The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-10
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told IN
Short Order.

/ over the Hoover Hurst and Southwest.
ern Railroad a feeder for the Beech
Creek and Pennsylvania Railroads. The
road was purchased by ex-Congressman
James Kerr, who has associated with
him State Senator A. Z. Patton, A. G.
Palmer, formerly OF the Beech Creek
road, and others. Mr.. Kerr is president
of the new organization. and Mr.. Pat.
ton treasurer. The road will be extend
cd into the Indiana county coal fields.
! Elaborate preparations are making
for the miners convention at Pottsvile
| June Is 1t will consist OF 1000 dele.
gates and will be the largest in the his.
tory OF the anthracite region. The
| Academy of Music has been engaged
and Union Hall will be also used to en-.
tertain the delegates. The situation
was regarded as sufficiently grave to call
for conference OF division superinten.
dents OF the Reading Coal & Iron
Company with General Superintendent
Luther Confident predictions are
made both by operators and officials of
the mine workers that all difficulties
will be adjusted and no strike will be
declared
During the month OF May eighty-one
| patients we're under treatment at the
kensington Hospital for Women. There
we're thirty-eight patients i'll the hos
| pital, May I, and thirt-vsix are under
I treatment at the present time. Seventy
eight operations were perio. med. In the
dispensary there have been sxty-four
new patients, who have made 3oI
visits.
Supt. A. w. Wright, of the Greenvie
schools, has resigned to accept posi-
tion in Washington.
J. Gross, clothing merchant OF
! Sharon, went into voluntary bank
/ ruptcy. Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $Io,-
| 300.
A boarding house occupied by. Ital-
| ians near Chicora was burned. In try
| ing to save $Ioo Michael Babel was
badly burned and may die.
| The Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake
Erie Railroad station at Halston was
partly demolished by parts OF broken
.reight train coming together at the
station.
H. q. McGill aged 10, track hand
employed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company at Altoona, was perhaps
fatally injured by being run down by
an engine.
Building operations in and about La
trobe were seriously interiered with
when a majority OF t., lathers went on
a strike for $2.25 day instead OF s..
The New Castle Grand Jury return
ed true bills against George Merkle.
charged with the murder OF John
Genkinger; Robert Neugent. indicted
for the murder OF John B. Ferguson,
OF Pittsburg, and George West charged
with the murder OF Ralph Silver, OF
West Pittsburg.
Theodore n. Barnsdall, the oil ope:-
ator, informed the president OF the
Titusville Hospital Association OF his
intention to build commodous addi-
ton to the City Hospital. The gift
comes in the way OF memorial to the
donors father, who was one OF the pio-
neers OF Titusville.
Work was started on the construction
OF the Damascus brake beam plant in
Sharon. The contract was awarded to
Wallis & Carley, who are to have the
buildings completed within so days.
Night Watchman Mattingly, OF the
Latrobe Coal and Coke Company. at
Latrobe, discovered three burglars at
work preparing to blow the safe. He
shot at them and they fed.
Alter three years OF idleness, the plant
OF the Ford City Mirror Company re-
sumed operations.
1t was officially denied at the Office
OF General Superintendent George W.
Creighton, in Altoona, that he will be
moved to Pittsburg.
David Cassidy, OF Altoona, one Of
the oldest engineers on the Pittsburg
division OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad,
has retired, after over 81 years service.
After being at loggerheads for months
the Sharon and Wheatland street rail
way and the South Sharon council
reached an agreement whereby street
car service will be established between
Sharon and South Sharon.
In fight at Herminic, Joseph Dias
was badly cut by Roney Mallati,
The fires were eXtinguished at lac
tory B, OF the National Glass Com
pany, at Uniontown.
The Pearl steam laundry. at South
Sharon, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000
The carpenters at Monessen are still
out, and say they will remain so until
their demands are granted.
An infant son OF Arthur O'Neill
crawled under trolley car at Frank
lin and was crushed to death.
The barn OF George Riley, in Otter
Creek township, Mercer county. was
struck by lightning and burned, to-
gether with four horses. Loss. $4,000.
At a meeting of Odd Fellows, at
Salisbury, John Kilby was presented
with Veterans jewel" in recognition
OF his services as secretary OF the Salts
burg lodge for IS years.
Montgomery Mccormick and Fred
erick w. Miller, on the charge OF rob
bing Rosenbaum Bros store at Union
town OF $500 worth OF goods, were
bound over TO court.
A new Methodist church, the build.
ing OF which was begun year ago, and
which cost $4,000, was dedicated at
Titusville by Bishop Charles II. Fow-
Ter, OF Buffalo. Over 1000 people at
tended the ceremonies. The church debt
OF $4,000 was raised
Mrs. Ann Gordon died suddenly aged
81. She was a well-known resident OF
the western section OF Chester.
Exploding gas at Gilberton col
liery seriously burned David and Lewis
Howels and Thomas Evans. They live
in Gilberton.
David L. Thomas. Esq, son OF Scna,
tor Daniel ]. Thomas, has been named
as collector OF the collateral inheritance
tax for Schuylkill county.
The death of S. B. Stilwell, aged 81,
removes one OF Scranton's most widely
known citizens. For forty years he
was claim agent for the Lackawanna
Road, and was a member OF the State
Fisheries Commission for twelve years.
For many years he was chief of the fire
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