The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-04-05
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News Of Pennsylvania Told 10
Short Order.

it, saying he would take care of it. No
trace Of the man has been found.
William f. Hughes, cashier OF the
Cudahy Packing Company, Pttston,
was arrested on the charge of embezzle-
ment made by an auditor of the COM
pany. He was held under $4,000 bail
for court. Auditor Snyder said that
$500 is not accounted for on the deposit
books.
p. ]. Mcclure, OF Blarsville, is in jail
at Clarion, charged with conspiracy, mis-
representation and fraud in the sale OF
the stock OF the Butler corporation. A.
4. Butler and Fred Stage, of Butler,
are charged jointly with Mcclure and
are under bail.
Returning to his home in Frackville,
after working all night, Isaac Bachman,
a locomotive engineer, found his wife
missing. A search of the premises re-
vealed her dead body at the bottom OF
a hfteen-foot well. 1t is not known
whether death was due to accident OF
suicide.
Flames that threatened the home OF
James l.. Roderick, Chief of the State
Department of Mines and Mining, in
Hazleton, were extinguished by women
who fought the fire with garden hose
and buckets of water.
A bullet was removed from the end
OF the great toe of tn left foot of
Charles Fisler, 20 years old, railroader,
who had been shot in the right arm ten
years ago by negro boy. Fisler went
to TIE Harrisburg Hospital, complaining
OF an itchy feeling in his right arm,
which he thought came from being shot
there many years ago. Surgeons made
a thorough search of the right arm and
continuing their search found the bullet
i)dged in the end of the great toe of his
left foot. 1t is thought the bullet travel
ed through the mans entire body.
Several boys passing the home of A..
S. Steller, superintendent of the dye
works at Sunbury, noticed flames eating
their way through door at the rear OF
the house. By using their coats they sue
ceeded in smothering the flames. 1t was
found that firebug had been at work,
having saturated bunch of waste with
oil and then pushed it underneath the
door. The residence is close to the
large dye works. The company operat.
ing the dye works has been opposed tc
employees joining the Textile Workers
Union and recently discharged fft,
hands for taking part in such a move
ment.
The Monessen Board of Education ha.
approved a plan for school garden al
the Iowa School. An acre of ground in
the rear of the school will be plowed'
and fertilized at once. 1t will be com.
munity garden where all will work and
plots will be assigned TO scholars The
pupils will market the truck and the
proceeds will go toward the expense in.
Cured
Mrs. Jane Davenport Van Loon, the
Oldest resident of Plymouth, died, aged
90 years. She died in the same house
where she was born. Death came sud.
denly OF heart disease, and half an houi
before she was sitting up reading. She
was the wife of former Sheriff of the
county and was the mother of thirteer
children, only two of whom survive.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad Com.
pany has purchased the Chambersburg
& Gettysburg Electric Railway Com.
pany, which includes the trolley line in
Chambersburg, and the road to Fay.
etteville and Graeffenburg The line will
be extended to Waynesboro by making
a trolley line of the Mont Alto Railroad
Eventually this means connection with
the Valley Traction Companys line tc
Harrisburg.
A fire, apparently of incendiary origin
destroyed all the farm buildings OH the
dairy farm of George Smith, in North
Conventry Township, Chester county
Twenty-one head of Holsten COWS, to-
gether with crops, wagons and agri.
cultural implements, were burned. The
loss amounts to about $1,000, partially
covered by insurance,
Charged with placing distractions on
the tracks of the Lehigh Valley Trac-
ton Company, near Slatington, Thomas
o. Williams, of that place, had hear.
ing before Justice II, A. Schertzinger
Of Slatington, and was remanded for
trial at court. When arraigned Williams
became violently abusive and hurled in.
sulting remarks at the Justice, who final
ly became impatient and, leaping over
the Office rail- severely thrashed the
prisoner. Williams is said to have been
intoxicated at the time when he placed
the Instructions on the tracks
Gas was struck on the property of the
Pittsburg Forge & Iron Works in Woods
Run, Allegheny. The well reached
depth of about 1850 feet, when the gas
was struck. The pressure is said to be
about seventy-fve pounds and is suf
hcient TO operate the plant The com,
pany has been operating seven furnaces
in the mill with gas from another we'll
which was drilled six months ago. This
well has an output of about 100000 feet
of gas day.
Walter Young Schreffler, aged II, OF
Reading, sent a revolver bullet into his
heart, dying instantly. The boy had
been in i'll health for some time and was
unable TO attend school, This preyed
upon his mind and he became melan-
choly. The Coroner is endeavoring to
determine whether the shooting was
accidental or suicide.
David Culp was rescued after being
for ten hours in a breast in
the Cameron mine, Shamokn. A big
rush of coal had made him prisoner A
brother who worked with him was at
the bottom of the mine chamber at the
time and gave the alarm. Shortly be-
fore he was released the rescuers heard
him rapping He escaped uninjured, but
was almost dead for want OF air
The York Cold Storage Company has