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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
HOME RULE IN HAVANA.
Wide Powers are Conferred by the Now
Charter.


Charter.
Havana (By Cable) The powers OF
the recently elected officials are greatly
increased by the new charter. The
charter gives them authority as to the
closing. opening, alignment, widening,
grading and cleaning of streets,
squares, parks and every class of pub
lie ways, their use by persons, animals
and vehicles. their occupation by pill
lars, rails, pipes and other objects and
their paving, lighting and sewerage.
IL also gives the officials charge of the
supply and distribution of water to
parkways, streets, houses, markets and
prisons. The officials are given super
vision of the sanitary and hygienic SER
vice. of amusements and public meet
ings and of the maintenance of good
order upon public ways. Vagrancy,
the suppression Of vice and immoral
| ity, the regulation of rates for vehicles,
| the regulation of gas, water and cleo
| tricity, telephone and telegraphic con
| nections, the fire department, watch,
men, private police and the imposition
of fines for the breaking of ordinances
| are also questions with which they are
empowered to deal; but it is provided
| that the officials shall impose no fines
in excess of $50.
The municipal administration in
| cludes the use, care and preservation
of lands, goods and rights which are ap.
purtenant to the city and the admins,
tration, distribution, collection and ex.
penditure of and accounting for all in.
| come and taxes necessary to carry on
| the municipal functions.
/ Neither the central nor the provin.
cial government will be empowered to
intervene in questions placed under
the control of the city officials. This
| gives more complete power than was
ever before granted to municipality
in the island.
| The orders for the removal of large
number of troops from Cuba have been
| gladly welcomed by the Cubans. Gen.
eral Wood Is in receipt OF many letters
from municipalities offering thanks
for what they call his disposition to
trust the Cubans and declaring that
the entire island is in a state of abso
lutte tranquility.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
State News IN DrieL

The loss by the freight wre)
Lackawanna Railroad at Para
ley is nearly 100000
A charter was issued by
Department to the Lehigh a1
wanna Ice Co., GouldsDol1
county; capital, $4,000
Fire totally destroyed the \
and outbuildings OF NJ ~
Stonington. causing a loss
partly covered by insurance
A Philadelphia company v
lish a plant for the manull
lampblack at Ladona, wheIe
entity inexhaustible supply
gas has been struck
An attempt was maue vJiI NJ
opera house at Altoona WI
ior discovered a bundle oI \
burning in a vacant room ~ ,hI
ing, and he extingulsheu '"l
John ]. Jones, one Of the
were burned in the explosion
the Maxwell colliery' AZ i
dead. The other four are I
recover. IL
During the recent storm 'nI I
longing to Samuel worst Il
Hermitage, the farm on snS WIN
Gated being farmed by JAZZ tOS
er, was struck by lighlh'ns
pletely destroyed.
The Chambersburg ''s en-
elected Prof. Clayton l. 'p, m
Leitersburg, Md, to 'ng S,ig, y
vice-principal of the n'eI nig'
made vacant by the ''''''
Prof. Wayne Bowers ;.
Wharton NJ. Hershey, o. :,
aged 3S years, a fireman, l,honr +,
the engine of an eassUJhu . ,he
train and was struck py oas .so
the westbound news expptsr' 7ptsr'
in the hospital an hour ia''
John Walsh, an emls'@% on
land, went into a saloon 0a otI
nue., Scranton, ana wao wS,aaosbed
two colored men, who slasmS1 ahOe
razors, cutting open lne Ssso S
his neck and making a u''p
the left arm.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
WERE PUT TO DEATH
CHINESE OFFICIALS CONFIRM RE-
PORTS OF TERRIBLE MASSACRE.
NIGHT ATTACK SUCCEEDED
Tried n Last Desperate sortie, After which
the Walls of Their Refuge We're Leveied
by Chinese Artillery Fire and All For
eigners Butchered-BuiIdings Burned
About Their Heads.

Washington Especially From many
sources testimony accumulates to the
effect that the foreign legations in Pc
kin have been destroyed and their in
mates massacred.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Shanghai purports to give, on the
authority of the Shantung Governor
details of the capture of the legations
on the night of July 6 and the subse-
quent massacre of foreigners. Accord
ing to this story, the legations sue
cumbed only after an all-nigbt attack,
The forces of Prince Tuan defeated the
regular troops Of Prince Ching and OF
Wang Weng Shao before the foreign
ers were slaughtered.
Minister WI has received at Wash
ington a dispatch from Sheng, at
Shanghai, saying that Chinese gen.
eral was preparing to lombard the for
eign legations In Pekin July Z. A
Shanghai dispatch, said to be official
from Chinese sources, says that the le-
cations had fallen and foreigners had
been massacred before the departure
from Pekin of courier July 2.
According to London dispatch
Lady Hart, wife of Sir Robert Hart, Di-
rector Of Imperial Maritime Chinese
Customs has received the following
message from her husband, dated
July 5:
Our people, including the women
are in the legations. Prepare to hear
the worst"
The only substantial doubt thrown
on the story is by Ii Hung Chang. who
stated at Canton that several of the
legations were still safe, and that none
OF the ministers, except Won Ketteler,
has been killed. The fact that no two
stories agree perfectly as to the date
of the massacre tends also to discredit
them. Nearly all accounts have come
originally from Chinese sources, and it
is thought that the dates may have
been juggled with.
Dispatches from Tientsin tell of stub
born fighting between the allies and
the Chinese. Admiral Seymour has
sent reports to London indicating that
the allies are at least holding their
own. He says that the foreign garri-
son has been reinforced by 1900 Ameri-
cans, presumably including the Ninth
Infantry.
The powers are said to have reached
an agreement as to Chinese policy.
They have practically given up hope
of saving the legations in Pekin, and
will not make an advance, 1t is said,
until it can be done in overwhelming
force.
Ii Hung Chang, it is stated posi-
lively, will go to Pekin Immediately
and try to restore order.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
THREE MEN HELD.
ROBBERS VINO LOOTED CAR OF I'LL
NoIs Central RAILROAD.
ONE MADE A CONFESSION.
Vice President ,. 7. Hnrahan ofthe Com
pany Has Made n stntenient- One Ban
dit Was Taken at Charleston, Mo-, An.
other at wyckiire. Ky., and Third in st.
Louis Detective Shot.

Chicago, III. (SpeciaD .-"Three Of
the robbers who held up Illinois Cen
tral train No. 4 at Mayfield Creek, Ky"
about 10 miles south of Cairo, have
been arrested and imprisoned by
special agents in the employ OF the
company. We expect to get the other
two robbers in a short time"
Vice-President ]. r. Harahan, of the
Illinois Central Railroad, made the
foregoing statement He said:
"The first one arrested was Michnel
Connolly, alias Doyle. who claims to
be resident of Portland, Or. He was
caught at Charleston. Mo-. a small
town on the Iron Mountain Railway,
about 15 miles from Cairo, and is now
In jail at Cairo.
THE second man--Mike COnlan--
was arrested at or near Wyckliffe, KY,
and is now in jail there.
Geo. p. Murray, chief special agent
of the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany went to the house Of Jack Mel
son, who is thought to be implicated
in the robbery at st. Louis, and in en-
deavoring to arrest him. Murray was
shot through the shoulder and arm by
Nelson, who got away. II Is expected
that he will be captured soon. Muir
ray was not severely injured and is in
the hospital at 81. Louis. II is ex-
pected that he will be out in a few
days.
Another suspect has been arrested
and held in custody at Cairo, and in
formation has just been received from
st. Louis that one of the persons i'm
plicated in the train robbery has made
a flIll Onfeasion -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
TO KILL THE PRESIDENT.
Alleged Plan to Assassinate Mckinley
One PIotter weakens.

One PlOtter Weakens.
New York Especially A plot to as
sassinate President Mckinley has been
frustrated.
1t was concocted by group of Span
ish and Cuban conspirators with head
quarters in New York.
One of the plotters weakened and
sent a warning letter to a member of
the Republican National Committee.
That letter was placed in the hands
Of Secretary Charles Dick, who re-
ferred it to Chairman b. B. Odell, of
the New York State Committee, for
investigation. Chairman Odell en-
gagged a detective, who speedily veri-
fed certain important allegations
made in the warning letter There
upon Mr.. Odell reported to Secretary
Dick, who laid all the facts before
Chairman Mark Hanna.
Mr.. Odell's report caused great
alarm among the Presidents close
friends and advisers. Mr.. Odell made
it plain that he regarded the plot as
matter of the utmost seriousness,
and urged that extreme precautions
be taken to keep the President out of
harms reach.
Messrs. Dick and Hanna laid the
whole matter before the President
shortly before he departed for Canton.
They instructed Mr.. Odell to continue
his investigation and cautioned him to
work with the utmost secrecy.
| Mr. Odell admitted that he and GER
tain members of the National Commit
tee had discovered plot to assas-
sinate the President
Eyes, it is true" he said, but I re-
gret exceedingly that the matter has
become public" He was extremely
anxious that no reference whatever
should be made to the matter.
Special detectives are guarding the
| President i'm Canton
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Il, Of The rcsponsibllity that goes Win

all, Of the responsibility that goes with
It,
"1his is very much more than
mere party contest We stand at the
parting of the ways. and the people
have now to decide whether they viii
go forward along the path of pros
perity and high honor abroad or
whether they will turn their backs
upon what has been done during the
last three years; whether they Will
plunge this country into an abyss of
misery and disaster or. what is worse
than even misery and disaster, shame.
81 feel that we have right TO ap-
peal not merely to Republican, but to
all good citizens, no matter what may
have been their party Affiliations in the
past, and to ask them, on the strength
of the record that President Mckinley
has made during the last three years,
to stand shoulder to shoulder with us
perpetuating the conditions under
which we have reached degree of
prosperity never before attained In the
nations history and under which
abroad we have put the American flag
on a level where 1t never before in the
history of the country has been
placed"
A round OF applause broke out as the
Governor paused, but he checked 1t by
saying:
Gentlemen, one moment, please.
Here. Ned" he cried TO Senator VOL
colt, this is not to the National Com
mittee. but want to say this to my
friends; Friends of my own State who
are here ! appreciate seeing 80 many
Of you to-day | want to say | am
more than honored and pleased at hav-
ing been made candidate for Vice
President on the national ticket, but
you cannot imagine how badly feel
at leaving the men with whom I have
endeavored and worked for civic de-
cency and righteousness and honesty
in New York"
Refreshments were then served on
the porches and in the dining room.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
BELIEVED TO BE DEAD.
state, pepartment Takes n Gloomy View
of Fate of Legation lists.


Of Fate of LeGationists.
Washington Especially From a
source worthy of the highest credence
1t was learned that the State Depart
ment believes all foreign Ministers in
Pekin have been massacred. Secretary
Hay has no information ut hand upon
which to base this assumption, but it
is said that he draws the conclusion
from all the circumstances and alleged
circumstances surrounding the Chinese
situation.
The Imperial edict reported to the
State Department is understood to
have determined the Secretary in his
gloomy inference. That edlct left Pekin
on June 29, and he believes that If Mr..
Conger was then alive and safe some
reassuring word would have accom-
panied the communication.
The department Is, however, haz-
arding no more guesses as to the fate
of Minister Conger and the other dip
lomats at the Chinese capital. 1t is
simply waiting, anxlOusly waiting, for
some definite ray of light from Asia
Until then speculation will cease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Bullet Through His n,.I.

Amandus j. Newhard, who
instantly killed his wife at M,
in Catasauqua, and then shot
is still alive at the Allentown
The bullet, which entered thd
the mouth, was taken out Of II
the head. The surgeons say n
10 a chance for his recovery. bu
he does recover he will be ID
the bullet penetrated the brad
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
1000 REPORTED KILLED.
Tuan Deals Severely With Natives Who
Favor Foreigners.

Iavor Foreigners.
Shanghai, China (By Cable) Re.
ports of the atrocities committed by
Prince Tuan upon the Chinese are ap.
palling. He had 1000 leading Chinese
,butchered, it is said, for merely daring
to petition him to control the orgie OF
blood and restrain his followers. The
dispatch concludes with the announce
ment that eX-Viceroy Chi Ii Wen Chao
has been killed by the Boxers. A re.
port from Chefu, July z. says that a
Catholic bishop, two priests and two
nuns have been murdered.
From Moukden comes report, dated
July 5, that Danish mission at Hy,
nung had been surrounded by Boxers
According to the report it would be
possible to hold out only two days. A
party of Cossacks, residents of Mouk
den, and the British Consul, had start
ed for the relief of those besieged al
the Danish mission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Fire at Sewickley, a suburb
burg, destroyed six coal and N
houses, three stables, a frsm,
Ing, a number Of outbuildlp0q'
Pennsylvania freight cars.
Samuel Woods, a stablemI
burned to death and eight horl
cremated. The property destrd
owned by Alden F. Hays and
Strange. The loss is S5OOOO 7
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Clark Howell Mnrried.

Savannah. Ga, (SpeciaD Hon. Clark
Howell, of Atlanta, was married here
TO Miss Annie Conner, daughter of the
late Hugh NJ. Conner. president of the
Central of Georgia Railway. Imme-
dlately after the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Howell left for New York, where
they will take passage for Europe for
n tour of several months.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Eleven HouSeS un,

Eleven dwelling houses. sew
and four frame, were comm,
stroyed by fire at Watts stati,
miles west Of Columbia, Saw
lies were rendered homeless AN
a portion of their household
The burned buildings were =
the Watts estate. The loss
property is $4,000, and the fer
innate their loss at $1,000.
The fire was caused by a sD,
a locomotive. ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
New California Place

Chicago Especially A dispatch 10
the Record from Hermosillo, Mex,
says:
Martin Hulen, of Aspen, Col; r. b.
G. Gedine. of San Francisco. and
James Crawford, of Benson, Ariz.,
prospectors, have arrived from the new
placer gold field in Lower California,
about so miles south of Camp Com.
panis, bringing with them over $500, 600
in gold dust. This sum represents
their earnings for a period of eight
mOnths
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Ice Cream Caused DeatI

Partaking freely of ice creaiI
had been packed in a freezel
days. the 3-year-old child d
Hawley, of Baker Creek, is id
Another child. a year and
is in a critical condition from
cause.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Old MIND EmpIoye Arrestod.

Washington Especially Chief viii
xie, of the Secret Service, has been ad-
vised of the arrest of Fred A. Taylor,
an old employee of the San Francisco
mint. 1t Is said that he had on his
person at the time of his arrest about
eight ounces of gold clippings and a
1uantity of gold buttons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Skull Fractured by Stonl

AS the result of a Quare
boys George Schaller, aged l3|
at his home in Lancaster witl
tured skull and with but littl
of recovery.
The lad had interfered in |
between Harry Schindel, aged
and a companion, and Schinl
alleged, becoming incensed, d
a stone and threw it with all
he could muster. The ston|
Schaller, fracturing his skull.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
Somnaubulistic Swimmer ID

James Mullen, Of Yod
dreamed that he was swimn
concluded to take a dive, He
out of bed, and, going to ths
story window, made a plungeI
to the pavement below, sustai1
Gus wounds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
lightning Entered on Cloth,

A wire clothesline, stretche
her house and a tree, nearly
death of Mrs. Mary Shick
thunder storm at Laporte.
striking the wire it entered
rendering Mrs. Shick dumb al
less and tossing her son on a
the floor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

The New York Comnii,sss'ys'l Co,lt,cs q
Bureau of Labor l,,a numll
annual report that the t,,,ed .OI in|
sons killed ana lnJu .nar waI
in the State last ySoIi ye Iiniur,
than those killed anu or
Spanish. American w"''
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
HALLWAY Company blamed.

Tacoma, Wash. tSpeciaD 1.-The coro-
ner's jury which has been holding an
inquest over forty-three victims of the
street-car accident July 4, rendered a
verdict charging that the Tacoma Rail-
way and Power Company was grossly
and criminally careless and negligent
in permitting its motorman, F. L.
Boehm, to go out on the car without
any previous effort to ascertain his eff
ficiency on the grade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Cape Town (By Cable). e).-United
States Consul Adelbert S. Hay, of Pre-
toria, is about to return to the United
States.
Batches of prisoners are arriving
here daily from the front One lot
contained 3S English and Irish names.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
CHINA TO JAPAN.
Former Declares that the Murders We're
Due to the Bonn bard ment.

Due TO INC bonn mbhrdment.
Yokohama (By Cable The Chinese
Minister in Toxic has visited the Jap
anese Minister of Foreign Affairs and
communicated to him what is described
as the first Pekin dispatch since the
trouble broke out"
The dispatch says that the murder
of the German Minister and other for
eigners was due to the Taku affair and
to the sending of Admiral Seymour's
expedition, and that the Chinese Gov
ernment is now doing its best to pro-
tect the foreigners in Pekin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Fatal Lockjaw from 4th ofJu'
f. G. Dagenhart died at IN,
at Altoona from lockjaw. W
brating the Fourth OF July
wounded by the explosion
cracker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Little Rock Ark. Especially .-Repub-
licans of the First District have nomi-
mated p. o. Fitzpatrick. of Forest City,
for Congress. Sixth District Republi-
cans nominated Charles F. Cole. OF
Batesyille
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19

Tucson, Ariz. (SpeciaD Mining and
cattle interests, which have suffered
untold loss from lack of water, were
relieved by heavy rain. The drouth
had almost destroyed vegetation in the
southern part of the Territory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-07-19
KEYSTONE STAi
LATEST NEWS GLEANrn
Gus Parts
RISKED LIFE FOR LIpd
Prisoner Leaped from a r.
subsequently SURRENDERED
Locomotive Caused Loss sof
columbia Man Who Km,a o,
Recover. hut VIII he L..

Joseph BENNY, who le,, NJ
more than a year ago. woe ~
Mount Carmel, and Cops,.ty'
armed with a warrant. cbsra,u
with deserving his wife. won, !,
arrested him. "' Y
While the train was rur,,.I
at a point between Mahanoy pI
Buck Mountain, BENNY mad =
liberty and jumped off tbe 10,
The conductor refused ~ y :.
the constable got of al tbo !
tion, but could find no traco .,
dead or alive. "
Friday BENNY voluntarnv .
at the magistrates Office in D,
and effected an amicabla ~
with his wife. His face ana
lacerated, caused by leaning \
train. e
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-19
ON THE EVE
OF ADVANCING.
Lord Roberts Expected Soon to Starr
For Pretoria.
CANNOT Be LONG DELAYED.
Strategic Advantages of the Present Posi-
.iOnS Will be Lost Unless
NOrthWard Move
Is Made.

London, April 17.-At last Lord Rob
ers seems to be on the eve of making hi
advance toward Pretoria. Unless all tht
usually reliable sources of information anC
all the indications smuggled past the cen
sor are at fault, the British army within
few DAYS will be marching nUrthward.
After many premature and unfoundec
reports which are purported to tell OF thl'
move, there is naturally, even in the bes'
informed quarters, considerable hestancy
in definitely settling upon the day Lorc
Roberts is likely to leave Bloemfonteini
but there is a settled impression that II
will occur either at the end of this week
or at the beginning of next. The long
weary wait in the Free State capital has
apparently effected much needed reha'
bilitaton, though it is probable Lord Rob
erts would have still further delayed his
advance had not the Boer activity COM
PEELED him to put his forces in such posi-
tions that today, unless they quickly move
northward, the strategic advantage will
he lost.
The critics agree in the supposition that
the advance will be made in parallel col
umns, with broad front, west Of the rail-
road, the Third and Eighth division sweep
ing northward to the extreme northwest
the entire force amounting to $4,000 men.
Exactly what part General Butler will
take is still secret which no one is able to
probe.
From the seat of war there is significant
silence. From The Hague comes the news
that the Boer delegates refuse to make
public the object of their mission. They
hope to be received by Queen Wilhelmna,
but nothing in this direction has yet been
decided upon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-04-19
~HA~ AMEER DEMANDS AID.
Not Satisfied With the AIoofness of Great
Britain.

Lahore, Puma, April 17.-That Great
Britain's attitude towards Afghanistan in
connection with Russian designs on Herat
does not meet with approval at Cabul (the
capital of Afshanistan,) Is proved by an
autograph letter published with the
Ameer's consent. in which, after referring
to the various rumOrs, he adds:
"Now, when A(ghanstan is overwhelmed
on all sides, the British government does
not seem to take any interest, but enjoys
the pride of aluofness and reserve. When
ever haye suggested check to Russian
aggression have had no response from
the government Of India except the sug-
gestion that Atghanis;an might consent to
the construction Of railways and tele-
graphs. This is impossible, as the Afghans
consider that such astep would mean their
ruin. Notwithstanding all these troubles,
l have proved for the past twenty'one
years the firm ally of Great Britain. But
now, at the last moment, must inform
my powerful ally, the government of In
dia, that the present is the time for deeds
and not for talk. "