The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1897-04-28
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
BURNED IS HOUSES.
Fire Makes Thirty Families Homeless in
Potterville.

about 30 families homeless destroyed %
houses belonging to the Carnegie steel Com
pany limited, and II IL thought burned
child to death. The fire started mt about
2;3O O'Clock In the afternoon and ragged so
nercely that for "A time 1t was feared that the
wholo village would go. The houses Of Pot
terville are light frame structures, and the
fire spread rapidly. The men of the steel
works, with the fire outfits Of their depart
ments, and the four fire companies turned
ont. In little while 25 houses were burn
ing, and 1t looked as If the town would 20.
Over 900 persons vacated their homes and
carried their goods into the streets. Thieves
soon appeared and stole what valuables they
could get hold Of.
An extensive plate gasa factory will be
built NJ Walton Station, on the Pennsylvania
railroad. The transfer Of seventeen acres of
land has been made from the Walton estate
To the new company. Contracts have been
let for the buildings, which will be OF steel
and iron, llre-proof construction, and the
work will begin on them at once. The con-
tract calls Tor the completion OF the steel
frame within sixty days and the improve
ment will necessitate an expenditure of
100000 The company mt the head of the
move is composed of wealthy men, and prin-
cipally of practical glass men. Mr. Sculy
son-in-law OF the late Joseph Walton, Is see
retary of the company, and Mr.. Watson, Of
pittsburg. well-known In tho glass business,
Ia prominently identified with 1t. 1t Is in
tepdcd to utilize n new process Of plate glass
making recently invented by George Marsh
Of Sandusky o. The concern will employ at
least 1876 men from the start, and Is expected
to grow rapidly.
burglars broke into Cambria comfy court
house and made n bad wreck Of the Prothon-
otary's office. They gained entrance at
window Mt the rear OF the building. After
getting in they broke Off the knob of the
combination lock that was Oh the big iron
saFI al.s1.r V.ln .s.aI 1luuN -
powder between the outer and inner doors.
The explosion that followed awakened u
number of people in the neighborhood but
no one knew from what direction the sound
came. Many drawers were gone over until
the the thieves finally came across the cHsh
drawer which contained about Sl00, which
they took. Judgment note for & 900 ana
money order for small amount were lald
aside. IN investigation developed the fact
that no court records were disturbed. De-
tectives were placed on the trail The total
loss will probably be about 1850. Suspicion
points strongly to n well-known character,
but nothing definite is known.
There will be an extension of the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad from Richmond to the
Tuscarora tunnel and West Bedford coal
region. From Newville the branch line will
run over the old South Pennsylvania route,
and connect with an extension OF the Cum
berland Valley In Path valley. The South
Pennsylvania tunnels will be put III shape
lot TuUIluE lTHchS anu IhilS Will w lHl'l
there during the next few months. All plans
ior the lengthening Of the Cumberland Val
ley are finished, and speedy completion OF
the rond is anticipated. The new entension
will give to the road large amount OF
freight traffic.
The Connellsvlle Coke Company has com.
pleted fifty coke ovens at Cans Station, IN
Sprnghill township, and ns soon as the tip
pies are done IL will be known what KIND of
coke the big field of coal in Southern Fnyette
county will make. THIS coal has been con-
demned ns not suitable for high grade coke,
but the people composing the Connellsyille
Coke Company tested the coal before going
into the matter and the analysis was satisfHc-
tory enough to cause them to purchase al
most 1000 acres of the coal land 1t IL their
purpose To at once increase the size OF their
plant by the addition of several hundred
more ovens.
The Central Iron and steel Company Of
Harrisburg was Incorporated by the state
department. The company is capitalized at
sl,000,O00. The incorporators are; James
Mccormick, Henry B. Mccormick, james NJ.
Cameron, Charles l.. Bailey, Edward Bailey
and Gilbert NJ. McCauley, Of Harrisburg;
William II. Wallace, Brooklyn, n. y, and j..
Frederick kernochan. OF New York. the Pax
ton Iron and Steel Company OF Harrisburg,
the Central iron works and Charles J.. Bailey
A Go.
Bradford parties have leased large tract
west Of Greenyiile, and the drill was started.
several years ago a test well was put down
on Race street resulting in u light flow of oil
and n fair pressure OF gas, which holds out
at the present time Oil operators are GER
tain that there Is "A streak OF oil or gas near
this city, and will make thorough test for
1t. Several hundred acres OF land have been
leased on Big Run, and will be tested soon.
The Le!senring, New Haven and Connes.
Vile Street Hallway is to be- extended by II
side line to Vanderbilt. The junction will be-
in the vicinity OF Leisenring No. /, and the
new line will be about three miles long.
meeting Of the directors will be held soon to
decide on a route which In any eyont must
pass through the coal lands of the IL. q.
Frick Coke Company and the W. j. Rainey.
Frank Harrington. W. c. White, Thomas
Roach and James Bradley, accused OF the re-
cent robberies OF the Mount Union, Birming-
ham and Warriors Mark railroad stations,
were held by Magistrate Patton for court A
gold watch and burglars implements were
found on their persons when arrested. They
are believed TO be the leaders OF a gang OF
thieves operating in Central Pennsylvania.
William Neubig painter, was instantly
killed at Rochester while painting on Saml.
MOuld's residence. by coming In contact
with u live electric light WIRE He was g
years old and leaves wife and one child
He was prominent in Number OF secret or.
ders, and at the time OF his death was Chan.
ccuOI SuiuHuuucI VI luo hOcueSttE I.OuBt
No. 274, X. OF +.
The wreckage at Hyndman. where 20 ears
were derailed and thrown over an embank-
ment and piled up on the tracks of the B. a
o. has been cleared away. II was said n
the time OF the wreck that eight boys wer,
under the debris. 1t now turns out that tn,
boys were under the wreck and two OF them
were killed They were Frederick and John
Conrad, OF Ohiopyle.
The five new coke ovens just completed a
Cans, IN Spring Hill township, by the Con
neilsville Coke Company, were fired Thi
marks the beginning OF coking in the Sprini
Hill field. which has long been matter o
conjuncture in regard to value as cokinl
qualities. The coke will be shipped to Val,
ley furnaces.
Ex-County Treasurer W. II. Graham, O
Mercer county, who is In Mexico, has beer
charged before the grand jury with embezzle
ment 81, 1853 o.
Judge Harry White has authorized the
commissioners OF Indiana county TO issue
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