The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-23
THE news.
Domestic

Mary w. Snead the aunt and
moth her-in-law of the murdered wom-
an, Ocey Snead and the third of the
sisters charged with connection with
the crime, was placed under arrest
in New York.
Collector Loeb, of the port of New
York, left for Washington, to discuss
the sugar fraud scandals with the
President ana Secretary of the Treas
Macveagh.
Engineer Saab Davis, Of the Geor-
gia Central fast mail, put his hand
through scalding steam to apply the
emergency brakes after the driving
rod had broken.
Charles L. Warriners trial on the
charge of embezzling funds from the
Big -Four Railroad was postponed at
Cincinnati to q later date.
Four men were arrested in New
York, cha.gel with stealing more
than 100000 worth Of goods from
freight cars of three railroads.
The business portion of Gardiner,
~ D.. was destroyed by fire. The
loss amounted to 100000, about
half covered by insurance.
ROBBERS dynamited the vault of the
Bank of Exeter, near Fresno, Cal,
and secured $1,000 in cash
Eleven collieries of four coal COM
panies were closed at Coal Gate,
Okla, by Chief State Mine Inspector
Peter Hanraty, because they had ig-
nored his notice that they must
cease maintaining mule stables in
the mines.
Charged with sending a Black
Hand letter demanding 10000, and
IT,, . nt rrfv
en-, Frank Puras was captured by
state troopers at Alaltby, Pa, and
lodged in Jail to await a hearing,
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany, which controls the traction sit
uation in Brooklyn, announced plans
for the creation Of a pension system
to be participated in by it's $4,000
m0loyes.
Herman Klatzke, a restaurant pro-
prietor, of New York, is charged with
shooting Lizzie Shapiro, his former
fiancee, and her companion, Max
Goldberg.
Miss Alice Claypool aged l S years,
daughter of a wealthy manufacturer,
of Pasadena, Cal, was killed by an
auto plunging over an embankment.
Adelaide Portwood, of Decatur, H.,
attempted to enlist in the United
States Navy to be with her sweet
heart.
j. P. Morgan & Co have paid
SS,000,000 for six Independent tele-
phone lines in Ohio, Indiana and
Michigan.
Arbuckle Brothers have turned
over to the United States Treasury
$695,573 due on importauons Of su-
gar.
Mrs Argyra Hunter, wife OF Dr.
E. l.. Hunter, of Chicago, routed
burglar with a footstool.
Thirty divinity students Of McCor-
mick University hanged their pro-
fessors in Hebrew in eiiigy.
Policeman Emil +. Kolar. of Chi
cago, was discharged from the force
on charges of cowardice.
The White Star liner Oceanic
arrived, with 5,15G sacks Of Christ
mas mail.
The big game season in New Eng
land has cost "a lives
Capt Thomas Franklin. L. s. A.,
former commissary and treasurer at
West Point, who pleaded guilty to
embezzlement and was sentenced to
two and one-half years in the fed
eral prison at Atlanta, was released
from custody under $4,000 bail.
more ludH IoO,OVV OtpOblLOISt
chiefly of the poorer classes, with
deposits Of more than $1O2, 100000,
will be affected by an interest rate
reduction Of the Bowery Savings
Bank, the largest in New York.
The breach of promise suit of Miss
JuIiette Hero against DR.. Anibal
Zelaya. a nephew of President Zelaya,
OF Nicaragua, for 100000 damages
is on trial in the Supreme Court Of
New York CITY.
Miss Bertha Leitzau, of Pontiac,
Mich, who shot and killed s. j. Mar
ley when he taunted her with the
fact that he was about to marry
another 'yOman, was acquitted.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. have purchased
1000 shares of Norfolk and West
ern common stock presumably for
Pennsylvania Railroad interests
Seven persons lost their lives in
a fire panic in a tenement in Gin
cinnati.