The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-03-18
CABLE FLASHES.

After a series of sldrmishes between
tho government troops and the La
drones in Rial province. Philippine
Islands, the Ladrones have been badly
scattered. Many of their leaders were
captured.
The distress in Dalmatia is so Sc
we're that the people are reported to
be subsisting on the bark of trees and
on wild herbs. A committee has been
formed in Vienna. Austria. to raise
funds for relief of the sufferers.
Prof. Barula, the zoolosist of the
Baron Toll expedition. who left the
expeditions yacht Saria in May with
three others to engage in scientific re-
search in New Siberia, has arrived at
Irkutsk, city of Eastern Siberia, Rus
sia.
Owing to the extreme scarcity of
bananas, the United Fruit Company
has decided to alternate their Jamai-
can service with Port Limon, Costa
Rico, their steamers thus leaving ia
maica and Port Limon every fort
night.
The annual report of the Hamburg
American Steamship Company of Ger
many shows the net profits to have
been s4,039, 900. against S4,S3S, $50 for
1901. A dividend of Az per cent was
declared against per cent in the pre-
vious year.
Society at Madrid, Spain, deeply re-
grets the approaching departure of the
secretary of the American legation
with Mrs. Sickles, for his new post
in Brussels. Both have been extreme
ly popular socially at Madrid and San
Sebastian.
A commission In Russia under the
presidency of Minister of the Interior
Won Plehwe, has already commenced
to work on formulating a method for
carrying out the reforms in provincial
administration as commanded In the
czar's recent decree.
All the weavers of lace curtains In
| Saxony, have formed a combination to
regulate tho prices of production for
three years. The mills sell largely to
the United States and 1t is expected
that prices will advance and thereby
affect export orders.
The first court of the season was
held at Buckingham palace, London,
| England. II was a brilliant function
and, curiously was the first since the
accession of Edward VII. that was not
spoiled by rain. over 900 persons as
sembled in the throne room.
There is possibility that the nego-
tiations for the purchase of the friar
lands in the Philippine islands by the
| government may fail, because of the
excessive prices asked by the relig-
ious orders and commercial corpora
tions interested with the orders.
Yuan-Shi-Kai, the governor of Chi
II province, China, having been In
formed that the Boxer organization
was resuming activity In the province,
sent out troops, who dispersed the
Boxers after dozen of them and sew
eral soldiers had been killed.
The reichstag, Germany, appropria-
ton committee is continuing its poll
cy of retrenchment II struck out
s1,500,0 900 which the admiralty wanted
for the purchase of site for the new
navy department building making $3,-
1sS,750 stricken out of the naval bud
get alone.
Tho reciprocity treaty with the
United States was approved by the
Senate of Cuba by vote of 16 to s.
Senator Bustamento, who closed the
debate. said Il vote for the treaty
with the conviction that we are rem
deripg a patriotic duty to Cuba, even
If tno treaty is not approved by the
United States Senate"
The Colombian government has
granted permission to British mining
company to build railroad 20 miles
long. from Cana. where the Espiritu
Santo mines are located. to the river
Guira. This road will traverse the
richest auriferous lands Of the isthmus.