The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05
KEYSTONE State NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED
Grand Commandery Knights TempIar Elect
0ticers-Siats Treasurer Barnott's
Monthly Report.

| fOllOWS. Nllllnin Buinphftlp, StOne'
dale. Si2; Henry G. Mccormick. Con.
nellsvillc, $6 Horace +. Willett.
Johnstown, $40; Andrew j. Stumpf.
Big Run Sl2; Henry Jackson. West
Fairvlcw, SO; Peter Minlhan, Towan.
da. $i2; Eli X. Pcasly. Corryyillc. SI2;
! Chrlstlana Adams. Buffalo Mills. SS;
Lydia Reedy, Cohenvillc. SS, Cathn.
rlne Free. lamp Ill., So: Susan j.
Burgess Mcrccrsburg. Sl2: John $.
Cotton. Eldred. $i2; Alfred Shlplcy.
Mansfield. $40: Isabella e. Ralph.
Homestead, So; Anna VI. Sturtcvanl.
Stewards station. SS; Sarah IIleman,
Washington, SS.
The Grand Commandry. knights
| Templar has elected the following Of
| fccrs: Il. Il. grand commander.
| Thomas +. Pcnmnn, Scranton; V. H..
deputy grand commander, Ezra $.
Bartlett Philadelphia: Il. grand gen.
crnlissimo. Charles NJ Stock. Han
over: T.. grand captain general. Wilson
I. Fleming Bcllefontc; Il. grand sen
| Tor warden. William j. Diehl, Pitts
burg; II. grand junior warden. VII
| liam NJ. Donaldson. Harrisburg: T..
grand prclnte. Thomas y. Boyle,
| Plttsburg; l.. grand treasurer. John
Jay Giroy. Philadelphia; T.. grand
recorder. William W. Allen, Phlladel.
phla.
The ST. Clair Furnace Company.
which affiliated with the Cruciblr
Steel Company of America. purchased
from II. e. Frlck. for S21O,0OO. n tract
of 80 acres at Blair station, Allegheny
county. The furnaces will cost In the
nclghborhood of S3.0OO.000. The stacks
will he 100 feet high and 30 feet in
diameter at the bosh. They are to
be completed within IL months.
state Treasurer Nnrnett's statement
for May shows balance In the gen
eral fund mt the close of business FRI
day of SSG43,T17 The state funds
are distributed among 40 state de.
! pDSitorleS in amounts ranging from
3.5OO,O0O to $1,000 The largest
amount. S3,0i0, ,si6Si. is held by the
Farmers and Mechanics National
bank of Philadelphia.
John Kerry. aged 81 years. we'll
known resident of New Virginia. Mer
Ger county. died as the result of hav-
ing two teeth extracted. A dentist re-
moved two of Kerr's molars about
four weeks ago at which time he was
unable to stop the flow of blood
Physicians were summoned. but their
efforts wero of no avail.
While w. Nulf of near ChellaDge
Elk county, and his farm hand. a
Swede named Berger. were planting
corn, a bolt of lightning struck and
instantly killed Berger ana the horse
attached to the planter and tore the
SHOES of the feet of Nulf and burned
the hair on one side of his head.
Eva Armstrong. alias Miller, IN nj.
legged shoplifter. who escaped from the
Westmoreland county prison and was
recaptured, was sentenced to the pen.
itcntary for term of three years
and five months. A. II. Rodgers. Il
companion, was given the same SEN
tence
Historic old Long Run Presbyterian
church near Irwin mas been presented
with a handsome Bible. one of the
finest Obtnlnable by j. NJ. Guffey, who
attended the church in his youth. The
Bible just gone out of service has
been in use since 1860.
Because he took ofrense at an ord or
Enseppi Coarossi, laborer at the
Pennsylvania clay works. near Free.
dom. shot Engineer John McCort BE-.
low the heart this morning. McCort
Is In critical condition. Colarpssi Is
in jail.
Sarah Mock. the 2-year-old daugh
ter of George Mock of Websters Mills.
fell with shoe buttoner in her mouth
which penetrated the roof of the
mouth into the brain. Death followed
In Il short time.
Frank Cosgrovc. a miner living neat
California, Washington county, whilo
intoxicated attacked his wife because
she would not give him money and
she shot him, nnlcting Il probably fa.
tai wound.
II. II. Kemble of Mt. Pleasant. con
victed of bigamy and perjury, was
fined $500 and sent to the peniten.
tiary for two years, and George
Brown of Monessen got a sevcn-year
sentence.
Twelve-year-old Charles Seley was
caught by a rapidly revolving shaft at
Peck's planning mill at Scranton and
before the machinery could be stop
ped his body was practically torn to
pieces.
The Slxtythird Pennsylvania Volun-
teers Reglmental association unveiled
a handsome granite monument In AL.
legheny cemetery Decoration day to
the memory of Gen. Alexander Hays.
During thunder storm Gustave
Anderson and Walter Nulf. who Were
driving between Dagus Mines and
Brockwayville, We're killed by light.
ming.
The safe of the postoffice at Indian
Head, Fayette county, in the store OF
III. l.. Sparks Sons, was dynamited
and money and stamps stolen.
Joseph Dawson, aged 60. a Civil
war veteran, dropped dead at Con
nelsvllle, while marching with his
companions to the cemetery.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
FRIDAY.
| The senate did NOT rpulIire mucl