The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-03
Special Dispatches Boiled Down for
Quick Reading.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.
ManacIed Madman's Suicide Threw Himself
Backward Through the Window Of a Car.
Temple Of Labor for Pittsburg- Cannot
Tell What Hit Him - Skyscraper's Dire
Record-Tax Collector Accused.

lOl IiIulNdtllS lHt pHdSt anu
frequency relations of alternating cur
rents; James Culbertson, Goheenvile,
nut lock; George H. Fernad, North
east, thill coupling; Charles Bulland
Pittsburg, stand pipe; Marshall W.
Hanks, Pittsburg, removable heater for
electric lamps; John ]. Hennnessy, New
kensington, spinning top; Henry Huff
stickler, Coal Valley, hoof trimmer ;
Benjamin g.. Lamme, Pittsburg, alter
mating electric current generating and
distributing system; also, alternating
current motor; John McAlister, Berwin.
sale, mining car; Michael B. McManus
Titusville, lift for well drilling and
pumping rigs; David German. Pitts
burg ram; John s. Pack Pittsburg, sys-
tenn of electrical distribution; Henry u.
Potter, Pittsburg, heater wire support
for electric lamps and making same !;
also, electric glover lamp Cyrus Robin
| son, Edgewood Park, fluid pressure ell
gine; Norman w. Stoner, Edgewood
Park, system of electrical distribution; !;
Patrick Wall and B. w. Moore Allie
gheny, oil can.
Pennsylvania pensions: August DOUGH,
| Allegheny So; William d. Noyes, Al
legheny, $S Louis +. Swope, Pittsburg,
$Io Samuel Jensy Etna, So; Alonzo
Foust, Tamarac, $12; David Jericho,
Mcdonald, $12; John Gallagher, Ale
| gheny, $S Daniel Braun, Jr., Pittsburg,
So; Samuel D. Hess, Lewistown, $I8;
Samuel Bolinger, Natrona, $I2; John
Simons, North Towanda, $I2; Andrew
| +. Birch Edinburg $40; Henry Linhart,
| Turtle Greek, $40; Charles Langhorst,
| Valencia, $I2; Benjamin r. Jones. Cor
ry, Sl2; Regina Langhorst, Valencia,
So; Mary s. Beighel Altoona, So; Ma
tilda Hatch, Cambridge Springs, So.
With both hands manaced and fasten-
| cd to belt around his waist, George +.
Anderson threw himself backward
through the window of a passenger
| EAR and was killed. Anderson was being
.aken to the insane department at Clare
mont on the West Pennsylvania Rail
road. When the train was nearing
Claremont, Anderson asked his attend
ant for a drink of water. AS the at
:endant was returning with a glass, he
saw Anderson project himself back
ward and head first through the car
window, taking the sash with him. The
train was running at high speed. When
it was backed up to where the man was
lying he was found to be dead.
Policeman A. B. Simmons, who two
weeks ago was severely injured during
III encounter with Chief of Police
Stryker, of Williamsport, has recovered
sufficiently to make a statement regard
ing the affair, so far as he remembers it.
He denies that there was fight. He
says he went to see Chief Stryker to ask
for permission to go to supper one hour
earlier than usual. The chief was sit
ting in the sergeant's room and Simmons
11aI hin, To tI,n Iany ,I aL Ia,
request. From that moment Simmons
says all is blank to him. He remembers
nothing more until he came to his senses
at his home several days later He de-
clares positively however that he had
no quarrel with the chief.
Constable Joseph Matthews, of
Schaetferstown, attempted to arrest
Henry Hoffman, a tramp, who is charg-
ed with robbing Samuel Missley. of Lin
coin Lancaster county, of $Iso. Hoffman
was armed with knife and revolver and
resisted arrest A posse was then organ
lied and Hoffman was overpowered and
guarded in room of the hotel, until the
arrival of Lancaster county constabes.
Benjam Dorrance, of Wilkes-Barre,
who had an exhibit at the annual show
of the American Rose Society in New
yer medal for the best collection of
roses. He had 1000 blooms Mr.. Dor
rance was also awarded certificate for
the new rose, Sara Nesbitt, named for
the daughter OF Abram Nesbitt, of
Kingston.
Lincoln l.. Carl, of Wlliamstown, was
arrested in Harrisburg and placed in
jail on charges of cmbezzlement. Carl
fnN cnliartpr fpr a.,
charged with collecting and keeping
500 of county tax and also with hold
ing back school tax.
The big Office building erected in
Pittsburg by Henry c. Frck, is com
plcted. In addition to the expenditure of
several millions of dollars, it has cost
ten men were killed accidentally and
one murder was committed
AT meeting of the charter members
of the board of trustees of the Pittsburg
Carnegie Library, eX-Judge James II.
Reed was elected trustee to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of the late
David McCargo.
The Altoona & Logan Valley and the
City Passenger Electric Railway Compa-
nies granted an increase of one-half
cent an hour in the wages of conductors
and motormcn.
Roy Raymond, the 4-year-old son of
Mr., and Mrs. James Miller, accidentally
fell into the mill race along the Monoc-
acy Creek, near Bethlehem, and was
drowned
Rachel Weigley, 6-yeard-old daugh-
ter of J. w. Weigley of Richland, was
killed at that place by train on the
Philadelphia & Reading Railway,
Work on the trolley line of the
Wilkes Barre & Scranton Company be-
tween Wlkes-Barre and Pittston has
commenced.
A letter from Rev. Joseph Bennett,
the Methodist minister who disappeared
while on his way to the Columbia con
ference, is made public by young wom
an in Lansford. with whom the min
ister's name had been coupled. In it
Rev. Mr.. Bennett says he will die and
absolves the young woman from any
charges of misconduct. Il exnI. ''
Three men were killed bis.
sion in powder mill at D,H S..
Sterling B. Trip, of Nting himself
committed suicide by slfe refused to
in the head because hi'
live with him. !ed for ten,,
Plans are being p,the labor oreapie apie
| of labor to be bull t,,,, .os' OF 10000.