The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-19
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The operators and miners OF the Cen
trail Pennsylvania bituminous field have
reached an agreement with but slight
change in scale. The agreement pro-
yides for open shop, arbitration and
check weighmans fund and an advance
Of SIS per cent on scale paid in 1905
President Oler, Of the American Ice
Company, denies accusations made
against the company, and says he has
invited District Attorney Jerome to make
an investigation OF the companys meth
ods.
Joseph Washington, locomotive FIRE
man on the Atlantic Coast Line, was
killed by Sidney Khouri, a mechanic, in
the railroad yards at ST. Petersburg, Fla.
Friends OF William Randolph Hearst
say he will run as an independent Dem
ocratic candidate for governor Of New
York
]. G. Stokes Phelps, the New York
millionaire. who has become a socialist,
praises Bryan "as AN honest radical
George Mitchell. who killed the lead
ar Of the Holy Rollers in Washington
Territory in defense OF his sister, has
been shot and killed by his own sister.
Former Judge Hargis. charged with
the murder of Attorney james B. Mar
cum in Kentucky. created a stir in court
by rejecting on the states attorney.
Conductor n NJ Riggs, who was ar
rested in Elroy Wis. in connection
with the murder Of Milie Ellison at
Minneapolis. hot himself
N
crs-in-law fought a pistol duel near
Noble Ok Amerus was killed and
Kent was mortally wounded
In the United States Court in New
York the libel suit OF the Monotypc
against the Linotype Company was dis
missed.
Six children lost their lives in am cf-
tort to rescue a drowning girl in q
river near Cedar Rapids Mich.
An unknown man ended his life on
the grave of an unknown suicide in
Evergreen Cemetery, New York
J. C.. Phelps Stokes, the young New
York millionaire announces himself as
socialist
Karl S. Ferguson, a Troy broker, who
lost heavily in speculation, shot and kill
ed himhclf
The town Of I,ynnvillc Ind, was
wiped ont by FIRE The loss is estimated
at 100000.
Mrs Carrie Nation was arrested in
Dallas Tex, for improper use Of the
mails.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials will
testify before the United States District
Court at jamestown, ~ Y, that the low
rate on oil between Olean and Rochester
was made to prevent the building OF a
pipe line bv the Standard Oil Company.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
j, 20 question Pennsylvania Railroad Of
fcials regarding an allegation that the
railroad paid less than half charged 9th
ers for oil supplied by subsidiary com
pany OF Standard Oil.
Curtis Jett, the Kentucky feudist, con
fessed, at the trial OF ex-Judgc Hargis
and cx-Sheriff Callahan for the murder
OF Lawyer Marcum, that he had assassi-
mated the attorney
The New York district attorneys Of
fee has heard story that Harry Kendall
Thaw threatened to shoot both Mrs.
Thaw and Stanford White
The locomotive Of the Colonial Ex-
press, between Boston and Washington,
jumped the track near a drawbridge in
Rhode Island
Mile Ellison was found unconscious
from a hammer blow on the head and her
clothing ablaze in a Minneapolis hotel
The Chicago and Alton Railroad and
two of IT'S officials have been fined an
aggregate of 10000 for alleged rcbating
Thomas Taggart, by advice OF counsel,
refused 20 testify under oath regarding
gambling at French Lick, Ind
The strike OF 10000 miners of Dubois,
Pa. has ended by an adjustment Of the
questions at issue
An ice dealer in Kansas testified he
made S4s,ooo in two years on an invest
ment Of 5000
James Manning, who led Guitcau 10
the gallows, died in poverty in Chicago.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson says
he is satisfied with what he saw in a
before breakfast visit to the Chicago
packing houses, and refuses 10 disoon-
tiuuc the Slaughter OF cattle infected with
the carly stages OF tuberculosis.
Il was testified by a cellmate OF Martin
Tighc, who got 20 years in Sing Sing
for the the murder Of his wife, that
Tighc had fooled the aiienists by simu-
latug insanity.