The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-02-28
KEYSTONE State NEWS CONDENSED
REIGN OF THUGS.
rao Men Stripped Of Their Clothes Near I'm.
Ionlown and Lott 10 Wander
In The Cold.

Post Office Inspector II. II. Hu,chcs,
who is employed in two rural free mail
delivery divisions. has arrived in Wash
ington and says that he has instruc-
tons 10 remain until all the petitions
hlcd from Washington county are act
II upon. The following places have
,pplicd; West Middlc,own, Indcpcnd-
encc, Mt Hope, Jcncson township.
Florence, IIoustonvillc. Eighty-fuur.
Vonctia. Finlcyvllc. Scenery Hill Mo.
nongahcla. Union township, Charlcroi,
Fallowfcld township, Roscoe, Coal
Center and for an additional route 10
Burgcttslown, which already has three
'outes II is estimated that il will take
70 or 30 carriers 10 serve all the farmers
Of the county with their mail once per
lay. The county will be the first in
he United States 10 be completely GOV.
cred by the rural free delivery system.
During the past week the following
names were added 10 the pension roll:
Henry NJ. Hart, New Brighton, 50;
lanes H. Carter, Wayncsburg, $40:
Samuel " Sicgfrid, Youngstown. SiA;
Lydia Burlington, Warren Center. 81;
Daniel Lewis Washington, 50 to 81;
~nry Dicncr, Johnstown $40 to SI7;
/ w. Brown, Butler, $40 To $I7; Mary
J. Gamble, Rcynodsvillc, $S; Jasper N.
Kennedy, Barkcrstown, 50; Joseph
Richard. Brick Church, $40 TO S2d;
Samuel Straycr, Johnstown, $8 to $I2;
Samuel T.. Snidcr, McKecsport. So Mil
or Wright, Knob, $40; Reuben Kncpp
Shook. $id: William c. Young, Reds
burg, $I7; Jonathan Hurlburt, Canton.
bI6; Solomon Schall Top. 81; Matthew
N. Greer, Saversvllc. $40; Leonard a.
Hays. Rogcrsiord, $40; William T..
Mallorie, Sharon. SI7; Lizzie Walk,
Julian, $8; Mary A. Henry, Pottsvillc,
B; Harriet l.. Minglc Sayrc. 81.
Jacob O. Cline, the first soldier of
Company IT, Tenth Pennsylvania vol
untcers. to fall OH the field of battle in
the Philippines, was buried at Wash
ngton Sunday afternoon with full mill
tary honors. Not since the day Of Col.
Hawkins funeral has there been more
impressive and imposing funeral in
Washington. Members Of his company
and the lodges and organizations OF
which he had been an active member
before going 10 war turned out, al
though the weather was exceedingly
cold. Volleys were fired over the grave
and taps were sounded.
An application for authority TO organ
ize the Citizens National Bank OF Jean
ncttc, Pa. with capital stock OF $50
900. was filed with the comptroller OF the
currency Thursday, by Representative
Jack The applicants are !. 7. Shaw,
w. s. Sloan, David II. Rankin, G.. s.
Sutton, ID. b. Evans and David Newell.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
for record at Butler Thursday by w. {.
Mcdowell, Robert Fisher, l.. {. Wick,
A. NJ Reibcr, w. II. Miller and w.
c. Thompson, of Butler for the Butler
Silk mill, limited. The company has
leased the old Withcrspoon institute
building and will manufacture silk fab
ric, employing about 80 hands,
George Stibich. OF Johnstown, aged
90, brother OF the well known brewer,
John J.. Stibich, was burned to death at
midnight Monday. lie had been sta
toned in a car OF beer, which was ready
for shipment on the brewery siding, 10
keep up the fire in a charcoal stove TO
protect the beer from freezing He was
overcome by the fumes of the burning
charcoal and fell on the stove and was
found shortly afterward dead, with both
legs burned off and horribly dishgured.
lie was married and leaves wife and
three children
Uriah Roebuck, employed as a rope
rider in the Continental Coal Company
mine at Glen Marion, was instantly kill
ed Friday by being run over with a
trip of cars which had left the track
Rocbuck is the man who some months
ago escaped death by sliding head first
down chute over 900 feet in length
Several weeks ago he had the misfor-
tune to lose a portion OF his right foot
by being struck with cable that had
parted where he was standing.
Andrew Cook, road supervisor oi
Green township, Indiana county, has
been arrested for failure to turn over
$Ioo he collected for road tax. Cook
alleges that thieves broke into his house
and stole Sr46 from its hiding place, and
thus he Was unable to meet the CLAIM
against him.
The residence OF c. w. Davis, neat
Oil City, was destroyed as the result o
daughter attempting to start fire
with oil. She was badly burned.
The English-Americans OF the Fifth
ward, New Castle, have raised 500 fol
the benefit OF widows OF soldiers killed
in the Boer- British war.
The Washington fair grounds will
probably be taken by that borough TO-
public park.
The Eureka Manufacturing Company
has closed down its bath tub manufac
tory at Blairsville, affecting 30 men.
Nellie Alander, OF Mars, Butler coun-
ty, lost an eye by falling on a broker
bottle.
Out OF us school children at Haze
Dell, Lawrence county, 80 have measles
THE USEFUL CACTUS.