The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-30
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The Alabama house OF representa-
ives has voted a $500 sword to Lieut. |
Hobson.
a headache powder caused the
death of Miss Edna West of Plttsburg
last Sunday.
Doctor Parkhurst of New YORK
preached against expansion on
Thanksgiving day.
Walter McWhlrrei. a life convict In
a Montreal prison has just fallen heir
to an immense estate In Scotland.
Brewers are weary of the war tax
of 81 90 n barrel on beer and VIII ask
congress at the next session to repeal
the act.
A silver bell costing $1,000 will be
presented to the Cruiser New Orleans,
by the people of the city for which she
was named.
A canvass of the principal business
men of Pittsburg showed an almost
unanimous opinion aga nst annextng
| the Philippines.
The Baldwin hotel at San Francisco
was destroyed by fire last Wednesday.
| Four persons were killed. Loss VIII
| reach $1,500,000.
| Admiral Schey was rendered ban
auet by the Brooklyn club last Friday.
| Chauncey Depew and Gen. Tracy were
| the principal speakers.
| Two negresses held up and robbed
well-dressed man In Pittsburg Few
days ago directly In front of the city
| hall. They were captured.
Robbers cut the throat of aged
| Grandma" Wynn. wealthy woman
| who owned half the town of Brook
lyn, III. They made big haul.
The British ship. Cromartyshire
| which sunk the steamer La Bourgogne
| last July left Philadelphia last week
| ,,,lth . t.,, .,fh
| Chilli
Lieut.. Hobson Is now at Annapolis
tC take up the direction of his course
| In naval architecture. He was COM
| PEELED to give up the raising OF the
Colon Mt Santiago.
A dose of morphine enabled 1G-year-
old Lorton Harrison of Newport News,
Va, to commit suicide last Tuesday.
His girl had frted with another boy
al church Sunday night.
George s. Willis of Chicago died In
Porto Rico yast week of sunstroke.
He had gone there In the interest OF
Chicago capitalists who wanted TO IN
vest money In the island.
Ex-Alderman Ge1rg, Rothr ck, OF
Allegheny, Pa, died In a patrol wagon
few days ago while being taken to
the hospital, having been found wan
dering on the streets Ill.
has occupied the pulpit of Plymouth
church. Brooklyn. Will resign. Ills
doctor advised him to do so. He Will
devote himself to wrlt'ug.
The vault of the wrentham National
bank at Wrentham. Mass. was blown
open by burglars last Saturday and
rined. About $4,000 in cash and notes
valued at s65,O00 are missing.
Miss Lizzie C. Perclval, a we'll
| htu nf unnda for n ChIca-
go house was elected from the Wal
dorf hotel, New York. some weeks
ago. She now sues for $4,000 damages.
The beginning of the year 1899 may
see the greatest strike In the bitumin-
Gus coal Industry on record. Pittsburg
district miners will demand 79 cents
per ton as price for digging run OF
mine. which operators will refuse.
On and after December 5, the Peoples
bank of Philadelphia will pay all claims
still due to depositors. When the bank
failed President McManes pledged him
self to pay all depOsitors dollar for
dollar, and he has kept his word.
General Butler. OF the Cuban evacu-
alton commission, arrived In Wash
ington last week and reported that all
the Spanards will be out Of the island
before Christmas, some days before
, the date set for the evacuation. Janu-
airy l.
The anti-imperialist league. organic
! ed at Boston last week expects to get
900 names to petition, protest.
ing against American sovereignty over
, the Philippines. The endless chain
, method of letter writing will be used
, in securing signatures.
The two men who last Wednesday
, broke into Wilson's private bank at
Utica, o.. and stole $4,000. are still at
} large. but the buggy In which the men
, were seen In Utica prior to the robbery
D has been found. 1t contained a paper
upon which the men had figured their
winnings.
4 Andrew Carnegie In a letter to a
New York paper attacks President
! McKinley's policy, alleging that the
! "open door" in the Philippines means
; that American manufacturers will be
U entirely shut out because other coun-
tries are geographically nearer the
: archipelago. He Furthermore says that
= under the Constitution free trade be-
Z tween the Philippines and this cOun-
I try must be established with annexa-
tion and that this means the destruc-
a tion OF the home industries In tobacco
sugar. hemp. etc.
Robert B. Roosevelt, secretary of the
executive committee of the society for
II the protection OF soldiers. sent sting
Ing letter to the war commission 81
New York. warning the members that
= y the country is In no mood for a white
! wash, the commission having found al
= the evidence necessary to prove gross
y laundering In the conduct Of the war
The nation now expects the commits
0 sion to place the responsibility.
william F. ii. Schroeder. a wealthy
retired real estate dealer of st. Louis
l. aged 5S years, reported Tuesday thai
his wife. aged 80, whom he married /,
n months ago. had left home and taker
: with her money and valuable papers
s valued at $4,000. Said Mr. Schroeder
II am confident that my wife has MOI
r eloped with a man. / think her minC
e Is temporarily unbalanced because Of
!. sickness. and l hope that she will re-
K turn to me-