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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
U. S. SENATOR c. K. DAVIS DEAD.
Chairman Of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs Passes Away.
Brave Struggle.

st. Paul, MINI. Especially United
States Senator Cushman Kellogg
Davis, chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate, died
at his home, in this city, after an ILL
ness of two months. He had suffered
greatly during his sickness, and grad
ually sank away, being unconscious for
several hours before death, and, so far
as known, suffered no pain.
For more than q week it has been
known that the death of Senator Davis
was certain to occur within a short
time. However, the announcement OF
death came as q profound shock to the
friends and fellow townsmen of the
distinguished statesman. The Sena-
tors devoted wife, who had been in
constant attendance upon his sick bed,
had never lost hope.
The Senator, in his moments Of
lucidity, expressed a strong determin-
alton to recover and within the past
week told United States District At
torney Evans, who had been admitted
to see him, that he was positive he
would soon be we'll. Indeed, IL is the
general belief that the Senator's iron
will is all that has kept him alive for
the past week
On Sunday, November 18, a serious
change for the worse was noted. Pre-.
vious to that time the Senator had
been reported as having occasional
periods of delirium. On that day
these delirious spells became more
marked, and since then the lucid in
tervals have become less and less fire.
quent, until the Senator was almost
constantly out of his mind.
Afer his return from the Maine
campaign in September Senator
Davis was troubled by twinges of pain
in one of his feet, to which he paid
little attention, thinking it due to some
neuralgia condition, which would soon
pass. He began an active campaign in
this State, and his sufferings increased
An operation failed to give him reliet
After another operation he began to
mend, and was apparently on the way
to complete recovery, when, on No.
vember II, kidney trouble became APP
parent, both nephritis and diabetes
complicating the case.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY.
Six Officers and Fifty or More Men
Wounded.
GEN. pAGEr IN SHARP ENCOUNTER.
General Kitchener's First Report as the New
commander-in Chief Contains List Of Losses
THE Beers Attack Bochop But Are
Promptly RepuIsed"A Another Big Battle
Reported.

London (By Cable).--During the
past week there has been more fighting
and heavier losses on the British side
than occurred during the preceding Ave
or six weeks. Over a score of British
soldiers have been killed more than
hundred wounded, including number
of officers, and 400 taken prisoners.
IL Is reported that great battle was
fought between the British General
Knox and the Beers under General de
Wet near Rockville, in the southeast
ern extremity of the Orange River
colony.
The first dispatch from General
Kitchener in his capacity of command
er-in-chief OF the British forces in
South Africa is dated Bloemfonteln,
November 80, and confirms the reports
of fighting between General Pitcher
and General de Wet, and adds the lat
est reports-that General Knox is in
touch with General de Vets force near
Tafelberg, IL miles north of Bethulie
(Orange River colony; that the Beers
attacked Boshof November 2S, renew
ed the attack November 29 and were
repulsed without British loss.
General Kitchner also reports that
November 1929 General Paget was
fighting with the Viljoen and Erasmus
commands, and that he drove the
Beers to a position in the vicinity Of
Rietfontein.
The British casualties were heavy.
Colonel Lloyd and five other officers
were wounded, five men were killed
and so were wounded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
A LITTLE LADS CRIME.
he ChIoroforms an Old Woman and Tries to
Set Her on Fire.

Philadelphia (SpeclaD Philip
Goodman, q lad in knickerbockers, not
yet fifteen years old, visited the homo
of Mrs. Wilhelmina Muller, chloro-
formed the old woman, and then, be-
lieving he had killed her, poured kero-
sene over the woman's clothes, pre-
paratory to burning the body and de-
stroying evidence of his crime. After
he had spent some time in the rear
OF the house, ostensibly to wash his
hands, but really to lock the doors, he
approached Mrs. Muller in the parlor,
seized her by the throat and clapped a
chloroform-sa cloth over her
nose. He tried to smother and strangle
her at the same time. and when she
had dropped to the floor, overcome, be
evidently concluded that he had killed
her.
After he had soaked the woman S
clothes and hair with kerosene she
half recovered consciousness and cried
out, which attracted a neighbor. The
boy confessed that he chloroformed the
woman to rob her.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

1t was reported that General French
was pursued by the Beers all the way
from Mlddleburg to Standerton.
The German Clerical party demands
OF the imperial government the crea-
tion of an imperial supreme court
The London Times continues to bit
terly attack every move made by the
United States government in the China
matter.
Charles Williams, an English war
critic, claims that General Kitchener
contemplates a ruthless determination
of the Beers.
The British Cabinet decided to rec
ommend that Lord Kitchener be made
a lieutenant general, so that he can
take supreme command when Lord
Roberts leaves the Transvaal.
Professor Natorst, of Stockholm, is
taking steps TO tit out an expedition to
search the coast of Iceland for wreck
Ae of Andree's balloon.
London newspapers, in commenting
upon the recognition of Kruger as still
President of the Transvaal by both the
French government and the Queen Of
Holland, say that 1t Is Great Brltain's
fault in not formally communicating TO
the powers the annexation OF the
South African republic.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
STORMS SWEEP COUNTRY.
Vessels Wrecked and Many Towns Flooded
Lives Reported Lost.

Violent wind and rain storms and
floods in West Virginia, Ohio, Ken
lucky and Western New York have
caused considerable damage to prop
erty, and, it is feared, a number of
lives have been lost.
Considerable anxiety was caused in
Cincinnati and Wheeling by reports, OF
a terrible disaster on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad near Hinton, w.
Va. 1t was rumored that a passenger
train had plunged into the river. The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad officials
denied that there was any truth in the
report.
In Guyandotte Valley, w. Va, thou
sands of logs sweeping down the river
carried away the base works of two
new railroad bridges in course of erec-
tion south OF Barboursvllle.
The battered hulk of the schooner
Advance went ashore on Wallis Sands,
N. II. Nothing is known of the fate
OF the crew of five men who were on
board.
The steamer West Branch went
down near her dock at Hammondsport,
n. Y. The steamer M. Slcklen and the
schooners Spademan and Malvina went
ashore on Marblehead Beach, Lake
Erie.
The wind blew GO miles an hour over
Lake Erie. The heavy sleet that was
driven by the gale did great damage
to wires throughout Northern Ohio. At
Cambridge, O., several buildings were
blown down, and at Batavia a young
woman was drowned.
A tornado swept through a part Of
Georgia. Considerable damage was
done in the village of Sloan.
Snowstorms in Maine, Vermont and
New Hampshire delayed railroad
travel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Reported Seaboard DefaIcation.

New York (SpeciaD Word was re-
ceived at police headquarters here to
the effect that clerk of the Seaboard
Air Line he's been ARRESTED at Fer
nandina. Fla, for the peculation of a
very large sum of money from that
line. The clerks name was not given
1t is said that the money taken by the
clerk was lost through speculation
with the firm of Chester B. Lawrence,
Jr., & Co., which failed last week. The
amount taken was reported to be $50
900. At the city Office of the Seaboard
Air Line here it was said that no one
there had heard of this arrest They
were certain that no one in the New
York City department had run away
or been caught.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Dun & Co. and Brndstreefs Report that the
Markets Maintain a Satisfactory
Cnndifinn

New York (SDpciaO n q Dun g.
Comnanv's weekly review NJ trade
saws.
Commercial failures In November
were $50 in number and S12 400 3te in
amount of liabilities against 7Sz in
October for s9. O72. 791 and SSs in No
yember last wear when liabilities were
only az O46 S4S MANUFACTURING 40
faults were but 1919 in number and ~. -
SS2 16h in amount Tho buIk ~ Tho
mortality occurring in trading con-
Germs. of which 617 failed for 81 506 -
35S. There were forty otber CONNER
cial failures with liabilities of s910 7g3.
-Four banking and financial companles
defaulted for sS23. 900
"At first glance the November state
ment appears very unsatisfactory. but
II must be remembered that n few
heavy failures in wool and other tex
tile industries account for a large
share of the reported liabilities.
Aside from this one branch of trade.
which has naturally suffered heavily
from the tardy apprcach of Winter.
the figures show business to be on a
good foundation"
Bradstreet's says:-
Unsettled weather and holidays are
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
HIS SKULL A WATCH CHARM.
Surgeons Removed Shattered Bone and
Patient Made Use OF II.

Bowling Green, Ky. (Specia) Geo.
Clark of Pemberville has a watch
chain made out of pieces of his own
skull. The chain is made OF portions
of bone fastened together by links OF
gold. A piece as large as a dollar, on
which Is the date of the accident in
which this chain cuts an important
figure, hangs as n pendant Clark
while In an oil derrick was struck on
the head by crown pulley and his
skull was crushed. He was taken to
his home, where he lay unconscious
for two weeks. The surgeons said he
could not live. AS a last resort they
removed the entire upper portion Of his
skull. To their amazement he recov-
cred, and is now living with an artl-
fetal top to his head
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
1900 BOLOMEN SURRENDER.
Food Supplies Run Short, and They Gave Up
Fighting Under General Tino.

Manila (By Cable). Col
onel Goodrell, commanding the Sixth
Marine Battalion, with 100 marines,
has gone to Subig to relieve the troops
there. The rebels in that vicinity have
been active of late.
A detachment of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, in the mountains near Iba,
found the camp of the guerrilla leader,
Joaquin, forsaken. Suspended from
the trees near the camp were the
bodies of three amigoes, and it was
found the rebels had tortured other
captives.
Twelve hundred bolomen entered
Vigan, Island of Luzon, and surrender
ed to Captain Green, of the Thirty
third Infantry. This is the largest
number of men who have yet sur
rendered in Luzon at one time. Gen
eral Tinio has been keeping a swarm
OF bolomen along the mountains, and
they have impoverished the food sup
ply
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
FELL INTO DEATH PIT.
Collapse Of a Roof Crowded with Foot
ball Spectators.
KILLED AND INJURED NUMBER SIXTY
Nine Persons Slowly Roasted to Death In the
Hot Furnaces Upon Which They Ii--Game
Between Stanford and University Of Call.
iornia EIeyens Disturbed by Terrible
Disaster just Outside the Grounds.

San Francisco Especially During the
progress of the California-Stanf
University football game between 800
and 500 persons, most of whom were
young men and boys, were witnessing
the struggle between the universities
from the roofs of one of the buildings
Of the San Francisco and Pacific Glass
Works at Fifteenth and Bryant streets,
when IL collapsed. A large number
were precipitated into the gigantic fur
mace, fully 20 feet below, and 13 were
killed or burned to death and at least
SO were injured, many of whom Will
die.
One of the victims, whose identity
has not yet been discovered, fell into
a tank containing burning oil and was
cooked until the flesh fell from his
bones.
II is safe to say that some Of the vic
Tins were roasted to death, while
others were killed by falling timbers.
While the furnace attendants were
trying to give what assistance they
could to the injured and dying the
heartrending cries for help were in
strong contrast with the cheers of the
football enthusiasts which loudly rent
the air. These, however, were quick
ly stilled when 1t became known that
the disaster had occurred.
The crash of the falling roof was
heard great distance away, and thou
sands of people hurried to the scene
Messages were sent to the City Re
ceiving Hospital and the morgue, and
all available ambulances were hurried
10 the spot when the extent of the acci-
dent was known.
Most of the fatalities were caused by
burning In the glass works the fur
naces were at white heat, and the most
of the unfortunates who fell upon them
were quickly burned to death. The
smell Of burning flesh and clothing
added to the horror Of the occurrence.
J. f. J. Frechtier, who was on the
roof OF the glass works, but who es-
capped serious injury, said:
I'VE were watching the game and
there were several hundred OF us there,
and no women. Most of us were young
men and boys. The game had not
been going long when the roof,
which was of sheetiron. fell through.
Several fell into an oven of molten
glass. All | can remember Is a big
crash. When l came to l smelled
burning flesh and when looked
around l saw two dead men. Then
afterward l was told seven had been
killed"
Thomas Simmons, employed in the
works, saved the lives Of 80 persons by
hauling them off the furnace, and
James Gunper, who also was on the
roof at the time of the disaster, said he
counted ga that fell. Gunper says a
fatEcr and two sons were taken to one
of the hospitals.
Thirty-six boys are in the Railroad
Hospital wounded and burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
OSCAR WILDE DEAD.
Once the Idol OF Aesthetic Cult, He Expires
In 0bsourlty.

London (By cable).-Oscar Wilde
died here at a small hotel in the Latin
Quarter of Paris.
For the last three days he had been
unconscious in delirium from an alb
scess in the ear, which the doctors
could not locate exactly. Inflamma-
tion from this gradually mounted to
the BRAIN He died attended by few
faithful friends, who declined to ac-
cept the general verdict of the world
against him.
The Paris Journal says it is rumored
that Wilde committed suicide
1t is interesting to note that Mr.
and Mrs. Daventry," a play with the
authorship of which Wilde was credit
ed, is now a rage here. The majority
consider ii shocking, and many rush
to see whether 1t is as bad as reported
Wilde, il is declared, was receiving
one-fourth of the profits of the piece,
in which Mrs. Patrick Campbell ap-
pears as the star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Double Trngedy in Oregon.

Jacksonville, Ore. Especially &c w.
Traynor shot and killed j. Hardon-
brook and then killed himself. Har-
denbrOok was engaged to be married
TO Miss Sarah l.. Beeson, sister of
Mrs. Traynor, but Traynor objected to
the match, and it Is said threatened
Hardenbrook's life. About II o'clock
Miss Beeson, HardenbroOk mad Mrs.
Traynor We're sitting around the fire
when Traynor walked out on the
porch and few minutes later a bullet
came crashing through the window. Ii
struck Hardenbrook in the head and
ne died In an hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
FIELD OF LABOR.
f. OF L. has $40 organizers.
China has 156 Chinese papers.


China has 1856 Chinese papers.
st. Louis has, it is said, 10000 union
lists.
New York State has 1868 labor
unions.
New York brickmakers are erecting
a cooperative hall.
Chinese coal miners work twelve
hours for 6 to 10 cents.
An universal label Is to be submit
ted to the +. of l.. convention.
st. Louis grocery clerks want early
closing and no Sunday work.
Gov. Dockery, of Missouri, Will urge
the law to tax franchises.
Out in New Mexico woman is n
trainmaster on the Southern Pacific.
Shetland has had the largest herring
catch on record, valued at over ST.
100000.
The Puyallup, Wash, hop market is
firm, and prices range from IL to IA IA
cents.
The Allied Printing Trades Council
now represents $500 men in St. Louis.
Typographical Union No. s has $50
members.
The London Statist predicts a great
boom for shipbullding in the United
States.
The Chicago Sheet Metal Workers
Union has reduced its initiation fee
from $50 to $25.
Shares in London's water company
have gone up $4,000 per cent, though
the founder died poor.
Within eleven years the De Beers
mines have yielded diamonds to the
value of over $160,000000,
In New Zealand no male under six
teen or female under eighteen is peni
mitted to work in the factories. Meb
work forty-eight and women forty-fou.,
hours per week ID
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
IIayana's Mayor Wants 10 DueI.

Havana Especially General Rod
riguez Mayor OF Havana, is said to
have challenged Senor San Miguel, edi-
tor OF la Lucha, to fight duel because
of an alleged libelous article attack
ing the integrity OF the Mayors Office
General Rodriguez named Senior Alenan
as his second. La Lucha published a
statement tlrst 1t had no intention Of
attacking the character OF the Mayor.
Both parties deny that the matter
will be carried any farther. The
friends Of both say that the denial is
only ruse 10 put the police off the
scent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
A Brave Chicaq0 Girl.

Chicago (SpeciaD Walking a mar
row stone ledge thirty feet from the
ground. connecting the balcony of her
fathers residence with that of a neigh
Dor. Miss Jennie Younglove gave the
alarm that a burglar was at work in
her home. A squad Of policemen re-
sponded to telephone call, but the
intruder, after frightening Miss Young
loves mother into Mysteries, had es-
capped. Mr.. Younglove was absent from
the city and the two women and a
servant were alone in the house. Hav-
ing given the alarm, Miss Younglove
retraced her steps to protect her
mother.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Killed In q Peculiar Way.

Carlisle, Pa. (SpeciaD Jacob Fry, a
prominent citizen OF Plainheld, Il viii
lage three miles west of here, was
found dead with his neck caught be-
tween two palings of the fence and
with one hand holding firmly to the
top of another paling. 1t is supposed
he stfangled to death. 1t is not known
if ne fell against the fence and was
stricken with heart disease or whether
he had committed suicide. Coroner
Diven did not consider 1t necessary to
hold an inquest. Fry leaves a wife
and several children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Physician Accidentally Shot.

Moorefeld, w. Va. Especially DIR. j.
s. Goochnauer, of this place, was shot,
it is feared fatally, by Richard Chipley
while hunting deer. DR.. Goochnauer
was at a crossing watching for a deer
the dogs had started. The game came
in sight of Mr.. Chipley, watching at
another crossing, and he fired several
shots, one of which accidentally struck
DR.. Goochnauer. He is very promi-
nent physician.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Baby Has $1,000, 900.

Newport, R. l. (SpeciaD. John Mich
olas Brown months old is believed to
be the richest baby in the world. His
fortune is estimated at $1,000, 600, and
is likely to be augmented before he
becomes old enough to know of his
wealth. When the wills of John
Nicholas Brown, Sr., and Howard
Brown, father and uncle of the infant
millionaire, were made public last
June it was thought that the baby
would hold the record. Confirmation
is given in a partial inventory of the
estate of the father, which has Just
been filed here by Mrs. Natalia Bay
ard Brown, mother and guardian Of
John Nicholas the younger
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Gen. Lee Receives Orders.

Washington (SpeclaD Gen. Fltz-
hugh Lee, who recently was relieved
from duty as Commander OF the Divi-
sion OF Havana and Santa Clara and
ordered TO take command of the De-
partment OF Missouri, relieving Gen
eral Merriam, was at the War Depart
ment receiving final instructions. He
VIII proceed to the headquarters OF the
department of Missouri at Omaha
within few days 10 assume his new
duties. General Merriam will retain
his position as Commander Of the De-
partment OF Colorado. with headquar-
ters at Denver
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Trying to Save Mrs. MAVERICK.

Norfolk. Va. (Speclal) The Norfolk
friends of Mrs Florence Maybrick are
again moving in the matter of securing
the release of the unfortunate Ameri-
can woman from Woking Prison, Eng
land. President Mckinley will be
asked to interfere in her behalf. There
is no doubt in the minds of any of the
Norfolk people who knew The May
bricks during their residence here but
that the husband, who was a confirmed
arsenic eater, killed. himself by an
overdose of the drug
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Exploded In His Hands.

Hagerstown (SpeciaD Wade An
derson, a boy aged 16 years, was prob
ably fatally injured by gun explod-
ing in his hands while shooting at a
mark near Clear Spring. The barrel
of the gun, an old musket, which was
heavily charged, burst and several
fragments pierced Anderson's skull.
They were removed, leaving him in a
precarious condition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Each Fired vim Fatal ResuIl.

Daisy, Ga. (SpeciaD A shooting af-
fray took place at Kennedys Mill, near
Groveland, Ga, in which l.. Johnson
and Robert Hatten, two white men,
were killed. They had a misunder-
standing, and Hatten shot Johnson
through the neck, Johnson fell but
arose and shot Hatten's brains out
Johnson died soon afterward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
FiliplnOs to BE Hanged.

Manila (By cable) ).-Four natives
were hanged at Dagupan, Luzon They
were convicted of arson and murder,
the victims Of the latter crime includ-
ing two American prisoners. The mill
tary courts are now returning numer-
Gus death sentences upon natives.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Stabbed to Death.

Minneapolis (SpeciaD Frank II.
Hamilton, "A Minneapolis newspaper
man, Is a prisoner at the Central
Police Station with the charge of MUIR
der against him as the result of the
stabbing of Leonard Day, a young mill
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Christmas Box for Soldiers.

New York (SpeciaD Miss Helen
M. Gould bought 5000 worth of tooth
brushes, combs and other toilet ar
ticles which she will ship to the sol
diers in the Philippines for Christ
mas,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Eaten by a Panther.

Fort Worth, Tex. (SpeciaD Jesus
Luterc foreman of the ranch OF WHO,
near Cotulla, lost two small children
through the ravages of a panther.
Four men on the ranch began a hunt
for the children and beast. The dogs
caught the panther, but before the man
came up four of the hounds were killed
by the animal. 1t was shot at once.
The crazed mother was taken to San
Antonio for medical treatment
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
Naval Academy Instructor Dies

Annapolis, Md. (speclaD. - Prof.
Marshal Oliver OF the Naval Academy,
died of apoplexy. Prof. Oliver was as
sistant professor in mechanical draw
inc and civil engineering.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

Henry Neall picked up a live wire
near Wilmington, Del, and was killed
by the shock.