The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-07-21
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The Trans Mississippi Congress met
at Salt Lake, Utah, with w. j. Bryan
as president.
Two daughters OF Chas. Zelgler were
burned to death at Jersey City a few
days ago.
A s100o,00O bridge between Superior.
Wis, and Duluth. MINI, has been
opened for travel
Rev. Robert II. Fulton, n distinguish
ed Presbyterian divine, died at his
home In Philadelphia, Tuesday.
Several buildings were struck by
lightning and houses unroofed during
a storm at Pittsbure Sunday.
DIR. Cadawallader. a weli.known Phil
adelphia physician, aged so, married his
housemaid. Bridget Mary Ryan, aged
81.
Thomas Norman, an ex-sailor OF the
British navy, Jumped 100 feet from the
bridge into the river below at Cleveland
and rescued n drowning boy.
Wilson, savage bulldog owned by
Father Bin DAILY, the turfman of Brook
lyn, attacked an infant In its mothers
arms Saturday night, wounding IL fa-
tally
There has been n satisfactory rain
fall throughout the northwest prov
lnces of India and the authorities In
tend to reduce considerably the extent
of the relief work.
Frank Scott and Frank Hyre were
drowned at West Enosburg, VT, the
other day while trying to save the
family of Dennis Dow, who were en-
dongered by freshet
An ice cave has been discovered at
point near Cripple Creek Col. Photo
graphs by flash light reveal n wonder
full display of fancful and fascinating
figures formed In Ice.
Gov. Drake of Iowa was injured re-
Gently by n fall ON the steps of the
capitol. He struck on his hip, which
was penetrated by bullet during the
war The injury may prove serious.
The colored troops, Ninth battalion
of the Illinois state guard, refused TO
return from Springfield to Chicago In
old coaches. they demanded Pullmans,
but were finally shown where they
were wrong.
Rev. Henry G. Minton, u. D., OF San
Francisco, who has accepted the presl
dency of Center college, at Lexington,
Ky, Is a Washington and Jefferson
college man, having graduated at
Washington In 1879.
The Hawaiian government has given
notice that no foreign built vessels viii
be admitted to Hawaii pending action
on the treaty. Similar notice was given
in January. 1893, when annexation was
first proposed.
Mrs. Clarence Moore, OF Washington,
received n severe nervous shock when
she heard the news of her fathers death
Frank Mclaughlin, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times. A relapse followed
| and she died Saturday.
The National League of Republican
Clubs at It's convention In Detroit elect
aI 7. \ nf 1
President. The next meeting will be
| held at Omaha. The platform stands
| by McKinley's administration.
The st. Louis Credit Mems associa-
| tion has withdrawn from the National
| Credit Mems association. because the
| East favors the Torrcy bankruptcy
| bill. IL Is trying to get all other west
| ern organizations to do the same.
Neary one thousand Spaniards EN-
| ployed In the navy yard and in the ar
senal at Havana went on strike Monday.
| They refuse to return to work until the
| wages due them are paid. Operation in
| the two departments Is practically sus-
The Avisador Commercial, q political
and commercial daily of Havana, In a
| leading editorial article, makes Bit
! ter attack upon United States Consul
General Lee. on account of his report
| to the Government at Washington on
the Ruiz case.
| Acting upon the suggestion of Capt
Gen. Weyler Queen Regent Christina,
of Spain, has granted pardons to the
insurgent chiefs, Rogelio, Camache,
Gonzalez, Castillo, Guillermo, Fuente,
Domingo and Riverio, who were under
sentence of death.
| A meat train on the Chicago and
| Northwestern railway ran into eight
cars which had run off the track near
Boone, Ia, Tuesday. Eight tramps
are supposed to be killed. Several
trainmen were injured. The whole
| train was wrecked.
| The Central Labor union, after n
long wrangle at their meeting Sunday,
resolved that the appointment Of T..
| v. Powderly as commissioner of immi-
grafton is the greatest official insult
ever offered by the federal government
to organized labor"
Three men In a buggy were chased by
Chicago police. In exchange of shots
two Of them are supposed to have been
fatally wounded. A bicyclist who fol-
lowed went over the abutment at the
Lake street bridge, the draw being
open. AS he clung to the abutment the
bridge swung into place. crushing him
out of human shape.
Columbus r. Cummings. the flnancier
| anu TaiiTOdu DullueT, uleu IueSuay
! night at Chicago after an illness OF
several months from Inflammation OF
the liver. He left q fortune estimated
at S7.000,000. Mr.. Cummings was born
in Canton, N. Y, 65 years ago.
A new board of pension examining
surgeons has been appointed at Man
nington. w. Va, consisting of Drs. G.
F. Mcintyre, w. c. Q. Wilson and M
L. Miller.
Henrique Laidiey. Portuguese vice.
consul at Can Francisco, has arrived at
Monterey, Cal, to investigate the In
cident of the tearing down and burn
ing of the flag Of Portugal, which Man.
uel Orting. a Portuguese grocer, had
hoisted over his place of business on
the Fourth of July.
The seventh international convention
of the Baptist Young Peoples Union OF
American began In Chattanooga, Tenn.
| Thursday morning with about 4,00C
delegates In attendance. As In all pre-
vious conventions the singing will be
quite factor. trained choir OF T0(
voices filling the big auditorium with
melody.
In consequence Of the increasing tur.
bulence of the Mua0ulmana at Crete