The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
The KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told in
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State Councillor George w. Arold, Of
he loyalist wing of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics, has filed bill Of
complaint against George Shiffler, EN-
pire, Inland City, Conestoga and Ian
,aster Councils, of Lancaster; also the
Mountville Council, Columbia, and Shaft
Council Il is alleged that these coun-
Ills have failed to pay their per capita
lax and this action was taken to compel
them to pay. A hearing will be hcd be.
fore the Judiciary Committee, on March
10, in Philadelphia. This is another
feature of the orders troubles and as
Lancaster is a storm center, the outcome
will be of much interest.
At a special meeting of both branches
Of the Ches City Council resolution
was passed asking that the Secretary OF
the Navy give the name of Chester to
one of the new scout cruisers which the
Government will construct. Congress.
man Thomas $. Butler was present, as
were all of the city officials. The Secre.
tary of the Navy recently informed the
Congressman that he would name YES
sci in the navy after the city of Chester.
IL was in Chester that the first ships Of
the present navy were constructed.
Norris Woodland, one of the oldest
conductors on the Philadelphia e. Read.
Ing Railway, by an accident nearly
caused the death of himself and family
He went into the cellar to attend the
heater. He turned on the gas, intending
to light it, but not having a match left
without shutting off the flow of gas. At
midnight his wife aroused him She wa'
i'll. A strong odoi of gas filled the house
Then he remembered his oversight, but
not until the children were SO overcome
that the attendance of II physician was
necessary to revive them.
Director of Public Works f. NJ. Bige
low, of Pittsburg announced that II. G.
Frick has planned to build magnificent
hotel in the downtown district. The
hotel is to occupy the entire block front
ing on Grant Street between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues. and will be one of the
NEST splendid hostclries in the world,
companion structure to the Frick Office
building in the adjoining block. The
cost of the site alone runs into millions,
part of it having been occupied by the
Roman Catholic Cathedral, which Is be.
ing razed
George Batuwicz shot ard probably
fatally injured his wife at Shenandoah.
BaltuwicZ was out drinking and before
he went home purcha Sed n revolver.
Reaching his home he found his wife in
Rcd with her two youngest children.
Wtho, a ord 81 OF her five times
Fortunately the children escaped injury.
The man was arrested.
Brass thieves. who removed a number
of cocks off u gas pipe in a vacant house
adjoining the property at 2123 West Sec,
ond Street, Chester, came near being re.
sponsible for the death of Mary Decoski,
the owner of Polish boarding house,
and had not neighbors found her in eiAe
she would have been suffocatcd i'm ten
minutes After the removal of the cocks
the gas began to escape from the pipes
in large quantities and soon it had worked
through the floors to the room in which
the Polish woman was preparing break.
fast. She was overcome in short time
and fell unconscious to the floor. She
was revived by neighbors.
Albert Schneck has found aluminium
on his farm along the Jordan Creek, be.
tween Schnecksvile and Weidersville.
After q small freshet last week Mr..
Schneck found piece of mineral along
the creek which was unlike anything he
had ever seen. He then drilled hole
about ten feet and sent the mineral to
the chemical department of Lchigh Uni
versity Mr.. Schncck received an answer
that the analysis showed the rock to con.
tain 43 per cent. of aluminium and ce.
mcnt. While aluminium is known to
exist in this section, Mr.. Schneck' $ spcci-
men is the first to contain sufficient
amount of the metal to make it valuable,
The County Commissioners held II con-
ference at NorrstJwn with State Senator
Roberts and Assemblyman Rex, who
took exceptions to the action of the com
missioners in deciding to build two miles
of good roads in Moreland Township and
Il like length in Worcester. State Com.
missioner of Good Roads Joseph Hunter
was present Senator Roberts urged the
commissioners to reconsider their action
and distribute as much good roads over
the county as possible, that the present
limited appropriation is but the begin
ming of better things and is intended as
a demonstration for modern stone roads,
and sample roads should be spread over
an extensive and as widely separated an
area as possible. The Senator suggested
that one mile be built in Upper Merton,
one mile in Upper Providence. No action
was taken.
A safe in John A. Bowman's place OF
business at Minersville, was blown open
and rifled The post office and the bust
ness place of George Ball were also
broken into.
A negro entered the store of Mrs. Gal.
lagher in Chester, and when discovered
trying to rob the place, he threw light.
ed lamp at the woman's head.
Ose of nest of three boilers exploded
at the Latimer Stripping scalding seven
men. The engineer, Frank Dougherty,
was thrown about seventy-five feet, but
escaped with few slight burns.
William Faust was shot and killed al
Curry Hill, and the authorities are not yet
certain whether il is suicide or murder
He was found in his room with an empty
shotgun near him.
Assemblyman Henry g. TrOxell saved
the life of George Byer at WilliamspOrt
who, while attempting to board a rapid
ly moving freight train, was thrown and
would have rolled under the wheels had
not Mr. Troxell pulled him out of danger
II. L. Haines, Fred Holzinger and N.
Y. Meads, Red Lion cigar manufacturers
accused of selling boxes of cigars bearing
counterfeit labels of the cigar makers
union, appeared before Justice Lilly, Of
McSherrystown, and each gave bail for
appearance in the Adams County Court
While wrestling with companion
over the possession of piece of pie at
the Eddystone Print Works, Chester,
Roy Bedwell, aged II years, fell into
t. a.. ii n,,I oil