The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-07-27
KEYSTONE STATE CULLMGs
eELLEFoNrE ACADEMY BURNED.
The Building Was One Of the Three
Oldest Preparatory Schools In
Pennsylvania.

Two professional burglars entered
]. e. Miller's jewelry store at Glen
Campbell at night and secured $700
worth of jewelry and about $3.50 In
money and escaped to Punxsutawney
with horse and buggy, which they
took from G.. NJ. Glasgow's stable at
Glen Campbell. The horse having
become tired they went to the home
of Walter F. Armas, Mrs. Armas. who
was alone, heard a noise at the barn,
and. seeing some men trying to break
into the stable, fired at them four
times, driving the burglars away. The
robbers were pursued toward Rey-
noldsville by posse from Glen Camp
bell
The Bellefonte academy, a land
mark, was almost entirely destroyed
by fire. The dormitories on the third
and second floors were burned away
and the entire building ruined by
water and smoke. The damage was
$4,000. fully covered by insurance.
This was one of the three Oldest prep
aratory schools in the State, 1t being
erected in 1905. The principal, James
r. Hughes. was making extended
nial next year. The trustees have de-
cided to rebuild.
A monument In honor OF the late
John G. McConahy, was unveiled In
Oak Park cemetary at New Castle,
the exercises being in charge of the
Woodmen of the world. The address
was delivered by Fl. X. Gregory. The
Woodmen attended in a body, several
hundred New Castle citizens also be-
ing present. McConahy was pro-
mlnent lawyer of this city. He drop
ped dead while attending a service at
the Presbyterian church last winter.
william S. Byers, of Greensburg,
who recently gave over bonds to the
value of over 100000 alleged to have
been secured from his granduncle,
Jacob Byers OF Mt. Pleasant township,
is the defendant in c.sil suit
brought by his grandupcie to recover
an alleged balance on two Judgment
notes. The amounts alleged to be ow-
Ing the plaintiff total over $1,000, and
$4,000 damages are asked in ad-
dition.
Max Colman, 35 years old, was
struck by passenger train near
Allenport. He died before reaching
the hospital at Monongahela, Pa.
Thomas Wallace, As years old, was
arrested. given hearing and held for
court at Blairsville, on a charge of
assaulting a 9-year-old girl at Coke
Vile.
A legal dispute has come into the
Fayette county courts between Al
fred NJ. Fuller and Mary T. Mutt,
over an eighth of an acre of land in
Perry township, the original deed to
which was held by George Washington
on patent granted him in 1902.
Dr. e. W. Samuels of Mount Car
mel, Northumberland county, was
nominated for Congress at meeting
of the Sixteenth district Republican
conferees held at Danville, Northum-
berland. Montour, Columbia and Sulli-
van counties comprise the district.
Frank Verino and Gianni Stauffa,
alias Joe Nountz, were given a hear
ing and held for trial at court at Belle
vernon. They are charged with the
killing of Libario Viso last Sunday.
The prisoners were arrested in Wash
ington county, but have been removed
TO the fayette county jail.
Cash Furman of Strattonvllle, Clari-
on county, has surrendered himself
to the sheriff of that county as the
result of the death of Ora Sampson
of the same place, with whom he had
engaged in a fist fight.
Frank Rawson, of Bessemer, was
taken to the Uniontown hospital suf-
ca Itrf fato l.
received in fight. One slash nearly
touched the jugular vein. His assail-
ant Is still at large.
The Petroleum Iron Works Com
pany of Washington has bought IL
acres of ground from William Hough
at Arden station for $1,000 and will
remove its plant there. The company
is capitalized at $l50,000.
A company capitalized at $1,000, 900
will erect plant at Greenville, for
the manufacture of glass sanitary ap-
pliances, including bathtubs, tanks.
acid vats, beer kegs and burial cas-
kets, by process invented at Dres-
den, Germany.
Freeman Grace. a prominent con-
tractor Of West Middlesex, was kill
Gu ny HsHlulHs. lie was IdLHlnR a
house at New Bedford when killed.
He was AZ years old and leaves a wife
and one child
Henry L. Coe, OF Uniontown, has
sold his 124 shares In the Lockrone
Coke Company to John r. Carothers
for $4,000, thus ending litigation over
the management.
Two freight trains on the Buffalo,
Rochester and Plttsburg railroad col
lided at Carman, 25 miles north of
Du Bois. Engineer Carvin, of Brad
ford. was killed. Other trainmen were
hurt, but not fatally.
Mrs. Charles E. Parkin, of New
Kensington. has added $4,000 to the
bequest OF $4,000 left by her husband
to the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion for q new building.
Andrew Zedick. Slav, was ground
to pieces by train at Windber.
Policeman Kmmel, of Blairsville,