The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-20
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

TO Rico.
Twenty-Five Irsh-Amercan young
men have left Cleveland, o., to fight
with the Beers.
The Edgewood Institute for the deaf
and dumb, near Pittsburg. Pa, was de
stroyed by fire last Thursday.
A counterfeiter who disposed OF
spurious nickels to newsboys. was cap
tured in Pittsburg last Thursday.
The Whaleback barge, Hundred
Nineteen, is reported lost on Lake STU
perior with her crew of nine men.
Dwight l.. Moody is slowly passing
away at his home in Northampton,
Mass. His physicians give no hope.
Betthor Lanish and Ella Mengcl, OF
Tarcntum, near Pittsburg. Pa, were run
down and killed by an express train last
Thursday.
Five cars of bottled beer left Cincin-
natl Thursday for a saloonkeeper at
Manila who says his demand is eight
cars week.
Governor Poynter, OF Nebraska, has
appointed ex-senator Allen to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Scna
tor-elect Hayward.
President Faunce. of Brown Univer-
sity, announces a $4,000 gift to the in
stitution from ex- Mayor Chester Ward
Kinsley, OF Cambridge, Mass.
Irishmcn in st. Louis propose to raise
a fund oi 81 100000 for the purpose OF
cquipping and Transporting troops to
South Africa to aid the Beers.
Irving Shaw, u years of age, was
convicted at Saratoga, N. Y, OF muir
dering his playmate, Jesse Blanche, and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Booker T. Washington has received
letter from John ID. Rockefeller, who
offers $4,000 to the Tuskegee Normal
Industrial institute at Tuskegee, Ala.
The Parochial School for Girls con
nected with St. Michael's Orphan Asy
lum, at Pittsburg, was totally destroyed
by fire Sunday night at a loss OF $4,000.
Louis A. Gourdain, of New York,
was sentenced to one year in the peni-
Tertiary for engaging in banking with
out permission of the superintendent OF
banks.
There are unconirmed rumors cur
rent in Vienna that the government has
resigned or is about to resign, on ac-
count OF the persistent Czech obstruc
ton.
William s. Taylor was inaugurated as
governor OF Kentucky at noon Tues
day. The crowd was much smaller than
IN past years, due to the December
blizzard.
the American Sugar Refining Company
and the great expert in his business,
died Wednesday on the eve OF his de-
parture for Europe.
Large orders in connection with the
construction of the Shan-Tung railroad
have reached Germany, among them or
ders for 65,ooo tons of rails, n locomo-
tives and 700 cars.
At Republican jollifcation at Ir-
vine, KY, Edward Parks, the town mar
shal, was killed by Fred Ashcroft and
Charles Wallace, negro, and the latter
was fatally injured.
A committee of Philadelphia Friends
have begun the shipment OF $4,000
pounds of supplies for the Doukhobors,
or Russian Quakcrs in Canada, who are
reported in distress.
A rise in the waters of the Ohio river
made it possible to move 100000
bushels OF coal which was awaiting
shipment at Pittsburg for Cincinnati and
Mississippi river points.
Fear is expressed in London that the
German navy may be used in conjunc
ton with those of Russia and France
to exert pressure to prevent reinforce
ments reaching South Africa.
While four men undertook to force
an entrance to the Deep River Savings
Bank at Deep River, Conn, Harry d.
Tyler, the watchman, fired shotgun
and instantly killed one of them.
In a freight wreck on the Pennsylva-
mia railroad Wednesday between Plains
boro and Princeton, N. J., Engineer
Spiegler, Fireman Henicker and
Brakeman Zogbaum were killed.
Veterans of Meagher's Irish Brigade
held banquet in New York few days
ago. Congratulations were sent to
Kruger and Gen. Joubert and they were
made honorary members of the organ-
zation.
John Reymerhoffer, Austrian consul
at Galveston, Tex, died suddenly on
Broadway, New York. Wednesday. He
was on visit with his wife to the city
to visit his two daughters, who reside
there
London is indignant at the report that
Great Britain has been compelled to ask
France for gold loan.
Joseph r. McFee, social superintend-
ent OF the Salvation army, is about to es-
tablish in Baltimore poor mans hotel
similar to those operated by the Saliva
tionists in New York, Chicago and San
Francisco.
Tunis G, Bergen, Treasurer of the
American Committee of the Neither
lands Red Cross Society at New York,
sent $4,000 to Amsterdam bankers last
week for the use OF the English and
Boer wounded within the Boer lines.
This committee has raised 5000.
w. H. Weldemer, of lockwood, Pa,
rushed into the police station at Pitts
burg few days ago and announced that
he had swallowed big dose OF rough
on rats. He was sent to the hospital,
where il is expected his life will be sew
ed. He had spent $50 of his employers
poney and couldn't stand the disgrace.
The Executive Committee of the
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