The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-06
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

The government of Porto Rico has
established a telegraph school with 25
girl pupils of San Juan
| Gov. Cummings of Iowa has begun
an investigation into the legality of the
Rock Island reorganization.
| Official returns show that cholera
Is spreading with terrible rapidly
throughout Manchuria. Russia.
Mayor Ames and Chief Of Police +.
w. Ames of Minneapolis. have been
indicted for exactiDg blackmail.
George ID. Middleton was electrocut.
ed at Clinton prison. Dannemora, N.
T., for the murder of his wife In 1901.
Senator Elkins says West Virginia
VIII soon Challenge Pennsylvania for
the record of leading coal-producing
State.
Charles Green and John Richards,
accused of the murder of Austin j.
Grove, In Buffalo, were arrested In
Denver.
Forty lives were lost by the sinking
or the steamer Prince Alexander In a
collision with another vessel off
Malacca.
Mrs. Neil Campbell Is under arrest
In Chicago, charged with allowing
child to die for want of proper nour-
ishment.
Report of Internal Revenue bureau
SHOWS reduction I'm taxes under new
revenue bill amounts to more than
S35 100000.
The United States training ship
Mohican arrived at Honolulu on July
10 after a voyage of so days from
Yokohama.
Mabel Wells, Eva Sasker and Laura
rye were drowned by the capsizlng of
their boat on Lake Jefferson, Montl-
cello. Mimi
President Mitchell addressed 1000
striking miners at Scranton. promised
victory to them and urged them to be
law-abidlng.
John Devine, colored murderer of
Policeman Donohue in Baltimore, will
get married and be baptized before
he is hanged
Peace prevails in the Shenandoah
mining region and the National
Guardsmen are occupied with drills
and camp duty.
capt. William A. Phillips. of the
Tenth infantry. has been appointed
governor of the island of Paragua
Philippine Islands.
The United States Bankers Corpor.
alton Is organized In Boston to es-
taDiish chain OF trust companies
throughout the country.
Miss Anna ID. Collier, a Worcester
school teacher and Miss Jean Brown,
OF Detroit, Mich, were drowned in
the undertow while bathing.
Mayor Low of New York asked
Police Commissioner Partridge to in
vestigate the riot which occurred dur
ing the funeral of Rabbi Joseph.
new process of armor plate in.
vented by Lieut.. Cleland Davis. U. s.
A.. and tested at Bethlehem is said to
be superior to any yet produced.
Police Commissioner Partridge. of
New York. reduced LOG detective ser.
geants to the rank of patrolmen and
three to the grade OF roundsman.
Gen. Jacob H. Smith. on arrival at
San Frisco from the Philippines, was
deeply affected on learning that he
had been retired by the president.
David Wait was burned to death and
!. p. Miller fatally injured In a fire
that destroyed the Stoner Wall Paper
company's building in Des Moines, la.
The conference between the flint
glass bottle manufacturers and work
ers at Atlantic City, having failed to
reach an agreement, adjourned sine
die.
President Schurman of Cornell uni
versity declares, I'm an address at
Chautaqua, that many points in the
Philippine question are relegated to
the past
At Mingo mines. Middlesboro, Ky.
Warren Smith killed Calvin Senter by
shooting him through the heart. but
before Senter was shot he mortally
wounded Smith.
While under arrest and on a street
car at Birmingham. Ala, George
Leonard was shot and killed by Hollis
b. Parrish. young attorney with
whom he had quarreled.
The Association OF Manufacturers
of Food Products discussed plans to
induce legislation at a meeting in
New York., and adjourned subject to
the call Of the president.
Smallpox having broken out In Bar
bados. all the other British West In.
dian Islands have imposed quaran-
tine against tina. colony. There have
been II cases on the island
A large collection OF Aztec antiaui.
ties Is being packed for shipment to
New York, where they will be shown
at the Congress of Americanists, who
are to assemble there October /.
The trial of the assasslns of Mar.
quis de Mores at Susa. Africa, result.
ed in the condemning to death of Ell
Kheir and the sentencing of HANNA
Chiekh to 20 years Imprisonment.
Judge Chytraus modified the injunc.
ton restraining the Chicago board of
trade and certain board of trade oper.
ators from conducting a corner in July
standard oats by restraining the de.
PENDANTS from asking the president of
the board of trade to indorse down
margins deposited by the complain
ants.