The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-06-23
TERsE TELEGRAMS

Chicago.
Austin Smith. of Saratoga, n. Y, was
Killed by a baseball.
Ex-Queen Lilioukalani. of Hawaii Is
not I'm favor Of annexation.
An Italian boot black was driven to
insanity by mosquitoes bite.
The great tailors' strike In New York
city has ended with victory for the
men.
The library Of the Iowa state Univer-
sity was struck by lightning. Loss.
500. 900.
John Albert. q farmland of Middle
port, N Y, was stung to death by
bees.
Louisville, Ky. experienced an earth
quake shock, followed ny a terrific
rain storm.
4 school devoted exclusively to the
Hebrew language has been opened In
Chicago
An artist named Rilett employed on
Puck" apd the New York Herald
coi5Mitted suicide.
Frank Karns, of Pittsburg, fatally
shot his wife. of whom he was jealous
and then committed suicide.
Mike Warsell and Peter Cokshow
were killed near Pittsburg by fall of
slate I'm the Panhandle mines.
Charles Spalding, eX-treasurer of the
state University of Illinois, was ac
quilted on a charge of embezzlcment.
Miss Fontcr of Lagrange. Ind. was
carried half a mile by the wind during
u cyclone and received slight injuries.
TWO earthquake shocks were felt In
san Francisco. Clocks were stopped
and suspended lamps and decorations
broken
Four men wcrc playing cards at
Z ~
John Dillon and Thomas Clark were
shot dead.
Frank X, Campbell. once n prominent
operator on the Chicago Board of
Trade. committed suicide In IA hospital
in that city.
ON n charge Of embe2zlemcnt. Ben
lamin Prather, late chief clerk of the
| Indiana House of Representatives, Is
under arrest
Damage to the extent of $4,000 was
done to the natural history building Of
! the University of Illinois at Cham
pagn by lightning
Willie Schneider a 6-ycar old boy IN
an ugly mood, set fire to the clothing of
S-ycar old Josie Miller at Evergreen,
New York. The girl is dead.
one hundred and ten members of the
| Springfield, Mo, bar have petitioned
Gov. Stephenson to pardon Amos Jones
and William stanley, two rlu"dercrs.
] Twelve regular army soldiers from
| Cheyenne ATTACHED q telegraph opera
tor The operator dropped two of the
soldiers with his gun. They may die
Banking houses in New York inter
! csted In the Iowa Central Railroad
company have started a movement to
oust Russell Sage from the presidency
at the September meeting.
AZ 4, 1, . I an
earthquake disturbance which have re-
Gently visited the province of Assam. a
/ message of coincidence has been re-
ceived from Queen Victoria.
The sheriff of Deadwood, $. D., has
granted permission to Col. Stone to ad-
Just the moose and spring the trap which
is to send Charles Brown. the murderer
of stones wife, into eternity.
Fire destroyed the home OF Joseph
Melenski. in East Buffalo. His daugh-
ter Sophia, aged 10, died from her
burns; four younger children may die,
and he is frightfully burned.
The steam yacht Ellida. built for f.
Burgess Warren, of New York. in Its
trial trip over n measured course of q
mile. made the mile in | minute and 3C
miles an hour, the fastest time on re-
cord.
The bronze figure Of Winged Victory
the gift of Massachusetts to the battle
ship named for the state, was present
ed on board the ship yesterday by Gov
Wolcott and accepted by Secretary
| Long.
Isaac Norton, cashier of the United
States internal revenue office In Sar
Francisco. committed suicide wher
notified that his accounts We're to b'
examined. The limit of his shortage |.
placed at $4,000.
Under the influence of liquor, j. II
Dunn and James Turpin of Columbia
=. c., proceeded to carve each othei
with knives. Turpin soon planted tn,
knife in Dunn's heart, and then fell II
, a drunken stupor over his victims pros
trate body.
During a thunderstorm at Spring
| field, H., Christian Gonalt. alias Chris
: Minenkin. was killed by lightning
while plowing In a field near Farmers
. vile. 1t was discovered on searching
his person that he had about $4,000 II
cash. He had been living a mlser'
life.
John II. Miller. counsel for Alonza 4
/, Bowers, of California, and Il. Brown
of Illinois, filed a petition in the Cour
!, of Claims demanding judgment agains
I, !, the United States for 100000 for tn
use by the Government of a patcnte
dredging machine owned by tn
\ Lewis Henderson arrived at Shelby
a VILE from Ckncinnati to visit Miss Min
q ME Sampson. who was at the depot I
Il meet her lover. Henderson jumpe
= from the train before it stopped. II
was thrown under the wheels and hi
head severed before the eyes. of tn
young woman whom he was to MARI
: July 4.
G John Gugenhcimer OF Davenport, Ia
Il has murdered his wife by mixn
|, strychnne with an eggnog and givn
y her the drink. He then committed SUI
eide in the same manner. Neighboi
o found his body in the kitchen and tha
Il of his wife In the cellar. Gugenheim,
e was farmer and had formerly bee
is.sn