The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-04-19
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A government cable connecting
| Canada and Australia is said to be
| projected.
Charles Dudley Warner, the author
and editor, Is seriously Ill at New
| orleans.
| In another year New York City will
have population of more than g.
| 100000
New York City is trying TO get the
| Republican and Democratic conven-
tions next year
Andrew Carnegie has presented the
Lutheran Church of Ligonier, Pa,
with a fine pipe organ.
| ben Hur" Will be dramatized. Lew
Wallace after great pressure, reluct-
antly gave his consent.
| The body of Mrs. Ada Il. Lyles, of
| Columbus, formerly Ada Bayley, OF
| GAINESVILLE. o.. was found in Spuyten
Duyvil creek, New York.
| A liquor combine to include the most
| important distilleries in the country
has been completed at Chicago. A
capital of S200,OOO,00O is represented.
Fire in the block of houses in Cleve-
| land bounded by Lake, Bank. Aca-
| DENY and st. clair streets did $l,O00,OOO
damage and II persons were injured.
Forty-seven thousand barrels of flour
?
| Lenox which cleared from Portland
ore. last Monday for oriental ports.
Prof. w. O. Atwater tried expert
| ments with canned roast beef on three
young men and found that In every IN
| stance n loss of appetite followed, with
| lassitude.
ID. X. Pearsons, of Chicago, has pre-
| sented $4,000 to Berea (ky) Col
lege; which is to be used as an endow-
ment fund, the university having
raised s150000 as required.
At Toledo, o. a. X. Basore. Charles
II. Hays and Edwin Mercer were
| charged by Inspector Holmes with
using the mails for immoral purposes.
They are all prominent in the city.
The cruiser Chicago will leave for
South African ports next week. The
purpose of the cruise Is to show the
United States flag to the people OF
| Africa.
Philadelphia capitalists are alleged
to be trying to organize company
| with s25,0000 900 capital to control the
trolley roads of Pennsylvania outside
Philadelphia.
In competition with locomotive
builders of the world. the Cooke Com
pany of Paterson, N. j.. received an
order from Wales for five locomotives
| lOr the BOrry RallfOau.
Mrs. Mary Mckee, daughter OF ex-
| President Harrison, has been appoint
| ed by Governor Roosevelt a commits
sioner to the 1900 exposition in Paris,
to represent the state of New York.
Rev. j. s. A. Henry has rendered
his resignation as pastor of the La
| Sale Avenue Baptist church In Chi
| cago, to become superintendent of the
| Anti-Saloon league of New York state.
| Sixteen workmen from Pttsburg
were imported into Canada recently.
The Dominion government claims that
this is contrary to the alien contract
| law and wants the foreigners removed
| at once.
Mrs. Christian Eckroate and Mrs.
| Laura Huwig, her stepdaughter,
| identified Mrs. George as the woman
| they saw shoot George Saxton, the
| Presidents brother-in-law, at Canton,
| Ohio.
President Barrows, of Oberlln COL
lege, Oberln, o., has announced the
| gift of $780, 900 for the purpose OF build
| ing and equipping n chemical labora-
tory. The building Is to be ready for
use by next fall.
Richard Croker appeared before the
legislative investigating committee of
New York last Monday. He admitted
that he had political influence and that
he was a firm believer that to the
victors belong the spoils.
The law of West Virginia provides
that man convicted the third time for
theft must be sentenced to prison for
life. This sentence was imposed upon
| Frank johnson n few days ago at
Wheeling for stealing $50 worth of
| brass.
Prospectors who arrived at Seattle
| from Alaska bring news that there
are at least 400 prospectors on the Ed
monton trail between Desc Lake and
Hudson Bay post on the Lizard river,
most of whom are in destitute circum-
stances.
Madison Powers, aged IS, a wealthy
farmer living near Colburg. Trumbull
county. o., was attacked by an en-
ragged bull i'm a pasture I'm the rear of
his barn Thursday night. and gored
to death before assistance reached
him.
Bon bons. each containing five
grains Of arsenic were distributed to
friends by Mrs. Charles Morey. of
Hastings, Neb.. last Wednesday. All
became deathly sick. The candy had
ben left Mt the home Of Mrs. Morey
while she was absent.
| Andrew Carnegie has contributed to
the circulating library, maintained by
the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 81, 900.
This library Is moved along the line
and residents OF the towns are thus
supplied with books. The library makes
the circuit every ten days
Because her fiance had re-enlisted In
the regular army and written her that
he was going to Manila to remain
three years. Miss Eta Wilson, daugh-
ter of County Judge William Wilson,
of Montrose, Mo-, committed suicide
Thursday night by shooting.
John Collins and Mrs. Ingersoll,
who are under indictment at Chicago
for the kidnapping of little Gerald
Lapiner Decoration Day. were released
on bonds af $4,000 each Wednesday.
The alleged abductors will be placed
on exhibition in a local dime museum
The trial of Mrs. George, charged
with the murder of Saxton, the Presi-
dents brother-inlaw, is now in pro-
gress at Canton, O. No direct evil
dence has as yet been presented, al
though witnesses testified that on diff
ferent occasions she had threatened
Saxton.