The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-11-14
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The Latest News Cleaned From All
Over the State.
sIso,ooO FIRE IN BRADFORD.
City Hall Among The Dozen Buildings Burned
Carnegie Men Receive Stock--Pittston
Woman Entertained Friends on Her 10Th
Birthday-s7O0 Found With a Corpse
coraopoIls Oil Plant Damaged by Fire.

These pensions were granted Penn
sylvanias--Henry J. Westerman. Allie
gheny SO; Frederick NJ Atkinson
Pittsburg, 50; Charles Matt, Pittsburg.
So John Stauffer, Pittsburg, 50; John
Ashman, Greenwood Furnace, $I2; Har-
mon Moser, Waynesboro, So; Jones
Shell, Mifflinburg. SO; John F. House
holder, McConnellstown, SO; David II.
Harsbarger, Mattawana $24; Andrew
Donaldson, Mercer, SO; Isabella Moon,
Connellsvile, SO; Aggie A. Groscope,
Pitcairn So; Sarah A. McKeown Pitts
burg, $12, Margaret Noodle, Fisher $r7;
Eliza j. Irwin, Barnards, $I2; William
B. Weston, East McKeesport SO; Cur
lis ID. Cross, Parthenia, So; Daniel
Ringer, State Line, SO; 10th Nader,
Erie, SO Henry Peoples, Allegheny, So;
Carnon, Huntingdon, $40; Martin
Lewiston, $40; Justus Routh, Altoona,
So Henry c. Huhn, Smithheld, $8 Dam
iel Haas, Mt. Pleasant Mills, $40; Will
liam B. Krape, Johnstown, So; Rebecca
Risheberger, Johnstown, So; Caroline
Kellogg, Sayre, $8
Melvin F. Weisensale, son of Amos
Weisensale of Midway, a suburb of
Hanover, who was shot by the acci-
dental discharge of a revolver in the
hands of his cousin, Harry Miller, died
of his injuries, after suffering for about
ten hours. An inquest was held. After
hearing the testimony, verdict was rem
dered that young Weisensale came to his
death by gunshot wound, caused by
the handling of shotgun by Harry
Miller, without any mention or fore
thought of discharging the gun, and
without any intention of voluntarily TAX
ing life. Miller was afterwards arrested,
to appear before the Adams County
Court.
Twenty-one department heads at the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works, of the
Carnegie Company, at Braddock, have
received blocks of company stock rang
ing from $4,000 to 100000 each. In
each case the per cent. interest guaran-
teed on the bonds will produce an
amount equal to the recipients salary.
At other plants it is said similar awards
this purpose as rapidly as the department
heads are thought to deserve it, The
benefciaries at Braddock have their pay
doubled by this arrangement. and in adj
dition will have the principal OF the
bonds when they are due. Camille Mer.
cader chief draughtsman of the COM
pany, who is said to be a Hungarian
count, was given $4,000 worth of bonds
One of the worst fires in the history
of Bradford occurred Friday morning
1t originated in the livery stable OF
Frank p Beamer and consumed dozen
buildings, including the $4,000 city hall
Thirty-seven horses in one livery stable
pershed in the flames, and the $4,000
library of Brown & Schoonmalter, city
attorneys, was totally destroyed to-
gether with valuable maps. The fire was
discovered at $50 A. NJ, and it burned
hercely until $50, when the firemen gain
ed control of the flames. The fire burned
buildings on three streets, Kennedy and
Boyleston streets and Patent avenue.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The
city records were in fireproof vaults and
were not damaged.
While driving from Factoryville to
Scranton, John McAnulty had an ex-
citing experience with bear which rush
ed from the woods adjoining the road
McAnulty had quantity OF meat in the
wagon and this first attracted the atten-
ton of bruin. While the bear was
nunching the meat, McAnulty left his
horse and wagon and fled to a house
some distance away for help and gun.
A crowd Of hunters was organized but
when they arrived on the scene bruin had
finished his meal and. disappeared again
in the woods.
Miss Elizabeth Iiuey, of Reading. fell
dead in the drug store of John B. Raser
& Son. After the body had been re-
moved to the morgue three purses were
found on her person. Two of them
were sewed into the lining of her skirt
In addition, gold and greenbacks were
concealed in various parts of her cloth
ing The money aggregated $500. OF
this $3.50 was in gold. Death was said
10 have been caused by heart disease.
The Luther League of Willamsport
District, at their recent session in
Hughsville, elected these officers Presi-
dent, Rev. ]. M. Reimensnyder, of Mil
ton; treasurer, Rev. J. W. Lake, Mont
gomery; statistician, G. W. Shellen-
berger of Montgomery; recording secre-
tary, Miss Nell Bowersox, of Jersey
Shore,
A fire in the plant of the Pittsburg Oil
Refining Company, at Coraopolis, de-
stroyed the main refining building, the
Wd-NliOloNf NOblDOullQ iOuSNS,
houses and boiler house and spread to
the tanks. 100 in number The buildings
destroyed covered four acres and the
loss may be $4,000.
Perseverance Lodge, No. Fl. of Ma
sons, celebrated its roth anniversary
of its organization at Harrisburg by
banquet at the auditorium Among the
speakers were Governor Stone and Pres
ident Reed, Of Dickinson College.
Mrs. Sarah Kelly, of Pittsburg, FRIDAY
evening gave party 10 celebrate her
Io7th birthday. She was born in Ireland
in 1904. Mrs. Kelly is able TO read the
daily papers regularly without the use
OF glasses, and her memory is good as TO
events which occurred in the early part
Of the last century
A car loaded with shoes and dry goods
consigned to merchants along the Bath
Railroad was broken open in Bethlehem
and robbed OF a portion of its contents,
which were shipped by Philadelphia
firm.
Governor Stone fixed the date Of the
execution of Rowe and KEEPER, the
youthful Dauphin county murdcrers, on
January 10. but at the request Of Sheriff
Reiff, he extended the date to january
49,
Natural gas in the Gaines field has de-