The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-09-29
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Earthquake shocks were felt Satur-
day In Bangor. Me-, and several sur
| rounding towns.
Two Londoners representing n com
pany with $5,000000 capital to operate
| in Klondyke arrived in New York Sat
urday.
All the business houses In Alton, I. T.,
were destroyed by fire. besides is cars
| of wheat on the Frisco siding a few
days ago. Loss s75,000
| The next annual meeting OF the
| American Pou,.-::s - ssociation will be
held in Boston January, 1898. The vote
resulted 81 to 22 against Chicago.
John Myers, a convict at Trenton, N.
j., placed dummy made Of dough and
covered with tissue paper in his cell,
| and escaped, but was recaptured
Robbers entered the residence of the
Rev. Father O'Dwyer, of the church of
the Sacred Heart, at Kansas City, the
other day, and secured booty worth
$l75.
The Versailles Und.) grand jury fail
| cd to indict any one for the lynching or
| five men at that place. The governor
has determined to take up the investi-
| cation.
Several students have resumed their
! studies at Yale college, New Haven
| Conn, after having been employed dur
ing vacation as motormen on the local
electric line.
Ex-Queen of Hawaii Llliuokalani left
San Francisco Sunday evening for
| Washington to get ready to resume her
fight against annexation as soon as
Congress assemblies.
w. f. Kasson. of Austin, Ia, serving
10 months In the county jail at san
Francisco, is one of two heirs to q for
tune of 100000 left by his uncle, James
Kassin, who died last week.
Miss Susan de Forest Day. owner of
the steam yacht Scythian, has had the
| cabin boy of the vessel arrested,
at New York. charged with steal
ing $4,000 worth of diamonds.
The San Pedro silver mine. in the
Corralltos group, II miles from Ell
Paso, in Mexico. caved in the other
day, killing II men. They were buried
under 30 feet of rock and dirt.
w. l. Meeker, of Kansas City. has
sued the Western Union Telegraph
Company for so 900 damages for trans
mitting an alleged insulting message to
him from J. J.. Jordan at Kaney, Kan.
Charles Schleissinger, aged 4 years,
died the other day at Lorain, o., after
four weeks of terrible suffering.
leregr boy, as a Joke gave him piece
of candy soaked in lye to eat, telling
him II was good.
The notorious Stafiieback house at
Galena, Kas., was burned by a mob,
and every vestige of the old structure
where murders and crimes of the most
diabolical nature were committed was
destroyed.
Joseph M. Hardy and Henry G. Hale,
two of the three kidnapers of little John
Conway at Albany, N. Y, some weeks
ago, were each sentenced by County
Judge Gregory to IA years and months
In State prison.
An attachment suit for s541 900 was
begun in the Superior Court Wednes-
day at Chicago against Elmer and Jay
Dwiggins and James X. Willard K
Co. The defendants are the New York
stock brokers who failed about week
ago.
Edward Riley, of Providence, r. L.
gilded large lump of coal, labeled SO
900 gold nugget from Klondike," and
put IL in his show window. A man
smashed in the window, stole the mug
get" and escaped
C. l., Addington. who was to be exc
cuted Friday at Paris, Tex, for the
murder of Oscar Hordes, in the Indian
territory, June 2S 1895, received a COM
mutation from President Mckinley a
few days ago. When the message was
read to him he wept like child.
The Ontario cabinet Wednesday
adopted a regulation prohibiting en-
ployment of any person not a resident
of Canada In any capacity In lumber.
ing operations, except manager, head
bookkeeper and one estimator or ex-
plorer for such operation.
John Stanley, an aged farmer was
working in the field at Madison, Ind.
having left his wife, aged 65 years, a,
home. to take her usual nap. When he
returned he found the home burned tC
the ground and his wife's remains q
few feet from the house, burned to a
crisp.
The Canadian expedition to find a
navigable route through Hudson bay
for grain-laden ships. after protracted
I investigation, reports unfavorably up
on the commercial value of Hudson bay
as a steamship route, owing to fogs
shoals, icebergs, want of light houses
and the country being bleak and bar
rem, with no communication to civilized
A block of tenement houses in Brook.
lyn Eastern Park, the grounds Of the
Erooklyn National League Baseball
Club, burned Tuesday morning. The
loss Is $4,000; insurance partial. The
200 tenants were panick-stricken and
fed in their night Jacob Levy
a 4-yearsold boy, is thought to have
been burned to death.
There was a dangerous fire Sunda,
afternoon in Bellehaven, Conn, where
a number Of New York millionairei
have summer homes. A number of mil
lionaires. encouraged by their wives
and daughters. did good work in pre-
venting the fire from spreading As 6
result of their work 1t Is thought they
will band together in a volunteer fir,
company.
Three tramps held up Great North
ern cattle train at daylight last Monda,
near Smith Lake, MINI. They made
their way to the caboose, where they
robbed the several catEamen. Two o.
the robbers succeeded in jumping from
the train, while the third was corneret
and arrested. He gave. his name a.
Fisher.
The failure of Fuller e. Wilson wa.
announced in Wall street a few day.
ago. 1t is said in bullion circles I,
have been due to the recent rally in tn,
London price of bar silver, which foun(
the firm short contracts for Septembe
delivery. The firm has the rest of tn,
month in which to cover, but its re
sumption is considered doubtful. NJ
statement may be expected.
Louis Werner. j. ]. Sullivan, JoyI
Zumstein and Mortimer @. Roe, four o