The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-22
KEYSTONE State NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED
Old FlddIers 10 Contest For Valuable Prizes.
A Little Five. Year .0Id Herolns
Saves Two Lives.

James Hicks, Huntington. So: william
IL. Smith. Edinboro, So; David lands,
Monongahela. $l2; james 4. Reed.
Cochranton. $i2; Reuben Doty, War
rem. $40; David Mcclure. Baldwin. SO;
Sarah a. Barner, Larimer, SS; Mar
gnret Knifiin. Tonnwanda. S12; minor
of Benjamin Jones. Cnnnelton, $40;
James Anderson, Finleyvllle. S12; VIII.
liam Taylor, Loveville, $i2; minor of
Jacob Flamm, Berlin. $40; Martha @.
Blosse, Lindsey. So.
An oil boom has struck that part
of Washington county lying about
seven miles west of Washington. n
number of good producing wells hnv-
ing been struck In the past few
weeks. The field is practically new,
though several wells of little import
ance have been drilled there in recent
years. Leases are being taken daily.
Victoria Raney Is In jail at New
Castle because, 1t is alleged, she has
three undivorced husbands living.
At fire In Benjamin +. Prices
house In West Taylor township, Cam
brla county, 5-year-old Gertle poured
water over II blanket. In which she
wrapped herself and brother, aged 3.
She half dragged and half carried him
through n hallway filled with flame,
and breaking n window, reached
porch, from which they were rescued.
The little girl was badly burned.
Old fddlers of Western Pennsyl-
vana will ON May 2S. in Old City hall.
Plttsburg, contest for 80 prizes. No
kids" are eligible. Each violinist
who enters the contest must be over
80 years old. The prizes include fur
niture. musical instruments. watches
and icwelry. The entertainment
promises to be one of the most novel
ever given In Plttsburg.
A. W. Stephens, miner of Aroma.
Westmoreland county, has fallen heir
TO fortune OF from $4,000 to $780,
900. His uncle. Samuel G. Stephens.
n banker of San Francisco. Cal, who
went West in the '50s. died recently
without making will. He left no
direct heirs, and Mr.. Stephens, OF
Aroma. IS the only living nephew.
Five houses In Wick street. Pitts.
burg, were wrecked by the collapse
Of their foundations. The heavy rains
of the last few weeks soaked the
ground on which the houses were
built. so tnat It slipped slowly away
until the buildings were literally split
in two. The loss will exceed $4,000.
Eight men were injured by fall
ing cage mt the Millwood coal and
coke works. six miles east of Latrobe.
They are: Joseph Baker a miner, leg
and arm broken: Samuel Robb. leg
broken and neck spralncd, and six
Hungarian and Italian miners, who
were severely bruised.
The Rev. Liston T. Bass. ID. D., u
Baptist preacher until recently at
Salisbury, Indiana county, has been
sentenced by Justice Barnard to serve
three years In the penitentiary at
Moundsville. w. Va, and pay fine
of $1,000 for using the mails for fraud
ulent purposes.
At the Lcckronc coke works of the
Federal Steel Company near Union
town, Andrew Rumpel shot and killed
Amelia BroOkner, wife of Robert
Brookner. Rumpel was boarder In
the house and tried to make love to
the woman, which she resented. He
Is in jail.
Il. j. Angle. one of the most promi.
nent figures of the Bradford county
bar, and an influential Republican
leader, was found dead In bed Mon
day morning by his wife. Mr.. Angle
was % years old and had served one
term as district attorney of that
county.
The Wilmington Railway Spring
and Manufacturing Company, of VIII
mington, Del. has closed a contract
for the transfer of five acres of land
and ground for the new plant will be
broken ut once. The plant will cover
five acres and cost $4,000.
William ID. Williams, of Minersville,
confidential secretary to Colonel Ed
wards, Chief of the Insular Division
Of the War Department, has been sum-
marily dismissed for attempting to
sell copies of certain papers in his dl-
vision that related to the Neely case
During a negro dance at East Scott,
dale, William Poor drew revolver
and shot Ely Shelter three times. the
victim dying In few minutes. After
the shooting the dead man was car
ried out In the yard to let the dance
proceed. Poor made his escape.
Because he thought that the Allen
town girl whom he loved would be q
burden on his parents, for he was
earning only 81 week In the sill
mill, Joseph Sinwell. of Bethlehem
aScu ~ CtulS worth Ol
carbOllc acid and suicided.
Rich Bros woolen mill at Lock
Haven, employing over 40 hands, was
/ destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; in
, surance, $4,000. The mill was erected
in 1880, and has been controlled by
the Rich family through three genera
tions.
Mrs. Lurany Soaring. living neal
UniOntOwn, Monday celebrated hel
,, 103d birthday. and Is hearty and well
She has seven daughters, seven sons
: AZ grandchildren, 81 great-grandchil
dren and eight reat-great-grandchil
dren.
, Counterfeit 10-cent pieces are beine
!, circulated in Altoona. the coins bear
| Ing date of 1900. 1t Is believed tn,
coins come from the mountain regor
, or Somerset county, as secret Spryic,