The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-10-27
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fifteenth annual convention of the
Women's Home and Foreign Mission.
airy Society of the Lancaster Confer.
ence of the Lutheran Church of Penn.
sylvania, held in Grace Church, this
city. During the day addresses were
delivered by Rev. DR.. G. Il. Haupt,
Mrs. George Stuckler, of Columbia;
Rev. F. X. Fretz, of Philadelphia Mrs.
e. Neudoerffer, of India, and others.
These officers were elected: President,
Miss Anna Swartzweider; first vice.
president, Mrs. G. W. Gensseeler, Co
lumbia; second vice-president, Mrs. J.
II. Strang; third vice-president, Mrs.
Carrie Bellinger; recording secretary,
Miss Anna Ludwig; corresponding sec.
retary, Mrs. George Grim; treasurer,
Miss Ella Beates. The closing address
at night was made by Mrs. Il. r. Cas-
sadly, of Philadelphia, on the work
among the Italians of that city. The
first work among the Italians in Amer.
lea was started in Philadelphia, which
claims the first Italian Lutheran min.
lister in the world. The conference has
an Italian congregation of twenty
members in Philadelphia and more
are to be added in the near future.
Pittsburg. - Charged with robbing
the Philadelphia Company of $4,000
cube feet of gas daily for two months,
Thurman Wells, an engineer of local
hotel, was arraigned in Criminal Court
by a representative of the company.
He gave as his excuse that he was
unable to obtain enough gas to operate
his boilers. Repeated complaints to
the company brought no results, so
Wells, according to his own statement,
cut in a new connection from the
main supply pipe around the meter,
thus preventing the gas from register
ing. The hotel management knew
nothing about the theft of the gas,
but reimbursed the gas company, and
Judge Carnahan paroled the prisoner
for year after reprimanding him,
declaring it was an unusual case for
man to steal something which did
not benefit him, but to bring about
utlleT TeSultS Ill Ills WOTh.
Pittsburg.-Dispatche Charles Eel
Ter, OF Evans City, and Tony Sanario,
a workman, are fatally injured at the
Butler hospital, and ten others are
suffering from cuts and bruises, as the
result of a collision in the fog of in.
terurban cars on the Pittsburg, Har.
mony, Butler G Newcastle road.
Rounding sharp curve, the cars
came together while both were run.
ming at high speed. The responsible.
ity for the presence of two cars on the
same block St the same time has not
been fixed.
York.-While engaged in work at
the plant of the S. Morgan Smith
Company, of this city, Roman Rudy,
a carpenter, 40 years old, was crushed
to death. Rudy was ctruck by trav-
cling crane, the wheels of which near
ly cut his body in two. At the time
he was removing some framework and
was bending over the track when the
crane, weighing several tons, rushed
down upon him. Fellow employees say
that he had told them several days
ago that he feared he would soon be
killed.
Scranton. - Elk Senator Frank ].
Gardner, of New York, appeared be-
fore Judge Newcomb here on habeas
corpus proceedings to secure his re-
lease from arrest at the hands of tho
Scranton police on charges preferred
by District Attorney Whitman, of New
York Judge Newcomb directed an or
der to issue vacating the writ of ha-
beas corpus and also for the discharge
of Gardner from custody of the local
authorities. Gardner has returned to
New York.
York.-A number of girls at Han
over we're arrested by Officer Matthias
and placed in the borough lookup.
Burgess Sheely summoned the girls to
him and dismissed them after severe
reprimand The girls made practice
of lounging on the corner and using
unbecoming language. They promised
Burgess Sheely to be good upon OBJ
tanning their release.
Reading g.--The body of Miss Estelh
Fatheringill, aged 40 years, a domes.
tic in a prominent family, was found
in the yard of her employers resi-
dence. She was fully dressed, save
that she had taken off her shoes. II
Is believed that she fell out of the
window. Landing on her head, she
was instantly killed.
Marietta. - The postoffice at Fair
land, Lancaster county. will be discon-
tinued after October 81. The Office
last year paid only $40. Patrons will
be served by Mannheim rural delivery.
Scranton. distance of 400
feet in the Capouse colliery shaft,
John Granahan, a docking boss, was
killed and his body terribly mangled
He was As years old and married.
Tyrone.-The first hunting fatality
this season Is Blair county, occurred
when Arthur Moore was shot and in
stantly killed. Moore. with two COM
panions, William Switzer and Fred
snriyley, were coming out OF the
mountains. when the trigger on Shriv-
ley's gun caught on his trousers leg
Hollidaysburg.-Af fire of incendiary
origin destroyed a large barn ON the
William McKillip farm, near Holh'
daysburg, entailing loss OF $1,000
The unknown party who applied the
,,.tch hacame bewildered and was un