The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-11

The new cruiser Chattanooga was
launched at Elizabeth. N. I.


Count Boni de Castellane arrived at
New York for a months visit.
Wabash employees will not strike un-
I'll court has taken action on the In
junction.
Strike commission held q session on
question of payment of miners by
weight or measurement.
Buffalo police no longer have Mrs.
Payne under surveillance in connec-
tion with the Burdick murder.
Fire at Henderson, KY, destroyed
the Roband Tobacco Comran plant;
loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Administration is much concerned
about bitter opposition manifested to
ratification of the Cuban treaty.
George II. Bowman died, making the
elghth death from the cement mill
explosion at New Village, NJ ].
Daniel j. Sully, who lost over a mil
lion on the New York cotton exchange,
Is said to have recouped his losses.
The Western Retail Lumber Deal.
ers' association withdrew from affilia.
ton with the National association.
Nineteen persons were drowned by
ferryboat capsizing at Spier Falls,
about 10 miles from Glens Falls, N. Y.
United States Steel Corporation an
nounced plans for pushing bond con-
version and expenditure of sS6 100000.
President Ramsey, of the Wabash
| rejected the ultimatum presented by
employees who demand increased
wages.
Hiram Curry, 26 years old, at Kent
o.. OF Meadville. Pa, was knocked
down by a switch engine and crushed
| to death.
William Randolph. a wealthy land
owner at Moorfield, w. Va, was drown
ed In the south branch of the Poto-
mac river.
Carnegie Steel Company contracted
, to deliver 1880 tons of armor plate
to government at price approximatins
s4,70O,OOO.
Four persons injured by collapse OF
shed, from which they were watching
steamer burn at Montreal. Canada are
likely to die.
A. L. Wade was sentenced to be
electrocuted on June 81 at Columbus,
o.. for the murder of Kate Sullivan
two years ago.
Fire destroyed the Otis house, one
of the largest hotels in Watertown.
N. Y, and completely wrecked the
stores in the block.
Attorney General Knox was the
chief guest at a dinner given by
United States District Attorney Bur.
nett in New York.
Prof. Ernest Fox Nichols has re
signed the Wilder professorship OF
physics In Dartmouth college to go to
Columbia university.
The police of Buffalo. N. Y, are
more than ever convinced that a wo-
man murdered Edwin G. Burdick In
the smoking room at his home.
Chris Evans reported to United Mine
Workers headquarters that West Vir'
ginia miners were shot by Deputy Mar
shall Cunningham while they were In
bed.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. and 9th
er New York women have been invited
to participate in Lenten retreat at
the Convent of the Sacred Heart, New
York.
President Roosevelt will be present
at the international convention of the
railway Y. M. G. A., which will be
held in Topeka, Kan, April 30 to
May 8.
In the House of Commons Premier
Balfour announced that the British
| hn tyu "a
tion to participate In the st. Louis
exposition.
John T. McDonough. former secre
tary of state of New York, started fol
Manila, to fill his new position as
Judge of the supreme court of the
Philippines.
Police Captain Samuel Boyd. Of st
Louis, was suspended after being In.
dicted on the charge Of allowing In
his district houses where girls were
held as prisoners.
Mrs. Edward King. at Cincinnati, q
sister of Alfred Knapp. was to-day al
lowed police protection. She told the
police that a woman interested in
Knapp's defense had threatened hel
life.
To the excessive fervor with which
he conducted recent revival meeting
Is attributed the death of Rev. Arthur
Wilson, of the First Christian church
Bloomington, Ill.
United States Marshal Morsey tool
possession of $246,000 in cash and the
offices and furniture of John ]. Ryar
& Co., the turf investment company
of st. Louis, Mo.
About 100 canal boats and barges
loaded with coal, are tied up in the
Erie basin, Brooklyn, with their own
ers unable to sell their cargoes fol
the price demanded.
Henry M. Frey, member of the
Young Mems Christian Association al
Chicago. was found guilty of perjury
and sentenced to an indefinite term IL
the penitentiary and to a fine of $1,000
The trustees of Barnard college
New York. announced that gift o
81 100000 had been made to the In
stitution by person known only BY
President Butler and Treasurer Plimp
ton.