The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-02-01
TERSE TELEGRAMS.

The Louisian Purchase Worlds
Fair association will be Incorporated
with capital of 5000 900.
With $4,000 due William Merritt OF
New York. Nash q Hodges, stock
brokers, have left the city.
Ex-Governor Morton announced to-
day that Andrew Carnegie has sub
scribed $4,000 to Geological park.
Justice Harry w. Williams, of the
pennsylvania Supreme court died last
wednesday morning in Philadelphia.
Nathan Bay Scott was elected to the
United states senate by the West Vir-
ginia legislature last Wednesday.
Surgeon General Sternberg has taken
the initial steps towards the formation
OF corps of expert female nurses.
Manufacturers of billiard and pool
room supplies have formed trust. a
capital of $500 900 is represented,
The trial of Senator Quay on the
charge of conspiracy in the misuse of
state funds will occur February 20.
The Osterhout building, wllkesbarre.
Pa. was destroyed by fire last Tues
day. Loss, 100000; insurance, $4,000.
Lieut.. Gov. Goblin of Pennsylvania
has been honorably discharged as
Brigadier General in the United States
army.
William Watts and Mary st. Clair
of Newburgh. N. Y, skated into
hole i'm the ice last Tuesday and were
drowned.
r. Il. A. Dorr publisher of the New
York Mail and Express, has bought
the Philadelphia North American from
Clayton McMlchael.
Three lives were lost In a snowslide
at Apex, Col, last Monday. The dead
are Mrs. w. IL. Rudolph and her two
children, aged and 4.
A freight wreck on the Pennsylvania
railroad. near Roup station, Pa, caus-
ed a damage of $1,000. Two of the
wrecked cars caught fire and were de-
stroyed.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flint, of Frank
| lin, Pa, named their twins after Schley
and Dewey and received congratula-
tory letters from each of the rear ad-
| mirals.
The following senators have been
elected-Nevada, william M. Stewart;
! Texas, Charles A. Culbertson; New
| Jersey, John Kean; Wyoming, CAR
ence ID. Clark.
Father Alfred, pastor of the largest
German Catholic church in st. Paul,
Mimi, has been deposed for alleged
| disobedience to an order promulgated
! by Archbishop Ireland.
Gen. Miles. referring to the Chicago
meat packers offer to pay 100000 for
a proof that chemicals were used in
the meat supplied the army, says II
they will put $1,000 in bank he Will
| prove II.
George Eberhart was mortally
wounded by a burglar whom he at
| tempted to capture in his house at
New York last Tuesday night. The
burglar was wounded by Everharts
wife but escaped.
The ways and means committee in
| definitely postponed the bill relating
| to the greater America exposition at
Omaha, which was designed to show
the resources Of Cuba, the Philippines,
| Porto Rico and the Ladrones.
A severe gale is reported along the
| gulf coast. The steamer Morgan has
! been carried to sea by the gale. The
| lighter Santiago has been beached near
| Bagdad. and 1t is believed that eight
members of the crew We're drowned.
A collision between two Chicago
Great Western freight trains at North
Hanover, ILL.,. resulted In the death of
engineer Alexander Thompson, fire.
man Michael Deveraux and brakeman
Vanderburg last Wednesday.
Barclay III. Warburton, of the Penn
sylvania battalion of artillery whose
command was in Puerto Rico last Aug
condemns the beef his men received.
| He says II was green and slimy and
he had to bury 1t two miles from camp
S. A. ID. Pewter of Portland, Oregon,
the well known Pacific coast lumber
man. has closed sale Of over one bill
| lion feet of Oregon timber, mostly fir,
situated in Marion county, As miles
south of Portland, oregon, on Ablqua
creek.
A constable last Wednesday arrest
| ed John Petrock at Passaic, N. j., as
he was being united in marriage. The
priest stopped just as he was about tc
speak the words that bind. Another
girl whom Petrack had deceived caus-
ed the arrest.
Rations for Cuban destitutes have
| been fixed at s ounces bacon or 8
ounces timed meat, ~ ounces flour or
l6 ounces cornmeal. For every hun
dred rations: Six pounds coffee, green,
| 10 pounds sugar. quarts of vinegar,
' pounds salt, ounces pepper, 4 ounces
soap, G pounds rice.
A number of Cuban generals and
prominent civilians, who have been
discussing the Cuban army question
during the last day or two with the
American commanders, intimate that
the United States ought quickly to ar
range a settlement of the claims of the
Cuban soldiery for pay, las otherwise
the privates will become uncomfortable
and commit act of violence"