The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-26
SUMMARY or THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.


The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters. as the result of vote taken by all
the unions, will not expel p J. Mcclure,
the former general secretary-treasurer
OF the Brotherhood, who was tempo
rarily suspended some time ago for al
legged irregularities in his accounts.
Thousands of members OF the FEEDER
al party in Manila called upon Govern
or Taft to bid him farewell and wish
him a safe return. The Governor. in
speech. said their organization had done
much toward bringing about peace.
Capt Jesse d. Fry. of Albemarle
county, Virginia, died from exposure,
resulting from a fall from his horse
which left him unconscious on bank of
snow.
The Virginia legislature adjourned
to meet February 70, 1902. The long
recess is TO allow the Constitutional
Convention to have full sway.
J. H. Glover, formerly superintendent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at
Connellsville. Pa, committed suicide
at Newark. O.
Samuel Greason, colored. was found
guilty in Reading, Pa. with Mrs. Kate
Edwards, OF the murder of the womans
husband.
Miss Josephine Holman, fancee Of
Marconi, the inventor. left her home in
Indiana for New York, where she will
join Marconi, when, it is said the we'd
ding will take place.
Captain Judd, testifying in the case
of Samuel Stevenson against DR.. John
Alexander Dowie in Chicago. said that
he really believed Dowie to be the
Prophet Elijah
The steamboat Kanawha Bell went
over a lock on her trip between Charls-
ton and Montgomery broke in two and
is a total wreck. Eight of the crew
were drowned.
The old United States mint site in
Philadelphia was offered for sale, but as
no bid was made at the upset price of
S2,ooO,ooo it was withdrawn.
The Wilson memorial fund of the
Washington and Lee University has
now nearly reached SIoo,ooo, the desir-
ed amount
Rev. Dr. Charles II. Brent was CON
secrated in Boston as the first Protes-
tant Episcopal bishop in the Philippines.
CURRAN
w. r. Gaines, who was awaiting his
fourth trial for murder in Denson, Tex,
was killed in a railroad wreck.
Two men were killed and a number in
jured in head ON collision on the
Southern Pacific near San Lucas, Cal
The Atlantic Rubber Shoe Company
was incorporated at Trenton. n. J., with
a capital OF $4,000 900.
The Massachusetts memorial tablet
was unveiled on the site of the old war
prison in Andersonyile, Ga.
Oliver Hartman, Sr., who is said to
be worth at least $5.ooo,ooo, was de-
clared insane and incompetent by a
commission and sheriff's jury at Port
Chester. ~ Y. The petition was made
by his eight children Mr. Hartman
is 70 years old.
The general committee appointed by
the conference to adjust differences be-
tween capital and labor, selected Senator
Hanna as chairman and Samuel Com
pers as vice-chairman.
Four flour mills OF the Consolidated
Company were shut down in Minneapo-
lis, the reason given being a shortage OF
cars.
Mr. John D, Rockefeller has offered
Wellesley College SI5o,ooo, provided an
equal sum is added by the college.
The Filipinos were routed in six skir
mishes in various parts of Batangas
Province General Smith recommended
Private Heintz for a medal of honor for
heroism on the field
George Gould has formed an alliance
with W. K. Vanderbilt, in which An
drew Carnegie is also interested, by
which Gould will bring his Wabash and
Southwestern Railroad systems into
close working arrangements with the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western or
the New York Central, and thus secure
entrance TO New York.
James Q. Stiff, who was wounded at
Oak Grove. Va by Herbert Marx, was
removed from Emergency Hospital,
Washington, to his home Physicians
say he cannot recover.
Secretary Root has denied the appli-
cation OF Sidel G. Pierra, the represent
ative Of the Maso party in Cuba. for a
postponement Of the Cuban elections.
In an interview Dr. Mann, Of Buffalo,
points out why he believes Congress
should pay for the services of the ply
siciaus who attended President McKin-
ley.
Two young men and two girls COM
mitted suicide in a boarding house at
Columbus, Ohio. They paired off in
rooms and were found dead in bed
from ch'oroform