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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
FATAL COLLISION OF
CARS IN ALBANY.
Five Persons Were Killed and Over
Forty Injured.
FHonTFUL WRECK ON TROLLEY LINES
Cars Filled With People, Running at High
Rate Of Speed, Collide, and One Car TsIe.
scopes the 0ther-.womes, Children and
Wreeksge Hurled Into an Indiserlmlnate
hass-One Motormsn's Legs Cut Off

Albany, N. Y. (SpeciaD aD.-Elsctric
cars racing for switch while dashing
IN opposite directions at the rate of 20
miles an hour cost FIVE lives in a ter
rihc collision, in which over 40 persons
were injured, some fatally and all seri-
ously. The lobby OF the postoffice
building here was filled with dead and
wounded, hysterical women and chill
dren looking for relatives and surgeons
administering temporary relief.
The scene of the accident was about
two miles from Greenbush. on the line
OF the Albany and Hudson railway The
place where the cars met on the single
track was at sharp curve. SO fast
were both running and so sudden was
the collision that the motormen bad ro
time TO put on the brakes before the
southbound car had gone almost clean
through the northbound one and hung
on the edge OF high bluff, with a load
OF Shrieking, manned humanity. One
motorman was pinioned up against the
smashed front of the southbound car
with both legs severed and was killed
instantly, the other motorman living
but few minutes.
Fully 100 men, women and children
formed a struggling, shrieking pyramid
mixed with blood detached portions ot
human bodies and the wreckage OF the
cars. Some OF the more slightly injured
men extricated themselves first and be-
gan TO pull people out Of the rear ends
OF the two cars. Almost all on board
were taken out in this way.
The few women and children who had
escaped injury and death were hysteri-
cal. They added their cries to the
shrieks Of the dying and mutilated. Men
with broken arms and bones. disiocated
joints and bloody heads and faces tried
90 assist others who were more helpless.
Help had been Summoned from East
Creeuh.sh and vicinity and in a little
time the bruised mass OF humanity.
with the dead for a gruesome and silent
company, was loaded on extra cars and
brought to Albany. Here ambulances
and physicians had been summoned and
the postofhce was turned into a morgue
and hospital. AS fast as the physicians
could temporarily FIX up the wounded
they were taken to their homes or TO
hospitals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Foreign.

Theodors Magers, bedroom steward
OF the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, has been arrsted at Bremen
haven charged with being the man who
took three gold bars from the specie
room Of the steamer on a voyage in
April last.
Bishop Hartzell. missionary bishop
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Africa, expresses the opinion that a
general revolt OF the barbaric peoples
against Christianity has begun.
Emperor William, tired OF the trouble
in China, is desirous OF the withdrawal
OF the German forces as speedily as pos
sible.
President AItschensky, OF the Khar-
koff Chamber. OF Commerce, noted
Russian fnancier, committed suicide.
A bottle with a message stating that
the steamer Croft was sinking at sea
with all on board was picked up at
Granton and brought to London.
British weeklies make sarcastic refer
ences to Carnegie's offer 10 the Scottish
universities.
The eight-hour movement is spread
ing in Russia. Strikers who attacked
an armor-plate works outside St. Pc
armes and several killed
Sir Alfred Hickman, in the British
House OF Commons, protested against
railroad companies controlled by the
government continuing TO buy Ameri-
con locomotives.
Successful experiments have been
made between Berlin and Hamburg
with the late Professor Rowlands sys-
tenn OF rapid telegraphy.
Emperor William has issued orders
to exclude reporters from all functions
where he intends TO speak
Marthinus Vessels Pretorius. first
president OF the Dutch African Repub-
lie. died in the Transyaal
Many lives are reported lost by a vol
cano eruption at Blitar, Java.
The foreign ministers had a meeting
in Pefin. which resulted unsatisiactor-
ly. None OF the others were willing
to accede 10 the American proposition
for reduction OF the indemnity to for
ty million pounds. President McKin-
ley, in San Francisco, is in constant
communication with Washington on
the subject,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30

Rome (By Cable).-Bresci, the as
sassin OF the late King Humbert, has
committed suicide at the penitentiary of
Santo Stefano. Bresci recently had
been suffering from extreme excitement,
declared to be from remorse Tuesday
night he made rope from his blankets
and strangled himself.
On the wall of Bresci's cell the word
Vengeance" was scratched with his
bloody thumb-nail.
Bresci's violence last week eliminated
in bis attacking a jailer, in consequence
of which he was placed in a strait jacket.
Later the prisoner feigned docility in or
der to secure an opportunity to commit
suicide. which he accomplished by hang
ing himself with an improvsed rope at
tached TO the ceiling. In the earlier days
of his imprisonment Bresc resented or
ders to keep silent, and threatened to kill
himself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Captain Hall viudicsted.

Washington (SpecialD The record
OF the court martial in the case of Capt.
Newt Hall, United States Marine Corps,
who was charged by Minister Conger
with cowardice in connection with the
defense OF the legations at Pekin, has
Just reached Washington. Admiral
Remey has promulgated the finding in a
special order, which completely exoner-
ates Captain Hall from the charge and
hnds that the only matter of substance
sustained in the charges is an error of
judgment in connection with the with
drawal OF his troops at critical moment
from the Tartar wall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
WIFE HANGED HERSELF.
her Husband Had Held Her Ia Lash to Pre-.
vent This Very Act.

New York Especial Suicide by a
woman with rope that was expected TO
prevent an attempt at self-murder, was
the burden of the story told to DR..
Charles P. Wuest, who was sent to per-
form an autopsy on the body OF Mrs.
Albertine Filsinger, at 6S Vermont ave-
nue., Brooklyn, by Coroner De Lap to-
day.
Mrs. Filsinger, who was the wife of
Charles Filsinger, a well-to-do insurance
man, was found hanging in front of the
mirror in her parlor She had tried be-
fore to end her life, and her husband in
order to care for her, had tied her with a
rope TO his waist when they went to
bed. While he slept she united the rope
so skillfully that he was not awakened,
and it was with this strand that she
hanged herself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
cubans Reject Minority Report

Havana (Special) The minority re-
port of the Committee on Relations was
defeated in the Cuban Constitutional
Convention by vote of 10 to 9. The
majority report will be read and dis
cussed The Conservatives believe the
final vote on the latter report will be
taken soon, but they do not expect to
hold the full strength shown Friday.
Senor Zayas, in a speech, said the minor
ity report was too conservative, and he
could not accept it. 1t is believed that
Senor Zayas may possibly carry two
other delegates who voted with the Con-
seryatives
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Houses Washed Away.

Charlotte, N. c. (Specia) Reports
from remote counties in the mountain
districts show great destruction by the
storm. In Bakersville 10 residences and
the Baptist Church were washed away.
Quinter Moore and his son were drown.
ed. Every house in Magnetic City. a
village in Mitchell county, was destroy.
ed. AT Roam Mountain Station 20 resi-
dences were swept away. Six large
stores on Big Rock Creek were carried
away and one man, John Mckinney
drowned, while an unknown man was
killed by landslide. w
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Dynamite Explosion.

Dover, N. ]. (SpeciaD Eight hun
dred pounds OF nitro-glycerine blew up
at the Atlantic Dynamite Works at Ken
vii, six miles from Dover. No one was
injured. The building was frame struc-
ture 20 feet by SO. A hole in the ground
marks the place where it stood. The
nitro-glycerine that exploded was in the
freezing house, where it was to undergo
a second separation from the spent acid
by process of refrigeration. The ex-
plosion was caused by accidental over
heating of the nitro-glycerine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
North csroIIna's Prison scandal.

Raleigh, N. G. (Special) The new
management OF the penitentiary is
greatly concerned at the condition in
which the lately retired management
has left that institution. One OF the new
directors says: MATTERS grow beauti-
fully worse the more they are looked
into. We were told that last year 5
peanut crop was 6o,ooo bushels, and
that it would yield $4,000. / think we
will not get over $4,000 for II. The
late management spent $4o4 900 in two
years. With high cotton, heavy crops,
and no freshets in the Roanoke river,
where our great farms are. ~~.~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
OFFICERS IN DISGRACE.
10 Drunken Quarrel Lieutenant Howell Shot
Second Lieutenant Lloyd.

Manila (By Cable).-It is alleged
that, as the outcome OF drunken quar-
rel in the officers quarters at Camp
Stotsenberg. Lieut. James F. Howell.
OF the Sixth Artillery, shot Second
Lieut.. Charles R. Lloyd. OF the same
regiment, the bullet grazing the left
side OF Lloyds head and inflicting a
slight wound
After retreat that evening Lieutenant
Howell, who was temporarily in com
mand, took Field Battery IL on a wild
''hike" through the jungles and rice
fields OF Mariquina Valley.
Later Howell, Lloyd and DR.. Over
ton, who dressed Lloyd's wound, were
placed under arrest. The affair is be-
ing investigated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
NEW PRESIDENT OF 3. & O.
l. r. Loree, Viee.President OF the Penn.
sylvania Selected.

Cleveland. Ohio (SpeciaD.-L. F. Lo-
rec, fourth vice-president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, Company. has been
selected as president Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The selection hav-
ing been made, the change becomes ef-
fective June 1. This choice signifies the
complete domination of Baltimore and
Ohio affairs by the Pennsylvania Com
pany. Mr.. Loree is the ablest expon-
ent OF Pennsylvania principles that
could be found. His appointment.
therefore, not only confirms the final
supremacy OF the Pennsylvania in Bal
timore and Ohio management, but indi-
Gates that the Pennsylvania principles
are to be introduced into the Baltimore
and Ohio's management by one OF the
Pennsylvania ablest representatives.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Death Caused by Sweating Blood.

Peekskill, N. Y. (Special) Francis
Lynch. in his 2sth year, was buried here.
The cause Of his death was plrpura
haemorrhagica, which is considered quite
rare disease. Young Lynch for some
weeks has been actually sweating blood
through the pores Of his body. Noted
specialists from New York saw the case,
among them DR.. Woolsey, and pro-
nounced the disease an unusual one and
the case well developed Lynch held a
responsible position as stenoRrapher and
typewriter with she Mutual Life Benefit
Company, Of Is7 Broadway. New York.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30

n. j., was very much affected at the
news OF the suicide of her husband. She
said, however, that he was better dead
than imprisoned in an Italian peniten-
tiary, Speaking of her husbands act in
killing the King of Italy, Mrs. Bresci
said
He did not plan it with others. Now
that he is gone there is no reason to con-
ceal anything, and | can say absolutely
that there never was plot. II was said
my husband was leader and the agent
OF band of anarchists in killing the
King. That is not true. His act was
entirely an individual act. He conceived
il himself
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Capital News in deu.r,l.

Chief Gcologist Robert T. Hill. OF the
United States Coast Survey. subrnitted
a report OF his Investigations in the oil
fields OF Texas.
The coloncr's jury held Mrs. BONN.
for the grand Jury on the charge Of be-
ing concerned in the death OF Census
Clerk Ayres.
Quite a long list OF army and navy
appointments was announced at rhe
White House.
The Navy Department has received
the report OF the executive officer OF
the Petrel on the fire on the cruiser and
the death OF Lieutenant Commander
Roper.
The War Department received vast
amount OF mail from Manila. including
the report OF the TAFT Commission.
The Naval Board OF Awards Ia un-
derstood to have reached tentative
decision upon the design for rneaal
OF honor for those who tool, par: in the
naval battle Of Santiago bay. 1t Is said
that the board has :o,loxed the prccc.
dent OF the Manila medal in showing
the head OF the commsnIer-in-chiefa and
that the Santiago medal will bear the
head OF Admiral Sanpson.
Gen. George b. Davis formally as
sumcd charge OF TIE duties OF Judge
Advocate General OF the Army and viii
hold that Office for the ensuing four
years.
Anne Arundel farmers have begun
planting tobacco
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Russian Loan Goes East.

Paris (By Cable).--It is estimated
that the new Russian loan OF $S4. .ooo.-
600 will be subscribed for at least seven
times. When the lists were closed
crowds were still waiting their turn out
side the Rothschid and other banks
where subscriptions were received. The
stock was quoted in the afternoon at a
premium of 4 I-2. The Rothschilds
made unusual and special efforts TO in
sure the success OF the loan by arrang-
ing with the leading banks OF Paris to
accept subscriptions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30

Albany, N. Y. (SpeciaD volumes
OF black smoke pouring through The
excitement among the hundreds OF en-
ployees within the building State Of
ficals, clerks and others hurried from
the various departments 70 ascertain
the extent OF the fire, which was burn
ing in the waste paper dump in the cell
lar at the wall OF the Assembly stair.
case. A bucket brigade attempted to
extinguish the flames, but were unsuc-
cessiul and the fire department was
called. The flames were extinguished
with trifling damage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Guardians Government Agents.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior +. L.
Campbell has ruled that the word "Gua--
dian as used in Section 400, Revised
Statutes providing that pensions Of
persons laborirg un1 Ter legal disabilities
may be paid TO their guardians is merely
the designation Of the person to whoi:,
the. money grant may be paid for the use
and benefit OF the pcnsioner and that
such guardian holds such fund as The
agent OF the Government.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Cancellation Of Stafn.s.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Ycrkes has instructed internal revenue
officers that on and after July I, 1901, all
stamps used for dcnoting the tax upon
fermented liquors shall be Cancelled by
perforations to be made in the form Of
the name Of the person, firm or corpora
ton by whom such liquors were made
or some suitable abbreviation thereof.
and the date when Cancelled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Wild Run Down a Mountain.

Altoona, Pa. (SpeciaD Conductor
John Early, OF Pitcairn, was killed and
Fireman L. f. Lingenfelter injured as
the resslt Of train running away on
the mountain west OF here this morn
ng.
The crew lost control OF the engine
and 43 cars OF coal just after leaving
the Gallitzen tunnel and starting down
the eastern slope. Two empty engines
in charge Of Engineers John Riley and
]. +. McNulty, OF this city, were stand
ing at McGarvey, near the end OF the
grade. These men arranged to assist
in stopping the train.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Cereal Crops In Hungary.

The statistician of the Department of
Agriculture has received from the chief
of the statistical Office of the Hungarian
ministry of agriculture a telegram giving
the condition of the principal cereal
crops of Hungary, that of wheat barley
and oats being reported as medium and
that of rye as poor. The official figures
on the areas under these for crops and
under maize give, when reduced to acres.
the following results Wheat, 1857 400
acres; rye, 2,o3o,43o acres; barley, 2,54o,-
s47 acres; oats, 2,47I,o ,oo2 acres; maize,
5,53o,736 acres.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Paterson AnarcbIsts Exclt.d.

Paterson, N. J. (Special) The news
that Gastano Bresci, the assassin of King
Humbert, had committed suicide in the
penitentiary of Santo Stefano caused
great excitement among the Anarchist
group in this city. That the assassin ac-
tually took his life the Anarchists will
not for moment admit They say that
Bresci was murdered at the instiRation
OF the Italian officials.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Scores Of Miners Lost.

London (By Cable) IAN explosion
occurred at the Universal Colliery, at
Senghenydd, in the Rhondda Valley.
Abou hundred men were in the Dit at
the time OF the disaster. A number OF
bodies have been taken out and 70 men
are still entombed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
cuba's Customs Reeeicls.

a statement just made public by the
division of insular affairs OF the War
Department shows Cuba's customs re-
ceipts during the first quarter of the
present year were $3,oSs.o46, a decrease
of $I533s2.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
General Corbln TO Sail for Manilu.

Maj. Gen Henry c. Corbin, adjutant-
general of the army, will sail far the
Philippines on the transport Hancock,
which will leave San Francisco June 2,.
He intends to make a general inspection
OF the military conditions in the islands,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
The BaltIeshlp Wiaconsln.

San Francisco, Cal. Especially "A
commission from the State of Wisconsin
has arrived here with a $4,000 silver
banquet service, which is to be presented
to the battleship Wisconsin by the state,
after which she is named In addition
to the silver service there is also bronze
badger four feet long cast from Spanish
cannon captured during the recen war.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Floods In North Carolina.

Raleigh, N. C. (Special) .-Governor
Aycock says all the lowland crops on the
state penitentiary farm, known as Gale
donia," was destroyed by the raging
Roanoke River, including 200 acres OF
wheat. He says the food damage in the
state amounts 10 millions of dollars. All
streams in this section are rising.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Beers Make a Dash.

Middleburg, Transvaal Colony (By
Cable The commandos OF Kritznger,
Van Reenan and Fouche debouched be-
fore dawn and crossed the railroad.
They dashed southwark, reinvading the
more populous districts OF Cape Colo
ny. Touches commando has been rest
ing many weeks in the Zuurberg noun
aat
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30

The Hague tBy Cable) AN official
|. dispatch from Batavia. Java, says three
EEuropeans and I7S natives perished as q
result Of the recent eruption OF the Vol
eano Of Kcloct.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Village Destroyed and Many Lives Lost.

Milan (By Cable).-The village OF
Aurenza has been partially destroyed
by an avalanche The number of ia
talities is not yet known, but already
IS corpses have been recovered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Woodmen Of the World.

Columbus, Ohio (SpeciaD Milwau-
kee has been selected as place of hold
ing the next biennial convention OF the
Woodmen of the World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Chlle's PrssIdent AesIu very Inv.

Santiago de Chile (By Cable) .---Presi-
dent Errazuriz has had another severe
attack Of paralysis. His case is eonsid-
cred 10 be very serious.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
What Mrs. Brescl SaYs.
Fire in New York Capital

New York (Special) Mrs. Bresci,
who is now living in Hudson Heights,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
Our New Possesslon,.

Capt. Michael Spcllman. Lieut. Del,
bert r. Jones and Surgeon Dudley w.
Welch. Of Company G. Fo,ty-,hrd In.
iantry stationed at Maasin, Southern
Leyte, Luzon, have been arrested on tho
charge OF trading in permits to s'ir
Kemp. from closed ports. They will be
tried by court-martial.
Provost General Davis. who has re-
viewed the testimony in the Carman
case, said, while Carman could be con-
victed Of trading with tic insurgents, il
would be unjust to punish him when
nearly every trader in Manila is guilty
Of similar practices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-05-30
WaIdersee,s Withdrawal.

The State Department has been ad.
vised that the German Government re-.
CARDS the present time as opportune for
the withdrawal of Field Marshal Won
Waldersee, commander of the interna.
tional forces in China. Nothing is stat
ed as to the exact date for the return of
the feld marshal, nor as to the number
OF German troops that will be left in
China. but it is hoped at the State De-
partment that the German Government
Will follow Our own example and with
draw all but a legation guard. The
United States forces will remain in com
mand of a major, and he will not be per-
mitted to assume the command of the
international forces, even if so invited.
This subject was discussed for an hour
by Secretary of War Root and Acting
Secretary of State Hill