The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-09-13

notified of the death in Robinson
township Of David White, concerning
whom Pittsburg newspaper printed
sensational story of murder and
robbery, the coroner said he had re-
Geived no official notification of Mr..
Whites death, that he had taken no
action, and had no intention of taking
any. Coroner Sipe said that in con-
versation with neighbors Of Mr..
White he had learned that death was
due to pm 'umonia, as stated by DR..
Marlin, @ Clinton, who had charge OF
the case. The newspaper story of Mr..
White being found with his head
beaten to pulp and large sum of
money which he carried gone," was
branded as fake pure and simple.
There is no suspicion of either mur-
der or robbery.
An affidavit of a new political
party called the Lincoln party was
filed in the prothonotary's Office at
Somerset by Alexander B. Croft, edi-
tor of the Somerset County Democrat
and chairman of the Democrat Coun-
ty Committee The affidavit Is
sworn to by Peter Henley, of Somer-
let township; E. d. Glessner, of
Stoney Creek township Solomon d.
Shoemaker, Haywood T. Montgom-
cry and Samuel F. Sharrah, of Son.
erset borough, all qualified voters re-
siding in the county.
The grand jury at Waynesburg re-
turned true bills against John
Straight, the Aleppo township farm
er recently placed in jail for assault
with intent to kill his daughter,
Miss Jessie Straight, and for other
crimes against her. The girl was
brought here from Washington hos
pital to testify against her father,
She has almost recovered from the
five bullet wounds inflicted by him.
but both hands will be permanently
crippled. A 32-caliber bullet is still
lodged near the base of the brain.
Driven desperate by JEALOUSY over
attentions her husband haf pay
ing to her unmarried ST Mrs.
| Elizabeth Mercer, wife ofN oseph l..
| Mercer, of New Castle, drank two
|
| and died within a few minutes, in
| terrible agony. Her husband witness
| ed the desperate deed and was
severely burned upon the hands by
the fiery acid while struggling with
his wife to prevent her swallowing it.
The pottery plant of the Shenango
| China Co., which was last week pur-
chased by local capitalists at public
sale. under the receiver, Attorney
Eugene N. Baer, was put in operation
| at New Castle by the new owners.
About $50 men are now employed and
the plant will be run full turn, CIV
ing work to 250 men, as soon as the
order of sale is officially confirmed.
Frederick Gerthing, of Sharpsville,
has had stomach trouble for a number
of years. On Sunday he was seized
with vomiting spells, and during one
of the paToxysms a live frog came
from his stomach. 1t was over an in
ch in length and was alive. Gerthing
placed it in chloroform and is now ex-
hibiting it to his friends. His stom-
ach does not trouble him now, and he
has developed a wonderful appetite.
Judge JamesvN. Galbreath has
made an order changing the time of
holding License Court at Butler,
from the third Monday of June to the
first Monday Of February each year,
and fixing the manner Of advertise
ment, which caused so much trouble
in the last License Court. The first
court under the new order will be
held in next February.
Ralph Smith and William Hender-
son. aged IA and IS years, respect
lively. of Franklin, sentenced to the
Morganza reformatory, escaped from
the county Jail. They were confined
on the third floor. They cut their
way through the ceiling into the gar
ret. Tieing two blankets and a ham,
mock end to end, they slid down their
improvised rope to the ground.
John Ross was sentenced by Mayor
Hainer of New Castle, to six months
in the Allegheny workhouse. What
have | done?" demanded Ross.
Nothing" was the reply. That's
| luC liouDlc' 1Ou We uOue
the last three years and are a vag-
rant"
Charles Hudspath, aged 20 years,
was fatally scalded by the bursting of
a steam pipe underneath the boiler
of the Penn Gas Coal Co.'S No. 3
mine at Blackburn, near Greensburg.
The slaughter house and stables of
the Union Supply company at Brown
field were burned to the ground.
causing a loss of $4,000. Six horses,
four wagons, big bunch of hides and
quantity Of beef were destroyed. in
addition to fine horse and buggy
that had been left temporarily in
the stable.
John Johnson, school director OF
Perry township, Greene County, was
killed by being thrown from his horse
The animal broke through a culvert
One rib was broken and penetrated
his lung. He was As years of age and
leaves wife and family.