The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-07
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The --latest Happenings CONDENSED for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,

Domestic.
The Payne Cotton Mills. located in
one OF the suburbs OF Macon, Ca. will
DC again placed in operation Thurs
gay. Extensive repairs to the ma
ehinery have been made.
Edward |. Gray, 80 years old. an
electrical engineer, shot and killed
hiinself IN New York hotel because
ot jealousy Of woman.
preliminary steps were taken at
trenton towards the formal dissolu-
ton OF the Universal Tobacco Com.
pany as distinct corporation.
Lieutenant General Miles has ac-
cepted appointment as adjutant gem
eral on the staff of Covernor-elect
Douglas, of Massachusetts.
Representative James a. Hemen-
way VIII succeed Vice Pre.ident-elect
Fairbanks as senator from Indiana.
Hey John. a Chinaman, committed
suicide in New York because he
thought he was pursued by Highblnd-
ers.
a writ of habeas corpus was grant
ed to MI RS. Josephine l.. Noble. who is
charged with killing her husband.
The Womcn's Christian Temper
ance Union at its annual convention
IN Phi hiladelphia reelected general Off
GERS OF the union.
Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, who
was the oldest actress on the Ameri-
can stage, died suddenly in Chicago.
Two trolley cars equipped with fire
apparatus are being tried on Chicago
elevated road to fight flames.
Mrc I 4
suicide in New York because she had
been deserted by her husband
Fred Wlttrock. who succeeded in
obtaining $I24ooo in a train robbery
IN the West in 1887, is dead.
Young wheat in Ohio has been seri.
ously damaged by the drouth
The Womcn's Christian Temper
ancc Union, at their convention in
Philadelphia, appealed to President
Roosevelt to use his influence to Sc
cure observance of treaties with In
dams in Indian Territory iorbi idng
sale OF liquor.
Richmond & Co., incorporated, a
bucketsho2, of PittsbuTg, with branch
es IN many small towns in various
states, were forced TO close.
Fred karrell dropped dead while
steering the freighter w. r. Linn
through the rapids at the entrance of
the St. Clair River
Alexander c. Gordon, a profession
al blackmailer, was arrested in Min
neapolis on the charge of blackmail.
William Barclay Parsons, chief en-
gineer OF the Rapid Transit Commits.
sion OF New York. has resigned.
'lhree
OF freight trains near Oneonta, n. Y,
and others had narrow escapes.
Officials of the Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company are looking for SIS
600 which has mystcriously disap-
peared
Prince Fushin was the guest of
honor at the New York Chamber OF
Commerce.
A slight shock of earthquake was
ielt at San Francisco and at West
Point, Neb
If claims of attorneys for Governor
Peabody are proved. the vote of about
so precincts in Colorado may be
thrown out. and he would be declared
TO have been reelected.
Organizers from all sections of the
country occupied the attention of the
delegates 20 the Convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
in Philadelphia.
Plans for organizing the employers
OF labor to combat labor unions were
discussed at the Convention Of the
Citizens Industrial Association in
New York.
Orrin Cox. aged y years, Of Ken
sington, a suburb of Chicago. has
been sentenced to life Imprisonment
Tor robbery under threats of death.
Senator Platt, OF New York, was
witness in the suit for S2oo, 900 brought
by a. ID. Wales against John Mitch
ell, president OF the miners union.
The directors OF the Intctborough
Rapid Transit Company declared
dividend of per cent. making a S
per cent. dividend for the year.
James Lindsay Gordon, assistant
corporation counsel OF New York, who
was native Of Virginia, is dead, after
brief illness.
Rev. DR.. Charles L. Woodcock. OF
Detroit, has accepted the appointment
as Episcopal bishop of Kentucky.