The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.


prisoners while the Filipinos lost 322f
killed. 69i wounded and 1854 captured
There was no solution to the mys-
terry surrounding the case of Sally Val
entine, colOred, who was found dying
in n little room in Hulcher's alley
Richmond, Va.
Lieutenant de Faramond. the French
naval attache at Washington has been
making inquiries as to the value OF
American coal for use on French war
ships.
Miss Clara Barton. in n report on
the conditions at Galveston. says that
thousands of people are still homeless
and living in tents on the beach.
w. w. Stelnblss. president of the
National Building Trades Council. tes-
tilted before the Industrial Commits
sion in Washington.
The body OF First Lieutenant +. Key
Meade, who died in the Philippines,
was buried in historic Old Chapel, in
Clark county, Va.
The jury in New York brought In
verdict for $4,000 in favor of Mowbray
the discharged valet, against Howard
Could.
1t was reported In New York that
Secretary Gage would not be in Presi-
dent McKinley's next Cabinet.
Rev. Ransom Dunn. who was an in
structor Of President Garheld, died at
his home in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Frank May was shot and killed in
Bedford, Pa. by Warren Mills, who
did not know the gun was loaded
GuStavc Erickson was dragged from
his bed and killed by some unknown
assassin in Worcester Mass.
Chicago has officially rendered its
$3i000,000 drainage canal 60 the
United States government
The number of known victims Of the
steamer City of Monticello, which
went down in a gale off Cape Var
mouth, n. s., is 30. There are four
survivors Twenty-Five corpscs, hor-
ribly mangled by the surf, have been
cast ashore.
Ex-senator Quay arrived at his win
ter home in Florida. He stated Tint
he was certain of $50 votes on joint
ballot in the Pennsylvania Legislature
for senator.
A collision occurred at n crossing
near Omaha between passenger and
n freight train. One passenger was
fatally injured aud Engineer Wells
was badly cut,
The case against 81 Democrats of
Johnston county, n. c., for alleged in
terfcrencc with the state election In
August, has been abandoned by the
government
The car barn, powcihousc and 60
cars of the Norfolk Railway and Elec-
tric Light Company were destroyed by
fire. The loss is $3.50, 600.
No light has been shed upon the
motive for the shooting of Samuel Me-
Fciridge in Philadelphia by Miss Anna
NJ. Murray, his fiancc.
visitor to the Willard Homo. the
orphunagc established in Ocean City,
n. j., by Rev. DR.. Wharton, found the
inmates starving.
James A. Wood fell from n freight
train in the Philadelphia and Reading
yards in Shippensburg and his body
was cut in two.
Amos Dice shot and fatally wounded
his Wife, who had applied FOR di-
vorcc, and then cut his throat at
Bucyrus, O.
Henry Lemaire, who went deer
hhhAAiiS III 'l' Lynn AlVullNilhs ~ 1 -
died during Il snow storm from ex-
posurc.
Thomas Tucker and c. Williams
were killed in accidents in the Nor
folk Navy Yard.
Eleven families were driven out of
their homes in Jersey City by fire.
A terrific explosion of gas occurred
in Buck Mountain colliery, near Maha-
noy City, Pa. One man was killed,
five others probably fatally injured
and 20 others more or less seriously
hurt,
Rosalyn Farrell, who murdered ex-
press messenger Lane in August, was
sentenced at Marysville o., to be
electrocuted on March /.
Gen. Elwell S. Otis arrived at Chi
cago to take command OF the Depart
ment of the Lakes
Elijah Martin, aged % years, who
was the oldest man in Wood county
w. Va, is dead
A coal company has been formed at
Pittsburg with capital of $4,000 900
The gymnasium at the University of
Notra Dame, Indiana, was burned.
Mrs. Selma Coc Kerr, who was accl-
dentally shot last summer in the
Adirondacks by DR.. Charles j. Dade, of
New York. was married in New York
to Charles T., Bailey, Of Philadelphia.
A loose car on the Seaboard Air Line
struck hand car 30 miles from
Cheraw. S. c., and killed the section
master, named Boyd, and two hands.
Lewis Sunday, aged 80, was killed by
mule at Carlisle. Pa. Frank Fink,
aged GO, of Mechanlcsburg, Pa. was
killed by train.
Martin Fry, convicted of numbering
his brother-in-law, James Il. Collins,
near Newville, Pa, was sentenced to
be hanged.
1t is reported that the rich Portland
gold mine at Cripple Creek, Colorado.
has been sold to an English syndicate
for Sl5,000000.
A company wants to secure options
on all the horse and trolley railroad
lines, and also on sugar plantations in
Cuba.
Paul Schubert. of Lancaster, Pa,
was killed at Newark, N. j.. by one
thousand volts of electricity.
Judge Sanborn, of the United States
Circuit Court In st. Paul, signed an or
der approving of the final report OF
the receivers OF the Union Pacific.
A freight train ran into a trolley car
| at crossing In Trenton, n. j. The