The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
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DOMESTIC
Sir Alfred Harmsworth, chairman of
the protection committee of the British
policyholdcrs Of the New York Mutual
Life Company has urged Stuyvesant
Fish not to resign, but to continue to
support genuine reforms.
Pittsburg Street railways and gas
supply have practically passed from con
troll of the Philadelphia company to the
United Railways Investment Company
OF San Francisco, the deal involving
nearly Slo,ooo,ooo,
Attorney General Mayer denied the
application of William r. Hearst, who
wanted him to institute proceedings to
annul the charter OF the lnterborough-
Metropolitan Holding Company.
Secretary Taft discussed government
aid of railways at the hearing OF the
House Committee on Territories on the
Lowering bill for the government guar
antee OF Alaskan railway bonds.
President Patrick Dolan, OF the min
ers OF the Pittsburg district, is reported
to have broken down from the severe
strain TO which he has been subjected.
Dr. II. Preston Pratt, X-ray expert,
said in Chicago that universal blindness
is 20 be humanity's penalty for the ben
efits OF electricity
The body OF Johann Hoch, the Chi
cago Bluebeard. was taken from the
potter's field and buried in Elmwood
Cemetery
The remains of ex-Speaker Henderson
were buried with distinguished honors in
Dubuque. la.
Gustav A. Closson, Of Morrisyille, Pa,
was sentenced to be hanged for poison
ing his son.
The Southern Bank and Trust Com
pany Of Fort Smith, Ark, closed its
doors
Plea OF guilty was entered in the Nor
folk and Western Railroad S4,5oo,ooo
bond forgery case in New York. All
the defendants except Charles 7. {. T.
Colmey pleaded guilty, and were remand
ed for sentence.
A deal by which the immense ore pro-
perties OF James J. Hill on the Mesa
ba Range, pass into control Of the United
States Steel Corporation for 80 years is
about to be consummated.
Two daughters OF George Storer. OF
Camden, Michigan, were fatally poisoned
by canned salmon which had been left
in the can sometime after it was opened.
The Board Of Directors OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad met in Philadelphia,
and made announcement OF several ap-
pointments and promotions.
Plans are afoot to construct a 1o-mile
elevated road in Chicago to connect with
rapid transit lines intcrlacing Illinois
and Indiana.
Testimony was given in the Greene
Gaynor case as to Capt O. NJ. Carriers
deposits in five banking institutions
A second Chinese commission, headed
by Prince Tsai Isl, has arrived in San
Francisco
John D. Spreckels is seriously i'll with
grip at his home in San Francisco.
1t is alleged that, in connection with
the case of Berthe Claiche, the French
girl charged with shooting and killing
Emil Gerdron in New York, the crime
was planned by a policeman, and that
the woman shot her old lover 10 win
policeman who was present to help
make the arrest at the time OF the muir
der.
Kuhn, Lobe & Co., the New York
bankers, have resigned as directors OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
some other railroad corporations, and
while retaining interests in railroads, will
devote more time to their banking in
Robert Collier, editor OF Golfers
Weekly, states that he is willing to spend
over 100000 TO expose Colonel Mann
Of Town Topics, and that he has been
pursuing Mann since Town Topics at
tackled his father.
Mrs. Josef Hoffman, wife Of the
pianist, is crossing the Atlantic to recov-
er her six-year-old son, who she claims
was brought to America from Italy by
her divorced husband. George P. Eustis