The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-18
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
BIG BATTLE WITH A GYPSY BAND.
One Man Killed, a Woman and Two Ccr.tshies
Shot In Running fight.- Strange MaIady
Stlrs the Town OF North Belle Vernon.
While Committee Waited to Greet Pas.
tor the Church was Sc. on Fire.

the gypsies, was instantly killed, his
niece. Viola Yachrumma. was shot
through the breast, II. p Titler, dep.
uty constable, was shot in the mouth,
and Frank Coons, another deputy, was
shot in the bowels. The latter will
probably die. The gypsies were in the
neighborhood of Duncansville Blair
county, last week, where, it is asserted,
they committed many dcpredations Al
ter they left Blair county and came over
into Cambria. Constable Brown, OF
Duncansvile, followed with warrant
for their arrest. He located his men
near Summit and called Constables For
deg and Wilt to his assistance. The
two deputized p. S. Titler, division fore
man OF the Pennsylvania Railroad and
Frank Coons as assistants and the party
OF alleged thieves was soon located. a
running chase was kept up until the
officers overlook the party. The latter
Immediately opened fire and Titler fell,
shot through the mouth. The volley
was returned and Yachrumma was
killed AT the second voley the woman
dropped and an instant later Coons was
struck. The loss OF two men confused
the posse to a certain extent, and the
gypsies hurried away, carrying their
dead and wounded with them.
The town OF North Belle Vernon is
stirred up over what appears to be an
attempt at wholesale poisoning. One
person is dead, another is dying and
five others are seriously i'll. ~ II.
Reeves, prominent citizen and
school director, died suddenly in con
vulsions from a peculiar affection that
his puzzled the physicians. A. c. Comp
ton, principal OF the public schools and
A. w. Phillips, assistant principal. are
down with the same malady, but there
is hope for the latter's recovery. Ii is
possible that the water in a well from
which School Director Reeves and the
instructors drank was poisoned, for five
others who used water from the well
are seriously i'll, and it is believed that
none OF them will recover. The public
| schools have been closed and the great
est uneasiness is felt. A chemist IS on
his way from Pittsburg to analyze the
water in the well.
A great sensation was caused at
Lewisburg by the discovery Of an at
tempt to burn the Beaver Memorial
| Methodist Episcopal Church. Joseph
| Poeth, teamster, was passing the edi-
| flee and observed smoke issuing from
| the chapel in the rear. Investigation
showed a brisk fire to be burning in
| side, but with assistance Poeth extin-
| guished the flames. A bunch OF oil
soaked rags was found just outside the
| building The church is one OF the finest
edifices in this part OF the State costing
| $4,000 and being the gift OF Thomas
| Beaver, OF Danvile At the time the
fire was discovered committee was at
the railway station to meet the new pas
tor, Rev. r. Fl. Colburn, who came
from Williamsport The people are
much alarmed over the fire, as there
was a $4,000 blaze on Tuesday night,
which seemed to be OF incendiary
| origin
Proceedings in equity were filed at
| Sharon by citizens of Grove City
against that borough. A. f. Graham,
borough treasurer, and Grove City Col
lege. The suit asks to have set aside
the ordance passed year ago by Town
Council accepting a gilt of $4,000 from
Anrew Carnegie to establish a free Ii
| brary in that town with the condition
| that the borough pay $1,000 yearly for
maintenance Petitioners allegc that to
maintain the library the town would be
| forced to exceed the constitutional tax
| limit
The American Steel and Wire Com
BaIil lldo gbol DlOuBlll III d Bdo MNll i-lOJ
| feet deep, with rock pressure OF 500
| pounds, at its new blast furnace plant at
Neville Island. The gauge showed
steady flow, but it is too soon to deter
| mine whether the flow will be perman-
| ent or not. but it is expected that it will
maintain a flow OF about 500 pounds at
| least for several years. Gas experts are
| OF the opinion that the whole OF the
| island is over a gas pocket and that it
| will furnish enough fuel to operate the
manufacturing plants for an indefinite
| time
For fishing with iyke net in the
Delaware river George Smith. OF
| Shawnee was fined $Ioo and costs.
| There was nothing but suckers in the
| fyke net, and Smith sold the catch for
( so cents The arrest OF Smith raises the
| same question at Stroudsburg that the
| court in Berks county is now wrestding
with, viz: is the sucker game fshl
John Short, a I2-year-old boy was
| struck by a north-bound Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Ry freight
train at the Welsh street crossing, Ches-
ter and fatally injured Short was
halted at Welsh street by an accommo-
| dation train. southbound, and as the
rear car cleared the crossing he dartej
under the gates and ran into the freight
| train.
| The jury in the United States Court
at Scranton rendered verdict in favor
of the defendant in the suit of Michael
| ]. Walsh, executor OF the Patrick But
Ter estate, to recover $4,000 on an in
surance policy on Buffers life issued
by the Royal Mutual Life Insurance
| Company. Al a former trial the plain
tiff was awarded $II,I7o. 1t was alleged
| that Butler was insured while known to
have only lew months to live.
John Hogar and three of his children
nearly died at heir home in Shamokn
after eating wild parspips. Two OF the
children are still dangerously i'll.
The coach works and blacksmith shop
of l.. M Stoner, at Mountville, were
destroyed by fire. The high wind drove
the flames across the turnpike and set
FIRE to the barn of John Kitner and i,
was also burned. The loss, which will
reach $1,000, is partly covered by insur-
| ance.
Workmen passing through gang
way in the Evans coliery at Beaver
Meadow stun bled over the dead bodies
of John Fake and Andrew Bore. II is
supposed that they were killed during
the night by blast which exploded pre-.
maturely. John Gabauer was killed by
falling coal in the Laurel Hill mine.
The German Catholic Cemetery al