The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-04-26
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LExoW IN GREENE Cd n.
Taxpayers League Appeals FROM Iudl-
tors Reports Of Accounts'of Com.
missloners, Poor Directors
asd Sheriff.

large sums of money alleged to have
been improperly or illegally expended
by various county officers. Appeals
are taken from the county auditors
reports, auditing the accounts of cohn-
ty commissioners T. ]. Hoge, w. N.
Fry a1d w. L. Inghram; Poor DN-
rectors Spencer Cowel and John King\
and Sheriff John j. Koebert. Then
amounts excepted to aggregate many
thousands of dollars and 1t is charged
that illegal and excessive sums were
paid for bridge building, road making,
salaries for employees, care of the poor,
etc.
Two departments Of the National
Tube works at McKeesport win be
removed to Versailles borough, two
miles above McKeesport. Work OF
razing the buildings was commenced
yesterday, and within week the
company expects to have the machin-
cry in operation at the new location.
The departments to be moved include
the Job and pole shops, where about
$50 men are employed. The ground
vacated at McKeesport will be used
as site for departments OF the new
tube mills.
It has been announced that the
Fort Wayne, Van Vert and Lima
Traction company in Ohio has award
ed to the Cambria Steel company of
Johnstown, the contract for all the
steel rails to be used in the construc-
ton of the unfinished section Of the
line from Van Vert to Fort Wayne.
The orders are to rush the shipments.
The section of road to be completed
is about 33 miles long, and the rails
are much heavier than those used on
the ordinary electric railway.
Edward Grear night telegraph opera
tor of the Nickel Plate railroad at
Thornton Junction, had desperate
battle with two burglars. Two men
broke into his Office and he protected
himself with the only weapon he had.
his pocket knife. He stabbed one OF
the men, but the other struck him
over the head with heavy poker and
dragged away his companion. Grear
did not recover consciousness for
some time.
Cerebro spinal meningitis, or spot
ted fever is spreading about Con-
nellsville. The first deaths reported
are those of Elizabeth Wilmer, aged
10 years, at Wheeler, a suburb, and
Grant Real, Of Mt. Pleasant township.
Westmoreland county. There are two
cases at Dunbar and several at Leis-
enring No. 2, a mining settlement.
The State Board of Health has been
appealed to for help.
Butler borough will hasten to avail
itself of the provisions of the act just
signed by the governor amending the
third class city act. The amendment
was drafted by Attorney H. H. Couch
er, and provides that on petition Of
100 citizens council shall. submit the
question of third class city charter to
the voters There Is a population of
$4,000 In the borough limits.
Julian Kennedy, of Pittsburg, is pre-
pairing the plans for new universal
plate mill to be erected Immediately
by the Cambria Steel Company. The
mill will have a capacity of 200 tons
day, and will cost about 100000.
One hundred and fifty men will be
employed It is expected the mill
will be ready for operation before
January 1.
A riot was precipitated when
baltimore and Ohio railroad workmen
attempted to lay tracks near the prop
erty of w. D. Smith on Moravia street,
New Castle. The latter fired four
pistol shots and chased the force away.
The railroad company has been ne
gotiating with Smith for his proper
ty but no agreement has been reach
ed.
One thousand acres of land under
laid with limestone has been purchased
at Lowellville, by the George w.
Johnson Limestone company, Of New
Castle. One hundred thousand dollars
will be expended in installing machin-
cry and laying tracks to facilitate the
work Of quarrying.
The Butler county commissioners
have filed notice of { )ir intention to
build eight new bridges during the
year. Two will be in Clinton town.
ship and one each In Butler, Jeffer-
son, Allegheny, Penn and Washing
ton townships and in Harrisville bor-
ough.
The Point bottle works plant, at
Rochester, was sold at receivers sale
to Henry NJ. Camp, of Rochester,
trustee, representing syndicate which
is making an effort to place the works
in full operation at an early date. The
price paid was S15,S00.
The Cambria Steel Company at
Johnstown has made readjustment
of wages. 1t is not officially announc-
ed, but it is understood that the raise
will make wages the same as before
the cut made more than year ago.
The Slavish woman who committed
suicide at Altoona, by throwing her.
self under a freight train, has been
identified as Mary Zuka, 25 years old.
Homesiclrness is accredited as the
cause for her act.
Cerebro-spinal meningitis, or spot
ted fever, has invaded Greensbufg.
There have been about six cases with
In the past few weeks and all have
been fatal.
jacob Presock, fire boss at Oliver
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