The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-04-03
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

,'"hhiy N"r iuiht, WIS louiu Ill Eng
land.
The Standard OH Co. offered 81.
000,0 for i25000 acres of Texas .
lands.
\ miner ut Borland sintion. Pa.
hanged himself rather than do house
work.
\ mother and two children were
killed in n burning tenement house fire
In New York
Gen. Geronimo and his men surren.
der in Liizon upon hearing of Aguin-
aldo's capture.
Gen. Macarthur recommends Gen.
Funston for brigadlcr gcneralship in
the regular army.
Noah Raby. nn inmate of n New
Jersey poorhouse. Monday celebrated
his 10th birthday.
Engineer Tcmplcton was killed in n
collision of Chicago and Alton railrond
trains at McLain, ILL.,
Shocks of earthquake were felt sun
day mt Odessa, Russia; COnstantinople
and In Southern Italy.
Thirty-siX eases of smallpox were re
ported in Ponce. Porto. Rico, hut the
epcdemic is decreasing.
Report says that real estate trust
Is to be organized with half billion
dollars at its command.
A strike of 500 men belonging to the
building trades Is expected in Trenton,
\. j., for an eight hour day.
Russia becomes conciliatory toward
Japan and Emperor William expresses
admiration for Car Nicholas.
Gen. Sanguily resigns from the
Cuban convention on account of the
hostility to the Platt amendment.
The Canadian contingent for the
South African constabulary, over 900
strong, has sailed for Cape Town.
At Buluwayo. Matabeland, the cham.
her of mines has declared in favor Ul
the introduction of Chinese labor.
The loss from the destruction of
Dubuque. Ia, shoe factories by fire Is
placed nj Sll3Tj0; insurance. $93, I50
Carnegie has refused to give Denver
n library, on the ground that there
were too many mlllionaires in that
city.
Christian Muehller who recently fell
heir to Il fortune of Slo0,000, blew his
brains out in his home. n Egg Harbor
City, n. J.
Isaac Maiiic has been arrested Mt
Holland. Mich. on Il charge of selling
horse meat to II dealer, who retalled ii
as dried beef.
During a fire on the L. :. :. petre'
at Cavitc, Lieut.. Commander Roper
lost his life and - officers and men
were prostrated.
Oil has been struck in Wayne coun-
ty, Ky, at depth of 800 feet. and 200
barrels ran to waste before the well
could be plugged.
j. Il. Morgan is reported TO be at the
head of Il S30,0OO.O00 syndicate to ab-
sorb the fishing and packing industry
of the Pacific coast.
Valuable records and inscriptions
have been found in the ancient cities
of Syria and Persia. dating back thou
sounds of years II. G.
In France 5000 striking miners have
decided TO continue the strike until
the meeting of the National Miners
Congress at Lens, April 10.
Jacob Gerson, long n prominent mer-
chant in Ncustandt-an-der-H Hardt
Germany, has fled to the United States
after defaulting for 100000 marks.
4 terrific rain and hail storm swept
over Northern Texas Friday afternoon
The damage at Dallas from water in
cellars and stores is estimated at $1OO..
900.
Monuments to Frederick William
and William the Great were unveiled
In the presence of Emperor William
and the Empress of Germany Satur-
day.
Three Bulgarians have been CON
demned to death at Salonica, Turkey,
for revolt against the Sultan, and II
have been sentenced to penal servitudc
for life.
The revenue returns for the United
Kingdom for the year ending March
II total 1i0,OlS,624 pounds, an increase
over those of the preceding year of
10,261, ,S94.
tor of English in the Birdgeport,
Comm, High School, was drowned in
the Housatonic river by the capsizing
of his boat.
In n duel resulting from debate in
Parliament between Deputies Gyceryff
and Rakovszky the former was wound
cd in the thumb.
Snowstorms and bllzzards are gen
erai throughout the North of Great
Britain. and strong cold winds in
Southern England.
Peter Kafpovich. the assassin of NJ.
Bogellepoff. Russian Minister of Pub
lie instruction, has been sentenced to
20 years penal servitude with n loss
Of civil rights.
\ dispatch from Salonica announces
that nine men We're scalded to death
by the bursting of Il steam pipe on the
Turkish torpedo boat Shehab.
Aguinaldo will issue an address ask
ing insurgents to surrender and ac-
knowledge the supremacy of the
United States in the Philippines.
The bodies of an elderly couple nam
ed Meade were found IN their house Mt
Jersey City. The bodies had the ap-
pearance of having been eaten by rats.
Joseph A. Conln was sentenced in
New York TO four years Imprisonment
for stealing $4,000 worth of registered
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