The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-07

Hampton l.. Carson has announced
that he has decided to file bills In
equity against George B. Luper.
James ii. Lambert and Israel w. Dur
lam, former insurance commissioner.
and against Actuary Robert e. Forst-
er and ]. Clayton Erb. Recovery OF
aDut $197 900 will be sought by the
attorney general on behalf OF the
state Il will be contended that the
commissioners, the actuary and Mr..
Erb misconstrued the law in accept
ing the fees that came into the in
surance department
Last July a stranger presented a
check which proved to be bogus at
the First National bank OF Union
town. given on the Charleroi bank.
and purporting to be signed to G. H.
Mickels. Some time ago J. II. Glib
honey, with others, was brought to
Uniontown from Connellsville on a
larceny charge. and as he was about
to be released on bail he was identi-
fled as the man who had got the
money on the alleged forged check
A warrant was served on him at
once and he was returned to jail.
Ohicals OF the Mahonlng and She
mango Railway and Light company
have announced that the merger or
the Pennsylvania and Mahoning Val
ley Traction company and the inter
ests Of the Youngstown and Sharon
line have been completed. The new
officers of the merged concern are:
President, E. n. SandersOn. first vice
president, Randall Montgomery, sec
ond vice president. NJ. Il. McCaskey;
treasurer, Alexander s. Webb; sec
retary, Leighton Calkins. There will
be an issue Of s6,00O,000 OF stock.
A passenger train bound for Pitts
burg ran into coal cars near Murray
Hill station on the CHARTERS Valley
Branch. The locomotive was badly
damaged and the passengers received
severe shaking up. Conductor
Stork, OF Carnegie, was thrown be-
meath coal car and severely injur-
ed. Traffic was delayed for hours.
Angered because he claims he was
insulted in the presence OF his sis
ters, Santo Paureru. an Italian lab
orer, shot and killed Roland Nc
Cloud, 90 years old, as the latter
stood in a crowd Of Americans, in the
old Washington county fair grounds.
After the shooting Paurero was placed
in the county jail.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Dun
bar firebrick company at Pechin sta
tion, owned by r. b. and John Pal
mer. The loss is placed at $4,000,
partly covered by insurance. Five
years ago the plant was destroyed by
blaze started by a locomotive spark.
Now 135 men are thrown out OF en-
pfoyment.
The mill of the Wheeler Lumber
company. at Endeayor. Forest county.
was destroyed by fire. The flames
communicated to the yards and sew
eral thousand feet of lumber and
three dwelling houses were also burn
ed. total loss, estimated, 100000, in
surance unknown.
At Butler, John Hilliard, an old
soldier, was shot through both hips by
| John Stops. his neighbor, Stoops
had slaughtered a steer by shooting
it with revolver. The men were
examining the weapon when 1t was
discharged.
The strike at the Pittsburg Reduc-
| ton company's plant at New Ken
sington, has ended. Both employers
and employees made concessions.
The men will return to work, about
500 Of them being affected by the set
| tlement.
James Caldwell. ex-chief of police OF
Youngwood, was sentenced to pay
500 and six months in Jail upon con-
viction of aggravated assault and bat
terry. 1t was alleged that he shot J.
S. Naylor after having locked him in
the police station.
The following appointments Of
fourth-class Pennsylvania postmast-
ers were announced: Elk Citv. Clar-
ion county. Leroy F. Carson; Knouse-
town, Juniata county, l.. Edwin
Rhoads
While Miss Olive Matthews was re-
turning home after closing her meat
| market at butiel, dU dSSdlldut
knocked her down. When she got
up she found that her satchel con-
tanning s140 was gone.
Frederick Darman. of New Castle.
was hell IN and robbed near New
Castle Irnctfoh by two masked high
waymen. Darman submitted peaceful
ly and was not harmed by the robbers.
John Pagona, a wealthy Italian OF
Cannonsburg, received letters signed
"Black Hand" demanding $1,000 and
threatening death If the money was
not turned over.
Michael Ressenik. an Austrian en-
plpyed at the Booth & Finn stone
quarries near Latrobe, was killed BY
being caught between two rollers.
A double frame house owned By
John J. Hoffman was destroyed b.
fire at Rochester. Loss on building
$500. fully insured
Rev. ]. B. Pollock. OF Washington
has been called to the pastorate oi
the New Alexandria United Presby.
terian church, Westmorelaud presbv-
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