The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-02


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,
local real estate dealer in the shape
of promissory notes for $25 each.
AS the result of what is claimed
| to have been miscarried letter and
| a 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 a 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 72 years,
and a veteran of the Civil war, was
! found dead In an abandoned field five
miles south of Tyrone, in kneeling
posture, as il 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 ill. 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 Grlffiths of West Pittston,
well-known mining engineer ana
geologist, will sail August l 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 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. ZarR
kalish pleaded guilty to secondVd
gree murder and manslaughter. n
kalisld fell in love with Mrs. SIN
and when she refused to elope with
him he shot her and also the nephew,
who was in bed. He also made two
ottaunrtc tp lyi1l hir1ca1r
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 up
over the matter, fearing that the dis
ease germs have invaded their herds.
D. F. Pincin, while waiting for
| trolley car at Hutchinson siding,
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 a 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
messed the accident and 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, 80 years old, died at
New Castle, from injuries received at
the Atlantic furnace, when his legs
were ground off by a car.
The residence of Daniel Korn, Of
| Butler was entered by sneak thieves
while the family was up stairs and
robbed of $2S 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 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
A 5O-page deed was left for record
at Uniontown whereby 1,5OO acres of
coal land was transferred from the
| Johnson Mining COMPANY. of Favette