The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-09-07
KEYSTONE STATE CULL|NGs
RIVAL KILLED, WOMAN SHOT.
Station About Who Shall
Act as Escort.

on her way 10 her home. Jacob Epler
and Frank Yanney, farmers, who live
near Dushore, quarreled and Yanney
| shot both Epler and the woman. Ep-
Ter was 50 badly wounded that he
| died. Mrs. Epler was shot in the
| right thigh Yanney alleges that he
acted in self-detense. He Is locked
| in the Jail at Laporte. The trio had
| Just returned from an excursion to
| Harveys Lake. near wilkesbarre, and
| the shooting occurred at the railroad
| station at Dushore.
The Moser family met at New Cas-
| tie and formed an association and
| elected officers: President, George
| Moser, New Castle: Vice President,
| Jacob Moser. Greenville; Secretary,
| Prof. John L. Moser, New Castle:
Treasurer, Frank Geiger. New Castle;
| Executive Committee, J. f. p. Con-
nell, William Simpson and Mrs. Eva
| Hammant, New Caste, and Mrs. Ida
Phillips. Sharpsville.
| Mystery continues to surround the
| disappearance of John A. LAWYER. the
| Altoona publisher who left for New
Bloomfield Friday, and whose cloth
ing was afterward found on the Ju-
| Uldtd river DdUk. EVERY IDOJ OI tuc
| ground which he traversed has been
searched thoroughly without results.
| The hunt will be continued.
The State of Pennsylvania, through
its district Health Officer, the county
| of Westmoreland. the Board of Health
Of Hempfeld township. officials of the
| United States Coal Company and four
physicians are battling with the small
pox scourge at Edna No. 2. mining
town three miles southeast OF Irwin.
There are 1S cases.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg Railroad announced that new
boiler shop, 3OOx14O feet, will be built
at once. When this addition is COM
pleted the Dubois shops will have
capacity of turning out an engine
every SO hours. The road has or
dered 10 new locomotives.
Mrs. Thomas r.. Roberts, so years
old, Is suffering from injuries and
nervous shock at her home in South
Sharon, following a frightful exper-
ience with negro William Mahan,
her assailant, was landed in jail. after
a lynching had been narrowly ayerted.
When John Pomeroy, an undertaken
at Anita, opened the front door of his
house he was shocked upon discover
ing the dead body of an Italian lying
on the porch. The clothing was
soaked with blood, and an examina-
tion showed that the man had been
killed by bullet.
Has Henri Bentzel, OF Dover town
ship, a young school teacher and JUS
tice of the peace, been murdered?
Bentzel was a teacher at Stough's
school near Dover. His father is rich
and 1t is .;nown that he himself had
$4,000. He often carried large sums
of money and valuable jewelry.
The Shenango Valley steel plant at
New Castle resumed after a weeks
idleness. The new 500-ton blast fur
mace Just completed by the Carnegie
Company was also placed in opera
tion. The other new 500-ton fur
mace will be ready early in October.
Mrs. Harry Blumstach. of Wrights-
Vile, and her three little daugh-
ters have disappeared and the hus-
band fears she has carried out her
threat to murder her little ones and
take her own life. Ill health affected
her mentally
The plant of the American Sheet
and Tinpate Company at Leechburg.
which was closed for four weeks, re-
sumed All other industries, includ-
ing the Plttsburg Steel Shovel Com
many and the West Leechburg Steel
Company, are in full operation.
Mark j. Moran was killed on the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Lancaster.
From papers found in his coat it was
learned he was a member OF the
Eagles aerie at Denver, Col. and al
so of the miners union at Cripple
| Creek.
State Fish Commissioner Meehan
has to date granted 40 licenses to
build and maintain fish dams and bas-
kets in the streams of the State. This
is 80 in excess of the number issued
at this time last year
In the Berks county court Judge
Endich handed down a decision de-
claring Illegal the election held Feb
ruary 16 last authorizing loan by the
city of S9l5,000 for municipal improve
| ments,
Dominic Constance, an Italian, one OF
the gang of the Centre county jail
breakers, was convicted of having set
, fire to the house of David Roberock.
, father of the girl of whom he was
enamored, on the night of June II.
The residence OF Joseph Fry, north
, of Irwin, was destroyed by fire, the
loss amounting to about $4,000. An
= adjoining house was considerably
damaged.
Samuel Cohn, of Butler, fell from
the top of Bessemer and Lake Erie
Railroad train, and received injuries
that may prove fatal.
W. T. Emenhiser. a lumberman.
: was killed by train at Howard, Cen
: ter county. He leaves wife and
/ four children.
The store of G. n. Fry, at Oil City,
was entered by burglars, who escaped
3 detection and secured goods worth
about $500.
Robbers entered the Jewish synago-
que of Kenhera Israel at Harrisburg,
and took everything in sight in the
: way of valuables except Hebrew