The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-12-23
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| tllc warren hCauemy OIL science, at
Warren, Pa, the purpose OF which was
educating the public by exhibiting ar
tistic, mechanical. agricultural and hor-
ticultural products and providing in
instruction in the arts and sciences"
Governor Pcnnypackcr referred the
matter TO Attorney General Carson,
who has decided against the charter.
The act OF 1887, he says. applies only
to enterprises that give national, in
terstate or international exhibitions and
not TO private enterprises. The act
confers the right OF eminent domain
cannot conceive says the Attorney
General, that 1t was ever intended by
the Legislature 10 confer upon all acad-
eny OF science, even though exhibiting
artistic, mechanical. agricultural and
horticultural products, power so sweep.
ing and dangerous No other cduca-
tional institution in the land has power
to take public property or the property
OF private citizen for its purpose. Our
great universities and other educational
and scientific institutions possess col
lectons OF great valrc and magnitude,
oi the highest educational importance,
and yet they do not possess the powe,
OF eminent domain. see 10 reason ior
stretching the terms OF the statute so
as to cover the present application"
Several hundred striking female
weavcrs OF the Du Plan silk Company
and their sympathizers gathered at the
mill III Hazeton aud attacked the forty
| or nifty girls who had been in the mill
| all day when they tried to go 10 theii
| homes. -Four constables tried to stem,
the rush ior the workers. but they were
swept aside and Constable John Dusef
| was knocked down and trampled upon.
| Andrew Lcingang, who attempted ia
| go to the rescue OF his daughter. was
also tellcd by blow from one OF the
male sympathzcrs OF the strikers. The
girls from the mill were roughly han.
died. Then finally retrcated to the
building and remained there until 1886
o'clock. At this hour Sheriff Albcr,
Jacobs, who had been in Philadelphia
arrived on the scene and afforded the
girls safe escort to their homes. Til,
sheriff and number OF officers guard,
cd the grounds and drove back crowt
OF one hundred strikers who gathered
The presence OF pckets, however, dc
TERED the operators from going to the
mill and the plant could not be started
he part OF Montgomery county be-
tween Jenkintown and Amber is in
tested with thieves and the resident.
suffer much from their dcpredations
he scene OF operations was transfer.
red to Fort Washington where iouI
houses were entered. AT ex-Postmas.
ter Huffnagl.'s home the burglars ell.
. tered by rear window They ran.
sacked the house from cellar to gar.
ret. Mr.. and Mrs. Huffnaglc heard
them at work in the dining-room and
attempted to go down. but found theif
room door guarded by burglar. On
the third floor the thieves secured
number OF old coins. From a. vest
pocket beside the bed OF George
Scheffer, who was visiting the Huff.
nagles. the thieves took his gold watch
They leisurcly went about their work
although Mr. Huffnaglc was calling
out window Tor help, as they knew hiS
calls could not be heard by the near.
est neghbor. They next entered tn,
house OF DR.. G. II. Ewing, but secur,
ed no booty. Except as to eatables
they. were likewise unrewarded aite,
breaking into the home OF Mrs. Sam.
uel Maust. In attempting to enter the
home OF John II. Morris they were
scared off by dog.
Bernville will be lighted with cleo,
tricity.
a case of smallpox has developed in
Doylestown
A lodge OF the ladies OF the Golden
Eagles has been organized in Pleas
antville.
Charles Murphy, OF Wikesbarre was
frozen to death i'll Manor in the waters
OF Brush creek.
The cold weather has increased the
demand Tor coal to such an extent that
the supply in the storage yards in
Pottsvillc is rapidly being depleted
William \ SuVder az Rart, eI.,t
no rabbits, 81 gray squirrels. wood
chuck, phcaSants and other small
game during the hunting season Just
closed
Louis Long. OF laalcton, in hurrying
to SUMMON doctor 10 attend his wife.
iell and three fingers OF his right hand
were fractured. Long was later arrest
cd. charged With beating his wife.
By order OF court. Edward Kicker.
Of Easton, vino killed his wife last Sep
tcmber with an AK. was acquitted in
court on the ground OF insanity. Kicker
will be sent to the Nor-stown Asylum.
A grand juror was discharged from
duty az court at Lebanon on an ale
CATION that smallpox exists in his home
he Juror persisted that the disease is
merely chicken pox, and refused 10
leave the courtroom Until threatened
While William Grim, farm hand.
near Rothrocksvie was watering
mules. one Of the aairials kicked him,
tearing OF his iace and par, Of his
head 1t is feared he viii die.
Mrs. Clara A. Franklin, widow OF
Colonel Enlyn franklin, of the One
Hundred and Twenty second Pennsyf-
vana Volunteers, died at Lancaster.
aged 70 years.
he Young hien's Christian Associa-
ton OF West Chester ilcid special SER
vice Sunday to sigualzc the fact that
sufficient subscriptions have been seclir-
ed to insure the rermancncy of the in,
sti,ution.
An overturned oil stove caused fire
Il the res:dcrrc OF Patrick Reilly, ia
Norristown. krilly's mother, who is 80
years old, is an invalid and the flames
igniled the bed on which she was
asleep. The woman was cnveloped in
flames when Reilly went to her assist
ancc and succeeded in carrying her to
place of safcty. The fire department
eXlinguis.lcd the blaze
Gottlieb Waltz, aged IS years. Ian
easter peddler, committed suicide in his
cell at the police station in. that city.
He was arrested for drunkenness and
about IN o'rlnci. ,,..e found I,a,.o,,,o Ia,