The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-16
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.


the Tenth regiment, Pennsylvaria voi
| unteers. who lost their lives in thr sec
! vice of their country in the Phii"p'nrt
was Introduced in the hous" ln,, cy.p
inG by ~. D"yarnon, of Favcitr
Eca&,a.. f.. '.a'ch io.-ljar-y Ia.
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| whcrta'rrts go ." nowu. N,i"s ..'.L
Kint1cr, Ca q ar.t'l wife. learN.A -
the coue.n"ut -" took Il dose @, l.9-.s
green and died within a fcw mina,7,
Altoona. Ia. March li.-lIarry 90.
ley, the Telegraph operator who en'" y
white block To the passenger train jNG+-
afterwards ran into II freight train &c.. -
ing the death of Engineer John '.-'
and Fireman George Kern. last '.E.'.,.
day. turned up at the inquest yr>'c. y.
The jury rendered II verdict holdiPn ',.r
criminally responsible OF the accidoA:.
Scwicklcy. Pa, March 13.-Dr 'aaG.cN
f. Murray, son OF DR.. H. j. Mjrr'. one
of the best known and highly resp cl
residents of Scwieklcy, last nich' .lut
and instantly killed John lrna.u,N.
negro. his fathers butler. Murra' ior
about a week has been acting stral ,0ly.
and it is thought his mind has bo.. af-
, fcctcd by drink. 1t is not known t'tnt
there has been any trouble bctwcc" fUc
men. Murray was arrested today.
Pittsburg. March ll.--inc strike " thr
Schocn Pressed Steel works was >: i"1
last night. and the plant is in full % era
ton today. The result is partial vic
| tory for the strikers, the firm hHviOg
conceded nm advance of H. cents a day
to all employees in all departments. a ~
| hour shutdown ON Sunday. and In case
of accident permission for the men va "V%
department to stop work until III" injured
or dead are removed from the sccn".
Harrisburg. March ll.-thnirmaH
John II. Fow. of the lrgSla' i've tom
mittce to investigate the charges of al.
legged bribery in connection with the
consideration of the McCarr"ll jury bill
in the house. filed n preliminar" 'l~pnrt
yesterday in the house. The rrp,,t de.
clarcs that ''it will bc impossible tn con
clude their labors by March -, tho time
fixed hy resolution. They therefore ask
that the time be extended to March -.
On motion the tim" of filing the report
was extended.
Philadelphia. March 13.-.Iohr Will.
iams. aged - years, and his WI" Mar
yarct. aged -. were nsIhyNiatrA Ivy IL
luminatiu" gas yesterday 1T their home.
22O1 Wnvcrly street. II is believed I"
have been due to m accident Mr.. VIII
iams was barber and usually returned
home after midnight on Saturdays. Ths
stopper on the gas jet is very close to
another controlling the flow Of sas to q
radiator. In turning off the former IL
il thought he accidentally turned on Ii"
latter. The couple had been married
eight months.
Chambcrsbnrg, Pa, March 1l.-An un.
successful attempt was made to blow NJ
the grammar school at Scotland yest"r-
day. The school was in session. ard
panic ensucd. Fortunately no one was
hurt. A bomb, pieces Of which have
been found and are in possession Of the
authorities. had been placed under the
floor of the building. The shock was
great enough TO shake other buildings in
the vicinity. and n big stove was broken
from its faStcninGs. Investigation rhpW
ed that the fnstrnings on the dN)r of
the basement had been broken off.
Harrisburg, March 13.-Govcrnor
Stone received n letter yesterday from
David r. Watson. of Pittsburg. dated
March II, thanking him for the honor
conferred in rendering him the appoint
mcnt of supreme court judge TO fill the
vacancy created by thc death of luhg"
Henry Williams. Of WcllSboro. MIR.
Watson says that after the h'st "ul.
sidcration he is able 10 give III" IGattcr
he finds himself unable to accept the
appointments The governor dee mes to
make public the full contents uf Mr..
Watson's letter for personal reasons.
Sharon. Pa. March l3.-Mrs. Maggie
Smith, wife of Homer Smith, aged ~
wears, was found dead at her residence
with two wounds on her head and her
clothes burned from her body. Her hus-
band claims he wa. awakened by an
explosion and found his wife wi,hnS
in flames on the hoor, with portions of
the lamp lying around He s'.mhnrcd
the flames. but She was burned terribly
about the body. Smith was arrested,
and at the curoncr's inquest told YER,
disconnected story. lie WAS reminded
10 Jail to await th' result of poa
mort"m examination.
Scranton. Pa. Mach Eth" rak
ping cr wir" Som"v hr:" h"t'Y".a this
city and New TJr': r., last !. cost
the pool rOom ru"u oI this e, ana
Wilkcsbarre 81 800. The races were lib
orally played in both cities, and there
were many surprises when it was an
| nounced that Baratara, to !, Friar
John AT ; to l and Memo at 80 to |, were
the winners of the big races. The dis.
tcovery that the wires had been tapped
was not made until too late, and now
the bettors on the winning horses will
have their claims satisfied at further
loss TO the pool room men.
Pittsburg, March 1.-THE scale com
mittecs of the coal operators and min
ers' organizations of the Pittsburg dis
trict held several meetings yesterday,
but adjourned at 4 o'clock unit! today
without having accomplished anything.
According to statements made by mem
bers of the committee no conclusion was
arrived at beyond the fact that the min
ers issued their ultimatum, which is in
accordance with the resolutions adopted
ut the last district convention. 1t was
| fur,bnr Statnd that tho only punetion