The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-19
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.

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fine of $50 for every offense for tres.
passers on private lands for the pur.
pose OF fishing. The other, by Mr..
James, OF Lackawanna, requires fisher.
men from other States who bring their
boats into the waters OF this State to
FISH to take out a license under penalty
OF $50. The latter affects only the lake
fishing in lakes of 500 acres or more.
The bill to incorporate filtration
companies. which was ruthlcssly
slaughtered in the House, will have an.
other chance Mr.. Plummer privately
explained to those who voted against
the bill that it was OF an entirely limo.
cent character and meant only TO incor-
porate filtration companies. which are
not included i'll the corporation act
and that there was nothing in it but
what was shown upon its face. After
this explanation, on motion OF Mr..
| Plummer, the vote by which thc bill
was defeated was rcconsidered and fur
| ther consideration was postponed foi
the present.
The heavy whistles OF three large
breakers sounded the curfew to the
! children OF Wilkcsbarrc at 9 O'Clock
| Friday night for the first time. The
/ new law compels all children under ID
70 be off the streets by Q unless accom-.
| panied By their parents or guardians.
| Mayor Prices instructions to the po-
lice were to make no arrests but to
warn children found out and escort
them to their homes. A second offense
will mean arrests and the children and
their parents will be compelled to pay
fine. Whistles at each end of the city
and i'll the heart OF it gave loud warn
! ing, blowing for several minutes and
they could be heard all over the city.
| The authorities are confident there will
be but little violation of the law, the
two weeks notice given having been
sufficient to warn all the parents and
children.
A photograph OF himself, which
Henry Hughes, IS years old, lett ir
the home OF James Peacock, near Lam
casterville, led to his arrest charged
with burglary. A week ago Hughe:
turned up at the Peacock home and was
| given shelter over night. About
o'clock in the morning after he left Mrs
| Peacock was awakened by some one
forcing a shutter. She was afraid tc
arouse her husband, thinking that he
might be shot When Mr.. Peacock
! arose next morning he found that a
robber had taken his clothing and $I.,3c
in money. The thief had discarded
coat i'll exchange for his victims. In
one OF the pockets OF the discarded coat
was found a photograph OF Hughes,
who was captured later.
John Leffel and family. residing at
Glendalca Village, on Rattlesnake Hill,
three miles north OF Pottstown, found
under their door letter urging them
| n at tln hn,cn xra,,lI he
| burned at an early date to vent spite
on the owner, Samuel Koch. The
building is surrounded by cluster OF
| pine and cedar trees. Constable Swave.
| ly, the township constable, is endeav.
oring to find the letter writer.
William Zaekman, who worked as
non-union man during the strike, died
at Pottsville. Because OF cool treat.
ment OF some OF his former friends, he
/ began to worry and finally became vio-
lently insane. refusing nourishment and
starving to death.
Mrs. Mary A. White, OF Holidays.
burg died on the street while on her
way from a store.
Mojento Makovtt a domestic Of
Sharon, blew ont the gas when she re-
tired and was found dead in bed
Washington police started crusade
against loafers. Eight offenders ar.
rested were found guilty and fined
| Four paid their fines and four took jail
sentences.
Mark and Herbert Mathcrs have be.
| gun $4,000 damage suit against the
| Ellsworth Coal Company, at Washing
ton, for false arrest on charge OF fir.
! ing a barn owned by the coal company
| at Ellsworth
w. II. McCracken, of Richhil
Green county, is under arrest, charged
with assisting his sister, Miss Lottie
McCracken, school teacher, to chas.
tise Edward Hcdley, aged IL, for mis-
behavior. The boy is alleged to have
been seriously hurt.
Sarlct fever is raging in Indiana, and
one OF the primary rooms i'll the public
schools has been closed.
II. I. Powell, OF East Palestine, has
| brought suit against the McNabb Coal
Company ior $500 damages ior inju.
ries received by an explosion OF gas in
the mine.
In court at Ebensburg, Frank Rob
'crts and John Mountain convicted bur
| glars, we're sentenced to IL years and
six months, and years and months
respectively, in the Western penitenti.
ary.
Providing for the annexation OF any
city, borough, township or part OF
| township, to a contiguous city. This
is known as the Greater Pittsburg
bill.
Amending the act relating to the
sale, use and disposition of hogsheadi,
barrels, casks or kegs, so as to ex.
tend its provisions to the sale, use and
disposition OF milk cans, butter boxes,
ice cream cans and ice cream tubs.
Appropriating 100000 to the Uni
vcrsity Of Pennsylvania.
Requiring nonresident hunters ol
the. State and unnaturalized foreigner
resident hunters to procure license
before hunting in the State.
Providing for the appointment OF
deputy game protectors.
House bill prohibiting the capture
or killing OF beaver.
The following bills were passed by
the Senate:
Repeating the ninth section OF the
act declaring the species OF fish which
are game fish and the species of hsh
which are commercially valuable.
Governor Pennypacker sent to the
Senate the name OF John J. Henderson,
of Meadvile, Crawford county, to be
Judge OF the Superior Court OF this
State, and Michael w. Jacobs, OF Har-
.isburg. to be Judge OF the Twelfth Ju-
| i;cial District IN Gil tho vacancv Oc-