The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-01
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Two Farmsrs Attempt 10 Cross a Railroad
Track and Are Instantly Killed
Leave Large Families.

denly Friday night at Windsor cross
Ing on the Erie railroad six miles from
Susquehanna. Returning from Sus-
quehanna, they were on the crossing
when their wagon was struck by
train. Both men were hurled into the
air and instantly killed. The horses
were also killed and the wagon wreck
ed. O'Rourke leaves a wife and eight
children, Creegan wife and six chill
dren.
The following pensions were granted
last week: William II. Beigle, Sandy
Ridge, sS; Baptist II. Scott. shady
Plain, SO; Andrew J. Smith, Pine
Ridge. ss to sl4; Oliver w. Van Valin.
Johnsonburg, SO to $40; George $. Wall
ker, Elkland SO to S.: Samuel Todd,
Youghlogheny, So to s.; Margaret o.
Pyle. Franklin, SS Christina Stein
book, Allegheny, So; Mary Graham.
Braddock, S.; Elizabeth Weaver, Khe-
dive, SS Catharine Shearer, Hunting
ton, IS, Virginia, II. Mccoy, Pittsburg,
81; Joseph Randall, Soldiers Home,
Erie, So; Alexander Woods, Union
town, SO; George w. Burnett, Sharon,
So; Samuel NJ. Henderson, New city,
So; Newton II. Phillips, Carnegie, 81;
George Fry Soldiers Home, Erie, 80
TO $40; Oliver X. Simpson. Florence,
graw, Clearheld, $40 to s12; Adam
Kunkle. Monaco, Beaver, IS to $40;
Samuel Sidbottom, Connellsville, $2f to
$780, Silas II. Little, Saxton, SO to IS; j.
ii. wilt, Ballitzen, SO to $12; Jacob NJ.
Conrad, Silverly, ss to $40; James Sim
ons, Pittsburgh, IS; Louisa NJ. Eisch-
lager Clarion, 49, Elizabeth Kelly, Nc
NELL, Huntington, IS; Sarah J. Lydick.
Utah, 81; Annie Cooper, Allegheny, $8;
William +. Hufty, Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home, Erie, s6 William Mckay,
Penheld, IS to $40; Isaac Howard, Lam
der, SO to $50: Thomas NJ. Myers, Eb-
ensburg, sS to s12; Joseph Martin, Ir-
win. $s to tl2; Samuel Rowen, Nor
manville, SO to IS; Thompson McEl-
fresh, Milligantown, So to $12.
The Butler accommodation train on
the Pttsburg & Western railroad ran
into freight train at Undercliff, Pa,
a few days ago. Four tralnmen were
seriously injured. Their names: Will
lam McChristian, baggagemaster; Will
liam Shrlver, engineer; William
French. conductor; S. NJ. Mitchell, fire.
man. The two first named are injured
internally and may die. Both engines
were badly damaged and a number of
freight cars We're demolished. The ac-
cldent was due to the heavy fog and
misunderstanding of signals.
Mrs. Lucinda Dorcey, the oldest col
ored woman In Fayette county, and a
fortune teller whose oracles were
all parts of the county, died last week
In her 96th year. She had a wonderful
command of beautiful and strange
language, which she used with effect.
oftentlmes developing cllmaXes In her
readings which We're startling. She
had a good memory and keen in
sight, as many learned who attempted
to fool her.
President Crawford OF Allegheny
College, announced recently that Mrs.
Mary Newton, of Batavia. ILL.,. had
presented money for an observatory
building. The gift is in honor of her
husband, Captain ID. c. Newton. a
former student. The building will be
OF stone and Will cost about $4,000.
and Will be known as Newton Obser-
vatory. The college has an excellent
~ Inch Clark telescope and other OBJ
servatory equipment.
Train No. s, fast mail, went into an
open switch at Morgandale a few days
ago and crashed into loaded box car.
Two women were injured. one un-
known and the other Miss Isolene
Smith of Salisbury, Pa, who had an
ankle badly sprained. Negligence on
the part of railway employe in leav-
Ing the switch open caused the acci-
dent.
w. II. Schank, who owns n stone
tie, received injuries the other morning
that will more than likely cause his
death. He was working in the quarry
when the derrick fell. and one OF the
beams struck him on the head, crush
ing his skull. Several pieces of bone
have been removed and the skull has
been trepanned. He is e6 years old and
single.
Daniel Stambaugh. the Oldest child
OF Philip Stambaugh. who was acci-
dentally killed near Washington, re-
| Gently. died Thursday of diphtheria,
after n short Illness. John Williams,
father of Mrs. Stambaugh. who has
been i'll for some time, is again report
ed seriously sick, the result of the call
antilles which have befallen his daugh-
ter's family.
Death has claimed another follower
of the faith cure" cult. Mrs. Lizzie
Barnes, wife of Emmet Barnes, OF
Bridgewater, was taken III with ty-
| phoid pneumonia four weeks ago, but
would not allow a physician to be
called until three days before her
death, when II was too late to do any
| good.
At a meeting OF the Beaver Falls
Library Association last week. a COM
mittee was appointed to make a draft
of the charter and submit II to Andrew
Carnegie for his approval. a consti-
tuition ana bylaws were adopted, and
1t was decided to make the membership
| of the association unlimited.
George Daily of Altoona, a brakeman
on the Pennsylvania railroad. was
| killed at Huntington by being run over
| by his own train. He attempted 70
| board the train, slipped, and fell under
| the wheels, An arm was cut off and
his head crushed. He leaves a wife
and three children.
Word has been received by relatives
| of Rev. and Mrs. f.. III, Lee. who left
| Vienna. near Sharon about a month
ago for India. of the death of their five
children by an earthquake at Calcutta
| Rev. Mr.. Lee and wife are missionarle.
and their children were attendinl
school when killed.
! Charles p Kerr, a member OF Com
| pany ID. Tenth regiment, accidentally
| shot himself through the heart at Con
nellsville. He was 21 years of age
and before the Spanish war broke GU
was student in the University o
West Virginia.
Alexander Erhart. coal miner. wal
| jailed at Somerset. Thursday night
charged with the murder OF Augustu,
| Glessner at Berlin.
Gov. Stone has appointed John Full
ton of Johnstown a member OF tn
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