The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-06-14
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A French syndicate wants n conces-
| sion In Porto Rico for n railroad.
| The warehouses at Havana will be
| improved at an expense OF S2,O0O,0OO
Four steamers sailed for the klon-
| dixie with 700 passengers ana much
| freight.
| Captain Henry Nichols. of the moni-
| tor Monadnock, at Manila, died of sun
stroke.
| Dr. w. II. L. Fauce of New York has
accepted the presidency OF Brown uni
versity.
| The United states refrigerator ship
Glacier. for Manila, has arrived at
| Gibraltar.
Ex-iudge Walter G. Ong was arrested
at Cleveland, charged by client with
the embezzlement of 800.
Augustln DAILY, dramntlst ani thea
| trlcal manager, died suddenly In Paris
! last Thursday of heart failure.
| The temperature in Salt Lake valley
last wednesday dropped below the
| iftezing point. Crops were killed.
| The citizens of New orleans have nt
| lnst voted In favor of sewage Tor Tue
| city. The additional tax Will yield s-c,-
| 600 O00
| Simon Brooks. a negro. was lynched
| by mob of 500 negroes near Sardls,
| Miss, Monday morning for assaulting
| n negress named Armlstead.
| Lieut.. Fred w. Pearre, OF the Sixth
| United States artillery committed sui
| eide at Manila last Wednesday. HIS
| in:nd was affected by sunstroke.
1t Is reported at Little Rock, Ark.
| that landslide occurred at Ross Hol-
| low and engulfed 2S men, all OF whom
are supposed to have been killed.
John Arbuckle. the coffee and sugar
magnate, asked to be excused from ap-
.l..l sal
sion in its investigation of trusts.
| The Afro-Amerlcan council issued an
| appeal to the governors, legislators and
judicial officers of the Southern states.
demanding fair trial for accused neg
| roes.
| Chief OF Police Claire and daughter.
| OF Hamilton, o., were killed Tuesday
evening by locomotive while driving
across railroad track. Mrs. Claire
was fatally injured.
| The deaths at Vera Cruz from yellow
| fever In May were 1i4 out Of 1903 cases.
| The high mortality indicates the viru-
| lence of the fever. The heat continues
great along the coast.
At Maysvllle, KY, Wednesday,
| twenty-elght men were armed with
| Winchester rifles and sent to the toll
| gates on the three turnpikes to protect
the gates at all hazards.
| The widow of John S. Hopkins,
| former cashier OF the Peoples bank of
| Philadelphia failed to collect $4,000 In
surance on her husbands life. The
court decided against her.
The steamers Peck and Northam col
| lided Friday night at New Creek near
| Greens Farm. Conn. The Northam was
sinking fast and her 1876 passengers
were transferred TO the Peck.
At Crosse Isle quarantine station
| near Quebec 2,300 immigrants are de-
| tanned case of small pox was dis
| covered on board the vessel Lake
| Huron from Russia, on which they ar
| rived.
The cloudburst of Friday which
| swelled the rivers on the vicinity of
| Austin, Tex, out of their banks has
| caused "A great loss of property. Many
people are known to have perished,
meager reports placing the number at
25
| At n convention OF Brewers held In
| Detroit n few days ago II was decided
| that the war tax OF dollar on bar
rel of beer is demoralizing. Some
brewers add the entire tax to the price
of their beer, while others add only a
| fraction.
| Responding to letter OF appeal for
n fund to help the children of Cuban
reconcentrados. sent out by the trus-
1
New York. the First Pennsylvania Red
| Cross auxiliary, of Pittsburg, has for
| warded $1,000.
The wage scales adopted by the Am
| algamated Association of Iron, Steel
| and Tin workers We're assented to by
| the representatives OF the manufactur-
ers at the meeting at Detroit, insuring
an average raise In wages of 25 per
| cent. for $4,000 men.
| Captain Samuel Dewey, said to have
been cousin OF Admiral Dewey, died
in poverty at Philadelphia, aged 93. 1t
was he who stole the fgurehead of
Andrew Jackson off the frigate Consti-
| tuition, and he once thrashed the elder
James Gordon Bennett.
| All opposition on the part of the Gu
| ban insurgents TO receiving the gra-
tuity from the United States ended last
week. Lieut,-Col. Randall, at Matan-
2as; Lieut.-Col. Rafferty,, at Sagua la
Grande. and Lieut.-Col. BisbeA at Paso
Real, had large crowds waiting for
payment and discharge.
! The new cup defender Columbia was
launched at the Herreshoff works,
Bristol, II. l. By an explosion of the
| fashlight powder OF a photographer a
boy was killed, and five other persons
hurt William Young, a friend OF the
| Herreshoff's was stricken with apo
plexy while viewing the new craft.
The Alaskan boundary dispute has
| been settled for time at least The
agreement will fix the provisional
boundary line between Alaska and
Canada at three points near the head
| of the Lynn canal on the White Pass
and Chilcoot Pass at the Canadian Gus
tom houses on the Dalton trail, Just
above the Indian village of Kluckwan.
In an address at the annual meeting
of the Progressive Friends, at Long
wood Pa, William Lloyd Garrison said
that Spain's methods are being used
| by America in the Philippines, that
United States soldiers are being taught
| lessons of murder and barbarism, and
| that coterie of politicians is respons-
ible for the whole disgraceful affair"