The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-03-08

Stanley Loomis, manager of the Citi-
Gems Electric company of Oil City,
was accidentally shot and killed by
the 11-year-old son of Mr. Loomis.
! Miss Anderson was ct work in the
kitchen when the boy playfully sight
| ed the weapon through window at
| a post. He did not know The rifle
was loaded, and when he pulled the
trigger the cartridge exploded, the
| bullet lodging in the girls neck, serv-
! ing an artery, and she bled to death
in a few minutes
Broken by remorse, Owen r.
| Brownfield, secretary, treasurer and
one OF the directors of the Citizens
| Title and Trust company, leader in
the social and business life OF Union
! town and formerly chief clerk to
/ the commissioners of Fayette county,
confessed to the theft of $4,000 in
1902, the last year he spent in the
commissioners office. A chance dis
covery of errors. in the county ac-
counts several days ago first directed
attention to the possibility of irregu-
larities. Further investigation show
ed that bonds issued when the new
court house was built had been re-
sold instead of cancelled and Mr..
! Brownfield admitted his guilt
IN an opinion handed down by
Judge q. II. Reppert at Uniontown,
a new trial was refused in the case
of James w. Ezell, telegraph opera
tor at Newell, who was convicted
Of flrst-degree murder for killing
| Yardma5ter W. G. Porter of the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad last
September. Following the decision
| the death sentence was pronounced
On the prisoner. Attorneys of the
condemned man say the case will be
carried to the Supreme Court if
funds can be raised.
A freight train and a passenger
train on the Low Grade line of the
Buffalo and Allegheny Valley division
of the Pennsylvania railroad colllded
head-on at Fuller, about Is miles from
Dubois. About 20 people were hurt,
none of whom will die, it is believed
The accident, it is alleged, was caused
by a misunderstanding OF train oruers.
The locomotive and baggage car of the
passenger train were smashed. The
engine crews escaped death by jump
ing.
The plainest, shortest will, dispos-
ing of about S1,000,000 in personally
and an unknown quantity Of real es-
tate was that of Jay Cooke, the vet
eran financier, filed for probate with
the register of wills at Norristown.
The will will result in the division of
the estate into five parts, represent
ing four surviving children and the
representative of dead child.
The Butler police arrested an al
legged horse thief on the streets. The
property said to have been stolen
belonged TO a Lyndora groceryman.
The prisoner is a stranger and re-
fuses to give his name. He knocked
a clerk down and ran away with
his team, it is alleged. The police
here were notified by telephone and
captured the man as he drove into
town.
Officer James Lemon, Of Arnold,
surprised James E. Donihi and John
Waters while they were trying to rob
the cash register in the barroom Of
the Hotel Edna at that place at an
early hour this morning. The men
resisted arrest and in the struggle
that followed Lemon shot Donihi
through the leg. After the shooting
both men submitted to arrest.
Two men were killed and about 90
foreigners were injured in a riot at
a celebration at the Strickler works
of the Veteran Coal Company, near
GreensbuTg. Seven of the rioters
were lodged in the Westmorelaud
county Jail. The dead men are:
John Kopkas, Jr., q years old;
Michael Leshow, 80 years old.
Charles Stansell, agent for the
American Express company at Phil
lipsburg, Centre County, is under ar
rest charged with being over $500
were audited on Friday and his ar
short in his accounts. His books
rest followed the next day. 1t is be-
lieved that friends Of Stansell will
make good the alleged shortage.
Four young men charged with
making and passing counterfeit sill
yer dollars and half dollars at Leb-
anon were brought to Harrisburg by
two secret service officers. The
prisoners are William Craig, Frank
Shepley, George Young and William
Hummell, none Of whom is more
than 80 years Of age.
The jury in the case of James Lew
is, a negro, charged with killing Will
liam Jackson of Burgettstown last
September, brought in a verdict u
second degree murder. Self-defense
was the plea. Judge McIlvaine SEN
fenced him to Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for 10 years.
Two Pennsylvania brakemen were
killed by falling under trains on the
Pittsburg division of the road. They
were Albert Lewis, of Derry, aged
% years, and Linn Hoot, Of Wall.
aged 26 years. Lewis was killed at
Altoona and Hoot near Gallitzin.
Edward ]. Stackpole has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Harrisburg,
and Aaron .Hostetter for Hanover,
and William c.. Smith, Dunbar.
Charles VI. Schwab has awarded the
contract to an Altoona lumber COM
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