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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
23
Christmas is near and activities unfold with visits among families including Emmett Simpson and others. Preparations begin for a school entertainment while railroad plans expand at Highfield and a fatal collapse ends D. D Bryan’s life. A starving Shetland pony mourns its young master.
Hon. M. A. Garvin and wife of Gettysburg Borough transfer all estate real and personal for the benefit of creditors to J. L. Williams Fay.
The final expense sheets show about $1 spent per vote for the 25 000 ballots in York County. Combined party spending neared $25 000 to run the last election. Office values total under $20 000 with congressional pay largely offset by Adams County representation. Itemized party costs follow.
A wild serenade erupts at the home of Hon. John R Bittinger near the Pigeon Hills as a mob of enthusiasts with improvised instruments circles his residence to demand disclosure of a supposed marital secret. The event appears premature and linked to the repeated Sunday absences of the ex Assemblyman.
In Conewago township Adams county the district faces crowding with 74 pupils at Locust Grove Brushtown taught by Miss Mary Waltman and overflow desks on the platform. Sand Hill school also reports overcrowding, forcing administrator action to relieve congestion.
Miss Mary McAntee, 23, shot her father the Rev. J. Q. McAntee at their Philadelphia home after a quarrel with his wife. Police say the minister tried to throw his wife down cellar stairs. the daughter acted to protect her mother. The Rev. McAntee, Gettysburg College graduate in 1861, was fatally wounded.
Royal Fowler a Carroll county native has been indicted by a Dayton grand jury for the murder of Mamie Hagerty in Dayton on August 18. Fowler, a married man, allegedly pursued Hagerty who refused him. he drew a revolver and shot her twice in her home in the presence of her mother. Fowler is a son of Joseph Fowler of Westminster.
Chester E. Gillette was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Auburn prison during the week starting January 28 for the murder of his discarded sweetheart Grace Brown. He was transported to Auburn and showed no emotion as Justice Devendorf imposed the sentence.
Baltimore wheat and corn quotations show steady to firm prices across spot and steamer markets. No. 2 spot wheat 77 percent, steamer No. 2 68 to 68 percent, southern 68 to 76 cents. corn mixed but firm with steamer and southern bids around 46 to 46 1/4 cents. oats steady with multiple grades cited. Butter firm with creamery and dairy terms. eggs steady with regional variations in Maryland Penna Virginia West Virginia and southern markets.
Cattle steady with top price for choice and prime around 5.75. Sheep steady with prime wethers 5.60 to 5.75 and lambs 5 to 7.75. Veal calves 868.50. Hogs active and higher with prime heavies 6.70 to 6.75 and mediums and Yorkers 6.00 to 6.15, roughs 5 to 5.50.
In Oslo Norway the Nobel peace prize was awarded to President Roosevelt. American Minister Peirce thanked the Norwegian parliament and read Roosevelt’s message of gratitude. Roosevelt plans to use the prize to establish a Washington based permanent industrial peace committee.
Miss Mary McAtee shot and wounded her father Rev John Quincy McAtee at their Philadelphia residence after a family quarrel. Police say the mother, daughter, and a servant were arrested as details emerge of alleged abuse and drinking. The minister, a Lutheran preacher, had recently returned from the Holy Land and is now in retirement. The shooter is 23 years old.
Washington reports Mr Hague and Mr Leerland informed President Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize proceeds totaling 37127.65 dollars will fund a foundation to convene labor and capital leaders in Washington. An industrial peace committee of six will manage conferences and oversee grants and selections.
Michael Kurovik of Homestead Pennsylvania attacked Edna Story age 17 in her home and severed most of her hair with a razor. A mob pursued and aimed to hang him before police rescued him and jailed him at Pittsburg station. Officials say Kurovik is apparently insane and did not kill the girl.
At Reading, Pennsylvania, trainmen threaten a strike after Philadelphia & Reading Railway refuses union recognition for about 5000 employees. International union officers joined local committees in talks with General Superintendent Dice, amid claims of dismissals for union membership and grievance committees.
Ethel G. Ferrer a 25 year old cashier at a dermatologist’s, shot herself in her mother’s Pittsburg apartment to avoid arrest on forgery charges after Dr Span accused her of forging a $1000 check. Ferrer had recently moved from Ohio and was known for her fashionable dress.
Alfred I. Dupont, a millionaire powder maker who recently moved from Wilmington, Delaware to Sioux Falls, was granted a divorce from Bessie D. Dupont on grounds of extreme cruelty. Custody of four children and alimony were settled out of court. Dupont is a cousin of Senator Dupont of Delaware.
Reverend Joseph Hutcheson of St. Mark's Warren denounced the high church ruling in the Crapsey case, endorsed Dr. Crapsey and his beliefs, and said he would stand trial on the issue if required.
Albany reports three 15 year old boys William Lauster Matthew Mose and George Brayton broke through the ice while sitting on the Hudson opposite Albany and were drowned.
Washington reports former Utah Senator Arthur Brown wounded in Raleigh Hotel. Mrs. Anna M. Bradley held without bail for assault with intent to kill. Brown gravely injured with abdomen wound. doctors hold faint hope for recovery. Local officials and prominent Western politicians discuss defense aid.
Fire at the Chi Psi fraternity building on Cornell University campus in Ithaca New York kills seven people including four students and several townsmen. Rescue efforts save some, while another student, C J Pope of East Orange New Jersey, remains critically burned.
Miss Lulu Summers, sister of U S District Attorney Summers, had a towel sewn in her abdomen for five weeks after an appendicitis operation in Lincoln Nebraska. Surgeons forgot the towel during the first surgery and a second operation was needed to remove it. The initial wound healed but she did not recover fully.
A compact roundup of incidents and events from December 5 to 11. Notable items include Lorenzo Short killing Constable Singer in Proctorville, wage gains for Reading Traction motormen, mining and fire accidents in Bluefield and Indianapolis, deaths from gas and falls, and various legal and civic notes from New York to Pennsylvania.
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