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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

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mcnt over the floor, making it thicker
on one side than on the other, to Sc
cure Il gradual slope. Then lay planl;s
lengthwise Of the slope, leaving an
inch of space between them. The
urine will thus be drained off. with
practically no wetting Of the litter \
coating OF cement can be laid over
flooring as well as upon an earth
floor New York Tribune.
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rcady-srade Dress Ornaments.

There is very little difficulty in the
ornamenta!ion of bodice or a skirt
nowadays. as suitable decorations Of
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chased ready for attachment TO match
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to twelve days and even longer. I
have found an unoccuplcd bedroom oa
the north side of house IN which
there is nc direct heat, or at least very
little heat. the temperature ranging
from forty-fve to ifty-five degrees. an
excellent place IN which to keep carna-
ton blooms.--C. W. Ward. in New
England Homestead.
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The greatest drawback to the health
and comfort of Il calf in the average
calf pen Is the constant wetting Of the
bedding, which necessitates constant
changing. or filthy sleeping place is
the result An excellent plan is shown
in the cut. Lay an inch coating Of ce-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

The area OF the United States Is g.
501, 600 square miles that of China Is
4,2is.401, Of which China proper" has
an ares Of l.33o.s4l square miles.
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the E@I@TS OF fNSAION,

New York City.--Shirt waists ill an
important place in the wardrobe of the
young girl. as well as in that of her
mamma. The pretty little May Man
The sun., 1901-07-28
PROPOSED LOVING CrP TO cERvERA
Lieutenant commander Hobson Indorses t
and Asks tho Honor Of Heading the list.

BIYoHAMPToN. y Y. July 81 Arthur
Bird, Esu. who is President Of the hssocla-
tion which proposes TO present a testim onial
loving cup To Admiral Cervera. In recognition
Of his bravery before Santiago has received
the following letter from Lieutenant Com
mander Hobson:
Arthur Bird. Esq SidnsV. v. y:
Il beg leave 10 acknowledge the receipt
OF your letter relative to tribute TO Admiral
Cervera from tho American people. Such q
tribute would indeed he a beautiful mani
festation, in full keeping With the magnani-
mity snd chivalry Tint characterized the
conduct Of the Spanish American War Would
you allow me to suggest that In. your efforts
YOU include the chivalry side OF the gallant
Admiral "a we'll as the courageous. Tor |
think his chivalry IL the main element OF his
conduct that has endeared him TO the Ameri-
can people and would form more appropri-
ate hnsis Tor a tribute hope YOU are sue
ceeding in tho matter Of organizing tho move
ment, which | think, II properly presented
hv tho metropolitan press, would enlist and
would ind quick response Tor the project
Then when organized you Will allow mo
the honor ~ heading the hst Of subscribers,
Yours very truly,
The sun., 1901-07-28
GORED ny A VICIOUS BULL.
Animal Cot In One Lick That Sent Hired Man
to tho Hospital.

James Martin. milkman. Who has a dairy
at Grsniteville Staten Island. has for some
time been the owner Of a vicious black bull
named Tim. Tim attempted to gore Martin
few days ago. after attacking one Of the
farm hands, so Martin decided to get rid of
him and on Wednesday sold him to another
dairyman The latter sent one Of his men.
Charles Anderson of AL East Fiftieth street,
Manhattan. to Staten Island to get the bull
yesterday morning
Anderson was accompanied by two others
Of Martins men One was armed with n
club and the other carried pitchfork The
three went into the fed where the bull was
grazing Anderson crept along the fenco
With a long rope The bull saw him coming
and turned upon him Anderson tried TO get
back over the fence. but tripped and fell
The bull came on at such rapid pace that
he was not able to stop when he reached
Anderson. but tramped over him, The other
men ran 20 Anderson's assistance. but tho
bull managed 70 got one In on tho man on
the ground Anderson was lifted over the
fence and q messen ger was sent for an auibu-
lance, which took Anderson, unconscious,
10 the Smith fnfrmary at New Brighton
He IL suffering from severe wounds OF the
abdomen and bruises about the head and
face. but will be out In few days
The sun., 1901-07-28
MANILA CHARTER NoT SATISFACTORY
| Brokers Ask for Fivc Commissioners Prop
erty Owners Seek Lower Tax Rate.
.sp.ciaI CSas D.spatch 10 THE Sun.

Special Cahs Dssp1tch 10 THE Sun.
MASILA. July 2T.-The discussion OF tho
proposed charter for Manila was resumed at
to-day's session Of the Philippine Commits
sion
Attorney Hartigan. representing heStock
Exchange. asked that the membership Of the
proposed Board Of Commissioners for the
government Of the city be increased from three
to Ave members. and that the board be COM
posed Of merchants who have no connection
with the regular officers He also declared
that the proposed tax OF per cent ad valorsm
was excessive.
The Commissioners maintained that Manila
property had not suffered by the insurrection.
and stated that it was statistical fact that
the taxes were now less than before. when they
were not sufficient to pay one-third Of tho
municipal expenses and insuar funds had 20
be used As the charter reduced the cost
Of the municipality tho Commissioners were
OF opinion that the issuance OF bonds was
unnecessary and inconsistent with their
authority
owners. also opposed the per cent. ad va
loren tax, stating that the income from real
estate was IL per cent In some cases and less
in others, because the owners we're bound by
old leases The commission suggested an
amendment by which the owners should be
assessed on the original value OF the pro perty
Where the property has increased In value
the difference will be added and whore II has
decreased It will be deducted The properly
owner. are prepared to night the tax, which
although II appears reasonable. will prob
ably be reduced
The sun., 1901-07-28
FLOATING HOSPITAL TUG BURNED.
was Not Towing the Hospital Barge at the rims
Fire Thought Once 10 BE Out.

-Ftre ThOught once 70 DE UNI
Tho tug Wendell Goodwin. owned by the
L. f. Barrett Towing Company. and used
In tho summer months to tow the floating
hospitals Of st. Johns Guild. was burned
yesterday afternoon In the lower bay about
a mile OF shore from the summer hospital
OF the guild st New Dorp. She was anchored
a quarter OF a mile from the barge Emma
Abbott, which she had towed down earlier
in the day, and Capt. John Hammond and the
crew Of Ave had turned In. They wers
awakened about 80 p, NJ. and found the
forw ard part Of the boat on fire Capt Ham
mond whistled for the tug Dearborn. which
had cowed tho other hospital barges down.
and anch ored close by stream from the
pump OF the Dearborn apparently eNtin-
guishsd the fire and the Dearborn and tug
which had been summoned by telephone
started for New York with the two barges.
About a half hour later the fire In the Good
win broke out again and this time the strong
breeze fame IL 10 that the tug was 500 n
snvelo ped In flames Capt Hammond barely
had time 10 start the tug toward Midland
Beach. where she grounded He and the
crew Jumped into the small boat and put
for shore The FIRE burned all the Afternoon n
and no efforts were made 10 extnguish II
until about clock, when the 1reboat David
A Boodv and the police boat Patrol appeared
They were unable TO get close enough in the
shoal water To do any service. The tug is a
total loss. She was valued at $4,000.
The sun., 1901-07-28
M'KEESPORr LOOKS FOR PBAcH
Terms Of Compromise That the strfk srs Infn,p
May he Brought About.

MckErspoRr. Pa. July 27.-Presideut
Theodore Shaffer and Secretary John
Williams Of the Amaigamated Assooia.
ton. il Is said are in New York In conferences
with officials of the United States Steel
Corporation.
The strike. which was to have been IN
augurated tonight in the National and
Boston rolling mills of the National Tubs
Company in this city. has been temporarily
called of. il may be called on again To-.
morrow II the conference to-day results In
nothing, but at present II is of. The meet-
ing Of welders for tonight to form lodge
Of the Amalgamated was also called of.
The basis OF settlement is unknown b
the men here II Ia reported 10 be In the
nature Of a compromise. II Is said that
the Amagamated Association will offer
to rccede from its demand that the Steel
company sign the scale for all the mills.
The balance s that the United States Steel
Company and its underlying companies
will pay the scale price and Will abrogate
all contracts which have been entered
into with their employees and win permit
the organization of men in all the mills
II they desire to become affiliated with
the Amalgamated or any other associa-
ton. II is 10 be expressly understood
that all mills shall be open 10 all men,
whether with or without a card. and thas
no effort shall be made on the part Of tho
union to force men TO join or To force the
Steel Company To employ only union men
The strikers here say they think this
compromise will be brought about and
they are willing TO go back 10 work II 10
can he arranged.
The sun., 1901-07-28
GEN. WOOD SAILS NORTH.
Havana Press aad Public Regret His Hines
aad Hope for HIS Return.
spseiai Cssis Dsspateh 10 THE srN.

spsefai Cas,e Despatth 10 THE SuN
HAVANA. July q. -Governor General Wood
sailed for New York to-day on the steamer
Moro Castle He is due there on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Wood and
DR.. Laine. Much good feeling was shown
toward the departing Governor, who s
still very weak. The Merchants Union
hired a tug on which the directors saw
the Governor General of.
The Diario dc Ia Marina says it would
much regret. a. would nearly the entire is
land. II Gen. Wood should not return. The
paper says he knows the country thoroughly
and Is an honorable man.
The Lueha says II would be difficult to
replace Gen. Wood In these critical times
for Cuba. All Who have property or desire
q peaceful and successful settlement Of
the Cuban question hope that Gen. Wood
will speedily return.
A reward Of $1,000 has been offered for
Lima, q bandit. dead or alive. Lima. in
accordance with the custom under the
old Spanish regime. had offered to leave
the country for $500.
The sun., 1901-07-28
EXPLORATIONS IN BORNEO.
Dr.. Niswsahsis Tsals Of what He Saw In the
Dig Island.

SAN Francisco July u. DR.. A. W. Niewen-
huis, medical officer Of the Dutch colonial
army, who has arrived here after veTsl
years In exploring the wilds Of Borneo, pene-
trated portions Of the big island which never
before had bean visited by white men Five
years ago he organized his nrst personal
expedition, consisting OF three Europeans
and three nativss lie made studies OF geol-
ogy and anthropolosy and tribal lore while
his companions Investigated the fauna and
Hora Of the jungles.
He said: we went up the river Koebos TO
its source and found our way TO the head
waters OF Mahakam River. down which we
eventually made our way to the sast coast
We found the country one unbroken stretch
OF jungle and forest. populated by many
different tribes. Dagsk tribes and Mahaksn
tribes, which inhabit the country on the
upper rMahakam River. hau never seen white
man before. although their prosenitor'. in
the carly part Of tho nineteenth century
murdered a Dutch army offcer named Muller.
who had penetrated the jungle 10 their
village.
Natives Of Msbsksn tribes detained us
eight months. but nnally by our curing their
sick they allowed Us to proceed. They look
Ii 20 Japanese. but are Of Malay origin. They
are bsrbarians. but have much skill In ivory
carving They hunt mainly pigs with
poisoned arrows shot from blowguns and
though the country sbounds with cattle
they eat nothing that has horns
Over year Was spent on the upper Ma
hakam River inducing tribes to accompany
me to Kenjas villages The Kenjas proved
TO be courteous and hospitabls. though the
white man was novelty Their houses arc
built on high polse and fifteen houses make
N ,,til oa
The sun., 1901-07-28
Civic Council Suggests Reforms. -

The Civic Council announced yesterday
tha, IL IL enrolling Committee Of One Thou
sand to agtate for the following measures;
First-A Constitutional amendment giving
cite, the right to determine the wages, hours
and conditions OF all city employees and of
nll employees Of contractors doing work for
the city -
second Steps toward replacing the con-
tract system by direct employment on city
Three-The elimination OF revenue-makir y z
investments in estimating the city debt limit.
Fourth successive steps In municipal own
ership and operation.
The Council has sent copies Of tho four
propositions TO all the members OF the organ
Hations affiliated with II for referendum
vote on them The returns will bc used "a n
basis for the Committee OF One Thousand in
onducting the agitation on the measures,
The sun., 1901-07-28
THE STATES MONEY WASTED.
Gov. Odsli's visit to state Institutions May
Result In Radical Reforms.

BUFFALO. July T.--The Courier publishes
a story to the effect that Gov Odell, who
started out some weeks ago to make tour
of the state institutions, has not been Alto
gether favorably impressed with the ins,itu-
tIons so far visited. One member OF tho
Governors party. Western New York man.
said that in many cases money was wasted.
and that the Governor proposed to make
some radical changes in the coming appro-
prations. Dannemora prison: especially.
When asked whether the yearly appro-
priation would be cut down. he replied NO,
I do not believe so. but there will be radical
changes In some instit tltions We found
that they had been receiving entirely too
r1uch money. others were not adequately
supplied, and have not received what they
were entitled 20: "
or wiltul waste OF public money he replied:
"No, | would not say that | wiz put II In
tLis yny. There have been a number Of
unwi-e expenditures, l do not believe that
the total amount of the state appropriations
viii be- curtaied. but the money will be moro
eauitably apportioned in the future
The sun., 1901-07-28
RANCHnAN sHOr BY TRAIN ROBBERS
The Posse Searching fer the Robbers Had hads
His Hsuss Their HsadQ quarters.

HARLEM. Mon. July ~ A messenger
just In from Gills and Winters ranches. near
Landuska. confirms the report Of the killing
OF James Winters. at whose house the posses
searching for the train robbers made their
headquarters yesterday morning Tho
messenger reported the matt In detail and
his report confirms the theory Of Sheriff
Grifith that the Great Northern train rob-
bers are still In that vicinity. They kept
up a constant firing against the ranch house
until about noon. when they mounted their
horses tho same horses they had in the
train hold-up and rode quickly away.
IL was FIRST reported that tho shot was fred
from ambush 1t IL now said that the hre
bandits came from q dump Of nndsrbrush.
200 yards from the house, as winters came
out ~ his cabin. and while one held the horses
the other two fred on Winters, hitting him
in the abdomen and killing him almos, in.
stantlv They returned TO cover and Kept
shooting until about noon. with the evident
Intention Of keeping any one from ] aving
A. D. ON. who Is a partner Of Winters,
fought in the battle Of Santiago under Samp-
son as an ensign. He has been warned TO
leave the country. and as he has defed tho
gang he will probably 20 next. Gil brought
LAndusky and vicinity believe them TO be
detectives In consequence they have been
fred upon several times In the past week
and Alfred Sicholovious. one of the party,
who was also In the Cuban war. had his horse
killed under him last week.
The sun., 1901-07-28
STEEL STRIKE CONFERENCE,
sHAFFER AND WILLIAMS SEE sc1WAl
AND GARY HERE.

Solicited the Interview and Get a u~.,s>.
whatever the Result May Hsv. ~
Attempt win he Made to start Up rSrss
OF the TIN Plate Miil, This v..r.
Theodore ShafYer President OF tho ANAL
gamated Association OF Iron and St.,
workers and Secretary Williams Of the ssus
association, were in New York yesterday
using IL Is said. assumed names. They had
sought through A. NJ Garland, who v,s
mere earlier, an interview with the h..A
Vi me United States Steel Corporstdon.
according to report that passed A an,
thentio they met Charles NJ Scbwab ara
Judge +. II. Gary Of the United STAT. st.sS
corporation at the Lawyers Club In tbe
fau'ab'e Building at o'clock yestsrday
afternoon and got q hearing Of what thev
nad 70 say. the Steel company men desuins
only fair to listen to them. a they ha6
requested the meeting. Just what ~
said at the conference nobody win IN
out the general impression Is that the st,iS~
going to be short lived. Mr.. Morsnn,
VINO was In town last night declined 10 ~
anything about steel matters.
The reports which have bean odrr,,HH.a
for two days that the heads Of the -
companies had practically decided to onsn
negotiations with q view to 4 settlsrn~,,S
OF the strike. were based, IL was Learned
Yesterday. purely upon speculation rhN
ohlcials OF the companies adhered to tAskf
determination not 10 propose terms to
of Mr.. ShafYer and his fellow agitstora
Not only that. but tho directors Of thA
American Tin Plate Company resolved
on Friday to attempt to open I'D at least
three OF their closed mills this week. This
information was given to The suN yes.
terday by one Of the most prominent reprs.
sentatives OF the steel interests.
Early next week" he said. -an EFFORT
Will be made TO open the American Tn
Plate Company's mills at Cleveland and
Lisbon, Ohio, and at Pittsburg. We do
not anticipate any difficulty In getting
the labor necessary. Until year ago ths
three mills have referred to were nom
union. but subsequently the men Joined
the association. But these men signed
the wage scale before the beginning Of tho
strike and went out only because they were
ordered to do So
''rhe probability Is that they may require
but little persuasion to return to work. II
we can get the tin plate mills open the
strikers will have the ground cut from
beneath them entirely. The only industry
which has been really restricted by the
strike has been the tin plate industry. Ths
| output Of the sheet steel and other mills
could easily have been duplicated. had
demand required. by other plants controlled
by the United States Steel Corporation
Tho United States Steel Corporation
common stock closed yesterday at 441,,
the highest point of the day and an advances
Of ~ on the previous days top price. Thers
was also rise Of "a in the preferred stock.
These advances in price were due to the
| belief Wall Street operators have that within
the next few days there will be some radical
change favorable TO the companies in the
situation.
The sun., 1901-07-28
H0RS RAIN IN rHE WEST.


KANSAS CITY. No. July ~ The drought
vas broken to-day throu shout all this section.
The weather observer says IL could not BE-
called general rain but only series
Of local showers However this may be.
Il rained here from $50 until II A. NJ. nearly
half an tnoh falling The mercury was down
to 10 at A. N. for the first time in thrty-six
days.
Rainfall was reported to-day from Kansas
and Missouri points ss follows: Harrison
Vile. Mo. .sS; Lexington. No. 81 Lamar.
No. Lee; Maryville. Mo. os: Toronto. Kan.
-; Dodge City. Kan. .o2; Dresden. Kan. 90:
Fort Scott. Kan. II; Manhattan. Kan. "a;
Osase CITY Kan. "a
Farmers cay the rain comes too late to help
the corn. which will be only half a crop. but
there will be fodder for stock II the present
weather oont nues.
DALLAS. Ter July 27.-Practically no
rain fell to-day. Four local showers we're
reported this forenoon. but the afternoon
was hot and dry The temper aturs averaged
% all over the cotton district. The drought
% far has been only slightly checked and
the crop outlook Is discouraging.
ToPHKA. Kan. July T-Ths long-pro-
traoted drought in eastern Kansas was broken
to-day by . two-inch rainfall. territory
10 miles long by 100 miles wide was drenched
and It Ii raining tonight Farmers will
plant Kafir corn between the rows Of Indian
corn for feed for stock
MUIco. No. July ?7.-This part OF Mis-
souri, was refreshed by hight rains to-day;
but even " II continues to rain the crop will
be the lishts.t for many years.
LINCOLN, Neb.. July ?7.--The first general
rain that has fallen In eastern Nebraska
sinos July Z Ia now falling. Tho railroad
reports show il to extend out into tho stricken
South Platte country. 1t may be the end
Of the drought, but II comes too late To he OF
any good to the corn or spring wheat.