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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Georgetown, Ky. Especially We, the
jury find this defendant guilty and fix
his punishment at life Imprisonment.
This verdict was returned by the Il
men who were selected to try Henry
Il. Youtsey, formerly Governor Taylor's
stenographer, on the charge of being q
principal in the shooting of Gov. VIM
Goebel in front of the executive build
ing at Frankfort, January 80.
When the jury entered the court
room a few minutes after 8 O'Clock
Judge Cantrill asked
Gentlemen, have you made yer.
dict?"
Foreman r. IL. McCabe nodded his
head.
Pass up the papers to the clerk, .
said the Judge.
The sheriff passed them up and the
clerk read the following verdict:
I'VE, the jury, find the defendant
guilty and fix his punishment at con-
finement in the penitentiary for life. D
Gentlemen, is that your verdict?''
asked the judge.
1T is" was the reply.
Gentlemen, you are now finally dis.
charged, and you can call on the trus-
tees of the jury fund for your pay,
said Judge Cantrill.
The vote was unanimous that Yout-
sey was guilty. Then the degree of
punishment was taken up. On this
question the jury was somewhat divid-
ed, but finally agreed on the life SEN
tence.
Henry Youtsey is the third man to
he found guilty in connection with the
GOcbel shooting.
Caleb Powers, tried on the charge of
completely, was sentenced to life I'M
prlsonment, while James Howard, tried
on an indictment charging him with
being a principal in the shooting, was
sentenced to death.
During the early days of Youtsey's
trial the prisoner exhibited signs of
breaking down. While Arthur Goebel,
brother of the dead man, was on the
stand testifying, Youtsey rose in the
prisoners dock and denounced the wit
ness in wild ordinations, while Yout-
sey's wife screamed that Goebel had
sworn away the life of her husband.
Later the prisoner became uncon-
scious, and, according to attending
Physicians, has since practically been
inanimate. Each day his bed has been
carried to the door of the jury room,
where it stood in plain view of the
court its occupant apparently oblivious
to his surroundings.
Motions for continuance were over
ruled by Judge Cantrill, who declared
that he was powerless to stop the trial
unless the defendant be adjudged a lu-
natic. Youtsey showed considerable
improvement, however, and his physi-
clans stated that he had resumed TAX
ing nourishment in the regular man
ner, while his respiration was rapidly
becoming normal.
The defense filed a motion for an ar
rest of judgment and Judge Cantrill set
it for hearing on the second day of the
February term. Therefore, Youtsey
will not be sentenced until next year.
Youtsey was ordered removed to the
Frankfort jail.
1t is likely jury will be empaneled
as soon as practicable to inquire into
Youtsey's sanity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Serious Hunting Accident.

Richmond Va. Especially John
Stansbury a young man, son of j. e.
Stansbury, was badly shot while hunt
ing in Chesterfield county. Il. j. War
ren, his companion, and himself were
trying to flush some birds that flew
into a clump Of pines. Mr.. Warren
was in the act of pushing a limb aside
with the barrel OF his gun, when one
barrel went off, striking young Stans-
bury in the thigh at comparatively
short range. The wound is very Sc
we're, and was made more serious by
the great loss of blood before surgical
attention could be reached, but his re-
coYery Is expected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Enrthaunl.a shocI.s TeIt.

Seattle, Wash. (SpecIaD. D.-Advlces
received here by the Associated Press
from Kodiak, Alaska, tell OF series
Of earthquakes which were felt in that
place on October 8, The tremblings
began at 2.25 o'clock in the morning
and lasted at intervals, for six hours
Much damage was done to property
but only one life was lost, So far as
can be ascertained at present, n sailor
OF the bark Meronat Karluk, 80 miles
from Kodiak.
In all 27 distinct shocks were felt,
and the earth was in constant tremor
for six hours. The first shock was
most severe, lasting three minutes
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
FIELD OF LABOR.
sia has glass collins.

Russia has glass collins.
Krupp has 46,679 employees.
Belgium has 300 newspapers.
China has hot water peddlers.
Passaic dyers average $1.12 per day.
Kansas has potato field forty miles
long.
An electrical horsewhip gives the
animal a shock instead OF cut.
Galyeston's export trade amounts to
nearly $40,000,000 year.
There are 100000 men in Prussia
earning less than f21 per year
The average wages of planers and
sawyers at Buffalo is $3.50 per day.
The English tobacco trade employs
to-day 121 women to every 100 men.
Minneapolis, Mimi, boasts of dress
makers union with a large member
ship.
Carpenters Union, No. %, Of San
Francisco, Cal, has donated $500 to the
striking millmen.
Whale fishing is not extinct in the
United States, but it is gradually and
slowly becoming so.
The ers'International Union
Is making an effort to organize the
women in that craft.
Inc government OF norway mas ue-
cided TO introduce the eight-hour day
in all public institutions.
American coal arriving at KrOnstadt,
Russia, is quoted at $4.12 ton, and
experts declare that it is in no way
inferior TO Cardiff.
A Paris store has 1000 employees. The
smallest kettle in its kitchen contains
100 quarts and the largest 500. Each
of 80 roasting pans Is big enough for
300 outlets. Every dish for baking
potatoes holds 225 pounds. When ON
elets are on the bill of fare 1900 eggs
are used at once. For cooking alone
60 cooks and 100 assistants are always
ut the ranges.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
AN AssAssIN's VICTIM.



Petersburg, Va. (SpeciaD William
Westmoreland, aged 35 years, married
and residing on Mckenzie street in this
city, was assassinated between l and
2 o'clock a. m. at the Pocahontas Cot
ton Mills. at the foot OF Wyoming
street, in Battersea, suburb of Peters
burg, where he was employed as pri-
vate night watchman. About the hour
stated three pistol shots, fired in quick
succession, were heard by some of the
residents in the vicinity of the mills.
Mrs. Dolly Marks, who heard the shots,
rushed to the mills, where she found
Westmoreland lying on the ground in
front of the office of the mills, dying
from the wound which had been in
flicted by the assassin. Other neigh
bors, including Henry Wells, father
in-law of the murdered man, were also
soon at the scene of the murder. Only
one of the three shots fired by the as
sassin took effect. The ball first struck
Westmoreland in the fieshy part of the
left arm. then entered just over the
heart and lodged in the back. He was
never conscious after being shot and
died half an hour after receiving his
mortal wound. The ball was fired from
a 3S-calibre revolver By Westmore-
lands side was found his pistol, none
of the chambers of which were empty.
Westmoreland was required to make
rounds of the mills every hour, and his
watchman's time detecter showed that
he had made a round Of the mills at
o'clock. At the time he was shot he
was in the act of going into the office
which is few yards from the mills.
The fact that an ak, crowbar, coupling
pin and lot of kerosene oil was found
near where Westmoreland lay leads to
the belief that the object of the assas-
sin or assassins was first to murder
the watchman and then set fire to the
mills The murdered man had been
watchman at the Pocahontas Mills for
the past five years. He leaves a widow
and one child. A coroner's inquest was
held. The verdict of the jury was to the
effect that Westmoreland came to his
death from a pistol-shot wound infiict-
ed by some person unknown TO the
jury. Fully 500 people visited the scene
of the murder. Three white men hail
ing from North Carolina are being held
by the police on suspicion of being i'm
plicated in the murder
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Valparaiso, Chile (By Cable The
Chilian ministerial crisis has been
solved by the formation of new Cab
met, as follows:
Premier-Senor Elias Albano
Minister of Foreign Aaffirs-Senor
Manuel Salinas.
Minister of Justice-Senor Elilio Co.
decide.
Minister of Finance-Senor Ramon
Santelices.
Minister of War.-Senor Ricardo
Perez.
Minister of Industry-Senor Rafae
Orrego.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
ThirtY.three prowned.

Victoria, B. G. (Special) News Of n
mariae catastrophe as result Of
which SO persons, 10 of whom were
foreigners, We're drowned, has been
brought in by the vessel Empress Of
Japan. The Norwegian steamer Cal
landa, a new steamer of 1899 tons, was
making her third voyage from Port
Arthur with general cargo for Japa-
nese ports, ana when off Iowassima
she was run down by the steamer lee
Maru. She had 40 passengers and a
crew Of 25 foreign officers. The lee
Maru picked up the survivors and
hrnnght them 20 Nagasald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Seattle, Wash. (SpeciaD -Four, and
probably five persons, met death by
drowning in Golovin Bay, off the town
of Chenik, on September 26, as the re-
suit of the capsizlng of a llfeboat OF
the San Francisco steamer Albion.
Eighteen people entered the life
boat to ride from Chenik TO the AL
bion, which was a mile away The
boat was rugged with a sail. The wind
was strong Two hundred yards from
the Albion the lifeboat capsized The
AlbiOns crew went TO the rescue and
saved all but four or five.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Ioiiln1 IIimsnlftn N,n.ic.

Chicago (SpeciaD. D.-Within, a few
feet of his wife and in the same room
where she was sewing and singing.
John Pfeiffer hanged himself to O
hook in the door casing So quiet was
the man in his act and SO busy was
the woman with her work and her
song that she did not see him procure
the clothesllne and deliberately hang
himself. 1t was nearly half an hour
later before the woman arose to leave
the room and saw her husband hang
ing by the neck dead Pfeffer was out
of employment and had been despon-
dent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Sir Arthur sullivan sullivan! > in u Euro
wealthiest of musicians ,,.nl :" mai
The Mlkado of japan auarIog. Te and
tour of Europe IN thg grmrneror Fr'
he the guest Of EaIpy' ,1py,
Joseph Of Austria In MrI ntnor. is
pairing to abandon LoIh a"G he will
hereafter in Massacnp
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

York, Pa. Especially Reuben Ness,
proprietor Of the Ness Spoke Works,
this city, had a narrow escape from
death while out hunting in JunlaLa
county. While in Black Log Valley
he sat on a log, which turned, causing
his gun to explode. The whole load of
No. A shot struck his watch, which was
badly shattered A few shot entered
his body above the abdomen. His doc
tor thinks he will recover
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
nesnnndnnt Glrl,s Suicide.

Elizabeth Murray, aged 25 year
South Avenue, Allegheny comm
suicide by swallowing poison
Miss Murray, it is said, was eng
to be married, but the engageI
was recently broken.
Since then the girl frequently
clared that she had nothing to llV,
and that she would take her own
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Thought woman,s Hat a Rabbit

Denver, Col. (SpeciaD Arthur w.
Green was killed instantly near Den.
yer by C. w. Johnson, a hunter.
Green and his sweetheart Miss Kate
Mockridge, were in the foothills on a
photographing trip. He had donned
the woman's hat, gray felt, and she
was in the act of taking the comic pic
ture when Johnson came over the hill
lie mistook the moving gray object for
a jack-rab5lt and sent bullet through
Green's head.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

With his throat cut and 6oth "
mutilated with a razor Phlllp M
aged rs years, threw hlmsei lIo,
attic window of the-almshouse at
and, landing on the brick pavel
thirty-five feet below, met in'
death. The dead man had Deeh a
ferer from ailments which were
durable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
MnI Dog NInkna RnIh.

Norfolk (SpeciaD Two children of
Henry Brown and a third child were
bitten by mad dog in Princess Anne
county. All three were badly lacer-
ated, one being bitten through the jaw.
The parents are too poor to send them
away for treatment, and there are
grave fears that the children will die
from hydrophobia. The rabid canine
bit many head of cattle before a posse
of farmers succeeded in killing It..
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Robbers entered the genera IT,,
of A. r. Pennington, at iaiIn, y,
Springs, and stole a quantity ., 3
This place is only two miles Iron IRON /,
bra. where an unknown 3u'S,m T"os
shot and killed at midnight ,Sedi 5Sei
The Pennington place was n,,.Co1 lvop
months ago, when $500 IN gov"
bonds were stolen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Generous gifts have been, been 'T Hosd
by DR.. Estes, of St, LukeS ,,od i Of
at at Bethlehem including a ia3u n P p
900 from former PreSlGe,nio, Raid
bur, of the Lehigh yaiiGy aiiIJ,sns \
for the support of a chllGps" ias %arl 3
and an az a new $4,000 operating ting ofII oi
be erected by Samuel ihIpS H are air
endauqua, plans for when c,1,octors. a,
IN the hands of the coll'''''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Two Fingers worth s5.OOO.

James f. Newton, who sued the
can Iron Works for $4,000 dam
for the loss of two fingers
awarded $4,000 by a jury at vii
Barre. Newton was employed
molder in the Vulcan works, and y
he was at work on casting 1t Iel
him. The allegation was that the
can Company was negligent IN
properly guarding against the
dent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
Killed In "A Runnwav.

George Carter, aged 70 years.
instantly killed at Phoenixville b
ing thrown from his wagon.
He was driving on Main stree
der the Pennsylvania railroad bl
when his horse was frightened
passing train and ran off. Garter
thrown to the ground, his head
ing a stone. His skull was cru
and a wheel of the wagon passed
his face.
He leaves a family Of grown
dren, all residing here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
n,ew Omen TWO safes.

Thieves entered the i@gu ,,,i ,OG S,
John Swayne, at Sharon hlll .d. 'Ir tSe
open the safe. An hour la'et ,be s I
in Colllngdale station o" nas 'as h
more and Ohio Railroad od wS1
open. The thieves seeu''0
booty in either place
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

In a riot at the Shenango fun
in Sharpsville, between strikers
imported laborers, mostly neg
four men were shot and wounded,
none fatally.
Three armed negroes were il
cepted by the strikers and a fight
sued. All night long strikers la
a field and kept up a continuous
on the top filters at the furnace NJ
stating a temporary shutdown. II
ty men were chased out Of town
one had his head badly cut Sev
deputies are guarding the furnace
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Tacoma, Wash. lSpeclaIJ.-A W
phoon caused great damage last month
on the coasts of Formosa and Southern
China. A number of towns were de-
stroyed. Nineteen hundred houses were
washed away or inundated at Taineh
Formosa. and many lives lost.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Possessed with the idea that a..
was lighting him, Wilson Cion, ,Iv
wealthy farmer of Orwell ,rnr'I T'gu
made desperate attempts =, 'V",, wi,
struction. He is a bachelor oSo,, 5o,'
years of age and has lived oioUu IoUu
many years. ''OHV
On Wednesday morning bo
FOUND nearly dead from loss oS Nj
When revived by a doctor bo ~ ", ~
own accord told how on Snndov y, !,
ing he had slashed both arms me- Mi III
razor and caught the blood in "
Before daylight on Wednesdor
went to his barn and made an -,
cessful attempt to die by nIaciru u,' %
muzzle of a gun in his mouth
the charge failed to explode
Then with a razor he modo
deep gashes in his neck, but failo
cut a large vein. Finding he had
reached a vital point he attempte
enlarge the wounds with his fnge
He will recover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
GoneraI Nyood Lenycs Cuhn,

Havana (By Cable), General Wood
sailed for the United States by the
Ward Line steamer Yucatan. He will
go direct to Washington. Just before
leaving he signed an order authorizing
the establishment of % additional pub
lie schools in the Province of Havana.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Manila (By Cable) ).-Captain De.
vereaux Shields, who, with 81 men OF
Company F, Twenty Regiment
United States Volunteer Infantry, was
captured by the insurgents last month
in the Island of Marinduque, was res.
cued by the American rescue force
with all the members OF his party
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
,raa,. cnllnct rnk on bIey'I', !.

The Franklin County ottemp
ers have decided not ,,,lss ~ pro,
collect the 81 tax on blcyeiSoo iSoS as
for in an act passed IL law I'I'' is in
constitutionality OF the IL"
tion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

London (By Cable) The medical
authorities of Stepney deny that the
suspicious case of sickness reported at
that place Is bubonic plague.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

Powell Ruchinski wac o..
Mill Creek on the charge y, o,'este' es.
ing to wreck the Delaware - oey WYE
son express train. ""u
An obstruction was nlaco,
track near Latin. The snot 'I On
late place on the mountain sSs %
II twenty-foot embankrsent a, t'ue' a
OF the track and the Noo,. Oue
other. If three hunters bod ., "a
covered the attempt. the tra,a a no'
have swept around a sham "a,n a. VI
crashed into the obstrnctior' "'e
Three short rails were iais
track, backed by a numbor 'u O'
stones and several railroad w., y.
hunters say that Ruchinski Vvs' "
ting the last log on ion wL.a was
emerged from the woods psorI. TIen
saw him long enough to pet a os, o,,
scription and then he ran s''l
They did not attempt nr..,,,.
worked hard to clear tho t,ou, ,roai
finished the work a few mirn,a.t na.H'
the train came down the mon0,' ,vS
Detective Crippen was no,jg"S a
arrested Ruchinski. who wos
and would say nothing n" ~os
to Jail in default of $4,000 hail was
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25

George Lilly, aged L, 81 y[atrsit ot Stair ii
rietta, fell down a illght ,,,os a, lnsta
broke his neck. Dea'h "''
heOuS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
YOUTSEY GUILTY.
CONVICTED OF THE MURDER OF
GOVERNOR GoEBEL.
FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

Motion I'm Arrest of Judgment sus.
pends Sentence Tcmporarily-An Ap.
peal Is Also to 10 Taken The Ac.
cused Man stiil Practically Innni'
mato Object.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
WM.L WILSON DEAD
AUTHOR or FAMOUS TARIFF BILL
PASSES AWAY.
STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR

Former Pustlnaster- Generai-He was In
Cleveland's Cabinet-Of Late Ho Had
Been Acting as Presiden of Washington
and Leo University, where lie Was
Highly Esteemed and Much Relieved.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-10-25
KEYSTONE STAT
LATEST NEWS CLEANED PROV ,
Gus PARrs
THEY THWARTED a pl.

An Obstruction Placed on tho r.,
bahin-farmcr Used Razor"''" ."'"
Gun In His Vain Efforts ia p,. w.
hecoyer-George Carter TLroa.
His Wagon at PhoeniyviIlo '"n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-19

N a. ~ matter OF fact, Gov. Lind ~ me-.
sage to the legislature 81 1899 contain
no such recommend ton; hut i ma VI
page 20 o. the state auditors report
submitted to the legislature ofs 1884,
several days in advance or the govern
ors mcssage, y d recomme dalton that
the egislature increase " the gross
earnings tax TO 4 per cent. ut 81 true
that the governor recommended ali IN
crease inathe tax. but he madesno such
specific recommendatio ton - 10 claimed
n the Democratic plat form. Il NO one
to-day denies that the plan or taxing
the gross earnings Of threads is the
best and most convenient that could
be devised. The n Republican \ state
platform Endorses the plan ana urges
that the rate of such taxation be
maintained at such n a figure as %
make the tax annually collected fron.
the ailroads equal and uniform viii,
the taxes simposed on other property
throtlg hont the state. s,sSss
lille on this subject of taxation;
\ let e me draw our attention to another
matter which I would not be surprised
TO hear had also been sappropriated by
our Democratic friends. refer to- the
W - ~ = = GK0A
II I.ands .s5 ssSs
In the northeastern part az the state:
Formerly this class of property N n.
capped ali other taxa Ion N having Il Il
state tar of 4 cent per ton "a the gross
output OF the mines. ana the total
amount OF tax for any one year RANGED
from 1880 90. Id 1881, to 81 .7z1.O0. IN
1896. IN 1895 Att rnrey General Chi1ds
furnished the state auditor with This
opinion, to- the eject that thesI cen cent
tax per ton was unconstitutio nai: and
all mines and & mineral lands were tsr :.
therefore placed upon the asi na sa.n,ent
rolls of the Il different counts 81. KS be
assessed and taxed the same 10 the
property 81 other corporations and in
.dividuals. u s5s {
e Prior TO. that time the counties In
which tile mines were situated had not
received q i cent of 4 taxes from this
properly. IA and AZ the burden Of maintain
Ing irg the county COVE rnment. adminis-
trative, Judicial 1 etc, was borne by the
small property own The legislature
repealed r'p the law providing Tor the "a
cent per ton tax, and IN 1S9S, and since
that year. the property of the mine
owners own has been taxed upon an as
sessed Saluat ton, like other proper
Each year the Yalua ton has been I'M
creased, and for this year the amount
!of taxes paid BY the mine owners h
about 1920, 900 90, and II must he re-
nemtered that nine-tenths ct THIS tax
goes into the trea s,lry Of the county la
which the property a situated, sths
state receiving the other tenth. The
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-10-19

Nm. Il n, u n, II II 81
d 81 Iaasnn' 4, 49,
49, 81 n !,
49,
ia.,s. h VI
.. ana stnss
u iDa y ~ aid tns
80
III sns s 81. !, II pr1Yiaea Dy5laW