The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-18
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Germany denies that there Is any
intention to seize a Venezuelan. har-
Dor.
Mrs. Melvina Fulner, of Britain. o..
was buncoed out of $500 by Cleveland
green goods men.
King Edward, of England. has def
nitely fixed June 26. 1902, as the date
for his coronation.
Secretary Hay has been selected as
eulogist for the Mckinley memorial
meeting of Congress.
The National Civil Service Reform
League, in session at Boston, re-elect'
ed ID. c. Gilman president.
President Roosevelt is quietly look
ing around for a successor to Elihu
| Root as Secretary OF War.
John Swinton. for years a leader in
labor organizations died Sunday at his
town, Ia, Saturday, aged 81.
w. M. Griggin, of the American
Raisin Packing Company. has cor
nered the entire raisin crop.
George Moore was arrested in
Brooklyn. n. Y. on charge of connec.
tion with gang of check swindlers.
Maryland members of Congress de-
mand an investigation of the Navy
| Department and the Board of Inquiry.
Alonzo p. Douglass, a lawyer com
mitted suicide at Philadelphia. Pa,
by shooting himself through the head
| Movement is on foot in Germany to
exclude beer from factories where 1t
is now usual to allow it to be drunk.
The Pennsylvania Railroad awarded
contracts for improvements involving
an expenditure of more than $1,000000.
Miss Ida Wild, of Pittsburg. and
Miss Lottie Pringle, of McKeesport,
Pa. deliberately ended their lives Sun.
day.
Ex-President Kruger has taken pos.
session of his new residence at Ut
recht, Holland. He was in excellent
health.
Z. l.. Powell, manager of the broll.
erage business of Murphy & Co.. of
New York, has disappeared from VIII
son, n. G..
A bank at Sturgis, KY. was robbed
of between S3,500 and $4,000 by rob.
bers, who blew open the safe with
nitroglycerin.
Secretary Root has submitted to the
House an estimate of 100000 for a
permanent military post in the vicin.
ity of Manila.
John f.. Redmond. Patrick A. Nc.
Hugh and Thomas ODonnell. the
Irish Nationists, sailed from New
York for Liverpool
Representative Mercer, of Nebras-
ka, introduced bill for building In
Washington for the United States SUI
preme Court, the Department of JUS
tice and International Tribunals, to
cost not exceeding S7,000,000.
Signor Marconi announces the. sue.
cess of his experiments in receiving
electric messages across the ocean by
wireless telegraphy
Two federal prisoners at the bar.
racks in Columbus. o., escape. and
one. George Leroy, is shot through
the arm by sentry.
Right Rev. Thomas NJ. Lenihan
bishop of the Catholic diocese OF
Cheyenne, Wyo.. died at Marshall
town. Ia, Saturday, aged 75.
William B. Preston, formerly a Cap
ton in the Forty-third Regiment OF
Infantry, United States Volunteers
committed suicide at Manila.
A national convention of representa-
tives of leading commercial bodies, to
consider the reorganization of the con
sular service, was held Wednesday.
Horace L. Smullen. an oil well
driller and contractor. fell from the
top OF a 50-foot derrick. at Oil City
Pa, receiving probably fatal injuries
The jury at Omaha in the case OF
Miss Agnes FrizZell, who sued j. c.
Root, Sovereign Commander of the
Woodmen of the World and others, fol
libel, returned verdict in favor of the
plaintiff for $4,000 damages.
The Red Cross Society unanimously
reelected Miss Clara Barton Presl
dent of the society. General John M
Wilson First Vice President, Mrs. Johr
A. Logan. Second Vice President.
Adolph Oppenheimer, OF San Fran
cisco, one OF the principal witnesses
against Theodore Durrant, hanged fol-
numbering Blanche Lamont, was
killed in his shooting gallery from
behind.
The application for clemency In the
case OF Miss Eastwick. the American
girl confined in prison in London fol
"raising" a railroad bond. has beer
, forwarded to the United States embas
( sy at London.
Miss Sarah Gehring was roasted Il
i. death In q fire at Logansport. Ind.