The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-11-07
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED.
Largest Chain Ever Made In Western PENN
sylvanIa-Deserter Fagan Believed 10 be
aFormer Resident Of WcsimoreIand Co.

Clarion, So; Jacob f. Masonheirner,
New Castle, Sly; Samuel M. Fullerton,
Clearheld, $I7; William M. Officer, New
Castle, $Io Alexander Glenn, Dayton,
BI4; Margaret P. Depp, Punxsutawney,
%; Robert A. Travis, Tarentum, 50:
lanes L. Reeder, Altoona, $I2; Frank
II. Mold, Carnegie, So; David Kirkpat-
rick, Indiana, SEA; Amanda NJ Ford,
Greenville, So; William |. Messenheim-
sr, New Kensington, $I7.
The Sharon Steel Company has leas-
I'd over 5000 acres of coal and limestone
property near Volant and Leesburg,
and have located a four-foot vein OF
fine coal. 1t is said that enough coal
could be mined in this district to sup
ply every industrial concern in the She
mango valley for the next century, and
then not exhaust the supply. Work on
The new road will be started soon and
force of 400 men will commence grad
ing at once. The proposed line will. be
80 miles long and will run from the steel
plant of the Sharon Steel Company
through Mercer and Lawrence counties
to Browns school house in Butler
county The railroad will be used ex-
clusively for hauling coal and lime
stone.
The largest chain ever manufactured
In Western Pennsylvania will be COM
pleted in few days for the Red Star
Steamship Company of Philadelphia.
The chain will be made OF steel links 2S
inches in diameter and will be zoo feet
long, weighing over 10000 pounds. The
chain was constructed by the Chilcott-
Evans Chain Company of Allegheny.
David Pagan, the American who de-
"a, ,hn -.
and joined the Filipinos with the rank
of general, is believed to be former
resident 70 Penn, in Westmorelaud
county. He is thought to be brother
OF George Pagan, recently sentenced to
the penitentiary for robbery.
A bitter fight is on between the Apollo
Water Company and the citizens of that
town. The claim is made that the wat
or supply is furnished direct from the
kiskiminetas river without any attempt
at filtration, and that the acids and ref
use from the paper mills and other
manufactures along that river and its
tributary streams are responsible for an
epidemic OF typhoid fever and kindred
diseases.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
struck gas on the CASTOR farm, near
Punxsutawney, in the Bradford sand,
at depth OF $500 feet. The pressure
is us pounds. The same company has
another well With about the same pres
sure on the Lettie farm, and il they get
gas in paying quantities it will be piped
to Kittanning, where that company is
erecting large glass plant.
Trouble at the Freeland silk mill at
Hazleton by the refusal OF the company
to discharge forewoman whose father
worked during the coal strike, has cul-
minated in the arrest OF the strikers.
They were placed under 5000 bail each
for court on complaint OF three girls
who remained at work. and who allege
that while on their way to the mill they
were assaulted.
The will of the late Frank Williams, 81
Johnstown, which covers an estate var
iously estimated at from 100000 to
$500, 900, after mentioning a few minor
bequests, leaves the residue to Lehigh
university, at South Bethlehem, to Gre
ate the Frank Williams fund, the in
some OF which may be loaned to poor
and deserving students.
Big Bald Knob standing on the bor-
der line OF Bradford and Somerset coun-
ties, 5000 feet above sea level, has been
ascertained by f. Mattley, a Pennsyl-
vania railroad engineer, to be the high
est point in Pennsylvania. Mr.. Mattley
has furnished his survey to the govern
ment engineers, having in charge the
new geological map OF the State.
The American Bridge Company has
landed another good contract for one Of
its local plants. The contract calls for
500 tons OF structural steel for the erec-
tion OF foundry and blacksmith shop
for the North German Lloyd Steamship
Company at Bremen, Germany. The
work has been assigned to the Key
stone bridge works, Pittsburg.
After the leasing OF 10000 acres OF
land in Blair county and the expending
OF thousands OF dollars in fruitless bor-
ing for oil, the promoters OF the under
taking have abandoned their operations.
The capitalists back of the project were
from Johnstown, Pittsburg and Clarion
county.
The Shenango furnace at Sharon,
which was idle on account of strike,
has resumed operations. Judge S. Fl.
Miller, who granted a preliminary in
junction, said: "If it costs every dollar
Mercer county, we will protect the hum
Harry Lenwood, prisoner at the
Western penitentiary, died at o:Io Mon
day morning from typhoid fever, He
was sent to the penitentiary from Clin-
ton county on September a7, 1903, for
a term OF eight years, having been con
victed OF burglary and larceny. He was
20 years old when received.
Work has been commenced on the
erection of new decorating glass plant
in Uniontown. The main building will
be two-story frame structure IIox
40 feet, and will cost about $1,000. The
company was recently organized there
1t is expected to have the factory in
operation in few months
o. ]. Reed, an ex-councilman Of
Shamokin, who was recently convictel
OF conspiracy in connection with L
ough paving contracts and admit
bail pending a decision OF tho
court for new trial, disap2(
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