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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
New Resime In phIlippines.

Following the order making Judge
Taft civil governor OF the Philippines,
an order has been issued naming Gen
eral Chaffee as military governor of the
archipelago The military has been or
dered to vacate the Ayuntamento. the
large pubic building which was erected
out OF the municipal funds OF Manila for
government purposes. This will be oc-
cupied by the civil officers in the Phil
ippines. The palace OF Malacayan, here
tofore occupied as headquarters for
Generals Otis and Macarthur. also has
been ordered vacated by the military
authorities, and will be occupied by
Governor Taft Malacayan was the
Headquarters OF the Spanish Captain
General when in command in the Phil
ippines, and the natives have come to
regard it as the headquarters or seat Of
government. The Estada Mayo. an
other large public building. is to be the
military headquarters, and will be occu-
pied by General Chaffee when he as
sumes command. All of these orders
have been cabled to Manila.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Financial.

Mr. A. r. Flower has been elected
president OF the Amalgamated Copper
Company
The Big Four has declared quar-
terly dividend OF one and one-q quarter
per cent on the preferred stock payable
July 20.
Wells, Fargo & Co, has declared a
regular semi-annual dividend OF 4 per
cent. payable July IS.
Ii is said Standard Oil interests have
sold the Shady Side Glucose plant TO
the Glucose Sugar Refining Comapny.
Private adviccs from San Francisco
say the decrease OF so per cent. in the
net earnings OF Pacific Mail last wear
was the result OF competition.
The rumor that the American Rail
ways Electric Company OF America
deal was off is said to have no founda-
ton One OF those prominent in the
combination says that the Electric
Company OF America minority stock
holders who object to the plan have
not yet, in his opinion, established any
points OF objection. The examination
OF the plants of the two companies pre-
liminary 10 the final arrangement OF the
official circulars announcing the deal IS
sIill going on.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
TWO DROWNED IN LOST RIVER.
Caught by a Rush Of Waters During Recent
Storm--Buggy Broke.

Winchester. Va. (SpeciaD. News
reached Winchester from Wardensville,
w. Va, OF double drowning accident
which occurred at Capon Iron Works.
IN the waters OF Lost river. four miles
from Wardensville, at dusk The vic
TINS were Mrs Malinda Keller and her
I2-year-old nephew. John McKeever.
A man whose name could not be learn
ed escaped after desperate struggle
in the waters.
The drowning was remarkable in that
1t was caused by huge wave, which
swept down the river suddenly and en-
veloped the party. Mrs. Keller, her
nephew and the man were driving in
buggy, and when they drove in Lost
river the water was only two feet deep.
Something becames broken about the
buggy and the man got out in the water
TO repair the break. 1t had been rain
ing hard, but the stream was not swol-
len. While the man was repairing the
buggy the party noticed that the stream
had begun to rise rapidly, and becom-
ing alarmed, the man unhitched the
horse, with the intention OF carrying
Mrs. Keller and her nephew out OF
danger on tho animals back. Suddenly
gigantic wave, six feet in height,
swept down the stream. The man,
woman. child and horse were swept
away like chips The man succeeded
IN reaching shore and told OF the drown
ing OF Mrs. Keller and young Mckee
yer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
ADELBERT HAY KILLED.
Son Of Secretary of State Falls From
Window..Dead When Found

New Haven, Conn Especial )--Adel-
pert Stone Hay, former Consul OF the
United States at Pretoria, South Africa,
and eldest son OF Secretary OF State
'ohn Hay, fell from a window in the
.hird story OF the New Haven House in
ihis city shortly before 80 o'clock Sun
lay morning and was instantly killed.
His death occurred on the eve OF the
Yale commencement, and in which. by
sirtue OF his class Office. the young man
would have been one OF the leaders.
The tragedy has cast gloom over the
whole city, and will undoubtedly be
ielt throughout the day, which has
heretofore been so brilliant and full Of
happiness for Yale and her sons
The full details OF the accident may
never be known
Hon John Hay, Secretary OF State,
arrived here from Washington at 5.4s
p. m. Mr.. Hay was unaccompanied and
gave signs OF great grief He entered
a carriage and was driven immediately
20 the residence OF Seth Mos-ly. Worn
out with the long trip and once within
the walls OF the house that sheltered the
remains OF his son, the Secretary col
lapsed. His prostration was so com
plete that DR. Gilbert was summoned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
FOURTEEN DEAD
AFTER EXPLOSION.
Flames Spread and Cremsted Inmates
Of a Tenement.
HOUSE WAS TOTALLY WRECKED.
A Woman With Her Clothing AbIase Leaps
From Window sud Falls Llfeiess In q
Yard..She Had Brsved the Flames In Vain
Effort to Save Her Crippled fiusbsnd-A
Number Of Persons Missiaf.

Paterson, N. ]. (Special) Fourteen
people are believed to have been killed
and number injured as the result OF
fire following an explosion among a
quantity OF fireworks in the store OF
Abraham NJ Rittenburg. The store
was on the ground floor OF a tenement
building. The cause OF the explosion
is not known and the property loss will
not exceed $4,000
The explosion occurred shortly after
noon and many OF the occupants OF the
building were out at dinner The build
ing in which the fire took place was =
frame tenement. four stories high, with
stores on the ground floor. The middle
store was occupied by Rittenburg. Ten
families occupied fats in the building
SO great was the force of the explo.
SION that boy playing in the street hall
a block away was lifted from his feet and
hurled against an iron fence. A trolley
car was directly in front OF the building
The burst OF fame blown out into the
street scorched the sides OF the car and
singed the hair of the passengers.
A number OF those who were on the
upper floors OF the building were either
stunned and then burned to death OF
found escape cut off and were suffo-
Gated. Alter the first explosion there
were series of smaller ones and then
came a second big explosion, which was
mufiied and deadened and probably oc.
CURED in the cellar
Every window seemed to emit fame
within a minute after the first explosion
A woman, her clothing on fire, leaped
out OF one of the windows and fell to
the yard below Her dead body was
dragged out of reach of the flames, but
the flesh was roasted and dropping
from the bones
While the rescues were being made
the firemen were fighting the flames in
an effor; to keep them from the upper
floors, where it was said many we're
pinned in. The men had hardly taken
their positions and begun on the side
walk to throw water into the upper
floors when. without any warning, the
whole upper part OF the building above
them sagged outward and fell Captain
Allen and two OF his men were buried
under the blazing debris. One OF the
men is badly hurt. The building in
which the explosion occurred was en-
tirely destroyed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Capital News In General.

Frank A. Vanderlip of the Treasury
Department, who has returned from
studying The financial situation in Eu-
rope, says the United States has secured
hrm grasp on foreign commerce, and
that New York will soon be the financial
center of the world.
Paymaster John r. Martin, of the
Navy, was sentenced to be reprimanded
for advancing pay to himself.
An official order was issued making
General Chaffee military Governor Of
the Philippines
Governor Allen has issued call for a
meeting of the Assembly July 4, when
the question OF free trade will be taken
UP.
The official order was issued estab-
fishing civil government in the Philip
pines and proclaiming Judge TAFT as the
first civil governor.
The President signed a number OF
commissions OF federal civil and mill
tary officials.
The President appointed 68 enlisted
men to be second lieutenants in the
Army.
The new military plans contemplate
keeping the number OF troops in the
United States down to $4,000. the bal
ance to be distributed in the Philippines.
Cuba and Porto Rico.
Civil government will be established
in the Philippine Islands on July 4.
Judge William II. TAFT will be desig-
mated as civil governor.
Gloucester Naval Command, No. ~,
composed chiefly OF those who took
part in the naval battle of Santiago,
elected Rear Admiral Schlcy an honor
airy member.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27

iather, are seriously or fatally injured
Out OF the Anderson family of six
two children-lda and Clara, aged, re-
spectiyely, 7 and 8-were killed and the
mother and her daughter Bertha and son
theodore, aged, respectively, 10 and Il,
were seriously injured. August Ander-
son, the father, was away from horne at
the time.
The families OF Jacob Berg and Metz
were injured somewhat when their
houses were demolished, but not serious
~. All communication with the outside
world IS cut off and il is impossible to
learn what damage the storm did along
the river west of where the Greening and
Anderson families were found.
Dix hours before the storm the sun
was shining The storm cloud appeared
about 5 o'clock and travelled down the
keya Paha river. 1t seemed to rise
up and skip some houses and then swoop
down and demolish everything. The
tornado was preceded by severe hail
storm. Several horses and cattle are re-
ported killed by lightning.
Everything in the track OF the storm
was destroyed. Trees were blown down
and the smaller ones were stripped of
leaves. The furniture that was in the
homes of the Andersons and Greetings
cannot be found. A trunk and pieces Of
the table were picked up a iialf-mile
away.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
INDIGNATION IN
GUAM ISLAND.
Commander Schroeder Has Stirred Up
Tempest.
MEN RESENT REMARKABLE ORDER
lad Them Lined Up aud Publicly censured.-
Confined to Barrseks..The Trouble Arose
Prom Theft Of whiskey--The Enlisted Men
Say There Is No Justice Ia Publishing $50
Men for the Sins Of Few.

San Francisco (SpeciaD There
Gems to be something about the eli
nate OF Guam which makes men auto
ratio. Captain Lesry was recalled for
,laying car and now Commander
schroeder, the present governor, has
Hirred up tempest in this faraway
sland by a remarkable order that IS
'itterly resented by the $50 sailors and
marines. 1t seems that the last barrel
1t whisky in the hospital stores was
folen recently.
Governor Schroeder made great ef-
orts to discover the thieves, but failed.
He decided that as the men would not
ell OF the thieves all should suffer.
renee he had them lined up on the
,aza, publicly censured them in a
lpeech and punished them by conhuing
hem to the barracks and forbidding all
liberty after taps"
He also declared that there had been
numerous thefts from sailors and ma
ines OF money and clothing, and hint
ID by expressing the hope that the
ogues might be exposed. so that the
command cease to be a source OF shame
o its officers and disgrace to its coun-
Ty and uniform.
The enlisted men are greatly wrought
up over this order, as they say there is
10 justice in Furnishing so men Tor the
ins OF a few
They also object TO the additional or
Ter which bars out liquor, beer and any
,ther beverages containing alcohol,
without a permit from the governor.
The officers can get the permits. but
hey are denied to the common sailors.
The indignan; sailors posted a protest
on the walls OF the barracks, declaring
he order high-handed,a one which
40 governor OF State at home would
fare to publish
They declare also that the governors
arbitrary rule is resented by the people
II Guam. who find it more harsh than
he corrupt administration OF the Span
sh.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Big crueIbIe Steel Plant.

Pittsburg, Pa (Special) Contracts
have been awarded by the Colonial Steel
Company Tor the buildings and por-
ton Of the big crueible steel plant to be
erected by James W. Brown, George A.
Howe and other former stockholders OF
the Crueible. Steel Company OF Ameri-
ca, at Colonia, new town on the Ohio
river adjoining Monaco. The plant is
expected TO cost in the neighborhood Of
100000, make the finest kinds Of
strictly. crucible steel and employ 200
men: y Is expected that the plant viii
be finished ready for operation within
six or eight months
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Wreck on Atlantic Coast Line.

Spartanburg, S. c. (SpeciaD The
north bound train on the Atlantic Coast
Line from Augusta jumped the track
below Roebuck, Spartanbsrg county.
The engine, tender and all the cars were
derailed
Engineer Zeigler was severely injured
in the head and chest. His recovery is
doubtful. Baggagemaster Wallace was
hurt internally. Three other employees
were badly bruised and otherwise in
lured. The train was two hours late.
having broken down at Troy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Germany Not 10 Interfere.

Germany has announced her recogni-
ton OF the Monroe Doctrine to South
American diplomats in Berlin, accord
ing TO their colleagues in Washington.
The attitude OF Germany with respect
to an isthmian canal has caused specu-
lation among Central and South Ameri-
can states. According to South Ameri-
can ENJOYS here who discussed the mat
ter their representatives in Berlin
deemed it advisable TO obtain a state
ment in regard to the policy the Ger
man Government proposes to observe.
In the conversations which occurred
between Count Won Buelow the Ger
man Minister for Foreign Affairs. and
the South American diplomats, the for
mer is said to have stated that Germany
recognized the existence and understood
the extent OF the application of the
Monroe Doctrine and that she has no in
tention OF hindering the construction of
the canal by the United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27

Wichita Kansas (SpeciaD Ernest
Still, of Great Glencoe, Oklahoma, has
offered for sale 5000 tickets on himself
as husband. lie is selling the tickets at
S. each, and has already disposed OF
about 500 tickets The tickets are being
purchased by young women in the VIZ
cinity cf Glencoe, who deem the chance
one wen worth paying for, Still is a
young clerk OF Glencoe, and he says
in explanation OF his plan BY selling
3ooo chances at SIS each it will bring TO
me $4,000 which is sufficient sum OF
money to attract any young woman de-
sirous Of marrying
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Foreign.

Six men were lost with the British
bark Falkland off the coast OF France.
A Russian dispatch says ignorance
among females in some sections OF that
country Is at such a premium that one
who can read is jeered at as unwomanly
The total population of Paris is placed
at 2,714.9oS by the census just COM
pleted
Spain is making vigorous efforts to
repair her depletion OF armament
Earl Russell will be tried at the next
session oi the Central Criminal Court
on a charge OF contracting a bigamous
marriage.
Emperor William emphasized his
opinion Of Bismarck and his displeasure
OF Won Buelow's tribute 70 he Iron
Chancellor by depositing a wreath at the
foot OF The statue bearing the inscrip-
ton OF To the Great Emperor Great
Servant
The British Cabinet is preparing in
structions 10 be given to Lord Paunce-
tote for a new lsthman Canal Treaty
They viii insist upon the recognition Of
the Clayton Bulwer Treaty as a sine qua
non.
Earl Russell had another hearing in
Lo"uoh Oh tlt CndIBe OF OlSdnly, tnc
prosecutor claiming that his Nevada di-
yorce was irregular and invalid. He
was remanded on E2,ooo bail.
The British lost Il men killed and
wounded in an engagement with Beers
at Waterkloof June 20, and 30 men of
the Cape Mounted Rifles were captured.
The Mad Mullah was attacked by the
main British force, and, with the Sultan
of Nur, narrowly escaped capture.
Prince Henry of Prussia christened
the new German cruiser Prince Adal-
bert, launched at Kie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
WILL NEED AMERICAN GRAIN.
Harvest in Germany WIN Show the Most
Disastrous Deficit In Many Years.

Washington (Specia) 1t is now &c
cognized as inevitable that the cereal
harvest OF 1901 in Prussia will show the
largest and most disastrous deficit that
has been recorded in recent years. and
the requirements OF the German Eni-
pire in respect to foreign grown food
stuffs will far exceed those OF any recent
year.
These statements are included in a
long report upon the deficit in German
breadstuffs received at the State De-
partment from Consul General Frank
Mason, at Berlin. In view of the seri-
ous state OF affairs, a memorial has been
addressed to Count Won Buelow. minis
ter president OF Prussia, calling anen-
ton to the threatened calamity which
overhangs the agricultural population
and urging that the government con
lorm to certain prescribed measures OF
relief.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Bank President Commits suIclde.

Melbourne, Fla. (Speciar.-J. IL.
Phillips, president Of the Melbourne
State Bank OF this city. committed sui
eide at the Riverside House, wnere he
boarded with his family by cutting his
throat with razor. He was in unusu-
ally good spirits when he returned from
the bank. His wife left him reading IN
his room to go TO a nearby store 10 do
some shopping When she returned he
was not in his room, and later he was
found in an inoccupied room in the
third floor Of the hotel lying across a
bed with the bloody razor in his hand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Peach Crop Nearly Ruined.

Atlanta, Ga (SpeciaD According to
State Entomologist Scott, peaches in
South and Middle Georgia are rotting
very fast as result OF excessive rain
for the past three weeks, assistant
Commissioner OF Agriculture Wright
said: we have received reports from
every county in the State and the peach
crop is said to be nearly ruined Not
only is the peach crop in poor condition
bu' cotton, melons and canteloupes are
also in bad shape. Lice had infested
the cotton and the heavy rains have
caused it to turn yellow, The outlook
now is the worst seen in Georgia in d
number OF years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Railroad Engine Jumps or Bridge With
Terrible Results.

Hendricks, w. Va. (SpeciaD "A
work train went through the Laurel
Fork Bridge at Slower on the Dry Fork
connection OF the WestVirginia Central
and. Pittsburg Railway IA miles south
OF this place
The accident was caused ly a flange
on the pony truck. breaking the bridge
beng on sharp curve, causing the
engine to jump the track. pulling sew
cral cars and portion OF the bridge
with IT and burying the men under the
debris in the rock bed OF the Dry Fork
river. Superintendent Booker was rid
ing on the engine and it took several
hours TO remove his body from under
the mass. The fall was 20 feet. All the
dead men leave families.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Great Labor Combination.

Pittsburg, Pa (Spccial) President
L. X. Thomas, Of the Patternmakers
Association, who is acting secretary OF
the Allied Metal Trades Council Is
sending out notices to all the prominent
labor leaders OF the country TO be pres
cnt at the convention which Is 10 be
held in Chicago on July 8
1t is thought that the convention will
be the greatest ever held in this coun-
try, the objects OF which are to amalga-
mate all the trade unions in this coun-
try under one head. 1t is expected TO
have represented at least 1000, 600
worl<inqmcn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
Thousands Are Destitute.

Kansas City, Mo. (Special) .-Thou-
sands Of people-men, women and chill
dren-camping on the border OF the
Klowa-Comanche-Apache reservations in
Oklahoma awaiting the opening Of that
land to settlement are in destitute cir
cumstances, according to Dr. J. J. Ne
kenna, who has Just returned from the
scene. DR. Mckenna said Twenty
thousand men, women and children are
massed on the border, and half of them
are utterly destitute AT least 5000 OF
them have been there a year and half
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-27
DEATH IN The
STORMS TRACK.
Al Least Nine People Killed or Fatally
Hurt at Naper.
REPORTS INDICATE GREAT DAMAGE.
Was One of the Most Destructive Tornadoes TO
Human Life That Ever 0eeurredn Nebraska
IAN Communication With the Outside World
Cut OFF and II Is Impossible to Learn What
Damage the Storm Did Along the River

Omaha Neb. (SpeciaD Special dis
patches from Naper, Neb., coming via
Stuart, Neb., because of interrupted
communication, tell Of the frightful work
Of a tornado which visited that vicinity
The following dispatches have so far
been received:
One of the most destructive tornadoes
to human life that ever occurred in Ne
braska crossed down the Keya Paha
river at 9 O'Clock Thursday evening One
family Of seven are killed or fatally in
jured and out of another family OF six
two are killed and the rest, except the