The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-08-24
TERSELY TOLD TELEGRAMS.

TERSELY TOLD TELEGRAMS.
Gen. Lee has declared that he wants
| to be Senator from Virginia.
Mrs. Nelson Miles and daughter have
gone to Ponce, =. r., to join the gem
eral.
Joseph Devote, of st. Louis, mistook
his wife for n burglar and shot her.
She may recover.
Scrip, redeemable at mine company
stores, has been declared constitutional
at Wichita. Kan.
General Tchernaieff, the conquerer of
Tashkend, died suddenly at st. Peters,
burg last Wednesday.
The death is announced of Don Fed
erico Madrazo. the celebrated Spanish
painter in his S4th year.
Becoming suddenly insane, George
Ennet, of Rockford. ILL.,. killed his sis
ter the other day and then suicided.
In a saloon fight at Chicago the other
night Magnus Kielberg shot and killed
Joseph Cuthbertson, one of his assaii-
ants.
Harry Cumberland left Chicago some
months ago and invested $500 in trip
to the Klondike. Wednesday he re-
turned with s1.05 In his pocket.
While riding horseback at Bedford,
Ind, William McCart was instantly
killed by a stranger a few days ago
who took his horse and escaped.
A grand stand at a ball game at
Cissna Park collapsed last Tuesday
| and 500 spectators were thrown to the
ground. Thirty persons were injured.
Miss Emcline c. Reynolds was found
murdered In her room at New York
hotel few days ago. Robbery Is sup
posed to have been the motive of the
crime.
At Margate this morning Mr.. John
Lawrence Toole, the well-known Eng
lish actor. underwent n successful
operation for the removal of n catar-
act.
In struggling with n prisoner, detec-
tive Smoot, of Springfield o., discharg-
ed his weapon and accidentally killed
William A. Johnston, a bystander, last
Tuesday.
Canned meat is thought to have poi
soned AZ children at picnic near Du-
buque. Ia, last Tuesday. All will re-
cover although some were violently
Ill at the time.
new cable line was opened between
cape Cod, Mass, and Havre. France,
the other day. The president OF France
exchanged Fluctuations with President
Mckinley over the new line.
The transport Rio Grande arrived at
Montauk Point this morning and an
chored Off short to wait for the health
officer of the camp She has men OF
the Ninth and Tenth cavalry on board.
The board of aldermen of New York
last Wednesday killed an ordinance in
troduced providing punishment for
swearing in public places by laying IL
on the table by an almost unanimous
vote.
m IAI IA
that General Primo de Revira. former
ly governor general of the Philippines,
has been shot, is without foundation.
General De Revira, II Is announced, Is
In good health.
Prof. Litchfield, balloonist, may lose
his life as the result Of a mishap at his
ascension at Clarendon. N. Y, a few
days ago. He fell into the lake. struck
boat, and was so badly injured that
his recovery Is doubtful.
Two young women Of Philadelphia
committed suicide at Philadelphia a
few days ago by jumping into the De-
laware River. Their names WIRE Bessie
Faust and Maud Hoffnagle and they
left note saying that they were unfit
to live.
The Blins cloth manufactory at
Rouen. France, where 1000 persons
were employed. was destroyed by fire,
ary. 1t Is estimated that the loss is
more than G100.000.
Six lives were lost in the burning of
the National and Windsor hotels. The
only bodies identified are those of John
Hedgins, OF Indian Territory; Abra-
ham Matthews. of Greenville, Miss.
and w. II. Wells, residence unknown.
President G. w. Wattles, of the
Transmississippi exposition. has re-
ceived dispatch that President Nc
Kinley has given positive assurance OF
being guest of the exposition during
the grand jubilee. which will be the
feature of early October.
The success of chain letters for rails
ing war funds has resulted in the
starting of one with which to build
first-class battleship to be presented to
the Government and to be called the
American Girl. Money is already be-
ginning to come In to the projectors.
An Italian miner at Pittsburg
George Mitchilitti by name was swim
died out of 81. 300 few days ago. Two
men agreed to sell his farm for 81, 900
but wanted a guarantee Of $1,000. The
men obtained the guarantee. and the
Italian discovered the satchel empty,
which was supposed to contain the
$1,000.
Sir James Winter. premier of New
foundland, left tonight for North Sgd
ney. en- route to Quebec. to attend the
international conference there. Pre-
mier Winter will arrive In Quebec at
noon Wednesday, and he has arranged
with Sir Wilfred Laurier, the premier
that nothing positive shall be done un-
I'll his arrival.
The government of the United States
OF Colombia has accepted in its entire
ty Mr.. Cieveland's award In the Ger
ruth matter and has deposited 32OO00,-
600 as security for the payment OF the
claim with Admiral Candiani The in
cident 10 therefore closed and the
Italian warships have been ordered
home.
The British steamer Toledo Captain
Wishart. which sailed from Galveston
IN July 20 for Rotterdam struck on
Grim Rock. scilly Islands.