The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-12-11
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Secretary Gage in his annual re-
port favors n shipping bill.
Both Houses of the Peruvian Con
gress have passed the gold standard
law.
In railroad collision near Kharbin,
Russia, IS Chinese and Russians
were killed.
The International Live Stock Expo
sitlon was formally opened at Chica-
go Monday.
Ambassador Choate Is expected to
succeed Secretary Hay, who may go
to England
Eight people were hurt in an elec.
trio car collision at Cumberland
Md. Saturday.
king" O'Keefe. who ruled a canni-
bal island and became a millionaire,
has been lost at sea.
The British steamer Hanover. from
Philadelphia, is ashore at the entrance
of the river Thames.
Episcopal missionary conference
finds the church deficient in enthusi-
asm, workers and funds.
The Dubois, Pa. Borough Council
has passed a curfew ordinance over
the veto of the Burgess.
A bank at Archibald, o.. was robbed
of 1000 and the escaping robbers
shoot a man in the jaw.
Senator Depew gives his bachelor
dinner" at Washington. the President
being one of his guests.
Nurse Jane Toppan was indicted at
Barnstable, Mass. for the murder of
three patients by poisoning.
The wounded Colonel Berrea says
| Colombian insurgents will not again
attack the isthmus until March.
Misses May and Flossie De la
Bretonne were burned to death in a
fire at Bayou des Allemandes, La.
Governor OF Alabama has ordered
troops to Andalusia to protect negro
prisoners from threatened lynching.
Joseph Creelman, years old, was
stabbed to death by Edward Armines,
aged IL, schoolmate, in Newport,
Ky.
The battleship Kearsarge has left
New York to join the North Atlantic
squadron at Havana during Christmas
week.
Prof. John A. Brashear was elected
a manager of the Society Of Mechan-
ical Engineers. in session In New
York.
Marshal ]. b. Smith was shot dead
by robbers whom he detected in at.
tempting to break into the bank OF
Chelsea, la.
The National Mckinley Memorial
Association insists upon Arch Asso
citation giving up their plan Of divid
ing funds.
Grand officers of the Elks visited
Lake Garden, N. j., to inspect a site
offered for a National Home for mem
bers of the order.
Edward J. Mathews. president OF
the American District Telegraph Com
pany, was killed by fall from his
horse in Philadelphia.
Wilhelmina's body guard. who fought
duel with Prince Henry in her be
half, died of his wounds.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany and the National Sugar Rein
ing Company advanced sugars, grades
Nos. 13. IA and Is, five points.
The National Live Stock conven
tion adjourned at Chicago after de
Gliding to meet in Kansas City on the
first Tuesday in January. 1908.
The Pan.American Congress, a
Mexico City. voted to indorse the prop
osition of ex-senator Henry G.. Davis
of West Virginia, for a Pan-Americar
Railroad.
The heir apparent. Pu Chun, O
China, has been deposed by imperia
edict on the ground that his father
Prince Tuan, was the author of thu
Boxer trouble.
The Cramp Shipbullding Compan,
has notified the Porte. of Turkey, tina
, ii Is ready to commence building
cruiser for the Turkish government
and has asked the government to sent
officers to supervise the vessels con
struction.
Liant X Salisbury, City Attorney o
Grand Rapids, Mich, was convicted
of accepting bribe of $4,000 to hell
contractors in a S4,000.000 job to fur
nish the city water from Lake Mich
igan.
A meeting at Washington under tn,
, auspices of the Women's Internationa
, Union demanded Congressional legis
l lation against polygamy. which is sal,
to be increasing In Utah.
A voluntary assignment was mad,
Monday by the Pittsburg Construc
, tion & Manufacturing Company, an,
I. the contracting Arm OF West & VIII
, son, of Pittsburg.