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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
The FIRST FIGHT
AT ENCONTRAD0S.
Battle in Which the colombians Were
Compelled 10 Retire.
STEAMERS SEIZED AND REcAPrURED.
Four Thousand Men From the Frontier
Of cueuta, Led by DR.. Rangel Car
bras. in the lnyssion-.Ten Thousand Men
Massed on the Frontier for the Defense
OF Venezuela.

Washington (Special) The Depart
ment OF State has received a dispatch
from the consul at Maracaibo, report
ing that Dr. Rangel Garbias has in
vaded Venezuela with 1000 men from
the frontier OF Cucuta. Everything
was done by the Venezuelan govern
ment to meet the invaders.
The first fight took place at Encon-
trados and the invaders we're obliged
to retire.
The invaders took two steamers to
come to Maracaibo, but these boats
we're recaptured by the Venezuelan
troops.
The Venezuelan government has is
sued the following decrees
General Diego Bautista Ferrer, Pro-
visional President OF the State OF Zulia:
Considering that the peace in general
has been greatly disturbed by an in
vasion to the Venezuelan territory with
an armed force OF Colombans. COM
manded by the traitor Carlos Rangel
Garbias, as per declaration issued by
the provisional president OF the repub-
lie and in compliance with the dispo-
sitions on public order therein speci-
fed, suspending the rights and guaran-
tee referred to in the national constitu-
tiOu
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
The Big STRIKE
GAINING FAST.
Workers Much cheered by the Develop
ments in the West.
RECRUITS NUMBER ABOUT 5000 A DAY
Expect 10 VIA Over the Chicago Men. Such
Gains, They Declare, Would Make Them
Masters Of the Situatlon..The Operators, on
the Other Hand, Say the Strikers Have
Reached Their Highest Point.

Pttsburg (Speciar The decision of
the Joliet men to strike has been a Sc
we're blow to the Steel Trust in its fight
with the Amalgamated Association.
Milwaukee is expected to follow Even
the steel managers look for reconsid-
GRAFTON by the Chicago workmen in few
days. They would not be surprised to
hear at any time that these had yielded
to the arguments OF the Amalgamated
Association. voted to reconsider their de
cisior not to strike and thrown up their
employment.
The rumors Of the trust fortiiying il
self by buying other properties are not
in any degree affecting the situation.
The only report of this kind that could
have any effect is that about the pur-
chase by the trust of the Republic Iron
and Steel Company. This is an indepen.
dent company owning blast furnaces and
rolling mills winch have an annual out
put of 100000 tons. 1t has signed the
union scale is working full and has Civ
en- employment to many of the strikers.
President Shaffer was asked whether II
would help the Steel Corporation to pur-
chase the Republic company
"All | care to say" he replied. lis that
il it does it will simply be buying lot
OF idle mills"
This is direct threat that if the Re
public passes under the control of the
trust the union men will be called on TO
quit work No one doubts that the Am
algamatcd Association has the power,
and it is no exaggeration to say that the
union men in the Republic mills would
cease to work just as soon as the sus-
pcion that they had been transferred to
the trust became well founded
Thus the strike leaders have accepted
in good faith the challenge of Mr..
Schwab that it is to be war Of extermi-
alton. They have succeeded so well in
their first week following the general
strike order that even the steel manufac-
turers have respect for their leadership,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
BY FIRE AND WATER.
Twelve Lives Lost at the waterworks Crib on
Ere, at Cleveland, Ohio.

Cleveland, Ohio (Special) Five men
were burned to death, four were drown
ed. three and possibly four were suffo-
Gated and several were injured as result
of fire which destroyed temporary
waterworks crib two miles off the Cleve-
land harbor.
Twenty-six men obeyed the order OF
Manager G.. {. Van Deusen, when the
flames broke out. and took refuge in the
water on floating pieces of wreckage.
-Four of them lost their holds upon their
frail floats and sank Just as help reached
their comrades. The crew of the tug
]. r. Sprankle heard the fire whistle
blown from the crib and raced to the
scene from the harbor They picked up
rS of the survivors who had drifted to
the west of the crib on their floats of
boards and wreckage.
Van Deusen and three of his men were
hanging in the water from two-inch
line suspended from the crib Just as
the line was burning away above the
mems hands a yawl boat from the barge
Wilhelm. manned by two men, dashed
into the veil of heat and smoke that en-
veloped the crib, and rescued the four
men on the rope at the risk of the boat
mems lives. The men picked UP in the
water were brought to the city on the tug
Sprankle. They were naked, exhausted
and badly burned Many of them were
cut by falling tmbers.
The crib is a total loss 1t was frame
building 200 feet by so feet, the sides
sheathed with iron. 1t contained valu-
able machinery. 1t is now a charred'
shapeless mass of wreckage The crib
and machinery were the property OF
Shailer g. Schninglau. contractors. Their
loss will exceed 100000.
Fire and harbor tugs. with rescung
parties on board. reached the crib soon
after the flames broke out, but when they
arrived the structure was a mass OF
flames and all hope OF saving it was
abandoned
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
GREAT GULF STORM.
The American Steamer AveIyn Goes Ashore
at Pensaeola..Many Schooners Sunk.

Pensacola. Fla. (Special) The French
steamship Cyrano, which arrived here
reports that the American steamship kv-
elyn, 10 days from New York for this
port. went aground at 8 O'Clock about
eight miles from Pensacola Bar. She
is listed and is fast going to pieces. Ih2
Cyrona is II days from Savannah, and
experienced very rough weather. She
beat up and down the beach for three
days awaiting a chance to come in. The
Cyrano sighted the British steamship
Spennymoor, but she put back TO sea and
was not sighted again.
During the storm the Portuguese bark
Propheta, laden with cargo of timber
valued at $1,000 for St Thomi. Africa,
was badly damaged Her rigging was
carried away, masts snapped off and she
was stove in on the starboard side and
stern. The bark B. A. Brayton was also
slightly injured. The storm was one OF
the widest ever known here The wind
reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour,
with spurts of 90 miles. There was great
damage to shipping in the bay and the
water front property. Twelve or fifteen
schooners of T. Z. Saunders & Co.'S
fishing feet were badly damaged -Four
of them sank, causing loss aggregating
$40 1000.
The schooner Tortugas, from Mobile
for Apalachicola with a cargo OF cypress
lumber which put in for anchorage, col
lided with another vessel and sank.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
EIGHTY LIVES LOST
IN SHIPWRECK.
The Steamer Islander Struck an Iceberg
Off Douglass Island.
BOILERS BURST AS STEAMER SANK.
Wife Of the Governor Of Yukon Territory
srd Her Child Among the Victims
Of the Disaster e Many Other Passengers
snd Some Of the Grew Go Down With the
III. .fated Steamer.

Victoria, B. c. (SpeciaO. The steam
er Islander, the crack passenger steamer
of the Alaskan route. operated by the
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
of this city, struck an iceberg off Doug
las Island at ? O'Clock Thursday last and
went to the bottom. carrying down 65
TO 90 souls. including passengers and
members of the crew. Some OF the sur
yivors arrived here by the steamer
Queen. They report that as the vessel
went down the boilers exploded causing
the death Of many who might have es-
capped. Captain Foote was on the bridge
when the vessel struck and stayed there
and went down with his steamer.
Among the passengers lost on the Isl
ander were: Mrs Ross. wife OF the gov
ernor Of the Yukon Territory, her child
and niece: DR.. John Duncan, OF this
city: w G.. Preston and bride, Seattle;
+. Mills, Victoria; Mrs. J. c. Hender-
son, Victoria; w. II. Keating and two
sons, Los Angeles, Cal. J. V. Douglas,
Vancouver; Mrs. Phillips and child. Sc
attic Mr.. Tail. Victoria; Mrs. Nichol-
son. wife of Captain Nicholson.
The members OF the crew lost are
Captain Foote. George Allan. third en-
gineer. Horace Smith. second steward;
s. J. Pitts, cook; two Cinnamon; Buck
hooder and Burke. oilers; two tiremen;
Night Saloon Watchman Kendall: Joe
Bard. second pantryman; two walters;
G. Miller. barber: n Law, NJ p Jock,
Porter and Moran. coal passers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
200 MILES AN HOUR.
Remarkable Speed Is Claimed for Cigar
Shaped Elevated Cars.

New York (SpeciaD Within a few
days the American Elevated Railroad
Company will emerge from rather mys-
terious obscurity with the announcement
of an important transportation project.
At least this was the statement of Os-
born Congleton, president of the com
pany. At the last meeting the capital
stock of the company was raised from
100000 to $5,ooo,ooo.
The base OF the project is a new form
OF electrical transportation. 1t is a ci-
gar-shaped car running on a central rail
on an elevated structure. The electricity
is carried in two outer rails. II is said
to be capable of speed OF 200 miles an
hour at a cost of but onefourth of the
present method.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
GOMEZ WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT.
He Refuses to Take the Nomination, Saying
Palma Is Best Man.

Havana (SpeciaD General Maxine
Gomez has addressed a letter to the
local committee of the National party
in Havana, who had chosen him as a
candidate for the Presidency OF Cuba,
and Senor Estrada Palma as a candidate
for the Vice Presidency. The communi-
cation runs in part as follows:
"On hearing what the committee
have done | hasten to say that must
refuse to undertake such high office un-
der the republic So far as candidates
are concerned, look upon Senor Es-
trada Palma and Senor Maso as the
best selections that could be made for
the Presidency and Vice Presidency.
Let all Cubans agree upon this import
ant matter and Cuba will have strong
and stable government, entirely fitted
to deal with the external relations in
which Cuba will have to exist as a re-
public"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
AMERICANS MAKE BIG CAPTURE.
Colonel Cabrera, an Insurgent Chief, Made
Prisoner in the Philippines.

Manila (By Cable).-Second Lieut.
Walter s. Grant OF the Sixth Cavalry
while scouting with detachment near
Taal, Batangas Province, has made
what the military authorities consider
the most important capture since
Agunaldo was made prisoner. Grant
captured Col. Martin Cabrera, his ad-
jutant and six other insurgents. Cab
rera had been growing in power for
some time. He controlled all the in
surgents in southern Batangas and also
those westward of the city OF Batangas
Colonel Panganiban, captain and
twenty men with twenty-six rifles and
considerable ammunition have surren-
dered to Lieutenant Smith, of the
Twentieth Infantry They formed a
portion OF General Malvars command.
Alter taking the oath OF allegiance they
were released
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Our New Possessions.

Civil Governor Taft and the Philip
pine Commission were enthusiastically
received at Nigan, Province OF South
Ilocos. a governor for the province and
ether officials were appointed. The com
missioners are agreeably surprised at the
advancement shown in the places visited
In Camarines Province, in the Phil
ippnes, United States troops killed Zc-
bastean Angeles. brother Of General
Angeles, and six privates; captured a
major, two captains and nine men.
Judge Hasey, in Wilkesbarrc. Pa,
made final the preliminary injunction
restraining the striking machinists from
interfering with the non-unionists.
The contract providing ior harbor inn
provements has been signed, and work
will begin immediately. The cost of the
improvements will amount to 81 100000.
Courts-martial are 10 be held in
Manila on Lieut., Preston Brown and
Capt. Francis p Fremont, Second
Infantry. The lieutenant is accused OF
killing native who refused to recover
the body OF a soldier from the river.
The charges against Captain Fremont
are not known vet
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
ROBBED BY EMPLOYE.
Secretary of the New York Branch Of Swift
& Co. Short In Accounts.

New York (SpeciaD 1t has just be-
come known that the New York Office
OF Swift & CO. the Chicago packers
had been robbed Of considerable sum
OF money by its secretary and treasurer.
The local Office is incorporated as a
New York corporation. Its secretary
and treasurer was John Hayden, IS
years old.
Following his usual custom. John
Chapman. an auditor in the Chicago
Offices OF the company. came to this
city to make an inspection OF the ac-
counts. Hayden met Mr. Chaplin and
surned over the books to him. Tues
day Hayden was at the office for a
short time, but the next day could not
be found. Mr. Chaplin continued in
his work and at present the loss is
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
DEsTROYERS IN WATER
Three New Fighters Launched at Sparrows
Point. Near Baltimore.

Baltimore. Md. (SpeciaD.-In the
presence OF more than 1000 people,
among whom were a number OF dis
tinguished visitors from New York.
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Wash
ington the three torpedo boat destroy
crS now being constructed at Sparrows
Point by the Maryland Steel Company.
were launched with great enthusiasm
The Whipple left the ways at I.4S the
TruXton at 2.o3 and the Worden at 2I3.
The Whppe was christened by Miss
Elsie Pope, OF St Paul, MINI. The
Truxton was named by Miss Isabelle
Truxton. OF Norfolk, Va, the grand
daughter OF Commodore Truxton, of
Norfolk Va, and Mrs. Emile d. ~
Worden, OF New York, christening the
Worden. After the launching the
guests were entertained at luncheon by
the Maryland Steel Company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
EXPECTS BOTHA's SURRENDER.
Rather lnereduIous Story Published 10 Lon.
don Paper Concerning the War.

London (By Cable) The Sun says
il hears that the concentration OF General
Botha's forces al Hondweni, on the bor-
ders of Zululand. announced in dis
patch from Durham, does not foreshadow
a fight with Botha, but his surrender in
pursuance with an understanding reach
Kitchener The Sun adds that the gov
ernment is satisfied that the war is vir-
tually over, and that Lord Miner, now
on his way back TO South Africa has in
his pocket the draft OF a complete con-
stitution and plans for the future govern
ment Of the annexed territories.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.

VIM f. Douglass. formerly assistant
teller OF the Guarantee Trust and Saw
ings Company OF Philadelphia, who was
arrested in Boston. decided TO return
to Philadelphia without a requisition.
Lack OF rods at the American Steel
and Wire Mills at Joliet, ILL.,, will force
them to shut down increasing the MUM
Der OF workmen out at that place to
Coco, many OF them involuntarily
President Search OF the National As
sociation OF Manufacturers will call a
meeting shortly for the discussion OF
reciprocity with foreign nations.
Rev. Charles w. Perkins. OF Boston,
will become president OF Denison Uni
versity, Granville, Ohio.
Twenty-nine ships chartered to carry
grain are tied UP in San Francisco har-
Dor because oi the strike.
John Winters. who robbed the Selby
Smelling Company. OF California, OF
100000. pleaded guilty.
DR.. T. ID. Wood, OF Stanford Uni
yersity, Cal, has accepted call TO Co
lumbia University.
4 plan is on foot to have built a fine
bridge across the Missouri river at
Kansas City.
The removal OF tobacco tariff has re-
vived business in Porto Rico.
J. Spear Gilchrist was found dead in
bed at Elkins, W. Va.
Reports received in San Francisco
state that the ship Manchester, which
sailed nearly a year ago from New
York for Yokohama. and which has
been reported missing was wrecked on
the desert island of Plkar, in the Pacific
Ocean.
Mr. Charles II. p. Sharrctts. mem
Der of the board OF appraisers at New
York. will be the American representa-
tive in China in connection with the
adjustment of the tariff Of that country.
The arrest OF railroad ticket brokers
in St. Louis has led, it is claimed to
the exposure OF a great scheme to coun-
terfeit tickets and passes. The b. K
O.'s tickets were among those on the
list.
A romance OF the Spanish war result.
ed in the marriage in Philadelphia OF
Lieut.. Henry Watterson Jr., and Sen
orita Blanca Esther Casanova, a beau-
tiiul Cuban girl.
The United Fruit Company's steam
cr Ethelwold bound from Port Plata,
Jamaica. for Boston. with bananas.
went ashore on Bakers Island. She
freed herself.
A number OF the cotton m1nuiactur-
ers OF New England are opposed to re
ducing wages September 1, lest 1t
should precipitate a general strike
The Chicago Board OF Health is max
ing tests to ascertain definitely il bo-
vine tuberculosis can be communicated
to human beings
Col John D. Elliott, an ex-Confed-
crate officer, died at his home near
Denver. Col
Mr. Michael Davitt, NJ. P, addressed
an Irish-American gathering in Chi
cago.
At Miami. Fla. Mr. Henry NJ. Flag
Ter, the Standard Oil millionaire, was
granted a divorce under a new State
statute giving insanity OF four years
standing a sufficient cause for divorce.
Mrs Flagler has been confined in an
asylum for many years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Capital News in General.

The Treasury Department has decided
that customs duty OF five cents a pound
shall not be imposed on all coffee i'm
ported into Porto Rico from the United
States.
The Navy Department has announced
that il will furnish the counsel of Ad-
mral Schley with the list of the govern
ment's witnesses, "as a courtesy"
Captain Perry, of the battleship Iowa,
now at San Francisco has reported to
the Navy Department that his vessel
could not sail Immediately to Panama on
account OF needed repairs TO boilers and
machinery.
Commissioner Evans, of the Pension
Bureau, gave out some figures showing
the operations OF the bureau during the
last fiscal year, as compared with former
years.
Secretary Hay will go to Canton to
confer with the President about the canal
across the sthmus and other matters
relating TO that region.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Phillips VIII Pay in Full

Chicago (SpcciaD George II. Phil
lips, the deposed corn king, will pay in
full The expert accountants who have
been working overtime in an effort TO
reduce the tangle Of accounts in the
brokers' books made detailed statement
which shows that the company is solvent
and the total liabilities of the concern
are less than 100000 well within the as
sets of the young operator and his asso-
ciates II said the first day that every
penny would be paid as soon as our
books were Strengthened out" Mr.. Phil
lips declared with smile.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Offers Lie 10 Aid Science.

Denver, Col (Special) IT. L. Mon
son. State Dairy Commissioner OF Col
orado, an ardent believer in the theory
advanced by Prof. Koch that animal tu-
berculosis is not communicable to hui
mans, either directly or by product. has
just made a remarkable offer TO the
world. He processes himself ready and
willing to be inoculated with the germs
OF animal tuberculosis and submit to
any tea that may be imposed by COM
nittee OF surgeons and specialists, pro-
gided Tvitable provision Is made for
his family in case the experiment should
have fatal termination.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Pension Roll Longer.

Commissioner H. Clay Evans has pre-
pared statement showing the operations
in principal features Of the Pension Blu
reau during the last fiscal year as COM
pared with former years. Most of the
data will be embodied in his annual re-
port, and the statement is prepared for
the use of the National Encampment OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, which
will be held before the report is ready.
The statement shows that on January
30, 1901, there were oo7,735 pensioners
on the rolls, gain of 42o6 during the
year. The roll for the last fiscal year is
the largest in the history of the bureau.
During the year 44225 claims were al
lowed and 3567 restored; while 43,sSo
names were dropped on account of death,
remarriage and other causes. Two War
of the Revolution pensioners died during
the year In the last four years the net
gain to the pension rolls was 4o2I.
The number OF pensions granted to
widows in the past year under the act ot
June p, 1890, was 16,6Io, or nearly 4so1
in excess of those granted the previous
year. the result OF the act of May Q. 1909.
extending the provisions of the act of
Iune II, 1900
The pensioners on account OF the war
with Spain numbered 35s5 invalids and
2o4) widows. The appropriation for the
payment OF pensions during the fiscal
year 1901 was Sr44, 900, COO, OF which
amount the bureau expended for peil-
sions S53I,483S4; leaving balance
on June 30, 1901, of $s,46S. S.sIoi6
The total amount paid TO pensioners
as first payments upon the allowance of
their claims during 1901 was $o.o34,-
763s4, or $1o5 25847 more than the first
payments during the year 1000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
MOB RETREATS BEFORE SHERIFF.
Henry Pratt Saved From Lynehers by Plueky
Alabama Official

Tuscaloosa, Ala. (SpeciaD A mob
OF about fifty men entered the jail be-
fore daylight determined to lynch the
negro Henry Pratt charged with at
tempted assault OF Salie Rice, little
white girl The mob forced their way
up the steps into the first part of the
jail used as a dwelling by the deputies
and where the sheriff was sleeping. The
mob demanded the keys to the part OF
the jail containing the prisoner but the
sheriff informed them that the keys
were locked up in the safe in the sher-
ifs office. After some parleying the
sheriff secured loaded shotgun. This
apparently cowed the mob, and they
left the jail and dispersed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
BIG STEEL WORKS SOLD.
Bethlehem Steel Company Likely Passes Into
Control Of the Trust.

Bethlehem, Pa. (SpecaD The stock
holders OF the Bethlehem Iron Com
pany voted almost unanimously to ac-
cept the price OF s., 100000 offered by
the Bethlehem Steel Company for the
big steel and ordnance works here, and
an hour later the directors consummat-
ed the deal. The steel company, il is
said, has a purchaser for the plant, and
il is generally believed that this pur-
chaser is Charles NJ. Schwab, president
OF the United States Steel Corporation,
and it is also believed that he will buy
the property for the Vickers Maxim
Company and the Cramp Shipbuilding
Company The works employ 1000
skilled mechanics.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-22
Thlrty Pairs Of Teaehers MarrIed.

Carbondale, III. (Special) .-Of the 4oo
American teachers who sailed on the
transport Thomas from San Francisco
to Manila 90 of them on reaching Homo
lulu were married. The teachers had
been chosen from the many normal uni
versities Of the country, and were strang-
ers TO each other. The acquaintance and
courtship extended over a period of less
than ten days. The captain OF the
Thomas refused to permit their wedding
while al sea, and the 80 couples upon the
arrival of the transport at Honolulu
sought out clergyman and were mar
ried