The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-08-01
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
New G'ass Works for ki,tannins- 60 Preserve
Historic Cabin In Fayciic County.
Eunco Gsmo Workct.


lnson, ST. John Bolinger. Latrobe, SI2;
William Yoder, Mattawana. $40; Will
lam K. McComb, London. $40: Emanuel
Evans, New Brighton, So; Frank Sax
ton, Granville Center, SI7; William Barr,
Beaver Falls, so; Cecilia knipple, Scott
dale, $I2; Marie Kuehne. mother, Ale
ghcny, Sic.
The new plate glass works will be
erected at Ncaleton, suburb OF Kittan-
ming. Those in the company are V.
Ncubcrt, banker; Rev. Robert Barnes, |
principal Of Kiitanning academy; J. A.
Gault, merchant; Heilman Bros, and
other prominent business men of this
place. Robert Naysmieh who has re-
signed his position in the Pittsburg
plate glass works, will be general man
ager
a. p. Sharp has entered suit against
John 7. Lcvan, president OF the Al
toona Second National bank. to recoeerv
SIo54o. The suit is an echo OF the foot
ing OF the bank by Cashier Gardner.
James Sharp. father OF the prosecutor,
owned 62 shares in the bank, which
were bequeathed to his son. Sharp al
leges that he was frozen out in the re-
organization OF the bank
The sumner Bible school of Grove
City College opened Thursday night,
nearly 1000 persons attending. Rev.
| X. A. Torrey. ID. D., OF the Bible In
stitute, Chicago, delivered the opening
lecture, while the praise and prayer SER
vice was conducted by Rev. J. A. Par
sons, ID. D., OF New Castle assisted by
local ministers.
The new ice company being formed at
! Altoona to oppose the trust reports thal
$4,000 worth OF stock has been sold
During the past five weeks Postof6ce
Inspector Stone, of Altoona, has ar
rested three persons in Bedford county,
charged with sending obscene indN
anonymous matter through the mails.
500 Nee, the alleged leprous ChncseT
laundryman OF Olyphant, Monday, pack
ed up and left for Boston, where he has
wealthy brother The borough au-
| thorities made no effort to restrain him.
Three reputable physicians have de-
clarcd the Chinaman a leper, but Health
| Officer Teraus contends that KEGS COM
| plant is nothing more than eczema.
Charles Tine and Edward Spanglcr,
colored employees OF the American Coke
| Company, Uniontown. fought with pis-
tolls Tuesday night at the Edenborn
works Of the company. Tine was shot
to death and Spang'er and another man
injured. The trouble arose over crap
game. Spangler escaped and cannot be
| located.
At Pittsburg Saturday, Washington
| people who own a gas plant at Marion,
Ind. sold out TO a new corporation
known as the Marion Gas Co. The priccl
paid was 100000. Twelve years agoI
the Washington capitalists bought the
plant for 100000. The transfer made
includes leases on 5000 acres OF land,
about 90 OF pipe and gas plant.
Samuel p. Langdon. of Philadelphia,
president OF the Pittsburg, Johnstown,
Ebensburg & Eastern Railroad Com
pany, was rolled down a rocky embank-
ment 90 feet by the wreckng OF hand7I
car on which he had taken passage from
! Wopsononock to Altoona Monday evenl
ing. He was badly cut and bruised nl
descending the rocky slope
A jail delivery occurred Thursday
night from the Susquehanna county
prison at Montrose. Eight prisoner;
who were awaiting trial escaped to thu
woods. The men are all professional
tramps and were recently arrested on
burglary charges.
A movement is on foot to preserve tht
old cabin in Washington township
Fayette county, which was built for
slave OF George Washington. The cabir
is located at the head of Simon hollow
which takes its name from the old slavd
himself, Simon Funty Munty.
Mine Inspector Henry Louttt, Of
Monongahela, charged IL foreign miners
employed at the Arnold mines, near
Fayette City, with violating the mining
laws in passing danger signals in the |
mine with naked lamps and eight
them were lodged in jail
James r. Mellon, OF Pittsburg
purchased a 2oco-acre tract a lev
south OF New Florence, Westm
county, and is receiving bids
erection OF stone mansion, whi
cost about $4,000, to be his s.
home.
William Yokes, of Sharon. an oId\
dier with pension, had his wife arre &
| ed i'r furnishing him with intoxicand7
when she knew he was OF intemperatI&
habits, Squire Carr held her for couf
in $Iso bail.
Pittsburg men have purchased Id
acres OF sandstone near Mineral RiddeU
and will erect a factory to crush the
| stone for glass making. Later a glass
factory will be built
BY the explosion of an oil can Tues]
day evening Mrs. William Dodds. ~
Latrobe. was so badly burned that She
will probably die.
When Hop Lee, New Castle Chi
nese laundryman, raised the price uf
chop suey two colored female customers
rebelled, attacked the proprietor and
drove him from the place, for which
they were arrested.
Elmer Shaffer, tax collector of the
borough OF Westmont. a Johnstown
suburb, has been missing Tor a week
or more. 1t is claimed by the auditors.
who have examined his books, that he is
SI,7oo short in his accounts
Rev Kennedy c. Hayes, OF Meadville
chaplain OF the old Fifteenth regimentl
n. G. p, has been appointed chaplaiil
OF the Sixteenth.
Auditors began work Monday at
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