The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-08-18
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Burglars Who Dynamited a Post-0fiice Safe
Placed in Custody.

and robbed the postofIice at Barnes
boro, Cambria county, early Thursday
morning, were captured at Lewiston
Friday by Railroad Detective Andy
Barr, of Tyrone. Detective Barr, who
had been on their trail all night, cap
ttred them on their arrival at Lewis
ton and brought them to Tyrone. The
men refused to give their names, but
had $3.50 in money and lot of stamps
In registered envelope addressed to
Barnesboro postoffice.
The following Pennsylvania pensions
have been granted: Charles G. Simp-
son. Horton; George Ort, Allegheny:
James Elliott. Pittsburg; William M.
Walker. Allegheny; Sellec S. Scofield.
Harrison Valley: John McCune.
Johnstown; Joseph McKnox. PlttsbuIg:
Robert w. Stewart. Brownsville; Hugh
=. Lewis, Marion Center: John $. Col
gan, Hlllsdale; John Thompson, Young
wood. Robert II. Miller. Turtle Creek;
J. S. Haver. Little Cooley: Reuben Ed
gar, Hoovers Run; Daniel II. Barnett.
Clearheld; Ambrose Ball. East Hebron;
John r. Fix, Mt. Alton; Schor Bennett,
Everett; Riley Linn, Purcell; John j.
Ryan, Jones Mills; Jacob Klett, Phil
ipsburg: Emanuel j. Seese. Felix; An
ma M. Polster. Allegheny; Sarah Charl-
ton, NIneveh. George w. Land. Oak
1ale; Peter Kiper. Conemaugh; Frank
T.. Cunningham. New Castle: Robert J.
Boggs, Avalon; John Reese. Johns
town; Elijah w. Martin, Natrona; Jos.
II. Conroy, Frankstown Henry Hol-
den. Erie: Eli Schreckengost. Saeger-
town; Andrew J. Reese. Peney; Jonn
=. Schumacher. Custards; Henry u.
Elough, Johnstown; Nathaniel X.
Lightner, Holbrook; Jacob A. Penning-
ton, Homestead: John w. Elwood, Coal
Center: Mary Il. Boak, Beaver; Julia
Stein. oil city: William II. Huff. Will
liam Jeremiah, McKees Rocks; Benja-
min +. Campbell. Jacob Conrad, Sr..
Pittsburg; Alfred Wood, Lyona; Syl-
vester A. English. Benezette; Jacobs
Rollison, Riverview: Samuel Car
michael, Boucher; James Pence. Bradys
Bend; johnson Clearwater. Beaver:
Charles c. l.. Browne. Allegheny City:
Randolph Hanes, Hollidaysburg: Shan
non McFadden. Munderf; Susan NJ.
Delcamp. Coryland; Charles WEBSTER.
Manor station; Charles II. Hart. Pitts
burg; Clark Randall, Union City; Will
liam J. Gil. Jackson Center; George
Swisher, Phillipsburg; Wallis Rogers.
Johnstown; Agnes Karns Jenners:
minors of Robert Mccartney, Clarks
Mills; Mary Dougherty, Indiana; Lydia
A. Benton. Hollidaysburg; Harrison
Mong, Sugar Creek; Alexander NJ. Bor-
land Butler: Jackson Noble Tdioute;
George l.. Woolsey, West Terry.
Four tannery employees at Falls
Creek, two miles from Du Bois. have
recently died from poisoning, and sew
! eral others are in a serious condition.
Recently n large consignment of hides
was received from China, and 1t has
been discovered that the skins are in
fccted with the anthrax germs. which
were communicated to the men, caus-
! ing death in from five to eight days.
In two cases it affected the lungs in u
manner resembling pneumonia, and in
! two others the stomach. Both forms
were fatal. oliver Blair was infected
| through a small scratch on his arm,
and Is In a critical condition Eighteen
head of cattle have died from drink
ing from n stream into which liquor in
which the hides were tanned was
| drained. The state Board of Health
has been notified and will make an in
vestigation.
The 7-year-old son OF Mrs. George
Ruthman, of Beaver Falls. inserted a
| bicycle pump into the mouth of year
| old baby recently and was filling IL
with wind when discovered by the
| mother The infant was unconscious
and its little stomach was inflated like
a balloon. Consciousness was restored
after several hours of hard work.
The 13-year-old son of II. IT. Barring.
| of Beringer, Indiana county, was killed
by colliding with another boy while
playing prisoners base. His neck was
| broken.
| Three miles from Blairsvlle the
family of Mcclellan Colemans had
gone to a funeral, and a Miss Ella
| Alexander and a hired man remained
at home, the latter in the cellar grind
| ing an ak. Suddenly the telephone
rang, and the young lady answered it,
! The next moment lightning struck,
| coming through the phone, passing
through her body, tearing her shoes
off and passing off through the floor.
The hired man, hearing the thud, went
up and found the lifeless body.
! The Allegheny county delegates to
the Democratic State Convention met
last week and adopted resolutions
! condemning the late legislature for
attempted steals: reafiirming the prn-
ciples of the National Democratic par
ty and the platform adopted at Chi
gifted Spartan leader, w. J. Bryan"
A resolution was also passed denounc-
| ing the government by injunction.
Annie Cole, domestic, fell from the
| second story window of the Altamonte
| Hotel, at Altoona, the other day, and
miraculously escaped uninjured, after
\ turning a complete somersault. She
was engaged in cleaning a window
| and fell backward. She caught
| large electric light wire and hung for
several seconds before dropping thirty
feet. She landed on her feet and
| tainted.
A peculiar case Of safe dynamitlnG
was discovered at Janesville the other
| night. "a hours after the deed was
committed. James Correll, an Italian
track walker, found an iron box con-
tanning Pennsylvania railroad bonds
and other stock, amounting to $4,000,
in favor Of the GAINESVILLE lodge of Odd
Fellows. 1t was found that the safe
had been blown open.
Calvin Neff, a well-known citizen of
Tyrone. met a tragic death while at
tending the funeral Of William Speaker
at Alexandria recently. He was one OF
a small group that surrounded the open
grave. After vivid flash OF lightning
he threw up his hands and fell dead,
almost rolling into the grave The
mourners We're horror stricken.
The Mercer Grand Army post re-
ceived two cannons from the War De-
partment. They are 32-pounders and
were built in 1863. Forty-fve balls ac.
companied each cannon. They will
occupied a prominent position at the
side of the handsome monument to be
erected in memory Of the old soldiers