The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-30
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A. ]. Cassatt, president OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad, has abandoned his
trip abroad, and will return TO America,
it is believed, owing to the revelations
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission regarding gifts Of stock to Penn
sylvania officials.
A commission OF lunacy was appointed
to inquire into the sanity OF Josephine
Terranova, charged with the murder of
her uncle and aunt, in their Williams
Bridge home. The trial was halted
until the commissioner makes its re-
port
The New York Court Of Appeals de-
cides that George w. Perkins did not
commit larceny in handling campaign
gifts Of the New York Life but that
restitution may lie in civil action
The French line steamer. La Provence
broke the record between Harve and
New York, making the passage in six
days, three hours and thir,y-fiyc minutes
A committee OF 100 leading citizens
Of New York, is being organized 10 es-
tabiish a permanent memorial 20 the
late Carl Schurz
John Jacob Aster's automobile ran into
team OF herses at Rhincbcck, n. y,
and the millionaire narrowly escaped
serious injury
George L. Thomas and l.. B. Taggart,
accused of giving rebates on shipments
out OF Kansas, was found guilty.
Judge Johns, in denying an injunction
to restrain union OF the Northern and
Cumberland Prcsbyterians, declares the
equity courts must be guided by the ques-
tions OF faith by the tribunals OF the
church. Both denominations seem on the
eve Of uniting
Judge Wallace, Of the New York Cir
cult Court OF Appeals, told President
Truesdale, OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad, that the corpor-
atoms reputation OF a contract with a
shipper was morally no better than lar
ceny."
Representatives of several trading
stamp companies were arrested in Phil
adelphia, charged with deirauding mer-
chants out OF hundreds OF thousands OF
dollars
The board Of directors Of the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad decided to investigate the
holding Of coal stocks OF officials and
employees Of the corporation.
Patrolman Harry Morton, accused Of
perjury in the Claiche case, made two
attempts at suicide at police headquarters,
in New York.
Experts for the defense offered testi-
mony that Josephine Terranova, accused
Of killing her uncle and aunt, is insane.
By direction Of the governor and the
mayor, Louisville, KY, is to be dry
Sundays
A petition a mile long has been pre-
sented to Governor Guild, OF Massachu-
sets, asking that a life sentence in
stead OF the death penalty be imposed
on Charles L. Tucker for the murder
Of Mabel Page.
Thousands OF people were in Charlotte,
n. C., to witness the ceremonies at
tending the celebration of the Mecklen-
burg Declaration OF Independence.
Edward Payson Weston, aged 6S years,
is TO walk from Philadelphia 10 New
York in an effort to break a record he
made in his younger days.
John Mulvaney, painter Of Clusters
Last StandP was found drowned in East
River.
Mrs Jefferson Davis, who has been
critically i'll in New York, is now rapidly
recovering.
Senator German is said to be so much
improved that he is now able to sit up.
The Republic Oil Company has with
drawn from the State OF Ohio
Miss Grace Parker was engaged to
90 10 Europe as a travelling companion to
Miss Matte French, but the latter's
nephew, John P. Harding, fell in love
with the girl, and will take her abroad
as his bride.
William I. Schnable, a patient at the
University Hospital in Philadelphia, has
been in a state OF coma for ~ days.
The doctors do not expect him to regain
consciousness.
While lying very i'll at a hospital in
Keystone, 5. D., Mss Lulu Kendall, in
a vision, saw her father fall from cliff.
The accident really occurred just as she
saw IT,
In behalf Of her blind grandfather,
Pearl McDade, 10 years Of age, made a
plea to the Alabama Board Of Pardons
to release the old mans only son.