The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-25
KEYSTONE State CULL|NGs
FORMER JUDGE pAxsoN DEAD.
Was Chief Justice Of Pennsylvania,
Receiver for the Reading and
Founder Of Friends Home.

Founder OF Friends Home.
Former Chief Justice Edward NJ
Paxson, Of the Pennsylvania Su-
prem Court, died at his home In BY
cot. Death was due to a complica-
tlon Of diseases. He was 81 years
old. Judge Paxson was born In
Buckingham, Bucks county, Pa. He
was educated In the Quaker schools
At the age of IS he established the
New Town Journal at New Town,
Pa, and later founded the Daily
News OF Philadelphia. He studied law
and was admitted to the bar In 1850
He was appointed Judge In the Com
mon Pleas Court in 1869, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
f. Carroll Brewster. He was elected
to the office the following year. In
1874, at the first election under the
new constitution, Judge Paxson was
elected to the Supreme Court. In
1893 he was appointed one of the re.
ceivers of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Co, at which time he
resigned his position Gs chief justice.
The home for aged and infrm men,
bers of the Society of Friends at
New Town was founded by Judge
PaXson.
The action of the directors Of the
Pennsylvania G. Mahoning Valley
Electric railway line in selling the
properties to the new $4,000, 900
mortgaged company known as the
Shenango & Mahoning Valley Light
& Power Company was formally rati-
fled at meeting of the stockholders
at the general Offices of the company
in New Castle Over SO per cent Of
the capital stock OF SS,0O0,00O was
represented. The stock was turned
over to James Blackburn of Youngs-
town, as formality in the compile
tion OF the merger. The other lines
taken into the consolidation are the
New Castle-Sharon, and the Youngs-
town-Sharon interurban lines.
The export department of the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufac-
turing Company has received a con
tract from Takata G. Co., it's Japan.
ese representative. for the electrical
equipment of a street railroad in
Kobe. The contract calls for 16
double equipments of so horse power
motors, with multiple unit control
All Of this machinery will be furn-
ished by the East Pittsburgh fac.
tory.
Thieves robbed the post Office at
Markleton while Postmaster John
Leonard was absent at dinner. They
secured 5000. Part of the money
taken belongs to the United States
Express Company, which had stored
1t there for safety About $500 in
gold and silver coin was overlooked
by the robbers. This is the third
time the office has been robbed with
in three years
William Slade, colored, aged 80
years and single, perished in fire
that destroyed his shanty at Leisen.
ring No. near Conlellsville. Slade
and an unknown companion had
keg of beer in the shanty Saturday.
In the evening the two were n
drunken stupor and stove was over.
turned setting fire to the shanty.
Slade was too drunk to get out.
A deal was closed for the purchase
OF 1000 acres Of coal land in Am
well township, Washington county, by
Isaac Seamans of Uniontown. The
purchase price is 500 an acre. Op-
tions on a block Of 1000 acres ad-
joining this plot have been taken by
d. l.. Frazee Of near Washington for
Pittsburgh syndicate, at 800 an
acre.
The board of public grounds and
buildings appointed Norman Bortz Of
Allentown, superintendent of con-
struction of the new state insane
hospital to be erected near that city,
and Oscar E. Thompson OF Phoenix
vile, engineers for state bridge to
be built over the Lycoming creek near
Williamsport.
An income of over 81 100000 in three
years is the record of the estate of
the late James Cochran, Of Dawson,
according to report made to the
Fayette count court by NJ. M. Coch-
ran, trustee. The report filed Gov
ers the period from 1902 until July,
1905.
Hope of rescuing the six men en-
IolhDCu III Tic DululuS rIGuGIlChSIOWu
mine of the Clyde Coal Company has
practically been given up. The local
concern has made every effort to get
at the imprisoned miners, but say
there seems no chance whatever of
getting the men out alive.
WILLIAM Rudisell, SO years old,
dropped dead at Sharon. For many
years he was borough constable. He
leaves wife and several children.
Fire destroyed the plant of the
Dunbar Sand Manufacturing company
near Dunbar. The loss is about s10,-
900, partially covered by insurance.
Margaret Williams committed sui
eide at State College, by drinking
carbolic acid. Her home was at
Nanticoke.
At Punxsutawney, a contract for
school building. to cost 100000. was
let to j. A. Nixon of Titusville. The
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