The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-18
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Disasters. Accidents and Fatalities.

Disasters, Accidents and Fatalities,
Mrs. Mary Carter. widow Of Mountain |
Home, Ark, is raving maniac, \ black |
bear raided her cabin, killed two of her =.
children and ate one of them before her
eyes
The four boilers of the Midland, Mich,
Salt and Lumber Company's mill blew up
Three men were Killed and a number of
others injured. John Allen, Eugene Walk
enburg and Dick stears, are the names of
the killed.
The bodies of two unidentified women,
clasped in each others arms, were found in
Highgate pond, north of London.
During the cyclone at Augusta, Kas., last
Friday evening, p houses were destroyed
and two men fatally injured. Several
people IN the country were said TO have been
killed.
Capital. Labor and Industrial.
Hoovens rolling MILL at Norristown, Pa,
which has been idle several months as a
result of the puddlers refusing TO accept a
reduction from 81 to $3.50 per ton, have re-
sumed operations by agreement on the $3.50
basis.
The coal miners strike which began at
Owensville, ILL.,, two weeks ago, has ended
in a defeat for the men.
The cigarmakers' strike in indianapolis
has been settled.
At the Edgar Thomson Steel Works at
Braddock, Pa, Saturday, 2,163 steel rails,
weighing 60 pounds to the yard were made
in one turn of eight hours. This breaks the
previous worlds record, held by the same
mill, as several months ago It made 1868
in eight hours.
Crime nnd Penalties.
Miss McDonough and her 7-year-old son
were found murdered near Lyons, Tex, on
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad
Frazier Davis, negro recently discharged
by Mr. McDonough, is thought to be impli
Gated. He is in Jail at Caldwell
In row among the female employees in
cotton factory at Admission, Ala, Rosie
Brown was jumped upon and kicked so
badly that she died a few hours later. Ten
of the girls have been arrested on warrants
GnuTblllN llltIu WIN lHuTNtT.
Royal f. Fox, paymaster Of the solyay
Process Company, of Syracuse, ~ Y, and
James Houser, his driver, were held up near
the city by two highwaymen and robbed of
$4,000.
The second days whippings at New Castle,
Del, this year took place Saturday. Sheriff
Simmons welded the lash. The victims
numbered nine.
During a conflict between white citizens
and negroes at Norfolk, Va, one white man
and negro were killed.
Financial and Commercial.
W. II. Neff, Cincinnati capitalist, has
made an assignment, with liabilities of
$4,000 and assets of 100000.
The tanners and curriers' of the country
agreed at Boston TO close al. upper leather
tanneries for 60 days in order to curtail pro-
duction.
At Philadelphia the cotton mill of
A. Plat Il Bro. Loss $4,000; fully lnsur-
ed. At Hamlin, w. Va, the entire business
square. Loss, 10000; insurance, $1,000.
Origin-a cigar stump. Al Ottawa, Ont,
Thackeray's planning and sash mill Loss
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. At New York
the stable of Henry Gusue, with 81 horses.
A tenement house adiourning also damaged.
Loss from s15, 900 to 500, 600.
AT Trenton, n. j., Maddox & Sons pot
terry, for the manufacture of sanitary ware,
was burned. The loss is said TO amount to
nearly 100000. Several hundred hands
are thrown out of employment. This is the
second large confagration at the pottery
within year.
AT Savannah, Ga. q houses burned in one
of the best residence portions of the city
Loss about 500, 600. The fire was of incend-
iary origin.
At Santa Fe, N. NJ, the territorial capital.
Loss, s25O,O0O.
Fire losses at Boston last yer amounted
to tl62s, ,413; total insurance sl9,6294 Alb.
Nearly $4,000 worth of property in the
center of the business portion of Jackson,
Miss, burned Friday night.
Washington News,
The president approved 'The act to en-
courage ship building within an hour after
its receipt from the house committee on en-
rolled bills.
In the House Mr.. Watson, of Georgia,
served notice that the Peoples Party repre-
sentatives would hereafter oppose all re-
quests for unanimous consent He did this
because there appeared to him to be an ar
rangement for the recognition Of certain
number of the old party members, but no
provision for the Third party,
The House Committee on pensions has
decided adversely on the bill of Mr.. New
berry, Of Illinois, that no pension be paid
to any person who is not citizen and
resident Of the United States.
Senator Mitchell presented a resolution
instructing the Committee on the Quadro-
Centennial to inquire into the advisability
of asking an appropriation to enable the
National guards of the various States 10 hold