The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-09-18
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings Of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.

! hDOllO 20 JUN y. tINiis 4NiNANNNopJil.
sI2; Nicholas Grow. Dubois, $i2;
Rupley. West Fairview. So; Elliot ].
,Hays. Titusville. So David Phillips, Pitts
burg. So: John w. Haffly. Rebersburg,
SI2: Danel ID. Young. New Buena Vista,
sI2; Sella Frame, Five Points, $I2;
Charlotte Carr, Meadville, $I2 Amanda
T. Patterson, Butler, $9 Mary c. Stew
art, Rural Valley, SO; Josephine Christo-
pher Monongahela, SO; William Craig,
Pittsburg, so; BENJAMIN F. Hamilton,
Waynesburg. SO; Forest Z. Andrews,
Canton. SO; Edwin /. Sturtevant. Sill
vara. $72; William Simms. Cambridge
| Springs$Io: Amanual Gearhart, Yeager-
| town, SI2; Vernon Kelley. Wavnesburg,
| $40; Mary NJ. Neil. Mercer, So; Sarah
Baird. Woodbury.. SS.
/ The advance sheets of the forthcom-
| ing annual report of James NJ. Clark
| Chief of the State Bureau of Industrial
/ Statistics, for the year 1901 show that
| PENNSYLVANIA produced doO.S72 ~-Nss
| tons of steel rails during that period The
| production of plate and sheets was 1890.
so2 gross tons, including black platt and
| other sheets made bv the tin workers
which is practically the same volume Of
production as in 1000. The production
of cut nails and cut spikes for 1901 was
| 37,34o gross tons. Other rolled products
for 1901, including structural shapes, bar
and rods. billets etc, amounted to $685.
| o54 gross tons There is an increase over
! 1900 of Ioo5.o43 gross tons of iron and
steel rolled into finished form and 100
per cent. over 1896. The valre of the en-
tire production of 1901 of the S,66S,337
gross tons of rolled iron and steel. not
including the production of tinplate
works, was Sos, ,2S4,25o The number Of
workmen employed was 86o86 and they
were paid wages aggregating Ss' 33d7S7.
| The average yearly earnings skilled and
unskilled, was $6Io55, and the average
daily wage was $2.2I. Allegheny county
leads in production with s,oo5,6o8 tons,
that county producing nearly 50 per cent
of the entire production of the State
Mrs. James ,Proutv. of Austin. was
awakened about o'clock the other morn
ing by her little daughter choking and
crying. She found the room filled with
smoke and when the family attempted to
leave the building they found escape by
| the stairway shut off by the flames. Mr.
Prouty carried his wife and child down
ladder. the flames almost enveloping
them. An investigation revealed that
the building had been fired in three
places, the incendiary using kerosene.
Israel Dougherty. colored a former
slave, in court at Pittsburg. produced
notched sticks rs his account books. He
sued Robert Ritter, a farmer for $50
which he claimed as wages. Dougherty
explained his inability to read or write
by having been a slave for many years
! and from pocketbook produced his ac-
counts. They were kept on two flat
pieces of wood six inches square. One
was notched for dollars, the other for
half-dollars and quarters. Dougherty put
a hole through the wood for every dol.
lar paid him The jury puzzled over the
case and awarded him $35
Two young women employed by the
Armstrong Cork Company Lancaster.
were passing under a net work of wires
on Marshall street, when heavy arc
wire broke. John P. Colin, lineman,
was near at hand and realized the danger
of the women. One end of the wire fell
Just on them and Collin grasped the
other end. He was stunned and hurled
several feet still clinging to the wire
which was slowly burning into his flesh.
/ The wire was finally knocked from his
hands and he was picked uD unconscious
At the Pennsylvania railroad station,
! Altoona. two Italians. employed in re-
paving and laying track found guam
tity of American silver coin dated 90 or
70 years ago. There is a tradition that
a man who went to the Mexican war
and died in Mexico. buried the money
in this vicinity before he left
Reuben Teel, alderman of the Third
ward Easton, who was arrested Tor for
gerry and confessed, was sent to prison
io- one year and ten months by Judge
Scott
A new hall OF the Patriotic Order
| Sons OF America has been completed
at Chester Springs
The Middle States Furniture Manu-
facturers' Association met in Williams
port and discussed matters relative to
| the trade.
The Monroe County Ministerial
Union. at a recent meeting adopted
resolutions condemning church fairs
and festivals.
A dozen cases OF smallpox were dis
covered in the village OF Rock Run, in
Valley Township.
On account OF the scarcity of coal,
The Pottsvile Steam Heat Company
raised its rates so per cent. An ad-
vance OF 25 per cent. was made earlier
in the season.
Policeman H. John Kintzer was
iound guilty at Reading OF involuntary
nanslaughter for shooting George Tip
:on in a scufiie while Upton was re-
sisting arrest for stealing apples.
Because the borough council of Jones'
own refused to appropriate sufficient
iunds for the health department and fail
| ID to approve a new set of sanitary rules
The entire health board resigned
Mrs Mary Curry, of Lancaster. it IS
alleged, recentlv took her child from the
Chiidren's Aid Societv's Home without
permission A representative of the
| home had the woman arrested for the
arceny of the clothing worn by the child
Sensational charges OF Grand Jury
embracery were made at Pousville
County conventions were held by the
Republicans OF Montgomery and Lu-
| zerne.
1t was rumored in Hazleton that the
coal operators will post notices offering
the men an increase. OF ten per cent.
| Six locals met and reafhrmed their de-
! termination not to yield unless the
union is recognized.
| An aged woman who started month
ago to walk through the Black Forest,
near Williamspo.t, has not been seen
! since.
R;otino and much disorder occurred