The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH
Domestic

Wnile ne was having tOOtn puli-
ed Senator Adam Littepage, of
Charleston, w. Va. had his jaw
broken.
The last man to be hanged in
Virginia, Lee Strothers. was execu-
ted Friday at Madison.
James G.. T. Reed, assistant post
master at Newport News, Va, ac-
cused of embezzling s6,462 was held
for trial.
Altus Flower. said to be the son
of DR.. r. C. Flower, had a talk with
Mrs. Hagaman. who Is held by the
police in Richmond, Va.
The Pennsylvania Railroad counts
on running 1000. trains into the
Manhattan Terminal as soon as the
tunnels are completed.
An iron ore deposit. containing
COO, 100000 tons, is said to exist in
New York State.
Charles f. Davis has been rear
rested on the charge of killing Dr..
Frederick Rustin, at Omaha.
Suit for $4,000 for alienation Of
affections has been fled by Mrs. VIII
lis r. Boland. of West Eaton. N. Y,
against Mrs. Grace r. Roberts, who
Is also a resident of West Eaton.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Protze, aged SO
years, committed suicide in New
York. She made preparations to
kill herself after having celebrated
her birthday anniversary alone.
The body OF Mrs. Ashton Harvey,
covered with a fortune of jewels, was
found in a private pleasure lake on
the estate of Stewart Hartshorn, at
Shont Hill N. j.
Roger OMara, trustee of Harry
X. Thaw in bankruptcy, and his at
torney, Ex-Governor Stone. of Penn
sylvania, conferred with Thaw in the
Poughkeepsie Jail.
George w Fitzgerald, accused by
the Illinois authorities of the theft
of $4,000 from the sub-treasury
at Chicago, was freed by Judge Chet-
lain.
Announcement is made that Prof.
George A. Coe will resign as profess
sor of moral and intellectual philoso-
ply at the Northwestern University.
Mrs. Nellie Busch Magnus, daugh-
ter of Adolphus Busch, the wealthy
brewer, was secretly married TO
Jacob w. Loeb, Of Chicago June 6.
Fire destroyed the Proctor Fur
niture Company's building at Asbury
Park, causing a loss of 100000.
Emil Keehm was blown to pieces
as the result of an explosion of an
oxygen tank in Detroit.
Policeman David e. Shellard, Of
Brooklyn. was indicted for the mur-
der of Barbara Reig.
Receiver Austin. of the failed
brokerage firm OF Cameron, Currie
and Company, of Detroit, asked that
certain members of the Boston brok-
erage firm Of Hayden, Stone and
Company be sent TO jail on the
charge of contempt of court.
Second Vice President Ceilings, Of
the Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky, denied giving orders for the
payment of money to secure inform
alton concerning the shipments Of
competitors.
One man was burned to death,
two women were seriously injured
and several others painfully injured
during a fire which destroyed two
buildings of the Philadelphia Cricket
Club.
Mrs. Barbara Barrett, an elderly
woman, of Lost Greek, Pa, and John
Gilks, aged 21 years, of Newark, n.
j., were killed by fall of earth
while they were standing in a mine
breach.
Mrs. Mary Bedell shot and prob
ably fatally wounded her husband,
Stephen Bedell, a boatman, during
a quarrel at their home, in Jersey
City.
DR.. Frederick j. Mayer told vet
erinarians that they can do much
to prevent the spread of consump-
ton and other disease among human
beings.
The recently enacted pure-food
law was warmly praised by speakers
at the annual convention of the In
ternational Stewards Association.
Capt. Walter Auble. of the Los
Angeles police force, was probably
fatally shot by two burglars.