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The times., 1901-04-08
AddIeI1S as an Omcc Dispenser.

VFTITI IUs W ITTITI-2IVU my UVVWIIs-T
Politically considered. his enemies could wish
no srgater misfortune icr Addicks than that he
be clothed With the power to dispose Of the
Federal offices in this state. 1t would rend his
faction into factions and make for him enemies
where he has friends. OF, at least foilowcrs-
II would leave him in the end sh0rB OF much
OF his present power.
But the spectacle OF the President % Jhe
United states recognizing kddicks and endorsing
the Addicks methods in politics would rot be
a pleasing one. On the contrary, it would cause
the honest people OF Delaware 10 hang theU
heads in shaE:c
The times., 1901-04-08
GnrneiI,ngianl.
Trom Ihe st. Louis RepubIicl

tFrum thc 81 LOUIS hepuhll''l
4 Government which is 50 close to the honest
body of its people as Is the American Govern
uent should set an exceptionally sa!utury eX-
ample in the matter Of exposing and Furnishing
the thieves who may have sneaked into its colo
niaI service The best beginning in this work.
which is an inevitable necessity, may most ef-
fectiyely be made right now. The Manila scan
daI must be rigidIy investigated and the rscals
responsible for il must be brought to justice.
The times., 1901-04-08

Representative Slayden of Texas, who
speaks Spanish fiuently, has returned from
a two weeks visit TO Cuba, and brings
home a story concerning political condi-
tions in the island which does not agree
with the reports of other members Of
Congress who have lately been on the
ground. Mr. Slayden says that the Gu
bans want actual, unrestricted national
sovereignty, but that the more intelli-
gent do not expect the United States to
grant it. In that they are eminently SEN
sible. Aney would be more so still, If
they would accept the inevitable with
good grace, and get down at once To the
work of establishing a stable government
under American suzerainty.
The times., 1901-04-08
Tho Frnnchise mud Education.
CFr0m the Cincinnati Enq1ifer)


The best way to beat the new law in Mary
land and other States is 10 bring the prohibited
men up to the qualification Of voters Let them
be educated The educational standard IS not a
high one. Any man who cannot attain It ought
Ia be ashamed 10 present himself at the polls,
and as great shame ought to rest ON him who
drives the ''illterate'' up merely to count him.
If these so-called disiranchiscment laws stimu-
late the education of colored people IA the
south they will be among the greatest measures
of civilization.
The times., 1901-04-08
Dismaycd by Their own Creature,

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealcr)
What can the Republican Senators offer rs an
inducement. or a. threat. TO stop the onward
course Of combination? IN casc oI a conflict OF
interests which are likely 10 be masters of the
situation the trust magnates or the Republican
politicians who are the FrankensteiES that created
the monster that now fills their soul with dread /?
The times., 1901-04-08
Assistant secretaries.
(From the Hartford Times.)

The Offices Of Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and Assistant Secretary OF War were established
with the expectation that they would he perman-
emily held by non-politicdl undcr-secretaries as
IN the English service But they have generally
been much more frequent than in the superior
offices Of Secretary OF War and Secretary OF the
NAVY
The times., 1901-04-08
Reciprocity in Order.
From the Buffalo Conrierl

(from the BuffaIO COurIer.J
The Dominion Parliament at Ottawa is de-
hating the advisability OF creating high tariff
to counterialanCe that Of the United States.
Meantime in this country the Republican leaders
are beginning 10 realize that some part OF the
tariff wall must come down soon. great trade
with foreign ports cannot be indefinitely main
tanned without giving IS well ss taking.
The times., 1901-04-08
A Historic Parallel.

O-rom the Florida Times-Union)
Senator Proctor says some Cuban fre-eater5 are
having a bad influence on the island. This reads
exactly like the report of Johnston, the British
Commits ,sioner. who wrote his chiefs that ii they
couId hang Washington and Franklin and
dozen on tWo Others they would have further
difdculty with the colonies
The times., 1901-04-08
Kenaueky,s Octogennrinn RooseveIt.
From the Boston Globc)

If rom INt TUsFOH II0It.1
Old and dccrepit in appearance though he may
be- there are feg Americans IN old Kentucky
Who can lead such strenuous life Cassus NJ
tlay His latest exploits Illuminating in
llccd q, 10 the fearless and fiery old man.
The times., 1901-04-08

The startling announcement was made
yesterday that a case of bubonic plague
has been discovered in the university hos
pital at Ann Arbor, Michigan. How the
disease could have jumped from San
Francisco-if it originated there-half
way across the continent at one bound,
is a mystery. There is possibly room for
fear that the laXity OF the California au-
thoritles in denying the existence of the
plague at their chief seaport, until il had
spread alarmingly among the Chinese,
may be to blame for its appearance at
Ann Arbor. No doubt it would have been
easy, before the quarantine of Chinatown
was put in force, for Cinnamon to leave
San Francisco with the seeds of con-
tagion in their systems, and turn UP any
v here to start epidemics. There may be
concealed cases of the bubonic plague
among the laundries in Ann ArboT, and
with equal probability, In those Of New
York Baltimore. or Washington. This
latest outbreak is discoura ging. 1t is
evidence that the march of the terror
may proceed in spite of the most strenu-
Gus and scientific measures to arrest it's
progress
The times., 1901-04-08
WHY Evans Should lie Retained.

(Frnin the Louisville Courier -JoUrnal)
We DO not often get in the Pension
ofhce who insists on running it himself, instead
of allowing the pension sharpcr5 ~ run it for
him.
The times., 1901-04-08

capitated He will be banished to Turk
estan, where he will be under the protec-
tion of Russia, and will probably have as
comfortable time as he would in China,
considering the present disturbed con-
ditions there
The times., 1901-04-08
The Long Bridge,

From the Richmond Dispatch)
The "Long Bridge" at Washington is soon to
NO nov after all. IL appears. and it is we'll
Ii has been too long in existence as it stands.
The times., 1901-04-08
A Dangerous johnson.

lFrom the Minneapolis Trbune)
The new Cleveland Mayor is undoubtedly
dangerous man, and his career Tor the next three
wears should be carefully watched.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Reports were received in Paris that
the conduct of several of the officers
and some of the crew of the wrecked
steamer Russie, off Marsellles, was
contemplate.
Herr Fischer Social Democrat In the
Reichstag made a bitter attack upon
Count Won Posadowsky- Wehner, secre-
tary Of the interior in the German Cabl-
net.
Henry A. Delille, who married Olive
Logan many years ago and who aided
Napoleon III. in a confidential capacity,
died in poverty in London.
Arguments were made before the
Philippine Commission in Manila in
opposition to the giving of religious
instruction in the public schools.
King Alexander announced in the
Servlan National Assembly that his
father, the former King Milan, had left
Seryia forever.
The London newspapers continue to
make comparisons between British
shortcomings and American enterprise
A forse OF 800 Beers attacked Kaal-
fontein Station, but the British garri-
son, after a hot fight, drove them OFF
The Beers blew up the railroad line
beyond Kaalfonteln.
Samuel Lewis. the notorious money.
lender Of London, Is dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
SHOT THE PEACE ENVOY.
General De Vets Summary Treatment OF th'
Burgher's Agent.

London (By Cable).--The war Office
has received the following dispatch
from Lord Kitchener
"Pretoria.-About 1400 Beers crossed
the line, attacking both Zuurfontein
and Kaalfontein stations, but were
driven off. They are being pursued by
cavalry brigade"
Lord Kitchener reports also several
skirmishes at different points, with tri.
fling British losses, and adds:
Three agents of the peace commit
tee were taken as prisoners to De Vets
lager near Lindley, January TO- One,
who was British subject, was fogged
and then shot The other two. burgh.
ers, were flogged by De Vets orders"
London.-Thc brief report Of the fate
of the three members of the peace COM
mittee, who We're sent to see Gen. De
Wet eXcites the deepest indignation on
all sides. One or two papers express a
hope that Lord Kitchener has been
misled by false Kaf!ir reports. but it is
generally felt that he would not have
reported the matter to the War Ohi"e
without undoubted evidence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
IN THE FIELD OF LABOR.

The Building Trades Council repre.
sents 250, 900 men.
Marble is said to exist in twenty-four
of our States.
Coral, both white and red, Is found
on the Florida coast.
Seven dollars Il month, with room
and board, seems to be the highest
ever paid to waiter girl in German
hotels and restaurants.
Chicago Typographical Union, No. 16,
has sent out circulars to all labor or
ganizations, asking their members to
purchase only union-made books.
The referendum vote which is being
taken by the carpenters shows that the
proposal TO abolish the half-holiday
during the winter will be defeated by
two-thirds vote.
Conductors In the employ of the Chi
cago Transportation Company, which
conducts bus line in opposition TO the
carettes that run from the North to
the South Side, have been displaced by
boys.
The average pay OF the working
classes in England II less than pound
$3.50 per week Only one man in eleven
Is in receipt of an income Of more than
G150 ($750) year. At the present
time the London lockers receive an
average OF l2s. per week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
CRIME IN FARMHOUSE.
Son Beaten TO Death and His Aged Mother
BrutaIly Assaulted.

Portland, Me. Especially Thomas c.
MOshier, farmer, was murdered and
his mother, Mrs. Rufus Moshier, aged
seventy-two, was brutally assaulted at
their home in Gorham, by two men,
who forced an entrance into the
Moshier residence with the evident in
tention of robbery. After completing
their CHASTITY work, the men ransacked
the house, taking what yaluables they
could find. One of the men was a
negro. About noon William Hands. a
negro, was arrested at Scarboro. In
his possession We're found a bloodstain-
ed razor, marked with Moshier's name.
$40 in money, consisting chiefly Of bills,
which were also stained with blood,
and a watch. His hands and clothing
were soiled and bloody. The man ad-
mits having been at the Moshier farm
house, and says he left his companion
in Portland.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Some Of the Work Being Done BY the Ma
ti0nal Legislature.

After voting down number of
amendments in the Senate the friends
of the Army Reorganization Bill sue
ceeded in getting a vote on it, and the
bill was passed by the safe majority of
43 to 23.
In executive session of the Senate
the confirmation of Mr.. James Shanklin
Harlan, son of Associate Justice Har-
| Ian, as attorney general of Porto Rico
provoked angry words between Sena-
tors Foraker and Pettigrew.
The House Military Committee decd-
cd not to go on with the Military APP
preparation Bill until some conclusion
was reached on the Army Reorganiza-
tion Bill now pending in the Senate.
In the Senate MeSsrs. Allen and
Money denounced haZing in the sever
est terms.
The House passed the River and
Harbor Bill without division.
In executive session of the Senate
! Mr. Pettigrew objected to the confirma-
| tion OF Mr.. James S. Harlan as attorney
general of Porto Rico because of his
relationship to Associate Justice Har-
Ian, of the Supreme Court before
which important suits affecting Porto
| Rico are pending.
| The Senate Finance Committee
shows disposition to reduce the tax
on tobacco and to leave the tax on beer
at the figure fixed by the House
In the House the River and Harbor
/ Bill was further discussed. No i'm
! purtant changes were made in the bill
as reported by the committee.
The Senate passed a bill granting a
| pension of $50 per month to the father
/ of the late Senator Davis. He was a
commisSary captain.
End of filibustering tactics against
Army Reorganization Bill in the SEN
ate is believed to be in sight
Senator Morgan introduced a resolu-
tion declaratory of the nOneeffect of
the Clayton -Bulwer Treaty upon the
right of the United States to construct
the Nicaragua Canal. The resolution
cites the protocol with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica as a preamble.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24

Havana (SpeciaD .-Jchn Sheridan.
who has been in charge of the money
order department of the Havana Post
office, was arrested and formally ac-
cused of the theft of $1,000 sent from
the postmaster at Guantanamo. Decem-
Der 6-$1235 in cash and S65 in check.
He has confessed his guilt and admits
having destroyed the check.
Sheridan was appointed from the
Boston PostOfflce on the organization
of the service in Cuba. He was made
postmaster at MatanzaS. About year
ago he was placed at the head of the
money order department in Havana
with a salary Of $1,000. He seemed to
be- a trustworthy man. and the authuri-
ties considered the eXpcdiency 0f ap-
. pointing him postmaster az the timc
former Postmaster Thompson was re-
moved. An Investment Of $500 in
stocks in Boston first attracted sus-
pieion to Sheridan. He now offers to
refund what he has taken.
A maSs-meeting of planters, mer-
chants and Representatives of the vari-
Gus political parties held in Havana
adopted resolutions asking the United
States to lower It's duty on Cuban pro-
ducts and advocating ,he suppression
Of the export tax on tobacco. One
member of each of the bodies particl-
pating in the meeting was appointed
as a delegate to go 20 Washington to
lay before Congress arguments in
favor Of tariff reduction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
QUEEN BREAKING DOWN.
The Aged Victoria cannOt Stand Strain
of War Troubles.
NOW IN HER ElGHTY-sEcOND YEAR
The Officials Admit that the Great Strain
Upon Her Powers During the Past Year Has
Tod Upon Her Nervous Sysiem'-By Advice
Of Her Physicians She Win Abstain From
Transacting Business.

London CBy Cabc) Members of the
royal family are now gathered in a
room adjoining Queen Victoria's bed
chamber at Osborne House, Isle of
Wight. The Queen is unconscious and
the end is expected at any moment.
London tBy Cable) Queen Victoria,
the aged ruler of Great Britain, Is
breaking down. The heavy loss Of life
and the great suffering entailed by the
war in South Africa, together with the
infirmitics of old age. are having q
serious effect upon the venerable SOW
creign.
Alarming rumJrs were in circulation
in London. They spread throughout
the United Kingdom and to the Euro
pean capitals. Inquiries as 20 the
Queens condition poured into the oili-
ceS of the government officials, AT
first dpnials were sent out. but the fol-
lowing official announcement regarding
the Queens health was issued from Os-
borne, Isle of Wight:
THE Queen has not lately been in
her usual health, and is unable for the
present to take her customary drives.
THE Queen during the past year has
had great strain upon her powers,
which has rather told upon her ner-
vouS system. 1t has therefore, been
thought advisable by Her Majesty S
physicians that Her Majesty should be
kept perfectly quiet in the house, and
should abstain for the present from
tranSacting business"
Sir Francis Laking, surgeon to Her
Majesty, has been called in To consult
with Sir James Reid. Her Majesty S
resident physician. The Queen has
been suffering greatly from insomnia
of late.
The reports of her illness caused
considerable excitement, and affected
the stock market adversely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24

New York (SpecaD An old five-
story building in East Twenty-thrd
street, once used as a dwelling-house,
which was being reconstructed and
modernized. collapsed, and two men
were instantly killed by being buried
under falling bricks. Edward Nelson,
foreman of gang of ironworkers, and
his brother, William, also an iron
worker, were swept down in the ruins
and killed. This collapse was caused
by the hosting Of heavy iron girderS.
James F. Stevenson, one of the build
ers, and John II. Wellington, one of
the f0remen, were arrested, the police
charging carelessneSs in not providing
proper safeguards.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
SECOND DEGREE MURDER.
Verdict in the Jennie Bosschieter CasS
in New Jersey.
JUDGE SAYS VERDICT is A JUST ONE
The Three Cruel, cowardly Assalants G
the Pretty Mil Girl May BE Given q
Thirry.year Sentence Under the New
Jersey Law..A Fourth Defendant Is YET
to Be Tried.

New York (Special) Walter C. Me
Alister. Andrew j. Campbell and VIII
liam A. Death, three of the four per.
sons indicted for the death of Jennie
BOsschieter, a mill girl, of Paterson
N. j.. who was murdered on the nigh
of October is last. were adjudged guilty
OF murder in the second degree.
According to the New Jersey law
the maximum penalty for the prisoners
Is 30 years' Imprisonment. The jury
took IA ballots and after summoninf
Judge Dixon. filed into the courtroom
The prisoners appeared very nervous
McAlister seemed more excited than
any OF the others. He sat biting his
lips while waiting. Campbell thruSi
his hands in his trousers pockets and
clinched his fists in them. Death
looked anxiously about the courtroom
for a moment and then assumed The
same attitude as Campbell.
When the verdict was announced the
prisoners exhibited neither elatiOn nol
relief
Judge Dixon thanked the jury ant
said he believed the verdict just one
He then dismissed the jurors. The
court then rose, and the prisoners were
taken back to the jail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
Southern Yarn Spinners.

Charlotte, N. C. (SpeciaD AT a
meeting Of the Southern Hosiery Yarn
Spnners' Association held here, at
which 10000 spindles We're repre-
Sented in person or by proxy, an order
for a curtailment of production was
passed Charles AdamSon, president
of the association. says this means an
entire stoppage of night work. II this
does not bring about the desired
amount of curtallment, an order may
he issued for the mills to run on short
time during the week, but this is un-
likely. In view of the order for thr
curtailment of production all present
list prices of the Southern Hosiery
Yarn Splnners Association are aban-
doned, as prices are expected to in
crease as production is decreased.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
Praise for Our Bluejaekets

Washington (SpeciaD. - Secretary
Long has received letter written by
number of missionaries TO Com
mander Winslow, of the hospital ship
Solace, expressing not only their
thanks for the courtesies of the voyage
from San Francisco to Yokohama but
adding a tribute to the splendid man
agement of the ship and the admirable
qualities displayed by the American
bluejackets. Mr.. Long highly appre.
ciated the sentiments Of the letter, and
says that if more of the people would
60 aboard our naval vessels there
would be many testimonials of the
same sort for our sailors and our ships
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
lSTHMIAN CANAL TRAFFIC.
Government Expert Estimates the Tonnage
at ll,25O,OOO By 1874

Washington (SpeciaD. - Senator
Morgan submitted another report on
the Nicaragua Canal. 1t contains a
special statement of Prof. Emory r..
Johnson, member of the Isthmian
Commission, of the traffic resources of
the canal and its effect upon the canal
industries of the United States. Pro-
feSsor Johnson says that for the year
ending June 30, 1899, 3,426,752 cargo
tons of United States commerce could
have used the canal, and 3,346,377 tons
for South, Central and British Ameri-
ca, and 5,796,456 European tonnage.
The commission estimates that 7,500,-
600 tons of traffic will be available for
the canal in 1914 after the canal has
been opened; the traffic will increase
to traffic of II 1,25O,OOO tons in 1924. A
dollar ton toll is estimated as most
feasible.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
Guns ANn DYNAMITE.
A Racket at corbin. KY, In Which Two Per
sous We're Killed.

Corbn. Ky. (Special) .--As a result
of riot here two persons were killed
ono mortally wounded, three or four
others wounded, and building wreck
ed by dynamite. AT noon James Shot
well was shot and mortally wounded
by Rolla White. who had become
angered with Shotwell on being re-
fused to longer keep company WIFE
Shotwell's daughter.
White at once went to the store of
his brother, where he surrendered to
deputy sheriff
\ kilograms were sent TO Judge Nor
row, and a posse was ordered to the
scene from the county seat. In the
meandme White was barricaded with
his friends and the deputy sheriff in
the store When night fell the store
was wrecked by dynamite.
The sheriff's posse arrived at mid
night, and Rolla White is now in GUS
tody Of the sheriff.
Friends of the Sho.wells searched
every train for certain friends of the
Whites here and al Williamsburg. II
was during these proceedings that
Judge Morrow asked Governor Beck
ham for troops Fifty of the Chad
wells, from Clay county, came to
Crays Station. there joining the Shot
well faction. Sheriff Sutton has sworn
a large force of deputies. The Shot
wells occupy the hills near the town,
while the White forces are mostly In
Corbin All residences are barricaded.
| There has been some relief since Roch
White and Raleigh White were arrest
cd and taken to Williamsburg, che
county seat. Roch White Is crippled,
and will lose both ewes as the result or
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-24
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Was Suspected Of the Murder OF Pearl Forbes
Last November Near LeayenwOrth.

Lcavenworth. Kan. Especially Fred
Alexander. the negro who. on Satur-
day evening, attempted to assault Miss
Eva Roth. and who was supposed to
have assaulted and killed Pearl Forbes
in this city, in November last was
taken from the sheriff's guard by a
mob and burned at the stake at the
scene of his crime. half dozen blocks
from the center of the city.
Probably eight thousand people wit
messed the lynching.
The negro was taken from his cell at
the State Peniteutiary at three o'clock
in the afternoon. placed in hack and
brought to town. Fifty deputy mar
shals surrounded him, and Deputy
Shcriffs Stance Myers and Thomas
Brown sat in the hack on either side
of him.
There were fifty buggies and wagons
in the procession which followed the
hack. The trip to town was made
quietly, ard there was no attempt TO
create a disturbance on the road.
The crowd first attempted 10 gain ad-
mission by peaceful means, but Sheriff
Eyerhardt refused to deliver the negro.
Then the crowd pushed its way to the
side door, and, using one man as a
Ddtt'lluB ram, LnB uOoI was iViNNu
from the hinges. Then the crowd
surged into the corridor by the narrow
doorway. A huge iron bar was secured
and the iron door of the cell room at
tackled. This was finally bent so that
it could be forced far enough back for
men to climb over il. Several gained
an entrance in this manner In the
meantime, the crowd had pushed down
the side gate Of the stockade, and in
a moment there was yelling pack in
the jailyard.
Then the cry went up: "He is not
here! He has escaped"
Search the courthouse There is a
tunnel between there and the jail, and
he has been taken out that way
Then man with sharp eyes espied
the negro crouched down in one of the
corners of the dark cell. An eXultant
cry went up:
He is here! We've got him! Bring
the keys"