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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Deficit Eight Millions.

The estimates forwarded by Post
master General Payne to the Treas
ury for the expenditures OF the entire
postal service during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1904, aggregate .SI53,-
oIo.52o The Postmaster General esti-
mates that the Postoffice Department
will provide from its own revenues
which accrue from postage and other
sources $I44,7o7 ,664, leaving a dehcien-
cy of $8,242,Ss6 to be provided fcr out
OF the general treasury.
The appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 3o 1908. aggregate
$G3S,42I ,5oS, making an increase OF SI4,-
5SS,o22 for the following fiscal year.
The deficiency for the fiscal year end
ed June 80 last was S2,o6I,17o Among
the items in the estimates are the fol-
lowing: Railway mail transportation,
S3S 1000, an increase Approximately
OF 100000 over the appropriations
for the current fiscal year, pay OF rail-
way mail clerks, S1Iol7,ooo; carrying
mails in foreign countries, etc, $2,566,
600; printing postage stamps, $4,000;
an increase OF $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Foreign.

At a meeting at Utrecht, Holland, in
honor OF the Boer generals, General
Botha said, that President Kruger had
not carried off state funds, and that he
had contributed literally to the Boer
cause.
Troops have been sent to the French
coalhelds to check the rioting In an
encounter between gendarmes and
strikers one OF the latter was killed
and several wounded. The strike is eX-
tending
The Swiss Parliament authorized the
mobilization OF 1000 troops, including
battalion OF sharpshooters, should
their services be needed, to quell strike
disturbances in Geneva.
Reginald Ward OF New York, pre-
sided at the annual banquet OF the Dra-
matte and Musical Benevolent Fund,
an old English charity, in London.
In the English Church Congress in
London there was an outspoken criti-
cism OF the Bibles infallibiity which
caused considerable discussion.
Adam Russell, a German subject, has
been murdered in Venezuela. The
crime is attributed to revolutionists.
General Nord, war minister OF the
Haytian provisional government, has
been defeated and is in retreat.
Generals Corbin and Young are the
recipients OF much social attention in
London.
In connection with the increased mil
itary measures taken by the Turkish
government in view OF the revolution
airy movement in Macedonia, three bat
talions OF Redifs have been dispatched
to the Djumabala district.
At the opening of the German Co
lonial Congress in Berlin Max Shickel
a banker, advocated the cooperation oil
| Germany with the United States and
Great Britain in securing and protect
ing oversee trade.
The Workmen's National Convention
decreed a strike throughout Switzerland
/ Soldiers have been ordered to holC
/ themselves in readiness for an emer.
| gency.
The Boer generals attended a church
service with Mr.. Kruger at Utrecht
! Holland the occasion being his seven
| ty-seyenth birthday anniversary.
The Pope said to Archbishop Chap
| pelle that Washington was the mos
loyal and generous government tn,
Church had ever to do with.
Rear Admiral Casey is trying t.
bring about peace between the contend
/ ing elements in Colombia.
The striking miners in France ar,
trying TO prevent nonunion men iron
working.
Tao Mu, viceroy OF the Province
OF 'Kwangtung and Kwangsi is dead.
The Boer generals declined to seel
presentation 20 Emperor William
through the British ambassador, and tn,
fact has caused a sentiment against then
in German court circles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
MASKED men GET $4,000
Express Car On the Burlington Road
tIeid.Up and Robbed.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN WITH DYNAMITE.
Two O'Clock in the Morning the Time and a
Spot -Four Miles from Lincoln, Neb., the
Seene-Three Men Wave Red Light and Stop
the Train, Two Cover Engineer and Fireman
With Reyolyers While Third Wrecks Safe.

Lincoln. Neb. (SpeciaD Three
masked men held up the Pacific Coast
express train of the Burlington road
four miles from Lincoln, shortly before
? o'clock a. m. They used explosives
on the express car, shattering it badly
and after wrecking the safe, rihed II
Of its contents. securing booty oil an
estimated value OF $4,000 ,
The train was a few minutes late ana
in charge of Conductor c. a. Lyman
and Engineer A. l.. Clayburg On the
crest of hill midway between the CITY
aud the town of Woodlawn, the en-
oineer saw a red light waved across the
track and brought the train TO stand
still. Two men sprang quickly INTO inc
cab. covering Clayburg and his fireman
with revolvers They lost no time Ill
giving their orders, and were Just as
promptly obeyed The express car
was cut from the balance OF the tram
and sent ahead a short distance. Inc
robbers found the door locked, and al
ter commanding Messenger William
Lupton to open it and getting no re-
Spouse fired two or three shots into
the car. The door was then opened
A heavy charge OF dynamite tore the
safe to pieces. The two men VINO
were in the car politely bade the train
men good morning, jumped from the
car and disappeared in the darkness
The passengers were not molested nor
were the trainmen asked for their per-
sonal property.
While the robbery in the express car
was going on a third robber walked
alongside the track by the passenger
coaches, firing his revolver occasionally
to keep inquisitve passengers quiet.
Brakeman Moore, who alighted from
the rear coach to go ahead, found a re-
volver pushed in his face with a warn
ing to go back where he belonged
He ran the four miles to the Lincoln
yards. and was the first to give the
alarm. The robbers we're cool, talka-
tive and apparently experts. The
whole job occupied little time. The
train was run back to Lincoln. The
wrecked express car was taken out
and at 4 O'Clock it resumed its jour
ney, the original crew going out with
it. Following it was an engine car
rying Chief OF Police Hoagland De-
| tectiye Malone and his two blood
hounds and three police officers. AT
the scene OF the holdup the hound.
took the scent, and the pursuit OF the
robbers was begun Every town and
village marshal and every county 'sher-
if in Southeastern Nebraska has beer
notified OF the robbery and told to be
on the watch The Adams EXPIRES,
Company says its loss is not large.
The booty OF the robbers consisted
principally of gold coin This made the
burden of the robbers exceedinly heavy
and accounts for broad trail discovered
by Chief Hoagland. The robbery was
originally planned to take place at St
Joseph, and the railroad men were on the
lookout. One OF the criminals tipped
the scheme off to the company, and thi.
probably accounts for the shifting OF the
crime to Lincoln.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Tweniy Years fer .dl,n,ss.

The State Department made public
a report from Consul Donaldson, at
Managua, upon a law of the Nicarag-
uan Government regulating and defn-
ing labor in its relation with capital.
The law went into effect on June 80
last.
a laborer is defined as any person,
male or female. over 10 years old, not
having a capital OF $Ioo All labore-s
must have employers, and those found
without employment will be imprison-
ed for 20 years. II laborer desires
money in advance his employer can
give it to him only as a loan without
interest, to be paid by retaining one
half of the salary or wages until the
debt is paid.
A laborer leaving his employer with
out satisfactory settlement OF his debt
will be imprisoned, fined and obliged
to return and work it out
The Consul says the purpose OF the
law is. first, to do away with the prac-
tice OF advancing wages to laborers
on a contract which made the laborer
slave until he settled his accounts,
and second. TO prevent idleness and
viciousness by obliging everyone with
out capital to be employed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Found Dead In the Belfry.

Washington, D. c. Specialized
ward T. Krantz, aged 65 years, was
iound dead in the beliry OF the Trinity
Methodist Church, corner Fifth and c
streets southeast He was hanging by
a rope around his neck, that had been
fastened to the round OF a ladder. The
coroner deemed an inquest unneces-
sary. as the case apparently was one oi
suicide George Huston Cooper, aged
OF, committed suicide at his home, at
1892 Fifth street northwest, today by
hanging himself to a closet door.
He had been suffering from acute mel
ancholia Mr.. Cooper was clerk in
the Fifth Auditors Office OF the Treas
ury Department,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
OF THE LATEST NEWS
Domestic.

Justice Van Sickel, in Trenton, N.
J., filed his opinion in the case OF Mi
riam Berger against the United States
Steel corporation in favor OF the latter.
General Goblin declared that his sol
diers have nothing to do in the coal
fields, no calls having been made upon
them for protection.
James II. Lynch shot. with probably
fatal results James Morse, Rane' 5
hotelkeeper. in New York, who hid
Lynch's daughter.
Three members OF the Board OF Ed
ucaiion OF South Omaha have been
arrested on the charge OF receiving
bribes.
One man was killed and four were in
jured by the collapse of the wall OF
a new hotel building at Jackson, Mich.
A. X. Chinn, a merchant OF Lexing-
ton, KY, was shot to death by masked
burglars in his home.
A colored woman died in Chicago
who claimed to have lived 1872 years
Governor Odcll sharply called down
President Baer, OF the Reading at the
conference OF the Governor. Senators
Platt, Quay and Penrose and the op.
orators in New York The Governor
said the Miners Union should be rec.
ognized and he intended to use all the
power he possessed to remedy the in
/ tolerable situation.
Charles Cavity, aged II years, who
| displayed wonderful inventive genius
is accused OF numbering his mother
and sister and OF injuring four other
children at Homestead, Pa. He is be-
lieved to be insane.
The police authorities OF Camden
N. J., state that Paul Woodward
charged with the murder OF Walter p
Jennings and John Coffin, has con
iessed to completely in the crime.
Gus Bush, colored, was hanged il
Macon, Miss. for the murder OF Ern-
est Dismukes, white. Two thousand
persons witnessed the execution.
An agreement has been reached be
| tween the United Mineworkers and The
/ Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Com
| pany OF Birmingham, Ala.
/ Governor Nash, OF Ohio, granted ;
| pardon to Mrs. f. V. Taylor anC
/ daughter, convicted OF kidnapping lit
| tie Margaret Taylor
/ The National Convention United Or
der Colored Odd Fellows, at New Ha
ven, CT, voted $4,000 to establish
national headquarters.
The hint-glass manufacturers at
meeting in PittsbHg, decided to iorn
a combination, to be capitalized at $50,
100000.
The Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany denies any agreement with othe'
/ coal companies to regulate the prices.
Five persons were injured and prop
erty damaged by an explosion OF nat
ural gas at Homestead, Pa.
Striking girl boxmakers attacked
those who had taken their places a
the w. c. Richie plant. in Chicago.
James Pendeton, mayor OF Gentry
Mo, was sentenced to five years in tn,
penitentiary for bigamy.
There we're I3 deaths on the trans
port Sherman, which arrived at Sar
/ Francisco IRON Manila.
Jere c. Hutchins, OF Detroit, wa
elected president OF the Street Railway
| Association.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Financial.

The Japanese loan OF $4,000, 900 was
over subscribed per cent. in London.
American Railways gross earnings
for September increased $248Io, or 80
per cent.
Western Unions profits were greater
IN 1902 than for any previous fiscal
year since 1893.
A New York bond house offered
100000 long IS to the Government at
1873 Ia, but they were not bought.
1t is definitely announced that Phil
adelphia city bonds are accepted by the
Government at IS per cent
All railroad bonds offered to Sec
retary Shaw as security are rejected.
Investors have been selling Balti-
more & Ohio, Atchison and Union
Pacific bonds to buy stocks with the
proceeds.
State and municipal bonds aggregat-
ing S5,ooo,ooo have been accepted in
place OF Government bonds for United
States deposits.
AT the annual meeting OF the Greene
Consolidated Copper Co, H. Z. Hunt
ington, OF the Southern Pacific, and
Henry Scott, president OF the Union
Iron Works OF San Francisco, were
chosen directors TO succeed General
Seasongood and William L. Greene.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
MANIAC TRIES TO sLAy FAMILY.
Charles cawIey Kills His Mother, Sister and
Brother.

Pi,tsburg, Pa. (Special) While lab
oring under mental alteration, the result
of the strain of perfecting an appliance
for patents on an arbrake which are
pending in Washington, D. C., Charles
Cawley, a 17-year-old boy, of Home
stead. Pa, killed his mother, sister and
brother, and fatally injured three other
children. He also tried to kill his two
older brothers, but was detected, over
powered and turned over to the police.
The weapon used was an ak, with
which he crushed and hacked his vic
Tins beyond recognition
The Cawley family live in neat six
room house on Second avenue. Home
stead, and all the members retired about
10 o'clock Mrs. Cawley and Belle oc.
cupied one bed, while the others. Joseph
Adeline, Raymond and Agnes, occupied
other beds and cribs in the same room,
which is on the second floor rear
Charles, the murderer, his brothers
James, aged 20, and Harry, aged Ia, oc'
cupied the front room, second floor, ad-
joining their mothers room.
Some time about 3 o'clock Charlie:
quietly arose and, dressing himself but
not putting on his shoes. crept down to
the cellar and secured an ak. Coming up
stairs he went into his mother 5 room
where the victims were all sleeping. Al
ter turning up the light the maniac ap-
preached his mothers bedside, swung The
ak high in the air and brought it dowr
with such force that the skull was crush
ed. The mother evidently never knew
what struck her, but the crazed son
thinking that his first blow did not dc
its work, pounded the dead mother
head almost TO jelly.
Belle. the eldest daughter, slep
throughout tie time. The dull sound O
the AK on her mothers head did no
arouse her. Charles hurried to her sid'
of the bed and struck her with the ak
1t is thought that the first blow slipped
and awoke the girl, but only for sec
ond. She did not have time to scream
for the next blow killed her.
The fend then turned to the smalle
children and struck each one over th'
head with the bloody weapon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
MORGAN MAY END STRIKE
Secretary Roots Report TO President
Roosevelt.
ANOTHER MOVE FOR ARBITRATION.
Reported that President csssstt, Of the Penn
sylvsnis, VIII Assist in Bringing About
Settlement The Operators Likely to Soon
Announce a Concession Of an Adyauee 10
Wages.

New York (Special There are
strong indications that the settlement OF
the coal strike is in sight Both the
President and the administration leaders
in Washington are confident that the
uext u hours will see important devel-
opments and that there will be an end
sf the strike before Sunday.
Secretary Root called on the Presi-
dent and told him some important facts;
First J. P. Morgan is working to end
the strike, in connection with A. J. Cas-
satt. president OF the Pennsylvania Kali
road.
Second. There will be no settlement
with, or account Of, politicians, whether
they are Governors, Senators or OF lower
degree. -
Third. Morgan acknowledges that
soldiers cannot make the strikers go back
10 work. nor will their presence IN the
strike region make any apparent ditter.,
ence with the number OF men who VIII
go back. o..
Fourth. Secretarv Root now believes
that an announcement by the operators OF
a concession to the miners OF at least
{ and probably 10 per cent. advance IN
wages will be made this week. Indeed,
Mr.. Root is inclined to think from what
Mr.. Morgan said to him that the an
nouncement will come within two or
three days. 60,
The notice Of an advance OF wages VIII
probably be posted at the mines, as IN
1000 and the strikers will vote to go
pack to work. E,
Mr.. Roosevelt is in possession OF full
information concerning the stand Nor
zan has taken in the coal difficulty.
The President now h I definitely IN
mind to appoint a commission to inyesti-
gate the conditions on the coal helds:
Carroll D. Wright will be member OF
that commission. The President IS seek
ing one or two other members. .,,
The committee OF manufacturers VIII
be the medium OF settlement. President
Mitchell consulted with this committee
In Buffalo, and the coal road operators
met the committee and 'received its
Droposition in Philadelphia
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Anthracite from Russia.

Philadelphia (Special).-The Brauer
Line Steamship Company, operating be-
tween Philadelphia, New York and
Hamburg, is reported to have purchased
for importation to this country 10000
tons of anthracite coal from Germany and
$4,000 tons of anthracite from Southern
Russia. The latter is to shipped from
Marinpol, Russia, in October and No,
vember. The bulk of the coal that will
come from Germany will be reimporta-
tions of Pennsylvania stove and chestnut
grade exported to Germany and purchas-
ed from the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Roosevelt on Crutehes.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD D.-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt went out for
drive in an open landau at I.3o
o'clock the other morning. For the
first time since his illness the President
reached his carriage unasSsted In
stead OF being carried downstairs in
an invalid chair he came down upon
crutehes. He descended the steps in
front of the house without assistance
and crossed to the carriage. He held
mp his injured leg so that the loot did
not touch the ground, A large crowd
IN front OF the house applauded as he
took his seat in the carriage. He ac-
knowledged the greeting by raising his
soft felt hat and bowling right and LETT.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Carroll D. Wright to Resign.

Announcement is made here that
Carroll d. Wright, Commissioner Of
Labor, who has been prominent re-
Gently in his efforts made to settle the
anthracite coal strike, will retire from
Office in about two years. For IS years
Mr. Wright has been the chief OF the
Bureau OF Labor.
He now is engaged in some import
ant Investigations, the completion OF
which will occupy the two years he ex-
poets yet to remain at the head OF the
Labor Bureau. Mr.. Wright few days
ago was installed president OF Clark
College, Worcester, Mass. At the ex-
piration OF his service with the govern
ment he will devote his entire time to
his college duties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Business Of s3ll.O 900, 900.

The annual report OF General Super
intendent J. T. Metcalf, OF the Money
Order Bureau OF the Postoffice Depart
ment, for the fiscal year ended June 80
last, shows the money orders issued
by the postoffices OF the United States
increased over the previous year 4,o51,-
III in number and $4,000 in
amount. The average daily sale OF
money orders during the year was
$I.o2S,I6o.
There have been 2,S42 domestic
money order Offices and 1892 interna-
tional Offices added to the list There
are now 34,I27 domestic offices and
6,o46 international Offices in operation.
Although nearly 100000 orders
were paid, involving the disbursement
OF 1921, ,ooo, 900, the loss to the depart
ment was but sos.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
GIRLS IN A PITCHED BATTLE.
Two Are TrampIed On During a Great Strike
Riot.

Chicago (SpeciaD.-Riot calls. fights
among hysterical girls and arrests of the
girl leaders marked the girl boxmakers'
strike at the plant OF the w. c. Ritche
Company. Patrol wagons responded
to the calls and the wagons also were
used to convey many of the girls beyond
the picket lines of the strikers and their
sympathizers.
When the girl employees of the plant
left the building they were charged by
the crowd outside. and i'll the struggle
Mary Hillman and Edith Marsh, who
had refused to quit work, were thrown
to the ground, trampled on and severely
beaten. Rose, Anne and Mareln Zitte,
sisters, were arrested on charges Of
being leaders of the riot. They were
taken to a police station and the injured
girls were sent to their homes in car
riages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
DEATH FOLLOWS OPERATION.
Laryngihs and Not False Teeth Caused Buett-
ner's Death.

Cleveland (SpeciaD.-Frank Buett-
ner, well-known contractor OF this
city, died as the result OF an operation
performed to remove a set OF false teeth
which it was supposed he had swallow
ed while asleep.
An X-ray machine was used on
Buettner, which, the surgeons de-
clare, showed the teeth to be in the
oesophagus. Just as the latter had
been opened its entire length a relative
OF Buettner rushed into the operating
room with the missing set OF teeth,
which had been found in Buettner S
bed. 1t was then learned that Buett-
ner was suffering from a severe case
OF acute laryngitis. The pain in his
throat led him to believe he had swal-
| lowed the teeth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Five Persons Injured.

Pittsburg, Pa. (SpeciaD Fire at
Homestead, Pa, caused by an explo-
sion OF natural gas, badly damaged the
Seventh Avenue Hotel, postofice and
Office buildings OF the Homestead I'm
provement Company, and seriously in
jured FIVE persons. The explosion oc-
CURED at AIS p. m, in the cellar OF
a confectionery store on the first floor
OF the Homestead Land Improvement
Company building, at 6I4 Ann street.
The loss was about $4,000
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Killed by Tornado.

Quincy, III. (Special>.-A tornado
struck this city, sweeping in north
easterly direction and destroying much
property in the city and in the country
A large number of houses and barns
were destroyed and great damage was
done to orchards and standing corn.
Wires are down and communication IS
shut off. 1t is impossible to get exact
information of the extent OF damage to-
night. One man al Camp Point was
killed and Henry koetters, iii the out
skirts of Quincy was fatally injured. The
smoke stacks OF the electric light power
house were blown down and the city is in
darkness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
MILLS IN COTTON MER GER.
The Freis Committee Goes Carefully Over
Values OF Plants.

Greensboro, N. c, (Special) Henry
Fries, who is engineering the cotton-mill
merger, is here assisting the committee
in eliminating from the list of 70 mills
those not considered eligible to enter
the Southern Textile Company under the
following clause Of the option agree
ment:
mo plant OF business shall be pur-
chased in the organization of the new
company except with the written unani-
nous approval as to the desirability of
puchase and as to the proprietary price. "
The members of the committee present
were: T. w. Pratt, Huntsville, Ala; S.
B. Tanner. Henrietta, N. c.. John Fries,
Winston Salem, ~ c.; c. G.. Latta,
Raleigh N c., A. w. Haywood, Haw
River, N. c.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-16
Twenty Killed ln Rlot.

London (By Cable),-In a dispatch
from Gibraltar, the correspondent OF
the Daily Mail says the rioting which
followed the closing OF the Socialist
club within the Spanish lines resulted
in 20 men being killed and a large num-
Der badly wounded. The latter include
lieutenant OF the Spanish Civil Guard,
whose life is despaired Of Documents
seized at the Socialist headquarters
showed the place was the center OF an
anarchist group which had been in com
munication with anarchists in towns
OF EuroDe