The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-10-21
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Fatal Trolley Car Accident at a Railroad
Crossing at Hasleton.

Three men were fatally and n score OF
others more or less seriously injured In n
trolley accident at the IIazleton crossing Of
the Delaware, susquehanna and schuylklll
Railroad and the Lehlgh traction line. The
dead are: Jefferson Klrschner, OF Hazleton,
q telegraph operator; William Stapleton OF
Milton. u telegraph operator; David John
Williams, OF Plymouth. Patrick Dowd, n
trolley conductor, and Morris Ferrey boy,
are at the hospital unconscious, and are not
expected to live Both have fractured skulls
and are injured internally.
The Ministerial association OF Grove City
has bccn organized. composed OF the follow
ing; Rev. W. J. McConkey.D u. d., OF the Pres
byterian church; Rev. Isaac q. Keller. ID. d.,
president OF Grove City college; Rev. J. A.
Parsons. of the Methodist church, Rev. w.
q. Martin, OF the United Presbyterian
church, and Rev. George T.. Limbert, OF the
German Reform church. All ministers OF
Grove City and vicinity will be- invited to
Join. DIR. Keller is president and Rev. Mr..
Limbert secretary and treasurer.
The Nicopole- NIaripolo Mining and Met.
allurgical company, whose prospective works
will be located at MaripOle, Russia, has ord
cred from the New Castle engineering works
two Open-hearth steel furnaces and 10 gas
producers. The plant has been started on
double turn TO MI the order. IL Is tho first
plant In this country.
Sigmund Shope, the murderer OF Railway
Conductor John King, was sentenced at
Hollidaysburg to seven years In the Western
penitcntiary. Henry Gllken, OF Allegheny
county. was given six years, and William
Cornelius, highway robber, three years In
the same institution.
New Castle was again raided by burglars
Sunday night. q. u. lngham lost gold
watch worth 1900. William Fleming $50 In
money and valuable jewelry, James Kaufman
articles Of some value and Frank Wander.
grill considerable sum.
Dudley Taylor, cook at tho Carver house,
Sharon, was robbed of part OF his clothes
He suspected one Of the slack wire perform
ers, Jap, whose trunk was searched at
Barnum Il Bailey's dressing room, and the
clothes recovered.
Mrs. Menry Gundy died at New Bedford
from starvation. Her husband died about a
year ago, and she then tried to kill herself
hut was prevented. About month ago she
refused to take food and persisted In this
until she died.
Residents OF West Brownsville are clrcu-
lating u petition TO Congress for an appro-
priation OF SIC, 900 to be used In saving the
house In which james q. Blaine was born.
The house is now SC decayed that a portion
has fallen.
chnrter mas peen applied Tor Tor the
Valley Electric Heat and Power Company, to
furnish Beaver Falls and neighboring towns
with electricity for all purposes. Water
power will be used.
Safe crackers again visited the office Of w.
ii. Stewart a Sons -four mill, at Claysville,
Sunday night, and secured good sum oil
money. They were pursued but escaped.
The four large cannon, donated to The O..
A. H. post at Ligonier, and the cannon balls
accompanying, have arrived from .he Bos-
ton navy yard and are being put in place.
Mrs. Amanda johnson, the demented
woman who ran away from q New Castle
hospital last week, has not yet been found.
The Brook Iron Company at Birdsboro,
which has been idle since last September,
started up Monday employing 250 men.
Thomas Cope, formerly of the South Side,
Pittsburg, was arrested at Monongahela, ac-
cused by his wife OF non-support.
The house OF Scott Franks, at Ferguson
station was robbed OF large quantity OF
clothing and household goods.
Officers raided house at Beaver Falls
and found stolen articles. Fred Myers and
John Martin were arrested.
Gordon Sweet, aged 7, while playing near
Williamsport ON the bank OF Tim Grays run,
fell In and was drowned.
The white people OF Carroll county, Miss.
the home OF Senator Mooney, profess to be
terribly excited over an alleged plot OF the
negroes to massacre them and burn their
homes