The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-23
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.


Petitions for involuntary bankruptcy
were filed against the Shaw Piano Com
pany and Matthew Griswold, OF Erie,
Pa, in the United States District Court
in Pittsburg.
Sailor Bob indicted with eigh,
others for numbering Father Riegel with
knockout drops in Cheltenham, Pa.
pleaded guilty to murder in the second
degree.
Generals Fred Grant and J. c. Bates
arrived at San Francisco from Manila.
General Bates will likely be placed in
command Of the Department of the Mis-
souri,
The beautiful country residence OF
Thomas B. Wanamaker, at Bethayres,
Pa, was completely destroyed by fire,
the total loss being placed at 100000.
The Morgan Line steamship Eldia was
launched at the Newort News shipyards,
Mrs. Robert Stocker being the sponsor.
The strikes of the machinists have be
gun. Manufacturers of a number of
cities declare they will not grant the de-
mands.
Miss Taylor, a Princess Anne (Na.)
school teacher, sprinted away on her bi-
cycle from a negro, who tried to assault
her.
Mrs. Henry Mertz and her four chill
dren were struck by lightning near Han
over, Pa, and were rendered uncon-
scious.
Lorrie Mandanso, a crazy Portuguese
artist. shot Alice Cusack, a nurse girl,
in Chicago. ard then killed himself.
Mrs Elizabeth Newell and her four
year-old daughter starved to death at
their home in Huntington. w. Va.
Mario Donate gunner on the collier
Caesar, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the forecastle.
DR.. H. NJ. Whartcn's School for
Young Ladies. in Luray, Va, was sold
in creditors suit
The torped boat Biddle was launched
at the Bath (Me.) Iron Works.
William ]. Mills. assistant surerin-
tendent OF the Prudential Life Insur-
ance Company, at York. Pa, died there
from injuries received in an accident.
There was a row between circus men
and University OF Illinois students at
Champaign. in which there were casual
ties on both sides
Rev Lston Bass was sentenced, in
Moundsville. w. Va. 10 three years in
the penitentiary for using the mails for
fraudulent purposes.
Policeman VIM J. Bruner's house, in
South Akron, Ohio. was dynamited,
but none Of the occupants were injured.
The Warrington CIV. Va) Telephone
Company refused to accede to the de-
mand of the linemen for increased pay,
Edward Miller and Frank Anderson
escaped from Alexandria jail, where
they were held pending trial.
Blanche Reynolds. years old, was
beaten to death by her schoolmates in
Harbor Beach, Me.
The coroner's jury decided that the
Pennington, w. Va, mine explosion
was unavoidable. Carl Hunter, one OF
the injured, died, making the total list
of dead seven, and two others are not
expected to survive.
The first annual meeting of the Ma
tional Piano Manufacturers Associa-
tion in New York elected officers and
decided to hold their next annual meet
ing in New York.
A suit for $4,000 damages was insti-
tuted in Norfolk. Va. by w. J. Hickey,
every plumber in that city, Portsmouth
and Berkley being made defendant.
The annual session OF the Southern
held in Little Rock, Ark. DR.. n. VI.
Woods, OF Memphis, was moderator.
Jacob Wynne was convicted in Phila-
delphia OF the murder OF Father Riegel.
The trial OF the others implicated in
the crime will now be prosecuted.
The body OF Ralph J. White, who
committed suicide in Wilkesbarre, Pa,
after killing his nephew, was stolen
from the cemetery
The family OF Ezra X. Engle, living
near Marietta, Pa, was terrorized by
burglars, who ransacked the house
Forty machinists at the Richmond
Locomotive Works struck because OF
disagreement with the superintend-
ent.
1t has developed that D. Tucker Hill
yard, of Winchester, Va, was robbed
and murdered at Hazleton, Pa.