The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-06-11
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

One person was Killed and 5O In
jured, three fatally. in wreck neal
Alpena. Mich.
Strike riots in Chicago resulted IL
the injury of $50 persons. some OF
whom may die.
Letson Balliett was convicted al
Des Moines, Ia, Of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes.
j. J. Hill, in a speech at Chicago
proposes what he calls IAN easy
remedy for the evil trust"
Nine men were drowned as a result
of collision between two lake steam
ers near the Duluth canal
The directors of the General Elec
trio Company at New York declared
quarterly dividend of per cent.
During May S2.054 immigrants were
landed at New York. an increase OF
nearly 5000 over the April figures.
A petition signed by $1,000 Pullman
car conductors is to be presented tl
the company for an increase in wages
Work on the installation of the new
duplex telegraphing system between
Pittsburg and Detroit has been start
ed.
Under the present law President
Roosevelt cannot legally interfere tt
settle the strike in the anthracite re
gion
Two men were fatally injured dur
ing a day of rioting caused by the
packing house drivers strike in Chi
cago.
The British Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company limited
has contracts on hand for five years
ahead.
The Grand jury of Dorchester coun'
ty, Nd, has returned three indict
ments against State Senator William
+. Applegarth.
The barge Glenif7er was sunk by
steamer in ST. Clair river. Michigan,
and Mrs. G. Moore, wife of the cap
tain was drowned.
The Cuban Senate confirmed the
appointment OF Gonzalez de Quesads
as first minister of the new republic
to the United States.
The commission on postal currency
has drafted a bill that authorizes the
checks of not above 81 each in mul
tiples of cents, payable at any
money order postofflce.
The annual inspection of the Penn
sylvania National Guard will take
place at the Division encampment al
Gettysburg, July 1919.
Frederick Zelgenhein, son of tbs
former Mayor of st. Louis. gave bai
for $4,000 on the charges of bribery
and extortion as city official.
James A. Lacy was shot and killed
and James Gottshall was wounded az
the result of a quarrel which had
started at South Marion. Ind.
Whitelaw Reid, special envoy to
the coronation of King Edward, will
be honored with the degree of doctor
of laws by Cambridge University.
Dad" Cain, a prisoner at FIT. Sher
idan, ILL.,, attempted to make his es
| cape and was shot and mortally
wounded by the sentry placed over
| him.
Rear Admiral John c. Watson an6
General James II. Wilson, who will
| represent the army and navy at the
coronation of King Edward sailed
Wednesday.
1t Is officially stated that negotia
tions are in progress between the
Pennsylvaia Railroad Company and
the Postal Telegraph Company con
cerning the operation of the telegraph
system over the railroad companys
| lines.
The British committee on military
education and learning. reports thai
many officers in the army are ineffi
cient and crlticises the way the army
is managed.
Engineer ]. M. White and Foreman
Fred Taifel were killed in wreck Of
the southbound Oregon express on
the Southern Pacific Railroad, neal
Reading, Cal.
The meeting of Irish-Americans oil
Chicago. held to protest against the
coercion laws in force in nine coun
ties OF Ireland, was addressed by
Bourke Cochran