The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-08-03
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Der 3, 1902, while peering in the win
dows at the home of Mrs. Rachel
Brode, aged o5, wealthy widow, to
see her dance. One of the guests shot
revolver TO disperse the crowd of
boys and Gehl fell mortally wounded
Mrs. Brode and two guests, Blair and
Blaine Dodson, were convicted Of
manslaughter, and then suit was en-
tered against Mrs. Brode for $4,000
damages. The arbitrators decided
that between Is and FL "a boys earn
ing capacity is not more than 5000 an
nually.
The decrease Of coal and coke ton.
mage on the Pennsylvania Railroad
east of Pittsburg this year, as com
pared with last, is shown by the Off.
cial figures 10 be much less than had
previously been reported. 1t amounts
to only about per cent. In the yeaI
TO July 20, 22,o547So tons were ship
oed, while the year to July rs, 1908
howed 23osSyo3o.
Undaunted by the fact that Citi.
sens' Protective Association has just
oeen organized in the town, robbers
invaded Gap and broke into several
places. At James c. Hurley's hotel
hey stole liquor from the barroom,
Jul llIt plOpllSlOl DulldOS IohI
PEELED them to depart. Curls res
laurant was also raided AT several
other places attempts to enter were
made, but the intruders were frighten.
ed away.
The suspension of the forty-three
colleries of the Philadelphia & Read.
ing Coal & Iron Company from Satur.
day to August 6 brings no surprise
TO the people of the anthracite re.
gion, because of the over-productior
Of coal The company has no place
to store the surplus coal save at the
collieries, the enlarged storage bins
at Schuylkill Haven having contained
300 900 tons two weeks ago. The sus.
pension is welcomed by many miner,
and their families because they car
now devote their entire energies to
, picking berries. Millions of quartz
Of berries are shipped to New York
Boston and Philadelphia markets.
A double tragedy at Lancaster
ended the brief and unhappy mar
ried life of James Good, machinist
aged 70 years, and his child wife.
Ella, aged II. They were married
two years ago, and the jealousy OF
Good led to almost constant quarrels
Ten days ago they separated. Mrs
Good attended a picnic at Rocky
Springs, suburban resort. BY
threatening to shoot her Good com
pelled his wife to return to their home
Once there, he asked her if she in
tended to live with him, and with
out waiting for her reply shot her
n the brain and heart. Then he sent
bullet into his own brain. dying
instantly. Mrs. Good died an hou,
later.
What is believed to have beer
murder by means OF dynamite oc.
Cured about midnight in Little
Italy," Reading Michael Amoreo,
sleeping peacefully after days work,
was sent to death by a terrific explo'
sion which shattered every bone in
his body and ripped to pieces the en-.
tire side of his house. The explosion
aroused sleepers for mile around.
Rescuers were soon on the scene,
and after digging through the debris
found Mrs. Amoreo, the wife, and
three children imprisoned in their bed
room. The body of the husband wa:
recovered later Investigation showed
that dynamite had been placed directly
beneath Amoreo's bed.
Policeman Calvert Cardwell ar.
rested horse belonging to Mrs. J.
G.. Milbourne, wife of a prominent
business man of Chester, and was
taking the stray animal, which he
captured on Senator Sprouts farm, to
the pound, when Mrs. Milbourne fol-
lowed him and stopped the horse,
after slapping Cardwell, it is alleged,
in the face. She was arraigned later
before Alderman Stockman, who held
her under $500 bail for court on the
charge of interfering with an officer.
The will of Abner Mckinley. BROTH
er of the late President, has been
probated, at Somerset. The instru.
ment does not indicate the value oi
the estate, but the bulk of it is be.
queathed to his widow and his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mabel Mckinley Baer. An
expenditure Of $4,000 is ordered for
suitable monument in the family
burial plot at Canton, Ohio.
Yielding to the pleadings OF his
children, Simon Moleski, ,of Minersville
refused to kill his dog, family pet
even though jury declared the
animal a menace. Monday Judge
Bechtel announced in court that il
Moleski does not kill the dog by Sep
tember s, he must appear for sentence,
Moleski's friends declare he will servo
term III Jail rather than kill the pet.
The residence OF Henry Worth, Of
Hatboro, was entered by thieves and
thoroughly ransacked. Most of $40
they secured was from a child's saw
ings bank The same evening the resi-
dence of Mrs. Samuel Haugh was
entered and the burglars, failing to
get money tore up carpets and upset
the furniture. AT the home of j. X,
Beatty, on Byberry Road, they were
met with revolver shots and fled in
haste.
An ordinance prescribing penal
ty for speeding automobiles in the
city limits, offered in Lebanon Coun'
ellis, has aroused the owners of motor
carriages, and an organized effort viii
be made to kill the bill. The Berks
and Dauphin turnpike has long been
popular track for the exciting sport,
and swiftly moving autos have sew.
cral times endangered lie while pass.
ing through the town.
Death was the intruder into cir.
Gle of dozen boys engaged in play
ing at Coal Castle, mining village
near Pottsville. The youngsters had
built dam for a swimming pool. To
construct the breast they excavated
beneath the roots of an old pine tree
and unwittngly loosened its hold on
the soil. Their task finished, the boys
were seated upon the newly built