The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-11
TERsE TELEaRAMs.

BY a cloudburst In Colorado wednes-
lay over 100 bridges were washed away
on Plum creek.
! Samuel Blair. an old and wealthy
/ citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn, COM
mitted suicide few days ago.
Fourteen firemen were injured at a
100000 fire in the ID. Joyne & Sons
chemical works at Philadelphia We'd
nesday.
| liam Key, negro of Shelbyville, Tenn,
has been sold to Y. @. Duffeld of New
York for $4,000.
Near Franklin, Ga, a negro chased
by wouldbe lynchers for the usual Of
fense, fell and broke his leg. Then he
cut his throat.
Orla Havill. n former clerk OF the
peniteniary at Chester, ILL.,, is accused
of robbing the institution of from &c.
900 to $4,000.
According to the latest native reports
from Szechaun, famine Is still at its
height and people are dying by hun
dreds every day.
The Danville, ILL.,, saloonkeepers have
surrendered to the higher license
prices fixed by the city council and re-
opened their bars.
The Rome. Ga, cotton factory has
obtained a government contract for L.
100000 yards of heavy duck for mail
sacks. The price is s250.0O0.
George Prender, supposed to be an
agent of the Honduras national lot
terry. was arrested at Washington for
violation of the anti-lottery law.
BY the breaking of a scaffold at Jer-
sey City Friday two carpenters fell
forty feet. John Foster was dead
when picked UP. John Cook will die.
Near Lancaster, Ia, three young
daughters of Pierce Pample, and
girl named Adams. were carried away
by the current while bathing In Skunk
river and drowned.
Divine Healer Schlatter placed his
hands upon Ex-State Senator L. G.
Snyder, of Canton, Ohio, and the
crutch which he had used for i2 years
was Immediately discarded.
The city council of Newton, Kas., has
voted to collect fines from the places
where liquors are sold in violation of
the prohibitory law, which is construed
to mean an illegal license system.
After a card had been placed upon
her door stating that no one but the
coroner was to enter, Mrs. Jaeger of
New York, because of jealousy, robed
herself in white, turned on the gas and
died.
The departure Of Major Alexander
Shaw from Baltimore for Europe
causes the surmise that he goes to con-
fer with foreign bondholders of the
Baltimore & Ohio concerning reorgan-
ization.
The importation of American flour
into China Is restricted to the needs of
foreign residents. The Chinese stand
ard of living is to cheap to require
-four reports Consul Reed to the State
Department.
A dispatch to st. Petersburg from
Kremontchug, in the province OF Pol
tava, on the river Dnieper; says that
the floods have destroyed a swimming
bath, and that two hundred women
have been drowned.
The coroner decided that the death
of Joseph f. Mist. of Pittsburg, was
due to paralysis of the heart, caused
by eating of cucumbers, apples and
other indigestible substances. The boy
is the seventh of the IA children of the
family to die.
The greatest fountain in the world
was turned on at Indianapolis Tues
day. The flow is 1000 gallons per min
ute, and exceeds the famous Versailles,
France. fountain, hitherto considered
the largest in the world. 1t is for the
soldiers monument.
John NJ. Forbin and Lorenzo Semple
have been appointed receivers of the
property of the American Publishers
N,
ings for a voluntary dissolution of the
company. The liabilities are 100000;
assets about $l50,000.
The corporation Of Brown University
at Providence, r. l., has received a
communication protesting against the
resigned some time ago because his
views on free silver were objected to
by some members Of the corporation.
While playing In a game of baseball
at New York the other day, at the
grounds of the Catholic Protectory at
West Chester, between teams made up
Of boys in the institution, Dennis o.
Connor. 13 years old, was struck in the
heart with a ball. He died in a few
minutes.
John Flynn. Is years old, was almost
instantly killed by blow over the
heart while engaged In friendly spar
ring match with Fred Beitler. at a fac
tory in Newark. N. j., a few days ago.
Both were employed In the factory and
they were boxing with bare fists at
noon before a crowd of fellow employ
ees. The boys were friends.
Rosa Binford. the 1s-year-old accom-
plice In the assault upon Nellie Lawton
at Decatur. Ala, was sentenced to be
hanged with Thompson and Neville,
the principals In the crime. All are
negroes. Their victim is a 12-year-old
and at . p. m. Judge Banks sentenced
Thompson, Neville and Rosa Binford
to be hanged September T.
John c. Hessian, of Duluth, has re-
ceived letter from his sister at Fort
Cudahy. Alaska. The letter was five
months on the way and was carried on
foot from Fort Cudahy to Healy's store.
a distance of $50 miles. 1t says: There
are about 1000 white men scattered
through this part of the country, and
a carload of girls could readily find
husbands here"
Everett Ruggles. of Stockton, Cal,
has just discovered that the woman
whom he recently welded is an heiress.
Fer some time an estate in New York
state. in which Mrs. Ruggles Is inter-
ested had been In a legal tangle Sat-
urday Mrs. Ruggles received a notice
to the effect that everything had been
settled and that she would receive one
seventh Of the estate. valued at about
$750.000.
In addition to the n political exlles
whom Capt.-Gen. Weyler pardoned on
Saturday, permitting them to return to
Havana from Spanish penal settle-
ments, the Official Gazette prints a list