The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-16
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
Domestic.

Mrs. Kate Wolsey, OF Covington,
KY, author OF Republics Versus Wo-
men, has written a letter resigning
membership in the organization OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolution,
OF which she was charter member, be
cause the founders OF the republic did
not give women the right to vote.
The attorney general OF Illinois GER
tined to the states attorney OF Cook
county (Chicago) the names OF 5000
corporations which have failed To com
plv with the Antitrust Law, and di-
rected that official to proceed against
them.
Charles w. Sell, Jr.. shot and seri-
ously wounded Miss Mabel French, and
also wounded Grover Davis and JOS
eph Clough, who we're escorting her
home from a grange meeting, near
Manchester. n. II.
The United States marshal at St.
Louis began the payment OF $4,000
creditors of John ] Ryan & Co., the
race investment concern. They will re-
ceiye IS cents on every dollar they in
vested
Gen. John S. Jones. president OF the
board OF trustees OF the Ohio Soldiers
and Sailors Orphan Asylum, at Xenia,
died at his home in Delaware. O.
Justice Murphy held an inquest in
Buffalo in the matter OF the death OF
Mr. and Mrs Pennell. and decided that
he could not determine from the evil
dcnce whether the tragedy was acci-
dental or designed
The gun explosion on the battleship
Iowa is reported, upon investigation
to have been due TO a defective fuse
The three who were killed were buried
in the National Cemetery in Pensacola
Spreading rails caused a drill engine
on the jersey Central Railroad to
PLUNGE down an cmbankment into a
pond near Elizabeth, n. J.. and the en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman were
killed.
Daniel Lamont says the decision in
he railroad merger case will make little
difference in the management OF those
roads, even ii the decision is affirmed
by the Supreme Court.
Congressman J. II. Southard. OF
ONO. is investigating complaints OF eX-
orbitant charges being made for the
dslntcrmcnt and shipment OF the bodies
oi dead soldiers from Cuba
Z. Ogden Armour and the other
wheat bulls associated with him in the
big corner now being formed are count
ing upon a war in the East to be OF as
sistance to them.
Lewis Good. the only formidable
candidate against President T. J. Shat
fer, OF the Amalgamated Association
OF Iron and Steel Workers, has with
drawn.
The rear end OF freight train on the
Railroad broke loose and
IL cars plunged into the Poquannock
river, in New Jersey.
The Rev William Henry Milburn, the
blind chaplain OF the United States
Senate, died in Santa Barbara, Cal.
Captain Pershing captured Bacolod,
island OF Mindanao. killed a hundred
Moros and wounded many others.
The wife and fiyc-year-old daughter
OF Capt. George Merritt. OF the steamer
+. B. Thurber, were drowned in the
cabin OF the vessel as she sank at her
dock, at Perth Amboy. despite the cap
tain's efforts to rescue them.
The Arm OF Tiffany & Co., OF New
York, has bought large plat OF
ground at Fifth avenue and Thirty-scv-
enth street, where the house will re-
move from Union Square. The trans
action involves more than $2,ooo.ooo.
In riot between union and non
union ironworkcrs at the Walkcrville
Bridge Companys plant in Walker
VILE, near Detroit, one man was shot
dead and several seriously injured.
Ip,eio,