The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-11-23
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Nov. 2l.-In a
street fight at Luzerne borough Sun
day night Andrew Yestrofsky stabbed
Thomas Joyce seven times In the back
with butcher knife. II is feared that
death will result. Yestrofsky was ar
rested.
Doylestown, Pa, Nov. 2l.-Edward
Henderson. colored, aged 10 years. Of
Philadelphia, yesterday afternoon
pleaded guilty to an attempted as
sault upon Miss Blanche Terry. Of
Cornwells, and was sentenced last
night to % years in the penitentiary
Miss Terry's cries brought assistance
and Henderson escaped. but was soon
captured.
Susquehanna, Pa. Nov. 20.-The
body Of a young negro boy, supposed to
be a tramp, was found by some track
men In the West Susquehanna yard Of
the Erie Railroad company in this
place yesterday. The remains were
found near a burning culm pile. and
the supposition Is that he had lain
down to rest and had been overcome
by the poisonous gas. His left hand
and a portion of the left foot were
burned of.
Philadelphia. Nov. 1s.-Pennsylvania
had no trouble in defeating the Penn
sylvania State College team on Frank
lin Field yesterday, the score being
Pennsylvania. At; State College. 0.
The red and blue eleven played a
strong and fast game. The players
made few mistakes and there was lit
tie fumbling. On the ether hand,
State College was surprisingly weak.
The Quakers went through States line
at will and skirted her ends for long
gains time and again.
Carbondale, Pa, Nov 20.-One child
dead, three other children dying, and
the father, mother and another child
seriously Ill. is the result Of coal gas
escaping from furnace Saturday night
at the house Of John Moran, who lives
on the South Side. Neighbors Of the
Morans grew apprehensive yesterday
when the family did not appear, and
their front door was broken open. The
entire family OF seven was found on
an upper floor In an unconscious con-
dition. The gas came from a new fur
mace, which was used Saturday for the
first time.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Nov. 21.-The ru-
NOR of q settlement Of the miners
strike at Nanticoke has again revived.
When the Susquehanna Coal company
officials refused to grant certain de-
mands made by their employees three
months ago $500 men and boys laid
down their tools and quit work. This
big army of toilers has been Idle ever
since. It is now said that both sides
are weary of the struggle, particularly
the strikers, some Of whom are be-
ginning to feel the pangs Of hunger.
and that compromise will be agreed
upon some day this week.
Media, Pa, Nov. 18.-The funeral OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Farnum BaltZell, wife
of DR.. William Hewson Baltzell, who
died of typhoid fever last Wednes-
day at the Johns Hopkins hospital.
Baltimore. took place today. Services
were held at . o'clock at the Baltimore
residence of DR.. Baltzell, after which
the body was brought here, where the
last rites took place at Christ church
at o'clock, the same hour and the
same church where, six weeks ago, the
wedding of DR.. and Mrs. Baltzell oc-
Cured. The clergyman who married
them, DR.. George Calvert Carter, OF
Brooklyn, read the burial service, and
the young men who acted as ushers
acted az pail bearers. The deceased
was buried in her wedding gown.