ljc jfulton Countg eujs. V OL l Alt 9 McCONNELLSBLRG, PA., JULY 30. 1908. NUMBER 43 MAIL CARRIER ARRESTED. ! BLOW TO HAGERSTOWN. COMMITTED SUICIflF. Postoftice Inspectors Were at Work on the Case for Several Months- News of the Arrest a Oreat Sutprise. TAKEN TO SCRANTON ON SATURDAY. Charles 8. Schaubla, a mail carrier in Chambersburg, was arrested ou Friday evening, by Postoftice Inspector Clarke, ebr.rged with stealing from tbe United States mail. For some months complaints have been made to tho postal au thorities that money sent through the mails had been missed and never arrived at its destination. Asa result of these complaint postoftice inspectors have been quietly workiug on the case and it was not until Friday after tbe arrest, that anything definite concerning the case was known. it was almost 5 o'clock t Friday evening when a quiet looking stranger walked up to Mr. Schau bla, who was returning from the afternoon delivery, and asked him to change a five-dollar bill. This Mr. Schaubla did and the man then secured the damaging evi dence which caused his arrest, The stranger then stated that he was a postoftice inspector and was compelled to arrest him. Tho inspector at once took him to the postoftice and a search was made. H informed the postman that he was sorry that duty com pelled him to make the arrest and that if he would confess to the extent of the robberies he would recommend leniency. Still he stoutly denied having anything on his person, except the marked bills that had been placed in a de coy letter, one of which had been given to tho inspector in change for the five dollar bill. When the search wis made two more letters were stated to have been found. When Commissioner Bonbrake heard the above stcry he ordered Mr. Schaubla placed under if 1 000 bail to answer the charge of vio lating section 5407 of the postof tice rules, at the next term of the United States district court of the middle district, which meets in iscranton. Section 5407 refers to postoftice employes opening letters and taking therefrom their contents. Deputy Marshall H. S. Laurish, of Harrisburg, arrived in Cham burg, Saturday afternoon at 1:80 o'clock, and after a short consul tation with United States Com missioner Bonbrake, decided to take the prisoner to Scranton, where hu will be tried at the Sep tember term of United States district court. Mr. Schaubla was well known to many of our citizens, having visited this place several times. Three Men Killed at Scotland. On Tuesday morning last about 9:80 Vctock an accident happened at Scotland, P.., by which three meu were killed and eight others badly injured. The dead ar? Michael alloy, chief dynamite man, Edward Butler, colored, and John Loudon, colored. The men were engaged in quarrying stone for the C. V. R. R., and the accident occurred while Chief Powderman Malloy was tamping dynamite in a hole. The direct cause is not known, as Malloy was killed mstautly. The hole was in a bank of solid limestone. About 12 feet below anumber of men were working ou the loose stone, which" had been dislodged by previous blasts. The place whore the accident occurred is a mile north of Scot laud to the west of the line of the C. V. R. R., where the entire rail road is being chauged so as to pass around the base ofThe Sum mit. The work has been pushed ahead to a point where it strikes a Bolid bank of rock, limestone, which blastiug is being done. There are engaged on the work about 190 men with 40 carts. Coroner Greena wait sum moned a jury which ou hearing the evt dflom decided they were unable to place the blame. Loss of Pope Bicycle Works Is Severe One on That Place. The consolidation of the Wost fiold and Hagerstown factories of the Pope manufacturing com pany, means the gradual aband onment of tho Hagerstown fac tory by the company. The busi ness done there will be transfer red to the Westfield plant. Some little time will be necessary in order to do this, probably 130 to 00 days. This factory will then bo closed and the machinery sold as well as the buildings and ground, in fact, all tho holdings of the Pope manufacturing com pany in Hagerstown, including the factory, grounds and several dwellings on Pope avenue, will all be sold in course of time. THE GRAND ARMV. The Old Soldiers are Fast Passing; to the Great Beyond. Attention is called to matters pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic in this state by. the Mahanoy City Daily Record, when it says: "Of interest to every member of tho Grand Army of the Republic in this state are tho Memorial Day reports from Grand Army of the Kopubhc posts in Pennsylvania, received by Rev. Dr. John W. Sayers, of Chester, who is department chap lain, which show that 50,000 graves of departed comrades were decorated on Memorial Day. In this 1,7:10 cometnes were in volved. Four hundred and sev enty-tivo memorial addresses were made. There are 523 post in the state, but some of the ad dresses did not take place he cause the day was a rainy one. Last year they were 11,000 deaths in the Grand Army of the Repub lic ranks in this state. There are 22,772 members of the Grand Army in good standing in Pennsylvania. At Huntingdon Next Week, in the series of nine conferenc es on Sunday school work, con ducted by Mr. W. C. Pearce, of Chicago, during the summer, the one to be held at Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa., comes next week, beginning Wednesdiy eve ning, August 5th, and closing Friday evening, the 7th. On Wednesday evening Prof. F. F. Holsopple Will deliver an address on ''Three Fundamentals tn Sun day School Work." Thursday, the 0th, will be devoted to the subject of "Teacher Training," and Friday, the 7th, "Organized Adult Bible Class Work" will be considered. These subjects will be discussed from various points of view. Mr. Pearce will be as sisted in the work of the confer ence by workers of expeiionce from several'counties. The work during the day sessions,' fore noon and afternoon, will be con ducted ou the institute plan. The Thursday and Friday evening ad dresses will be given by Mr. Pearce. An opportunity like this to come in touch with such a strong and enthusiastic representative of the International Association as Mr, Pearce, is rarely enjoyed by many who are distant from tbe large cities. Here it is, with in easy reach of all in this section of the State, and at a very moder ate expenditure of time and mon ey. Are you in quest of knowledge relative to Sunday School work ? Have you-problems to solve, and would you like to know how oth ers have solved similar ones 'i Would you like to be encouraged in your work 1 Do you find your self lacking in enthusiasm ? Are you craving An impetus which will lift you into hitherto unreal ized fields and enlarged visions of happy service for the Master ,? God can use a cou ference like this to your realization of all these, and more. Come. Address Wm. Bejjry, Huntingdon, Pa. Subscribe lor the News. Mercersburr Man Ended Life Was De sponded Over III Health the Reason. Edwin M. Seihert, a citizen of Mercersburg committed suicide at Ins home there Friday after noon at 12:510 o clock, by shooting himself in the head with a SJK calibre revolver. Although tho rnnseof the sui cide is not dcfiritely known he had been despondent for some tie and 11 is believed that be cause of ill health ho decided to end it all. He was a druggist and for a nu 111 bor of years was located 111 Philadelphia. Ho was an inmate of a hospital in Philadel phia for many years and his con dition was such that he could riot fully recover from his illness. TERRIFIC STORM. Three Men Killed and a Number Injured By Lighting at Gettysburg Last Week GOVERNOR STUART PROSTRATED. BIG FINE UPSET. Chambershurg Attorney Commits Suicide. Horace L Beude'1, Esq., a prom inent attorney of Chambersburg, committed suicide by shooiing at hrs home in Chambersburg, on Tuesday afternoon, tie died al most instantly. For the past several weeks he had experienced tiuaucial diftioul ty and th's is believed to have caused turn to commit the deed. For tho past tew diys there had been danger of criminal action, and newspaper men and others closely connected with the case, have been watching the matter, as it was thought that when the time came he would end his life. The matter had been discussed on all sides, and when the news became public it was not a great surprise. HUSTONTOWN. Mark G. Holtzman, formerly U. B. preacher at this place but who is now taking a course in Lebanon Valley College at Ann ville, Pa., spent a few days re cently visiting friends in this community. H. E. Chesnnt has returned home from Poughkeepsie N. Y. where he has been taking a cour.se in Eastman Business College. N. E Hoover ol Mount Union spent Sunday in our town. Miss Joanna Morton of McCon nelisburg spent the first part of the week with friends and rela tives in this vactuity. The sick of this community are improving slowly. Mrs. Mary White from Punx atawney, Pa., was visiting Mr and Mrs. George Sipes at Huston town a few days. Miss Miunie Crothers and Mrs. Mary Sipes are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Gutsh all and having a very pleasant time. William Tayman. William Tayman died in Balti more, Md., and his remains were brought to this county and inter interred iu the cemetery at Reho both church in Thompson town ship, on Thursday of last week. Mr. Tayman was for many years a well Known resident of Thomp son township, and had visit l his old home there only a short time prior to his death. He is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Wilber Brown, of Thorn as, W. Va., and two sons, W. B., of Baltimore, Md., and John R., Westwood, Md. Ptlghtt l.aidig. On Wednesday, July 22, 1!)08, Amos D. Peightel, ol Todd town ship, one of Fulton county's most successful school teachers, and Miss Estella Laidig, of Taylor township, were quietly married in Harrisburg. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Laidig, and is highly esteemed. The News, extends eougratuli-tions. To Dedicate Monument. General (Jiggs and Mr. Nolten, of Baltimore, executors of the Harriet Lane Johnson eslatl), vis ited Buchanan's birthplace and inspected the monument. They were well pleased with it and in tend having it dedicated some time during tho month of Octo ber. As the result of a terrific elec trical storm which passed over the Pennsylvania national guard encampment at Gettysburg Thursday night, three troopers wero kilted and two score injur ed, some of Them seriously, by being struck by lightning. The known dead are: Private Morrison, Tenth re giment. Private Rarbe, Eighteenth re giment. Private Garber, Company S. Tenth regiment. The latter's body was completely severed in twain as though by a sword. The storm struck the camp about !l o'clock. It lasted only a half hour. In ten minutes the trio of guardsmen and the boy had been killed by the lightning, the tents, which covered five square miles, leveled, and the en campment ground Hooded. Each victim was killed while in bis tent. Companions of the dean men were badly burned and stun ned and had marvelous escapes from the fate of their tentmates. All of the dead privates are from the Second brigade, located in tho western part ol the state. Governor Stuart, with his sis ter, Miss Cora Stuart, was hold ing a reception at division head quarters, located on a knoll and overlooking the Emmittsburg road. There wero mere than twoscore of officers, civilians and women in the party. In front of the division teits is a tall metalic flagstaff. Although there were threatening clouds, the governor and his friends did not go into the tent because there was no rain. Then came a terrific clap of thunder. A bolt of lightning struck the top of the flagstaff and ran to the bottom. It hit the ground not more than a dozen feet from where Governor Stuart and the others stood. As it did so the governor and the officers and civilians fell to the ground stunned. A i A. I . ni me snme lime there were one after another, three claps of thunder and lightning bolts These are believed to be the ones that killed the three soldiers. Then tho wind and rain descend ed upon the encampment upon the prostrate forms of the gover nor aud the others, and the divis ion tents were swept over upon them. Also, all of the tents, from one end of the encampment to the other, were keeled over. finned beueath the canvas tents, soggy from the downpour of rain, and the supports the militiamen were unable lor five minutes to free themselves. Finally a squad of the men of the Philadelphia regiments, who had seen the bolt crash into the metalic flagstaff, hurried to the aid of the governor and his friends. The latter were so com pletely buried that they had to be dug out with picks and shovels. Court Holds $29,240,000 Not Justified. Chicago, July 25) in an opin ion that bristles with sharp com ment on and criticism of the ac tion of the lower court, the three judges of the Unite'' States cir cuit court of appeals unanimous ly reversed the decision of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, who im posed a tine of 2H,240,X0 on the Staudard oil company of Indiana, for accepting lower than publish ed freight rates on oil shipped over the Chicago and Alton rail road, and curtly remanded tho case. The higher court held that each carload shipment did not consti tuta a separate offense. The tine should have been on settlements between the railroad company and the Standard, thecourt holds )f these there were 510 and the maximum on this basis would have been but 270,000. The 'door of repentance" was not to be shut say the judges. The case is to be tried again and may be removed to another jurisdic tion. TO BE KEPT OUT OF ROOMS. ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW Penalty Was Board of Health Says Flies Must be Kept from Sick Persons. The board of health in some of the large cities have begun a cam paufu on the common house fly. Cards have been distributad among housekeepers, hotel aud restaurant proprietors" with the "simple rules for fly time," Keep the flies away from the sick, es pecially those ill with contagious diseases, reads one instruction. "Kill every lly straying into the sick room. His body is covered with diseased germs. Do not al low decaying material of any sort to accumulate 011 or near your premises. Keep all receptacles for garbage carefully covered, aud the cau cleansed or sprinkled with lime or oil. Cover food after a meal. Burn pyrethrum powder in the houses to kill flies. Don't forget that if you see Hies, that their breeding place is nearby tilth." It is confidently believed that this method of killing the fly will result in a great diminution of the number of deaths from the hot weather diseases now Known to be transmitted by flies. Baseball Game. A combination of Hustontown and Clear Ridge played against Fort Littleton last Saturday at the Clear Ridge picnic. 'I he game was a good one and inter esting throughout, until the last half of the seventh inning, when the score stood 2 to 2, then took place one of those never- ending chewing matches, which help to spoil our national game. A few of the Fort Littleton men absolutely refused to play on any conditions and walked off the field with their heads down and bats under their arms. Under such conditions there is only one thing for the umpire to doand that is to forfeit the game, which he did, to Clear Ridge, 9 to 0. The line-up was as follows 1 PLEASANT RI0UE. Anthorny Mellott is singing a charge to keep I have. It's a boy. Mr. Ally Deshong and Dren Strait went up on Sideling Hill mountain huckleberrying Satur day afternoon and didn't get back till Sunday intmiag. Amos and Mary Mellott both of Pleasant Ridge attended har vest meeting at the Duukard church Sunday. Preaching at Ebenezer was well attended last Sunday after noon. Rally Deshong and wife attend ed harvest meeting Sunday. Mrs. Hartman Truax and Dew ey spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Anthony Mellott. Sampson u,nd Harry Mellott peat Sunday at E. W. Swope's. Clear Kldjre Fort Littleton Barton c. Wilson Hoover p. Fruker U. Shore lb. Cromer, (i. Stinson, H. 2b. Cromer, H. Cliesnut 3b. Kriker, J. Stinson, C. an. Cromer, R. Uuinsey If. Morton Warner cf. I'Yaker, B. Towser rf. Orth Snapshots at Their Comings and Goings Her for a Vacation, or Away for a Restful'Outlng. On Saturday, July 25th the Ridge Band was having a picnic and of course a picnic is not com plete without a ball game. So the Ridge boys challenged the Ft. Littleton base ball team to play them a game on that day, and of course to be friendly and help make their picnic a success the boys from the Fort went up, and about half-past two o'clock the game was called. This game was composed of Hustontown, Laidig, Tyrone, Minorsville and Clear Ridge against Fort Little ton, and was one of the closest games ever played in this county tor many years. Hoover from Hustonto vn. and Barton pitched and caught tbe game against Ft. Littleton. The ending of the 1th inning left the score nothing to nothing, and the 5th nining Rat lined out one for Littleton that brought in two runs, and tn the 5th Clear Ridge scored one run. When the last half of the 7th in ning was played a dispute arose as to the decision of a ball which was kuocked into a bunch of pines. A rule had been made in the starting of the game concern ing these pines by the Ridge boys and when they went back on the rules they had made themselves aud began arguiug, the Littleton boys kindly aud gentlemanly gathered up their ball goods and walked off. The Littleton boys always have been in the habit of trying to play a square game and they twpe to stand to this. We will arrange in the near future to give Clear Ridge a chance to re turn ber game. Umpires Bloom and Uetwtler. Score 2 to 1. Two Barns Burned. During a heavy thunderstorm which passed over Brush Creek township one day week before last the large barn of F. M. Diehl, near Locust Grove, was struck by lightning and entirely con sumed together with his entire wheat crop, part of his hay, wag on, surrey, buggy and a lot of farming implements. The stock was all saved. No insurance 1 he citizens at ence went to work aud built him a stable in which to house his stock. On last Friday night, during another storm, which passed ov er the same section, the barn of Anthony Spade, near Emmaviile, was struck and bnrned to the ground, together with his entire wheat and hay crop. His stock and farming implements were saved. There was$300 insurance whbh does not nearly cover Mr. Spade '8 loss. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Albert Morgret, ol Warfords- burg, was seen on our streets on Friday. NEtDMORE. We are having plenty of rain now. Oats seem to be a ticklish crop just now, anyway to farmers who did not shock them before the rains again. A number of our people went to Sideling Hill for huckleberries last Saturday, and brought home several bushels, and leport a large crop. v Dr. Thompson preached an able sermon here last Sunday afternoon to an attentive congre gation. We hope to hear him again som. Hiram Hill's house was struck by lightning last Friday night. The shock went all through the house doing considerable dam age. Fortunately no one was hurt. Bird Mellott attempted to ford the run west of Needmore Mon day morning as the run was very high and swift, the buggy turned over aud over washing the hrse about fifty yards down damaging the buggy also breakiug the har ness. Bird is a large man we advise him to learn to swim as it was only luck that he was not drowned. Dr. Palmer forded the Run a short distance below; the water runniug over the seat. He could not account for the sudden rise unless it was that a large Bird fell in the run. Miss Nellie Runyan of Ship pensburg and Mr. Thomas Gehret of Chambersburg have been spending a few days pleas antly with Mr. A. Runyan. Mrs. James, Sipes of Sal u via and Mrs. Amanda WoLford of Frietfds Cove spent a few days among friends and relatives here. Mr. Hart Evans and wife spent Sunday here. L. G. Kirk, of Warfordsburg, was doing business in this place ou Saturday. D. M. Morton, ol Ayr, was here on Saturday. Geo. E. Olouser, Esq , of Big Cove Tannery, was in town ou Friday. Mis. M. B. Trout is visiting her son Dr. Clarence N. Trout at Red Lion, Pa. Samuel Carmack is the guest of his brother, Calvin Carmack, in this place. Miss Myrtle Stoner, of this place, returned Monday from a visit to Hagerstown. Mr. Nathan Everts, of Harris burg, is visiting his mother, Mrs. E D. Shimer, of this place. George Keebaugh, of Dublin township, was a visitor to the County Seat test Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Sipes, of Thompson township, made a lit tle trip to the County Seat last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lynch have been spending the past week tak ing a little Seashore outing at Atlantic City. Mrs. Salhe Seylar, of Hancock, has been a guest m the home of Mrs. S. M.Cook on North Second street for several days. Miss Minnie Reisner returned on Monday from Atlahtic City and in Lancaster county where she bad been visiting friends. Miss Jessie Dickson a trained nurse in the German Hospital Philadelphia, is spending her sum mer vacation with relatives in this place. Captain Harvey Wishart, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Truax, of Wells township, were visitors to Everett one day last week, says the Press. Mrs. Mamie Pittman and sis ter, Miss Mabel Fore, left on Tuesday for a few weeks' visit among friends in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Captain and Mrs. Skinner, re turaed to Chambersburg, on Fri day, after a short visit to Bedford Springs. The Captain's halth is much improved. Miss Minnie E. Mock returned home last Saturday evening after having spent three weeks very pleasantly visiting friends in Al- lentcwn, Philadelphia and New York. George Fockler and Norman Wishart drove over from Johns town last Sunday in George's Jackson touring car, and on Mon day they with Mr. Fockler's wife and Dr. H. S. Wishart went over to Wells Valley for a little visit. Miss Carrie Rummel, who had been visiting friends here, re turned to her home in Gettys burg last Friday. She was ac companied home bv her cousin, Mrs. Kalph Reed, who will spend some time visiting in Gettysburg. Mr. George McKibbin of Buck Valley came to McConnellsburij last Friday and stayed over Sun day in the home of his son in law Geo. A. Harris. Mrs. Harris ac companied her father back to Buck Valley where she will spend a few weeks with parents. A. S. Welch, E D. Welch, C. H. Welch, and R O. Johnsou all of Mount Union, and D. N. Kyper, of Huntingdon, made up an autc mobile party that made the trip through from Mount Union to Gettysburg last week, and re turned through this place. Mr. and Mrs. John Fields, of Oklahoma City, Okla., and the latter's mother, Mrs. Goo. Emer son, of Winffeld, Kas., spent a few days ip'town fast week, in the home of D. T. Fields on First street. John is one of the new state's prosperous business men. ..'! I... - - t . . a aim UP WUS CM! it OUSIlUQttS Wip K 1. 1 1 1 4 I '1LM l.t 1 JTl :l Uu in Hlj KllzktlAltl of the Oklahoma State Farm Journal, of which he is tbe proprietor.
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