The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-02-28
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lyn millionaire farmer. That is the WAY
Uncle Peter does things, unosienta
uously and unexpectedly. The recipients
OF the checks are the Eastern District
Young Mems Christian Association, The
Homeopathic Dispcn.ary and Hospital
the Eastern Dis;rici Hospital and Dis.
pensary, the Industrial Home and the
Graham Home for The Aged. al located
IN the Eastern or Williamsburg district
OF Brooklyn.
Mr. Wyckoff said that he had not been
asked by any OF ihc institutions Tor
money, and he sent the $4,000 checks
simply because he knew the money
would be well spent in fhe interest ot
humanity.
\ young salesman of the irnl OF
ileathcotc & Co. was taking Sio,ooc
worth of jewclry, consisting OF sevcra
dozen articles ranging from diamond
rings and stick pins 10 diamond studded
brooches and watches, 10 Brooklyn pur.
chasers.
II was O'Clock the rush hour The
young man was fortunate enough to get
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box, about IS inches square. he put
under his feet 70 protec; it, Suddenly
some one struck him blow which
knocked off his hat lie clutched for
the hat and at the same time jumped
up to defend himself Then he saw thai
the blow was not aimed at him espec-
tally. but was apparently the accidental
result OF hsticuffs between TWO good
sized men. The next Minute the train
stopped on the other side Of the bridge
and the young salesman was swept on;
OF the door by the crowd before he hal
time to secure his precious package
When he got back his box was gone.
Sitting alone IN little room on the
Top floor Of 400 Sixth Avenue, white.
haired and feeble woman. who said She
was Mrs Mary, Fay, ro5 years OF age
was found last night by the police, hud-
died up before a small stove The foo,
was covered to a depth OF foo; with
newspapers which the woman had ac.
cumulated in an endeavor to keep the
cold from coming through the cracks ~
the planking.
In one corner was a bushel-b basketful
of bread crusts, evidently weeks old
Mrs. Fay said that this had been guen
to her by the bakers in the ncighborhood
When she became hungry She said she
went TO the apartment OF another ten
ant and got some hot water In this
she soaked the bread and ate it, For
two weeks" said the aged woman. 'I
have had nothing to eat but this"
An old man with tatlcied garments
iell 10 the sidewalk OH East Tenth Street,
apparently overcome by exhaustion.
When an ambulance arrived the old man
was dead. Police searched the pockets
for some Identification At last they
anne upon an oilcloth bag, strapped about
the body at the waist 1t was a plump
bag. The cord was cut. and out tumbled
stock OF bank books. There were 20.
An inspection OF the contents showed
that the old man had on deposit in tho
Bowery, Dry Dock. Emigrants' Saving,
East River and other savings banks S4o,-
300. Ii was ascertaincd from the books
hat the old man was Thomas McNally,
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squalid rooms OF a tenement. He was
rag-picker
In a manner 50 mysterious that 10
clue has yet been obtained as TO the
IDENTIFY of the thief or thieves, $1,000
was stolen from the Fourteenth Street
Bank, or from its bhanch, at Second
Street and Avenue a. Two bank mes
sengcrs started from the branch to the
main institution with $4,000 in satchel
protected by three padlocks. according
TO the officers OF the branch. but when
the satchel was opened only $4,000 was
found, but there was no evidence that the
locks had been tampercd with
Rather than give an alarm that might
seriously affect scores OF patients in the
private rooms at Mount Sinai Hospital,
Hans Dclrus, a porter, coolly directed
the removal of an elevator from his
crushed legs. He had been oiling ma
chinery at the bottom of the shaft. His
GOODNESS cost another man his lifc, for
Nathan Serber, an elevator boy, intent on
helping the porter, was himself killed
Forgetting that his head was III the
way, he told another boy 10 start The
car, and he was instantly killed.
Alexander Lcgler, Jr., aged 2a, was ar
rested at his boarding house, 4o3 Wash
ington Avenue, Hobol:cn, by order OF
Police Chief Murphy Of Jersey City,
who accuses Legler OF having burned to
death his brother, Carl Legler aged 20,
to obtain $1,000, for which Carl was in
sured for Alcxander's benefit. Accord
ing TO the police, Alexander poured kcr-
osene on his brothers bed and set fire
to it.
Is the New York school boy becoming
what President Roosevelt would call
weakling? The committee on athletic
fields OF the Board of Education report
ed that out of 700 boys examined they
found only three who could raise them
selves up by their arms on horizontal
bar until their chin rested on the bar.
FINANCIAL.