The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-07-15
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Eight people died Of the heat In New


Jeanette tPa) disaster foots up 22
dead. II missing and a property loss
of sl,50O,OOO.
King Edward of England, declared
himself In favor of closer relations
with America.
Eleven prisoners, Ave OF whom were
convicted of murder, escaped from Jail
at Williams, KY
The mill Of the Aetna Powder Com
pany at Valparaiso, Ind, blew up, In
juring several persons.
Enoch Burrell killed Frank Thomp-
son at Davis. Ia, during quarrel
about debt OF 80 cents.
Herbert Beach Turner died at his
home In Englewood. N. j., aged GS. He
was an authority on railroad law.
State of Maryland cannot sell Ches-
apeake q Ohio canal bed to Wabash.
Control Is vested in trustees until 1906.
Anna and Mary Baker. aged 10 and
years respectively, were kidnapped
from their homes near Franklin, Pa.
A fight on an excursion steamer be-
tween Mt. Vernon, Ind, and Union
town, KY, ended In six persons being
shot.
Asa Cushman e. Co. boot and shoe
manufacturers, of Boston, made an
assignment, with liabilities OF $780,
600.
Illumination and parade OF 5000 Mys-
tic Shriners at Saratoga, N. Y, were
witnessed by more than 10000 per.
sons.
Negro Brown, who caused the Ev-
ansville, Ind. race riot. and was re-
moved for safety, will be returned to
Evansville
w. Il. Stevens, treasurer of the Am
erican Federation of Labor at Boise,
Idaho, is missing and his accounts are
$4,000 short.
Il. p. Whlpple, balloonlst was in.
jured mortally at Barnes. Kas., by a
fall from a balloon. His parachute
failed 20 open.
The Waldmere, at Lakewood. N. Y,
one of the principal hotels on Lake
Chautauqua, was damaged by fire.
Loss about $4,000.
Lee Brown, who precIpitated the
race riots at Evansville, was removed
to the State prison at Jeffersonville,
Ind, for safe keeping.
Chicago has passed the 100000
mark Its population is, according
to the publishers of the Chicago city
director for 1903, 2.231 900.
Count Cassni Russian ambassador
to the United States. sailed for Europe
on the Kronprinz Wilhelm from New
York for his summer vacation.
The new Scandinavian-America
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000, and
to cargo on the pier, 100000.
By the ditching of a Wabash pas
senger train near Ashley, Ind, Fire
man Richardson was killed and seven
passengers were seriously injured.
Andrew Aborn. aged 12, and Fred
erick Deckman. aged 9, died in Chica-
go as result of injuries received
while shooting firecrackers on July 4.
At the request of Receiver Smith
Lewis Nixon. of New York, has con-
sented to remain as president of the
United States Shipbullding Company.
Stranded bridegroom in New York
says he married daughter of Erie mil
lionaire secretly last December and
that they are being kept apart by her
father.
Calvin Price and Jerry Graves were
hanged at Carbondale, H., for the muir
der last February of Mrs. Nellie
Reichelderfer, teacher. Both con-
! fessed
Directors of United States Steel
Corporation held meeting at New York,
declared the usual dividends and made
| statement of operations for first half
of current year.
The Newark IN. j. authorities have
found evidences of a powerful irritant
poison in the body of the late Col. VIII.
liam j. Best, which was eXhumed at
Caldwell, N. j.
George w. Weike was appointed
receiver for the Mt. Vernon Cigar
Manufacturing Company at York, Pa.
Liabilities are estimated at $4,000;
assets. $4,000.
| William Spencer, the negro who shot
and killed Supt. Charles c. MacFar-
land, of the antl-policy society of New
York was found guilty OF murder in
the first degree.
| Gen. Cassius M. Clay was pronounc-
ed by jury at Richmond, KY, to be
of unsound mind. He will be sent to
an asylum. action being taken to pro-
tect his property.
Secretary Hay and Senators Hanna,
Fairbanks and Kearns were President s
guests at Sycamore Hill Secretary
Hay remaining over night to discuss
matters of state.
Three persons were instantly killed
and several injured, one fatally. in an
explosion at Chicago. which wrecked
a factory where caps for toy pistols
were manufactured.
William Rudolph, of Union, Mo-, ac-
cused of bank robbery at Union and
with the killing of Detective Schu-
macher, who tried to arrest him, es-
capped from Jail and has not been
caught.
A dog at Cleveland, o., belonging to
a family that has been i'll with small.