The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-03-09

Harrisburg. March l.-Governor Stone
yesterday rendered ID. Y. Watson, q!
PittsburG, the appointment of justice o.
the supreme court of Pennsylvania, tobN
the vacancy caused by the death 0r
Judge Henry W. Williams, Of Wcshoro
IIollidaysburg. Pa, March tn,
puddlcrs employed in the Portage lror
works. at Duncansvillc, have been grant
cd an increase of 25 cents per ton. An
other employees are allowed n 10 per
cent increase in wages. This advapr
in wages affects 900 men.
Wilkcsbarrc. Pa, March 4.--Alonw
Kittlc, aged lG, Of Plymouth died yes
tcrday from gunshot wound received oS
Thursday while out hunting. a compan
ion named Reynolds was playing with
the gun. when it was accidentally dis
charged. The full charge entered Eii
ties stomach.
Bradford. Pa. March G.-Thomae
Nolan. 1S yHrs old. son of well known
oil producer, was shot in the back ano
probably fatally wounded while trying e.
effect an entrance into the house Of form
er Senator Lewis Emery. The Emcry
family is ont of town. The shooting va,
done by J. NJ IIoughton, whc vas
guarding the place.
Huntington. Pa. March i.--Thr fra
section of the fast newspaper train, du"
here at ! o'clock, was wrecked one milr
east Of this place yesterday morning NJ
landslide which resulted from Sn'-
urdays heavy rainfall. Engineer Rober'
McCutchin and Fireman j. &. Trow,
,,,.,t La, l-sN
ed. They were caught under the dehri,
of the demolished engine. McCutchina
body was burned beyond recognition.
Wikcsbarrc, Pa. March 1.-THE Sra
Ouchanna river rose rapidly ycsterjap
and in the afternoon il ovcriloWcd ItS
banks between Port Eowllry ana PiyD
outh. The lowlands between NJkr-s
barre aud Plymouth on the We; side VI
the river are entirely submerged, &nd ths
street ears are muhl" 10 run. At south
! Wilkrsbarro the people living on thu
lowlLnd were compelled to vaca'c then
homes Some who remained in their
houses until Tho LAST namcni 'ad 70 Re
tak"n away in buat#.
Iit;sburg. March 1.-rhc coal nincr
and operntors' committees of tho Pitts
burg district met in joint convention veg
tcrday with the expectation Of settling
the wage scale for the coming year, brt
after a session lasting until nearly mK!-
night nothing was accomplished and n'l-
journmcnt was had until Friday next.
The two sides disagreed on every qucs-
ton brought up. The operators eN-
ccutivc committee left for Harrisburg
. last night to enter protest against th.
employees liability bill now before the
legislature.
| Allentown, Pa. March 4.-In n fit "
: jealousy last night Frank Kramer.
/ bostlcr at the Cedarville hotel, three
miles west of Allentown, shot and in
stantly killed Maggie Good, 20-year-
old servant at the hotel. He also Shot
Owen Kern, the proprietor, in the head
and abdomen, and Kern may die.
Krause also shot Mrs. Owen Kern, wife
of the hotel keeper, the bullet piercing
, her left arm. Krause then fed to his
brothers house, Il mile away, where he
was arrested two hours later. lie made
no resistance, but asked TO be hanged at
once. He was almost helplessly drunk
when arrested. having drank nearly n
quart of whisky. He is 81 years old, am
single.
Harrisburg, March 4.-Thc first ma-
teria change in the senatorial contest
occurred on yesterdays joint ballot,
when three members who have been vut-
ing for Senator Quay shifted to the anti
Quay column. These are the only votes
Mr.. Quay has lost since the balloting
began, and his managers claim 1t VIII
not materially affect the situation. The
members who changed their votes are
Representatives Nathan @. Mackey OF
Lackawanna and Mcclellan Hersh ant
Leslie Yates of Philadelphia. Mr.. Macs
ey changed to to Superior Court Judge
Charles Il. Rice, of Wilkesbarre; Mr
Hersh went to Colonel George Il. HUI.
of Greensburg, and Mr.. Yates voted far'
Peter A. Il. Widener.