The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-15
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

A New Orleans. La. bank teller has
been arrested, charged with shortage
of $4,000
A meteor fell near Hyndman, Pa,
and exploded when within 200 feet OF
the ground.
Two miners were killed by the ex-
plosion of q shot In the Pleasant Val
lcyq mines, near Carthage, Mo.
Manila priests have sent a petition
to the pope protesting aginst Arch
bishop Chapele as administrator.
Dr. Thomas Il. Eldridge of Phila-
delphia. Pa. has been arrested on
charge of conspiracy to Mil his wife.
A big cloud burst in the Capon val
ley in West Virginia caused the inhab-
tants to take refuge on the house tops
Mayor Frank T.. Woods of Omaha.
Neb.. has revoked his order that the
liquor saloons shall be closed on Sun
day.
John c. Merserean attempted to
murder his wife and her sister in
New York and then committed sui
eide.
Alderman Donohue, of Wilkesbarre,
! Pa, thrashcd negro wife benter in
court for being abusive while on
| trial.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has decided in favor of tile constitu-
! tionality of the law for clectrocution
of murderers.
James Maxwell. Edward Roy and II.
leblanc were burned to death in n
! fire that destroyed boarding house
at Ottawa. Ont.
President Alfaro. of Ecuador, is
making great preparations to meet the
revolution expected to follow the next
| presidential election.
Two California sherif1s had fierce
! fight with two escaped prisoners, in
which one of the criminals was killed
! and the other escaped.
The third trial of DR.. Samuel j.
Kennedy for numbering Dollie Rey-
nolds was begun in New York and
! five Jurors were secured.
The Pope has confirmed the appoint
mcnt of Rev. Father OConnell. rector
OF the American College. at Rome, as
Bishop of Portland, Me.
At Augusta, Ca fire in cotton bales
caused damage of 100000. The loss
on buildings is about $4,000. The
cotton is fully insured.
4 number of children choppcu away
the supports of building in Chicago
and one was killed by the collapse and
several others were hurt.
Mrs. Bcdnah Carlson killed her
two little children and committed sui
eide at Providence. II. l.. by turning
on the gas in their bedroom.
| ~. a 10
to continue martial law at Jackson
Vile in fear of an outbreak by un-
worthy applicants for food.
The Baptists of Jacksonville, Fla.
have isued an appeal to Baptists
throughout the country for help to
rebuild their burned church.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has
refused to accept gifts when his eX
pected child is born and asks that the
money is devoted to charity.
Henry johnson, a negro. accused OF
shooting at n white man named Fora
ker, who was not injured, was lynch
ed by a mob at Naldosta, Ga.
Nine hundred employees of the Della
ware, Lackawanna n Western railroad
mt Scranton. Pa, struck for nine
|
II. II. Hanna. of Cleveland, o., has
given to the Western Reserve Uni
versity $4,000 to establish a research
fellowship in its medical school.
A Burlington passenger train wal
! derailed mt Thayer, Ia. by striking {
freight train. Engineer S. ID. Brown
was killed and 80 people injured.
Nearly the whole of the busines por
tion of the town of Dumont, Ia, wa
destroyed by fire. Eighteen business
houses We're burned. Loss, $4,000.
In the bank at Seattle, Wash. wa
found 100000 belonging to Fredericl
Hutchinson, a klondile miner, VIII,
died last week in Philadelphia, Pa.
, Seven counts charging James Gala
: han. alleged to be one of the abductor
, of young Cudahy. with perjury on hi
r late trial, We're filed at Omaha, Neb.
S A new four-foot coal vein has bee
, discovered In mine near SOmers
Y field, Pa, few feet under the five
foot vein which was being worked.
A director of the Waltham WatcI
Company says that his concern re
fused to go into the combine of watc
factories, which has been abandoned
Three teachers of ST. Michaers Re
j man Catholic church parish and
+ plumer We're severely burned in
e gas explosion at the school in Pitts
@ burg, Pa.
Y Joseph Joerge. who committed su
d eide in Hoboken, n. j.. was n Germa
e count, and had squandered in wee
a remittance of 500.
L j. l.. Chandler, an old resident farm
er of Ioland, Day county, Okla, su'
i pected of poisoning cattle. was take
; from his home presumably by cattl,
, men and lynched.
Secretary Root ordered Captain e
mer w. Hubbard of the artiller
corps. to make an inspection of th
Grove City College. Pa, and the Wes
y Virginia University.
> 1t is officially stated that Lor
/. Pauncefote has received from Seer,
J. tary Hay the Draft of a new Me,
v ragua canal treaty. 1t is understoo
that it advises neutrality.