The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-30
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told ID.
Short Order.

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First Aid to the Injured" DR.. George
H. Halberstadt strongly urged that
the use of whisky and other alcoholic
stimuants be avoided in cases Of
| shock, stating that for an injured man
suffering from shock the best stimuli
ant IS strong. hot. black coffee y
Policemen William Boshcr and John.
| Donohoe, OF, Springfield Township
Faided several hay houses and arrested
eight tramps who were asleep in the
/ hay. The township commissioners
are determined to drive tramps out
OF the township, and this is the second
! raid that has been made.
/ Worcester Township was the sue.
! cessiul bidder for the contract to
construct four and ouc-quarter miles
| OF State road, in that township. 10
! IS not often that a township exercises
| us prerogativc II bidding against OUT
side bidders The townships bid was
! Sti,2oo There were four other bid
! dcrs.
Daniel Lcightcap, OF Lancasterviile,
was committed to the Norristown jaip
| by Justice Day OF Flourtown Ii ia
alleged that Lcightcap entered ths
| dwelling OF William Henry Jones. a
'N'''' ''Nh IN ~ W anu SlOlC lllI &C
| OF shoes, several shirts and othes
| clothing, and a pan OF scrapple.
Lcightcap was held in $500 bail
The Eastern Steel Co. has pur-
chased the Fishback School building
I and grounds, adjoining its works at
| Pottsvllle The school will be torn
| down to make room for an extension
| OF the mills.
Five Italian iaborcrs. employed on
the Pennsylvania Improvement work
at the North Bend curve, near Chris
J tiana, were burned to death and a
dozen others were badly injured.
Sims & Company, contractors for ths
company, had rented warehouse.
! owned by Joseph {. Pownal, about
midway between Christiana and At
| glen. This served as lodging house
| tor sixty Italians and as stable. Aft
er most OF the Italians had retired =
spark from an Italians pipe fell into
vessel containing gasoline. with
which he was cleaning pair of over
aIls. The structure was abaze i'll an
instant and before all the men could
get out OF the seething furnace FIVE
were overcome and they perishcd. The
others jumped from the third floor,
where they were quartered, thirty-hvc
teet from the ground. Several sus-
tanned broken limbs Physicians were
hurricdly sumoned from Gay and
Christlana to attend the sufferers.
John Walker, the T2-year-old son
OF Thomas Walker, was accidentally
killed by John Counor. p years OF
age near Chester Heights Connor
had been shooting at pigeons, using a
doube-barrelcd hammerle,s gun. He
had discharged one barrel, bringing
down a bird. and was in the act OF
throwing out the shell when the sec
ond barrel exploded. the ball striking
Walker in the head The lads hat
was blown twenty-five feet. Death
was instantaneous. The shooting was
purely accidental, and Connor, who
lives at Rockdale, l. almost crazed
by the occurrence.
Lecdom Palmer. aged about "a
years. a motorman on the Philadel-
phia and West Chester Trolley Road.
was injured in an accident on the line.
One of hi, legs was subsequently am
putated at the Chester County Hos
pital He is cousin OF William c.
Palmer, OF kcnuctt Square. who was
recently killed I'm the railroad wreck
at Chadd', Ford Junction The acci-
dent Is said to have been due to
collision OF two cars ON one OF which
the brake gearing had broken.
After dispute with gypsies, Chas
and Jacob Hacker, living between
Netfsvlle and Lands Valley, were
shot in the face, and gypsy was shot
in the legs. 4 week ago two gypsies,
with their wives and an old woman
established camp near the Hacker
residence. Late the other night
number OF young men went to ths
camp, and, after an argument. a fight
occurred One OF the Hackers. it 10
alleged, destroyed some OF the gyp.
sies' property The two men in tho
gypsy camp followed the Hackers 10
their home, and, after tearing pnr-
tion OF the fence down, smashed in
the windows. Both sides were armed
with shotguus and began firing, and
the three men were wounded.
Joseph Carney, I3 years old, and his
brother, Gerald, aged 7, OF Dunmore.
started into the woods to shoot birds
A short distance from their home Jo-
seph handed the gun to Gerald to
carry and almost Immediately it was
exploded. The bullet entered the head
oil Andrew Golden, a I2-year-old boy.
! WIN NdN a HllOIN ulNAdlNt away Anu
he was so badly injured that he died
few hours later.
While cunning near his home, in
Lancaster, Enos Campbell, aged 10
years, was killed with his own weap-
on a double -barreled shotgun. In
company with a younger brother, the
boy started from his home toward
creek some distance away The boys
had climbed a fence and in getting
over the Older boy put the gun on
the opposite side. stock first In
Climbing the top rail he slipped fall
ing on the gun. Both barrels were
discharged, the charges OF shot tear
ing away the top of his head.
Mr., and Mrs. Henry X Walt, OF
Wyncote, were both badly injured in
a runaway. Their horse was fright
ened by an automobile at Greenwood
Avenne and Church Road, Wyncote.
and upset the carriage. dragging both
occupants for some distance. Both
Mr., and Mrs Walt were badly lacer-
ated and bruised about the head and
body.
County Detective Jeffries promises
the arrest OF the murderer OF little
Mike Miorksi, who was killed near
Phoenxville, some weeks ago. lie
said: You can depend upon il that
a man will be arrested within the next
I -. d.,.s for that crime aud IN will