The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.

anew ihe incIedseu number OF troops
now on guard has stopped the looting
and the desecraton OF the dead
Mayor Van Wyck Of New York, Sc
cured from Governor Roosevelt anoth-
er extension OF the limit within which
he must answer the Ice Trust charges.
Mrs. Stesel secured the arrest of her
husband In Chicago for desertion.
She had tracked him from Russia to
England and then to this country.
Rev DR.. l.. A. Gotwalt, formerly
pastor OF st. Paul's Lutheran Church,
In York, Pa, died at the Wittenburg
Theological Seminary.
Mr.. Richard Croker closed I'D his
separate headquarters and appeared at
State headquarters with campaign
contribution.
A colony Of Mormons arrived at Bris-
bee, Ariz., having been driven from
Mexico after the expiration OF their
lease.
A boy saved the Black Diamond Ex-
press from being wrecked near Wilkes
barre, Pa, at the risk of his life.
Some question Is raised as TO the
eligibility Of Congressman Boutelle, Of
Maine, who is in an insane asylum.
The Merchants and Planters cot
tonseed oil plant at Houston, Tex, was
destroyed by fire. Loss, $350,000.
The remains of nearly all the people
killed by the hurricane in Galveston
have been disposed OF, either by being
thrown into the water. burned or bur-
led. There is still danger OF pesti-
lence, however, on account of the large
number Of unburied dead animals on
the island. Three hundred carloads
OF provisions are on the way to Calves
ton. The Houston Post prints list
OF 2701 names of dead. Thirteen hun
dred refugees from the island have
been given temporary shelter in Hous-
ton.
The explosion OF a boiler on the ex-
cursion steamer Jacob Richtman while
returning to Omaha, Neb., caused a
panic among the passengers, four of
whom were scalded.
Mr.. Olyphant, president Of the Della
ware and Hudson Railroad, says there
Is no danger of an immediate coal
famine. He also says the miners can
not hold out long.
John M. Stansfield accidentally shot
and killed Preston Randolph, colored,
the coroner's jury.
Six vessels were wrecked and num-
Der OF lives lost in a storm that swept
the coast of Newfoundland.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard,
retired died at his recently established
home in Westernville. N. Y.
The United Mine Workers Assocla-
do lnt N.,sI L.. al.
region of Pennsylvania.
The number of dead in the Texas
ryclone is now estimated at 1000.
Galveston is being depopulated as
last as possible as a sanitary precau-
tion to prevent possible plague out
break.
Eighty-fve lives are reported to
have been lost on railway leading in
to Texas at Bolivar Point ON Satur-
day.
Most of the collieries in the Pennsyl-
vania anthracite region are working.
The steamer City of Seattle brought
b65O,O00 in gold from Skagway to Sc
Attle.
Many thousands of dollars were sub
Bcribed in American cities, as well as
Paris, for food sufferers.
A thousand refugees reached Hous-
ton from Galveston in a pitiable con-
ditiOn.
The torpedo boat destroyer Colds
borough broke the rocker shaft on the
port engine at Tacoma, Wash.
Three hundred weavers OF the Gil
nernand Silk Mill, at Allentown, Pa,
struck on account of a decrease in
wages.
At Marysville, Ohio, the grand jury
returned an Indictment of murder in
the first degree against Rosslyn II.
Ferrell for killing Adams Express Mes
senger Charles Lone.
Drunken negroes caused reign of
terror at Huron, Ind.
The Rockingham Hotel, at Nara
gansett Pier, was burned, many guests
losing valuables.
The Overland Flyer on the Burling-
ton road was held up and robbed by a
lone highwayman at Haigler, Neb.,
near the Colorado line.
The steamer f. and p. NJ. No. 4. of
Pere Marquette Line, barely escaped in
gale on the lakes. Many of her 300
passengers were hurt
Fifty corpse robbers at Galveston
were shot.
tower of the n-American Expo
sition was blown down at Buffalo.
Much property was destroyed on the
Great Lakes afloat and ashore.
Large relief contributions were sent
10 Galveston by New York, Liverpool
and other cities.
The Baer- Mckinley wedding was
celebrated at Somerset, Pa. The Presi-
dent was one Of the first to offer con-
gratulations.
The railroads alone will suffer mil
lions of dollars in actual damage, to
say nothing of the loss from stoppage
OF business. The International and
Great Northern and Santa Fe have
miles OF track washed out, and the
bridges connecting Galveston with the
mainland must be entirely rebuilt.
Details from the storm-swept dis
trict Of Texas hourly disclose more
heartrending features, and confirm
early rumors of one of the greatest
catastrophes of late years No wire
communication Is yet possible with
Galveston and the only definite news
obtained so far has come by the boats
and refugees.
In Galveston the dead are being
gathered up as rapidly as possible,
taken TO sea on barges and there
consigned to their last resting place.
This action Is necessary to protect the