The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-02
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Cleaned From
All Over the State.
ENTOmBED MINERS KILLED by GAS.
Bodies OF Two Victims Recovered In the Bot
tom Of a Heading In colllery Near Shame
kim Season OF Success for The Pittsbure
Orchestra. Delaware Conference to Raise
500, ,0O0.-Young Soldiers Death.


work. every minute OF which was full oil
peril. the party OF rescuers, headed by
Mine Inspector Edward Brennan and
Inside Foreman Michael Readily. sue
ceeded in driving the deadly gas out OF
No. 13 breast in the Lykens valley slope
at the Luke Fidler Colliery. AT three
O'Clock a. IN. the men reached the dead
bodies OF Anthony Marckavick and An
thony Shuracavish, the miners who
struck feeder OF gas, which caused
fall of coal by which they were entomb.
ed. The bodies were lying PROSTATE in
the bottom OF heading near No t.3
breast. They were untouched by any
coal or rock. The men had evidently
been overcome by gas while endeavor-
ing to escape
While Rev. Powell and Prof VIM. A.
Beers, prominent citizens OF Dempsey
town, were shooting wild ducks from
boat at Sugar Lake, their craft cap
sized, throwing them into the water
Neither of the men could swim but
they caught hold of the sides oi the
boat and held on until discovered by
Warren McCleland. who is man OF
powerful build and a skilled boatman.
He reached them when they were about
ready to let go their hold from exhaus-
ton, and after a tremendous effort got
them ashore.
Striking statistics are adduced by w.
N. trew, chairman OF the orchestra
committee OF Carnegie Institute. to
show that the season OF the Pittsburg
Orchestra just closed has been remark.
ably successful. A deficit OF but $22,-
1885 is reported and despite the fact
that expenses increased $5756SS and
that an individual subscription of $500
to the soloist fund was not renewed the
individual liability OF the guarantors has
been reduced to $4,000 from $37oo7,
the assessment Of the season. before
The will OF Mrs Sophia Brenz. late of
Lansdowne, was placed on record in
Media. She bequeaths $4,000 to the
General Missionary Society of the Ger
man Baptist Church, if her eighty-acre
farm in Edgmont Township shall bring
$500 per acre. II the farm does not
bring this price, then she gives to the
society one-ffth OF its value She also
gives to the Newtown Baptist Church
$Ioo and to its former pastor Rev. JOS.
l.. Sagebeer, the same amount.
Four masked men entered the shops
OF the Keystone Agricultural Works, at
Po:tstown, and after they had succeed
ed in overpowering Henry B. Clay, the
night watchman, and binding his hands
and feet they blew open the office safe.
The safe did not contain much OF value
except the account and order books,
which they left undisturbed The rob-
bers then rifcd the pockets of Mr..
Clay and secured S..
Portraits OF members OF several prom
inent Quaker families OF West Chester
appeared this week in fashion journal,
they being used 10 illustrate ar article
on the Quakers. All the portraits rep
resent young women arrayed in the
gowns. bonnets and shawls OF their
grandmothers. The appearance of the
pictures caused CONSERVATION among
the young women and they are at loss
to explain how their features came to
adorn the journal.
Wearied with repeated strokes oi pa
ralysis, Benjamin M. Worthington
committed suicide at his home, in
Hulmeyille, by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver. He died an hour
or so after the tragedy. Worthington
was about 90 years of age, and at one
time was proprietor OF the Hulmevlle
Hotel.
J. Frank Condor. for the past twenty
years official court reporter for Blair
and Cambria counties, committed sui
eide in his office in Altoona by blowing
out his brains. His body was not found
until to-day. On his desk was a tele-
gram addressed to his son in Johns
town. saying, Father is dead; come"
Sealed letters TO friends were also found
in his desk. Mr.. Condor had been in
poor health for long time, He was
AZ years OF age.
The Delaware Unicn American
Methodist Episcopa! Conference, at
their session in Chester, adopted the
Twentieth Century Thank Offering plan
to raise 100000, to be divided as fol-
lows. Fifty thousand dollars for the
present indebtedness OF churches, $40.
600 for industrial schools. and $4,000 to
be used by the publication department
The recent purchase OF the Lake Su-
perior ore mines by the United States
Steel Corporation has brought unex-
pected wealth to many Sharon people
among whom is Hon. Alexander Nc
Dowell, clerk OF the lower house of
Congress. Mr.. Mcdowell cleared up
100000 in the deal.
A special train from Bethlehem struck
a handcar containing the section gang
between Souderton and Hatfield killing
Harry Detveiler, laborer. Two others
named Moriet and Ziegler were slight
ly injured. There is a sharp curve
where the train struck the car which
prevented the section men from seeing
the approaching train.
IRA A. Danner, who, although but FL
years old, has served two enlstments in
the United States Army. died at the
home Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
w. Danner, of Allentown His death
was due TO injuries sustained in the ser
vice.
Rev. S. Nicholas, pastor OF the primi-
tive Methodist Church OF Girarlyille,
has resigned to accept call from the
Primitive Methodist Church at Phla-
de,phia. He will be succeeded by Rev.
s. Cooper, of Mount Carmel
A wing will be erected TO the Allen
town Hospital 1t will cost $35. 900 and
the expense will be borne by citizen oi
Allentown whose name is withheld. The
new addition will be devoted to surgical
cases.
BY tile will oi the late DR. John
Grove, OF Philadelphia, 5000 is be-
queathed TO the Church OF God, at May
town. DR.. Grove was native OF May
town.
While at work on the Coleman saw
mill near Summer lille. George Beck