The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-09-14
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.


ing killed by the brother OF a stenog-
rapher with whom he had become en-
tangled.
William +. McMullen, the opera
tor OF the spot light" at the lroquois
Theater, in Chicago, at the time OF
the disaster, has disappeared.
Banker Eiland has returned to his
home, in Portales, N NJ, with story
Of being held Zip by Mexican brigands
and held for ransom.
The National Executive Board OF
the Mineworkers advises the men in
the Knoxville district to accept the
proposed reduction.
New York police broke by FORCE
into the fat of Mrs Elizabeth Calder,
the woman who was driven mad by
her husbands death.
In a quarrel at Glenwood Springs,
Col, Sergeant Boyle shot and killed
Private Pearl Allen, OF Fort Robin
son cavalry troop.
1t was officially denied that Judge
Parker proposes 10 go to New York
and take personal charge OF the cam
paign.
The steamer Longfelow sank off
the Highland Light, on the Massa-
chusetts coast. All the crew were
saved.
The new cruiser Milwaukee was
launched from the ways OF the Union
Iron Works, in San Francisco.
Thrilling rescucs were made by fire.
men at tenement-house fire in New
York.
Fire attacked the snowsheds in the
neighboringhood OF Blue Canyon,
Cal. destroying, according to the
feet OF the inclosure.
Minister w. w. Russell, the Amer
lean minister to Colombia, called to
see Acting Secretary OF State LOOMS
with reference 10 his mission.
The British schooner Fraulein
struck on Pollock Rip Shoal. off the
Massachusetts, coast, and is total
wreck. The crew was taken off.
Forest fires are raging violently on
the shores OF Spirit Lake, near Occur
d'Alene City and Rathdrum, all i'll
kootenai county, Idaho.
Three persons were injured in Pitts
burg, Pa. in a collision between a
large racing automobile and a park
trap. All will probably die.
The voting trust OF the Reading
Railroad has been dissolved, leaving
the affairs OF the company in the hands
Of the shareholders.
Mrs. Charles Evans, OF Monterey,
la, committed suicide because her
husband went to the ball game, con-
trary to her wishes.
Investigation OF the lynching of the
negro Naples was begun by a special
grand jury in Huntsville, Ala.
Larkins Johnston. colored, was
hanged at Columbiana. Ala, and An
drew Burton at Admission, Ala.
A fine of $4,000 was imposed in
Boston on the Royal Exchange AS
surance Company OF London.
Two robbers looted the safe OF
County Treasurer Chase. in Pomeroy,
o., OF $4,000.
Three prisoners under indictment for
burglary walked out OF jail in Glens
Falls, n. y.
Jesse Allen, a negro, was legally
executed in Oxford, n. c., for ieloni-
Gus assault.
Thousands of acres OF valuable land
in California were destroyed by for
est fires.
The three big tobacco organizations
are to be consolidated.
Joseph Elsie, an acronaut, was kill
ed while making balloon ascension
and parachute leap at the Douglas
County Fair, at Tuscola, ILL., While
descending his parachute was caught
in the top OF tree he fell 100 feet,
breaking his neck
Boatswain Haley, who was recently
ordered court-martialed for drunken
ness, has been adjudged insane and
will be brought to Washington and
confined in an asylum
Acting Governor Cunningham, of
Alabama, and Circuit Judge Speake
have taken steps TO investigate the
lynching OF the negro Mables in
Huntsville, Ala.
The Treasury Department has be-
gun to pay prize money to Admiral
Dewey and the officers and men who
participated in the naval battle at
Manila Bay,
A mob OF Italians on the East Side,
New York tried to lynch a motorman
who had run over two children. kill
| ing one OF them.