The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-19
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

The United States Steel Corpora
tion is negotiating for purchase of the
American Can Company.
The Kentucky Legislature has
adopted a bill abolishing female suf-
frage for school trustees.
Herbert Booth has Withdrawn from
command OF the Salvation Army in
Australia because Of bad health
The body of sixth victim of the
Matte Bennett gang In Texas was
found and a suspect was arrested.
The Chicago warehouse OF the
Brunswick k-Balke-Collender Company
was destroyed by fire; loss $lI5,O0O.
Robbers dynamited the safe in the
bank of Bozeman & Waters. at Posey'
vile, Ind. and escaped with $4,000.
The Bank of St. Petersburg. Russia.
at Azov, is insolvent. The govern.
ment has taken charge of its affairs.
Science Hail. one of the State Uni.
verslty buildings at Alissoula. Mont
was destroyed by fire. Loss 100000.
Lord pauncefote. British ambassa
dor az Washington. Is the guest OF
George w. Vanderbilt at Biltmore
n. G.
Emperor William cabled President
Roosevelt thanks" Wednesday for
the courteous treatment OF Prince
Henry.
Strike at Boston was still far from
settlement Wednesday. 2000O men
were idle and more are expected to
quit work.
Mrs. Martha S. Withers. of Lexing.
! ton, KY, gave $4,000 to the Kentucky
University to found the chair of dean
of women.
Arthur Pue German, of Maryland.
| will take his seat in the Senate next
| March, as the successor of George
l.. Wellington.
A colored woman at Beaumont,
| Tex. confessed membership in a
gang which has robbed and murdered
"A dozen persons.
| Oil has been struck at depth of
500 feet in well on Turkey creek.
southeast of Morrison, and l2 miles
! from Denver, Col.
The Marconi wireless telegraph sys-
TEN Is to be placed on commercial
| basis in the United States and shares
offered to the public.
BY vote of 81 to the Iowa Sen
ate passed the bill to remove the
limit of Indebtedness that. may be
incurred by railways.
District Attorney Jerome. of New
York. sent brief to legislature ad-
vocating a law permitting the open.
ing o! saloons on Sunday.
st. .Vincent's Orphan Asylum at
Denver. Col. was destroyed by fire.
Two hundred orphans in the institu'
tion were rescued unframed.
The body of the late John p. Alt.
geld lay in state in the public libra
ry at Chicago, Saturday. and was
viewed by thousands of people
Albert German. formerly individual
bookkeeper of the Third National
Bank of Louisville, Ky, was indicted
charged with embezzling $4,000.
The bodies of 10 of the 20 victims
Of the steamer Providence disaster
. near Vicksburg, have been recovered
! from the waters of Lake Palmyra.
Prince Henry. of Prussia. sailed
; Tuesday for home on the liner
Deutschland after exchanging fare
I
Hereafter emigrants coming to this
, country from Russia and Austria must
satisfy the Prussian railroads that
they are able to meet the American
, requirements.
I A sensation was caused in st
, Louis by the grand jury indictine
| Colonel Edward Butler, the million
, aire politician and contractor, for at
tempted bribery.
The court has decided that Jane,
Younger, one OF the outlaw brothers
: recently paroled by the State of Min
5 nesota, being legally dead. cannot EN-
e ter into a marriage contract.
General Benjamin +. Tracy. wh'
was Secretary OF the Navy in the Cab
: met of General Benjamin Harrison
!, was taken suddenly i'll while arguing
. the Shrievalty case in Brooklyn, n
' Y. Saturday.
Granville w. Leighton. teller of tn
National Traders Bank. at Portland
Me-. has been arrested, charged witt
defalcation amounting to $4,000
l. Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter O
II President Roosevelt, accompanied b.
u n marty OF friends, including Senate
. Thomas G. Platt. arrived at Havan
on the steamer Mascotte. from Tampa
Fla, Wednesday.
Prof l.. s. Rowe. chairman of tn
= commission which revised the law
= OF Porto Rico. says that great car
= had to be taken to go far enough I
= give autonomy and not far enoug
- to give license. f4