The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
The News
Domestic

appeared in Philadelphia and several
cattle were killed as method or
precaution. The Pennsylvania au-
thorities are taking vigorous meas
ures to check the spread OF the dis
ease.
There were a number OF callers on
President-elect Taft at Hot Springs,
and a variety of subjects were dis
cussed. Among his callers was Judge
Crumpacker, OF the House Ways and
Means Committee. who assured him
that the tariff would be honestly
revised.
Charles A. Walters, veteran OF
the Civil War, and his daughter
aged 40, were found dead In their
apartment, in New York, from inhal-
ing gas. 1t is supposed that they
committed suicide.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has written
an article for December Century, In
which he favors tariff revision, but
insists there is no occasion for haste
or fer any revolutionary step.
Mrs. Peter Van Vllssingen, wife
of the Chicago forger. said that her
husband had kept al of his doings
a secret from her
An official of the Boston Steamship
Company. at San Francisco, owners
of the big steam freighters fremont
and Shawmut, Is authority for the
statement that the government is
gotiating for the vessels with a view
to using them between New YORK
and Panama
John Krauss, who Is said to have
been connected with the Pacific state
and Sunset Telegraph Company, OF
San Francisco, committed suicide In
his cabin on the steamer Adriatic
while the vessel was going from
Cherbourg to Queenstown.
Edward, Ira and Mrs. Sarah Nor
ris, executors of the estate OF the late
Nelson Morris. filed an inventory in
the Probate Court, Chicago, the value
of the estate being fixed at about
$1S,000,000.
G. e. Weiser. the Anaconda
banker on trial at Butte, Mont, for
the second time for forgery in con-
nection with the failure of his pri-
vate bank in Anaconda, was found
not guilty.
The state Live Stock Sanitary
Board officials have not yet received
any detailed information about the
English embargo on Pennsylvania
cattle because of the prevalence Of
the foot and mouth disease in Penn
sylvania.
Samuel E. Campbell, an auto
mobile dealer, was held criminally
responsible for the death of Rev.
DR.. G. Brinley Morgan, of New Hay-
en-, Ct, who was struck and killed by
Campbell's machine.
The necessity for a trained mill
tary body among the citizens OF this
country was emphasized by Major
General Franklin Bell in an address
before the Association of Agricultur-
al Colleges and Experiment Stations.
Rear Admiral James B. Adams, re-
Gently promoted, has been relieved
of duty as captain of the New York
Navy Yard, and ordered to assume
command on the naval station at
Charleston.
The Stock Exchange creditors of
A. o. Brown & Co. received a q per
cent. dividend on their claims from
the sale of two Stock Exchange seats
for $4,000.
Unofficial adyices received at the
Navy Department state that the sal
wage of the Yankee, wrecked on
Spindle Rock, at the entrance OF
Buzzards Bay, will be complete.
Capt n. E. Niles. T. S. N, has
been detached from duty in command
of the Hancock, New York Navy
Yard, to duty as governor of the
naval home, Philadelphia.
No Arabic numerals appear on the
new issue of two-cent stamps, more
than 200, 100000 of which have just
been printed and placed on sale by
the PostofTice Department.
John d. Rockefeller, president of
the Standard Oil Company, made his
appearance as a witness for the de-
fence in the federal suit to dissolve
the so-cailed Oil Trust.
The name of George A. Knight
the gifted California orator who
seconded Mr.. Taft's nomination at
Chicago, is the latest figure IN the
Cabinet gossip.