The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-29


warned Seals to keep away. As the
latter made another attempt to attack
him Spragg fired a shot in the air to
drive his antagonist away. Seals came
on, however, and after a second warn
Ing Spragg fired at him, the load Of
shot taking effect in his abdomen.
Preparations were made to take the
wounded man TO the home of a neigh
Dor, and while being hauled there on q
sled he died. Seals was 30 years old
and unmarried. Spragg went to
Waynesburg and gave himself up to
the authorities.
AS result of an explosion of fire
works during the celebration os the
Feast of st. Vltus by the Italians of
New Castle four persons we're badly
injured. A stampede followed the ex-
plosion and several persons were
trampled. The injured are: Charles
Finnes, badly cut and burned on face,
head and body; Claude Ryhal, right
arm cut and burned about the should
ers; Miss Frances Hoover, cut and
burned on hands and arms; Mrs.
Mary Mcfarland, cut and badly bruis-
ed about the body. An unknown man
was cut by falling rockets four blocks
away from the scene.
Early Sunday morning fire was dis
covered on the second floor of the new
Model restaurant on Main street, Brad
ford. The flames spread to the Pierce
house, on the west, and ]. II. Keefer's
billiard parlor on the east. Bridget
Mccarthy, who conducted the restau-
q n Nta burn n1 90 nrfa g.
Of the Pierce house had to jump from
the second story, but none was badly
Injured. The buildings were wooden
structures and were consumed: The
loss Is estimated at $4,000, with little
insurance.
William Heller, wellknown Al
toona machinist, who was one of a
camping party at Petersburg, was
drowned Saturday evening while
bathing in the Juniata river. He re-
mained in the water after his COM
panions had gone to their cabin and
nothing was thought of his absence
until next morning, when his clothing
was found along the river bank. His
body has not been recovered. He was
i3 years old and leaves wife and
seven children.
Two brothers were killed and COM
panion narrowly escaped death in
wreck on the Western Maryland rail-
road at Chambersburg. The dead are:
William Grady, aged "a years, Phila-
delphia; Ernest Grady, aged 20 years,
Philadelphia. The injured: Ezra Ho-
gan, No. 2015 William street, Phila-
delphia, badly crushed and bruised.
The three men were beating their way
to Philadelphia from Washington, Pa,
where they had been visiting ]. b.
Grady, the father of the dead men.
The jury in the case of Charles Fl.
Patterson and Joseph Finler, charged
with killing Frank Johnston at the
Rochester tumbler works, returned a
verdict acquitting Patterson and con-
victing Finler of voluntary man.
slaughter. Finler's right name is Rob-
ert Gray, alias Spanish Bob" and he
lives in Virgin alley, Pittsburg.
The body of Edward Gehret, who
was drowed in Beech creek, has been
found. Gehret fell into the creek last
January and for several days hundreds
of men dragged the creek without sue
cess. When found the body was held
down by a stone weighing 900 pounds,
which, it Is thought, was showed on 1t
by gorging ice.
Miss Lizzie Statler, aged Al, of
Bucktown, Somerset county, while
visiting her sister, Mrs. David Cole
man. near that place, cut her throat
with racer, She cannot recover.
The deed Is attributed to melancholy.
Lightning struck the home of Isaac
Freeman, at Dubois injuring six chill
dren of the family, none fatally. A
singular feature was that the sky was
not overcast and there was no light
ming preceding or following the flash.
Edward Acker, OF East Freedom, "a
years old, and married, was caught be-
tween the bumpers OF two freight cars
in a lumber yard at Altoona and crush
ed so badly that he died in a few min
utes.
Three houses. belonging to James
Cochran & Sons, at Vanderbilt, were
destroyed by fire, the loss amounting
to about $4,000. The blaze was start
ed by the explosion of can of pow
der.
Fire broke out in the rear of e. q.
Millers drug store. at Beaver Falls.
and did about $500 damage.
II s-yaa1-old son of S. q. Matthews,
'Ning near Tltusville, fell into deep
water well and escaped serious injury
with the exception of sprained ankle.
Two Italians, arrested at Clearfield,
for shooting robins and other song
birds, were fined 500 and costs by JUS
tice OF the Peace j. c. Barclay
Arthur Karlskind, 21 years old, a
fireman on the Erie Railroad. died
from injuries received by a fall from