The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-09-30
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Matters of In terest from All Over
the Com Nonwealth,
PRESENTED IN BNIBFEsT FORM

Crimes and Casualties of Every Char
aoter Sent by the News Gatherera of
the Different Localities and Carefully
Edited.
DoYLEsTowN, Pa, Sept 95--The jury In
the Fallsingtun "whitecap' cases failed TO
agree and was discharged. Nine favored
Hcquittal. The defendants were held for
the next term Of court.
READING, Pa, Sept. 26-Burglars en-
tered the residence Of Albert Eyrich in
Spring township, near this city, and break
ing open a writing desk obtained 1924 A
bag containing $50 in small coin was over
looked. No clew.
LANsDAIR, Pa, Sept 2s A terrible aci
oident at Woodlawu mill, near Chalfont,
resulted in the death of Francis Curley,
Jr. Mr. Curley was in the act of oiling
some machin ry, when he was caught be
tween two large cog wheels, drawn through
the oogs and terribly wounded. He died
Hoen after.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Sept. 2s.-The CRrne-
gle Steel company has given notice of an
intended readjustment of wages from and
after Jan l. Company officials say it IL
intended to readjust wages for 1894 to
agree with the present scale of the Anal
gamRted Association, that will be in force
in other mills
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 25,-John Nc
GuiPe, ex-foreman Of lace nails here, and
his wife, who were fond guilty of criminal
assault upon Katie Roach, l6 years old,
have been sentenced. The former was fined
$500 and costs and sentenced to Ave years
imprisonment His wife was sent 30 Lu-
zerne county prison for six months.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2s.-In an attempt
TO force his way into a house where his
presence was not desired, William Ross
man, Of Almond street, was shot and un-
doubtedly mortally wounded by Mrs
Emma Specie, who used revolver In an
effort to prevent the man from invading
her home Mrs Speeoe was arrested.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 2s.-Albert Diggs,
of Haudain street, who was arrested 81
suspicion of having murdered his wife,
was arraigned before Magistrate Ladner
at the city hall. Mrs. Diggs died at the
home Of her mother, Mrs JONES' on Shines
street. Il Is legged that the cause of her
death was brutal beating inflicted by her
husband.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 2T.-Samuel g. stot-
hart, a car accountant for the Carnegie
Steel company shot his wife twice yester-
day. almost Instantly killing her. He then
placed the muEzle of the revolver into his
mouth and blew out his brains, dying In
stantly. Insanity, caused by religious
differences and drink, were the causes,
Stothart being Protestant and his wife
Catholic.
WILKEsBARRE Pa, Sept 28.-JoshuA
Gollghtly, assistant mine foreman in the
employ of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
company, blUndered, and as result hve
persons were killed and six injured. He
himself Is Is among the dead. Mr.. Go
lightly carried a naked lamp into the
Lance colllerJ, No. IL. A terrible eKplo-
sion Immediately followed, with the re-
suit As stated.
MEDIA, Pa, Sept 28-Thomas Rogers,
Jr., the young fiend who killed his father
last January, in Chester, and at the same
time shot his mother and sister is today
on trial in the court Of oyer and terminer.
The crime was the most brutal and In
human one ever committed In this county
Mr.. Rogers WIS killed because no ordered
his idle son either TO 20 to work or seek
board elsewhere,
BUTLER, Pa, Sept. ~. - Five masked
men, with telegraph pole, battered down
the door to toll house No. 2, on the Butler
plank road. They then bound Mr.. and
Mrs. Diesle, the keepers, who are 10 years
OF age, and ransacked the house. The
robbers toek 5000 in cash and other Valu-
ablSs. When found the aged couple were
almost dead from fright and exhaustion,
and may not recover.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2T.-The house COM
mittee on war claims yesterday ordered
Mr. Beltzhoover to report favorably his
bill appropriating Ss,447, 945 for the pay
ment of damages sustained by citizens of
Pennsylvania from Union and Confederate
troops during the late war The losses oc-
CURED in the counties Of Adams, Bedford,
Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Perry,
Somerset an York.
WEST CHEZ TER, Pa, Sept. 2T-Harris
one of the leaders Of the Gap gang, who is
now in Jail here for stealing, turned states
EVIDENCE, an the authorities have recov-
cred sixteen horses and twelve carriages,
lot of harness. etc, all Of which was
stolen In the states OF Maryland and Della
ware and Chester and Lancaster counties.
Harris states that he and his pal, Glenn
son. who also is In Jail, did all the stealing.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 26.-While walking
along the road at Calamity, two miles
! from West Elizabeth, Mrs. August Reese
| was shot and killed and her husband
fatally Wopnded by Noel Marson and man
named Reese, French Canadians The
murder was the result OF disclosures made
| by Mrs. Reese a year ago, when she
learned Of an anarchist plot to blow up
Canadian government buildings and re-
vealed the plan Her death, It is said,
was then decreed.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept, 95,--Gerald Griffin
| and Stephen Doyle were at the Academy
| Of Music Saturday night and saw Hughsy
Dougherty and his Tuxedo company Ia.
! produce their western border act The
boys, both aged II, with four comrades,
| yesterday took Flobert gun and battled
! with imaginary indians on the outskirti
Of the oity. Doyle accidentally Ared the
gun. and Grimm was shot through the
heart and instantly killed.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept, 95-Nellis Ham,
NETT, aged Is years, was assaulted by six
men while returning from a picnic early
yesterday morning and dragged into 4
shoemsker's shop. where she was outraged
and injured so seriously that her condition
is critical Some one saw the assault and
the criminals were caught In the act
They arel John O'Neill, Joe Lewis, JamsI
Sullivan, Patrick HertY, Hiram 5ayFes
and Frank Sevino. They were committed
to Jail and bail was refused for them.
BELLRFONTE, Pa, Sept. 2s.-Faotory In
speotor WRtohorn will visit this region
early next week In reference to the de
mands Of the miners TO take action against
those operators who are breaking the
semi-monthly ray law, The miners claim
that they have not yet received pay fol
work done in July. just what effeot tn,
prosecution ofoperators at this time would
have il is hard 10 conjecture, but It Is be
lievsd that prosecution to compel then
to observe the semi-monthly law woulc
mean the % ing down Of nearly all thu
mines In the district
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