The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-11-15
THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
DOMESTIC


A statement was given oft in New
York by officials of the New York and
Bermudez Asphalt Company charging
that officials OF the Venezuelan govern
ment had tried TO extort 100000 from
the company.
James Speyer, OF New York. has given
$4,000 to the trustees OF the Columbia
University TO endow a Theodore Roose-
welt professorshp Of American history
and institutions in the University OF
Berlin.
Samuel {. Whipple, il Pawmckct,
r. l.. a grocer's clerk. while on his
rounds married Miss Ella Newton. then
continued delivering his goods with his
bride on the seat beside him.
Attorney General Moody made state
ment explaining petition he will file in
the federal court in Wisconsin under the
Elkins law
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, gave
notice Of her intention to contest the will
OF her rich aunt, Mrs Henry 5 Hoyt, of
Newport. r. I.
Roy Walters, OF Seattle, who until
recently was deformed young man. has
lost his humpback and gained several
inches in height
Secretary Bonaparte announces a COM
petitive examination to be held to fill
vacancies IN the rank of assistant pay
master in The Navy.
Three negroes who had been arrested
in Fort Worth, Tex, on the charge
OF killing Elias White, colored were
lynched by mob.
IN Armenian unable to speak English
was tagged and mailed from New York
TO Lynn, Mass.
The owner OF property valued at Sroo,
600, A. J. Seaman, OF Omaha, Neb,
lives on p cents a day
The torso OF a man was found on a
city dump in Cleveland by children.
Pink Adams. a mail rider was as
sassinated at Millcr5 Creek, Miss.
William Barnes. former superinten-
dent of insurance for the state OF New
York, testified before the Armstrong in-
vestigating committee that one-man
power, in which Thomas Ryan took the
place OF James Hazen Hyde, still con
trollcd the Equitable Life Insurance
Company.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivered
an address a Brookline. Mass, in which
he said the present tendency toward mu-
nicipal ownership threatened the estab-
lishment OF an oligarchy OF oficeholder,
and the destruction of individual liberty
Miss Lillian Russell had a narrow es-
cape from death by horse throwing
her while riding in Central Park. she
having her foot caught in a stirrup and
hanging head downward when assist
anoe reached her
The suggestion is made at Washing
ton that Temple Of Peace" be erected
at the Capital in honor OF Presidents
Roosevelt's work affecting the Ports
mouth conference.
Countess de Szilassy, formerly Miss
May, of Chicago, has been granted a
divorce from her husband, who was
secretary to the Austrian legation at
Washington.
Petitions were filed in Pittsburg TO re-
open the judgment obtained by State
Treasurer Mathews against the directors
OF the Enterprise National Bank.
Police were called out TO dsperse a
mob which attacked statue represent
ing Satan and erected in Detroit by Her
man Mem, an unbeliever.
The American Hardware Manufac-
turers' Association has indorsed Pres
ident Roosevelt's plan of railroad-rate
legislation.
Prince Louis Of Battenberg gave out
an interview, in which he expressed his
admiration for American women.
Andrew Carnegie says the people OF
America demand municipal ownership,
and that its coming is a certainty
Another boy has died as the result OF
injuries received in a football game.
DR.. A. NJ. Beecher, cousin OF Henry
Ward Beecher, died in California.
Testimony was given before the Inter
state Commerce Commission to the effect
that the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad had made no dis
elimination in favor OF the Standard Oil
Company.
Eric Won Kutzleber, who wrecked a
train on the Rock Island Railroad TO see
what would happen was sentenced to
prison for life by the court in Marengo,
Ia.