The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-22

c,ssive heat Tuesday there were II deaths
and Wednesday lGO were recorded.
Moriunry.
Emmons Blaine, son Of ex-Sccretary
James q. Blaine, died at his residence in
Chicago, Saturday morning. Mr.. Blaine had
been i'll several days His death was the re-
suit OF blood poisoning originating in
disorder of the bowels
Emmons Blaine at the time Of his death
was Vice resident OF the Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad and had until quite recently
resided nj Baltimore. coming tD Chicago TO
take charge Of the western interests of the
company. Ills wedding to Miss ANITA Nc
Cormick, daughter of the great reaper man
ufacturer, was social event of the first
magnitude. They have had only one child,
who was at the bedside when the father
died Before becoming connected with the
Baltimore and Ohio he served in less con-
spicuous places than the vice presidency.
Mr.. Blaine was at different times in the
service of the West Virginia Central, the
Chicago and North western and the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe.
Crime mud Penalties.
Judge ]. y. Morgan, an Ex-Congrcssman,
was killed at Memphis by Henry Foster,
lawyer, during a political quarrel.
The stage from Valley Springs TO San An.
dreas, Cal, wss stopped on the Road near
North Branch Friday by one masked high
wayman. The bandit got one treasure box,
but missed the most valuable booty.
The Weather.
Thursday was the hottest day Of the sea
son in pittsburg. % degrees was the highest
official record, but many of the Thermometers
along the streets marked over 100 degrees.
A cloud burst deluged Chatsworth, Ills.
Small structures were leveled TO the ground
Congressional Nominations.
Congressman John g. Otis, Of the Fourth
Kansas district, was defeated for nomina-
ton by f. V. Wharton who was a Demo
crat before he joined the Farmers Ali
ance.
Wheat harvesting is in full blast in
Southern Kansas. The quality is excel.
lent, and in the extreme western counties
the yield is reported 10 be simply magni-
cent.
The wheat yield in France will be vastly
superior to that of 1891, but barley and oats
have suffered severely.
Financial nnd Commercial.
The Lancaster Pa.) and Aurora Uil)
watch factories have been consolidated and
the machinery of the latter will he trans
ferred to Lancaster. The new company will
have q capital of S500000.
Judicial.
The Michigan Supreme Court to-day ren.
dered decision sustaining The constitution
ality of the Miner Electoral law.
Miscellaneous.
Otto Prayer, the young newspaper re-
porter who left San Antonio on April for
the City Of Mexico on a bicycle, succeeded
after hazardous journey through the des-
ert of Coahuala and the Sierra Mojada
Mountains in reaching Durango May 10. On
May 10 he set out for Maztlan, on the Pa
cific coast, 300 miles distant since which
time no tidings of him have been received.
Great uneasness is felt for safety.
Ed. Alison, a Norwegian hardware mer-
chant of Northiield, Mimi, for twenty years
died with old-fashioned leprosy. The corpse
was a most horrible sight, the flesh dropping
of his body. The Alsons have all died in
the month Of June.
The body of william Wesling was recov-
cred from the wreck of the Newport, XIV.
bridge disaster. This makes twenty-si.:
dead. John Phillips, one of the wounded.
Is thought to be dying. One man, William
Barton, is still missing and is doubtless in
the wreck. The evidence adduced before the
coroner's jury indicates that the Bairds
were careless in driving the piles.
BEYOND our BOIDERs.
Eleven persons took shelter from storm
by the side wall of church at Pradoluen-
70, Spain. The wall collapsed and injured