The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.

some action is taken it will prove very
serious. Four houses are quarantined
and only two watchmen are employ.
cd. I have advocated the removal of
patients to a contagious disease hos
pital, but the health authorities have
net acted on the matter Unless the
authorities take stricter methods III
suppressng the disease the State
Board OF Health will act at once
Within a few days the United States
Steel Corporation will close its option
Tor its May supply OF pig iron. The
price at which the option was Sc
cured, $I3 a ton, makes the iron
bargain at the present In all about
$4,000 tons will be needed next month.
It will be purchased from the Besse-
ner Furnace Association and one OF
:wo independent valley merchant furn-
ace operators.
p. NJ. Sharles, Of West Chester has
given $4562 to the managers OF the
Chester County Hospital for the con.
struction OF two receiving rooms and
a freproof elevator and stairway at
the institution.
1t is doubtful whether State Treas
urer Harris will take the Judges sal
ary mandamus case 20 the Supreme
Court. His term will expire on the
FIRST Monday in May. and while lie
has not decided what he will do. it Is
predicted he will not appeal higher,
but honor the warrants for the sala-
res of all Judges under the new law
and at the same time pay warrants
Of those he refused who asked for the
increase on February 7. 1t is not ex-
pected that Mr. Harris successor, Mr..
Mathues, will raise the question
General orders were issued from the
headquarters of the National Guard
Of Pennsylvania announcing that the
division encampment will be held at
Gettysburg July 1890 An order was
also issued announcing that the sea-
son for rifle practice was opened on
April I and will close on October 81.
After a Coroncr's Jury rendered 4
verdict that James Briscoe, OF Ply
mouth, came to his death through
meningitis, the result OF a blow ad.
ninistercd by Charles Jennings, OF
Norristown, the latter was arrested on
The charge of murder. Briscoc died
week after he and Jennings quar-
relied in Norristown.
Four children OF Mr. and Mrs.
William Burke were burned to death
at Sebastopol. a suburb of Pittston. at
o'clock the other morning. The
victims are Helen, aged IL years;
James, aged IL years; Mary, aged
years, and Michael, aged 8 years
The family retired at the usual hour
at night, and about l o'clock a. Nj.
Mrs. Burke was awakened by the
cracking OF flames. She awakened
her husband and it was discovered
that a wall of fire separated them from
the two rear rooms occupied by the
children. The parents made several
| attempts to reach the children but
failed. and were forced to jump from
the second story window to escape
death.
After a service OF three years in the
Philippine Islands with the Twenty.
eighth Infantry, Sergeant Edward L,
Painter arrived at his home here to.
day, from San Francisco, where he
spent three months in the Government,
hospital convalescing from several
wounds received at the hands of the
bolomen OF the islands. He bears on
his face great scar eight inches long
| His right foot was nearly severed and
his left arm rendered almost helpless,
Alderman John +. Donohue, OF
| Wilkes Barre, noted as a thrasher OF
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one OF four heirs to the large fortune
Of his uncle, John Jeffers, OF Ireland.
! Alderman Donohue will leave soon to
attend to the settlement OF the estate,
which is believed 10 be worth abou;
100000.
With her face cut and bleeding, Miss
Richards, a I7-ycar-old girl who lives
in Jeanesvillc, and who is a high
school student, reported her escape
| from negro aSsallant Miss Rich
ards had to pass a lonely spot on the
road TO Hazleton. Concealed behinc
a bush the negro attempted to lasSc
Miss Richards and partly succeeded
but after a desperate struggle she
escaped. Policemen are now on the
track OF the negro.
In a friendly sparring match, be-
tween Henry A. Thomas, OF Birchruu.
vile, and Charles Goodman, OF Phoe.
nlXvile, the former was knocked down
and his skull fractured in coming in
contact with the floor He died at tine
local hospital. Goodman was arrest.
ed, but released on the finding OF a
verdict OF accidental death rendered
by a coroners jury. The two men
were the best of friends.
Postmaster L. II. Graves OF Coates.
vile, informed the postal authorities
at Philadelphia that Frank II. Stevens
! general clerk at the Coatsville post
office is missing. Stevens. who is ~
/ years of age, is a son OF William Stev-
| ems, OF West Brandywinc Township.
! He was trusted employee OF the
post Office, where he had a clerical
| position since July, 1903. He has a
wife and two small children. 1t is said
that several hundred dollars OF the
| postal funds are missing.
In court at Reading, Frank Ward
! luft, aged II years, convicted of cast
ing all illegal ballot at the recent
! election, was sentenced by Judge End
Itch to pay fine OF $40 and undergo
six months imprisonment, while JOS
cph Hays and Charles Fry, convicted
of procuring Wardluff to vote fraudu-
lcntly, were sentenced to pay fine
OF SIS each and undergo an imprison-
ment OF nine months.
An unidentified sailor in the United
States navy was killed by train at
Morrisilee.
Robbers broke into the United
Brethren Church, Mechicsburg, and
stole the contents of a charity box
intended for the poor OF the town.
At a conference between represen-
tatives OF the American Sheet and Tin
Plate Company aud the Amalgamted
Association OF Iron, Steel and Tin
Plate Workers, it was decided tina,
the Amalgamated Association call a
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