The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-10
LATEST NEWS NOTES.


The West Virginia State asylum for
the insane at Spencer is suffering wat
er famine.
Owing to seven cases of diphtheria,
seven schools at Conneaut, o., have
been closed.
The New Masontown gang OF negro
iootpads have extended their operations
to Uniontown, Pa.
At Arcadia, Fla. two negro women
are dead, having killed each other in
duel with razors.
The plant OF the Atlantic Tube
Works at Beaver Falls, Pa, has been
put on double turn.
Five arrests have been made at Brus-
sells as the result OF an alleged plot to
kill the Prince OF Wales.
A blind woman at Bromley, KY, was
the first to detect fire which destroyed
$4,000 worth OF property.
The census returns give New Castle.
Pa, 1880 population, an increase OF
G44.3o per cent. since 1900.
The Chinese emperor has selected
new capital and is not likely to re-es-
tablish his court at Pckin.
The foreclosure sale OF the Penn plate
glass works at Irwin, Pa, has been
postponed until October 10.
Farmers near Massillon, o., have or
ganizcd a vigilance committee to pro-
tect their crops from thieves.
An experiment in the making OF
cheap fuel gas to take the place OF nat
ural gas is well under way at Irwin. Ia.
A recent letter from Conger shows
that Secretary Hays diplomacy saved
the legations at Pcking from massacre.
Frank Pope, hunter, was instantly
killed at Harvcys lake, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, by big tree falling upon
him.
The American Tin Plate Company
has ordered the Laughln and La Belle
plants at Wheeling to be put in full OPP
Grafton,
Several head OF cattle near Madison,
Wcstmorcland county, Pa, were bitten
by a rabid dog, which succeeded in es-
Gaping
George Won Lacr Meyer, of Hamil-
ton, Mass, is to be appointed ambassa-
dor to Italy to succeed General Draper
resigned,
a British syndicate has declared the
intention oi securing control OF all i'm
portant industrial concerns in the Unit
cd States.
The American Steel Hoop Company's
cight-nch mill at Greenville, Pa, has
been closed on account OF inability to
get billets.
Charles ONeal a veteran OF the Civil
war. was drowned in a reservoir near
Uniontown, Pa, while on his way home
from town.
The abandoned Carnegie library site
at Conncllsvile Pa, which was recently
a graveyard. may be converted into a
playground.
The commissioners have fixed a
boundary line between Nicaragua and
Honduras that is satisfactory to both
governments
There has been an appreciable de-
crease in yellow fever at Havana since
October I. Eighty-iour cases OF fever
were reported.
A government report says that the
Cape Nome gold beach has been prac-
tically worked out, after yielding about
100000 this year.
DR.. and Mrs. Ycatman Wardlow, of
Columbus, O., were robbed OF $4,000
worth OF jcwelry and S24o in cash at a
hotel in New York.
Miss Layola Hague, a school teacher,
was attacked by negro on Union
town (Pa.) street. The negro got her
pocketbook and fled.
The Red Boy mine, near Baker City,
Ore. has been sold to an English syn
dicatc 1t is said the purchase price is
in excess OF S2,ooo,ooo.
The steamer Santa Ana, with 267
passengers and from $4,000 to $500
600 Klondike and Nome gold, has ar
rived at Seattle. Wash.
The finishing department OF the
American Tinplate Company, at Niles,
o., employing 800 men, has resumed
work under the new scale.
The bishop OF Jerusalem laid the cor
nerstone OF the church on Mount Zion
on the site presented by the sultan OF
Turkey to Emperor William.
Eddie Mcbride, aged 10, OF Trenton,
/ N. j., was playing Indian with COM
/ panions and was tied to a stake and
burned so badly that he died.
Captain Frank West. Sixth cavalry
superintendent OF Sequaia Park, Cal
iiornia. reports that saw mills are men,
, acing the great scquaia trees OF the park
The British have purchased at New
Orleans, La. since August, 1890, I5,ooc
horses, 42,ooo mules and other army
= supplies aggregatng value of $4,000
, Hip Luck. the highbinder accused u
= the murder OF Chief OF Police Main, o.
: Stevenson B. C., has pleaded guilty and
implicated two other Chinese in the
$ crime.
e Private letters received from Havana
} indicate apprehension exists among the
Americans there regarding yellow fever
y as conditions grow worse instead OF i'm
i proving.
= Lieut.. Andrup's Greenland expedition
5 has returned TO Copenhagen after ex
ploring previously unknown stretcl
0 OF land between Cape Town and Agas
: siz land,
a Provincial Mineralogist Robertson
: who has Just returned to Victoria. 3
c., from Porcupine, reports rich find
OF gold in that district and predicts
big rush there.
J. An accredited representative OF Al