The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-09-20
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s5OO,OOO fire destroyed n number Of
valuable buildings In the heart of Lin
coin. Neb., last Sunday.
Col. n. Tillman OF South Carolina
wishes to form company OF Indian
scouts for the Philippines.
In New York city 10000 carpenters
are on a strike because their demands
Tor ~ per day were refused.
The American Jewish year book just
issued estimates the Jewish population
OF the United States at i,0i3S00.
The asphalt works OF Richardson and
Ross at Philadelphia were destroyed
by Hire last Wednesday. Loss SlO0. 900.
Cora Reed OF Philadelphia was
crushed To death by an elevator Mt
ilnrllngton's department store last
Wednesday,
-Four men were Killed IN n railroad
wreck AT Dos Molnes. Ia, last We'd
hesdny Train orders were misunder-
Twenty cyclers have been killed Mt
81. Argard, pommerland. for their
wheels. The bodies were found In II
lake.
A cyclone swept over the island of
liermuda Thursday. Loss, s5O000O.
Many houses were blown down and un-
rooted.
While attending Gen. Gnlusha
l'ennypacker last Saturday. DR.. Robert
u. Crulce fell dead In his patients arms.
Heart failure.
Robert Caney and his wife were
found dead Mt their home In Buffalo
saturday. They had committed suicide
by inhaling gas.
Andrew Carnegie has donated to
Homestead land worth several hundred
thousand dollars. the same to be con-
Vertcd into n public park.
Cleveland street car strikers voted
sunday not to give up the struggle.
Many union men are ignoring their or
ganization and returning to work.
Capt. w. Dyer, commander OF the
united states cruiser Baltimore which
iought at Manila, was presented with "A
sword at Baltimore last Wednesday.
Imports to the United States from
venezuela are increasing while exports
TO that country are decreasing. Eng
land holds the bulk of the business.
Senator Hanna arrived I'm New York
from London last Saturday in fairly
good health He said he would take
full charge OF the fall campaign In Ohio.
The Venezuelan revolutionists have
captured Valencia, the second city IN
the land, and were said to be prepar-
ing for an attack on Caracas, the capt
tai.
A flve-lnch gun fell on top Of Charles
j, Thompson crushing the life out of
him. The accident occurred at Nor
folk, Va. while raising the gun aboard
OF the Newport.
The steamer Charles Nelson arrived
az Seattle, Wash, Wednesday from st.
Michaels, Alaska, with about $500, 900 i'm
gold and 200 passengers from Dawson
and Cape Nome.
Alfred Day, representing n Phla-
delphia syndicate, Is shipping men and
material to Alaska from Seattle. Wash,
Tor the construction of the second rail-
roa din that territory.
Alexander Wise. New York stone
cutter, and Laura Astor, were found
dead Sunday in a basement. The man
had murdered the woman and killed
himself. Jealousy was the motive.
William Heenan, OF New York city,
and Edward Brown, of Glasco, We're
killed Monday at Mt. Mahion N. Y.
by West Shore train that struck Il
wagon in which they We're driving.
The assessors of Chicago fixed the
personal property of Philip ID. Armour
at S200O,000. When Armour, who is now
in Europe, heard OF 1t, he requested
that the amount be made 81, 500 900
which was done.
As n result over n dispute over n suit
of clothes at Chicago Monday Martin
Walgren, n bookkeeper was killed and
Theodore Walgren and George Clark
slightly wounded by Fred Fisher. a
tailor. Fisher used a knife, and he
claims he acted In self-derense.
Rev. DIR. G. II. Howard, who escaped
from the United States penitentiary at
Columbus, o., two years ago while serv-
ing nine-year sentence for improper
use of the mails, was recaptured Satur-
day. lie Is said to be one of the most
accomplished swindlers now living.
In order TO test the validity Of the In
diana child labor law the Pennsylvania
Glass Company, which employs nom
union workmen, caused the arrest of
Supt. Macy. formerly of Pittsubrg, at
Laporte, Ind, and he was fined. The
company will appeal to the supreme
court.
The United States protected cruiser
Charleston began a heavy lombard
ment of the fort on Subig bay. Philip
pines, on Thursday. Little or no in
jury was done The monitor Monterey
and the gunboat Concord are returning
to Subig bay to continue the lombard
ment.
Gen. Russell a. Alger has decided to
withdraw from the senatorial race in
Michigan and formal announcement of
his retirement will be made this week.
He some time ago declared himself out
OF politics, which was fully equivalent
to declaring himself out of the senator
ial race.
With a newspaper train consisting
of three baggage cars and a loco
motive, the Lockawanna railroad
beat all records between New York
and Buffalo for a train, covering the
4l0 miles in the actual running time of
I hours and 2S minutes.
Parts of this distance on the level
stretches west of Binghamton were
covered at speed of over so miles an
hour. and on the part of the line east
of Stroudsburg, where the train
climbs the mountains, II miles an
hours was maintained on various oc-
casions.
A highwayman held up Miss Viola
Allen Goron at Passoic, N. j., few
days ago. He stole her pocketboolS
and diamond ring and then mounted
her wheel and rode away.
Exports Falling or.