The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
1ht NEWS.


troops at the stats Capitol were also rein
forced. clash may occur at any moment.
Caleb Powers, Republican secretary Of state,
arrested at Lexington on the charge ofbeing
implicated In the killing OF Goebel protests
ms innocence, and says all he wants is a fair
trial. Governor Taylor declares the entire
proceeding is Democratic conspiracy.
DIR. Parkhurst, as president OF the Society
for the Prevention OF Crime. sent letter to
District Attorney Gardiner telling him to
turn his virtuous Indignation upon anumbet
OF places In New York which are considera-
bly, more immoral than Wallack's Theater.
Rev. Samuel G. Edsall, missionary bishop
Of North Dakota, has been appointed acting
iuccessor to ,he late Rev. Mahlon N. Gilbert
bisnop co-adjutor of the Protestant Episco-
pal Diocese OF Minnesota.
Two more hod-ups were reported In Nor
folk. In one Instance the footpad, Frank
Williamson, was arrested by his Intended
victim, Mr.. Parsons, and handed over to the
police.
Captain Mahan has written an article for
Leslies Weekly, dwelling upon the necessity
OF large navy for the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine.
Unofficial adyices received in Cincinnati
from Rome declare that Henry Moeller,
chancellor OF the archdiocese Of Cincinnati
has been appointed Bishop OF Columbus.
Three more dead bodies we're removed
from the Red Ash mine, W. Va, but the
bodies Of twenty-eight more victims remain
in the mine.
William +. Miller. tho franklin Syndicate
man, wns heard in bankruptcy proceedings
In New York. II, refused to answer ques.
tions.
Isaiah Gary, colorcd. was sent up for six
months for attempting to burclarizo the resi-
dence of Mrs Jewell. ut Port Norfolk, Va.
Captain B. G.. Patterson, member of the
Virginia House OF Delegates from Rocking
ham county. died In Richmond.
Adam Heipner n wealthy merchant tailor
OF Grafton, W. Va, committed suicide by
lcnplng into the Valley river.
The revenue service steamer Onondaga
left Norfolk to search for tho missing Span
ish steamer Minerva.
Philip Kuntz was convicted In Norrstown,
Pa, OF mansaughter IN causing the death OF
Pierce W. Cope
Thomas j. Williams was sentenced In
stannton, Va, to three years in the peniten-
tiary for attempted rape.
the factory and warehouses of Samuel Bacon
Sons. in Laurel, Del.
II. Garnett Willis died in Fredericksburg
VA, from the effects of wound received
during the Civil War.
Three hundred non-union workmen. un~
der police guard, were put to work on build
ings in Chicago.
Resolutions wero passed by the New York
Produce Exchange asking for justice to
Puerto Rico.
The convention was continued IN Cleve-
land, o.. of the National Council of jewish
Women.
The II. Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons OF Vet
Grams, was organized In Shepherdstown,
W. Va.
Fire wiped out s5OO,O worth of property
In Leads. S. d.
The estimate OF the number OF victims of
the Bed Ash mine disaster near Flro Greek,
| W. Va, vary between liiy-two and sixty.
| Thirty-four were taken from the mine, twen-
| ty-nine being dead and five seriously in
| jured.
George W. Drake. the famous Kentucky
moonshiner detective, and n man named
| Ford we're killed near Torrent, KY, by vii
| liam st. John.
| A suspected case of bubonic plague de-
| veloped In Chinatown, San Francisco, and
| that section OF the city was quarantined.
| The National Tube Company, at McKees-
| port. Pa, advanced the wages OF four thou
| sand men ten per cent.
Smallpox Is carrying off large percentage
OF the population In the southern part Of
Mississippi.
Fire in tho retail dry-goods district in
| Philadelphia caused Il loss of 100000
Charles Albright, aged fifteen, was killed
by train near Meyersdale, Pa.
Two hundred and thirty men joined the
strikers in Chicago.
| over n hundred miners were entombed by
| an explosion in the Red Ash mine at Fire
Creek, W. Va. on the south branch OF the
Chesapeake and ohio Railway. More than
thirty dead bodies have been taken out.
Congressman Alfred c. Harmer. known as
the Father Of the House." who has served
thirteen full terms In Congress as rep
resentative of tho Fifth Pennsylvania dis
trict. died In Philadelphia, at the age OF
seyenty-flye years.
The grand jury in New York brought In
| indictments against six men, holding them
responsible for disseminating the false ru-
mors that brought about decline in Brook
lyn Rapid Transit stock
Edward G. Flanagan. who murdered two
women. killed one man and attempted tho
| life OF another was tried, convicted and
sentenced numerous times, died In prison at
| Atlanta, GA.
The strike Of thirty electric crane men at
the works OF the Pressed Steel Car Company
in Pittsburg. Pa, threw thousand men out
| of work.
Proceedings We're instituted in brooklyn
against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company By Robert l.. Cutting. on behalf OF
the stockholders of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railway Company.
Police Magistrate Mott In New York held
olga Nethersoe, Hamilton Revelle, Marcus
Mayer and Theodore Moss for trial on the
charge OF presenting an immoral play
C'Sapho") at Wallack's Theater.
Cecil Leslie. advertising agent of the
Franklin Syndicate, was arrested in Brook
lyn on two charges OF conspiracy and grand
larceny, and plead not guilty.
The holder OF one share OF the stock OF the
| DECENTRALIZATION Company prevents IT,
sale to the American Tobacco Company.
One hundred thousand dollars was giveI
TO New York University for the building Of ,
Hall OF Fame for Great Americans.
broken rail threw passenger train ovel
an embankment near Huntington, Pa. Th'
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