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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The boiler Of a Danube steamer eX.
ploded and the captain and twelve mer
pershed.
President Kruger is said to be still
at Nelsprut, though nothing reliable
about him is known.
Mail advlces from Australia tell of a
series of brutal murders committed by
band of blacks in the country dis
tricts of New South Wales, women be-
ing the principal victims.
The missing members of the crew OF
the wrecked steamer Indra were found
on the Arabian coast.
BY q compromise in the Delagoa Bay
Railroad case American claimants will
receive half u million dollars
Four men were killed and eighteen
injured by the explosion of a gun in
the Austrian military maneuvers.
Major Marchand started from Franco
for China to represent the French Gov
ernment on any international commits
sion.
The Portuguese are reinforcing heav-
lily their troops on the border in an
tlcipation of a rush from the Trans
vaal.
News from the Duke OF Abuzzi's YES
sci, Stella Polare, says the expedition
reached a point farther north than
Nnnsen went.
General Buffers forces captured Ly-
denburg, the Beers strongest position
since leaving Pretoria. The Beers arc
holding position on the hills south of
johannesburg, General De Wet having
Joined Teron in that neighborhood.
1t is reported that under the secret
agreement between Great Britain and
Portugal, now that the British have an
neXed the Transvaal, the Portuguese
Government may refuse Kruger asylum
and cut off supplies passing through
Portuguese territory to the Beers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
nrArn noLLs rY clr1rs.
Many Lives Lost In Thirty Texas Com
munities Heard From.

Houston, Texas (SpeciaD Follow
ing are the cities, towns and villages
in Texas ravaged by the tornado, with
statement of the number killed, ac-
cording to the latest reports:
Galveston, 1900 houses and other
buildings destroyed 2600 dead.
Houston, dead, 20 injured; $500,00C
damage.
Dickinson, 45 buildings wrecked, 27
dead.
Texas City, rs buildings destroyed,
81 dead.
Chenango Junction, 16 dead, many
missing.
Brookshire, 9 dead, 80 injured.
Tenbroke. IL dead. II missing.
Smithville, 20 dead.
Alvin, wiped out; 26 bodies found,
many missing
Rockport, reported destroyed; IL
dead.
Alta Iona, destroyed: 15 dead.
Pearl, partly destroyed; 16 dead.
Brazora, 6 dead.
Virginia Point, partly destroyed; 22C
dead.
Bolivar. reported destroyed; 10 dead
Hampstead, dead.
Corpus Christi
Seabroke, 25 known dead, Others
missing.
La Porte, greatly damaged; 16 dead
Morgan's Point, IL dead, many miss
ing.
Hitchcock, reported destroyed; 80
dead.
Oceanland swept away; dead.
Mustang Island, submerged; three
resort hotels destroyed; II dead.
Eagle Lake, $3.50, 900 damage; dead
Rosenberg, dead; $4,000 damage
Fulshear, Z dead
Richmond, dead; churches and
court house destroyed.
Beasley, dead.
Letitla, great damage: woman dead.
Chapel HILL partly destroyed; IA
dead.
BRENNAN, 16 houses destroyed; G
dead.
East Bernard, ~ houses destroyed;
Is dead
Angleton, many houses wrecked, 4
killed, Is injured.
Sabine Pass, 3 dead; $4,000 damage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Two Hundred Descrtions.

Washington (SpeciaD D.-Since they
were placed in commission, several
months ago, 200 enlisted men are said
to have deserted from the battleships
Kearsarge and Kentucky.
This unusual proportion of deser.
tions has aroused considerable com
ment in vaval circles, but it is ascribed
by officials to the fact hat the vessels
are new and that the glamour which
war always throws about the naval
service has disappeared. The encour-
aging feature about the matter is the
fact that of the number of deserters
only two were men who had been en-
listed as landsmen and trained under
the system adopted upon recommen.
dation OF Rear-Admiral Crowninshield
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The
department is said TO be obtining sat.
isfactory results from the system, and
1t Is said the men, who are educated
as men warsmen, do excellent work
1t is proposed to continue the system
and the department is making strong
efforts to enlist landsmen, so as L.
bring the enlisted strength up to the
limit fixed by law
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
NEWSY CLEANING
The Labrador cod fishery
a virtual failure.

The Labrador cod fishery
a virtual failure.
The Beers are losing ma
from cold and lack of 1909
American competition in
has hurt the German iron
An electric system is belH|
to run the elevator IN 'nVI
ton Monument.
A new military posi- III I
been called after COlonel ny
was killed at Tien-Tsln'
Australians are mlgrauHl
numbers to South Africa I
of the drouth in Western
Barracks for Immigrant, n
pacity for the accolnllioccS,,I c,,,|
persons, will he built ID gay
Italy hasprotesteda aga'ns' ,o, l
new meat law, on the sIU1
contravenes the Italo'GerlD'G
cial treaty.
Belglans have made illa" ~
against the opening py ~
tary authorities OF le''e''
South Africa. i
TO lessen the number o.
ln his parish, Il CalIOnS, ,SoI
of st. Louis announced I1al Ssl
marry couples without 'Dll
A new volcano, which IL
diet will soon disappear
out thirty miles soulne'w nd
Coling Volcano, in NJ" 81 al.
From April ! TO August siOI y
enlisted in the Unlleo a",,' v
more than double the nu ]
in that time in preNlOa
The Press Club, OI has m
ing a fund for the puItn%l
yer service to be presg,niA p,iu N
United States battlesnp
Tests of an automobile Glalte
collecting purposes r' lilu,'SY Yor|
routes travelled In New em,nuta
wagon saved fifteen l'''Dp ,'nl
Jonathan Thompson, s,ss
Gently in Woburn' MsS' sn,S Id
large amount of proper ,., mid
tlon Of a public library O''|
town.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
NATIVES AGAINST NATIVES.



turning Volunteers.
Manila (By Cable. AS the time sp-
proaches for the volunteers to leave
these islands and return to the United
States in order that all may be mus
tered out there by June 30 of next year.
the question of how to replace the de-
parting troops has brought the propo-
sal of an armed native militia to gem
eral notice.
For more than year there has been
in the service of the United States a
detachment of native Macabebee scouts
and their work in the main has been
used with as good result as the Mac
satisfactory. 1t is argued that other
native fighting organizations can be
abebees, especially II the authorities
take advantage of existing tribal jeal-
ousies in selecting native soldiery to
operate against the Tagolos. In many
of the village garrisOns throughout the
islands native inhabitants are being
employed as local police force. These
local police are in some cases given
firearms and uniforms and they have
at times done effective work in the
limited field of action allowed them
the protection of their own homes
They have also been used in operations
against Aguinaldo's soldiers, both in
Luzon and in the southern islands
In December of last year about 600
IlOcanos went to Colonel Kennon, at
Cabanatuan, and asked to enlist under
the American flag. Colonel Kennon
was granted permission to enlist so
IlOcanos as scouts. These men have
been employed as oad-builders, ra-
tlon-carrierS and guides.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
EIGHTY-FIvE DEAD.
Another Storm Horror Reported From
TeNnR.

Texas.
New Orleans, La. Especially The
States received II telegram from
Hon. John II. Poe, member OF the State
Board of Education, and residing at
Lake Charles stating that 85 lives
were lost on the Gulf and Interstate
train which left Beaumont early Satur-
day morning from Bolivar Point after
having made connections with the
Southern Pacific train which left this
city Friday night.
Mr. Poe was one of the passengers
on this train, and together with a few
others he sought safety in the light
house ut Bolivar Pcint and was saved.
The train reached Bolivar about noon
and all preparations were made to run
the train on the ferryboat preparatory
to crossing the bay. But the wind
blew so swiftly that the ferry could not
make a landing and the conductor Of
the train, after allowing 1t to stand on
the track for few minutes, started to
back it back toward Beaumont.
The wind increased so rapidly, com
ing in from the open sea, that soon the
water had reached level with the
bottom of the seats within the cars.
1t was then that some of the passen-
gers sought safety in the nearby light
house. But, as Mr.. Poe states in his
telegram, in spite Of all efforts S5 pas
sengers were blown away or drowned.
The train was entirely wrecked. Doubt
less some of the killed were from New
Orleans, as the train made direct con-
nections with the Southern Pacific
train which left here Friday night, and
there was large number Of New Or
leans passengers aboard, and it Is
known that at least some of these We're
bound for Galveston.
Those who were saved had to spend
over fifty hours in the dismal light
hOuSn nn nlmnct M rationg
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Helena, Mont. (SpeciaD willis How
ard and Frank Forest were rival ad-
mirers of Flora Zinn. Howard accom-
panied her to church on Sunday night,
Shortly after the couple left the church
they were met by Forest. who drew a
revolver and Instantly killed Howard,
The girl fed, but was pursued by For
est, who shot her twice, once through
the body and once near the heart. She
Will probably die. Forest then turned
the weapon upon himself and inflicted
a fatal wound.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Cohasset, Mass. Especially The ex-
cursion steamer John Endlcott, on the
Boston and Plymouth Line, struck a
sunken rock just east Of Minot's Light
and tore a hole in her side, so that she
was obliged to run full steam for the
shore off North Scituate. where she
foundered.
There We're on board GOO passengers
at the lime of the accident. BY the
hasty use of lifeboats every person
aboard was saved. Help came from
the Cohasset and North Scituate life
saving stations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Southampton, l.. /. (SpeciaD Hon.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War, is re-
covering from an operation for the
removal of carbunclc on his breast
which he underwent at his cottage
here.
The operation was intensely painful
The carbuncle was deeply lmbedded
and the surrounding tissues were badly
inhamed, However, the operation was
pronounced entirely successful Mr..
Root has been advised TO remain quiet
for several days, and ii is probable
that he will remain in his cottage sew
eral weeks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Wnnted ON EorgnrY chl

Preston Gackenbach. whc
a well-to-do family of Bet
wanted in Pottsyille on a
forgery. Gackenbach inter
into business, having come
weeks ago. II is charged h
proprietor of the local hotel
$25, forging, it is alleged, Il
his friend, John Bowman.
were sworn out before Aide
Nickol.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Threw His Child from window.

Boyertown, Pa, (SpeciaD Henry
Bauer, of Barto, made murderous
assault on his wife Sunday, and, after
he had choked her into insensibility
kicked her brutally. One of the chill
dren who interfered was thrown out
OF a window by Bauer and severely in
jured. He then locked himself in q
cellar and defied anyone to touch him
When Constable ReltnOuer tried to ar.
rest him he crawled through a cellar
window and attempted to escape by
wading a creek, The officer jumped
in after him, and, after a despere.a
struggle overpowared him
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Gift to Washington and Lee.

Parkersburg, w. Va. (SpeciaD. Mrs.
Virginia B. Hamilton has given an en-
dowment fund Of $4,000 to Washing
ton and Lee University as memorial
of her late son, John II. Hamilton, SUI
perintendent of the Ohio River Rail-
road, who was killed in the terrible
Fourth of July explosion, and who was
an alumnus Of that institution. 1t will
be known as the John Henry Hamilton
scholarship.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Albert Jenkins, aged IS,
driving was teased by some
who wanted to steal a
jumped from the wagon and
the boys stubbed his toe and
lily on the sidewalk. He m
tempt to get up, but sank a
ground, and when assistant
him he was dead. A blood
the heart was ruptured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Mrs. w. H. Boyce, Of ;
Street, Pittsburg, died from
of diluted carbolic acid.
drank September I with the
1t is said, of soaring her hus
1t is not known whether !
ed to commit suicide, but il
that she merely wished b
him. She placed a small
the acid in water.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
RELIEF FUND REACHES 81, 900, ooo
Texas Governor Has Almost That
Amount In Hand.

Houston, Texas (SpeciaD The fund
for the relief of the Galveston suffer-
ers now aggregates nearly $l,000.000.
Most of this amount is in the hands OF
Governor Sayers, who will direct the
work of expending it for food, supplies
and other relief measures.
The Governor will not give out for
publication an itemzed list of the con-
tributions for several days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
REICHMANN'> K4QLEsT.
Attaches Dispatch May Moan that Boer

Attaches Dispatch May Mean that Boer
Resistance Hrs Entirely Collapsed.
Washington (SpeciaD The follow
ing dispatch has been received by the
War Department from the United
States Army officer who accompanied
the Beers in their campaigns as mill
tary observer:
Lorenzo Marquez--Events have re-
quired the departure of the attaches
from the Transvaal. Request instruc-
tions. REICHMANN.
This message is interpreted at the
Department to mean the complete col
lapse of the Boer resistance 10 Eng
land
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Mrs. Teresa Seibel, one Of
German residents in Mere
was killed by a PennsylvanI
passenger train. She was Z
and leaves a family, Mrs,
premonition that she woull
out her children said this W
)erstitiOn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Trngedy in pnnyiIIo.

Danville, Va, (SpeciaD AN affray
occurred in Harveys grocery store, on
upper Union street in which Troy
Conroy, mill operative, was shot and
killed by Henry Womble, a clerk in the
store. 1t Is said a woman was the
cause OF the tragedy, and Womble's
friends claim he acted in self-defense
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Citizen to Sue RAILWAY c

AS a result of the trolley
Argyll, Richard Jackson, Sr
an injunction issued againsI
Belt Electric Railroad Comp
son claims the company
racks on his property witho
sion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
A Child Burned to Dea

While playing with ma
,lothing of Dorothy Geyer
Run, caught fire and she "
70 death. In his efforts 70
.hild's life a man named W
badly burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Sailor Met Horribl.n.

Jacob A. Herr, the ash,
the pumping station at MI,i
the Pennsylvania Railroad
horribly mutilated body Of a
aong the tracks. The body
IN a sailors uniform and 4
the inscription U. s. s. Iowa
close by. On the mans rIrb
tattooed the initials E. R,
Jacket pocket were found II
Peter Kenny and L. II. Bra,
risburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
CyeIone AZ a stnto rnlr.

Bethlehem, Pa. Especially A small
cyclone swept over the grounds at the
Pennsylvania State Fair. tearing down
tents and booths and doing several
thousand dollars damage, but nobody
was injured,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Mr.. Tom Morris, 3.0d NV his
Scotch golfer h atta,"'r as usa
birthday, tar played a. a 'ooDa retsI
Andrews links tn Tn' .dyand
Notwithstanding DIS MS al Almost
hale and hearty aaS aSe links
joys his round Oh wv
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Brookshire, Tex. Especially .-Letitia
Is a wreck. The houses which stood
in the place, including a depot, have
been blown to the ground and the tim.
bers from some of them carried for
miles. Mrs. Sophia Schultz, formerly
Of Houston, was killed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Momhle Not Gnilly.

Danville, Va. Especial. 1.-The case OF
Henry Womble, who shot and killed
Troy Conoy, was brought before q
special grand jury, and no true
bill was returned. Womble was after.
ward tried in the Police Court and dis.
p1icca6
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
KEYSTONE ST
LATEST NEWS GLrAxYn -,
0us PARTS
F Nd S ENDANe

nor, "S Educators ,o
ports May Lose Appron,,O.'
German Woman Killed ~,'''I !,
Ir"in-Letters on Capofv0
the Rails ReadU.s.s.Ia.Ha HalI
A number of district. -.
OF losing their appronrio,i,e. are
the neglect either Of tbs ,a,lGnI u.l
or the county superintenSSvlnl SvnI
ward to Harrisburg tboI. bIue1
trict reports, afidavits ANA !
which the law reGuires r..u $ :,
boards to make ONT n, ,
each school year. Ut ua
Strange to say. the 0ro..
In this matter occnr. s'edIq
county. Only one annvo, 'll
port, that of Berrysburs
ceived from the smart. 8, na'
Dauphin county On tbIs s0
of the small districts in in'I nso sc9
ty have been paid. DduI
When reports are sent in !
districts, IL paid at op III
come near the last, the "" vsr,
made out in the order in wha
ports are received. WI
Ihese papers are mado j
boards OF directors and 50.
county superintendent o..
proval, to be forwarded bv W.
Department OF Pnbllc
Hence the department /.
termine whether the tonl, W ,I1.
board or the county superIntl
til the papers are received !.
explanations made.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

Montgomery, Ala. (SpeclaD. - Zed
Floyd, n negro, was taken from the
jail at Wetumpka and hanged. Floyd
attempted to assault a white woman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
Policeman Killed bv Thieves.

Lacrosse, Wis. (SpeciaD .-Patrolman
Perry Gates was shot dead by trio of
thieves as he was attempting to arrest
them for holding up man on the La
crosse road. The shots frightened the
horses of the patrol wagon, in which
Gates which was sitting, and they ran
away. The robbers then fired at the
driver and horses as they ran, but none
of the shots took effect.
Consul-General Goodnow reports the
deaths at Funchu and Talku of a num-
ber Of missionaries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
CUBAN ELECTIONS.
DELEGATES CHOSEN TO the COMING
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
NATIONALS WIN IN HAVANA

Not Only Did IL Elect the Five Delegate,
oftho Majority Representation, hut II
Also Captured One OF the Minority Rep.
resentatives, the Republican Party
Eiecting the Other Two.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
ROOSEVELT LETTER.
FORMALLY ACCEPTS vIcE-PREsI-
DENTAL NOMINATION.
INTERESTING DOCUMENT.

Clearly Outlines the Real Issues Between
the Parties-No Issue Can Ne Par =
mount TO the sound Money Question,
which vitality Affects the weIibeing Of
Every Home In the Land.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

resehtHtiVes, The Republican Party
Eiecting the other Two.
Havana Especial )--Elections wer,
held throughout Cuba Saturday TO,
delegates TO the constitutional conven
ton, which is TO meet In Havana No
vember s.
Late reurns show that the Natlona
party triumphed in Havana province
Not only did 1t elect the five delegates
OF the majority representation, but II
also captured one of the minority rep.
resentatives, the Republican party
electing the other two-Manuel San.
gully and Senior Berriel.
twenty-five towns in the province OF
Havana, including the city, with only
nine towns TO be heard from. show the
following results:
Lacret, Nationalist ..........12,76 ,76i
Rodriguez, Nationalist ....... .12, lot
Gener, Nationalist II 1884
Sanguily, Republican .......11,0 ,04;
NuneZ, Nationalist ............ 10, ,72t
Berriel, Republican ........ .10,0 ,02f
Tamayo, Nationalist ........... $685.
Zayas, Nationalist ............ 9,2SS
Returns from the other provinces
come in slowly. owing to the heavy
rains. In Pinar del Rio there seems tc
be- no doubt Of the election Of Gonzales
de Quesada, Rius Rivara and Civil
Governor DULLES. Nothing definite is
yet known here as to Santiago, because
OF the difficulty of getting returns from
the outlying country districts there
but II reported that Juan Gualberto
Gomez is elected.
In Puerto Principe Senores Cisneros
and Silva were the only candidates. sc
that their election Is assured. 1t lie
conceded that in Santa Clara the Fed.
erals will win. No definite news OF
the results In Matanzas has been re.
ceived here. From no part Of the
island is there any report of disturb.
ance.
The large vote polled by Senior Genei
in this province may be looked upon
apart from his individual popularity
as an Endorsement of Governor-G General
Woods recent appointment of him as
Secretary Of Justice. 1t is generally
remarked that the Republican and
Union Democratic electors bolted for
SenOr Gener.
The Nationalists, as concrete
whole, are anneXatlonists but 1t is
well known that they are moderate in
tone. More than one of the delegates
representing the majority in this pro-
vince are pro-American. Where their
personal feelings are concerned and ir-
respective Of politics they desire the
closest relations with the United States
The constitutional convention will
consist of 81 delegates.
Washington Especially D.-Gratlflcatlon
is expressed by Administration officials
that the elections in Cuba occurred
without disorder. This dispatch from
Governor-General Wood has been re-
ceived by the War Department.
Reports from all over the island
show the elections quiet and perfectly
orderly No disturbance anywhere"
The fact that the Cubans are able 10
use the ballot without disorder is re-
garded as good evidence of their ability
to govern themselves and may expe-
dte their independence. 1t is proposed
by the President Immediately after the
receipt of the completed constitution to
submit it to Congress, and that body
will determine whether it is advisable
to make any changes in the instru-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20

New York Especial Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt's letter accepting the Re-
publican nomination for Vice-President
is made public. II is in part as fol-
lows: