The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-13
KEYSTONE STATE NEWS CONDENSED
PENSIONS GRANTED
eto0, 100000 Fortune-Broke Open Z
Safety Lamp-coke Trust Deed.
A Freight Wreck.


Wallace, Waynesburg, $40; John Nick
ell. Hookstown, sac; William Dewalt.
Monongahela, SAC; Conrad Hochstet-
Ter, Berlin. $40; Charles r. Roberts,
Listonburg, SAC; Thomas Mathews, Ro-
chester. sac; Salmon White, Edinboro,
S46 Geo. f. DERRICK, New Florence,
$40; Abraham Foreman, Meadville,
SAC; John Grifith, Pleasant Gap, IS;
Esau Harding, Fairchance. s10 Sher-
wood Pierce, Emporium, SS; Amos G..
Ealy. Bealleville, $40; John w. Cor
such, Titusville, sS Edward II. Swish
er, Bellwood, $12; John Cramer, Snow
shoe. SIP; Robert Barr, Hoboken, $10
The charred body of Edward Hill
was found on the road near Oleona,
Potter county. He had met death in
tfe forest fire which swept the Ket-
tie Creek territory. His horse was
also burned to death. Great damage
has been wrought by the forest fires
In that vicinity. The saw and PLAN
ing mill of the Lackawanna Lumber
Company has been destroyed, together
with cars belonging to the Buffalo and
Susquehanna Railroad Company, and
several buildings in the southern Sec
ton of the town. The loss is estimat-
ed at about s1,000,000.
Burgess s. H Mills, of Windber, and
brothers, Edward and Daniel Mills, of
Houtzdale have sailed from New York
for England to inquire into the alleged
Wood estate, reputed to be worth
$100,000000, and said to be in the
Court OF Chancery. This vast fortune
is said to be the estate of James Wood,
banker of Gloucester, England who
died in 1886. He was unmarried, but
left one brother and five sisters.
A document involving the sum of
500 100000 was filed for record at
Greensburg. The paper is the con-
solidation and merger of the new
Frick Coke Company's interests. The
trust embraces the interests of the
II. G. Frick Coke Company, United
Coal and Coke Company, Mcclure Coke
Company, Continental Coke Company
and the Connellsville Coal and Coke
Company.
The valuable property Of the Reno
Oil Company at Reno, for long time
in litigation, was sold for s165,00 by
the Sheriff of Venango county.
zFire destroyed Heike's carriage fac
tory and 10 dwelling houses at Me-
chanicsburg, near Carlisle. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. The fire
was of jncendiary origin.
More than 1000 men in the building
trades went on strike at Philadelphia
May /. This action affects directly
1000 additional workmen. and should
the strike continue a week building
operations will cease and over 10000
men will be idle.
All departments and the four fur
naces of the Sharon Steel Hoop Com
pany are in full blast. The plant is
turning out 800 tons of steel a day.
The improvements cost half a million
dollars. 1t is independent of the steel
trust.
Andy Sprock, a miner employed by
the Hostetter Coal and Coke Company
at Latrobe, was taken to Jail in de-
fault of $500 bail on the charge of
breaking open and lighting his safety
lamp in the Whitney mine.
The deed of the Union Co. to the
Liberty Land Co. has been placed on
file at Beaver. conveying 1850 acres
of land in Harmony and Economy
township. The consideration was
| $2,50 900.
A freight wreck occurred at Harbor
Bridge. on the Erie and Pittsburg rail.
road, near Sharon. One trainman was
injured. The engine was damaged
and the caboose and six cars demol-
ished.
Donata Martina, while walking along
the railroad tracks at Altoona. had
his foot caught in a switch and he
was run down and fatally injured by
draft of cars.
Orders requiring shopmen to work
10 hours a day were issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company at AL
toona. A week ago they were reduced
to nine hours.
Mrs. Laura Tracey, of San Francis
CO, Cal, has been visiting small towns
in the vicinity of Altoona in search of
information about the fortune of a
dead uncle.
A movement Is on foot to have Sen
ator Clark, of Montana, a native of
Fayette county, present a portrait of
Washington for the Uniontown county
court house.
The coroner's jury that Investigated
the fatal explosion of the Crescent
Powder Company, near Williamsburg.
rendered verdict that the cause is
unknown.
The New Castle Masonic Association
have applied for charter The cap
ital stock is $4,000. The purpose of
the corporation is to build Masonic
temple.
At New Castle Judge Wallace re
fused to release George West from
Jail on a writ of habeas corpus. West
is charged with the murder Of Ralph
Silver.
The new Buhl club building at Sha.
ron will be dedicated on September /.
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