The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-15
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
BURNED TO A CRISP.
Can Of Turpentine Expiodes and Fatally Injur.s
A chld-Two Others May Die
From Their Burns.

| day, when the fluid exploded and the
! burning contents were scattered over
| Mrs. Laudenslager her child and over
| Jessie Brownee. n sister of Mrs. Laud
! ensager. The child was burned to
crisp, and Mrs. Laudenslager and Miss
| Brownlee were terribly burned. The
| father himself sustained serious body
and facial burns while attempting to
squelch the flames.
The following pensions were issued
| last week: Jacob Lonerbaugh, dead,
| Harmarvllle. Allegheny. So; stephen
Mellott, Lashley. Fulton, s1s TO S1I:
Richard X. Hill. Salisbury, Indiana, sS
| To sl2; Jacob Crawford, Emerson, Bed
| ford, Si4 to Si7; Amasa Clark, Jr., Lit
tie Marsha. Tioga, si2 to si7; George J.
Burd Towanda, si4 to slI; Henry
Brant, Latrobe, sS to St2; Emanuel
Noel, Beaver Springs. s1i to sI7; Thorn
J as u. Gallatin, Beaver Falls, $40 to $i7;
/ John II. Casner, Point Royal, Juniata,
| Sli to Sl7: Thomas Cowan, Taylors-
burg, Clarion, SIG to si7 Liberty Estes,
Arbuckle, Erie, $40 TO sli; John Meder,
| New Castle, SO to $40; Sarah II. Shiv-
ers, Vandergrift, So; Rachel G. Har-
yey, Indiana, SS; Catharine Ait, Erie,
| IS; Jessie -. Sergeant. Meadvllle $12;
Rachel r.. Heetr. Three Springs. Hunt
| ingdon, sS: Hiram Rice, Waterford.
| Erie. Sc; John NJ. Weston, Fsmicksburg.
Sc: Louis Laboult. Derrick City. Nc
| Kean. Sc: George @. Cutman, Austin-
burg. Tioga, SO to s12: Levi Wells,
| Springtree. Bradford. $40 TO $40; Vim.
II. Cornell. Altoona, Sc: Martin Knittel,
| Pttsburg, si2; r. Wilson Brizzy, Mon
roeton, s2i; Richard Benjamin. Liber-
ty Corners, s24; Washington Campbell,
Cross Fork. sl7 John Montgomery.
Punxsutawney. So; Jacob Smith, Eld-
| erton, Sl4; Nimrod n. Hofford, Pitts
| burg. IS; John w. Lytle. Coalmont. St7;
| Solon J. Saxton, Granville Center, si2;
George NJ. Marks, Port Matilda, SO;
| ELI NJ. Parsons, Towanda, S1i; William
| Underwood, Armagh. Indiana, $40 to
Sl2; John NJ. Leasure, West Middlesex.
| S12 to Sl7; William II. Moore McAllis-
| tervllle, Juniata, $40 to s12; Elisha Ben
nett, Johnstown, SO to sS: Henry Arm
strong. Tatesvile, Bedford, s12 TO si7;
| George johnson, Strattonville, Clarion,
SIG to s17; Joel r. Painter, McKeesport,
| 10 to sS; Charles A. Wunderlich, AL
| toona, so to IS; Adam Shaffer Mishler,
Somerset, IS to sl7; James l.. Bletxhen,
| Erie. 50 TO So: minor of Augustus Ray
mon, Huntington. $40: Mary A. Jaqu-
| ish. Camp, Tloga Sl2.
Abraham Riggle. aged over 10 years.
| n wealthy and prominent farmer OF
| West Bethlehem township, Washing
| ton county committed suicide Monday
| by hanging himself in COW stable
with rope halter. His wife discovered
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alive and apparently in great agony.
| Mrs. Riggle had her 2-months-old babe
| In her arms and ran at once to the
| nearest neighbor, nearly a quarter OF
mile away. She fell exhausted before
reaching the place. but was discovered
! by one of the neighbors, TO whom she
| told of the suicide.
| Rescued from a vat containing caus-
| tic soda into which he had fallen, Ste
| phcn A. Bickham, head bookkeeper at
the Aberfoyle Mills at Chester, was
saved by being plunged into a second
| vat fun Of acid which neutraliZed the
effects Of the caustic soda. Before this
| could be done, however, Mr.. Bickham's
| clothing had to be cut from his body.
The accident happened in the mercur-
| izing department.
As the result of an explosion of gaso-
| line at the honI of Rev. William Tay-
| lor. of Mt Jackson last week, Mrs.
! Taylor, Mrs. Minerva Mack, James
| Patterson and John Minger were seri-
| ously burned. The first three had their
eyes so badly injured that they cannot
| see. The force OF the explosion blew
the door Of the kitchen off its hinges
and shattered the north wall of the
house.
| Judge Clayton. of Media, last week
sent Abram b. Harris. colored, to Jail
| on a ten years sentence, after his con-
viction on the charge of aggravated
assault and battery. with intent to kill.
| With n monkey wrench, Harris, last
| January, struck fellow workman
named Roby on the head, at Johnson's
| quarries. Wayne. The blow was dealt
from behind and Roby's skull was frac-
| tured.
Last Friday the way passenger
train, westbound, ran into the rear end
| of freight train at Allegrippus, six
miles west OF Altoona and just west OF
the Horseshoe bend. John Tarr, aged
40. engineer of the first engine hauling
| the passenger train, and George Keim,
| aged rs, his fireman. were killed.
General orders were issued the other
day from the headquarters OF the Nat
ional Guard of Pennsylvania announce
ing that Captain John Frederick Aus
tin, OF Company A, Sixteenth regiment,
and First Lieutenant James Turner,
| Jr., of the same company, have been
placed on the roll of retired officers.
Harry Shanafelt, of Flatwoods, ar
rested on a charge of raising a 81 note
| to $40. and trying TO pass 1t at an Ev-
| erson saloon, was allowed to go to the
fire In the Jail corridor to dry his cloth
ing. He deliberately set the floor on
fire beside the stove and then made his
escape through the burning floor.
Harry Kintzer, prosperous farmer,
| aged 35 years, living near Womels-
dorff is said to have eloped with Miss
Beidler, daughter of a neighbor. and
their whereabouts is unknown. When
Mrs Kintzer learned the news she
took dose of paris green and died
| within a few minutes.
Aloysius Hillenbrand, a foreman on
the Cambria rolls at Johnstown was
drawn through a pair of rolls. caused
by his clothing catching. His wounds
| are frightful. Both knees are dslo-
Gated, many of his ribs We're fractured
and his head was scalped in horrible
| manner.
Mrs. Jacob Walters died at Clays-
burg a few days ago, aged 10i years
| Three children average 70 years OF
| age. Mrs. Walters was never more
than 20 miles away from where she
| died. Six great-great-grandchi
acted as pall-bearers.
Relatives OF Mary Myers. who died
| at New Castle about two weeks ago,
discovered over $500 In money con-
cealed about the premises. $4,000 in cur
rency and the balance in gold and
| silver coins.
Josephine wyner. OF Canons.ars
has been Informed OF the death CT her
grandfather In Austria, and that she is