The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-27
news N BRIEF.

Byrde Herrick and Mary Thompson,
who said they had testified falsely In
! divorce cases, were allowed to go under
suspension of sentence.
Netus and Claudius Jump were found
! dead at their home, at Kings Ferry, N.
Y, and their sister, Miss Susan, and
a servant, George Frank, were uncon-
sclous. They are believed to have
been accidentally poisoned.
Judge Bond, in Boston, released on
probation Marion Rogan, who had
blinded DR.. Frank L. Taylor, dentist,
by throwing vitriol in his face The
dentist had, by artifice, ruined the girl
and then boasted OF II.
1t now turns out that Henry Lewis,
colored who was lynched in Gulfport,
Miss. for killing Marshal Richardson,
was the cousin of the murderer and en-
tirely innocent.
The United States Court, in Boston,
decided against the Western Union in
| the latters suit against the Bell Tele-
phone Company for S12000,000 for
royalties.
DR.. Hartigan, who was dismissed
from the West Virginia University, en-
| tered suit against President J. H. Ray
mond for $4,000.
Judge Holt, in Kingwood w. Va,
passed the death sentence on j. w.
Beatty. convicted of the murder Of
David Mine.
Mr.. Charles II. Cramp gave his views
on American shipbuilding before the
Industrial Commission.
Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, died in Boston from ty-
phoid fever.
John Owens was hanged in Paris
ILL.,, for the murder of James Hogue.
The Security Title and Trust Com
pany of York posted a notice stating
that the defalcation of Teller II. X.
Weiser had not endangered the capital
or surplus of the company Restitu-
tion was made.
The Natural Bridge property in
Rockbridge county, Va, was sold by
the widow of the late Colonel Henry c.
Parsons to a company Of which r. T.
Brooke, OF Richmond, is president.
The Attorney General of Ohio asked
for the dismissal of the suits entered
against the Standard Oil Company by
former Attorney General Monnett.
Justice Leventritt in New York ap-
pointed Jacques H. Herts receiver in
that State for the Order of Chosen
Friends.
Mrs. Chauncey F. Black, wife of
eX-Lieutenant Governor Black, of
Pennsylvania died at her home In
York.
There were two natural gas explo-
sions in Beaver Falls, Pa, in which
a number of persons were injured.
Governor Tyler, of Virginia, refused
to pardon Miss Annie Wyatt, accused
of stealing in Richmond.
Richard Adams, farmer, living at
Chenango Forks, Pa, was nearly killed
by boar.
Senator Lodge explained in detail
the purpose of the amendments to the
Hay -Pauncefote Treaty, and said they
were not dictated by hostility toward
Great Britain, nor were they a refiec-
tion on Secretary of State Hay.
The River and Harbor bill as finally
framed by the House committee appro-
PIRATES 1921, 900 for the Spring Gardens
Improvement, of which $SS,000 is to be
appropriated for the first years work.
Mrs. William f. Frye, wife of Sena-
tor Frye, of Maine, died at Hamilton
Hotel. Heart failure was given as the
immediate cause of death.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
continued the hearing on the Oleomar-
garine Bill
President Kruger has not yet aban-
doned all hope of securing the support
of governments of the civilized world
in his demand for arbitration. He still
insists that the British are waging q
savage warfare, and wants the govern
ments who signed the Peace Conven-
tion at The Hague to urge Great
Britain to arbitration.
British reinforcements have been or
dered to sail next week from England
to South Africa. The Cape Colony
police will be increased to 10000. Aus
tralia and New Zealand have been
asked to send further contingents of
troops.
Numerous wrecks are the result of
the terrific storm along the coasts of
England and Ireland. A large steamer
was wrecked on the rocks off Sherkin
Island. The crew reached shore in
safety.
Advices from Pekin state that the
preliminary joint note to the Chinese
government has not yet been signed,
contrary to reports cabled from Paris
and Berlin.
The Franch Chamber of Deputies
shelved the attack of the Nationalist
party upon the government. The ar
rest of Cuignet caused sensation in
France.
The millionaire banker Sternberg, of
Berlin, was found guilty of gross i'm
morality and sentenced to two and a
half years in prison.
The Chinese Emperor is reported to
have started for Pekin.
Edward Cudahy. Jr,, aged 10 years.
son of the millionaire packer of
Omaha, has been kidnapped. he Is
! held for a ransom of $4,000.
General Fitzhugh Lee was the guest
OF honor at the annual banquet Of the
Commercial Club in Kansas City, Mo.
The cruiser Buffalo sailed from
Lewes, Del, for the Philippines.
Peter Sells, the circus man, was
granted divorce from his wife at
Columbus, o.
The Italian steamer VincenZo Florio
reported at New York having passed
the British brig Electric Light, wreck
ed and dismasted.
Franklin MacVeagh and Commits
sioner of Labor Wright were. the prin-
cipal speakers at the conference on in
dustrial Cancellation and arbitration
held in Chicago.
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