The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

news was received IN WytneVllle,
Va, of the death in Rome Of Mrs. JOS
eph G. Haywood, widow of the former
private chamberlain to the Pope.
Or" James Armstrong was sem
fenced to one year in Jail in Chicago
and to pay a fine of $500 for selling
bogus medical diplomas.
Aaron r. Sutherland, bookkeeper for
Charles w. Glidden. real estate agent
in Boston, is missing and so Is the sum
of $4,000.
The jury in Norfolk in the case of
former Chief Of Police Prince, accused
OF killing Mr.. Cannon, brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
The convention of the Federation Of
Labor adjourned after re-electing Mr..
Gompers president and electing other
| officers.
Henry Ives Cobb. George Il. Harding
and William T. Gooch were expelled
from the American Institute of Archi-
tects.
John Addison Porter, former private
secretary to President Mckinley, died
at his home in Pomfret, CT.
William Benton Fitch and his son
were arrested in San Francisco for fill
ing ten-dollar gold pieces.
Bessie Phillips young girl, was ad-
judged by a commission of lunacy in
Newport News, Va, to be insane.
]. M. Harris, who is wanted in West
Virginia for embezzlement, was ar
rested in Richmond, Va.
There is another movement on foot
in Richmond to secure the passage Of
curfew ordinance.
Carrie Lauer was nearly burned to
death in York, as the result of stove
explosion.
Lewis Ottendorfer, editor of the
Stats Zeitung, died at his home in
New York.
The great windstorm did consider
able damage along the Pacific coast.
Mrs. Margaret M. Heppenheimer was
arrested in New York on charge Of
having forged the names of Fred b.
House and Moses H. Grossman, of the
law firm of House, Grossman & Vor-
haus, to a check for a sum of $25, $50.
The jury in tho case of Miss Jessie
Morrison, who was tried in Eldorado,
Kan. on the charge of numbering Mrs.
Olin Castle, was unable to reach a ver-
dict after being out for four days, and
was discharged.
The American Federation of Labor
adopted the report of a committee rec
ommending the securing of legislation
for voluntary arbitration as opposed to
compulsory arbitration.
A mistake in signals caused an acci-
dent between an express train and an
accommodation near Edgeworth Pa,
in which five passengers and five train
men were injured.
President D. G. Gilman, of the Johns
Hopkins University, was elected presi-
dent of the National Civil Service Re-
form League, Carl Schurz having de-
clined reelection.
Alexander Stewart, IA years old, re-
ceived with a sneer sentence of 20
years Imprisonment, imposed by
Judge Fursman, in New York, for man
slaughter.
A terrific storm swept San Francisco
and other parts of California. A great
gas receiving tank in San Francisco
was struck by lightning, but no one
was hurt.
Edward Oswald, who murdered his
wife and child in Camden, N. j., was
sentenced to 60 years Imprisonment at
hard labor.
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., teller Of the
First National Bank of New York,
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
looting the bank.
The Superior Court in Indianapolis
appointed former Sheriff Clark to be
receiver for the Order of Chosen
Friends.
The skeleton of man was found in
the hull of the steamer St. Paul, now
at Cramps Shipyards.
Simon Nerushas was acquitted in
Scranton, Pa, of the charge of murder
ing John Miskas.
Four miners lost their lives by acci-
dents in mines about Scranton.
Acting Governor Carney, of Colorado,
wrote to the president of the Santa Fe
Railroad, proposing that the operators
alleged grievances be submitted to ar
bitration.
The steamer Empress of India
brought from India news of the terrific
force Of the typhoon of November 10
at Hong Kong, which caused the loss
of many lives.
A mail and express car on the Cot
ton Belt Railroad was robbed near
Texarkana, and John N. Dennis, the
postal clerk, nearly killed.
Four masked men dynamited the pri-
vate bank of John Doerschuck in
Shanesville, O., and got away with
three or four thousand dollars.
The evidence was concluded in the
trial of Captain Prince in Norfolk, ac-
cused of the murder OF his friend Can
non.
Dr. e. H. Terrini, of New York who
was arrested in Lexington. Va, on the
charge of grand larceny, was released
The Circuit Court in Suffolk, Va
gave a new trial to Justice j. o. Flem-
ing, convicted of killing Clarence Sny-
der.
Ida Claus, 16 years old, of Philadel-
phia, became Respondent because she
! lost her place and committed suicide.
William WSodson was hanged in the
penitentlary in Richmond, Va, for the
murder of Ambrose Ferrebee.
Two men were mortally wounded In
a. fight between the Hampton and
Benges factions near London, Ky.
Five hundred employees of the OAK
Hill colliery at Duncott, Pa, went or
q strike.
The Republican members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature will hold 9
caucus at Harrisburg on the night OF