The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-05-25
LIVE NEWS
OF THE
STATE

bands autOmODlle NHen' ~ tui hNu
turtle, died at the York Hospital
here. Mrs. Trimble was Fl years old
and a bride of six months. The end
was tragic. Sitting by her bedside
as her life went out was her husband
I'm a wheelchair. His arm is broken
and his legs are partially paralyzed,
which indicate that his spine is seri-
ously Injured. He was much affected
and could not be pacified. The two
had left Washington with the Four
Leaf Glover Club for a pleasure
jaunt, when the accident happened.
Plttsburg. - The Commonwealth
has taken TO abandon some OF the
councilmanic graft cases. Assistant
District Attorney Seymour went be-
fore Judges II. S. Frazer and John
d. Shafer and asked that indict-
ments against f. n. Hoffstot, the
banker and car manufacturer; DR..
+. c. Blessing, president of Common
Council; ex-Councilman William Nc
Kelvey and Councilman S. G. Lennox
be nolle pressed. In the present
series OF graft trials there has been
only one conviction. The rest have
resulted In dlsagreements or acquit-
tails. The Judges postponed their de-
clsion
Hollldaysburg.- recent act OF
Assembly, providing for obtaining
divorces without the publicity OF jury
trials. was attacked in the Blair
County Court as unconstitutional In
the divorce suit brought by Frank
Keith against Ada Keith, the wife
demanded a jury trial, claiming that
the act Of Assembly was in violation
of Section G, Article /, of the State
Constitution, which reads; Trial
by jury shall be as heretofore and
the right thereof remain inviolate"
The Court granted rule.
notwithstanding for a fall
ing hatchet John Morgan, aged "a
years. fell to an awful death. He
was employed as a carpenter, work.
ing on top of the breaker of the st.
Clair Coal Company, GO feet above
the ground, when as he reached for
the hatchet he lost his footing and
pitched down headlong.
Media. - Charged with having
forged the name OF Charles T..
schoen, retired millionair steel mag
nate of Rose Valley, to checks for ap-
proximately $4,000, Robert B. Ross,
an agent for the Schoen Jackson
Company, was committed to jail for
trial at court, In default of $4,000
bail.
Norristown.-To raise a fund OF
$500 to reface and repair the tomb
here of General Hancock, the His
torical Society of Montgomery Coun-
toy decided to ask each member OF
the society to contribute at least 81.
This move is to prevent removal OF
Hancocks body to Arlington Gene
terry.
Berwick. With the job paying
$50 a year, Edward Lisson has re-
signed as postmaster of the North
Berwick Post Office, and the Post
Office Department can find no one
who will take the job, with the pros
pect that 225 persons will be obliged
to 90 to the Berwick Post Office.
Carlisle.-Word has been received
here of the marriage at Hermosita
Ranch, Hernlosa. Tex, Of Miss Edith
d. French, formerly resident OF
Carlisle, and a student at Dickinson
College, to Frank D. Depew, of Lin
den, n. j.
Pittsburg.-The case OF Snowden
G.. Lennox, member Of Select Council,
on trial on two charges of bribery,
was taken from the jury by Judge
John c. Haymaker, who ordered a
verdict of not guilty. The prosecu-
ton admitted it had not made out
case.
Stroudsburg. - George Lesh, AZ
years old, was shot in the abdomen,
IL is alleged, by Jere Labar at the lat
ter's home, about six miles from
Stroudsburg. Lesh's condition is
critical.
Pen Argyl.-Mrs. William P, Kel-
low, 2S years old, while cleaning
windows of the second-story of hei
home, lost her balance and fell to
the pavement, breaking her neck
She died instantly.
Easton.-The State convention oi
Foresters of America fixed the pei
capita tax at IA cents and refused tc
reduce the salaries of the grand
court officers.
Lewiston. - Edward Fulton, 81
years old, cashier of the STANDARD
Steel Works, died here from pneu
monia The body was taken te
Brookville for burial.