The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-08-17

| In fight with revolvers at short
range between Constable Thomas
| Washabaugh, of Greensburg, and Ital-
| ians In the Eicher thicket two miles
east OF town, the officer was shot twice
and was seriously injured. One bull
let entered his mouth, carrying away
his lower front teeth the end of his
tongue. and lodged in the cheek. Tho
! second bullet struck Washabaugh in
the shoulder, making an ugly wound.
Two bullets from the officers revolver
struck Giuseppe Barbari, and he is
thought to be fatally hurt.
| BY an explosion in the Oliver Dy-
pamite Company plant, controlled by
the DuPont-De Nemours Company at
Laurel Run, near Wilkesbarre. one
man was killed and two girls injured
There were 1000 pounds OF dynamite
In the building. which was totally do
molished. the force of the concussion
being felt 12 miles away. Not a
vestlge of the body of the dead man.
James Douglass, aged 55 years, can
be found. An iron tank weighing
$500 pounds was found half a mile
away. Four horses in the company's
stable on the grounds were rendered
/ StOit uCols ht MN SlOOu III u ottlP
of woods, and within a radius OF 100
yards there Is not leaf on tree.
| The damage to the plant will reach
| $4,000.
A man believed to be John Shall
| gle. on his way from Pittsburg to
| Glen Campbell, was struck by an en-
gjne at Manor and killed. Little is
| known of the man. He was about 22
| ,,fJ aJ to 30.
sided In Pittsburg. In one of his
| pockets was found an account book OF
the Burnside Supply Company. He
had red hair and was rather well
| dressed
The II. c. Frick Coke Company has
let the contract to Patrick Reagan, OF
| Unlontown, for the erection OF 20 new
ovens near Elm Grove. The works
may be increased to 400 ovens. In
| all there are to be three new Frick
| plants erected in the southern part
of Fayette county.
| James Risbin, of North Hunting
don township, was shot and killed by
| Thomas Stack. Risbin, John Tray,
Martin Thornton and several others
were drinking at a shanty on the out
| skirts of Irwin when Stack came
along A dispute arose, 1t is said.
as to the distribution of quart OF
| whisky.
| Twenty-eight passengers on car OF
the Johnstown Street Railway Com
| pany were more or less injured when
the car left the tracks in the Eighth
ward and plunged over the embank-
ment into Stony creek. The car did
not overturn, fortunately, and the in
| juries of the passengers consist of
bruises and cuts.
John Lowery, of Loyalhanna, while
visiting friends near Perryopolis, went
swimming in the Youghiogheny river
and Is said to have been attacked by
cramps causing him to drown. Marks
about the head aroused suspicion OF
foul play.
Nicholas Raugh, aged II, was rid
| ing to work on q coal train at Halle
ton, when his dinner pail fell from
his arm. He jumped, landing on the
opposite track. where a passenger
train struck him, seyering his head.
Mrs Barton Woodward. OF Menellen
township, Fayette county. was serious
ly injured in a runaway accident near
Uniontown. The breaking of a hold
back strap Is said to have frightened
the horse.
Engineers making the survey for
the Baltimore e. Ohio Railroad short
line from Confluence to Morgantown
have completed the final survey to
about three miles beyond Farming
ton.
The Westmoreland Passenger Rail-
way Company has secured the right Of
way for its proposed line through
Unity township, Westmoreland coun-
ty, from Latrobe to Greensburg.
Mercer probably has more spinsters
than any town of its size in the State.
A census recently taken shows there
are 103 "old maids" in that town. out
OF population of less than 1000.
Brigadier General John A. Wiley, OF
Franklin, has accepted the position
of Chief Marshall OF the parade on
Pennsylvania Day at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition in st. Louis.
Mrs. John Sarver, SO years old. COM
mitted suicide by hanging herself to
the limb OF tree at her home, about
one mile from Freeport. She had
been i'll for some time.
Mary Morris. IL years old, had her
leg broken by being jolted from a car
on sand rock incline near Derry.
Two companions were severely hurt
In the same accident.
The Sharon carpenters union re-
fused to agree to the agreement sub
mitted by the contractors and the
strike which began May / will con-
tinue.
William Merrill, of New Castle, was
badly hurt by falling out of second
story window. His condition is seri-
Gus.
Edward Rozeski, three years old. Is
dead at Oil City from burns received
while playing with matches which ig-
nited his clothes.
The Bowser family will hold its
family reunion on the w. p. Bowser
farm, near Walk Chalk, on September