The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-10-16
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

President Roosevelt will receive the
degree of IL. ID. from Yale College
October 23.
Eastern capitalists bought 5000
acres of coal lands in Armstrong coun.
ty for 100000.
Thee Russian navy extended many
courtesies to Americans on the train
ing ship Buffalo.
The War Department stopped the
shipment of Revolutionary war relics
from the Allegheny arsenal.
General Chaffee has sent the names
of the wounded survivors of the Samar
massacre to the War Department.
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
was said to have first claim for card.
inalship in case of appointment from
Rome.
The Pure Oil Co. of Coraopolis, Pa,
is building a telephone line 81 miles
long to Peney Fork, w. Va, from Co
| raopolis.
The death of the Ameer of Afghan
istan created no disturbances or dis
order throughout the possessions of
Great Britain.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania. re-
voked the death warrants of the Biddle
brothers, who were sentenced to hang
December II.
The United States transport Xii.
| patrick with the Eighteenth Infantry
| on board, has arrived at San Francis
| co, 30 days from Manila.
r. c. Davis, former bank cashier
| was arrested at Washington, Ind, on
charge of embezzling 100000, and
| gave $4,000 bail at Evansville.
Thomas Brennan. private under
sentence of life Imprisonment for kill
ing superior officer, escaped from
the transport Fitzpatrick at Iloilo.
The mystery surrounding the fate
| of Lillian LeFay, the aeronaut, was
solved by the finding of her body In
the Illinois river near La Sale.
The gross postal receipts for Sep
| tember at 80 of the largest postofiices
were S4.225.752 a net increase of 1923,
1922. or S.2 per cent over last year.
| Seventy-fve preachers applied fol
the vacant pulpit of the Homestead
Pa, Presbyterian church, and many
sent photographs and sample sermons
The Almada Sugar Refining Compa
ny, of New York City, has been incor
porated with a capital of $3,5OO,OOO
The company will operate in Mexico
Helen Miller Gould has given to Vas
sar College two scholarships of $40.
900 each. Miss Gould previously pre-
sented two scholarships to the college
The Mexican Mining Smelling Com
pany has been incorporated with {
capital OF $10,000,000. to operate mines
in the State of Durango, Mexico.
Burglars broke into John I. Bleyth'.
iewelry store at Paducah. KY, picked
the safe combination. and secured
81, 900 worth of watches and diamonds
William f. Miller, manager of the de
funct Franklin syndicate of Brooklyn
which promised 500 per cent prof
per annum, has been granted new
trial.
A high British official blamed tn,
optimism of Lord Roberts for the dis
satisfaction of the English people witt
the conduct of the war in South Al
rica.
l.. De Lobel. of Paris. Is in Wash
ington to see the President about
plan to build railroad in Alaska
from Eagle City to the Bering Sea, a
point near Cape Nome.
Charles II. Evans, foreman in tn
blacksmith shops at East Pittsburg o
the Fuel Gas Co., received notice from
Seattle. Wash, stating that an aun
had died and left him $S5,OO0.
The number of aliens arriving a
New York during the year ended Jun
30, 1901, was 453.496. Nearly 10000 o
the increase over the year before wa
in the immigration from Southern
Italy.
The second trial of former Secreta
nv of State Caleb Powers on a charg
of completely in the Goebel assassin
alton was resumed in the Circui
Court at Georgetown, KY, on Wednes
day.
A heavy framework of girders. SUI
porting the roof of one of the building
at the Michign Chemical Company
new plant at Bay View, fell KILN
: Frank G. Bence and seriously injurin
three other workmen.