The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-09-22
THE
KEYSTONE
STATE


state convention installed the newly.elec.
ted officers. Candidates for election by
the various subordinate lodges Oh the
last meeting night in June, 1911, were
placed in nomination as follows: Grand
Guardian, Emma X. jackson; Grand
Mentor, Laura Herbein; Grand Warden,
Annie f. Holsworth; Grand Scrollkeepef.
Kathryn Fritz; Grand Treasurer. Harriet
Lukens; Grand Herald, A. Mary Ruhl !;
Grand Watcher of the Day. Bessie NJ
Hess; Grand Watcher of the Night. one
to be elected, Mrs. i. Heller and Mrs. S.
McPhey, Of Philadelphia Lille Heck, Of
Norristown. John Fields. Lizzie David.
son and Mrs. Carrie Dannenhauer. of
Philadelphia; Grand Trustee, one TO be
elected. II. L. Walter, the present ncum.
bent and John Fields, both of Phladel.
phia; Representatives to the Supreme
Circle, three to be elected; Peter Au.
gustine. r. VI. Thorpe. Amos Eggeton,
John Campbell. b. Z. Conrad and +. A.
Honecker OF Philadelphia.
1t was decided to meet in Allentown
next year.
Reading-The one-day session of the
High Court Of the Independent Order of
Foresters closed with the election of Off
GERS. The election resulted as follows:
Past High Chief Ranger. j. L. Hope.
well, Scranton; High Chief Ranger. j.
l.: Dove. Jr of Philadelphia; High Vice.
Chief Ranger, j. Z. NJ. Keller Philadel
phla; High Secretary. c. w. NIingle,
Philadelphia; High Treasurer, G. A.
drummer. Philadelphia: High Physician
Or. W. W. Fleming. Philadelphia; High
Councillor. W. b. Craig. Reading; High
Auditors. J. II. Hughes. Jr, Philadel.
phia, and DR.. G. 5. Kirby. Mauch
Chunk; Representative to the Supreme
Court to meet in Toronto, Canada. c.
W. Mingle. Philadelphia. 1t was decided
to hold the next convention in Harris.
burg. Following the session the visitors
and ladies were taken over the mountain
roads and banquet followed in the even,
ing.
Summit Hill-For some time Princi.
pal Forrest. of the High School, has had
considerable trouble with ten of the big.
gest boys in school, who were determined
to run the school. giving him all kinds
OF trouble. The climax came when he
was attacked by the crowd as he was
about to enter the school. Mr.. Forrest.
VINO is an athlete. set to work with a
will to defend himself and in a short time
put the gang to flight. Several carry
marks of his fstic ability. while Thigh.
man Ballet, aged "A years, had his arm
broken.
Pittsburg,--After serving four months
in the Allegheny County Prison for
grating while a member of the Pitts
burg City Council. T. B. Kearns was re.
leased kearns. in order to escape re.
naming in prison two hundred DAYS
more decided TO pay his fine of 5000 and
when the cash was turned over he was
given his freedom. He is the first of the
convicted Councilmanic grafters to OBJ.
tain his liberty. kearns was favored
man in the Councils and when he was
arrested made a strong denial of the
charges.
Pottsvlle.--The entire membership OF
Shenandoah Borough Council, as well as
Chief Burgess Strols, are liable to be
held in contempt of court for tearing
up the tracks of the Schuylkill Electric
Railway. The company exhibited in
court an injunction previously granted
the company prohibiting them from inter.
fering with the company or its tracks.
Court granted the accused officials a
hearing. The borough tore up the tracks
because it is alleged they were not kept
in repair.
Shenandoah.--Joseph Minnick, 81 years
old, repairman at the West Shenan-
doah colliery, met terrible death by
electrocution. He and three other men
were timbering a tunnel, replacing old
timbers, when Mnnick picked up a heav.
lily charged electric wire to fasten on
the new timbering. With a terrifying
roar he toppled over, being instantly Kill. !
ed. 1t is said 2000 volts passed through
his body.
Iork.-An invention of ibrous ashes.
tos fireproof covering for wire has been
sold by II. Luke Owen, a young and |
struggling mechanic OF this city. to the
General Electric Company, of Schenect.
ady, y. Y, for 100000. The young me-
chanic has been working for years on
this invention, the manufacture of which, |
he says, will be simple. In addition to
the large sum of money received, Mr.. |
Owen will become superintendent of the
work at the General Electric Company's
plant.
observation-disclosures Gabriel, of this
place, few weeks ago, fell into tub of
scalding water and before he could be
rescued one-third of the skin had been
taken off his body, DR.. j. c. Biddle, at
the Miners Hospital, by grating process,
succeeded in entirely restoring the de-
stroyed skin, but the dual hardships
NHiNh Nht gbAHS uHutINtnl, nave
produced leak" Of the heart and he
was taken to the Pottsville Hospital in
a critical condition.
Kittanning, off dynamite in
an attempt to recover drowned body.
James Leonard and Frank Guggins were
blown ashore with their skiif and both
are in the hospital with serious bruises.
The men had thrown stick Of the ex-
posive short distance ahead of the
boat which drifted over the dynamite
just as it let 60. Boat and men were
hurled thirty feet through the air The
body was not recovered.
observation-disclosures College op,ned
its forty-frst academic year with the
opening address To the students in Bonn.
berger Hall at s o'coex. The address of
the evening was made by Nathan c.
Schaeffer, State superintendent of Public
instruction. The Freshman class mum.
bers 90 and is the largest in the history
of the college.
ottsvlle.-Michael Lccher, employed
at the plant OF the Eastern Steel Com
pany here met with most unique acci-
dent which will likely prove fatal While
passing a truck loaded with steel billets
IL tilted, partially burying him. His
is serious.