The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-01
TERsE TELEgRAMs.

Ogden Goelet 45 years OF age.
wealthy landowner of New York, Is
dead.
Jefferson county and Steubenville, o.
celebrated their Tooth anniversary dur
ing the week
An English syndicate Is surveying
for the purpose of building railroad to
the Klondykc.
Excessive dancing caused the death
of a 1I-year-old girl at Pittsburg last
week. Name, Miss Mary Johnston.
Plttsburg is making n strong fight
against Milwaukee In her endeavor tn
secure the convention of Master Prin-
tors In 1897.
on charge of numbering her hus-
band. OF whom she was jealous, Mrs.
Pauline Johnston. of pittsburg, Is now
In jail awaiting trial.
In their night clothes two daughters
Of Thomas Giles escaped from n burn
Ing building at Buffalo. Florence, an
other daughter was burned to death.
Chief of Police Peter Collins, of New
York. was retired by the police com
missioners on his own application. He
VIII receive n pension of $4,000 year.
Five dollars was the sum a staff Of
fcer of General Grants was obliged To
pay I'm New York police court a few
days ago. His name Is Gen. John
Hayes.
A fathers obstinacy and lovers
persistency resulted In an all-nights
duel at Talbotton, Ga, In which u. u.
Love was killed by the parent OF his
sweetheart G. C. Womble.
Strikers are blamed for setting fire
to the power house of n mine which re-
suited In loss of 5000. This mine Is
owned by the Federal Coal Company
and Is located near Pittsburg.
II never paid s40O more willingly"
soid II. G. Frick. the Pittsburg iron
manufacturer, when he returned from
Europe, and paid that amount as duty
on goods among his baggage.
with n broken jaw-bone. Frederick
Renzeman is now lying I'm a pittsburg
hospital. lie put his head into the ele-
vator shaft to call the boy and was
caught under the chin by the lift.
The falling of wall crushed to
death two firemen, Ezra Glover and
Harry II. Holt, at Pittsburg last Fri
day. The building burned was the fur
niture store OF Edmundson e. Perrine,
and the loss amounted to $250.c0O.
The officers of the Merchants assoc
citation at New York estimate that the
benefit by the visit of buyers from all
parts of the country this fall to New
York will approximate s50,OO0,000 and
say that future benefits are incalcula-
BILE.
Banker d. J. Seligman, of New York.
died at Hollywood hotel, Long Branch
last Friday. aged AZ. An operation was
performed on him Wednesday for ap-
pendicitis. Mr.. Seligman was the Sc
nior member of the banking firm
which his father founded.
The tax of cents per day on work.
ing aliens was declared unconstitu-
tional by Judge Marcus u. Acheson, OF
Al s.s- ...tN
Pittsburg. The law was enacted at
the last session of the Pennsylvania
legislature.
David II. Rider. Jr.. of Accord, Ulster
county, N. Y, was stung by honey
bee so badly the other day that he soon
after dropped dead. II is thought death
resulted from weakness of the heart
aggravated by exitement and the pols-
onous stings.
Andrew Jackson Evans. aged 65
years, died a few days ago at San An
tonic Tex, He was United States at
torney for the eastern district of Tex
as under Presidents Grant, Garfield,
Arthur and Hayes. and was the most
famous prosecutor In Texas.
Slabtown, dangerous neighbor-
hood near Pittsburg, inhabited by
crap shooting. throat cutting, muir
derous negroes. was burned by the
constable n few days ago. This was
the only means by which the place
could be subdued
A bitter and effective foe of prohi-
bition committed suicide at Davenport,
Ia. the other day. For 30 years John
C. Bills was prominent in Iowa politics.
Five weeks ago he suffered from heat
prostration, the effects of which led to
the shooting.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween the leading bicycle tube maxi
ers of Birmingham, England, and
America, by which no one will be sup
Piled under a fixed price. The organi-
cation claim that every tube maker
will be compelled to join.
The forthcoming annual report of the
Bureau of Statistics will show that ex-
ports from New York have fallen from
1922 per cent. of the whole in 1895 to
1927 in 1897, while imports at New
York fell from 64.12 per cent. OF the
whole in 1896 to 62.S6 In 1897.
President Mckinley attended divine
service Sunday morning at Epworth
Memorial NJ. e. Church, Cleveland.
where he has a pew. He was accom-
| panied by Mr.. James F. Rhodes, the
/ historian, and Mrs. Rhodes. The
church was crowded to its utmost ca
| pacity.
| After squanderlng 100000 in specula-
ton George w. Parrott Jr., of Atlanta,
Ga, committed suicide last Saturday.
The home of Edward Williams, coll
ored, who defied posse to arrest him
| for, assaulting a woman was burned.
When the desperate appeared a rifle
ball sent him back into the house,
where he was devoured by the flames
at Baxter, Ark. a few days ago.
George V. Trott, of Chicago, n tele-
grapher. has devised a system of tele-
graphing from a moving train. which
will shortly be given a test by the Penn
sylvania Company. Trott claims that
every train on the line may be In con-
stant communication with the station
ahead, or. II desired, with the train
dispatcher.
Archbishop Ireland was mustered
into the Grand Army of the Republic
Wednesday night. He has becen pop
ularly considered as a member of the
G. A. r.. but 1t was not until Wednes-
day that he really became a comrade.
He has been a member OF the Loyal
Legion for many years.
William A. Eddy, of New York,
made an eXDeriment SATURDAY. with his