The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-03-22
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic

Peter Conrad, a farmer of Canal oha-
rie, N. Y, was murdered, and his neigh
Dor, Daniel Smuller, was arrested ON
suspicion.
The cruiser Washington was launched
from the yards of the New York Ship
building Company, at Camden, N. J.
Legal actions seeking to recover trust
funds and to have Augustus 7, Gillen-
der, now held as a lunatic in Ardendale
Saniarium, near Greenwich, Ct, de-
clared responsible. were begun in New
York and Connecticut.
Mrs. Flora T. Neff, president OF the
Cass County Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, thinks President Roose-
welt would be more nearly right if he
urged parents to have better children
instead Of more Of them.
Mrs. Brownie Rathbone Weaverson
was arrested in New York, charged with
/ having practiced her oriental art OF heal
ing on Mrs. Fannie Rahll with such i'll
success that the patient is close to death
John r. Kenly, for 10 years general
manager of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
way, has resigned, and w. n. Royal
general superintendent of the First di-
vision, will succeed him.
The Panama Canal Commission has
filed an answer to the criticisms OF DR.
G. c. A. L. Reed, whom they charge
with woful ignorance or wilful mis-
| statement.
Engineers of the W estern Pacific Rail
road have made surveys for a new trans
continental road which will be submitted
to George ]. Gould and his associates
The Pacific express Of the Erie Rail
road plunged down an embankment near
Winfield Station, Ind. Twelve persons
were injured, of whom ? are likely &c
| die.
Two suits, aggregating S2S7ooo, have
been brought by District Attorney Je-
rome, of New York, against subsidiary
companies of the Tobacco Trust for al
legged violation Of the lottery laws.
William Nelson Cromwell, accused by
Senator Morgan, says he has had moth
ing whatever to do with the Santo Do
mingo government, either directly OF
through any official of the United States
At Augusta, Me, articles were filed
| for the incorporation of the Publisher
Paper Company, with capital stock OF
So,oooooo The new company will com.
pete with the Paper Trust.
| Because he was bounded by money
lenders to whom he had pledged his sal
AIRY in advance, Frank Durham, an Hi.
nois Central engineer, committed suicide
when he lost his position.
Counsel for the Georgia Sawmill AS
sociation has applied to United States
Court for an injunction to stop railroads
of the state from charging an alleged
excess freight rate
There were several changes in the bal
loting for United States senator at JEFF
ferson City, Mo, but the deadlock was
not broken, nor is there any choice OF
a senator in sight.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, niece OF tht
President, was married in New Yorl
to her cousin, Frank Delano Roosevelt
The President was present and gave th'
bride away.
Governor Higgins. of New York, has
signed a bill which requires excursion
steamers to carry at least one life-pre-
server for each passenger.
Jesse F. Mcdonald was sworn in as
governor Of Colorado Governor Pea
body in accordance with his promise, va
Gated the office,
The Missouri House OF Delegates pass
ed bill providing for free bridge over
the Mississippi River at St. Louis.
A Chicago man had a desperate en-
counter with lunatic, who slashed him
three times with a butcher-knife
The household property of Mrs Chad
wick in Cleveland was sold for SIS, 200
The recklessness of a motorman caused
collision between two trains on the
elevated road in New York Two per
sons were seriously injured and others
were more or less hurt.
DR.. William r. Harper, president oi
the University Of Chicago, reached Lake
wood, N. J., where he will remain Z
short time for recuperaton.
Gen. w. II, Whiteman, adjutant gen
eral OF New Mexico, was indicted or
the charge Of securing public funds un-
der false pretenses.