The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-29
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED
Independent 0rdor Of Odd Fellows Elect
9t-ie Sccretafy-stabbed With an I'm.
brela-Morc Oil Found.

tOlncllSNlllp. Sb, Jesse fOugc, buy
Mills. $40: Sadie II. Smith. Cnnons-
burg, SS; Esther RattlZnn, Butler, So;
Julia a. Wood. McConnells Mills. So;
Carl DeBolt. Unlontown. 81.
The First Presbyterian church of
| Titusvllc has been bequeathed SlO.-
900 by the late Maj. Il. Il. Hopkins, to
be known as the Hopkins fund. for
the relief of poor people of the church.
\ heretofore unknown body of water
was accidentally tapped in the Silyet
Brook coal mine at HaZleton, ana
Samuel Klingermnn, foreman, and
Fred O'Donncll and Alexander Gala
| gher. drivers, who ran toward the face
of the breast when the rush occurred.
are believed to have been drowned or
! smOthcrcd.
It Ia estimated that there are nearly
100 sawmills operating In Washington
county at present, and her fine forests
of oak. maple. elm. poplar. etc, are
fast disappearing. There Is probably
an average of ten acres of timber to
100 acres of land yet. but this proper
tion Is rapidly decreasing. The mills
in operation have probably yearly
capacity of 100000 feet The lumber
prepared for market each year Is
worth upwards of S1,2OO,OOO.
Twenty-Five election officers of Phil
adelphia have been indicted by the
grand jury. The indictments charge
''unlawfully receiving votes of persons
| whose names were not upon the as
SCISSORS list. and without requiring
proof of right to vote" The offenses
| are alleged to have been committed
at the November election of 1900 and
tbe February election of 1901.
Tor S25O,00O the Babcock Lumber
| Company of Pittsburg has purchased
| the entire town of Arrow. Somerset
, county. The purchase includes a saw
mill with capacity of 10000 feet n
| day, n planning mill. five miles of rail
road with locomotive and cars. 10000
| 600 feet of lumber. standing and out,
6O houses. stores, pOstofiice. church,
schoolhouse, etc.
Five masked burglars bound gagged
and robbed Rev. Father NJ. j. Decker
| of st. Johns Catholic church at Erie.
| They entered through window and
bound four members of the household.
Father Decker was compelled to open
| the safe. Here the burglars secured
| 1925 in cash and took papers valued
at $1,000, which, however, are not ne
| gotlable.
The state grand lodge Independent
Order of Odd Fellows has elected j..
III. Mackey of Williamsport. state
grand secretary. The Daughters of
Rebakah elected these officers: Presi-
dent Mrs. Anna Il. Cogwell vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Laura Oakley; warden.
Lucy W. Beach, secretary, Mary n.
Joslyn.
. The salaries of the postmasters in
the following Pennsylvania cities have
been increased 800 each: Mononga-
hela, Mt. Pleasant. Natrona, Patton,
Philipsburg and Port Allegany. The
salaries of the pOstmaSters at Mum
hall, Punxsutawney and Eldred have
been increased $500.
The Forest Oil company of Wash
ingtOn brought in well eight miles
west of that place which Is flowing
about 40 barrels an hour. The well Is
one of the best struck in Washington
county In recent years, and 1t Is
thought that the flow will be in
creased.
Rev. Father John Martvon, rector
of st. stephens Slavish Catholic
church of Johnstown, made n record
this morning in the performance of
marriage ceremonies. Within 80 min
utes, between s and . o'clock, II people
were united in the bonds of matrl-
mony.
At Oil City Joe Caramanico. an Ital-
ian. was fatally stabbed with an um-
brella in the hands of Gaetano Aulettl
during Il fight. The injured man died
at the hospital later. The slender steel
point of the unusual weapon pene-
trated the left eye and entered the
| brain.
The puddlers and dependent work
men ut the American iron and steel
works at Lebanon were given notice
of another increase In wages. to take
effect June 3. The increase Is based
an an advance of pudding rates from
$3.25 to $3.50 n ton.
Owing to smallpox in the Franklin
county prison. the Cumberland county
commissioners have granted the use
of the county Jail for the incarcera,
tion of new prisoners, in order to
avoid the risk of spreading the infec,
tion.
The West Leechhurg steel and Tin
Plate company has erected an addi
ton to the plant and new machinery
Is being Installed for the purpose OF
rolling steel sheets. The firm will
employ about 200 men.
Three hundred men and boys tied III
the Corbln colliery at Shamokin bS
striking for the enforcement of the
semi-monthly pay law, Other colliery
employees threaten to strike unless the
pay law Is observed.
Fruit growers and farmers general
ly are considerably alarmed over tn.
myriad of caterplllars infesting frui
trees of all kinds in Center county
Spraying has failed to rid the trees
of the pests.
County Defective ]. w. Rlghtnoul
arrested Jacob McCloskcy, OF Cato
and William Chairman, of Marsh
Creek, Center county, on the chnrg,
of starting forest fires with maliciou.
Intent.
William +. Solly. of Norrlstown
has been appointed by GOV. Ston,
judge of the new Orphans court oi
Montgomery county, to serve until til,