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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
KILLED ON wREcKING TRAIN.
Fatal Accident Occurred on the Way TO An.
other Accident.

Cincinnati, (Special) Unable to see
the fagman's signal on account of fog
the engineer of the south-bound Chica-
go express on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton road did not stop his train
at Hartwell until it had struck freight
train, which was crossing the track, and
demolished three freight cars. Four
passengers and two trainmen on the ex
press train were injured.
The wrecking train on the way to
Hartwell met with an accident, killing
Patrick Mccoy and fatally injuring
William Nipper and Louis Tenbrink.
The chain of the wrecking crane broke
and it strck the three men while the
train was in motion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02

Muncie, Ind Especial 1.-Two proba-
bly, fatal natural gas explosions occurred
in this city within an hour. The first,
at the DiclSey spool factory, terribly in
jured Lewis Stages, aged 81 years. He
was hurled some distance by the force
of the explosion. Almost at the same
time stove burning natural gas in the
grocery of w. i. White, in the western
part OF the city, exploded. White and a
clerk. Claude Dunn, aged 81 years, were
caught and both were horribly burned
about their face, arms and necks
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Perish on a Burning Steamer.

Memphis, Tenn, (SpecialD The
stern-wheel steamer Sun, plying be-
tween this port and Fulton, Tenn,
burned to the waters edge at her moor
ings, at the wharf on the city front The
boat arrived from Fulton about mid
night with IS passengers, all of whom
were asleep on board when the FIRE
broke out OF these three are known
to be lost-O. Ranor and wife, of Old
River, Tenn, and Mrs. G. NJ Tins, of
Richardson Landing, Ark Their char
red remains have been recovered from
the wreck The three-months-old child
of Mrs. Tins is missing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Farmer Shot 10 Death.

Hudson, N. Y. Especial. Peter A.
Hallenbeck, well-known farmer in
Columbia county, while alone in his
house was shot to death by three men,
The men were afterward seen driving
toward Catskill Station. Eleven shots
were fired into Hallenbeck's body, The
farmers have lately been annoyed by
poultry thieves, and it is thought the
murder was done by some of them.
Three men were seen later driving to-
ward Catskill Station, and it was sup
posed Hallenbeck had been shot by rob
bers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Foreign.

France has notified the Venezuelan
government that the rights of a French
citizen have been infringed by the seiz-
ure Of property OF Manuel Matos, the
leader Of the new revolution, who had
leased the property.
General Marin, the Colombian revolu-
tionary leader, attacked Honda, on the
Magdalena river, with a force OF LOO
men. The battle lasted II hours and the
government forces were victorious. Four
hundred men were killed.
The civil ceremony of the marriage of
Senator Depew and Miss May Palmer
took place in the United States consulate
at Nice The bride being a Catholic,
there will be two religious ceremonies.
The German Government will attach
agricultural experts to the consulates i'll
the United States, with a view to the
probable adoption of the American sys-
tenn OF farming in Germany.
G.. NJ. Vessels, Boer delegate, will
visit the United States next month bear
ing letter from Mr.. Kruger to Presi-
dent Roosevelt
The British losses in the ambuscade
near Beginderyn, Orange River Colony,
December 2I, were 10 men killed and IS
wounded
An anti-sale demonstration took place
at Christiansted, on the Island of St
CroiX one of the Danish West Indies.
Max Nordau, the author and physi-
clan, delivered an important address be-
fore the Zion Congress, at Basle, Switz-
erland
Emperor Francis Joseph expelled from
Austria the principals in the Vienna bac-
carat scandal
W. Curtis Wakefield, Of New York,
leased Ditton Park, near Windsor, for
the coronation year.
Emperor William, in his address at
the celebration of the tercentenary of
Ernest the PiouS at Gotha, said that the
great aim of his life had been the union
of the Evangelical Church in Germany.
American capitalists have offered the
Russian government 100000 roubles
for a 5o-year lease of large strip of
land in the Kirghiz Steppes, Siberia,
which is rich in copper, coal and silver.
Signor Marconi arrived at North
Sydney. N s., and was cordially receiv-
ed by the government officials He may
select site at Cape Breton for a per-
manent station for wireless telegraphy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Killed by Ineande scent Lamp.

Akron, o., (SpeciaD ID. P. Wheeler,
cashier of the Citizens National Bank,
was found dead in front of the vault in
the bank He had been killed by an
electric shock through handling a sock
ct of an incandescent lamp ard opening
the vault door at the same time, thus
forming a fatal current.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
KILLED BY CRANE BREAKING.
Chicago Workmen Dead and Three
Seriously Injured.

kago, (Spccial) Three men were
md three seriously injured here
breaking OF the huge crane at
plant of the American Bridge Com
Dirty men were working in the vi
of the crane at the time OF the ac-
and many of these had narrow es-
& Swan. Traver and Rock were
ght beneath the huge mass OF steel,
I'D each man was crushed so badly as
10 be almost unrecognizable. The crane
was guaranteed to hold 80 tons, but was
carrying only 20 tons at the time of its
collapse. The cause of the accident
may have been a flaw in one of the
chains supporting the crane.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Grain Elevator Destroyed.

Chicago, (SpeciaD Fire destroyed
the grain elevator of A. F, Mueller, at
Fifteenth street and the Pittsbura, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad tracks.
The loss on machinery and grain is
$4,000, A number of families living
in nearby cottages were driven from
their homes by the flames.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Live Stock.

Chicago, Cattle--Good to prime, $6.oc
a7So; poor to medium, $4ooa5 90 /;
stockers and feeders, $2.ooa4 oo COWS
sI,ooa4.5o; heifers. ST, ,5oa5 80; Gamers
SI.ooa225; bulls, $z.ooa4. 50; calves,
81. 2.5oas.2s; Texas fed steers, 50. soas. so
East Liberty -Cattle-Choice, $5.ooa
6:Io; prime, $5.6oas. s.8o; good $s-ooas. so
Hogs slow and lower; prime .heavies
S63oao4o; heavy mediums. $6.Ioao. 90
light do, $5.osao 90 heavy Yorkers, Ss.8s
as9o; light do, S5.ooas.7o; pigs, as &c
weight and quality, $s.3oas.Ao.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Held Up On the Street

Fairmont, w. Va. Especial. )-Louis
Ring was held up on Park avenue shortly
before 10 O'Clock and robbed of $475 He
had intended to leave for New York
city and had just purchased ticket for
that place. While he was returning to
his home he was assaulted by two men,
who choked him until he was insensible
and robbed him
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
THREE MEN KILLED
BY AN EXPLOSION
Accident at Old Furnace In Town Of
Sharpsyille.
WERE BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION
Shock Felt Fourteen Niles Distaut--A Passen.
ger Train Which Passed About Quarter
Of q Nile From the Scene Of the Explosion
st the Time Of the Accident Was Swayed
By the Force Of the Explosion.

Sharpsville, Pa (Special) Am explo-
sion at the old Sharpsville furnace
wrecked the furnace plant and killed
three men. Another workman was prob
ably fatally injured.
The men were working at the top Of
the furnace when the explosion occurred,
and Clay, Dickson and Bartlett were
burned to death. Their bodies were
recovered at 0 o'clock Donnelly was
injured by jumping.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. No estimate has been made as
yet of the loss.
Scranton, Pa Especial An explo-
sion in the barrel mill of the Moosic
Powder Company at its Jermyn works
wrecked the mill and several adjoining
buildings and broke windows for miles
around The shock was plainly felt in
this city, distance of Ia miles.
Jacob Hitler, who was in the engine
room of an adjoining building, was
burned beyond recognition and cannot
survive. John Gibbs, George Gebhardt
and George Forkel, who were entering
the mill yard, were caught by flying de-
bris and seriously injured Glass blown
from a window in Albert Carey's house
struck his daughter and cut deep gash
IN her neck 1t is feared she is fatally
injured.
A Delaware and Hudson passenger
train which passed about quarter of a
mile from the scene of the explosion al
the time Of the accident was swayed by
the force of the explosion, and the pas
sengers screamed with terror as the train
gave sudden lurch The cause of the
explosion is unknown
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

recent convention at Chattanoo
the National Association OF Let
arriers decided to submit TO ref
pm vote Of the local branchei
hout the United States PROPOSE
,at after next years meeting il
the national convention shall b,
cry two years instead Of annual
any labor organizations lav.
the biennial plan as an i'm
Faying in expenses with jus
results. The Granite Gutter
more conventions, transaeiinf
businesses, through q natiQr
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Financial

The New York Subtreasury state
ment shows banks have lost ST. ,28T 600
during the week
The Southern Pacific Railroads Gre
soting works at Houston, Tex. have
been burned loss 100000.
The Arlington Mills directors have
declared regular semi-annual diyi-
dend Of 3 per cent, payable January l.,
1902.
A New York Stock Exchange seat
was sold for $4,000, new high record,
the previous sale was at $4,000.
Texas Central Company has declared
semi-aimual dividends Of S.. so on both
common and preferred stocks, payable
January IS.
The ST. Paul's decrease in gross earn
ings for third week of December was
caused by the extreme cold weatheI
prevailing in Northwest
II is reported that Samuel insult, pref
ident Chicago Edison Company, is back
ing the projected line from Chicago
Michigan City, Ind, TO be built the ce
ing summer.
II is understood that the N
Metal Selling Company had DEL
about 25.ooo,ooc pounds Of copb2
contrabls for Ioo'oooooo pounds
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02

The new Prince OF Wales is not like
iy TO enjoy the title as long as his
father before him, and It Ia doubtful
II he is ever to be as popular with the
.chsppieaBn this side the water. H~
Is - be negligent In The matter
r That settles Lis hash -
quarters. - Philadelphia In
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
MISS CROPSEY'S
BODY FOUND
The coroner's Jury Declares She Was
Murdered.
CONDITION OF GIRLS REMAINS.
The Autopsy Discioses a Mark on the Temple
Which the coroners Jury Says Was
Caused by q BIow-The Jury Recommends
That James Wilcox, the Girls Lover, BE
Held for Further Investigation.

Elizabeth City, N. c., (Special). =
The body of Miss Ella Maud Cropsey,
who disappeared from the home of her
father, Justice Cropsey, at midnight,
November 20, was found in the Pasquo-
tank River in front of the Cropsey
home, and a coroner's jury of promi-
uent and substantial citizens rendered
verdict that she had met her death by
violence, but accused no one of the muir
der pending further investigation. The
verdict is as follows:
We, the coroner's jury. having been
duly summoned and sworn by Dr. |.
Fearing TO inquire what caused the
death OF Ella M. Cropsey, do hereby re-
port that, from the investigation made
by three physicians of Elizabeth City,
and from their opinion and also from
our personal observation that said Ella
M. Cropsey came to her death. by being
stricken by blow on the left temple
and by being drowned in the Pasquo-
tank River We have not yet investi-
gated nor heard any testimony touching
as to who inflicted the blow and did
the drowning We are informed that
one James Wilcox is charged with same
and is now in custody. We recommend
that investigation as to his or any one
elsc's probable guiit be had by one or
more magistrates in Elizabeth City
township, and that said Wilcox be held
to await said investigation.
(Signed)
I. FEARING, Coroner.
P. S. SHIPP,
B. +. SPENCE
MAURICE WESTCOTT.
ROBERT ]. MITCHELL.
J. B. FEREBEE.
J. II. LEROY.
The report made by the physicians
who performed the autopsy on Miss
Cropsey says
THE garments showed no sign of vio-
lence The garments were removed and
body fully exposed. The epidermis of
face and head. together with hair of
head, were peeled off. The face and
head were swollen and soddened. There
were no external marks of violence on
head body or face There was dis
coloration of a pinkish tinge on the
front of head and face, with slight
blush discoloration over the back OF
the neck and occiput. There were no
marks upon the front of her neck ex-
cept as made by construction of her
dress collar. An examination of the in
ternal organs showed she was a pure
girl.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
stsspls. Climbers Escape.

Chicago (SpeciaD John Kelly, work
ing on a church steeple Iso feet above
the street, experienced remarkable es-
cape from death here He slipped from
the top OF the steeple and fell 6s feet
rnhsre the edge of the roof interfered
- fall m such manner that his
IRE thrown against small pro-
hough almost unconscious, he
is hold for three minutes It'll
kmen rescued him.
injured internally. but
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
VIM. J. sewsIl Dead.

Camden, N. j, (Special) Unit,
States Senator William J. Sewell di,
at his home here at o3o o'clock Frix
morning He suffered from compI
tion OF stomach and heart trouble.
ator Sewelps illness had EXTENDED
a period of two years, but hiS
ton was not considered scriQ
about year ago
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02
Bankruptcy Law Reforms.

Chattanooga, Tenn. Especial. )-The
executive committee of the National As
unsiatipn of Bankruptcy Trustees has re-
sp2 its Investigation made TO
Ysentimeht of all sections of the
on the national bankruptcy law.
Nmittee sent out 1868 inquiries.
arizes the responses in a state
the leading commercial inter-
psf unanimously favor uni
national bankruptcy law, but
is a general opinion that sew
tant amendments are needed
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-02

The Zionist Congress ope
le, Switzerland, with i,ooq
representing every importaI
the wofsi. DR.. Theodore
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
The Training OF Princes.

The princes Of the English blood
royal have never been allowed to
saunter through life as mere do-noth
ings. Custom and monarchlcal dignity
of course, severely limit the number
of things to which the heir-apparent
and his younger brothers may apply
themselves. Practically two profes
sions only are open to them-the army
and the navy But with at least one Of
these calllngs the future King is ex.
pected to ally himself. Bismarck once
sneered at King Edward VII, when
Prince Of Wales, as being the only heir
to a European throne whom one would
never by any chance expect to en-.
counter on a battlefield. 1t is true that
English etiquette and opinion do not
exact from royal prince any very
serious application to his profession;
nor, however keen and capable he
might be, would the nation coun-
tenance his employment in times of
war. The Duke Of Connaught was We.
hemently desirous of serving against
the Beers, but for reasons of state"
which the people thoroughly endorsed,
was not allowed to do so. Those "rca.
sons of state" are not likely to be held
less imperative in the future, and one
may, with some confidence, surmlse
that for members of the English royal
family the days of active service are
over. Their part in either branch of
the national system of defense must
necessarily be passive and ornamental,
though not on that account idle or
useless. If We may apply to them
the scorchlng eplgram in which an
American officer proposed the toast
of a regiment that did not volunteer
for the Civil War-"Warlike in peace,
peaceful in war"-oneOhas also to ad-
NIT that prince who is thrust into the
strict democracy of the services is get
ting an invaluable education in order
illness, self-restraint and prompt dis
charge of duty.-Harper's Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
AFRAID OF WATER.
People who Have an Antipathy to Per
forming Their Additions.

People who Have an Antipathy to Per
forming Their Additions.
Once in a little town in the Cevennei
l was called to year-old baby; no
ticing the irrltated state Of the skin
l asked the mother if she ever washed
him.
washed him." she replied, indig
nantly, mo, indeed madam! Wha'
makes you think l would do such G
thing? He has always been delicate
but it is not my fault, for can truth
fully say 1 have never touched him
with water, hot or cold"
That the preceding generation had an
equal antipathy to performing theil
ablutlons l discovered one day when
letting my baby boy paddle in the
brook A dear old lady over seventy
the nurse of the village, watched hlrs
with great interest," then she turned
to me and said:
There. now! And TO think you are
not afraid of the little dear wetting his
pretty feet! Why, have never put
mine in water since 1 was born"
I was consulted for a girl who haG
taken a chilli l ordered q hot bath
The messenger assured me no one
would take the responsibility of adj
ministering so heroic a remedy. Would
come and superintend? l agreed tc
do so, and gave directions to have
everything ready by the time arrived
1 found the mother and sisters as
sembled at the patients bedside, look
ing like people prepared for the worst
1 cOaXed the girl into the bath, and
tucking up my sleeves took advantage
Of the chance of soaping her well
When she had sat a few minutes in the
tub she exclaimed, "Why, it's quite
nicew
After she was snug in bed again, a
knock was heard, and a neighbor put
her head in, her face full of the deepest
concern. She said:
II heard your poor Vastl was to have
a bath. l have come to see if she is
still alivew
Luckily the girl recovered in a few
days.'-Cornhill Magazine.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
The Sand Cure.

The trains and railway stations were
filled with children and young people
whose sunburned faces and hands
showed that they had been at the sea-
shore. For once in the year they
looked the picture OF health; they were
returning to the overshaded streets
and homes in village and town and
city. The warm, bealth-glving sun.
light was to be denied to most OF them
until another year--perhaps forever.
Few seem to realize how much Of
health-giying value there is in the sun
heated sand of the seashore, not only
for the young, but for the middle.
aged and the aged as we'll The relief
afforded those suffering from rheuma-
tism Is a good illustration of the bene.
fit to be derived from this provision Of
nature. Better than bottles of medi-
cine would be some protected corner
where the sunlight could pour upon
several loads of clean sand. Here the
children could be sent to play with the
best results. In some homes 1t would
be possible even during inclement
weather to provide a room sufficiently
warm with abundance of sunlight and
lots Of sand.-W L. Parker NJ. D., Ia
Good Housekeeping.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23

v" HERE was once an Army Of
ficer-he is an Army officer
to-day - for that matter,
though on the retired list
who was. known familiarly to his
West Point classmates and afterward
to his intimates in the Army as Bingo
There never was a bit of mischief
afoot at the academy with Bingo out
of the running. AS far as regulations
were concerned, Bingo was what is
known in the Points vernacular as
RECKLESS" 1t has never been charged
that the academy boys made too much
OF the few negro cadets who have from
time to time been appointed to the
GovernmS9t school.
Bingo didn't like the negroes and he
never was at much pains TO conceal
the fact. His early training had made
him call them ''niggers," and niggers
they were to him and nothing else. 1t
happened that Bingo was at the acad-
emy when johnson Chestnut Whit
taker the South Carolina colored cadet,
got the whole country by the ears
with his woolly story that his own ears
had been cut by the white cadets,
who not only sliced these useful men,
bers, but hit the lad over the head with
an Indian club and also sheared off
his crisp, curling locks close to the
head.
1t was afterward proved that Mr..
Whittakers ears were not cut, that be
had not been hit by an Indian club,
and that the hair clipping was done by.
his own hands, 1t perhaps isn't nee
essary to 90 into the matter too deep
ly, but two separate boards after in
vestigations which cost the Govern
ment many thousands of dollars, found
out the truth of the affair and SEN
fenced the negro cadet to be dismissed
from the service, A kind-hearted Sec
tary of War, whose father had issued
the emancipation proclamation, saw to
it that Mr.. Whitaker was "let out
easy" A technicality was the loop
hole, and so the colored cadet is borne
on the records as having been dis
missed for deficiency in studies and
discipline.
1t was about this time that the
cadets, Bingo among them. received
all sorts of letters from all sorts Of
people declaring that the Governments
students were lot of brutes, villains,
Niger haters, beasts and so on to the
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Rectitude is a perpetual victory.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
Nature hates monopolies and excep.
tions.
Nature loves analogles, but not repe.
titions.
Men are respectable only as they
respect.
Obedience gives alone the right to
command.
Sincere and happy conversation dou.
bles our powers.
The beautiful rests on the founda-
tions of the necessary.
My creed is very simple-that good
ness is the only reality.
Omit the negative propositions; nerve
us with incessant affirmations.
Never mind the ridicule; never mind
the defeat: up again, old heart!
The disease with which the human
mind now labors Is want of faith.
The condition which high friendship
demands is the ability to do without it.
Prosperity and pound-cake are for
very young gentlemen, whom such
things content.
The essence Of greatness is the per.
ception that virtue is enough; poverty
is its ornament
The false prudence which dotes on
health and wealth is the butt and mer-
rlment of heroism. .-Aphorlsms from
Emerson.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-23

end Of the vocabulary. The cadets
were sore" as the slangsters have it,
If memory serves well Bingo was the
sorest lad in the lot. He said one day
that he believed that niggers were all
cut out Of the same piece Of black
cloth. He was looking forward to an
Army career, but he said on two or
three occasions that he hoped it
wouldn't be his i'll luck to be assigned
TO niger outfit. Il don't see," he
said, "how it's possible to make soldiers
out Of such stuff"
Well, it came about that Bingo was
assigned to a colored cavalry regiment,
the "Flying Ninth" as 1t was after
ward called as a reminder of the day
when the black troopers made a ride
of seventy miles to the rescue Of some
of their white brethren, and this with
nothing under their belts but a cup of
coffee and chunk Of bread.
Bingo Joined his command with a
uniform and a whole bunch of preju,
dice. He found his black troopers ODE.
dent and possessing many of the ster.
ling qualities that go to make up a
good soldier, but 1t takes time and
work to root out prejudice. Bingo
never referred now to his men as mig.
gers. That would have been bad form
ana unmllitary to something more than
degree, but when he thought Of them
there is little doubt that his mental