The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
THE NEWS.

President Mckinley will be there. and Gov
ernor Roosevelt Admiral Dewey and other
noted men lave been invited.
Bishop j. M. Thoburn of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. was sued in New York by
Mrs. Selena Armstrong-Hopkins for Sl0O,OoO
damages for alleged defamation of charac-
ter.
Another man died ns the result OF the fall
Of the engine and derrick from the Seaboard
Air Line trestle in Richmond. This Is the
fourth death.
Judge Simonton. at Raleigh. N. c., in the
Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company case,
has decided In favor Of the American Tobac-
co Company.
Edward Morley, of Newark, n. j., tried to
! Kill his wife, who had left him on account OF
his bad habits, and then killed himself
Great interest Is shown throughout Nir-
ginia in the approaching trial of Andrew
Gilligan for the killing OF G. Beverly Turner.
Mrs. Mary Mccarthy Fraser sued John $.
King, u millionaire OF Detroit, for 100000
damages for breach Of promise.
Harry S. Mattndale, n well-known club
man OF New York. took an overdose of NOR
! phine and died from the effects.
Miss Rosie Dixon, of Baltimore. was seri-
ously injured by jumping from II railroad
train at Lenover, Pa.
The Richmond Traction Conn any has an
/ nounccd an increase in the wages of all its
employees.
Lady Yarde-Buller was adjudged insane
in San Francisco and committed to a saul
tarium.
Joe Duncan accidentally shot himself in a
shooting gallery in Parkersburg, w. Va.
The Mas'anutten Bank, Mt Strasburg,
Shenandoah county, Va, was robbed and
| dynamited, and some 5000 secured by the
| burglars.
! A tornado did great damage in IIll and
Johnson counties, Tex. Zen lives were lost
in flood at Waco, Tex.
The Republicans of the Third Virginia dis
| trict have decided to name Il candidate for
Congress.
lone colored bandit held mp an express
train near Little Rock, Ark, and robbed the
passengers. -
John Alderman. landsman of tho cruis-
er Buffalo, was drowned at Norfolk. Va.
Lawyer L. p. Sect stabbed Justice j. j.
Hook in courtroom in Paris. Tex.
Louis Mann dropped dead on the street in
Newport News, Va.
ANp liifS luhStu ONtI GOuAI AlONhNttAAf
negr Laurel, Pa.
The action-at-law begun by the assignee
OF the United Piess OF New York against the
morning papers Of Baltimore, viz. The
Baltimore American. the Sun. the Baltimore
Herald and Baltimore Correspondent, .or
damages for alleged breach Of contract. was
terminated in New York. after the evidence
for the plaintiff had been submitted, the
| pOurt inctr the t, hrip in o
dict for the defendants, and also ordering
the plaintiff to pay special allowance of
81 900 to the defendants attorneys.
The town of Hull, in Canada, was totally
destroyed by fire and about fifteen thousand
people made homeless. The loss to property
is estimated at fifteen 10 twenty millions.
The city of Ottawa ITSELF Just across the
river, barely escaped destruction.
Prominent men from all parts of the Union
will attend the conference to be held at
Montgomery, Ala, May 8, and 10 to dis
cuss the race problems OF the South.
In memorial day Grafton in Atlanta the
Governor OF Georgia severely criticized the
Republican party and It's Philippine policy.
NJ. W. Sterne. in Petersburg, Va, sued
Thomas NJ. Gillian for 900 damages for
alleged betrayal OF plaintiffs daughter.
The Newport News (va.) Abattoir Compa-
ny's option on valuable waterfront pro-
perty was lost and the enterprise is extinct.
The Front Royal, Va, National Bank was
victimzed by stranger, who got S459 on a
forged check.
Charles b. Fisher was released by Judge
Wocham in Richmond, Va, who declared
him to be sane.
The National Manufacturers Association
has voted to hold its next convention at De-
troit, Michigan.
William Steinitz. the former champion
chess player Of the world, is again reported
insane.
Employees OF New York Central Railroad
shops at Buffalo are on strike.
The Pennsylvania Republican Convention
at Harrisburg passed resolution urging
Mr.. Quay to be candidate for reelection to
the United States Senate.
One man was killed and ten men and q
girl seriously hurt by an explosion Of dyna-
mite at Larimer, Pa.
Ohio Republicans, in State convention, en-
dorsed President McKinley's administration
Kansas Populists instructed delegates tc
national convention to vote for Bryan.
Three children lost their lives by fire in
u tenement In New York.
Fifteen hundred electrical workers OF New
York are on n strike.
Nicola Delfavro, "A mosaic worker who
was Illegally expelled from the labor union
IN New York. secured n verdict of 1923 dam.
ages against the union and the walking del
egates.
suit was instituted by the State Trust
Company in New York against Harper
Bros, publishers, for the foreclosure of &
three-million-dollar mortgage.
Count Lautree, arrested in Chicago for the
Canadian authorities, was released on q
techncality, but was Immediately rear,
rested.
Governor Voorhees,, OF New Jer. ey, is OK
pected to appoint Chief Justice Magee tC
succeed the late Chancellor McGill.
William Kuhn and his wife, whom he triet
to kill in Philadelphia, were reported botl
to be in a critical condition.
Andrew Stubs, OF Pittston. Pa, was mur,
dered and robbed by highwaymen.
Henry Y. Yard, who was acquitted o.
) abetting the wrecking Of the Keystone
} National Bank, was discharged in bank
ruptcy in Trenton, N. j.
An unknown man committed suicide by
jumping headlong into a white-hot furnace
at the works of the II. G. Frick Coke Com
pany.
Count Lautrec, who was arrested in Chi