The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-02-12
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

Sixteen people were attacked by o
mad dog at Greenvllle. Pa.
Charles NJ. Schwab has established
a dairy farm near Loretta. Pa.
The Secretary of War rules that
Army men in the Philippines can hold
two Offices.
Frederick Shultz was hanged al
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, for the murder
of Mrs. Craig.
The Vendome Hotel at Minneapo
lis MlrSi., valued at 5000, 900, was de
stroyed by fire Friday.
John Dorsen was killed and his wife
seriously Injured by an explosion oi
natural gas at Lafaye ette Ind
Rumor says the Venezuela revolu
tionary cruiser Llbertador was sunk
by government steamer Monday.
The University apartment building
in Chicago was burned out, but all the
many tenants escaped; loss, 100000.
Hall Ross. who killed Seldom Shant7
In street duel at Huntington, w
Va, was acquitted Friday at Charles
ton.
The Executive Committee of the
Justice" party has called a National
convention to meet in Washington on
April 19.
ID. II. O'Connell and Alphonso Flar
ieta were killed by an explosion OF
powder at the Japan mine tunnel
Telluride. Col.
Chicago physicians grated 21t
square inches of skin on the body OF
t.h n
jured by burns.
The pope was present at mass In
Rome, Friday, In the Sistine chapel
and pronounced the absolution in q
clear, strong voice.
The West Virginia coal field again
becomes the stumbling block in the
way to settlement between the opera
tors and the mine workers.
President Pitcairn, of the Pittsburg
Plate Glass Company. asserted that 6S
per cent. of the annual production is
sold absolutely without profit.
Charles Stewart. of Pittsburg. was
| elected second vice president of the
Merchant Tailors National Exchange
at the meeting in Norfolk, Va.
The illness of Theodore Roosevelt
Jr.. has changed the plans of the pres
| ident for his trip to Charleston. The
trip may have to be abandoned.
Sixteen persons, including five
| young women and six girls, we're bap
| tized in the river, at Rochester, Pa.
| by cutting hole In the ice, Sunday
General Oliver o. Howard says that
OF the 81 commanders of Union
armies during the Civil war only two
survive, General Scho6eld and him
self.
The postoffice department has or.
dered the establishment of a sub-sta
tion of the Sharon. Pa. postoffice al
South Sharon, with two additional car
riers.
The home of William p. Robertson
near Magnolia. W. Va. was burned
Friday, and his four young children
perished; said to be the work of rob
bers.
The Rev. T. ]. Yost, of Cumberland
| Md. created a sensation in his church
| Sunday by comparing members of his
council with Judas. Brutus and CZol
gosz.
| +. w. Stephenson, who shot tc
death Deputy Sheriff William Cooper
at Waterloo, Ia, surrendered to the
officers for fear that he would be
lynched.
Because she was about to sue for dt
vorce, John Rag beat his wife to death
with a flatiron at Topeka, Kan. anG
attempted to hang himself, but was
| rescued.
Two hundred and fifty employees OF
the North Reading plant of the Read
ing Foundry Company went out on q
strike Tuesday and the place was
closed down.
Colombian Revolutionary Genera
Herrera notified foreign consuls tina
he intends to capture Colon and Pan
~ama and asked that the railroad belt
be made neutral.
| Rev, Amos Messler. a Seventh Day
Adventist preacher Is under arrest al
Huntington, Ind. on a charge of steal
ing $1,000 from his brother. He CAV,
up large part OF the money.
Eighty-fve men were quarantinet
in the Samaritan inn at PHILADELPHIA
Pa, Tuesday on account of a case q,
smallpox said to have developed il
the institution.
City Council OF Wooster. O.. soIf
$40, 900 worth of city refunding bond,
at a premium of 1886. to FEEDER Holz
man & Co.. of Cincinnati. The seen
rites are to run lS years and bear 4
per cent interest.
Delegate Wilcox. OF Hawaii, intro
duced bill Tuesday increasing sala
ries: President of the United States
500, 900; Vice President. S25, 900; Cab
met officers, $4,000 each member,
, of Congress, $4,000; Governor q
Hawaii, $4,000.