The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-02-10
TELEoRApHic eRsvITIEs.

] winter Wneat SOld Tor VI Dusnel III
Chicago.
The HarwiclS mine relief fund has
reached $1,000.
Cotton and coffee prices continued to
decline in New York
a gale blowing 90 miles an hour
wrecked number of buildings at
Pierce station. Col
Burnett Y. Tiffany testified in New
York that Il requires 100000 year for
millionaire to live.
September futures in the Now York
Coffee Exchange sold al Q cents, the
highest price for several years.
John ID. Rockefeller has rendered
his resignation as a director of the
United states steel Corporation.
Col. ]. r. Gibson. who commanded
n Virginia regiment In the John Brown
raid, died at Charlestown, w. Va
Photographic records of the voices
of great men will he kept at Harvard
University and in Washington, d. c.
/ Abraham NJ. Bank. New York cot
ton broker. committed suicide. Bust.
ness reverses are attributed as the
cause.
Four million dollars of American
capital Is invested in an electric street
railway system about to be constructed
in Manila.
The price of July cotton reached
/ 1855 cents in New York and is cents
in New Orleans, the highest price
since 1874.
James Smith, alleged counterf2lter,
arrested with his son and another man
at Greenpoint, l.. l., was said to be
worth 100000.
The amendment providing for an
additional loan to the st. Louis Ex-
position has met strong opposition in
the Senate.
Rev" +. w. Sanford, head OF the
Holy Ghost and Us Society" was con-
victed at Auburn, Maine, of cruelty
to his little son.
At his own request Senator Dietrich
| (Rep., Neb) had n committe appoint
ed to investigate charges recently
made against him.
Counsel for the Bechtel family made
complaint in court at Allentown, Pa,
accusing District Attorney i. j..
I
Penn Cooper, an engineer, was kill
ed and seven other persons were in
/ iured in a collision on the Delaware
railroad, near Wilmington. Del.
Minister Squires asked President
/ Palma, of Cuba. for the punishment
of Cienfuegos roiters who threw mud
on the United States escutcheon.
The post of commander-in-chief of
the British Army, now held by Lord
Roberts, will be abolished and other
radical reforms in army adminlstra-
| ticn introduced.
In fight at Wilton, KY. Deputy
Sheriff Helton shot and killed David
and Thomas Fletcher and wounded n
man. named Block while attempting
to serve a warrant.
George A. Rose. cashier of the
Cleveland Produce EXchange Bank.
who ombezzled S1S7 ,OO0 of the bank
| funds, was sentenced to 10 years in
the peni;entiary.
Finding she was insane when the
deed was committed, a Kansas City
/ (Mo.,) jury acquitted Mrs. Lulu rrince
Kennedy Kramer of charge of
d
The Supreme Court of Minnesota
quashed the indictment against ex
Mayor A. A. Ames, of Minneapolis, on
which he was convicted of receiving
money illegally while Mayor,
Grant c. Gillette, the former cattle
plunger, who fed to Mexico, three
| years ago, has made a definite move
to settle with his creditors. whom he
owes an aggregate sum estimated at
81 ,500,0 900.
Rear Admiral Evans writes that
desertions in his command have been
reduced to a minimum. He says the
worst drawback to discipline has been
the excessive use of alcoholic drinks
Admiral Evans recommends the
establishment of canteens in the navy.
Five students, whose names are with
held, have been expelled from Prince
ton university on a charge of cheat.
I ing in examinations, and two town
men have been arrested in connect
ion with the matter.
The Montana Supreme Court re-
versed the decision of Judge Clancy.
in Butte, in the injunction suit of John
McGinnis against the Boston and Mon
tana Company, which caused the shut
down of all the Amalgamated proper.
/ ties last summer.
Brooding over political criticism.
| County Auditor John II. Miller, COM
mitted suicide at Chillicothe, o. He
was recorder of the Chillicothe
knights Templar for many years, and
was formerly manager for the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
The war department has announced
that by the latter part Of next summer
or early fall there will be enough new
Springfield rifles on hand to equip the
entire amy and that this will be done
as quickly as possible.
Miss Mamie Bryan. sister of William
Jennings Bryan, died at Lincoln, Neb.,
Saturday Her brother was on his
way from Chicago and had been
making race against time ever since
he left the east in order to reach his
sisters bed side before the end came,
but was too late.