The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-31
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told a
Short Order.

The breaker boys at Spcncer's Colli-
cry, in Dunmore, have gone on strike
because the paymaster tailed to pay
them when they expected.
The mayor Of Altoona, has issued
orders closing fruit and candy stores
on Sundays, because children on the
way to Sunday school spend pennies
intended for the collection boxes.
In a fight due to an argument over
the possibilities of Roosevelt carry
irg Schuylkill county, William Dutert
was struck in the back with brick
and his spine was injured.
Victoria, the 1o-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. andMrs. John Copp, OF Scran-
ton. is under physicians care, as
the result OF a vicious attack made
on her by a cat. The child was b-dly
bitten on the leg
The explosion OF a gas stove hurled
Miss Maud Smith, of Lancaster, the
entire length of the kitchen and
against a fence with sufficient force to
-endcr her unconscious. She was
badly burned and bruised.
According to the assessors returns
es made to the County Commissioners
ne number OF school children in Lam
aster County is 3I,I66, a gain OF oao
over that OF last year. The sexes
IRE almost equally divided, there be-
.ng 1901 girls and only ffty-six less
boys.
Commencing next month, the United
Mine Workers in the anthracite district
viii adopt new plan to boom their
membership and keep it solid. Each
cal union will appoint subcommittee
20 be stationed in and about mines
with instructions to see that all thd
men pay their dues and remain mem'
ocrs OF the union.
Governor Pcnnypacker has issued
-cquisitons on the Governor OF New
York for the return to this State OF
William Brady. OF Philadelphia, under
arrest in Buffalo, charged with break
ng his Huntingdon Rcformatory
parole; Peter NJ. Brady in jail in Nay
lille, y. y, charged with larceny in
Erie, and Thomas Jones, in jail in
Buffalo charged with burglary in
Scranton.
When a fast train bound west on
he Pennsylvania Railroad arrived iu
Harrisburg, the other afternoon, of
| icers arrested and took from the train
! Dr. A. b. Allison, OF Tarentum, neat
| Pittsburg, who was charged With
beating his daughter, Zoe. in ths
sleeper between Philadelphia and
! Harrisburg Father and daughter had
| been in Atlantic City and the girl
| it is asserted ran away and started foi
! home. The father sent dispatches
20 various cities and she was inter.
cepted in Philadelphia and turned over
to the doctor. On the way to Harris.
burg the father, it is alleged, wanted
TO place her in stateroom to pre-
vent her getting away, and, failinI in
this, Conductor Harding says, DR..
/ Allison struck and beat her shameful
~. The conductor intcrfered and put
Allison in another car, telegraphing
to Harrisburg for an officer. At the
Mayors Office a large revolver was
AIKEN from Allison and he wa. held
ior trial in default OF bail His dauyh-
,cr proceeded home TO Tarcntum.
Having been prohibited from work.
ng on Vermont marble some tme
lgo, the union marble settlers employ
ed on the new State Capitol arc now
/ out and will not work on any variety
J Of marble whatever, This is in ac-
cordancc with orders received from
/ New York The men were called out
on sympathetic strike and Foreman
| Butler left for New York to find OUT
/ what are the causes OF the strike there.
A Schuylkil Valley Traction Com
pany car bumped into a COW eighteen
months ago at Harmonvlle and the
passengers were considerably shaken
up. John r. Comfy of Plymouth
/ Township, whose wife and two child
| rem where in the car, brought suit
against the company for $4,000 dam
ages. He says his wifc's nerves were
/ so affected that she cannot pursue her
} occupation as dressmaker. The in
I juries to his children, he says, are
/ permanent
The first death from heat this sea-
son occurred in Norristown when
| James Burns was prostratcd while
painting a tin roof. He was taken
to Charity Hospital and died in few
B hours.
A meat packer from Lincoln, Neb..
held up the Chicago Limited train ia
the Pennsylvania Station, at Harris
burg for thirty-hvc minutes by re-
fusing to pay an extra fare of s. So.
He and his wife were on their way
home from Asbury Park to Lincoln.
Neither railroad officials nor police
officers could move the passenger for
time. Finally, as he said, because
his wife was i'll and wanted to get
home, he unwound a S. bill from his
wad and handed it over.
The Coroner's jury in the inquest
into the death OF Thomas Reddy, al
West Chester. returned verdict tn at
Reddy came to his death from cerebral
hemorrhage caused by blow from
the hands OF Eugene Spriggs The
| jury recommended the Sprggs be held
for the action OF the Grand Jury A
fight started between the two men be.
cause Reddy was annoyed by the way
in which Spriggs blew the whistle Of
a traction engine.
James Springer, 78 years old, a
trucker al Fairview, was struck by
Royal Blue flyer and died OF his
injuries.
Train No. II, Fast Mail, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad. ran from N"w-
port to Altoona. Io4 miles, in % nainu-
ties, establishing new record for this
distance From Tyrone to Altoona,
fourteen and two-tenths miles. the
time was I3 minutes, with a slow up
for water at Bellwood.
Schuylkill County is overrun with
myriads Of gnats which ill the atmo-
snhera 10 snrh an sxsant - nrlue