The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-10-03
LATEST NEWS NOTES,

lie NlOla COal company OF MOuruS-
vile, w. Va, has been chartered.
Miners at Oak Hill, o., will strike
unless operators agree to pay the scale.
The Bank OF the Republic of Rio
Janeiro has passed under government
control.
The Twelfth regiment, NJ G. p, sta
toned at Shenandoah, Pa, has been or
dered home.
Henry Werdman's grist mill. sawmill
and dwelling were burned at Allentown,
Pa; loss $4,000.
In Idaho the Ontario and Burns stage
was held UP by lone highwayman and
robbed of the mails.
a pickpocket reaped n harvest from
a party OF West Virginia Methodist
preachers on a train.
The steamer Alameda has sailed from
Sydney, N. S. W., for San Francisco
with fSoo,ooo in gold.
South Morgantown has declared for
annexation to Morgantown, w. Va, and
other suburbs will follow.
Because of lack OF patronage :he
Dominion Government will close the
Canadian canal at the 500.
James Howard. convicted as a prin-
cipal in the murder OF Governor Goe-
bel, has moved for a new trial.
Lorenzo Snow, president OF the Nor
mon church at Salt Lake City, has been
sued for non-support OF his wife.
Judge Lacombc, OF New York, has
appointed three receivers for the United
States Flour Milling Company.
The health OF Secretary of State Hay
is so improved that he will be enabled
to resume his duties next week.
The Wisconsin State board of medi-
cal examiners will prosecute every doc
tor of osteopathy in Milwaukee.
The price Of anthracite coal in New
York has fallen ST a ton in consequence
OF reports OF the strike settlement.
One hundred and four engravers Of
the Dueber Watch Company Canton,
o., are out, demanding higher wages.
The navy department has ordered an
inspection OF the cruiser Baltimore.
She will probably be sent into dry dock.
Lieut.. Hobson has applied to the navy
department for six months leave of alb
sencc, because of trouble with his eyes.
a hurricane at Oiiord, Ireland, Sep
tember 20, drove fishing smacks ashore,
razed houses and killed several people.
A crusade against illegal hunting and
fishing has been started at ConnellSvillc,
Pa. Many warrants for arrest are out.
Lieutenant General Miles has issued
general order intended to improve
the moral and physical condition OF the
army.
The Trinity river has reached IS feet
Friday and many people were driven
from their homes. No loss OF life is re-
ported
DR.. Lazear, one OF three medical
experts who went to Havana to study
yellow fever, died Wednesday OF that
disease.
/. T. McWhorter, of Parkersburg,
| w, Va, has been appointed receiver Of
| the Montgomery Banking and Trust
Company.
Two hundred men employed by the
Page Boiler Company, Norwich, Conn,
are out on strike because OF 10 per
cent. crt.
Because of the employment of three
| non-union men 1000 cigarmakers at
Tampa, Fla, went out on strike
NCuHSSudy'
Fifty per cent. Of the 5000 coke ovens
in Mcdowell and Mercer counties, w.
Va, have been put out OF blast within
the past week.
The postofficc at Bowling Green, KY,
was broken into Saturday night and rob
bed OF between $4,5oo and 5000 in
money and stamps.
A rebellion against the government
of President Jminez has begun at Moca,
Santo Domingo, and is led by the vice
president OF the republic.
The Shenango furnace at Sharpsvillc,
| Pa. has been closed on account OF a
| strike. Several employees were discharg-
cd and colored men substituted.
John Bosung, proprietor of a drug
store at Louisville, KY, killed Miss
Grace Preston Thursday and commit
ted suicide. Jealousy was the cause.
A recent operation for cataract per-
formed on the eyes of Judge James G..
| Jenkins, OF the United States circuit
court at Milwaukee, Wis, has been a
complete success, and the jurist's sight
so long threatened is restored
At Fond du lac, Wis, the Helmer
milling plant and elevator, containing
10000 bushels OF grain, have burned.
Loss, $65,ooo; insurance, about $4,000.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Com
pany is about to make the experiment
OF hauling Nova Scotia coal from St
John, N, B., to Montreal and the West
The quarterly statement of the COM
missioner of navigation shows that 3oS
sail vessels were built in the United
States for the quarter ending Septem-
Der 80.
Detective William l. Foulks was shot
and instantly killed at Cleveland, o..
while trying to put a stop to shooting
affray between union and non-unior
molders.
Crews boring out the tunnel two mile.
in length through the Cascade noun,
tains in Oregon have met from the cas-
and west. The tunnel will cost S.,
100000.
Congressman-at-large s. A. Daveu
port is framing a bill asking Congress
to appropriate $4,000 to raise the Nj
agara, Commodore Perry's flagship, il