The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-01-18
KEYSTONE STATE CULL|NCs
WORRY CAUSES A WRECK.
Thinking of Invalid Wife, TeIegrapher
Forgets Train Order.


place fatal train wreck occurred,
said he was thinking of his invalid
wife and forgot an order to hold the
southbound Pennsylvania railroad pas
senger train at the Scales until an
unattached northbound locomotive ar
rived there. Consequently the loco
motive met the passenger train, caus-
ing the death of two persons and the
injury of a number of others.
With bullet hole in the right tenn
Pile and fastened to q tree by a rope,
the body of a man supposed to be
Col M. Ream, aged co. late of Bru-
bakers, Lancaster county, was found
floating in Wyomisslng creek, a mile
south of Reading. On his chest was
revolver and in his pockets were
letters that gave a clue 10 the iden-
tity 1t is supposed he killed himself
Ream was formerly promoter and
| insurance agent.
Clerk of Courts Charles Baker, of
Washington, has secured options on
1000 acres or coai at vest UniCn,
Greene county, the price being 100
an acre. Among those who have
given options are James Dunn, 700
acres; Joseph Dunn, 220 acres: Will
lam II. Ely, 225 acres; Mrs. La2ear
Day, 200 acres. This coal is on the
line of the Wabash through Greene
county.
Fire destroyed the big frame store
house of the McKees Rocks plant of
the Pressed Steel Gar Company,
! causing loss approximately of $751;
! 600 in stock and building, and also
seriously interfering with the opera
| tions of the plant for the next few
days. The blaze is believed to have
been caused by the crossing Of elec-
! trio wires in the loft of the build
| ing.
A crusade has been started in Can
| onsburg and vicinity against the nu-
merous alleged illegal liquor sellers.
| Two women were arrested charged
with selling LIQUOR without a license
and sent to Jail to await trial 1t is
claimed that at Shupetown, a suburb
| of Canonsburg, numerous speakcasies
| exist, and as a result constant dis
| order prevails.
Chief of Police C. C. Horner began
crusade against gambling houses
| in New Castle, raiding several of
| them. Chief Horner announced that
| the work will be vigilantly prosecuted
and Mayor Jackson says the owners
of buildings who lease their properties
for such purposes will also be prose-
| cuted.
Upon a petition filed in Common
Pleas court at Philadelphia by coun-
sci for the United States Biscuit COM
| pany, a receiver was appointed for
the Keebler-Weyl Baking company,
| Shuward Haggerty was named for the
| office and security fixed at 100000.
| The trade value of the company's
assets is S25O,976.37, while its liza
bilities are fixed at S251, ,4G5.04.
Emri TAFT, a Slav, lies. in a dying
| condition at Adelaide Emzi Torrak,
| a fellow boarder, after quarrel
went upstairs and heated a poker.
| When TAFT went up latter he was met
| by Torrak who plunged the redhot
iron into him.
The Sevres China Company of East
Liverpool has purchased the pottery of
the Derry China Company in West
| Derry. Orders have been issued to
have the pottery started in full with
in 10 days, giving work to 800 peo-
| pie.
| After attending the funeral of his
brother, Warren Kerr, one of the best
known farmers of . East Crawford
| County, was found dead in his bed.
| Apoplexy is supposed to have been
the cause Of death.
Safe crackers got about SIS at the
J Office of the Cleveland and Pittsburg
railroad at Beaver. The safe door was
blown across the Office and broken.
| The money drawers were taken.
| M. c. Armour, engineer of the Car
bon Limestone company, at Hillsyille,
Lawrence county, was held up and
robbed by three negroes. His watch
| and money were taken.
The Marquis Clay and Limestone
company, of New Castle, has absorbed
| the Pennsylvania Portland Cement
| company, which is preparing to erect
$1,O0O,000 cement plant in the
I spring.
Nearly dozen dental Offices of
| Johnstown were robbed of gold and
| platinum worth hundreds of dollars.
| The burglaries were so clever that the
| police are balfled.
John Putt, 81 years old, who lived
alone in small apartment house near
Altoona, was burned to death, his
clothes igniting while he was trying
to make fire in q stove.
The Republican leaders have chos-
en- Representative Plummer as house
leader at Harrisburg. He is to be
assisted by Representative Francies,
Esler and Shern.
/ Fire damaged the general merchan-
disc store of George Shaffer, at Al
toona, about $4,000. Roman candles
and skyrockets were touched OFF, and
the spectators had a narrow escape.
At the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Erie and Pittsburg railroad
the capital stock was increased from
100000 to S4,500,000.
John P. Elkins has taken his seat
as associate justice of the supreme
court.
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