The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-12-11
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.

The Canadian Pacific fast express.
which left Halifax for St John and
Montreal. was wrecked on the Inter
colonial Railway near Belmont Station
Four persons were killed and seven
passengers and one brakeman injured.
Swift 4 Armour have acquired the
stock oi the Union Depot, Bridge and
Terminal Company, which owns valu-
able terminals and hundreds OF acres
OF land on the Missouri River at Kan
sas City. Mo
The reckless running oi a racing au
tomobile is responsible ior probably
fatal injuries to park policeman in
Chicago and the death OF two horses.
The Fort Payne Bank. OF Fort
Payne. the oldest bank in DeKalb
county. Ala. capitalized at $50 1000. has
been placed in the hands OF a receiver.
At the Delaware Brcakwatcr the
the rocks and sunk. The crew OF six
men was taken off and landed by the
Lewes (Del.l life-savcrs
Fred A. Smith, proprietor of the
burned Lincoln Hotel, in Chicago. IN
which "a lost their lives, and Night Clerk
Weber we're arraigncd on charge of
manslaughtcr.
investigation has shown that the eN-
plosion on the steamer Prosreso at San
Francisco. which cost IA lives. was due
to the poor Quality of oil furnished
George Shcrvcrton, a driver of an OK
press wagon in Philadelphia, becoming
confused by the snow. drove his team
into a trolley car and was killed.
The schooner Wesley NJ. Olcr went
aaf 4 Al.
storm and went to pieces. Her crew is
believed to have been lost.
Dr. Henry 5. Cutler, composer and
musical conductor. who introduced YES
ted male choirs in this country, died at
Swampscott, Mass
The two-master Flo i. Madder was
wrecked off Gloucester, Mass. and the
captain and crew were saved by the life
saving crew.
President Hartman, OF the Southern
Pacific Railroad. has established a sys-
TEN for penSioning old employees of the
company
George Bear. the Indian convicted Of
numbering his suuaw, was hanged in
Sioux Falls. ). d. He behaved with
great stoicism.
James Sullivan and a man named De
kibbis were killed in 4 snowslidc near
Baker City. Ore
George Dickinson. the Philadelphia
robber, was senterfced to Is years in the
penitentiary.
Three men robbed about IS who were
rambling at the Eagle Club in Pocatello,
Idaho
Dickinson Hall. at Princeton Univer-
sity. caught fire and was saved by
bucket brigade.
The gale blew down wall in Allen
town, Pa, and two men received fatal
injuries.
The prices Of California nuts have been
advanced.
Jacob Ansbach, a fireman. employed
in the Hazleton region, testified before
the strike commission that on every
other Sunday he was required to work
"a hours without relief. The Rev Jas
V. Hussie. a Catholic priest, told the
commission that the conditions among
the miners in that region were deplor-
able.
Zero weather prevails in Northern
Kansas Rain and snow iell in the
South. The Red river, in Louisiana,
is rising. and number OF families on
the bottomlands have been forced to
leave their homes.
Grand Master Morrissey. OF the
Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen. is
sued statement that there is a move
ment afoot for the federation OF !a:l-
way labor organization, with view OF
making a combined demand for higher
wages.