The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-06-17
LATEST NEWS NOTES.


Hanna-McCormlck wedding was sol
emnized in Cleveland, o.
Eleven people were drowned by the
flooding of East st. Louis.
Two were killed and four injured
by lightning In school near Brookville
Pa.
Witness at Jackson, KY, said he
saw Curtis Jett murder Attorney Mar
cum.
Spanish minister to United States
says his nation Is planning a new
navy.
General stock list was forced TO low.
est point Of the year In New York
June 10.
Tho budget bill was passed by the
House OF Commons of England with.
out n division.
Clara Nichols. society editor of the
chicago Tribune, was crushed to
death In an elevator.
Every postomce in the country to be
probed in connection with lnvestiga-
tion now In progress.
Secretary of the Navy Moody has
approved the plans for the three new
13,000-ton battleships.
The exchange grain elevator at
Kansas CITY. Mo-, was burned with
10000 mushels of wheat.
New York business agent of House
smiths and Brldgemen's union, was
arrested on charge of extortion.
Former President Olyphant of the
Delaware a. Hudson blamed anthracite
miners for advance in price of coal.
The grand jury in Baltimore. Md,
indicted three election officers for al
legged frauds In the late city campaign.
Joseph Brown, of Philadelphia, was
the first to be rescued from the
breakers at Atlantic City this season.
Lexington lawyers refused to help
prosecution In feud cases at Jackson,
KY, saying 1t is n useless undertake
ing.
fast mail train on the Southern
railway collided with freight near
charlotte, N. c., injurlng three postal
clerks.
The State department was advised
or the death at Cartagena. Colombia
or United States Consul John G. In
gersol.
A sharp shock of earthquake was
experienced at San Francisco. Cal.
lasting over 10 seconds. No damage
Is reported.
The tannery Of w. ID. Bryon Co., at
Williamsport. Md, was struck by
lightning and burned, causing a loss
of $500 900.
Tho hucipac, ,orlin, 80 Mo-. 7 t,t,
near Marysvllle, Ky, was burned. in
cluding the Presbyterian Church. Loss
about 100000.
James NJ. Watson. Jr.. clerk in the
Office of the auditor of the District
Of Columbia, charged with embezzle-
ment of $4,000.
French inventor who claimed to
have process for making oil out of wa
ter at one cent gallon has myster-
iously disappeared.
The Chicago and Findlay OIL Com
pany. to deYelop oil wells near Find.
lay, capital $1,OO0,000, was incorpor-
ated at Camden, n. j.
The First Baptist Church at st.
Paul, Mimi, called Rev. II. NJ. West.
Iastor of the Lehigh Avenue Baptist
Church, Philadelphia.
Arrangements have been made to
give the statue surmountlng the dome
of the capitol at Washington its Gfst
cleaning for 40 years.
A sixth alleged widow turned up
at Los Angeles. Cal, to claim the for
tune of the late much-married DR..
Ellerton w. Aldrich.
Ratification of Colombia canal treaty
would thereafter prevent secession OF
states of Panama and Cauca, through
which canal route lies.
Lewis Boln. aged 60, was killed by
his 13-year-old step-daughter at Sneed-
Vile, Tenn, while Bolin was chastis-
ing step-son. the girls brother.
Gov. w. j. Bailey, of Kansas, an
nounced that he would call special
session of the Legislature to make an
appropriation for the flood sufferers.
Arthur Flanagan. negro, was put
to death in the electric chair at Ossin-
ing, N Y. for the murder of Keeper
Hugh McGovern, while trying to es-
cape.
An order was filed in the United
States Circuit Court in Charleston,
S. c., for the sale of all the property
of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Com
pany.
James NJ Watson, Jr., a clerk In the
office of the Auditor for the District
of Columbia, was arrested on the
charge of embezzling government
funds.
Senator Platt of New York made
hurried journey to see the president
about the investigation now being
made into the affairs of the New York
city postollice.
The Amalgamated Foundrymens AS
sociation, Milwaukee. Wis, elected
Willis Brown, Of Erie, Pa. president;
and James A. Murphy. of Erie. Pa,
secretary for the foundrymens Sec
tion.
Judge Lacombe of the United States
Circuit Court decided that the anthra.
cite coal roads cannot be compelled TO
produce coal purchase contracts upon
demand of the interstate commerce
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