The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-08-02
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Fire nj Tupper Lake, In the Adiron-
dacks, destroyed n hotel and fifteen
buildings.
| Dwight l.. Moody favors roof gar
ldens on New York churches during the
hot weather.
Philadelphia ls arranging to present
n statue Of benjamin Franklin to the
lefty of Paris.
Fatalities In the Philippines to date
are said to be % officers, 6gg prlvutes
and II civilians.
a spark from locomotive set fire TO
i've acres of wood and shingle blocks
at STANLEY, Wis.
Harper Bros London business has
been purchased by Mr. Mcclure of New
| York for S3.000.00O.
Joseph SPEEDING. n brewery clerk IN
New York. lost Sli .02j worth OF revenue
stamps last Saturday.
At New York the Brotherhood Of
Boilermakers and Iron Anipbuilders
demand more pay or Will strike.
a train on the Wes, Penn railroad
was wrecked In Allegheny last Satur-
day; twenty-five persons were injured.
At Chicago jealousy led Giovanni
Chellino, an Italian, to shoot and Kill
his wife Isabella. and fatally wound
| himself.
Mayor Jones. of Toledo. o., cut loose
from all political parties, and will run
ON an Independent ticket for Ohio's
governorshlp
Almost ;hc whole German press is-
sued memorial editions, the occasion
being the anniversary Of the d5ath of
Prince Bismarck.
| Edward Joyce was instantly killed
and Ed Callahan was mortnlly wound
ed by .bhn Shanahan. In his saloon at
| Omaha. Monday
| In Philadelphia II Is proposed TO
have reunion of the Pennsylvania
Reserves during the grand encamp-
ment In September.
General Otis. awakening TO the fact
that his campaign I'm the Philippines
has been too slow, asked for'i 600 900
rounds OF ammunition.
At Brest, France. Wednesday the
battleship Suffren was launched. She
Is the largest ship In the French navy,
being of le,b0o tons displacement.
The signal corps In the Philippines
has laid cable across Laguna de Bay
from Taguig to Calamba. the last town
To be captured from the insurgents.
| Edward Marshall the war correspon-
| dent who was wounded at Las Quasi
ma, Cuba. has undergone the amputa-
ton or leg as the result of his injury.
Roy Allison OF Port Carbon. Pa, was
laughing heartily over a good story
and In bringing his hand down forclby
to slap his knee broke the bones In his
hand.
| The Indian mints have been ordered
| by the English government to remain
| closed. Sovereigns will be legal tender,
at the ratio of 10 rupees to the sover-
| eign.
| The date for the Inauguration Of
| Presidcnt-clect IIadley of Yale has
been decided upon for October 3. A
committee Ia perfecting elaborate ar
| rangements.
Farmers through the West are said
| to be offering 50 25 n day and board for
| harvest hands. The Chicago railroads
are receiving appeals by letter AMI
| telegram to send men.
| New York Chicago platform Demo-
| Gratis have issued an address I'm which
they severity arraign Tammany Hall as
| the bitterest enemy of the principles
of the Democratic party"
BY the capsizing of boat In the Del
| aware river, at Philadelphia, Otto
| Kampf, aged 81 years; his son, Albert.
aged S, and Christian Osterage. aged
| 30 years, were drowned.
The brickmakers and allied trades in
| the building trades council, of Chicago,
began Monday the task of closing down
work on all buildings where an attempt
Is made to use non-union brick.
Fire Monday destroyed the great fan
| room Of the converter in the Federal
Steel Company's plant at Joliet. III. 1t
is said this will close the mill for three
weeks and $500 men will be idle.
The home of d. II. Knupp at Black
Mountain, is miles east of Asheville.
n. c., was burned Wednesday. II. Fo-
cote, an architect, and an Englishman
| whose name Is unknown, perished
BY the death of a cousin in Australia
John p; scullin, of Philadelphia, Pa.
| falls heir to the greater part of for
tune of $3,000,000. Scullin is an irish
man. 81 years old and in moderate Cir
| cumstances.
The wishes of Mrs. George s. Norton
| Of Pawling, n. Y. will be respected.
She will be buried In sitting posture
in her chair in n large box. No earth
will be permitted to touch either the
body or the box.
The lfeiess body of little girl was
found hanging in a barn at Dallas.
| Tex. She was the 11-year-o old daughter
of Alonzo Newton. The sheriff is afraid
to arrest suspected persons as lynch
ing will certainly follow.
Carl Schurz, OF New York, narrowly
escaped death on Tuesday evening by
violently Ill by eating bass. On We'd
nesday there were grave doubts of his
recovery. He Is still confined to his bed
and is weak, but will recover.
William Muirheif Thrie died at New
Brunswick, N. j., last Tuesday. Thrie
weighed nearly 400 pounds He was
about 5i years of age. Undertaken
| Quackenboss had a special caslSet
built, and II was necessary to take
the body out of a second story window.
| Queer matrimonial records have been
discovered in Indiana. One of the
most remarkable of these is the four
teenth marriage of Aunt Polly owens,
of White River township. Hamilton
county She probably holds the Mis-
sissippi valley multi-marrage bet. She
| is only 80 years of age and looks as
though he might outlive a dozen more
| husbands.
An Act Of Kindness Not Forgotten.