The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-13
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Paine's irework company, of New
York, has made an assignment.
A revolutionary outbreak in Guate-
mala near the Mexican line is reported.
Henry c. Frick has resigned as chair
man of the board OF managers OF the
| Carnegie Steel Company.
The Canadian steamer Niagara ioun-
dered on Lake Eric last week and her
| crew Of 10 men were drowned.
Robbers stole $4,000 from the safe
OF the Pacific Express Company at
Cheyenne, Wyo., last Sunday.
John S. Chase, the socialist mayor OF
Haverhill, Mass, was reelected by
| plurality OF 223 i'll total OF 1000.
The American Window Glass Co. has
reduced the price of single strength
glass 80 I-3 per cent and double
| strength 10 per cent
Thieves stole $I,4oo worth OF jewelry
from the home OF X. J. Colncr, OF Ale
gheny, Pa, last Sunday.
Add Mine Explosion.
Lieutenant Augustus c. Ledyard son
OF Henry B. Ledyard, president OF the
| Michigan Central railroad, was killed
in the Philippines last Friday.
An earthquake shock was plainly felt
at Faulkton, S. d., Thursday morning.
| The seismic vibration was very per
ceptible, but only lasted an instant,
c. Refs, while attempting to sing
| tenor cracked his voice in reaching
high c and he fell over unconscious.
Physicians say he burst blood vessel.
Governor Barnes, of Oklahoma, in his
| annual report, says 1t is best to wait
| for statehood a reasonable time until
union OF Oklahoma and the Indian
territory can be effected.
An industrial school for young men is
about to be established by the Catholic
diocese OF Pittsburg, it having been en-
| downed with 100000 by the late James
L. Toner, of Westmoreland county.
A cargo OF coffee on board the
steamer Taylor from Brazil will not be
unloaded in this country il the New
| York health authorities have their way.
The ship had bubonic plague on board.
General Gregorio del Pilar brother OF
| Pic del Pillar and commanding Aguin-
aldo's bodyguard, was killed in battle
December 3, near Cervantes, by Major
p. c. March's battalion OF the Thirty
third infantry.
A fire which had its origin in dry
goods store at Augusta, Ga, Monday,
burned four hours and laid waste solid
block in the center OF the business por-
ton OF the city. The damage will ap-
proximate $I,ooo,ooo.
| Muskrats have caused break in the
bank OF the Delaware canal near Tren-
ton, N. J., which makes necessary the
emptying of the canal in order to re-
pair. In the meantime all navigation
on the canal must cease.
| The State canvassing board OF Ken
lucky has decided to give the guber-
Material commission to Taylor. The
Goebel men have given up and have &C
ccptcd the decision as final. The board
was unanimously composed of Goebel
men.
The election certificate OF William S.
Taylor was Monday morning signed by
the election commissioners, and he was
declared to be governor-elect of Ken
lucky. The official figures OF the vote
filed with Secretary OF State Finley are;
Taylor, Io37I4; Goebel, IoI, 1891. Tay-
lor's plurality, 1888.
George Horton, a former police Of
ficer OF Washington, was hanged FRI
day. He had murdered Mrs. Nichol-
son with whom he was intimate. He
cut her throat, then reached into the
wound, drew out the jugular vein and
severed it with his knife,
The Trinidad government withheld
! its final approval OF the reciprocity
treaty with the United States concluded
last summer by Mr.. Kasson, because
under it the total receipts OF the island
would fall below the necessities OF the
government of Trinidad.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. p. Huntington
Thursday gave $4,000 toward the en-
dowment fund OF the Tuskegee institute
in Georgia. A conditional subscription
OF $4,000 toward the endowment fund
has also been made by a woman in the
West, through Grover Cleveland.
A duel was fought at Greenville,
Miss, Saturday, which resulted in the
instant death OF ]. c. Connerly, law
yer OF Lakevilage, Ark, and Alfred B.
Duncan, general manager OF the Red
Leaf plantation and stores, who lived
near Sunnyside, Ark.
Add Mine Disaster
While walking to his home in Phila-
delphia recently. William Harherson be-
came benumbed with the cold and fell
down a railroad embankment into a
small stream which was frozen over.
Harherson's head went through the ice,
which formed a collar about his neck
and strangled him to death.
The feature OF the municipal election
in IS of the 81 cities in the State OF
Massachusetts, Tuesday, was the added
triumphs OF the Socialists. Last year
the Social Democrats captured Haver-
hill, and this year Brockton was added
to the column. Candidates in other
cities made remarkable showings.
Six hundred and odd Scandinavians
sailed away on the St. Paul Thursday
morning, homeward bound, to spend
Christmas with relatives Nearly all are
bachelor farmers gone to marry their
sweethearts and bring them back.