The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-12
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

is booking orders for delivery in 1913.
The Palmer box and stave factory
at Poplar Bluff, Mo-. was burned out;
loss. 100000.
The First National Bank of Mont
gomery, Ind, was robbed of $4,000 In
cash and bonds.
William Cox shot and killed his
wife at Evansville, Ind, and fatally
wounded himself.
Norfolk. Vir., strikers refuse to ac-
cept decision of arbitrators and the
struggle continues.
A company of Sharon men and New
Workers will undertake to electrify the
Philippine Islands.
Cholera has broken out among the
Moslem pilgrims at Medina, Arabia,
and ITO deaths have occurred.
Enoch Townsend and John Gonzales
were drowed by the capsizing OF
their boat at Ocean City. N. j.
Chicago vessel owners predict that
lake navigation will be open by April
l, two weeks earlier than usual.
Miss Alice Roosevelt has accepted
an invitation to visit Governor Gen
eral and Mrs. Wood at Havana.
Mark Judy. the stock raiser, of Gov.
ington, Ind, sold an Aberdeen-Angus
bull to Chicago buyers for $1,000.
The National Congress of French
miners, by vote of l05 to 90, adopt
ed a resolution to postpone a general
strike.
Court martial of Major Waller and
Lieutenant Day for killing mutinous
Filipinos without trial is set for
March H.
Alarm of fire several squares away
causes panic among several hun
dred guests of the Hotel Endicott,
New York
A mob in Norfolk, Va. excited by
the street car strike, defied the police
and the militia. Martial law may be
proclaimed.
Cannon's dry goods house was burn
ed at Sedalia, Mo. The fire originated
in search for lost penny. Total
loss 100000.
The Car of Russia, has sent 100000
roubles for the relief of the victims
OF the recent earthquake at Shamaka,
Trans Caucasia.
The Knights of Columbia have 600
councils, with a total insured member
ship of 32.790 and an associate mem.
bership of 46,016.
Two rich mineral discoveries rival
ing the greatest ore strikes made in
the West in many years, have been
made in Arizona.
The body of the fifth victim of muir
der in Beaumont. Tex. since January
l, was found in the river. Eighteen
| suspects are under arrest.
The main building of the Unity
Collar and Cuff Company. in North
Bennington, VT, was burned. Loss,
100000; insurance. $4,000.
At a meeting Of the creditors of
the late Archbishop Purcell, at Cincin.
natl, resolutions were adopted 20 ask
for the discharge of the receivers.
Jessie Morrison, once convicted of
numbering Mrs. Clara W. Castle at
Eldorado, Kas.. was granted a new
trial by the Kansas Supreme Court.
William Klump, of Lowell. Mich
Is in Jail charged with numbering his
wife and suspected of endangering the
lives Of many others in order to avert
suspicion.
Gunner Joseph A. Hill. though pass
ing examinations with credit for the
post of commander in the navy, is told
he has not the necessary social quail
ifications."
Robert Z. Lee, editor of the Inter
state Grocer, says there is little proba
bility of the st. Louis candy houses
taking any part in the proposed nation
al consolidation.
David Crear, of New York. has PAID
the taxes on the farm near Hodgen
will, KY. where Abraham Lincoln was
born, and has saved 1t from bein2
sold by the sheriff.
The State Legislature of Minnesota
passed resolution asking Congress
to amend the judicial acts 80 that sui
against the Northern Securities Com
pany can be brought in Fedora
Court.
Two days conference in New Yorl
between Amalgamated Association ant
American Tin Plate Company OF
ficials ended in an agreement where
by the present scale is continued unit
July l, 1908.
The survey of the Vicksburg
Birmingham Railroad Is completed
The route is 266 miles long and will
extend from Vicksburg. Miss. to Birm
ingham, Ala. Estimated cost is $14
900 per mile.
Emphatic denial is made at the Nc
Kinley nome at Canton. ~. of repor
sent out from Atlantic City that Mrs
Kinley home at Canton, O.. of repor
sort to spend some time there.
Mandamus proceedings were inst
tuted against Governor Yates. of Ill
nois, and the trustees and wardens o
the State penitentiaries to prevent tn
further contracting of convict labor
, County Attorney Butler has sue
. 175 citizens OF Casper. Wyo.. for 800
, 900 for damage to his personal reputa
, tion which, he alleges. was caused b,
petition that he employ an assistan
In murder trial.