The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-01
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near Manila las week.
Three thousand immigrants landed
in New York Saturday.
Cold weather has checked the spread
of yellow fever In the south.
One hundred sailors and marines have
left Boston for the Philippines
Agents OF the Transvaal are In Chi
cago looking for men for South Africa.
Rev. G.. II. Morrison was hanged at
vernon, Tex, Friday, for wife murder
Five fast French cruisers have been
ordered In readiness to go to South
Africa.
Mud in the Philippines is so deep that
horses Cnnnot pull the wagon trains
and oxen are used.
James Crockett and James Mckenzie
were lost overheard between Buffalo
and Toledo in a storm.
Thirty-elght buildings in Methodist
camp near Cincinnati were destroyed
by fire last Wednesday,
Admiral Sampson Thursday was pre-
sented with a sword by Gov. voorhees,
ON behalf of the stateIof New Jersey
BARRIERS at Trenton, N. j., have in
augurated a Sunday closing movement
and no shaves can be had on Sunday
John ID. Rockefeller has presented
the city of Cleveland with $250,00O. This
money is to be used for park purposes.
William Primrose. a bridge builder,
fell flve stories in Il new building at
Pittsburg, and escaped with only
broken leg.
Through the blunder of some official
the offer of Andrew Carnegie of $4,000
TO build library at East Liverpool, o.,
was not accepted.
The traction companies of the Great
er Pittsburg will be asked by the CEN
tral board of education to haul school
pupils at reduced rate.
Nine men perished In the recent bliz-
yards In Montana. They could have
saved themselves but would not desert
the sheep left in their care.
Mrs. Thomas Jones, wife of Brad
dock, Pa, bricklayer, was so badly
burned by the explosion of a lamp Sun
day that she died. She was 40 years
old.
During a slkirmish near Sahuaripa,
Mexico, the Mexican troops took 25 va
qua prisoners, but two of their own
number were captured, two killed and
several wounded.
The government of Guatemala has
accepted the proposition of the United
States government to adjust by arbi-
tration the claims of Mr.. May, of Ten
nessee, about Sl25,0O0.
Miss Klumpke of San Francisco, to
whom Rosa Bonheur, the famous ami
nal painter, left all her fortune. has
decided to share half of IL with the
dead painters relatives.
Ottmar Mergenthaler inventor of the
linotype typesetting machine, died Sa-
turday morning of consumption In Bal
timore. He was born In Wurtemberg,
Germany, on May 10, 1854.
Ex-County Treasurer Frank r. Par
ker. of Nevada, Mo-, found guilty Of
embezzling $4,000 of county funds, has
been sentenced to three years and six
months in the penitentiary.
At Cristo. Cuba, Sunday, the Cuban
league presented n medal to the head
of the Perez family, who buried Maceo
and young Gomez after their assas-
sination. Gen. Gomez pinned the medal
on PereZ's breast.
For the first time i'm the history of the
Schuylltill arsenal in Philadelphia there
will be a suspension in making uni
forms for the United States army. The
order means laying off of over 1900
women workers.
John Peter, a recently discharged
private of Company ID, Thirty-ninth
United States volunteer infantry, was
shot and instantly killed by a watch
man the other morning while attempt
ing with others to rob general store
at BeasOn. Ill.
Women are to have large part in
getting up the fund for making the
Dewey arch in New York permanent.
Miss Helen Gould has been asked to or
ganize n woman's auxiliary committee
and her brother Howard says she will
no doubt accept.
The board furnished the Kansas
troops on board the Tartar returning
from the Philippines was so bad, that
the men refuse to pay for It, Authori-
! ties say that the men Will not be per-
mitted to leave San Francisco until all
claims are settled.
A tailor was burning rags last Tues
| day night and the smoke filled the gal
| lery of the Boston Athenacum. Some
| one yelled fire" A stampede was
| averted by an actress who sang n
coon song and the startled auditors
returned to ther seats.
Train wreckers at Charles City, To-,
| Wednesday ditched the engine and
| three coaches of a northbound Illinois
Central passenger train. The engineer
was bruised, but all others escaped.
| The engine was demolished and the
property loss is heavy.
Edward Fairfax Berkeley of st.
| Louis. was drowned at Geneva, N. Y,
last Friday. He was being initiated in
to one of Cornell University's secret
societies and had been told to pin a
nonsensical note to bridge. He con-
sented, but could not swim and
| drowned.
Dayton o. Bartram of Bridgeport
| Conn. harshly criticised the dinner
which his bride of three months pre-
pared for him a few days ago. She
| left the table without word, went to
her bedroom, mixed carbollc acid with
perfume and then drank il. Shortly
after she reached the hospital she died
General Young's column, which left
San Isidro Philippine Islands Friday
morning, at daybreak, moving north
ward in the direction of Santa Rosa
encountered the enemy strongly en-
trenched just beyond the Tuboatin
river.
A brisk fight ensued, and the rebels
were repulsed. Two Americans were
killed, and one wounded. Pursuit was
impossible on account Of the width and
depth of the stream.
Insane on Her Wedding Day.
Raving mad on the day set for her
wedding Miss Esther L. Burns Is