The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-06-27
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small to Accommodate all OF the depar,.
ments OF State comfortably, and already
Architect Huston has perfected plans ior
the enlargement OF the building These
plans have been seen by a nSnber Of
persons interested and contemplate The
enlargement of the eastern side OF The
Capitol by all addition that will extend
to Fourth Street, and will be in con.
| formity with the style of the presen,
structure. Just when it will be done !,
not known, but it is probable that the
next Legislature will be so Impressed
with the necessity for more room that
il will make all appropriation to cover
the cost. Since the plans for the new
building we're made, six new department,
! have been created-the Health, High.
way, Constabulary Water Supply and
Mines Departments. all of which have
TO be accommodated in the new Capito
/ along with the departments that were al
ready in existence. Superintendent ol
Public Grounds and Buildings Shumakei
! has been busy installing departments dur.
ing the last few weeks. and finds thai
on account of the space demanded I'd
make all of them comfortable, it will
be necessary to take rooms that had been
set aside for other purposes. For in.
stance, instead OF letting the rooms SET
aside for the Appropriations COMMITTEES
of the Senate and House, both of which
arc large and roomy, remain idle between
sessions of the Legislature, it will be
necessary to utilize them for department
accommodations and the Appropriations
Committees will have to use the Senate
Z ond In,tco tyl1frh havs
been designed for meeting purposes ex.
clusively. This furnish considerable ad-
ditional room. all OF which is needed,
Within a short time Superintendent Shu.
maker has installed the following de-
partments in the new building, and they
are all now comfortably housed, with
every convenience, a great contrast, by
the way, TO what they have been accus-
toned to in the past few years since the
Capitol was commenced: Department Of
Public Instruction, entresol, south wing,
Department of State Constabularly,. first
floor center wing; Health Department,
entresol floor, center wing; Resident
clerk and House Library, first floor cen,
ter; Senate librarian and library, first
floor, center; Mining Department, entire
sol, north wing; Agriculture, third floor,
north wing; Game Commission, third
floor, north wing: Fish Commission,
fourth floor, north wing Highway Com
mission, fourth floor, north wing; Fac
tory Inspector, fourth floor, north wing;
Public Buildings and Crumbs, first floor,
center; Economic Zoologist, third floor,
north wing; Dairy and Food Commits
sioner, third floor, north wing. The de-
partmcnts of the Adjutant General and
Secretary of Internal Affairs have not
been moved to the new Capitol, but ar
rangements are being made TO install
them within the next month. On account
of the valuable documents it was consid-
cred best to wait until the last to remove
them, but all will be in place in due time
Mrs. Howard l.. Boas, wife OF the
Montello brick magnate, who left her
new home, one OF the finest in Reading,
TO bring divorce proceedings a few
months ago. gave testimony before the
commissioner. Mrs. Boas alleges cruel
and barbarous treatment. She makes no
mention OF Mrs. Lura Fair Steingnger
whom she recently sued for alienation
of her husbands affections The Boases
were married twenty years ago by Boas
brother-in-law, Bishop S. c. Breyfogel,
of the Evangelical Association. Mrs.
Boas says her husband took the manage
,inent Of all household affairs out OF her
hands and gave them 10 the servants
with instructions not to take orders from
her. He frequently remained out TIL
carly in the morning and did not eai
breakfast till noon she says, and in the
meantime no breakfast was served to her
by his orders. When her friends Wis
tied her in her palatial home her hus-
band insulted them, she alleges. He
once assaulted her, she goes on, and
told persons he was bent OH driving her
away. Had she remained with him his
conduct would have killed her she testi-
fed. Mrs, Boas is living at the man
sion of her father, Nathan Harbster,
president of the Reading Hardware Com
pany.
David J. Davis, adjutant OF the Thir-
teenth Regiment. of Scranton. was ap-
Brigade by General c. B. Dougherty.
tIe has for some years served in the
Thirteenth and is not only well-trained
soldier, but also prominent lawyer OF
Scranton.
Rosa Pasika, a girl years old was
beheaded while picking coal near the
Jersey Central yards, Scranton. She
was sent out to pick coal just before
dusk, and wandered too near a switch.
She stopped to gather some coal in front
of a locomotive and did not see it NOV
ing until she was struck Her head was
severed from her body and lay at some
distance from the track when found.
A novel event designed to encourage
men In church work took place at Read
ing in the shape of a church smoker, at
which Bishop Talbot, of the Central
Pennsylvania Diocese, presided. The al
fair was held in St. Mary's Episcopal
Church Cigars and pipes were passed
round and plans for church work and
Improvement were discussed The bish-
op is lover of the weed. and smoked
up in great style during the meeting.
DR.. Charles NJ. Ebert, 81 years old,
said to be the oldest practicing physi-
clan in the State fell down the stairs
at his home in Mauch Chunk and his
neck was broken He was dead when
menbers of the family, reused by the
noise made by the fall, reached his side
Gustav A. Endich, OF Reading, was
elected president of the Board of Trus.
tees of Muhlenberg College, to succeed
the late S. A. Repass. Judge Endlich
also succeeds DR. Repass on the various