The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-09
THE NEWS.

tuusihstlc ovation at AL STATIONS, anu NJ
Lynchburg. was oiiicially received by the
Mayor and Ci y ,ouncil. At Danville he
was Joined by the Atlanta committee.
Many vessels were distressed 10y the storm
on the Lakes. The yacht Cniquta was found
ashore, and all ON board have probably per-
ished.
Jay II. Worst OF Berwyn, Pa, dashed
vitriol into the face OF Edward II. Platt, Of
Philadelphia, who wrote affectionate letters
to Mrs. Worst.
Adam Keener, ofYork who confessed hav-
Ing fired his place for the insurance money,
made restitution to the company.
George W. Drchett. colored porter, ad-
mitted stealing 5000 In gold from tho
Adams Express Company In New York.
Two men were killed by the explosion OF a
Lehigh Valley Railroad locomotive near
Wyalusing, Pa.
The girl strikers in the potteries at East
Liverpool o., secured an advance Of
cents q day.
Nearly every business house In Thomas
Vile, Ga, was destroyed by "a fire raging
there.
Louis de Goesbriand, Catholic Bishop Of
the Diocese OF Burlington, Vt, is dead.
Mrs. Stoncwail Jackson denies reports that
she is pennlless and hopelessly ILL.,
The steamer Catherine Whiting was
wrecked off Frying-Pan shoals.
The Southern Cotton spinners' Associa-
tion. at a meeting at Charlotte. n. c., adopt
ed resolutions urging upon the President and
Congress the adoption OF measures for main
tenance Of an open-door policy In China,
and vigorous prosecution of the Philippine
war TO u conclusion.
Adam II. Keener, at n revival service In
York, Pa, after protesting conversion, made
"a confession before the entire congregation
that he burned his property to get the insur-
ance on IL.
President Williams states that the consoli-
dation Of the Georgia and Alabama, the Sea-
board Air Line and other lines will be eff
fected about January /.
Frederick Hardy, Jr., Of Mount Pleasant,
Tenn, was robbed and murdered at Key
port, N. j., and his body was thrown into
the bay.
General Funston and the Twentieth Kan
sas Volunteers we're given great reception
on their return to Topeka, Kas.
Miss Mamie Reting shot and fatally
wounded Edward Crate In Cincinnati, who.
she claimed, had betrayed her.
A. A. Wilson, of Philadelphia. committed
suicide at his sons grave Mt Darnetts Chapel,
Del.
The industrial carnival in Richmond, Va.
closed with an elaborate display Of fire
works.
The private bank OF Woodbury. Moulton,
In Portland, Me-, failed.
Andrew H. Patterson killed his wife and
himself In Chicago Ill.
1t is said that General Funston has in
structed lawyers In Topeka, Kansas to sue
Archbishop Ireland and IL Catholic paper,
called the Monitor, of San Francisco. for
saying, 1t Is alleged, that Funston had looted
Catholic churches, in the Philippines
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company be-
gan to operate the Delaware River, the Bat
timore, Chesapeake and Atlantic and the
Cleveland. Akron and Columbus Railroads.
Sir Thomas Upton sailed from New York
for England. He received Il rousing send
off by thousands at New York.
Mrs. Pilipree and her two children were
burned to death by hot apple butter, in Me-
Donald county. Mo.
John Coleman killed Mrs. Dora Chambers.
his sister-in-law, in Wilkes county, n. O..
and then committed suicide.
Mr.. Nonemaker was accidentally shot by
his own gun, while hunting rabbits, near
New Freedom, Pa.
Mrs. Mary L. Williams, widow OF the late
DIR. S. H. Williams, OF Baltimore, died at
Stephens City, Va.
A six-story bui ding collapsed in Chicago.
One person was killed and three are missing.
Edward Bricker, telephone lineman. was
XII ed near Mount Holly, Pa.
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Lexington, Va, OF typhoid fever.
The international Commercial Congress
adjourned, at Philadelphia.
3. Vice President Hobart was reported to be-
much improved.
The National Glass Company began busi-
ness In Pittsburg.
The torpedo boat Shubrick was launched
at Richmond. The President. many mem
bers of his cabinet. and other noted men
were present. The President made timely
speech and addressed crowds at various sta
tions between Washington and Richmond.
A number Of coastwise sailing vessels were
driven ashore by the furious northeast gale
fLong the New Jersey and Virginia coast.
The meadows at Cape May and Atlantic City
were overfowed, and the wind reached
velocity OF sixty miles an hour. The storm
also did great damage on the Carolina
beaches.
The battleship Kentucky was tried in the
storm Off the Capes, aud made good time
The storm about Norfolk and off the coast
was very heavy, and much damage was DONE
The schooner Kate Darlington was wrecked
off Ocean View.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
ferry-boat Chicago was cut down as the ves-
sci was crossing TO the east side OF North
River at New York, and sunk by the Savan-
nah line steamer City OF Augusta. Several
lives were lost.
Vice President Hobarts condition was
slightly improved, but his family gnye out
the statement that he will never be able to
return to public life. He Is suffering with
heart disease.
John pretlow, aged seventy-six, died in
Southampton county, and John C.. Thomas,
aged seventy-four, died in Isle OF Wight
county. Va.
The Hackettstown (N. J. } Seminary, owned
by the Methodist Church. was burned; loss
$500, 900; insurance. 800 900; no lives os;.
Senator Allison. OF Iowa, discusses the
Philippine situation In the Independent say
ing the Americans cannot withdraw.
vestibuled train No 6 on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad. which left Chicago for
New York, was wrecked at Carbon. Fire
man George Holiday was killed.
Darius Hinaut was seriously injured in