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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-20
SOCIETIES,

ODD Fellows-M'CohnellsburgLodg Lodge
NO. I44 meets every Friday evening in
tne Comerer Building in McConnells.
burg.
Fort Littleton Lodge No. 4s4 meets
every saturday evening in the Cromer
building at Fort Littleton.
Wells Valley Lodge No. 6O7 meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel.
lows Hall at Wells Tannery.
Harrisonville Lodge No. 70l meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel.
lows Hall at Harrisonville.
Waterfall Lodge No. 773 meets ev.
cry Saturday evening in odd Fellows
Hall at Waterfall Mills.
Warfordsburg Lodge No. 6Ol meets
in Warfordsburg every Saturday
evening.
King Post G. A. II. No. 1855 meets in
McConnellsburg in odd Fellows Hall
the first Saturday in every month at ]
p. m.
Royal Arcanum, Tuscarora Council
No. III, meets on alternate Monday
evenings In p. o. S. of A. Hall, 10
McConnellsburg.
Washington Camp No. 4O7, p. 0. s.
A., OF New Grenada, meets every Sat-
urday evening in +. 0. S. OF A. Hal.
Washington Camp, No. 554, p, O,s,
OF A., Hustontown, meets every Satur'
nrday evening In p. o. S. of A. Hall.
John Q. Taylor Post G. A. r., No.
0S9, meets every Saturday, on or jusi
preceding full moon in Lashley hall
at p. M, at Buck Valley.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. So
meets at same date and place at a pm.
Gen. ID. b. McKibbin Post No. lC2,
G. A. S., meets the second and fourth
saturdays in each month at Pleasant
Ridge
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RI. Fl. H@rtzler,
Burnt Cabins

ger of war will pass, because ev.
cry improvement in the line .Of
defence tends TO increase the
power OF arbitration, and no coun-
try would want to war against
the country that owned covey
OF armed flying machines" said
an old employe of the Patent Of
flee. "Our Government, / am
sorry to say, has never done any
thing in the way Of encouraging
nying machine inventors, and the
records will bear me out in ma
king thus assertion. Among my
papers | have the record of the
first appeal to Congress by an
American who, in his petition to
the Congress, claimed TO have
solved the problem Of aerial navi-
cation. But Congress turned
deaf ear to the petitioner.
Tins happened during the
first session Of the Seventeenth
Congress. On Monday, March
%, 1929, Representative Milnor
of Pennsylvania presented to the
House the following petition,
which was read for information
James Bennett, mathematician
of the city of Philadelphia, to the
honorable the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress
assembled, most respectfully
showeth
"'That your petitioner having
invented machine by which
man can fly through the air-can
soar to any height steer in any
directlon-can start from any
place and alight without risk OF
injury; and whereas like ma.
chine has never been invented in
any country or age of the world,
so as to be applied to purposes of
practical utility, and as it is more
than probable that artificial fly
ing would not, for thousand
years to come, be brought to the
same degree of perfection had
not your petitioner under Provi-
dence accomplished 1t, and, as il
must be evident to all that letters
patent would be Of little use TO
the inventor in consequence of
various notifications or improve.
ments which might be made, and
which never would have been
thought Of had not the way first
been opened by your petitioner /:
He, therefore, solicits special
act of the Congress of the United
States to secure to him and his
heirs for the term of forty years,
or for such other term as in their
wisdom may be deemed just, the
right of steering flying machines
through that portion of earth's
atmosphere which presses On the
United States or so far as their
Jurisdiction may extend.
"'By granting your petition
er's request the honor of the in
vention shall be conferred on the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-20

Gertrude Garland has gone to
Ohio.
George w. Mellott, proprietor
of the Enterprise Racket Store
at Sunnyside, intends building
spring house.
Rachel Hart is somewhat bet.
ter at this writing.
Listen you will hear wedding
bells this week in the Cove.
w. V. Hart's house wall will
soon be completed. Martin Mel.
lott, contractor.
Lilly Layton has gone to Hi
nOis.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.

President Judge-Hon. S. Nc. Swope
Associate Judges-Lemuel Kirk. Da
vid Nelson.
Prothonotary, &c.-Geo. A. Harris
District Attorney-George b. Dan.
iels.
Treasurer-George B. Mellott,
Sheriff-Daniel G. Fleck.
Deputy Sheriff-D. r. Fields.
jury Commissioners-C. II. e. Plum.
mer, Anthony Lynch.
Auditors-John S. Harris, w. c..
Davis, S l.. Garland.
commissioners. d. Mellott, Geo
Sigel, and Fl. p. Palmer.
Clerk-Franls Henry.
County Surveyor-Jonas Lake.
County OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES L.
Barton.
Attorneys-W. Scott Alexander. ].
Nelson Sipes, Thomas +. Sloan, r..
Men. Johnston, M. II. Shaffner, Geo.
B: Daniels, John p. Sipes, S. W.,
AAii hs
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TERMS OF COURT,

The first term of the Courts of Fal.
ton county in the year shall commence
on the Tuesday following the second
Monday of January, at 10 o'clock a. m,
The second term commences ON the
third Monday of March, at = O'Clock
p. m.
The third term on the Tuesday ncxt
following the second Monday of June,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
The fourth term on the first Mondar
OF October, at O'Clock p. m.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-20

Additional local trains Will leave Harrisburg
as follows: For Carlisle and intermediate sta
tions al eS a. M, 200 p. N. and 625 p. m, also
for orMechanlcsburg Dillsburg and intermediate
stationsnt 90 a. m.and 3. Is p. IN.
. Trains Nos !, and 100 run daily between
Harrisburg and Hagerstown.
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
York and Knoxville Tenn, on trains ! wesi
ana 10 east and between Philadelphia and
Welsh on N. g. w. Railway on trains 100 west
and " east, except that ON Sunday the Pima
dclphia sleeper will run east on No. 2.
Through coaches to and from Philadeiphli
on trains and east and and west.
Daily.
Daily except SUNDAY.
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EARLY FLYING MACHINES.

"Some day in the very near fu.
ture an American inventor will
produce a perfect dying machine,
and when that day comes all dan.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.

Justice of the Peace-Thomas T.
sloan. L. H. While.
Gonstable-John H. Doyle.
Burgess-H. w. Scott.
Councilmen-D, Z. Fields, Leonard
Holman, Samuel Bender, NJ. w. Mace.
Clerk-Wiliam Hulf.
High Constable-Wm. Baumgardner.
School Directors-A. u. Mace. John
A. irwin, Thomas +. Sloan, f. NJ.
Taylor, John Comerer, G.. b. Stevens.
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notice.

Notice II hereby given that letters testamer
srY have befn eFanisd 10 the undersigned upon
The estate OF james MiDnieh late OF I.cHpt
Gre township, Fulton county, Pa, deeeasssas.
Any person. having claims against said es!hH
will present them propsrly suihentieatedI~ ~
settlement and those owirg the same will p'sz"
call anu serrie.,
April 10. i9s. Saluyia, r.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
TRAGEDY OF THE SEA.
Nine Persons Perish From starvation
and Thirst.

Providence, r. l., Sept l4.-The de
tails of a sea tragedy In the West In
dian waters have been reported by
the schooner w. B. Fielding, Whlci
has Just returned to this port.
Nearing Port au Prince, on her out.
ward voyage, the Fielding ran near
dark object which was found to be an
overturned boat with seven men and
one woman clinglng to it and striving
with the little strength that was left
In them to hold on to the slippery bot.
tom
The coasting schooner. name un.
known, to which they belonged, had
struck rock, partly filled and then
had suddenly turned turtle" The
crew of seventeen persons had all
managed to get upon the bottom 0
the craft.
Days of starvation and thirst en-.
sued, during which nine Of the seven.
teen died On the fifth day came the
rescue of the eight survivors.
The Fielding was about twelve
miles from the island of Gonaves
when the wreck was sighted
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THREE MEN MEET DEATH AND
SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAIN
SEVERE INJURIES.
WRECK OCCURS NEAR FAIRCalLD, WIS.,
TRAIN RUNS INTO WASHOUT AND
THE ENGINE AND ONE CAR
LEAVE THE TRACK.

Fairchild, Wis. Sept 14.-Three
killed and several injured is the re
suit of a wreck on the Omaha road In
the morning.
A northbound excursion train from
points in Wisconsin to Duluth ran on
to q washout roadbed six miles south
of this place. The locomotive, tender
and baggage car left the track, and
the combination car was Jammed be
tween the baggage car and the eight
cars In the rear, which remained on
the track This car was badly
smashed.
The killed are:
PAT CONWAY, Reedsburg. Wis.
WENDELL BROWN, CaSnovia
Wis.
MURPHY, Madison.
Conway was In the act OF passing
into the combination car and was or
the platform at the time of the crash.
and was badly mangled, dying almost
instantly.
Brown was In the combination car
and was crushed to death In the
smashing of the car.
Five or six others were injured, but
none, 1t is thought, fatally.
The local Ashland train, here at the
time, was sent to the scene OF the
wreck with physicians and nurses.
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SECRETARY MOODY TO RESIGN
Former Governor Crane Of Massachu
setts May Enter the Cabinet.

Boston, Sept 14.-The echoes OF
the Republican love feast at Baker
island are floating around the city
One thing which was settled, accord
ing to these reports, Is that Secretary
Moody Is really to retire from the
navy department. despite the many
assertions to the contrary. His resig
nation will come at the close OF the
present administration. then because
Mr. Moody wants to get back TO the
practice of law.
He has tried living at a $4,000 rate
on the $4,000 income, and the expert
ment Is not satisfactory. Another ru
NOR Is that the United States ambas
sador to Italy, George Won l.. Meyer
will continue at his diplomatic post
and also In the national committee
This situation has been talked about
more than any other for months.
"But how about the Crane talk?'
the enthusiasts were asked. for II has
been reported that Ex-Governor w
Murray Crane would be the next ma
tional committeeman from Massachu
setts
"Oh. that Is all right" the informant
said Crane is going to be king pin
in the next national comittee, but he
will be a member of the private ad
visory counsel, which will sit around
Roosevelt 1t will be vastly more
satisfactory place than national com
mitteeman."
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BULGARIAN MINISTER'S DECIDE
/ TO HAVE TWO ARMY CORPS
: PREPARED TO FIGHT.
49,
ALARMING RUM0as ARE CURRENT
SIXTY THOUSAND PERSONS SAFE
TO HAVE BEEN BUTCHERED
IN LEREN DISTRICT.

Sofia, Sept. lathe council or min
listers ia said to have decided to mob
ilize the First and Second army dlvi
sions, whose headquarters are at Soma
and Philippopolis. Alarming rumors
are current of further wholesale mas
sacres Of Bulgarians in the vilayet OF
Monastir. One report says that oo.ooe
persons have been slaughtered In the
district of Leren alone, which is pure
ly Bulgarian. Other reports affirn
that the Turks have burned the Chris
tian quarters in three towns, Florlna
Okhilda and Resen.
Courier dispatches received here BY
the Autonomye say the Albanians act
Ing under direct orders from the SUI
tan have been engaged in a general
massacre of Bulgarians in the districts
OF Okhrida and Leren.
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OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED.
Maxim Pasha Succeeds Reshid Bey as
Governor General of Beirut.


Washington, Sept lathe follow.
ing bulletin was posted at the state
department during the day:
Minister Leishman telegraphs, IN.
der date of Sept. II, that the follow
ing proclamation has appeared In the
newspapers Of Constantinople:
"By command of his imperia. maj,
esty, the sultan, Reshid Bey, govern
or general of Beirut has been dis
missed. Nazim Pasha, governor gen.
eral Of Damascus, has been appointed
acting governor general of Beirut
The official Gazette prints a notice
that Nazim Pasha has taken tempo
rary charge of the administration OF
Beirut
Minister Leishman also communi
Gates the substance Of report re
ceived by him from the United
States consul at Beirut. The situation
there appeared to have improved
The new acting governor, Nazim
Pasha, had called upon him, stating
his desire to treat the Magelssen mat.
ter promptly and satisfactorily, and
expressing his purpose to effect com.
plete reorganization of the police force
of Beirut Mr. Ravndal says that the
new governor enjoys the reputation OF
being very capable man, and his ap-
pointment has given much pleasure
to the people OF Beirut.
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LIVELY CAMPAIGN PROMISED.
Senator German Picked as Roose
veit's Opponent.

Washington, Sept 14.-"Whatevel
Republican opposition now existing o1
which may be stirred up later againS
President Roosevelt will not be mani
tested In the next Republican conven
ton
"The interests which would oppose
Mr.. Roosevelt openly II they dared
could find no man In the Republican
party who would be willing to accep
their proffers Of support for the nomi
nation Hence I an positive that
these stories we hear about a move
ment In New York city and othe
places of bringing out a candidate
against the president are unfounded
But do believe that certain large cor
porations and railroad magnates woulo
like to see Mr. Roosevelt defeated
They cannot prevent his nomination
Neither can they defeat him at the
polls. but they will try just the same :
This statement was made by prac
tical business man from the West
who took pains to inquire into the
situation and said that there would
undoubtedly be one Of the most inter
esting political campaigns next veal
the country has ever witnessed
"The plan among the big ones o,
Wall street is to have Senator Cor
man nominated for the presidency
He is believed TO be the most avail
able man for them.
Eastern commercial interests rec
ognize no political party which they
cannot partly control and have a hand
in debating It's policy. They woulf
have such a man In German. who
while he supported Bryan In the two
last national compaigns, Is neverthe
less In very close touch with the
moneyed influences Of the East
German will be a rather strong
candidate Business interests will not
fear him If nominated he will make
big play for the support of those
who arc disgruntlod because they
cannot control Mr. Roosevelt. Cor
man IS a resourceful and dangerous
politician. Hence I say we will have
a royal campaign In 1904 IL the Mary
land senator is pitted against Roose
Welt "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
LABOR OFFICIALS SUED.
Connecticut Hat Firm Asks Heavy
DAMAGES From Unicn Men.

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept 14-D. r.
Lowe & Co. of Danbury, hat manufac-
turers. have instituted suits against
the national officers of the American
Federation Of Labor, the national Of
ficers of the United Hatters of North
America and against 250 members of
these organizations, residents OF Dan
bury, who were formerly in the en-
ploy of the plaintiffs
The plaintiffs allege that because
they refused to employ only union Ia
Dor in their factory, their goods were
boycotted and a strike was called.
Damages of $4,000 are asked under
the Sherman antitrust law
A similar suit has been instituted
In the superior court of Fairfield
county against the same parties, In
this suit damagc- OF 100000 are
claimed and an in1un etion restraining
the defendants from prosecuting the
boycott is sought.
The defendants are Samuel Com
pers, president OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and the other Off.
GERS of that organization.
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AFTER AGENT RROSiUS.
Tams Bixby to Make II Interesting
for That Gentleman.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Tams Blk.
by. chairman of the Dawes Indian
commission. is after Special Agent
Brosius of the Indian rights commits
sion. and will undoubtedly make 1t
interesting for the man who claims
to have stirred up the scandals In the
Indian territory.
The Indian Rights association is
composed of philanthropic people OF
great wealth and It's mission Is to
protect the interests of Poor Lo. In.
cidentally, its agents and officers are
very free In Offering advice to the
government and telling Indian Com
missioner Jones how TO conduct his
department.
Dawes commission a year ago last
May. but the president would not ac
cept his resignation. Tams' wish &c
reference Of outsiders, like Agent
Brosius, who were invariably looking
for trouble with the commission.
1t is now intmated that the failure
of the Five Civilized tribes to accept
the very liberal terms and annuities
offered by the government several
years ago was que TO tne strenuous
efforts of the Indian Rights associa
tion.
Secretary Hitchcock, Land Commits
sioner Richards and Indian Commits
sioner Jones have no use for the asso
ciation But as 1t Is a purely self
constituted body. It cannot be reached
officially.
Mr.. Bixby, however, is conducting
little investigation Of his own
which, when completed, may place the
Indian Rights association In rather
different position before the public.
Long before Mr.. Brosius came out
with his sensational interview. the
Dawes commission had reported te
Washington existing irregularities In
the Indian territory
Thus far there have been no devel
opments that In the least implicate
the Dawes commission with doing any.
thing other than carrying out the pro
visions enacted by congress, which
has been most difficult task to per.
form
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PERlLoUsLY CLOSE TO WAR.
Only Drastic Measures VIII Preserve
Peace In Balkans.

London. Sept. 14--From informa-
tion cleaned from various diplomatic
circles in London 1t Is learned that
the powers have come to recognize
the fact that only drastic measures
will maintain peace between Turkey
and Bulgaria. No one participating
In the negotiations now denies that
the two countries are perilously close
to war. 1t is even suggested In re-
sponsible quarter that the Slavs are
working with the Bulgarians to con-
vince the world that humanity de-
mands the Intervention Of the powers.
Strong pressure Is being exerted on
the British foreign office to cause It
to take more energetic action to put
a stop to the atrocities on the part
of. the Turks. But the policy Of the
cabinet at any rate up to now con-
tinues to be confined to preserving
the concert OF Europe. On all sides
1t Is said that the further efforts of
every power will be to prevent a gen
0ral European conflagration.
In the event of an outbreak Of war
between Turkey and Bulgaria being
unavoidable. the policy Of the powers
will be TO avoid complications which
may embroil them.
Turkish circles are exercised at the
action OF the Greek premier In pro-
testing to the powers against the
atrocities perpetrated by the Turks
upon the Greeks. but confidence is ex.
pressed that there will be no change
In the attitude OF the Athens govern
inent on the ground that Greece is
too much opposed to the expansion of
- ~ t.vht
cause international Intervention and
q consequent alteration of the status
n Macedonia.
The dispatch OF French warships to
nearer proximity to Turkey Is accept
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
TRACK COVERED WITH ROCK

Heavy Rainfall Causes Bluff to Slide
Upon a Railroad.
Hastings, Mimi, Sept IA heavy
rainfall undermined a huge portion OF
q high bluff near Hastings. Minn., at
night and caused it to slide out and
bury the track of the River division
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad under hundreds of tons
Of rock. The Pioneer Limited and
passenger trains from ST Paul and
Minneapolis are held north Of Has
tings
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
cARIsTiANo PUT TO THE SWORD
Those Of Both Sexes and All Ages
Hutchered In Monastir District.

London, Sept. 1.-THE Sa!onica
correspondent of the Times, after Wis
iting Monastir, sends a detailed his
tory of the insurrection and the Turk
ish operations for its suppression, and
adds:
mo details have yet been received
as to the result Of the more remote
military drives, but from rumors EN-
anating from trustworthy sources not
usually unfriendly TO the Turks, there
Is reason to fear that the country has
been absolutely devastated and all the
Christians of both sexes and all ages
who have failed to find refuge in the
woods have been put to the sword"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
CRUISER UNDER RUSH ORDERS
French WarshIp Sent Post Haste &c
the levant.

Paris, Sept 14.-After a conference
between the officials of the marine
ministry and of the foreign office II
has been decided to send the cruiser
Latouche-Trevill to Turkish waters
without waiting for the other ships
OF the French squadron ordered to be
in readiness to sail for the Levant.
The Latouche-Trevill will probably
be followed Immediately by the
cruiser Du Chayla. Their special
points of observation will be Salonica
Beirut and Smyrna. but they will not
go directly to these places. The war
ships will rendezvous at the small
Greek island OF Syria, off the coast
and within easy steaming distance OF
the disturbed districts.
Admiral Jaureguiberry and his flag
ship will remain at Toulon ready tc
reinforce the two cruisers with large
naval force In case of more serious
turn Of events.
Former Foreign Minister Hanotaux
In an interview pointed out the eX
tent OF the devastation in Turkey
bridges blown up, villages burned and
railroad traffic interrupted. Speaking
OF the Beirut incident. he said:
"The events at Beirut create new
morbid condition. The alleged attack
on the American consul has never
been clarified Was he, or was he not
the victim of an attack? In any case,
the presence OF the American naval
force has contributed to the efferves
ence which eliminated in the out
break between Mussulmans and Chris
tians. The vail Of Beirut has been
displaced and an investigation Is be.
Ing conducted by Turkish officials and
American officers If this is long pro
lOnged, the effervesence may recur
since the passions of those interested
are more likely to be aroused than
calmed"
NJ Hanotaux adds that France
should not be Indifferent to the events
in Syria. as this is field where her
interests and rights are unquestion.
able and he declares that nothing
should be done at Beirut or other
Syrian points without France or
against France"
The departure Of the French war
ships caused considerable interest, the
general feeling being that the pur
pose of the sailing of the ships Is not
only to safeguard French interests In
Macedonia, as officially announced,
but 1t is to watch events in Syria
where French political and CONNER
cial interests are extensive
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14

Doctor Straughotf. the noted German
scientist says: "The most beautiful
and we'll formed women are Americans,
where 80 per cent. use Rocky Mountain
Tea. The great beautifier. 30 cents
Frank Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-14
ENTIRE FAMILY cHLoRoFoRMED
Burglars Then Ransacked the House
Taking Money and JeWelry.

Wabash, Ind, Sept. l2.-Burglars
early In the morning chloroformed the
entire family of Chris Harnish, a farm
er living near Dora. They ransacked
the house. securing considerable
money and jewelry. As result OF
the chloroform, Miss Lulu Harnish,
a daughter. Is In a serious condition
and the other members Of the family
are suffering from the effects Of It.
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ed mere as an indication or the pur-
pose of France to be prepared to pro
tect French interests not only during
the present disturbance, but In the
event of war