The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-02
KEYSTONE State CULL|NGs
BLISS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Manager Of National Mercantlls
Company Is Given Hearing on
Charge of Forgery.

After a hearing, Charles A. Bliss,
manager of the National Mercantile
company, at New Castle, was held un-
der $500 bail for trial at court upon a
charge of forgery entered by William
Walton. Bliss is alleged to have Sc
cured the signatures of many mer-
chants to contracts for collecting their
unpaid accounts. A portion of each
contract, it is claimed, later turned
up in the hands of s. A. McCracken,
a local real estate dealer in the shape
of promissory notes for s25 each.
AS the result of what is claimed
to have been miscarried letter and
false Identification of the party re-
ceiving it Postmaster j. L. Malcolm
of Uniontown Is made defendent in a
suit for $93750, which sum it is al
legged by the plaintiffs was intended
for them and was paid to another.
The plaintiffs are Michael and Susan
ma Palchan of Gilmore's works. The
money, it is claimed. was the pro-
ceeds of salt of real estate in Hun
gary. The money was paid last Nov
ember In their affidavit of claim
Palchan and his wife charge that
Postmaster Malcolm did not exercise
proper precaution in the payment Of
the money order.
Stephen B. Patterson, aged 70 years,
and a veteran of the Civil war, was
found dead In an abandoned field five
miles south of Tyrone, in kneeling
posture, as If in prayer. Patterson
left his home for Tyrone to have
his pension voucher cashed and also
to visit his son. He had gone but a
short distance when he evidently be-
came i'll. His family supposed he had
reached his destination and did not
know otherwise until search was in
stituted. Physicians believe that he
had been dead three days.
William Griftiths of West Pittston,
a well-known mining engineer and
geologist, will sail August for South
east Alaska to explore and report for
a company of American capitalists on
the possibilities of the Matanuska
coal fields being developed to supply
the prospective great Pacific trade
with coal for steam purposes. 1t is
said there Is an immense deposit of
bituminous coal there and that it is
of a superior quality.
Judge A. w. Williams sentenced
John Zarkaliski, the slayer of Mrs.
Anna SIZES and George Sarik, her
nephew, at West Middlesex on May 5,
to 20 years in the penitentiary. ZerA
kaliski pleaded guilty to secondNd
gree murder and manslaughter. =
kaliski fell in love with Mrs. SzN
and when she refused to elope with
him he shot her and also the nephew,
who was in bed. He also made two
attempts to kill himself.
A representative of the State De-
partment of Agriculture examined the
cattle belonging to Christian Bender,
farmer, residing eight miles south
OF Meyersdale, pronouncing the herd
infected with tuberculosis, and order
ed that they be killed according to
law Stock-raisers in the immediate
vicinity are considerably wrought I'D
over the matter, fearing that the dis
ease germs have invaded their herds.
D. F. Pincin, while waiting for a
trolley car at Hutchinson siding, a
mile from Altoona, was set upon by
highwaymen, sandbagged and relieved
of s12. His clothes were taken from
him. He was then carried along the
road and thrown into ditch. Pincin
was found wandering around in an
aimless manner. He is seriously in
jured.
The principal of the Institute for
Colored Youths at Cheyney, near Phil
adelphia received letter from An
drew Carnegie, dated Skibo Castle,
Scotland, in which Mr.. Carnegie gives
the institute $4,000 for library. A
summer school for teachers now being
conducted by the institute is attended
by teachers from nearly all the South
ern States.
An obstinate COW, which stationed
herself on the track and refused to
move, caused a wreck on the New
Portage branch Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, resulting in the demolition of
seven cars and causing the death of
one man and fatal injury of another.
Freight Brakeman Frederick Young
of Altoona, was killed while making
up his train at Enola. No one wit
ueSSeu IHe dCClueHJ anu the DEAD man
was found alongside the tracks by fell
low railroad men.
The West Penn Railways company.
at Uniontown, has increased the speed
of it's car through the borough from
five to 10 miles an hour.
John Montcan, go years old, died at
New Castle, from injuries received at
the Atlantic furnace, when his legs
were ground off by car.
The residence Of Daniel Korn, OF
Butler was entered by sneak thieves
while the family was up stairs and
robbed of s2S and two gold rings.
Charles Green, who was injured in
the mines at Holsopple, Somerset
county, died at the Memorial hospital
in Johnstown.
John Saylor, of Altoona, a contract
or, fell from the roof of a stable and
was seriously hurt. No bones were
broken, but he received internal in
juries.
Leo j. Bingham, 19 years old. while
playing ball at Altoona, had his skull
fractured by a pitched ball and may
die