The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.

AT the General Assembly OF the
United Presbyterians the committee re-
ported in favor OF repeating the section
in the Confession bearing. on the de-
ceased wife's sister question.
The steamer Ohio. arrived at Boston,
reports collision at sea with the Norwe-
gian bark Elise. The bark was sunk,
and it is reported that ID men were lost.
Picnicers on the Cumberland noun
tains, in Virginia, found an unknown
man hanging from a tree. He is sup
posed to have been killed by moon
sinners.
Senators Tillman and MeLaurin have
both resigned as United States Sena-
tors, effective September Is and both
go into primary for reelection.
Moses T. Hale, city treasurer. and
Charles E. Smith, city clerk, OF Colo
RADIO Springs, were arrested on the
charge OF embezzlement.
Mrs. Lillian NJ. Stevens. president OF
the W. c. 7. u, says army officers are
in conspiracy for the restoration OF the
army canteen.
Chas. Lutes was arrested in Mounds
vile, W. Va, on suspicion OF having
murdered Johnson Hammond.
The thirtieth anniversary OF the
American Baptist Education Society
held in Springfield, Mass.
The National Convention at Havana
adopted resolutions in opposition to the
Platt amendment.
Puddlers' wages were increased from
S3.25 to $3.50 per ton at the York (Pa.) }
Rolling Mill
Edward N. Wilcox. OF Portsmouth,
Va. was drowned near Weldon, n. c.
President Mckinley reviewed two
regiments OF infantry, just returned
from the Philippines to be mustered
out OF service. He made a speech to
the men, which was heartily cheered.
The President also turned the sod on
the site in San Francisco where the
monument is to be erected in COM
memoration OF Admiral Dewey's vic
tory in Manila Bay
Governor Allen was given a magnifi-
cent reception at San Juan. Porto Rico.
In an address to $1,000 people the Gov
ernor expressed a desire for co-opera-
tion to aid the government in advanc-
ing the interests OF the island
Rev. H. c. c. Atwood, pastor OF an
A. NJ. E. church in Brooklyn, n. Y,
was found guilty OF misapplying church
funds by the Philadelphia Conference,
in session in Harrisburg.
A jury in Bellefontaine, Ohio, gave a
verdict against Logan county to two
colored men and white woman who
were tarred and feathered and driven
out OF town.
The bodies OF Capt Henry J. Reilly
and Capt. Austin R. Davis, who lost
their lives in the Chinese campaign.
were buried with military honors in Ar
lington.
Two Baltimore private detectives who
testified for the Sabbath Observance
League in Richmond, Va, had a hard
time to get away from the angry saloon
keepers.
The Southern Presbyterians in Little
Rock, Ark. agreed to the consolidation
OF the Northern and Southern Presby-
terian Seminaries in Kentucky.
The autopsy on the body OF Mrs. l..
Judd, who died at Dowie's Zion, in
Chicago. showed that she died as the
result OF neglect OF medical treatment.
Mrs. Mary Schuler, washerwoman.
OF Des Moines, claims 10 be sister Of
the late William NJ. Rice, the.New York
millionaire.
A two-months-old son OF J. Luther
Pierson. the Mount Vernon IN. "
faith-curist, died, no physician having
been called in.
Former Governor John Riley Tan
ner died suddenly at the Leland Hotel
in Springfield, H., from rheumatism OF
the heart.
Capt. Henry B. Seely, aged OF years
a retired naval officer, dropped dead on
the street in Philadelphia.
Henry Schiding, a Civil War pen
sioner, was found dead in his shanty, in
York, Pa.
Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, who was instru-
mental in recognizing the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company. testified
before a subcommittee OF the Indus
trial Commission in New York relative
to community OF interests OF railroad
companies.
The condition OF Esther Cleveland,
daughter OF former President Cleveland,
i'll at Princeton with diphtheria, is re-
ported as unchanged.
The Michigan Legislature passed a
bill to tax the Pullman Company 3 per
cent. on their gross earnings in that
State.
Hon. John B. Knox was elected pres
ident OF the Alabama Constitutional
Convention, in sesson at Montgomery.
Five cadets were dismissed and six
we're suspended from the West Point
Military Academy for insubordnation.
A movement was started in Wash
ington 10 raise funds with which TO
buy home for Admiral Schley.
From Norfolk. Va, comes the state
ment that Spanish sailors are employed
on American colliers.
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Cumberland Presbytery, in session at