The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-03
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Liability Denied Because a Mans Fslse
Teeth Caused His Death.
PENSIONS FOR PENNsYLvANIANs.
Governor Stone Flxes the Date for Pour Nor !
derers to Hans--Herd Of Isiected Cattle
kiiled-Friends Advise Shaffsr to End the
Controversy With Mitchell Telephone Com
pany Completes Deal

HN"iiahS. WIN. d. Nfsier, JOlnstSoen,
%; George Frasier, Pittsburg, 50; Ibhp
Dindinger, Zelisnople, So; Aaron Stihel,
Mt. Holly Springs $40; Samuel L.
Northrup, Westfeld, $I2; Jane Aungst,
nongahela, So; Samuel Klingensmith,
Hites, SO; Charles E. Gladdng, Altus,
$I7; Daniel Moon, Wildwood, So; Jos.
Rumbarger. Punxsutawney, $8; Robert
II. Long, Pittsburg, $Ia; Andrew ]. Bis
sell, Sayre, So; Abraham Howard, Bak-
ersfield, Sly; Anna Reilly, Redman
Mills, So; Winnie A. Schultz, Smethport,
81; Maria Grimm, Marysville, So.
Mrs. Adelaide L. Kays began an az
tion at Scranton against the u. S. Casu-
atty Co. On May S last her husband.
Albert c. kays, choked to death by his
false teeth becoming lodged in his
throat. Kays was the holder OF $1,000
policy in the Casualty Company. The
company has not paid the face value of
the policy, alleging that the accident
which resulted in the death OF Kays does
not come within the scope of the CON
tract.
Governor Stone set the dates for a1e
execution OF four murderers, two OF
whom are brothers. The brothers are
Edward and John Biddle, alias Wright,
and they will be hanged in Allegheny
county on Dec. IL for killing a po-
liceman who tried to arrest them for
theft. The other murderers are John
Lutz, condemned to be hanged in Lu-
zerne county for the murder OF friend,
and William Allen, alias Pleas Turbin,
who shot and killed Hiram McMu1Ien
in Fayette county. They will be hang
ed on the same day, November FL.
Thirteen head OF cattle owned by Viii
liam c. Allen, OF Warminster, which
had been condemned by the State au-
thorities upon the ground that they
were afflicted with tuberculosis, were
killed. A post-mortem examination,
conducted by Drs. Collum and Wilson,
showed that the disease had reached an
advanced stage.
The controversy between President T.
]. Shaffer, OF the Amalgamated Associa-
lion, and President Samuel Gompers, Of
the American Federation OF Labor and
John Mitchell president of the United
Mineworkers, may be dropped. Mr..
Shaffer has asked President SinIen
Burns to represent him il the dispute is
to be investigated and Mr. Burns mas
agreed to do SO. Mr.. Shaffer has been
advised to drop the matter.
The shareholders OF the Pennsylvania
Telephone Company, at a meeting M
Harrisburg, arranged to issue SI,I44,4o
Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply
Company, a company which has Aad
Offices at Williamsport The transfer
will ha do nrtnhar at,H t1,a h,,e,
OF the company will thereafter be dirset-
ed from Harrisburg.
Helen Oates, I4-months old child
of Thomas Oates, OF Pottstown, fell
into cesspool and was killed.
The Lancaster board of health organ
lied by electing DR.. NJ W. Raub secre-
tary and Jacob L. Drummer health off,
Ger. The board directed DR.. Raub 20
visit all schools in the interest OF en-
forcing vaccination.
Governor Stone has appointed the
following delegates from Pennsylvania
TO the Farmers National Congress, te
be held at Sioux Falls October 100:
Levi Morrison, Greenville; M. X.
Leard Livermore; Win B. Powell,
Shadeland; s. P. Heils,an. Helfhn-
dale; A. L. Martin, Enon Valley; CIV.
Oster, Osterburg; S. F. Barber, Hbr-
risburg; A, F. Kimmet, Orwigsburg;. S.
d. Yost, Conyngtam; William Knoder-
.er, Allegheny; Samuel McCreary, Ne
shamrock Falls; H. Stout, Pine Grow;
W. C.. Patterson, State College; w. "A.
Gardner, Andrews Settlement; X. J.
Weld, Sugar Grove; NJ N. Clark, Car
idge; Hiram Peoples, New Providense;
]. E. Orr, Pittsburg; Robert H. Thoni-
as, Mechanicsburg; John P. Taylor,
Reedsville; J. s. Burns, Clinton; levi
Wells, Spring Hill; John Hamilton,
Harrisburg; M. +. Conrad, West Grove;
Gabriel Hester, Harrisburg; w. +.
Hill West Ford; George G. Hutchin-
son, Warriors Mark; L. W. Lightly,
East Berlin; William Penn Lloyd, Me-
chanicsburg; Edwin Lonsdale, Phila-
delphia; T. o. Milliken, Cornpropss
Mills; T. J. Phillips, Atglen; o. w.
Stoughton, Prospect; D. w. Cooper,
Sunbury; w. M. Dodson, York; s. c.
Buckalew, Fairmount Springs; Irwin
Chaplin, Town Hill; Bruce Larned,
Huntingdon Mills; Oliver d. Shock,
Hamburg: w. II. Brosius, Dunmore;
George M. Patterson, williamsburg;
Nelson H. Thompson, Flora S. Har-
vey Rutherford and w. T. Ruther-
ford, Paxtang; Julius Lamoyne, Wash
ington; w. w. Britton, Upper Stras-
burg.
Two alleged thieves killed Adam
Strunk at Eileberger's Mill, short dis
tance above the Delaware Water Gap.
The men, it is said, robbed dwelling
house at North Water Gap of money
and canned goods. Adam Strunk, OF
Shawnee, was leading two Stroudsburg
officers in search OF the thieves and was
about hundred yards in advance when
he came upon the men and ordered
them to surrender. One OF the men
opened fire on Strunk and shot him,
the ball passing through the body about
an inch from the heart Strunk lived
only a few minutes after the bullet
struck him.
Five-year-old Frank Sauerwine slip
ped while playing near cofferdam in
the Delaware at Easton and fell into the
water and was drowned
The eighteenth annual convention Of
the Womans Home Missionary Socie-
ty OF the Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence OF the Methodist Church held a
three-day session in the First Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Jersey Shore.
A meeting OF the Pennsylvania Com
mission to the Seuth Carolina Expoai-
ton was held at the Executive Depart-
ment and it was decided to erect a
Pennsylvania building at cost OF not
less than x2o ooo