The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
THE NEWS.

the Presbyterian church and other buildings
were destroyed. number of people were
Injured by the blowing down OF farmhouses
in the country districts.
Fire destroyed the Mallory Line pier, New
York, and several barges moored near IT.
Ihere were many narrow escapes OF people
who were forced to leap into the water. One
enid was drowned. The property loss Is es-
timated at 81 900, 900.
The North Atlantic Squadron Admiral
Farquhar commanding, has arrived in
Hampton Roads. The squadron assisted in
the installment of Governor Allen of Porto
Rico. and the entire cruise was much en-
ioyed.
The United States army transport Buford
has arrived In quarantine at New York. hav-
ing on board the body OF Mrs. General Will
son. The remains will be taken to Will
mington, Del, for burial.
There was pistol duel at the Fifth Dis
trict Republican Convention in Dadesville,
Ga, in which n brother OF the deputy reve-
nue. collector was fatally shot and tho post
master arrested.
Plans are Icing formed for the establish
ment of n new shipbuildlng plant in Rich
mond to equal in size any shipyard In the
United States.
The converter and billet mills of the I'LL
nois Steel Company, at Joliet, ILL.,, have
closed down, throwing $500 men out of
work.
Mrs. Carolyn Ahrens, a singer in the choir
of the Church OF the Holy Redeemer, in
New York, committed suicide.
Susie A. Morris, fourteen years OF age.
admitted having set fire to her uncle's house
in Providence. II. |.
The Opera House at Lexington, Va, was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000; insurance
$500.
The prosecuting authorities in New York
York have found that the woman whose body
was exhumed, after quiet burial, and whose
namo is not dlvulged, died from criminal
operation.
Frances Wilson. chorus girl of Anna
Helds "Papas Wife" Company. was held in
$500 bail in Philadelphia for stealing iewelry
and money from Comedian Bigelow's wife.
Burglars dynamited the postofllce at
Franklin, southampton county, Va, and
got away with n large quantity OF stamps
and considerable cash.
Henry w. Flagler, the Standard Oil mag
nate, asked the New York court to relieve
him as committee of the person of his wife.
Two hundred bodies have been removed
from the Utah mine. The total number OF
victims will probably be three hundred.
The North Carolina Pine Association, in
session in Norfolk decided to reduce the
output and maintain the prices.
The Pittsburg coal operators conceded the
twenty per cent. increase in wages demanded
by the day laborers.
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| seriously hurt by tree that fell upon him.
Miss Emma Stelz was shot and killed by
Mrs. Albert Hoist in Chicago
Chairman Manley, OF the subcommittee
of the Republican National Committee,
thinks that Postmasters General Charles
Emory Smith may be the nominee for vice
| president. 1t is said that Senator Wolcot
viii be temporary chairman of the National
Convention, and Senator Lodge, of Massa,
chuset,s. permanent chairman.
The British steamer Virginia, Captain
Charles Samues, from Daiquiry, Cuba foi
Baltimore. with cargo of iron ore, was
wrecked off Cape Hatteras. six men We're
drowned.
Benjamin Douglass native Of Baltimore,
who founded mercantile agency and was u
noted Hebrew scholar, died in Santa Bar
bara, Cal, aged eighty-iour years.
A statue 10 the Confederate dead was un.
yelled in Lynchburg. Senator Daniel de
liyered the Grafton.
Four persons lost their lives IN fires in diff
ferent paris of New York.
Employees at the Standard Oil Works in
| New York went on n strike.
Massachusetts Republicans have declared
| for Mckinley and Long.
In reply to Cruz suit the United States
questions plaintiffs citizenship
The strike situation in Philadelphia is no
nearer n solution.
1t is estimated that 300 were killed in the
Utah mine disaster.
Changing OF the wind saved several vii
lages from forest fires in Michigan.
Fires in the vicinity OF Bloomsbury, Pa
continue to grow in volume.
The Chicago celebration in honor OF Adj.
miral Dewey practically came to n close with
an excursion by the Admiral and members
OF the general celebration committee down
the Chicago drainage canal as far as the
| controlling gates at Lockport.
| An amendment offered to Army Appropri
| ation bill in the Senate by Mr. Berry to ex.
clude trusts from competition in furnishing
supplies for the army was defeated 30 to 10.
Free rural delivery was started in the
country around Gettysburg, Pa.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church was held in Chicago. The
| feature of the exercises was the contest OF
the provisional lay delegates to secure equal
recognition.
| Thousands of men allied with the building
trades in Northern cities have quit work be-
cause of refusal OF contractors to yield to
demands for eight-hour day and for moro
wages.
Mrs. Francis Schaberg committed suicide
at Hanover, Pa.
Miss Helen Ripley Benedict, daughter of
Elias @. Benedict was married to Thomas
Hastings, of New York, at Greenwich, CT.
Mr.. Benedict's gift TO his daughter is said to
have been u check for 81 100000
| The New York Central Railroad officials
announced that they would consider the re-
quest of employees for increased wages, but
would not submit to any dictation as to
whom they should discharge.
Admiral Dewey was given magnificent
reception in Chicago, the bah in his honor
at the Auditorium ut night being brilliant
| affair.
William L. Miller, of the Franklin Syndi-
cate, was sentenced in Brooklyn to ten years
In the penitentiary.
| Lewis Flair, who broke jail in Berkeley
| Springs, w. Va, last February, was rear