The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-26
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admiral, Is dead. He was born in
1898.
The supreme court has decided that
women cannot practice law In Tenn.
csSep.
Judge McDougall OF Toronto has de.
cidcd that American divorces are not
valid In Canada.
The Emperor of Germany has order.
ed n schooner yacht TO be designed and
built ia tie Jriicd states.
The Erie Railroad company will con
struct an electric power plant mt Sus-
quehanna, Pa. to cost $4,000.
John q. II. Borchertling and his wife
were suifocated TO death by illuminat-
ing gas in their homes in Baltimore.
Adjutant General Corbln has left
Washington for San Francisco to take
an army transport for the Philippines
Dr. Winfield Scott Schley of New
York. who for many weeks has suf-
fered from blood poisoning has re-
covered.
The Women's Relief Corps of Iowa
has placed an order for n monument
at Gettysbury to the memory of Jen.
ME Wade
All but S3j of the $4,000 stolen
from the First National bank at Min
eral Point. Wis, month ago has been
recovered
Perry Douds, charged with obstruct-
ing officers in the search for the muir
derer of city Treasurer John Blevins
at New Castle, Pa. was acquitted.
The Riverside plant of the National
Tube Co.. and the steel plant of the
Wheeling Steel and Iron Co. have an
nOunced ten per cent advance In
wages for all employees.
Sllas Titus. aged 80. Inundated by
being placed in Jail by his young wife.
committed suicide by drinking lauda.
mum at Towanda. PA.
Peaches in South and Middle Geor.
gla are rotting very fast as result
of excessive rain. Cotton and melons
are also in bad shape.
The Sharpsvllle blast furnace at
Sharpsvllle, Pa, resumed operations
Friday after several months idleness. |
One hundred men are affected.
\ fire on the dock at Buffalo. n. Y,
Tuesday, destroyed part of the dock of |
the International Ferry Co.. and other
property. Total loss about S21O.OOO.
The Peters Lumber and Shingle |
Company's entire plant at Benton
llarbor. Mich. was wiped out by fire.
Loss, Sl13,O0O; partly insured
London undertallcrs charged 81 800
for embalming the body of ex-Gov. |
Pingree of Michigan, ana for the coffin |
in which the body will be sent to the
states.
The American Steel and Wire Com.
pany has declared dividend of ~ Der
cent. on the common stock and div
idend at the rate of per cent. on the
preferred stock.
James +. WamDold, who many
years ago was one of the best known
men and circus clowns in the
country, died Sunday in the Overlook,
y. j., insane asylum.
Four.ycar-old Violet Saxonbury
was crushed 10 death by a trolley car
IN Chicago Sunday. The conductor
anu motorman were saved from n mob
by the arrival of police.
The inventory and nppralsement of
the estate Of the late James L. Ster.
rett. formerly chief Justice of the
Pennsylvania supreme court, shows
property worth SIJ,1ST09.
William Courtnay of New Work has
bought for 81 the land on Mount Me
Gregor. The transfer includes all the
property excepting the cottage In
which Gen. Grant died.
The Rev. Or. Thomas +. Kennedy.
professor of dogmatic theology in st.
Charles Theological seminary. Over.
brook. has been appointed rector of
the American College in Rome.
The Bank of Bombay has reduced
It's official discount rate from o to 3
per cent On June 13 the rate was
reduced from to q per cent. At this
late in 1900 the rate was per cent.
The general synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian church of North America.
which has been In session in Cincin-
natl, adjourned to meet In Philadel-
phia on the third Wednesday of May,
1902.
President Mckinley will not be pres.
ent at the commencement or Harvard
college on the 2Gth to receive the de.
siNt VI ish<. b's anu lIlt tOllpge WIFI NOT |
confer the degree upon the president
In his absence.
The London court of appeals holds
the Iloyds agency responsible for the
y, 100000 in gold which the agency had
Insured and which the Beers seized
from train ON the way from Johan.
nesburg to Cape Town In October,
1899.
A large ndmber OF women exercised
the right of suffrage at CatskIll. N.
T., Tuesday by voting at the special
election called to vote on Mr.. Car.
negle's offer to build $40, 900 library.
His offer was accepted by majority
Of 1S0.
The First Methodist church was
badly damaged by dynamite explos-
on. Rov. ]. NJ. Miller, its pastor. was
recently elected mayor and began a
against keepers of 'joints."
Six had been fined.
A contract has been signed in New
York for an outfit of rolling stock. in
Guiding pressed steel cars, locomotives