The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-01-13
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.

'Nh PoiNHt anu several OIL
heir children from asphyxiation by
;oal gas, at their home in Sha
nolSin. Miss Morgan awokc with a
pain ii. her jaws. Stepping from her
;oom she found the house reckinp with
gas Hastily raising a number OF win.
lows, she struggled through the fumes
20 room occupied by two of her Sis
;ers, who were senscless and almost
1cad. She raised the windows and
managed to arouse her parents. who
were succumbing to the gas. Physi-
cans were summoned, and after hard
hight Miss Morgan's sisters were re.
vivcd.
At meeting OF the State Game
Commission, held in Harrisburg. the
State Game Wal den presented his re.
ports. showing that during the ycai
$50 violations OF the game laws were
reported to the department and there
we're 2I5 prosecutions, the State win.
ring lSo and losing SO. DR.. Kalbfus
recommends legislation supplemental
10 that forbiddng the purchase or sale
OK game ot various kinds: prohibiting
the hunting for wages OF hire; protect.
lng doves; permitting blackbrds to b,
killed in the Fall; establishing game
preserves on State forestry lands, and
preventing the use OF the new pumr
automatic gun.
At the close OF a public reception
given by the residents of Shawnee.
Summer resort village, to c. c. Worth
ington, the millionaire New York man.
uac:urer in honor of his soth birth
IA? anniversary, ii was announced b\
Mr.. Worthington that he would give
the town public hall, theater ant
library. The donor is owner OF Buck.
wood Park at Shawnee and for years
mas spent his summers at the pac
Buckwood Park is worth several hun
drcd thousand dollars.
Eighteen orchestra conductors, some
well known in European music centers
have applied to the Pittsburg Art So.
ciety for the position OF conductor OF
the Pittsburg Orchestra. which be.
comes vacant in April, when Victor
Herbert, who has resigned, will return
to New York. AT n meeting OF the so.
cicty the applications were filed and
will he acted upon when the guarantee
Tor next season is secured. This will
probably be before the expiration OF
January.
Three Italians employed on the con-
struction OF n stone bridge near Mil
~ P''"' WHY uNh llSldiltly
killed by an express train going cast.
The men were so o.badly mangled that
they could not be identified. The meD
we're walking ON the track at the time
o! the accident and it is believed they
became confused at a number OF trains
witch were passing at the time and
not hear the approaching express.
The strike OF the miners at the col
licry OF the Silver Brook Coal Co. Ha-
,lclon. has been ended by an adjustment
Of all the differences except that of the
computation OF the 10 per cent. wage
advances granted by the Presidents
commission. This is referred to the
Cancellation Board.
The Shamokin Coal Company an
aounccd that the Natalie Collicry, en-
ployng Boo men and boys, would re-
sumo work in a few days, after all idle
ness oi two months, caused by litiga-
ion among stockholders. The plant
is one OF the largest in tho coal re-
gion.
II the widow OF Henry W. Maus. of
Hazleton. inarrics she will lose small
ortune. Mlaus left by his will $4,000.
which is all to be hers II She does not
marry again, but il she matrics the
estate is 10 be divided with her chill
ircn, John and Albert.
Mrs. Sarah T. Hall. daughter OF Geo.
Dut;h, renowned sea captain during
Revolutionary t'ncs. died in Bethlc-
hcm Although Mrs. Hall never knew
ihc exact date OF her birth. it is known
That size was nearly century old.
Edward l.utz. who in spirit OF fun
discharged rifle at passenger train,
was severely lccturcd at Pottsville by
Judge Shay and then sentenced to two
years imprisonment, $Ioo fine and
costs.
Lancaster Councils have appropri
atcd $i8o.ooo for the Improvement oil
the sewer system in the northeastern
section OF the city.
Jacob s. Shafcr, of Marietta, aged
50 years, veteran OF the Civil Wai
and pcnsiorcr, was killed by train
while gathering coal on tho railroad at
Locust Grove.
The body OF Samuel C. Ayers OF Gap,
was found in the cellar of house
where he was employed in stripping
tobacco. He had been asphyxiated by
coal gas.
victim OF hold-up on the Chester
Pike. Ullman, who was armed for sucl,
occasions, pulled a pistol from his
pocket and put the stranger TO. fight
With her clothing ablaze and no help
near, Mrs. Johannah Eiswert saved her
life by throwing herself onto a lounge
and rolling about until she smothercd
the flames. Her clothing had caught
FIRE from The stove.
The amount OF business transacted at
the Coatesville postoftice for last year
vas the largest in the history OF the
o..iee. Receipts from sales OF postage
stamps, etc. exceeded the previous
years by SI1s6.74. The total income
from this source was SIo,IoI.
G. B. May and w. A. Alexander
druggists in Everett. have been arrest.
ed. charged with violating the local
option law. The arrests were made BY
a Pittsburg detective at the instance Oh
the Woman's Anti-Liquor League OF
Everett. The fight between the faction.
has been bitter. the license advocates
declaring that the morals OF the town
have been worse since the saloons have
been abolished.
The Schuylkill county courts have
refused naturalization papers to ten
foreigners because they did not know
whether they came to this country be-
fore they were i8 years OF age Judge
Mari has added new qualification ior
naturalization. Every applicant from
the mining towns must prove that he