The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
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scmi-annual meeting for the purpose of
hearing the report of Secretary Kalbfus
and the transaction OF routine business
There were present President James II
Worden, Harrisburg, and the entire
commission. A most encouraging con.
dtion of affairs regarding the increase
OF game in the State was presented by
Secretary Kalbfus. He strohgly recon-.
mended that law be passed MAKING
It penal offehse for any unnaturaized
foreign-born resident to own a gun OF
any other kind of firearms. In the
last six months five officers of, the
game commission, in hunting down OF.
tenders against the game laws. have
been shot at and wounded by foreigners
and one man was brutally murdered by
Italians in the western part OF the State
and his body thrown into the river,
SIMPLY because he prosecuted foreign
violators of the game laws The de.
partlnent brought from Alabama for
propagating purposes 3547 quail and
hey are all said to be doing finely
Three sites for game preserves have
been selected, one in Clinton County,
a second in Clearfeld, and a third in
Franklin, all on forestry land owned
by the State. 1t is impossible to get
deer or wild turkeys for propagatine
purposes, but the commission is on the
watch and ready to purchase when op-
portunity offers. DIR. Kalbfus recon-
mends that a law be passed requiring
all resident hunters to take out Il
cense. AT present only unnaturalized
foreigners are required to take out a
hunting license. During the half year
there were collected about $500 in fines,
OF which 5000 went to informcrs.
Automobiles and horsemen are man
itesting considerable interest in the lay
ing OF a mile of dustlcss and water
proof roadway on the. Darby & Chester
Turnpike, which is being put down by
me turnpike company as an experiment.
This is the first practical test with the
new dustless roadway in this section
OF the country, and its results will be
closely watched. The contractors are
to lay a mile OF the dustless road at
Ridley Park at cost of $I2oo, which
is considerably above the price OF ma
cadam rock, which is being laid from
Chester to Darby.
Notwithstanding that he was warned
to keep away from his wife and family,
from whom he was separated, d. Emory
Erb tired to enter their home at Read
ing. He was denied admittance. Erb
then stepped from the porch at the kitch-
en- door. in the yard drew revolver
from his pocket and killed himself He
was A years old The family formerly
lived al Harrisburg,
A temporary trestlc erected over a
deep ravinc at Shire Oaks, collapsed,
carrying six men and carload of dirt
to the ground, a distance of forty-fve
feet. One man was killed outright and
the others were all dangerously injured.
The men were foreign laborers.
Robert Darrah, OF Nescopeck. went
to sleep alongside the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad tracks at that place and was
struck by a passenger train losing his
right foot and being otherwise severely
injured His condition is serious
There was not much celebration of
the glorious Fourth at the home of
Hiram L. Horting, near Oxford. Seven
persons members of the family and farm
hands, are lying at the point of death,
being poisoned, it is believed. by tainted
water. Mr.. Horting, with his farm
hands, Lewis Humphrey, Spencer Glass,
Claire Acheson and BENJAMIN Herr,
were in the wheat field, harvesting, when
his young daughter, Maud. brought
Jug OF water out for the thirsty men.
Every one of them, including the young
girl drank OF II and were taken violently
Ill within short time. Claire Acheson
was much worse than any OF the others
and in an effort to reach the house be-
came unconscious. falling in the field. The
other men were unable to render him
assistance, and until the attention OF
neighbors was attracted they remained
lying in the wheat field, becoming worse
every moment As soon as possible
several physicians were on the scene and
worked desperately for many hours be
lore the unfortunate people were out
OF danger. 1t is supposed that the Jug
was responsible for the poisoning. For
many years is was the family vinegar Jug
and it is the general belief that the in
terror lining was acted ON BY the acid
and that the water was made poisonous
thereby. While the physicians were
working over the unconscious forms of
the farm hands Fred Humphry. who
makes his home with the Horting fam
ily who brought in in a very critical
condition with severe cramps caused by
drinking too much ice water. He was
working i'll the hot sun. had INDUCED
very freely in the ice water and was in
great agony until some relief was afford
cd by the physicians. While all seven
arc out of danger, they are very i'll and
the neighbors are in possession of the
home attending to their needs.
A fight between Italian laborers en-
nloycd at the Grubb Ore Mines, near
lronvile, resulted in a murder and the
authorities are seaching all over the
county for the assassin, who escaped
The murderer is Donate Dinicto and
his victim was Anton Traton. The two
men had been quarreling for a week
past and their trouble eliminated We'd
nesday. In the fight Dinlicto had his
lower lip bitten off Wild with rage. he
drew siilletto and plunged it into
Traton's abdomen. The man was com
plctely discmbowelcd by the savage
thrust and he died in few minutes.
Edward Snyder, p3 years old, was
drowned in Black Rock Dam while in
swimming His death was due to
weak heart Young Snyder was gradu.
ated with high honors from the Electrical