The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-19
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

small, Maynard d Co, publishers OF
Boston, Mass, have made an assign
ment.
The two houses OF the New Jersey
Legislature elected Frank o. Briggs
State Treasurer.
Willis Cooper shot and killed Will
lam Perry and Mrs. Barbara Russell
at Amite City. La.
Clarence L. Dawson, chairman Of
the Civil Service Board of the rural
free delivery service, resigned.
Peter Burchwab, Chicago real
estate dealer committed suicide In
his Office by turning on the gas.
The battleship Illinois in trial test
Wednesday demonstrated that she
was the fastest ship in the navy.
The schooner which was burned 10
the waters edge off Cape May. n. j.,
was the Mary Graham. The crew Is
safe.
Mrs. l.. f.. Ellis. wife of DR.. l.. L.
Ellis. of Detroit, and sister of Rear
Admiral w. T. Sampson, died Tues
day.
Two negro prisoners at Sumterville
Fla, broke out of Jail after seriously
wounding an officer and killing a citi-
zen.
Mrs. Louisa Vannela, % years old,
and her 2-year-old child, of Philadel.
phia, were asphyxiated by illuminat-
ing gas.
The City Council of Mitchell. s. D..
voted to accept the proposition of An
drew Carnegie to donate $4,000 for a
public library.
Caroline S. Rathcone, of New York,
bequeathed $4,000 to establish a
home for aged and infirm persons at
Evansville, Ind.
A solid silver statuette of Rear Ad.
miral Schley, six inches high, has
been received by Isidor Raynor, his
counsel at Baltimore.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., is rapidly
convalescing and was glad to see his
sister Alice. who arrived at the Gro
ton, Mass, College Saturday.
A bill giving $4,000 that Prof.
Smith make experiments to eradicate
mosquitoes was reported favorably TO
the Legislature of New Jersey.
Henry l.. Wilson, United States min.
lister to Chill, is to leave Santiago
soon on a visit to the United States,
going by way of Buenos Ayres.
| Music hall of the Maennerchor at
Utica, N. Y, burned, at loss Of $780,
900. Fire Lieutenant John Bernie
was caught beneath falling wall and
killed.
Fifty.three million dollars of new
insurance policies in the first siS
weeks of the year is announced by one
of the life insurance companies of New
York.
Admiral Won Baudssin, commander
of the German imperial yacht Hohen
zollern, has ben kept busy since his
arrival in New York receiving and re
turning calls.
A Tennessee scientist claims tC
have discovered electrical strata II
the earth which will make sending OF
Marconigrams through mountains al
easy accomplishment.
Charles w. Pearson, who denies the
miracles recorded in the Bible, re
signed as professor of English liter
ature in Northwestern University a
Chicago Wednesday.
| Judge Donovan, oi Detrolt, MICH
appointed the Union Trust Company
receiver for the City Savings Bank
The bond of the Union Trust Compan,
was fixed at 100000.
Judge Teasdale, at Kansas City, Mo.
granted the application of Franl
James for an injunction to stop tn,
production of THE James Boys o
Missouri" on the ground of privat
rights.
A boulder rolling down steep decliy
ity struck n work train on Choctaw
Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad. near Lit
: tie Rock. Ark. killing seven men an
seriously iniuring IA.
Judgment by default for $4,000
against Prince Kuiwha, second son @
the King of Korea, was entered b.
Chief Justice Bingham in the Crcui
Court for the District of Columbi
Friday.
: Property covering a total area @
, Ave blocks at st. Louis was transfer
. red to George j. Gould. president O
the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mour
n.tr..o. NAr, M