The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-14
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Railroad and Street Car Company Employees
CIash-Oynami'c Used 10 Tear Up Tracks.
Miners Advanced.

PENSIONS granted last week; James
B. Phillips. Oakmont. 50; Thomas G.
Evans, New Haven, Sf2; John Greas-
er, Bennett, So Joseph Eaton. Latrobe,
$Io Samuel Swatsalter. .Blarsville. So
TO $40; John Byers. Indiana. Sr4 to
$Iz; John Might. Scottdale, SI2; James
Flannery, Connellsville. So: Christian
Stotler, Delmont. $r7; Robert Swaney,
Smiths Ferry, SI7; Joseph r. Watson,
Franklin SI2; William A. Garrison,
West Alexander Sfo; David Cravener,
Kittanning. S12: James Hart. Home
stead SO; Henry Laudenshlager. Salem,
So; Charles Landon. Conncllsyillc, SID:
Levi +. Schmidt Beaver Springs, SI4;
Samuel Dunham. Johnstown. $40;
Samuel Adams, West End, So; Cath
crime Heiber, Etna, So.
Work on an extension OF street car
line from Punxsutawney to Anita, dis
tance OF four miles. was seriously inter-
rupted Thursday. The street car COM
pany occupied portion OF the Penn
sylvania and Northwestern Railroad
Company's right OF way near Adrian,
contrary TO the wishes of the latter con-
cern, and Thursday morning before. day
light so railroad men went to Adrian,
overpowered the watchman OF the street
car company's property and dragged his
house away with locomotive, after
which they blew up the roadbed Of the
street car company with dynamite and
showed the ties and rails for quite
distance off into a run.
An East Broad Top railroad passen-
ger train was thrown over an embank-
ment by a broken rail at Martins Mead
,,,u MnpIau CAnIurfar (.enrne M
Briggs was killed and Frank Lyons,
Grant Schmittle and Mrs Mary Mat
sune were seriously injured. About 100
miners were aboard the train most OF
whom were hurt.
The new chapel and recitation hall OF
the Blairsvile college was dedicated
Friday evening. Rev s. F. Scovel. Of
the Wooster o.. university made the
dedicatory address. The new addition
contains seven recitation rooms and
the chapel has seating capacity OF 500.
The old chapel building will be turned
into a gymnasium
w. l.. Smith & Co., OF Wheeling. W.
Va, have signed papers with the Inn
provement association OF Beaver Falls,
agreeing for a certain sum paid yearly
for five years to start a pants factory at
that place to employ 100 hands. A
building has been leased and Smith &
Co. are now purchasing the necessary
machinery
Frank Coughanour, general yard mas
ter OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
was arrested charged with neglecting
and refusing to serve as Judge OF cleo
tons at the February election in Con-
nellsville. Coughanour is one OF the
most prominent Democratic leaders in
Fayette county.
The coal miners employed at the
Hickory Coal Company's mines, near
Sharon, have been granted an increase
in wages OF five cents ton, after three
days strike The coal diggers in the
adjoining mines are still out for an in
crease OF eight cents ton.
The New Castle wire nail mill. opcr-
ated by the American Steel and Wire
Company, was started Monday morning,
after being idle since early last spring.
The steel mill will be started in few
days
The Pennsylvania canal will be aban-
doned on April I. after being for more
than 90 years an important waterway.
1t is badly out OF repair, the condition
preventing traffic and business has been
Improbable for the past 10 years.
1t has just been discovered that the
record book OF the sums paid by Street
Commissioner Jacob Fleming to John
Blevins, the murdered city treasurer of
New Castle. is missing.
A petition has been filed in court at
Wilkesbarre for commission to inquire
| into the alleged lunacy OF Rev. Father
| lllyasivits, pastor OF the United Creek
| Catholic Church.
The famous cave at Dunbar, haunt
OF the old Smiley gang OF outlaws, is
being DESTROYED by workmen who are
making a quarry.
Owing to the failure to get suffi-
cient number OF men to re-enlist Com
pany B, Tenth regiment. at Beaver
Falls. was not mustered into the new
National Guard.
At Butler Tuesday jury decided in
favor OF Henry Gardner retaining us
acres OF valuable timber land sued for
by Samuel Beam. hotel proprietor of
Harmony.
The Alexander Coal Company. at
| Grab Tree. Westmoreland county, capi-
talized at $780, 900, has passed from the
| Coultcr & Huff interest to the Bcrd-
wing White COMPANY.
Annie o. Foster, wife OF l.. c. Fos-
| ter, a Rochester furniture dealer. has
| been left legacy of $4,000 by Mrs.
| Florence Irwin Botto, late of Louis
vile, KY, grand aunt.
The divorce case OF John c. Howard
against his wife at Butler, will have an
other hearing. Judge Greer said of
the case: This is the worst case that
has ever been before the courts OF But
Ter county" Both parties reside at
| Parker.
Leading Methodists met at Harris
| burg Tuesday and took the initial steps
toward holding a Methodist State con
vention during October. An executive
committee will settle upon the place of
meeting