The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-25
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,


Grass Twine Company paid back $685.
900 for which SUIT had been instituted
on the ground that dividends had been
Illegally declared.
A foolish woman started a panic at
the matinee at the Manhattan Theater,
In New York, which was checked by
The presence OF mind of the actors.
Edward Madden, New York clothing
designer, fell down flight OF stairs Sat
nrday night and was found dead in bed
Sunday morning.
The Old Dominion Line steamer Oc-
racoke collided with pleasure sloop
near Elizabeth City, n. J. All on the
sloop were saved.
Four railroad men were killed three
fatally and several seriously injured
in a collision between freight trains at
Shawnee, Tenn.
Sight has been restored TO John f.
Martin, who served as substitute for
Rouss, the millionaire, to try all REM
edies for blindness.
Charles Tuxham, a farmer. living near
McPerson, Kan, killed his two sons.
set fire to his property and then killed
himself
Rsv Thomas Stanton a travelling
evangelist, was arrested in Sharon,
Pa, on suspicion OF being a fugi,ive
from justice
The United States customs collector
has found in Cleveland valuable worries
and laces belonging TO Mrs Chadwick.
Four persons lost their lives in fire
that destroyed the residence of George
Barnes, farmer, in North Wisconsin.
James 5. Metcalf the New York dra-
matte critic and editor OF Life, has been
barred from II theaters in New York.
The schooner Volunteer sprang aleak
and sank in the Gulf The crew was
picked up and landed at Sand Key.
Mrs. Rachel Peters, an inmate of the
almshouse, near York, Pa, was burned
to death. She was 30 years old
Several raids were made by the police
in New York on gambling places and
opium dens.
Three earthquake shocks were felt in
the neighborhood of Santiago, Cuba
John ". Fleming. one OF the two
steamboat inspectors who examined the
General Slocum, and who reported her
equipment 10 be perfect, and who is on
trial in New York on the charge Of man
slaughter, was taken suddenly i'll in
tourt.
The cranemen at the American Steel
Foundries Company's plant at Sharon,
Pa, have demanded the restoration of
the wages which they received prior to
the 10 per cent. reduction.
At indianapolis, Ind, Delegate Ran
dali, of Wyoming, who charged Presi-
dent Mitchell with having sold out the
Colorado miners, was expelled from the
United Mineworkers OF America
Jacob Ridgeway Wright, former res
ident of Wilkesbarre, shot himself in
his room, in the Hotel Imperial, in New
York. Before his death he said the
shooting was an accident
The application for the appointment
of a commission on person and estate
of Brodie L. Duke was postponed in
New York for one week.
Application has been made to the New
York Stock Exchange to list Western
Maryland Railroad Companys 500, 1000
additional bonds.
Secretary Hester, of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, reports I7I,S6a
bales OF cotton in sight for movement.
The new Mount Washington Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, was
robbed and burned Loss, $4,000.
A Chicago wife committed suicide be-
cause she was upbraided by her hus-
band for smoking cigarettes.
The New York Stock Exchange seat
OF Daniel ]. Sully, the cotton opera
tor, has been sold for $4,000.
Mrs. Chadwick's attorney failed to Sc
cure bail for her release from Jail in
Cleveland.
The National Good Roads Conven-
ton is in session at Jacksonville, Fla.
President Angel, OF the University OF
Michigan, has resigned
Mrs. Mignonette Seavey, OF Barring
ton, n. H., a patient at the State In
sane Asylum, at Concord, killed two
patients, injured a third and also in
iured a nurse.
Elijah Wigginton was fined $500 by
the Supreme Court in Denver, Col,
for conduct as an election Judge in
violation of the courts injunction.
Mrs. James w. Bell lost her case in
White Plains, n. y, where she was
suing to have the will OF her father,
Henry Willard, set aside
Samuel Lyons, 4 dealer, entered suit
in Chicago against the international
Silverware Company, which he accuses
OF being a trust
Moses J. Jackson, q member Of the
New York City Board of Coroners,
was arrested on the charge of attempted
bribery.