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The times., 1899-12-26
nd j. is seldom lat GO is brought into

and il is seldom that case is brought into
court
special services and special music were the
order OF the das I'M the various churches. Three
masses were said iu ST. Mays Church. In this
church the night Of December 81 there VIII be
said special Iua-- 90 welcome Iu tle new Vcar
and the new century. This is the first time that
such q thing has been c-a-5-.--- s.. -tSz cS,T eSd
is dome hy order 90. the Pope.
Rev. j. r. ThacLfr uiH r0 Igh bis farewell ser-
mon az The Second Preshyteriau Church next
sunday lie goes 90 Nortois-
Funeral services over Ibe mains of George T.
Curtis VIII be- conducted from bis ltc residence,
ia Franklin street. tomorrow afternoon at
O'clock.
Christmas D9y has been 1H exceptionally quiet
ono, and but i.v arrests were made by -he Fol-ce-
Most &C these were dUaEs wao were simply
locked Up tor sa. Lt,s ms and released when they
We're sober tru--r is Gaze for tatm7t YES 80 10
o'clock most g., t.c rslsanS had closed and hlnS
Street vas as aeist IS midnight.
The times., 1899-12-26

The Navy Department officials and
Others who have been invited to witness
the Official test of the submarine torpedo
hoal Holland, over q measured oHe-mHs
course Of Fort Washington tomorrow VIII
be conveyed 20 the scane of the trial il
tie steam yacht Josephine. This yacht
towe5 the Holland from New York to this
city and VII remain here 20 assist her to
her Dexl destination
Several hours viii be required IN which
20 subject the submarine boat 20 the Sc
we're test that It Is the intention OF the
Government officials 10 give her.
The Holland viii be put through her
various PAGES both above and below the
surface. and her inventor viii demonstrate
the ease and celerIty with which she can
be changed from a surface tc a submarine
bos1. and vice versa When above water
she is propelled by power obtained from
8 gasoline engine, but when submerged
electricity Is used, and an effort viii be-
made % show that the change from one
10 me other can be made in four seconds.
Note viii be made Of the time required
fer the Holland TO become completely sub
merged Whe nunder way or the surface,
Gs wei as that consumed IN covering the
mile course under her Two different means
Of propulsion. Bon the diving apparatus
and that connected with the use Of toy
pedoes and the aerial gun. viii be carefully
tested under various conditions. and IN
fact every part OF the boats equipment
viii be closely examined
The Holland carries an 1s-luch White
head torpedo tube and ar S-inch and au
1E-inch aerial gun. Examples viii be given
OF the facilities Tor the service o. these,
ard OF the time required TO prepare them
Tor instant use. The engineer Of the HoI-
land wiz be required 70 use the storage
batteries with which sle Is provided ln
case Of accident 10 her dynamOs, and "a
give examples Of her turning radius and
other rudder power. both with the yerti-
csl and with the horizontal rudders.
Besides the usual requirements demand
ed under circumstance OF this nature. q
list has been made of featz which the
boat viii be required 10 perform, and
which Will demonstrate beyond The
possibility OF Z doubt whether or not she
is available for The use for which she IS
intended. Naval experts IN all parts OF tho
world are watching with great Interest the
test of this product OF American ingeuu-
fly for st is said that upon It's success
or failure largely depends the construction
O. he war vessels OF the future.
Effective and pleasant combined the most IN
teLtrent yet Eimpiest cough remedy. Deans
meltlolated drops- Five cents
The times., 1899-12-26
RowE's BODY TAKEN HOME.
1t VIII BE Inferred Today at Con.
gFessiODnl Cemetery.

The body of Thomas r. Rowe, who was
drowned in the James Creek Canal Satur-
day night, just below the NJ Street bridge
was yesterday removed from the morgue at
the solicitation Of his wife, to his late
home. and will be inferred today at the
Congressional Cemetery
1t is said that Rowe while under the
influence OF liquor, fell into the canal and
although his cries for help were heard by
several persons. they were unable to reach
him. it is stated, in time to render assist
ance
The deceased resided at 1924 South Capt.
tol Street. Rowe at the time. Of his death
conducted a grocery store at the corner Of
Second and Streets southwest
The times., 1899-12-26
CUT IN A STREET FIGHT.
Edward EdeIin Taken to Il Hospital
for Treatment.

Edward Edeiin Taken to ii Hospital
for Treatment.
In a fight in Linden Street northeast
last night, Edward Edelin, colored, was Sc
verely gashed with knife, said to have
been used by Silas Brooks The wounded
man was removed to the Homeopathic Hos
pital in a patrol wagon Brooks escaped
after the trouble, and had not been cap
tured at a late hour.
The trouble took place about o'clock,
when Edelin was on his way home He
met Brooks near the corner Of Twelfth and
Linden Streets northeast and quarrel at
once resulted, it is said, between the men.
After short controversy, Brooks, 1t is
alleged, used a knife on Edelin with Sc
rious effect, cutting him about the face and
arms. Before the police arrived Brooks
disappeared Later a patrol wagon was
called for the wounded man.
The times., 1899-12-26
David CIonton InJured.

David Clopton, living at 7Os Nineteenth Street
northwest, sustained severe bruises yesterday after
noon when he fell from Of the Capital Trac
tion Company at the corner Of Fifteenth Street
and New York Avenue northwest. He con-
vcyed to the Emergency Hospital in the ambu
lance. Later after his wounds had been dressed
he WIS talcn 10 hi. home.
The times., 1899-12-26
Hot Ashes Cause n Fire.

A FIRE in shed in the rear OF III 5 Street
northwest yesterday afternoon resulted IN damage
estimated at SEQ before The flames were eN-
tingushed by the department An alarm from
box 2G2 was sonndat shortly after o'clock. The
building. which is insured. is the property OF
Mrs. Mary BrandeHbmg. The blaze originated
from hot ashes placed in a barrel in the shed.
The times., 1899-12-26
RESULT OF AN OLD QUARREL.
james MenneI Dangerously Cut h
Hugh Watson.

Hugh watson.
Hugh Watson, State Department c.erk.
Is detained at the First precinct station.
charged with assault and battery upon
James Mennel, bricldayer Mennel is at
the Emergency Hospital suffering from Sc
we're cuts about the face and neck.
Both men live at 934 E Street northwest.
They We're at home most Of yesterday. and
finally met in the hallway of the house.
Immediately an old feud, said to have re-
suited from political quarrel many years
ago, was recalled, and the men adjourned
to the sidewalk in front of the residence 10
settle their differences.
There, it is alleged Watson drew a knife
and cut Menpel several times across the
face and neck. Shortly afterward Ser
geant Moore reached the scene in response
to cries from bystanders, and arrested
Watson.
The ambulance took the wounded man to
the hospital, where his condit tion was re-
ported as serious at late hour last night.
The times., 1899-12-26
James DnxeII Reported Missing.

James DazeIl, siXty-two years old is reported
missing from his home. 23Il Pennsylvania Avenue
northwest He left the house Sunday afternoon
and has not been seen by his friends since. Last
night application was made to the police TO learn
the whereabouts of the missing man. His re-
latives are apprehensve lest he may have met
with f0ul I
The times., 1899-12-26
Chnrged MIth A..anIt and nattery.

John Allen is a prisoner at the Third precinr-
station, charged with assault and battery by his
wife Lillian Allen. lie was arrested yesterday
afternoon, and will be araigned in the Police
Court today. The charge resulted from a dis
agreement between the couple, and it is alleged
that Allen struck his wife. Before any serious
injuries were inflicted the police OF the Third
precinct appeared and took the man to the sta
tOu.
The times., 1899-12-26
FuneraI Of Joseph I. Nianning.

The funeral services OF Joseph L. Manning who
died Sunday, viii be held this morning at 81.
Aloysius Church, where a solemn requiem mass
will be said. Mr.. Manning was thirty years old,
and a member Of Company d. Fourth Immunes.
lie died at the home Of his sister, Mrs. James
A. FOgarty, Of 100 Fifth Street northeast. He
paign and honorably discharged at Camp
Meade
The times., 1899-12-26
Chnrred Mith Petit Lnrcenr.

Emma johnson. a servant, formerly employed
at the home Of Mr.. Charles stein. was arrested
last night by Policeman Brown, OF the Eighth pre-
oinct station, charged with petit larceny. She is
alleged 10 have stolen several small articles from
a cupboard at the house The case Will be heard
in the Police Court today.
The times., 1899-12-26
Eel Ernn q Cnr-

Mary Thomas, colored, sixteen years Of age, fell
from a car Of the Metropolitan Railway at the
corner of Ninth and + Streets northwest yester-
about the head and limbs. She refused police as.
sistsnce and later was removed to her home,
go Fourtn Street slnlheast by fricnds.
The times., 1899-12-26

Columbia Theatre Blanche Bates in Naughty
Anthony" evening.
National Theatre-sir Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry in "RcbespieUe;" evening.
Lafayette Square Opera House-Robert Mlntel
in The Dagger and the Cross evening.
Grand Opera House Vaudeville; afternoon and
evening.
Academy Of Slusic-Rose Melville in ISIS Hop
kns;" evening.
Rernans Iyceum-Al Reeves Double Com
pany; afternoon and evening
Convention Hal--Jefiries Sharkey Fight pic
lures; afternoon and evening
The times., 1899-12-26
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
A studio Robbed.

J. F. Maddox, living at 927 F Street northwest.
reported 10 the police last night that thief
had entered his studio and stolen pocketbook
containing SO in money and several valuable
papers No clew had been discovered last night
10 the identify Of the thief
The times., 1899-12-26
STREET LIGHTING

High tide.................I:47 An and $50 2. NJ.
Low tide.......-.-........s:45 A. M and g-35 Pm
The times., 1899-12-26

Sun Tose,.....7.Is AN sun SETS ...... 4 .ij PM
Moon rises....l:I3 An. Moon sets................
The times., 1899-12-26
UncIe Sam Don't Wear

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ing and consultation rooms On the same hodr-
Catalogue free The RURICk AIR CUSHION
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iyl3tf
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4 Victim.

(From the Yonkcrs Ststesmen)
She J understand you were stuck Oh that new
book o. mineg
Bu Yes; ] bought enc.
The times., 1899-12-26
TESTS FOR THE HOLLAND
What the Submarine Boat VIII Be
Expected TO Accomplish.

PInns for the Trial Before the Navy
Department Officials over n Mile
Course Near Fort Washington
The Vessels AdaBtHbiIity 10 Ac-
GuuI service 10 BE Determined.
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rnnAYS ANrl-sENlENrs

Lamps lit today. PM
Lamps our tomorrow. w................-...0.ZG An
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40 81 ~ 100.

Lowest tcuperttire 10 p. m................ "a
Highest ,erupcrdture, m..........-.-.-.-.. 81
The times., 1899-12-26
Ci)t - CinlRs
TUESDAY, DECEMBER %. lsoo.
The Weather Indications.
TEMPERATURE.

Fair; continued cold Tuesday and Wednesday;
fresh west 10 north winds.
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New ................2 .2d Full ....--....-..--.Ifth
First quarter........ 9th Last quarter. 18th
The times., 1899-12-26

Diamond Beer is a model Of
purity and delicious flavor. Brew
ed by the National Capital Brew
ing Co. All frSt-class saloons
serve Diamond
The times., 1899-12-26

Effective and pleasant combined, the most in
neu-hoiated drops Five cents.
The times., 1899-12-26
TIDE TABLE

PHAsEs OF TIE MooN ron BEcElBER.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30

A deed vas recorded at Media covering
the transfer Of the property of the Berwyn
Water Company to the North Springfield
Water Company.
George Horn. of Emaus, made an attempt
to end his life by swallowing q dose OF pois-
on. A physician administered an emetic and
saved his life
James Horgan, an Irish laborer, made two
desperate but unsuccessful attempts to end
his life, at Cornwall Station by throwing
himself on the railroad in front of passen-
ger train.
Jesse Clifford, OF Johnstown, has been lost
In the fastness OF the Laurel Hill Mountains,
above Laughinstown, and n searching party
Is endeavorlng TO find traces OF him.
The finishing department of the L. J. Rich
ards Manufacturing Company, of Blooms
burg, caught fire and was totally destroyed.
together with contents. The loss will amount
to about $1,000, partially covered by insur-
ance.
Judge Durham, at Towanda, sentenced
Samuel Heeman to term OF Ave years in
the Eastern PenitentiRry, and to pay fine
Of $500, for killing Jacob Capwell, on May
20 last. Heeman was convicted OF voluntary
manslaughter.
The Board OF Health Is taking measures
to prevent the spread of scarlet fever which
threatens to become epidemic In Altoona.
The East End and Pottsgrove schools, In
suburbs, have been closed on account OF the
disease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
Saved from Death.

An English traveller once met COM
panion sitting in a state of the most
woeful despair. and apparently near
tho last agonies, by the side OF one OF
the mountain lakes OF Switzerland. He
incurred the cause OF his sufferings.
"Oh," said the latter, II was very hot
and thirsty, and took large draught
of the clear water of the lake, and then
Eat down on this stone to consult my
guide book To my astonishment |
found that the water of this lake Is
very poisonous oh, am gone man
i feel it running all over me. have
only few minutes to live! Remem-
her me to -" LET me see the
guide book" said his friend. Turning
to the pass-ge he found. "L'eau du lac
est bien poissoneuse"-"the water OF
this lake abounds In fish," rs that
the meaning of it?" Certainly" The
dying man looked up with radiant
countenance. what would have be-
come of YOU" said his friend. "lf had
not met your" II should have died Of
imperfect knowledge of the French
language. ge."-Argonaut
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
A DAWSON BILL OF FARE
Oyster Soup Sc, and sirloin Steak u!
Are Samples of Prices.

Are Samples of Prices.
The Regina is two-story 20-room
log hotel and is one OF the leading
houses of Dawson and is something
over year old. In noting the prices
of this bill of fare. 1t may be explained
that five oysters are given for 81 and
that two small Goldfish cakes for S1.50;
a $3.50 porterhouse steak is about the
size of the palm of the hand and half
an inch thick; $3.50 mutton chop is
about the size of a Hoffman house
chop at one-third the price; two
boiled eggs without trimmings go for
50, and they are brought in in salt and
have no age limit; coffee at 20 cents is
black and cream condensed milk
costs 25 cents more; nothing goes free
with an order of any kind, not even
bread and butter, which is so cents
extra; all cream is of the condensed
milk variety and all vegetables and
fruit are from cans; lettuce is the
only home-produced article in the bill
and its price is 81 and not much OF it
for the money; the omelets are made
from "granulated" eggs; table linen
very good; napkins, but no finger
bowls; chairs, ordinary wooden bot
toms; walters, white men; dining
room will accommodate from SO to 60
people, and is usually full; no wine
list is on the bill, but beer is plentiful
at $1.25 a pint. Rooms are from 81
day upward. The owner Is live west.
ern Yankee. His name Is Smith and
he is not in Dawson for his health,
altogether.-NewY York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
A MEXICAN BEAN CLOCK.
Exceptionally Clever Fraud Perpetrated
by an Ingenious Joweler.

Dy an ingenious JoWotoEs
A few years ago public curiosity
was excited by the curious beans
called the devil beans Of Mexico"
which shopkeepers placed in their
windows. They somewhat resembled
roasted coffee beans In shape and
color They we're also known as the
jumping beans" owing to the fact
that from time to time they made
spasmodic movements which propelled
them quite little distance. The
beans grew on a small bush in the
Mexican mountains. and 1t Is con-
iectured that they belonged to the or
der euphorbiaceae. The bean really
consisted of three similar pods which
formed single bean 1t is usually
third OF the bean which was exhibited
as a curiosity. On opening the pod 1t
was found that 1t contained sman
larva, something like that frequently
found in chestnuts. 1t Is this little
occupant which gives motion to the
bean by its jerks and thumps against
the side of It's home. IL the bean Is
slightly warmed 1t begins to turn
AlOnl olQ6 W Slutt anu Win .
sudden thump turns completely over
and stands on one end, and then by
successive jumps moves quite a dis
tance. Those who are not in the Sc
cret are often greatly puzzled by this
strange bean. An enterprising jew
eler devised a scheme of utilizing
them to make a magic clock. He ac-
complished this by initiating the shape
of two OF the beans, making the
dummy beans out of soft iron. One
he gilded and the other he silvered.
The prepared iron beans we're placed
with the ordinary jumping beans on a
thin white piece OF pasteboard, out
lined and numbered like the dial OF q
clock, but devoid of hands. The
dial was located over the works of a
| large clock, which was placed face
upward on the floor OF the store win
dow. He fastened small magnets to
the ends of the hands. The works
were Of course carefully hidden from
] view. All that was in evidence was
the cardboard clock dial and the
| jumping beans, among which were the
| gold and silver painted Iron beans.
| These were placed on the cardboard
over the concealed hands with the
magnets attached. The magnets were
moved by the hands of the clock 80
| that they were almost in contact with
the cardboard. AS they moved around
they carried the iron beans with them
thus telling the time Of day. and the
public was greatly interested by the
intelligence shown by the two beans.
which distinguished them from their
lively ssociates.-Scientifc Ameri-
can
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
Sort of Up-to-Date nIazeppa.

A boy named Veasy, having escaped
from the workhouse at Hinckley,
Leicestershire. England. the porter was
ordered to proceed to Stanton, neigh
boring village, and bring him back
The porter went to Stanford on a BIZ
cycle, and. finding the lad. tied both
his arms win rope, and, attaching
the end of 1t to his bicycle, dragged
him back to Hinckley, the man riding
at good speed. The affair has created
a great sensation in the district, and at
the recent meeting of the Hinckley
guardians the board expressed their
strong condemnation of the porter's
conduct. One member of the board
said the boy was exhausted by the
treatment meted out to him. At the
meeting the porter's resignation was
rendered and accepted, the mans ex-
planation for resigning being that he
did not care for the treatment he re-
ceived from the vagrants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
TRAGEDIES OF HUNTING. :
Don't Shoot Until You Know What You
Are Shooting At.

The deer hunting season in the
Adirondacks opened Aug. /. Four days
later followed tragedy. Two broth
ers were camping on the eighth lake
of the Fulton chain. For the younger,
youth OF II years, 1t was the first
season OF camp life, and, like all
youngsters in the woods in their ini-
tial experience, he was aglow with ar
dor to get his first deer. About sun
down this younger brother left camp
alone and shortly after was followed
by the other. When the elder OF the
two came to the Durant road he saw
movement of the brush, such as Is
caused by deer. On the instant he
raised his rifle, took quick aim at the
moving brush, fired, then rushed in to
see what he had shot, and found his
brother, who had been killed instantan-
eously by shot through the breast. A
human life cut short in the flower OF
youth. Another life clouded by the
anguish OF the hour and by lifelong
regret and self-reproach. home des-
olated And all as the fruit OF one
foolish movement with deadly weap-
on in the woods. If we did not read
the stories OF such accidents year after
year, and from time to time meet the
bereaved fathers and mothers, and
wives and children OF the victims, 1t
would be impossible to conceive that
grown men could be found to bring
this woe upon themselves and upon
their fellows. And yet season after
season the record grows. Now It is a
farmer who shoots neighbor by mis-
take for ground hog; now a Maine
moose hunter who kills his guide for
big game, and now the Adirondack
camper who does to death his brother
for deer, Before the season shall be
over and the rifles put away we shall
hear probably OF score of such trage-
dies. And It is all so cruelty heart
rending because so unnecessary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
KEYSTONE STATE.
LATEST NEWS CLEANED FROM vARI-
Gus PARTS.
WILLIAMSP0RT TRAGEDY.
Murdered Mother and Children The step
father Disappears Bodies Under straw
stack Company stores VIII he Discon-
tinued by the Lehigh Valley Coai
Company.

The murder OF woman and her three
children was revealed on farm near Mont
gomery Borough, Lycoming county. The
bodies OF two children we're first found hid
den beneath n straw stack. Thereupon
warrant was issued for the arrest OF Abram
Hummel n stepfather Of the murdered chill
dren, who Is missing. Three weeks ago
Hummel married Mrs. Ieagle, n widow, who
had three children. A few days later the
neighbors noticed that the eldest two chill
dren were missing, and on Tuesday the
Hummel premises were deserted. A party
OF neighbors made search They found
blood-smeared piece Of burlap near the barn.
Disarranged straw attracted their attention
to the stack, and under this the bodies of the
two children with their heads crushed we're
found. The bodies look as though the chill
dren had been dead for two weeks. A tele-
gram to District Attorney o. G.. Kaupp states
that the bodies OF Mrs. Hummel and her
other child were found in an outbuildng.
The dead we're horribly mutilated, the muir.
derer evidently having used a club in carry
ing out his nendish crime. Montgomery
and vicinity was In state of utmost excite
ment as II result of the CHASTITY discoveries.
1t Is believed that Hummel has made good
his escape. No motive for the quadruple
murder has yet been found. The crime Is
without parallel in the history of Lycom-
ing county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
like Finding Money.

The use OF the Endless Chain Starch
Book in the purchase of "Red Cross" and
'Hublnger's Best" starch. makes It just
like finding money. Why, for only DC you
are enabled to get one large 10c package
OF Red Cross" starch, one large lOc pack
age OF "Hubinger's Best" starch, with the
premiums, two Shakespeare panels, print
ed In twelve beautiful colors, or one Twen-
tieth Century Girl Calendar, embossed in
gold. Ask your grocer for this starch and
obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
From Across the Continent.

81 received the Tetterine couple of
days ago. The few applications I've
made convince me that / have at last
found in this fine remedy cure for
Eczema. 1 can sell few boxes to my
friends. What discount on one dozen?
Let me know at once. r. G. Bingley,
TOT Market street, San Francisco,
Cal" AT druggists or by mail for 50
cents by j. Il. Shuptrine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-30
No Moro Comnnnx Stores.

On December !, it was announced, the
Lehigh Valley Coal Company will cut loose
from the company store business in the
Lehigh region. In this district there are
three stores whore the employees of the
Lehigh Valley had their orders honored,
Jeanesville, Yorktown and Hazleton. or
course these stores will continue to solicit
the miners trade, but oG different basis.
The bills will not be deducted from the Le'
high Valley pay roll, and the employees Of
the company will be FREQ to deal where they
like. 1t is said that the company will also
adopt the same policy in the Schuylkill and
Northumberland districts.