The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23
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The Latest Pennsylvania News Told In shor
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DuIy, engineer, EfneSt Wnitc, OF Sun.
bury, fireman; Frank Duke, of North.
unberland, brakeman. Gotchall and
Duke were killed instantly while the i'll.
fated train was running from Sunbury
20 Harrisburg. The boiler of the loco
motive exploded but the wheels OF the
engine were not derailed and there was
not car OF the freight train wrecked
Members Of the crew found the bodies
OF the three men. All were horribly mu.
tilated and badly scaded. The railroad
officials decline 10 assign any cause foi
the explosion, and as all OF the mer
who were oil the engine are dead it is
not likely that the exact cause will ever
be known.
Charles {. Larkin. veteran real estate
dealer and former manufacturer OF cot
ton goods, OF Chester, died, aged 90
years He recently made an assignment
for the benefit Of his creditors, and wor-
,ry aggravated his illness He was for
imerly lay reader in St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, and was brother-n-aw OF Rich
ard Wetherill, the wealthy engine builder
Chief Burgess Joseph NJ. Kerr, Of
Stroudsburg, took the law in his own
hands and placed in the borough lock-
u2 Bert Shook, who is accused of swear
ing on Main Street. Shook was given
FIVE days on bread and water. Burgess
Kerr, who has started crusade against
public swearing. will use the ball and
chain il the offense is repeated.
One of the most remarkable holdups
in police annals was perpetrated on Pa
trolman Ira Hcttcrly a recent addition
TO Altoona's force. while he was patrol
ing his beat in the Sixth Ward early
the other morning. Three men sur
rounded him. and after removing his
helmet and making a football out of it,
removed his coat. took his mace and re-
volver and badge and disappeared with
the admonf1ion. that IF he did not behave
they would return and take his inder-
wear. The clothes and city's property
have rot yet been recovered.
General Manager Robert Quinn, of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company. inspect
ed all the coll;eries in the Shamokin
region. He says all the Pennsylvania
collieries are working short-handed and
in some places it is almost impossible to
get sufficient men to operate the mines.
He thinks the principal reason for this
region and will not return until they
have drawn pay where they are now
working.
A fatal accident occurred at the Gram
berry mine OF A. Pardee & Company,
Hazeton. Jacob Barnosky. young man
of West Ht'elton, was injured so badly
that he died before reaching his boarding
house. This is the first N'rious accident
in this vicinity since resumption.
While on his way home Daniel Hill
found bright-eyed little girl of 3 months
Glass, Chester The baby was taken to
the home of Charles Fletcher, where it
is being cared for while the police are
trying to find the mother who placed it
on the steps. The infant was nicely
dressed
An explosion of gas in the Diamond
Mine of the Lackawanna Coal Company,
Scranton, burned six men, three OF them
seriously. The men were engaged in
placing carriage fans in position when
the mine gas became igni;ed and the ex-
plosion occurred. Edward Owens. John
Kelly and Thomas Reece were so baby
burned that their recovery is doubtful.
Three others were slightly burned.
William H. Bauder has been appointed
fourth class postmaster at Christman's.
Henry d. Davis Grand Worthy Presi-
dent of the Fraternal Order OF Eagles,
made an official visit to York Aerie, No.
1888
Judge Archibald, of the United States
District Court, has been petitioned to
adjudgc the York Brick Works, owned
by William L. Stambaugh and John
Plonk, OF York, bankrupt.
Mary and John Cairo, brother and. sis.
ter, were seriously burned in their home
at Lttleton while trying to hasten the
kitchen fire by the aid of gasoline
York's school districts will receive
SIoo,2o2 as its share of the State appro-
priatlon The city school districts re-
ceive S3I ,o7o, or more than one fourth OF
the entire appropriation of the county
This is an increase of $I46o over the city
appropriation of last yea.
The Perkasie and Doylestown Street
Railway Company will build a branch
OF three and half miles from Dublin
to Bedminster.
Diphtheria is epidemic in Richland.
The afflicted families are those OF Henry
Horn, Joseph Scheetz. George Barthoo-
new and John Youngken.
At the annual meeting OF the Rehners'
& Producers Oil Company, held at Ti-
tusville, the following Board OF Mana
gers was elected ]. w Lee and R. A.
Jennings, Pittsburgh Michael Murphy,
Philadelphia Louis Watts, Oil City; T.
B, Westgate and Peter Theobald, Titus
Vile
A horse driven by Dr. Trel Jones, a
prominent physician of Philipsburg,
frightened at trolley car ad ran away,
throwing the physician from his buggy,
He was picked up unconscious and taken
to the college hospital His condition is
reported to he serious.
The commencement exercises of the
East Vincent High School were held in
the East Vincent Reformed Church,
Twelve graduates were presented with
diplomas. The class prophecy was read
by Miss Mary Yeager; the class history,
by Miss Jennie Stauffer; the salutatory,
by William Schmolll and the valedictory,
by Miss Mary Force
The nerviest robber OIL record broke
into lsadore Bole's store, at Greenwood,
before the proprietor arrived and opened
it for business, Gisposing of several GUS
toners who called The thief forced
open a rear door and exchanged his old
clothes for new suit before he assumed
the duties OF clerk After making the
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