The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-20
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
New Yorls Chinatownsgav fare
well banquet to Minister WI.


Bandmaster John s. Duss has Sc
cured a New York theater on u 10.
year lease.
The woman's franchise bill passed
both houses of the New South Wales
| legislature.
The will OF the late John w. Mac
kay was filed for probate by attorneys
In Virginia, New.
Alleged plot to kill ex-Gov. Patti5on
with an Internal machine Is reported
from Philadelphia.
Henry Watterson, states emphatical-
ly that he is not a candidate for Gov
ernor of Kentucky.
Luther II Marsh. famous lawyer
and spirituallst, died In Middletown,N.
Y, In his 9lst year.
AT San Francisco the transport
Crook arrived from Manila with 584
men OF the Twenty-nfth infantry.
German electrical manufacturers
claim to see their only salvation for
trade is in the American trust plan.
King Edward reviewed the feet at
portsmouth. England. and all ships
were brilliantly illuminated at night.
A telegram to El Paso announced
that James Parrish the Mexican Cen.
trai train robber, has been captured
The agent Of the American Express
Company. at Fordsville. KY, was
robbed of package containing $685.
900.
Barbed wire was used by French
peasants to build barricades against
gendarmes sent to close prescribed
schools.
The United States war department
has ordered new light field artillery
from Erhardt the Dusseldorf gun.
maker.
Boom In Gould stocks Is believed to
foreshadow long-expected consollda
ton In the Great Missouri Pacific
system"
Duncan Il Porter ask United States
court to permit them to Join in a suit
against government contractors as
plaintiffs.
AT Springfield. Mass, II. II. Ander-
son. OF Pittsburg. was appointed II.
brarian of the American Philatelic
association.
h' VIII vi tue lute aTcnDiSnOp
Feehan, OF Chicago. ILL.,, was filed for
probate. The total value of the estate
is $125.OO0.
II Is strenously denied that Charles
NJ. Schwab, president Of the U. s.
Steel Corporation will retire from the
presidency.
Charles j. Allen. at Tampa, Florida,
was killed and his wife was fatally
wounded by Marmel Chavez, a
wealthy young Cuban.
The eighth annual session of the
National Bible conference opened at
Winona, Ind. Sunday with over l..
800 ministers present
Andrew Carnegie has offered to do
nate $l50,000 for the establishment
of free libraries in the Borough of
Marylebone. England.
John w. Gates explains the ideas
which he will work out in a novel In
dustrlal school for boys to be built
near st. Charles, III.
A child born to Laura Blggar, In
New York, which lived only 10 days.
seems likely to compllcate the Henry
Nj. Bennett will case.
Lieutenant Ralph Il. Mcdowell, of
the Twelfth United States cavalry,
was drowned I'm Pinto creek, near
Fort Clark, Texas.
The annual report of the postmast-
er general, Of England, shows that
s3,375,000 was found In letters unde-
livered during the year.
Frank C. Andrews. late vice presi-
nf
bank, of Detroit, Mich, was found
guilty of misapplylng funds.
DR.. Wilson, in a letter to an Ohio
cousin, declares that he was never ar
rested In Nicaragua and sentenced to
death, but has been in Colombia.
Relatives of Mrs. Charles s. Fair
at San Francisco, and elsewhere are
preparing to battle In the courts for
big share of the Fair millions.
Edward Lenehan. a burglar, died at
Emergency hospital. Detroit. Mich.
from hemorrhage caused by bullet
from officer +. ]. Lemonds revolver.
]. II. Bootner. who says his father
sent him to buy mineral lands. Great
ed sensation at Owensboro, KY, by
carrying around $2S,000 in currency.
The Grand Lodge of Elks at Salt
Lake City, Utah, selected Baltimore
as the place of meeting for the annual
reunion OF the grand lodge in 1908.
]. II. Sims, a wealthy farmer at
Otytumwa, Ia, was shot and killed
by his son, Joohn while endeavoring
TO murder his mother with a butcher
knife.
Grand Duke Boris. cousin of the
Emperor of Russia, and his party, left
San Francisco for Chicago. The Duke
will visit President Roosevelt, at
Oyster Bay.
The Western Maryland Railroad
company has purchased 125 acres of
land in South Baltimore for terminal
purposes, and 1t is said work will be
begun Immediately.
Application has been made to the
stock exchange in New York to list
2.31O. 100000 rubles per cent certi.
ficates of rente Of the imperial Rus.
sian government.