The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-11-29


ally blown to pieces at his home In
Ashville, 10 miles north Of Altoona.
The boy had gone to the attic to hunt
for his skates, and took with him q
number of matches to light up the
gloom. In cropping about, a lighted
match fell into an open keg Of powd-
er. In an instant there was a terrif-
ic explosion, which blew the roof
off the house and killed the boy out
right, the body being badly torn.
w. H. Berry's official majority over
]. Lee Plummer for State Treasurer
Of Pennsylvania in the recent election,
lacking official figures from Allegheny
county, is 117,054 The unofficial vote
In Allegheny county was: Plummer,
67,155; Berry, 41,1S6, giving Plummer
a majority there of 25,969. Presum-
ing these figures to be correct Ber-
ry's majority in the State will reach
91,9S5. The total vote in the State,
lacking Allegheny, is 902,923. Alle-
gheny's total unofficial vote for
Treasurer is 109,341, making the to-
tai vote in the State, calculated on
this basis and including Socialist, g.
IT'S, and Socialist-Labor, 1,244, 1,012,-
066. In the last Presidential election
the total vote In Pennsylvania was
1,236,338.
Thirty-five informations were made
by Pure Food Agents James Frost,
e. ID. Miller, w. A. Hutchinson, and
James McGregor before Alderman
John Groetzinger, charging dealers Of
Allegheny county with violating the
pure food laws. Dairymen, butchers
and grocerymen are included in tho
wholesale accusations. Among the
preservatives which are said to have
been used by the dealers are formal
dehyde, benzoic acid, coal tar dyes
and acid.
The verdict of the Washington
county coroner's jury at Bentleyvilla
was that Edward Farragher and the
six other men who were killed at
Braznell shaft No. 1 came to their
death by an explosion of gas caused
by two open torches sent down In a
bucket, by order of Edward Hastie,
and that the explosion was due to err
ror of judgment on the part of Far
ragher and Hastie.
Jewelry worth $4,000 was obtained
by second-story thief at Cresson.
An Egyptian necklace valued at ST.
900 was taken from the home of G.
s. Dinvillers, engineer Of construc-
tion on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Ell Conner, general superintendent OF
the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke
company, lost a gold watch valued at
$3.50 and other jewelry.
Dunbar will have two new indus
tries. A silica brick works will be
erected on the Hooper estate, south
Of town, by Philadelphia capitalists,
and will give employment to 100
men. The sand works Of the Dunbar
Sand Company, which was destroyed
by fire several months ago, will be
rebuilt
Twenty-Five students at st.
Vincent's were expelled by Rev.
Father Leo because of the action of
two students in coming to Latrobe to
attend the football game in violation
Of orders. On their return they were
expelled. Upon leaving the college
they were accompanied by 20 fellow
students, whose expulsion followed.
While Mrs. II. A. Foering, wife of
Head Master Foerilg Of the Bethele-
hem Preparatory School, was in the
kitchen of her home the waterback
Of the stove exploded and a large
piece of flying iron struck her on the
head, crushing her skull and instant
Iy killing her.
The Great Bethel Baptist church, Of
Uniontown has called Rev. J. s..
Bromley, of Reading, to its pulpit,
made vacant by the resignation of
Rev. Fl. f. King, who goes to Indiana,
Pa His salary was fixed at 81 800,
together with the use of the par
James Pope pleaded guilty to
stealing $500 in unsigned bank notes
from the New Salem Office of the
Adams Express company, and was
sentenced to the Huntingdon reform
ltory for three years by the Fayette
county court.
The Washington county court ELI
minated the conspiracy charge in the
suit of Rev. Mr.. Lee of Pittsburg,
against 10 African Methodist Episco-
pal ministers. The jury placed one
hird the costs on the prosecutor and
on the defendants.
Frank Torrey, aged 81, an timer
int umbrella mender, died in the
)auphin county prison. He was IN a
ilthy condition when arrested by the
police on a charge Of vagrancy and
lied several hours after he had been
given bath.
William Laurie, D. D. LII. D., re-
signed as pastor of the Bellefonte
Presbyterian church, after a continu-
'us pastorate of over go years. His
will take effect as soon as
he local presbytery can take action.
The plant of the Steelton Electric
light Company was destroyed by
ire, involving a loss of 100000, with
10 insurance.
Fire destroyed the foundry of the
Evans manufacturing company at
3utler. The loss was $4,000, fully in
;ured.
During the past month more than
20 robberies have been reported in
Dunbar and vicinity.