The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-01-06
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

renee, Daniel sullivan and Henry
Evans. three prisoners who escaped
from the custody Of jail Warden Bo-
land while he was conveying them
from the court house to the county
jail, have been captured in Chicago.
The men were charged with picking
pockets during the nremen's conven-
ton. They will be brought back to
Wilkesbarre. -s4s ,.
Philadelr.. "a. Jan. 4-Girard college
celebrated Its 50th anniversary yester.
daw with an elaborate program Of
exercises. Addresses were made in the
afternoon by Mayor Warwick. Con.
gresham Brosius and officials Of the
institution, and there were a number
Of vocal and instrumental selections
by pupils. The event Of the celebration
was the Grafton delivered last night by
Speaker Thomas B. Reed.
Clearheld. Pa... Jan. lone of the
heaviest snowstorms of the season
ragged here all day yesterday. and last
night had reached a depth Of IA inches.
All trains on the Pennsylvania rail.
road and Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts.
burg are from one to three hours late.
- SooA ~ nih Va II Stl4 . anu OltC cut,lTt
Z on the Beech Creek road was wrecked
on account Of the snow at Wallacetown,
u miles east of here. Three hundred
feet Of track were torn up.
Philadelphia, Jan. 3.-Mrs. Mary
Lamb, Of 2214 Cuthbert street, died last
night in the MedicO-C Chirurgi, al hos
pital from fractured skull, and her
son by her first husband Is under ar
rest on suspicion Of having caused her
death. The sons name Is Malachi
Scannell. Saturday night Mrs. Lamb
was found lying at the foot of the
stairs In her home. She was uncon-
scious, and her body was covered with
bruises. The police, II is said, learned
that the woman and her son had been
quarreling considerably on New Years
eve. Scannell was arrested.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.--Judges Penny
packer, Wiltbank and Sulzberger yes
terday appointed appraisers to pass
upon the assets Of the defunct Chest
nut Street Trust and Saving Fund COM
pany, which closed its doors with the
failure Of the Chestnut Street National
bank. In connection with the bank
affairs depositors representing nearly
100000 have assented to the plan of
settlement submitted by Messrs. Earle
and Cook, assignees of the trust COM
pany, and about 70 per cent Of the trust
company's depositors has also assented
Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-Two men were
killed and three others injured yester-
day at the Warden Boiler works, Nine
teenth and Allegheny avenue, by a
shifting engine which was backed into
the yard of the works in q careless
manner. The dead are Walter Greg
ory and Patrick McMeilan. The in
jured are Patrick O'Malley. Patrick
McHugh and John A. Hallahan, all of
whom Will recover. The men were
pushing an empty car out of the yard
when a shifting engine backed a lot of
cars into the yard and struck the
empty car. The shock threw the five
men to the ground. Gregory was killed
instantly and McMeilan died soon after.
Pittsburg. Dec. 3l.-Another strike of
window glass workers, which may pre-
vent the general resumption on Jan. s,
is threatened. After the settlement
Of the wage differences the factory of
w. p. Jones 4 Co., ut Eaton, Ind, was
started with cutters and flatteners who
are not members Of the league. but are
connected with the Blowers assembly
Of the, Knights OF Labor. The flatten-
ers and cutters claim that they are
Inon-union men, and say strike will
| be ordered II members Of the Fiatten-
ers' and Cutters organization are not
substituted. President Burns, of the
Blowers and Gatherers, insists that the
men shall not he disturbed. and de-
clares that IL the fnanrifacttters; dis
charge them he will order out his men,
From this It would seem that II the
manufactures dc not live up to. th,ir
agreement with. the cutters and fiat
lteners they will have a strike of these
two trades on their hands, and. II they
| do live UP to their agreement the gath
Ierers. and Blowers win strike. ~Ins the
meahtime the manufacturers refuse
10 osdy %hat course they win pursue. \
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