported here due to the flood. AL
though, these deaths have not been
confirmed, there is little hope that any
of the reported victims will be found
awe.
A train filed with prospectors Is
isolated at a small station between
here and Ballinger, unable to proceed
owing to bridges and tracks having
been washed out.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Zion City's Debt.

The first detailed statement of the
indebtedness of Zion City was given
to the investors. The table showed a
total of nearly s5,OO0,0OO, which it is
proposed by Overseer w. G. Voiva
to pay by funding the entire indebt-
edness for IS years and to issue
bonds bearing 6 per cent interest.
The proposition was accepted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Chinese Must Pay $500 Head Tax.

The measure adopted at the last
session of the New Foundland legis-
lature requiring Chinese entering the
colony to pay head tax of 5000 each
was put into force by the colonial
cabinet. The proclamation comes just
in time to prevent the importation of
500 coolies.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
THREE NEGROES LYNcHED
Taken from Jail, Hanged to Trees and
Shot.

A mob of 1900 determined men
forcibly entered Rowan county Jail at
Salisbury, n. c., removed therefrom
three of the five negroes charged with
the murder of the Lyerly family at
Barber Junction, July 13, and lyncRed
them.
Nease and John Gillespie and Jack
Dillingham;, supposed to be the prin-
cipals in that crime, were the victims
of mob vengeance.
The remaining negroes, Henry Lee,
George Erian and Bella Dillingham;,
were not molested, and later officers
hurried them off to Greensboro.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15

The department of justice has re-
ceived aiiidavits from persons resid-
ing in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ala
bama, charging that the Louisville e
Nashville railroad discharged or
threatened to discharge employees be-
cause they were members of labor
unions. The department has instruc-
ted the United States attorneys in
these states to commence proceedings
against the road.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
FIVE SEAL THIEVES SHOT
Tho Federal Officials Use Force
in Dealing with Raiders
in Alaska.
SOME PRISONERS WE'RE TAKEN
Washington Officials Say There Is no
Danger of National Complications
over the Affair.

A report of the killing of five Jap
anese fishermen and the capture of II
Japanese prisoners on Attu Island,
the western-most of the Aleutian
group, the prisoners having been talk
en- by the revenue cutter McCulloch,
commanded by Captain j. c. Cantwell,
was made to the Department of Com
merce and Labor at Washington, D..
c., by Edwin w. Sims, solicitor for
the department, who Is In Alaska to
enforce the new law prohibiting all
States from fishing in Alaskan waters
The Japanese killed were shot by
Americans on Attu Island before the
McCulloch arrived
Because of the encroachment of
Japanese fishermen and sealers in
Alaskan waters Congress was obliged,
during the session just ended, to en-
act two laws calculated to encourage
the fishing industry of Alaska among
Americans, and to prohibit Japanese
and other aliens from engaging in It,
The cable dispatch from Mr.. Sims
does not make entirely clear the
character of the offense of which the
Japanese were guilty, but 1t does show
that the officers and crew of the Nc
Culloch were in no way responsible
for the killing, and that those who
were captured were trespassers on
American territory.
There is no reason to expect in
ternational complications, but there
is no question that the situation in the
Aleutian island is delicate one, and
that numerous difficulties are almost
certain to be encountered in enforc
ing the. laws protecting American
citizens and their rights.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Surgeons Save Imbecile.

An operation, by which an osceous
growth two and one-half inches long
and two inches wide was removed
from his skull, has restored Amos
Abbott of Hagerstown, Ind, to his full
senses. For "a years he has been an
imbecile. as a result of a fractured
skull sustained when he was two years
old.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Bank Teller Commits Suicide.

Frank Kowalski for five years pay
ing teller of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank. which failed shot and
killed himself in his home, $40 North
Carpenter street, Chicago. Criticism
by neighbors and friends who accus-
ed him of share in the downfall Of
the bank. is believed to have driven
Kowalsld to suicide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
AGAINST MoRMoNlSM
Democrats of Idaho Name Candidates
for State Offices.

After a strenuous two-days' conven-
tion, the Democrats of Idaho placed in
nomination the following ticket
Governor, c. o. Stockslager
Blaine county; United States senator,
Fred T. Dubois, Bingham county;
member of Congress, Rees Hatta.
baugh, Idaho county; justice Of the
supreme court, Stewart S. Denning,
Latch county; lieutenant governor,
George c. Chaplin, Bingham county;
secretary of state, Flournoy Galloway,
Washington county.
A platform was adopted in which
anti -Mormonism is the keynote.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Nine Miners Killed.

An elevator in which 8 miners were
going down to the Marchioness coal
mine at Charleroi, Belgium, dropped
900 yards, smashing the car to atoms
and instantly killing all its occupants.
Their bodies were so crushed as to
be almost unrecognizable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
OIL FOUND IN PERU.
Rich Strike is Reported High Above
Sea Level.

Sea Level
Near the shore of Lake Titicaca, in
Peru, the highest navigabe body of
water in the world, being 13,200 feet
above sea level, petroleum in large
quantities has been found by the
Inca Mining and Rubber Company,
news of which was received by Al
bert r. Fowk, of Catskill, ~ Y, who
for 90 years was in Peru in the en-
ploy of that company.
The first three wells sunk had to
be abandoned because of the pressure
of flowing water from the lake, but in
the fourth well difficulty was over
come by fastening steel rails over
the castings.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
1.5oo. .ooO-Pound Wool Gin.

The largest individual wool clip
ever grown in America has been
shipped from Billings, Mont, to Bos-
ton. The clip weighed 100000
pounds, and cars were required to
carry it. The owner refused an Of
fer of "a cents pound for the wool.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
Ore piscovcrer Dies Poor.

Edgar Brown. a pioneer iron man,
GA years old, died at Sault Ste, Marie,
Mich. Brown discovered the famous
Mesaba and Vermillion ranges in the
Lake Superior district and developed
them until they were worth $13,0O0,-
900. He died penniless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15
UnempIoyed Riot at csuetown.

A dispatch from Capetown says
serious riots Of unemployed persons
occurred there. A mob of white and
colored men looted many shops. The
police were almost powerless.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15

BY confessing that he killed Dom
inic Murfic, in Franklin, Pa, two
weeks ago. Pasquale Vaccare saved
Pascale Ccutella from going to trial
for the crime All are Italians.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15

The much-talked of general strike
In Russia has proved to be an abso-
lutte fizzle and the worllingmen' s
council has prepared formal an
nouncement calling 1t Off.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15

The Russian government will give
land to peasants and settle agrarian
troubles without waiting for new par
Lament.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-15

All false pretences like flowers fall
to the ground. nor can any counter
felt last ng.-Cicero.