The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
THE NEWS or THE WEEK.



The operating managers of nearly
all the railroads in the United States
will soon be confronted with demands
by the trainmen and other labor for
an eight-hour day and an increase
In wages.
Three thousands residents of Chi
cago have received notices of eject
ment in the suit of Sidney Smith.
who claims Chicago real estate valued
at S40.0O0,O00.
Harry Thaw's wife and mother, as
we'll as himself, are averse to a
iitraightout insanity plea as his de-
'ense at the coming trial.
j. S. Young, of Baltimore, in tes-
tifying in the licorice paste trial,
tented that he had conspired to limit
the output.
Boston has revived the "blue laws"
to such an extent that a casket for
the dead cannot be moved on Sun
day.
William De Costa, the mulatto
charged with perjury in giving false
testimony at the recent Hartje-Hooe
conspiracy trial in Ptitsburg, was
found guilty. He was remanded for
sentence.
IN A0lidkO Juubt VI NhN
Federal District Court of Northern
| Illinois, sustained eight of the in
dictments against the Standard Oil
Company of Illinois and dismissed
two.
No reason is assigned for the sui
eide of Walter Dana Swan, an in
! structor in the Harvard Architec-
tural School, who shot himself over
the heart and died in the hospital.
1t is said in Pittsburg that Mrs.
Holman, the mother-in-law of Harry
| Thaw, will give testimony at the trial
unfavorable to him.
Because of epidemic of typhoid
/ fever, the water supply of the city of
Scranton has been seized by the
/ State.
In his message to the Missouri
/ legislature Governor Folk took a de-
cided stand against lobbyists.
Governor Cobb was inaugurated
governor Of Maine for the second
time.
DR.. Frank NJ. Ridley. Jr., a SON
in-law of the late Gen. John NJ.
Hood, was shot, and. it is reported,
seriously wounded by Harvey Hill, a
! lawyer, Just after the ceremony of
the wedding ceremony of Miss Ella
Ridley, a cousin of DR.. Ridley, to
Benjamin Swanson, at La Grange, Ga.
Two dead and two injured is the
record of a fresh outbreak in the
feud of the Sloane and Hanks fami-
lies in Kentucky. A bloody fight
occurred at country dance. Har-
rison Sloane and Walter Hanks lost
their lives
Miss Rosa We'll shot at Judge
Jesse F. Mcdonald, of st. Louis,
while the latter sat on the bench
just after court opened. She had
been a litigant in an inheritance case
tried by the Judge.
Mayor Mcclellan, of New York, is
out openly in his fight with Charles
F. Murphy. and declared he will not
recognize the present leader of Tam
many Hall or have any relations
with.
George w. Morris, for AZ terms
grand treasurer of the Odd Fellows
of Kentucky, is dead.
Foreign.
The prosecution of Won Koscielski,
member of the Prussian House of
Lords, and other Poles of the inde-
pendence party by the Prussian gov
ernment for holding meetings with
out consent of the - 'vernment re-
suited in acquittal and the placing
of the costs upon the state.
It is believed that the federal gov
ernment is preparing to take steps to
prevent the passage by the Hawaiian
legislature of any measures tending
to discriminate against the Japanese
The officers of the Hamburg steam
ship lines have not yet reached an
agreement with the company, which
demanded that they resign from the
Captains and Officers Association.
Emperor William and his son, the
Crown Prince, are reported to have
had a serious disagreement ovei
methods of the Colonial Office il
Africa.
The reports that a reconciliation be
tween the Duke and Duchess of Mari
borough had been effected are Of
fcially denied.
Emperor William is said TO be il
fear of assassins, and the guards
about the palace have been doubled
The German Foreign Office ha
made an affirmative reply to tn
inquiry OF the French Foreign OF
flee as to whether Jules Cambon, IN
ambassador of France at Madrid
would be agreeable TO Germany a
the successor of NJ. Bhiourd at Ber
lin.
The text of the articles of tn
Polish National League describes tn
aim of the league Ito unite all tn
- national resources foI the restora
: ton of the independence of Poland.
: The officers of all the Bremen line
] resigned as members of the Mercan
tile Marine Association in complianc
with the requirements of the CON
. pany.
All the British insurance compan
les have Tepudiated their liabilitie
/ arising out of the earthquake q
, Valparaiso.
The train service Is Bulgaria !
( greatly disorganized, owing to
strike of the employees on the raj
Z roads.
/ The President OF France signe
. the BRAND law amending the Churc
and State Separation Law.
The French Admiralty has ordere
the construction of four submarin
\ cruisers.
= Fire destroyed British army equiI
e ment at Portsmouth, Eng, to tn
Of 91 OEO mn