The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-20
KEYSTONE STATE CU[L|NGs
RECEIVER ENTERS SUIT.
Claims Interest and Principal on Notes
Given by President Of
Closed Bank.

dent of the Standard Trust Company
of Butler, which closed its doors last
March, by Harry A. Stauffer, receiver
of the concern. The amount Is claimed
to be due as principal and interest on
three notes given by Mr. Greenlee to
the trust company. Mr. Greenlee, It
Is understood, claims he does not owe
the money for the notes as they were
given shortly before the trust COM
pany failed, to tide over the difficulties
at that time. He says Mr.. Wylle, an
other stockholder, was to sign notes
for $4,000 for the same purpose. The
notes were to lie in the vault as as
SETS. he says, and be returned when
the financial troubles were past.
Uniontown, Pa, July IA deal
was closed in Uniontown where
by John r. Byrne of Everson, with
Uniontown and eastern capitalists, Sc
cured control of the property, charters,
stock and franchises of the Browns
vile, Bridgeport & West Side Street
Railway, the Brownsville & Uniontown
Street Railway, the West Brownsville
& Washington Street Railway and the
Brownsville Junction e California
Street Railway. These charters and
franchises cover large extent of terri
tory along the Monongahela valley, in
the neighborhood of Brownsville, and
extend from Brownsville, along the
river in both directions. 1t Is the
intention to merge and consolidate
the four companies into a new corpor-
alton with a capital stock of 1000, 900.
The work of building the lines of rail-
| way in Brownsville to Uniontown will
| be commenced at once, and IL Is ex-
pected that Brownsville and Union
town will be connected by trolley with.
| In a year.
Judge Frank ]. Thomas of the Craw-
| ford county courts handed down a
decision, declaring unconstitutional
the act OF Assembly under which
| liquor dealers have been found guilty
OF violating the pure food laws. The
case was that of the pure food depart
ment against liquor dealers of Mead
| Vile, found guilty of selling black
| berry wine adulterated with salicylic
acid and colored with analinedyes. The
| title of the act contains no reference
| to alcoholic liquors. Judge Thomas
further declared that liquors are not
foods.
A man who registered as J. NJ. Mil
Ter, of Cleveland, O., was found dead
in his room in the Seventh Avenue
Hotel, Plttsburg. bullet hole in his
right temple and a 3S-caliber revolver
gripped tightly in his hand told how
he had died. He was found sitting In
a chair directly facing a mirror, be-
fore which he had evidently sat and
located his aim.
Thirty-nine free rural delivery
routes in Washington county will be
discontinued in few days. This ac-
tion Is taken by the postoffice depart
ment as a result of the condition of
the Washington county roads. There
are 1874 routes in Washington county.
more than in any other section of the
United States.
While driving over the Alleghanies
with large sum of money, Charles
Walters, of Altoona, was held up by a
highwayman. Selling the horse the
robber fired at Walters. The animal
reared and struck the robber down,
then ran off down the mountains. Wal
ters escaped injury.
Charles Jeffries. a baseball player.
was killed and two others slightly
blOthtu q
ball game at Steel Works Park, be-
tween McKeesport and Riverton, by
a bolt of lightning which came out
OF an apparently clear sky.
Hush Felnsod, a brother-in-law Of
NJ. Silverblatt of Kittannlng, was one
of the victims of the Norge disaster.
He had left his home in Russia to
come to this country to seek his for
tune. He was married and had three
children.
Joseph Mahoney, 46 years old, an
, employee of the tin mills of New
Castle, was found dead in his shanty
, by boys who happened to pass the
place. Matoney lived alone and died
from natural causes.
William Neil, charged with robbing
Western Pennsylvania railroad cars.
was arrested near Kittanning, after a
chase in which a number of shots
were exchanged. Five companions of
Neil escaped.
: Ira, q son of George Kaufman, a
d, farmer, of Gallery, was killed by being
: Jared from the rear platform of a
, shifting engine, while at work on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
3 A special election Will be held on
August 10 at Donora, to decide a pro-
: posed issue of $4,000 in bonds for the
!, purpose Of acquiring the Casner pub
:, lie school building.
Tie ninth annual reunion of the
. Lutherans of Western Pennsylvania
will be held on July 2S at Almeda
Park. Butler. Several thousand visit
ors are expected
s James Starr. of Butler, manager OF
e the National Supply company's store
n was severely injured in an accident
a caused by a heavy piece of oil ma
chinery falling.
!, The body OF an unknown man, sup
o posed to be a Pittsburger, was found
4 along the Pennsylvania railroad track
o near Lockport
William Steiner was arrested al
Greersburg, charged with attempting
to kill his wife with a razor. The