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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Five Persons Seriously Hurt and Others
Injured In Collision In Rhode
Island,

River Point, R. l. (SpeciaD. Two
OF the Rhode Island Suburban Railway
Company's trolley cars colided head
on in this village and FIVE persons were
seriously hurt and number OF Others
bruised and shaken.
The collision was between an open
car and big vestibule car. The open
car partly telescoped the closed one.
deinolishing the front vestibule. The
open car escaped injury, as did its oc-
cupants, with the exception OF the mo-
torman
J, II. Fiske, motorman on the other
car had both legs broken; A. B. An
drews. conductor OF the same car. had
both legs broken and his. hand hut:
Michael Hebert. OF CentreviIle. a pas.
senger, had both legs broken and sus-
tanned other injuries; Henry c. John-
son, another passenger, had both knee
caps broken, and Eugene Capoone
motorman OF the open car, was cut and
bruised about the head and face.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
FIVE DIE ON ONE GALLOws.
Negroes Pay Penalty Of Their Crime Ia
Georgia." ."Knlghts Of the Archer"

Sylvania, Ga. (SpeciaD.-Five nc
groes, named Augustus. Sanders, Davis,
Hudson and Baldwin, paid the penalty
OF their crime here. All FIVE we're
hanged on one gallows at this place.
At 1920 the drop fell. The necks of
four were broken by the fall The fifth
died OF strangulation.
The crime Tor which Augustus, San
ders, Davis. Hudson and Baldwin were
hanged was the murder OF two young
white men. fillmore Harrington and
Milton Mears. The negroes were mem
bers OF an organization known as the
knights OF the Archer When Mears
and Harrington, in company with Off
GERS OF the law, tried 10 arrest a negro
they were fred upon from ambush by
apparently a dozen guns and rifles.
Mears fell dead in his tracks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
New Million Dollar University.

Lincoln, III. (Special) The new ST.
100000 Mllil<in University, to be com
posed of Lincoln College and the Deca-
tur Industrial College, was organized
here on the occasion of the thirty fourth
and final commencement of Lincoln Uni
versity. A. R. Taylor has resigned as
president of the State Normal College
at Emporia, Kan, and will come this
summer to accept the presidency and
complete the new organization. The
new university is named for James Mil
likin, of Decatur, who has given over
$4,000 to the endowment DR.. w. ].
Darby, of Evansville, Ind, was elected
president of the board, composed of IS
members from the Cumberland Presby-
terian Church of the synods of Illinois,
Indiana and Iowa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Conditions In Samoa.

San Francisco. Cal. Especially .-Com-
niander b. F. Tilley, u. S. NJ, governor
Of the United States possessions in Sa-
poa, who has just arrived here on leave
OF absence, discussing the conditions
there, said: The natives 40 now docilc
and contented. When was boarding
the Ventura they gave me 'siewa, or
Samoan charivari. to show their good
will. Ten girls and ten men followed
the boat, singing and making music by
beating mats with sticks. A great many
farewell tokens were pressed upon me,
but the customs officers demand duty
upon them, and the presents are hardly
worth the expense"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
General De Wet In a Biz Fight.

London (By Cable Lord Kitchen
er reports to the War Office from Pre-
toria as follows:
During the march from Nrede Cen
eral Elliott's column engaged De Wet
near Reitz on June 6. After severe
fighting they captured II loaded wag-
ons, IS prisoners, So rifles, 10000
rounds OF ammunition and 1000 cattle.
The Beers LETT II killed and 3 wounded.
Our casualties were 3 officers and II
men killed, and officer and "a men
wounded"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Engine Strikes Carriage at a Crossing in
Flint, Michigan.

Flint, Mich. (SpeciaD-The Mar
quette passenger train due here at Q
o'clock a. m. struck a double carriage
at the Hamilton avenue crossing, in the
suburb OF Oak Park, and instantly kill
ed four well-known people.
Several factory buildings adjoin the
track at Hamilton and prevent a clear
view of the track. Major Buckingham
drove directly in front OF the train,
which was going at high speed. The
pilot OF the engine was broken by the
force OF the collision. and the bodies OF
two OF the ladies, terribly mangled,
were found on il.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
A Census Of Manila.

Manila papers received at the War De
partment contain articles of more or less
Importance concerning that city and the
Philippines. The Manila Times gives
the result OF census taken by Lieutei-
ant II. L. Gilchrist for the Board of
Health completed about the Ist of May
This census gives the population of Ma
Mia at 244,o32, divided as follows:
Filipinos, 1871, ,3oI; Chinese, 5I,5o7;
Americans, 8,562; Spanards, 2,382 ;
other .nationalities, 900. The figures do
not include men belonging TO the United
States Army. There are is, 463 buildings
in the city, of which 3,73o are good, I,I55
bad, I,472 small and I2,II7 classed a.
shacks
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
MISSIONARIES KILLED AND EATEN
Reys. James Chalmers and B. 2. Tompkins
Devoured by cannibaIs.

Victoria, B. c. (By Gable ).-From
New Guinea news was received via
Sydney OF the massacre OF Revs. James
Chalmers and b. F. Tompkns and IA
native teachers by cannibals. The
whites were eaten. The place of the
cannbal orgy was seen by the troops
sent out to investigate the massacre,
and a portion OF the jaw and thigh
bones OF the missionaries were found,
together with their hats and portions OF
trousers which belonged to Chalmers.
The expedition punished the natives,
destroying their villages and canoes.
Some prisoners taken during an at
tack made by the natives on the troops,
told the tale of the massacre and can
nibalism.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Cashier Commits Suicide.

Cleveland Ohio (SpeciaD George
Baird, local cashier for the New York
Life Insurance Company. committed
suicide by nhaling illuminating gas in
his room, at 80 Lincoln avenue. Baird
who is about IS years OF age, came here
from Newark, n. J., where he was con-
nected with the above company. His
relatives live in Montreal. The officials
OF the insurance company say that so
far as now known Baird's accounts are
all right.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Mrs. Mckinley is Stronger.

Washington (Special) The improve.
ment in Mrs. McKinley's health con-
tinues. She sat up in her rolling chair
during the day and chatted and laughed
with the President and others at her
bedside. The Improvements on the
Presidents home at Canton. Ohio.
have been nearly completed and II will
be IN readiness for occupancy by July
I. II Mrs. MeKinleys condition Der.
mits her removal by that time she will
be taken to her Ohio home. where Il
Is believed the chances for permanen,
Improvement will be greater than in
Washington. =
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Gen. Gardner Dead.

Memphis. Tenn. (SpeciaD general
William Montgomery Gardner, vet
eran of the Mexican and Civil Wars
died here, aged 7S years. He was a ma
tive OF Augusta, Ga, and was gradual
ed from the Military Academy at West
Point in the class OF I846. In the bat
tie OF Contreras, in Mexico, August 70
I847, young Gardner, then a lieuten-
ant, stormed battery OF I2-2ounders
casemated, with single platoon oi
American soldiers, taking the guns and
winning the plaudts OF Mcclellan
Beauregard and other officers. In a
bloody encounter at Cherubusco a few
days later General Gardner was severe
lY wounded
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
sl5,OOO,OOO GROCERY COMPANY.
Largest Certificate Of Incorporation Ever
Granted in West Virginia.

Charleston, w. Va. (SpeciaD The
largest certificate OF incorporation ever
OF West Virginia was issued by the
Grocery Company. The business is to
manufacture and to carry on large
wholesale grocery business and to
manufacture, pack and ship goods in
any domestic or foreign trade.
The amount of the total authorized
stock OF the corporation is Sis 5000, 600.
The incorporators reside in the city
of Wheeling. The new company is
building an eight-story building in
Wheeling, w. Va, where it will conduct
business.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
MRS. KENNEDY
FOUND GUILTY.
Convicted Of Murder in the Second De-
gree at Kansas City.
TEN YEARS IN THE PENITHNrIARY.
Calmly the dirl.WIdow Convicted Of XII.
Ing Her Husband Receives the verdiet.'
Her Mother and Sister Sob Violently, but
She Sheds Not a Tear" An Appeal May
Be Taken.

Kansas. City, Mo. (SpeciaD "A jury
in the Criminal Court here decided that
Lulu Prince Kennedy was guilty OF mur-
der in the second degree for having
killed her husband, Philip H. Kennedy,
on January 10, 1901, and fixed her pun
ishment at 10 years in the penitentiary.
When the verdict was read this re-
markablbe 2o-year-old prisoner, whose
cool, Indifferent manner has for FIVE
months baffied the Jail officials, looked
traight ahead of her She neither
burst out crying nor moved a muscle.
Later she expressed interest but
nothing more. in the formal calling by
the court clerk OF the cases pending
against her father. G.. w. Prince. and
her brothers. Bert and VIII Prince.
who are charged with conspiring to kill
Kennedy
While Judge Wofford was dismissing
the jurors who had sat on the case for
twelve days and reached their verdict
after eleven hours delberation, the
prisoner sat with her chin resting on
her hand A reporter asked il she had
anything to say. Mrs. Kennedy ig-
nored the question and continued to
look at the Judge When Mrs. Ken
nedy had been taken into a little room
adjoining the courtroom and the crowd
was beginning to leave, a chorus OF
sobs and means was heard. They came
from Mrs Prince, mother OF the pris-
oner. and Mrs. Leon. the girls sister
c. w. Prince. the father, was trying to
pacify them while Bert Prince paced
up and down the corridor, sobbing and
wringing his hands. Lulu Kennedy
eat tbo,Db.f,,1 and e;fer4 fyaztpo 6~ediv
before her Taken to her cell she
fused to discuss the verdict.
c. W. Prince had shown not the least
emotion and only displayed great in
terest in the proceedings when the case
against him and his sons was called.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Drugged Ia a Sigual Tower.

Shamokin, Pa. (SpeciaD Lawrence
Hannah, a young telegraph operator,
and Thomas Horan. a student in teIeo-
raphy, report that they were drugeed in
a block signal system tower al Bic
Mountain, on the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, one mile east of here
by two well-dressed strangers, who
slipped chloral hydrate into glass OF
water OF which they drank. The bows
became stupehed, and say the men took
Horan's watch and disappeared. The
boys were found in an unconscious
condition two hours later.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Two Killed by a Tornado.

Memphis. Texas (SpeciaD A tor
nado passed across the northwestern
part OF Hall county and completely
demolished the homes OF W. r. Moore
and a man named Wickson Wick
sons family escaped to a dugout and
were unhurt, but two children OF
Moore were killed outright. Moore
was seriously injured, and Tom Mar
tin, a neighbor. who was at Moore
house. was probably fatally injured.
Mrs. Moore escaped to the dugout with
her infant and was unhurt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Rival To Steel Trust.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD 1t is rumor-
ed that British interests are buying up
the independent steel plants on the
country in order to form a rival to the
United States Steel Corporation form
ed by Morgan. 1t is said that options
on number OF independent plants have
already been secured. The report has
arisen from the recent rumors OF COM
ing changes in the Pennsylvania Steel
Company and Bethlehem Company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Merrimac Hero Badly Hurt.

Honolulu, via San Francisco (Spe-
ciaD The battleship Oregon arrived
here May 80, bound from the Orient to
San Francisco. AS she was dropping
her anchor off port the chain broke. Sc
riously injuring Chief Boatswain J. E.
Murphy, one OF the men who helped
Hobson sink the Merrimac at Santiago.
One leg was broken, and Murphy was
dashed against some machinery, recc;v-
ing dangerous cash on the head.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Uncle Shoots Nephew.

Swainsboro. Ga. (Special). - John
Stroud and Thomas Moxley, uncle and
nephew, respectively, also brothers-in-
law, fought an impromptu duel near
here, as result OF which Moxley is
dead. Stroud reproached Moxley for
circulating false stories about him. The
quarrel grew bitter. Moxley drew a
pistol, and Stroud reached behind a
stump and got a double -barreled shot
gun. As Moxley fired his pistol Stroud
sent a load OF shot into his chest.
Stroud surrendered to the authorities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Two Women Seek Death.

Pana Ill. (Specian Ten days ago
Mrs Otis Price attempted suicide by
taking large quantity OF concentrated
I've. Heroic efforts saved her life,
Thursday her sisterin-law. Mrs. Chas.
Price, committed suicide by taking ar
senic. The case is a very strange one.
The women were very intimate, almost
continually together. Mrs. Price says
she will yet succeed in killing herself,
as she has nothing to live for. Neigh
bors say the women wanted to leave
their families and live together.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Want Pleketlna Enloinsd

Cleveland, o. (Special) The Cleye-
land Punch and Shear Company com
menced injunction proceedings against
the striking machinisis, asking that the
men be restrained from picketinR The
works OF the company The company
IN its petition AYERS that the union pick
cts have terrorized employees who wish
10 work. The case will be heard Tues
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Capital News In G.n.r,l.

The United States Philippine Com
mission appointed judges for the Su-
preme Court OF the archipelago,
The Secretary OF the Navy has re-
ceived the report OF the Board OF Wis
itors to the Naval Academy.
Mr.. Conger, United States Minister
to China, had conference with Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The rapid reduction of the foreign
military forces in China is due to the
feet that should the indemnity question
be settled by July each government will
have 10 pay its own military expenses
there after that time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Governor Of New Mexico.

The President has decided to reap
point Miguel A. Otero governor of New
Mexico. A delegation has been here for
some days making representations to the
Secretary of the Interior looking to the
defeat of Mr. Otero, but after consider
ing the matter, Secretary Hitchcock
recommended Mr.. Otero's reappoint-
ment
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Three Meu Killed BY Lightning.

Allegan, Mich. (Special) During the
progress of a terrible electrical storm
which passed over Allegany county. the
barn of Sullivan Case, near Scott Lake,
was struck by lightning, and burned.
The charred remains of Case were found
in the ruins. John Yerger and his son,
James, of Mill Grove, were killed by
lightning, having sought refuge from the
storm in barn. Much damage to crops
was done
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
The Oregon Needs Extensive Repairs.

San Francisco (SpeciaD 1T is esti-
mated that the repairs to the Oregon,
which has just arrived from the Orient,
rendered necessary by the damage sus-
tanned when she was wrecked in the
Gull OF Pechili, will require about six
months on the dry dock and cost fully
S2so COO
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Cartridge Plat Blows Up.

Paris (By Cable. AN explosion in
a cartridge factory situated in the sub
urb OF Les Moulineaux has resulted IN
the loss OF fifteen lives and the injur-
ing OF about twenty persons. The VIC
tins we're horribly mutilated. A ma
jority OF those injured were women.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Fished Out a Big Pearl

Chicago (SpeciaD.-H. Deakin, an
art dealer, has pearl. taken from The
Mississippi river recently By a clam
fisherman, which weighs io3 grains,
Mr.. Deakin is said to have refused $40
600 for the gem. II is said that The
pearl was bought from the fisherman
H.. Gt1 ooo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Gov. SANFORD, Of Alabama, Dead.

Montgomery, Ala (SpeciaD WIN. ].
Sanford, governor Of Alabama, died at
Tuscaloosa, where he has been III ior
some time. Disease OF the heart was
the real cause OF death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Australian Ballot for cubans.

Havana lSpeciaD .--Senores Bravo.
Silva, Aleman, Betancourt and Zayas
have been appointed by the constitu-
tional convention commission 10
draw up the electoral law. II is prob
able that the Australian system will be
adopted. The commission .are study
ing the New York law as a basis
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
BOY Probably kidnapped.

Dallas. Tex. (SpecialD e. D. Strong,
Of Texarkana, has given his seven-year-
old son up as victim TO kidnappers. The
boy was put on a railroad train at Waco
on june to be sent home, distance OF
$50 miles. Parents and friends have not
heard from him since
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
De Wei Coming 10 AmsrIea.

Berlin (By Cable) .--Andries De Wet
the Boer leader, says he is going to the
United States in the middle of July to
lecture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Wireless TeIegraphy.

London (By Cable) The steamer
Lucania, the first OF the Cunard vessels
TO be fitted with the Marconi system OF
wireless telegraphy, made communica-
tion with the shore when 20 miles from
Liverpool.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
KIdu.oper csIishsn Held for Perjury.

Omaha, Neb (SpeciaD James Cal
lahan was held for trial in the District
Court on charge OF perjury, alleged
to have been committed in one oi the
Cudahy abduction cases. Bail was
fixed at $500.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Castro DlsmIsses Attorney. General.

Willemstad. Curacao (By Cable) -
President Castro. Of Venezuela, has dis
missed Senor Galavis, the Attorney
General, because OF his opinion in the
last Judgment in the case OF the New
York and Bermudez Asohalt Company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
tinane,al.

Weathcriord. Pa, has voted against
the proposed ISSUE OF $4,000 bonds.
The Calumet & Hecla Company has
declared a quarterly dividend OF SIS a
share.
The New York sub-treasury state
ment shows the banks have lost $I,I38,-
600 since June i2.
The Southern Railway Company has
purchased the Sheffield Machine Works
at Huntsville, Ala.
1t is said there is every indication
OF good crops and 10 per cent. more
traffic than at present all over the Mis-
souri, Pacific territory,
Missouri Pacific gross earnings for
April show an increase OF $488,844 and
net increase OF $4o3648
ii is said that a deal is on between
the Western Union and the American
Telegraph and Telephone Companies.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany has declared the regular semi
annual dividend OF 3 per cent, payable
July !.
Cambria Steel sold ex-diyidend and
ex-rights. The warrants deliverable
when issued have been placed on the
unlisted department
The Sloss-S -Sheiheld Company has de-
clared the regular ~ per cent. diyi-
dend on the preferred stock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
Foreign.

Lord Kitchener reports that General
Elliott engaged De Wet on June o,
and the British captured IS prisoners
and 1000 cattle. Three British officers
and II men were killed
+. W. Hollis. the United States mem
Der OF The Hague arbitration court,
announces that the court has been or
ganized, but the Transvaal War ques-
ton is not before it.
A number OF children were injured
in crush in front OF the kings palace
in Rome during the ceremonies oi
christening the infant daughter OF the
king and queen.
Berlin newspapers report that Field
Marshall Won Waldersee will be Great
ed prince by Emperor William on
his return from China.
Labor riots have again broken out
at St. Petersburg. The military sup
pressed the mobs.
A Russian cruiser and other vessels
together with government buildings and
warehouses, were destroyed by FIRE and
II lives lost at the Galleys Island ship
yard, near St. Petersburg.
Speaker Henderson, OF the House OF
Representatives, formed a most agree
able impression OF President Loubet OF
France who received him most cordially
NJ. Drumont, anti Semitic, in the
French Chamber of Deputies, bitterly at
tackled the government in connection
with the administration of Algiers.
The German government is organizing
an expedition of coal miners in the Rhine
Province to exploit the coal mines in
the Shan Tung Province.
Fifteen persons were killed and &c
injured, the latter nearly all women. by
an explosion in a cartridge factory in
France.
English census returns show that there
are Is,7zI72S males in England anC
Wales and I6,So4, 347 females
Sir David Barbour, who was sent BY
the British Government to report upon
the sources OF revenue OF the Transvaal
and Orange River Colonies, and how
much they should contribute to the cost
OF the war, is in favor OF a 10 per cent
tax upon the profits OF the mines.
Mail advices from New Guinea tell OF
the massacre OF Revs. James Chalmers
and B. F. Tompkins missionaries, and
"a natives by cannibals. The Is-:ssion-
aries were devoured.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-06-01
NUMBER Al.
THE GOVERNMENT UPHELD.
The ConstitutioEality of the fore-
akcr Act med-Congress
Has Power to Act.

Washington, May 2s.-The United
States supreme court yesterday hand
ed down opinions covering all Of the
issues on the new insular possessions
which have been in controversy. Al
though several Of the decisions up
held the contestants on certain issues
raised, Yet in the most important de-
cision, that of Downes against Bid
well, Justice Brown announced the
sweeping decision of the court up
holding the general attitude and pol
icy of the government up 70 the pres
ent time. The effect OF this decision
is to affirm The constitutionalty OF
the Foraker act, and TO give congress
| power to deal with newly-acquired
I territory in such manner as the legis-
lative branch may consider suitable
for the new territory. The decision
also has the effect of declaring that
the new insular possessions by virtue
of the treaty OF cession acquire all
the privileges and rights Of the con-
stitutiOu.