The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-10-19
KEYSTONE STATE CU[uINGs
FOIL PLOT TO WRECK TRAIN.
Spikes Driven Between Rail JoiNts
So Accident Would Have Hap
pened to Duquesne Limited.

day evening. prevented the wrecking
of the Duquesne Limited, the Balti.
more q Ohlo's fastest train. near the
place where Gj persons met death
on the same train last December.
The discovery was made by e, X
Fiat. who was walking along the
track at 1880 o'clock in the evening.
The spikes we're driven In tightly.
Just as he removed the last one the
Limited sped by. Connellsville rail
road detectives investigated. They
state that had not Fiat made the dis
covery the Limited would certainly
have been wrecked.
Joseph Danlius. q Polish coke work
err. arrested for the killing OF a fel-
low countryman at Calumet, escaped
from the Mt. Pleasant lookup by dig
ging tunnel under the wall OF the
building. The killing is said TO have
been committed at Calumet two
| months ago, the deed having been
kept from the authorities by the
friends of the murderer. Tn a
drunken row Saturday night Dankus
abused one of the crowd and tho
murder was given away. Constable
]. G. Thompson made the arrest.
Two additional arrests were made
OF Italians who participated In n
bloody riot at Pomberton, in which
francesca AmbraslSi was killed and
three were seriously injured John
Tolsli, one OF the prisoners in Jail
here, is not expected to live.
A street car on the Monaco divis-
ion of the Beaver Valley Traction
(ntnnan.g xyau Iaraffa1 nj tho and ~
the Ohio river bridge and crashed
into a building. killing one man and
injurlng two others.
Five black bears have been killed
in the vicinity of Lock Haven during
| the past week. John Ruhl shot two
in his corn field near Tylersyille, A..
| d. Kleckner killed one at his lumber
camp naar I.oganton.' John Cooper
and Samuel Matter trapped a 200
FOUNDER in Spruce Hollow, while John
Fielder and Newton Shook yesterday
killed theirs with clubs on Cherry
Run after long fight.
Robbers broke into the postofflce at
Sykesville, near Reynoldsville, blew
the safe to pieces and secured about
$500 in stamps, but no cash. The
postoHice is in the same building with
store and dwelling. The robbers
in departing locked the door on the
outside, holding the postmaster
prisoner. The robbers were shot at
and were followed, but they escaped
in the darkness.
| d. w. Evans has been arrested at
White Rock. Armstrong county, on
the charge of forgery. 1t is alleged
that he forged coupons issued by the
| Pittsburg Buffalo company to its EN-
ployes, which were good for articles
purchased iu the company's store.
and that the amount involved Is sew
eral hundred dollars.
The Grove City council has passed
q curfew ordinance prohibiting the
lettering OF children upon the streets
after o'clock in the evening, and al
so prohibiting adults from being up
on the streets after midnight unless
a good excuse can he given.
The Greenville Electric Railway
Company has been granted a fran
chise by Council at Greenyille for u
line from Sharpsville to Conneaut
Lake. The line will be so miles long.
The right OF way has been secured.
Miss Jennie Buxton, New Castle
school teacher, has been arrested and
held for trial at court in 5000 bail on
an alleged charge of too severely
whipping Clyde, the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Robinson.
The Monongahela Oil and Gas COM
pany's test we'll on Mingo creek
proved to be duster and drilling
was stopped. The well was 1900 feet
deep. or nearly 100 feet below the
Elizabeth sand.
Fire totally destroyed the Lake
Shore passenger and freight station
at jamestown. Mercer county, caus-
ing a loss of $4,000. II Is believed
that tramps first robbed the station
and then set fire to 1t.
Capt. l.. l.. Tidbal, OF Mononga-
hela. arrested John Henry, colored. at
Uniontown. He Is charged with rob
bing Thomas Walker, at Ellsworth
mines. last Saturday, at the point of
| a revolver
The grand lodge OF the Ancient
Order OF United Workmen. OF Penn
sylyania, will convene at Uniontown,
on October Is. About $50 delegates
and grand officers are expected to at
tend.
At the lnstigation of the court Con
stable Rudlzeil OF Sharon, ordered
kthose owning slot machines to dis
continue their use. About 200 ma
chimes have been in operation.
Thieves forced an entrance into the
meat market of John Suber, at New
Castle, and carried of large quaint
| ty OF meats, but overlooked n large
sum of money under the counter
A sneak thief entered the stores
of the Robinson company and j. FL
mer Grimm. at Sharon, and robbed
the money drawers of about $40
John Gulgliardi. the 1G-year-old
boy charged with killing REESE Seri
ano, of Walston, was held for court
and will be taken to Rockville Jail.
Charles Willis. track walker
was killed near mine 33, Windber
He stepped out of the way OF Z
freight train and was struck by 4
Babcock lumber train. He was 81