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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
USED Ak ON WIFE AND KNIFE On SELF
Jersey City Man Attempts to Kill His Spouse
and Cuts His Own Throat

New York (SpcciaD Edward Wood.
So years old, tried to kill his wife and
himself at their home on the second floor
at No. I53 Morgan street, Jersey City
He struck his wife three times on the
head with an axe and then cut his throat
with a tablelnife, which had been
ground down to a razor edge. Wood
and his wife are in the city hospital.
The woman has a chance of recovery,
but it is thought Wood will die.
Wood has had trouble with his wife
on various occasions and the police
say he served term OF I8 months inn
prisonment for beating her. They have
two Sons, Edward, 26 years old, and
Arthur, 23 years old. The sons on
Monday last put their father out OF
their apartments, but allowed him to
sleep in hall bedroom. Wood had
been drinking heavily, it is said, and
had made himself nuisance to the rest
OF the family.
After the older son had gone out
Wood knocked on the door OF his
wiie's room and asked her for drink
OF water. She opened the door and
went to the kitchen to get the water
Wood followed her, and on reaching
the kitchen picked up an AK and struck
his wife three times on the head with it.
She fell to the floor unconscious. Wood
then turned 10 table. and picking up
4 knife drew il across his throat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Domestic Trade Is Good.

Internal commerce conditions in the
United States are reported by the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor,
through its Bureau OF Statistics, and
shows that the first half of the current
year compares favorably with the cor
responding period of 1902 and 1901.
With few exceptions, the volume of
trade thus far this year equaled, if not
exceeded, that of last year, though oc-
casionally falling below the high level OF
1901. There is no evidence, says the
Bureau, of a general recession in COM
mercial activities corresponding to the
extraordinary shrinkage in speculative
values
Western staples for this year have
gained materially over last year, receipts
OF live stock at five markets having
amounted to I5,I26,66I head, compared
with I495S,345 head in the first six
months OF 1902.
Wheat receipts at eight interior mar
kets for the crop year ended June 80,
1903, were 236,67s,66o bushels. compared
with I.766. ..3S7 bushels in 1902.
The total shipments of provisions from
Chicago and Chicago points for the first
20 weeks of 1908 were 62I,I33 tons,
against 653,2I7 tons in the same period
of 1902 and 566,o2o tons in 1901.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
General Miles in Retire meut.

At noon Saturday Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles relinguished the COM
mand of the Army and was placed on
the retired list, in accordance with the
statute requiring the retirements of Off
GERS of the Army at the age of O. years.
All during the morning General Miles
held reception OF Army officers at his
office in the headquarters OF the Army,
and a large number OF officers in full
dress came to bid him farewell and pay
their last respects to the General.
Promptly at noon General Miles, ac-
comparied by Colonel Reber, his chief
OF staff, left his Office at Army head
quarters. walked through the corridors
of the War Department and left that
building just as the clock was striking
IL, walking across Pennsylvania avenue
to Seventeenth street and then proceeded
to his home, on n street.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
BLOOD TO FLOW IN MACEDONIA.
Struggle Likely TO Be a Bitter 0ne-Kurds
Being Armed.

Salonica (By Cable).--A special mes
senger from Monastir reports that the
Bulgarian insurgents have dynamitcd
the Konak governors palace in the
Town OF Krushevox, % miles north OF
Monastir. Fifty Turks were killed
A detachment OF Ottoman troops has
burned the village OF Dihovo, near
Monastir.
Eight Turkish battalions have been
dispatched to Monastir and three bat
talions to Salonica from Kossoyo.
Telegraphic communication with
Monastir is still interrupted
Constantinople (By Cable).-Consu-
lar advices which were received here
from Monastir indicated that the sit
uation in Macedonia was constantly
growing worse.
At a meeting OF the ministers it has
been decided, therefore, to adopt mca-
sures OF extreme severity in order to
suppress the revolution. 1t is reported
that Albanian troops will be employed,
in which event massacres are almost in
cvitable.
The Bulgarian cxarch was summoned
to the Yilditz Palace Wednesday, and
urged to make a final appeal to his
flock to deliver up their arms and
thereby avoid bloodshed.
The menacing attitude Of the Kurds
in Armenia is causing increasing alarm
at Erzeroum, Bitlis and Kharput. 1t
is asserted in some quarters that the
authorities are secretly arming the
Kurds, while endeavoring to convict
the Armcnians OF revolutionary intcn-
tions.
Sofa, Bulgaria (By Cable).-Thc
newspapers announce that Prince Fer
dinand is returning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
SPARKS FROM TIE WIRES.

Announcement was made at the
Building Trades Employers Association
rooms, in New York, that a general
arbitration board had been organized
to take care OF all differences between
employees and the unions which have
signed the rlan OF arbitration.
llurlbutt, Hatch & Co., members OF
the Ncw York Stock Exchange. have
failed. The firm was composed OF John
II. Hurlbutt, +. S. Hatch "a board
member) and ]. i. Smith. The CO.
partnership was formed Scntcmber IL.
1900
The Trust Company OF North Amer
lea and the North America Trust Com
pany have agreed TO merge the two
companies under the name OF the Trust
Company OF America.
Simon Booker and his wife were MUIR
dercd near Winchester, KY. and their
cabin burned. They are supposed 20
have furnished Information leading TO
tho raid Of distillery.
John Alexander Dowic, general over
seer OF the Christian Church. renounccd
his allegiance 10 Great Britain and be-
came citizen OF the United States.
Governor Dockcry. the Secretary Of
State and the State Treasurer were be-
fore the grand jury At Jefferson City,
which is investigating The boodlipg gases
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
May Have Left the Country.

Postoffice Department officials believe
George w. Beavers, former Superinten-
dent of the Division of Salaries and Al
lowances, now under indictment, has left
New York for parts unknown.
After Beavers was indicted by the
Brooklyn grand jury for conspiracy to
defraund the impression prevailed that
he was where inspectors could put their
hands on him at any time and that the
Government did not care to make pub
lie the evidence against him at a preli-
minary hearing before a United States
commissioner.
Many stories have been printed con-
cerning Beavers movements in New
York, but they have all been second
hand The public has heard nothing
from persons who have actually seen the
mysterious Beavers.
Postoffice Department officials are said
to have been approached within the last
- hours by persons who asked that
August w. Machen's bond be increased,
to make it certain that he will not flee
from the country to escape the charges
which are pending against him. Since
the return of the indictments against
Machen the Department of Justice is in
charge Of his case and must decide
whether his bond is sufficient.
1t has been predicted that the former
Superintendent Of Free Delivery will
leave the country and forfeit his BAIL if
there be no other way Of escaping trial
on the charges of conspiracy brought
against him in connection with the Post
Office Department scandals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Financial.

Three thousand letters received by a
Chicago bank indicate depreciation in
the crop condition exceeding 10 per
cent
Union Pacific last fiscal year earned
SsI ,ooo,ooo gross, S2z. 100000 net and
had a surplus OF $4,000, 600. The last
sum exceeded 1902 figures by $4,000.
William c. Whitney and other horse
men have hurried away from Saratoga
Tor Wall street, where bigger game is
going on. But John w. Gates is still
watching the Saratoga races.
Norfolk & Westerns earnings in the
fourth week OF July increased SIo4.4so,
equivalent TO about 10 per cent.
Mr.. Schwab makes the direct state
ment he is the largest holder OF United
States Steel shares. At one time Rookie
ieller was the largest.
New England has been forced to sell
out large part OF its ownership in
Atchison. Burlington. Union Pacific.
Amalgamated Copper and American
Telephone.
Illinois Central will soon declare its
nincty-sevensh semi-annual dividend.
The present rate is 9 per cent. which
yields an income return OF over "A per
cent on The pressut price Of the stock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
HIS STRANGE REQUEST.
shanklin's Ashes Scattered Upon the Grave
OF Ills Parents.

Chicago (Special) The body OF the
late John Gilber, Shanklin, Of Evansville,
Ind, was crcmatcd at Graceland Gene
tery, in this city, and the ashes were
taken back to his former home by rela-
tivcs. During his life Mr.. Shanklin was
deeply attached to his parents. His jeal
Gus care OF them when they became
feeble and old, and his grief at their
death marked him as an unusual man.
According to his dying wish, impressed
time and again upon his executors, his
ashes will be sprinkled over the graves
Of his parents. Mr. Shanklin was widely
known throughout the Middle West. He
prospered through real estate deals and
was highly respected by all who knew
him. His parents are buried in beautiful
Oak Lawn Cemetery at Evansville, and
brief funeral services were held there
over the remains OF Mr.. Shanklin before
The body was brought here for incinera-
tion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Foreign.

Attorney General Finlay, in London,
ordered the Investigations OF Promo
ter +. I. Hooley in connection with
the Sapphire Corundum Mine OF Can
ada.
The British commission reported
that flies were the active agents in dis
seminating enteric fever among the
soldiers during the Boer war.
Colonel Schiel, who was a command
ant in the Boer army during the
Transvaal war, died in Munich.
Andrew Carnegie has offered the
City OF Dublin the sum OF $4,000
toward the erection OF a free library.
1t was reported in Vienna that Premier
Hedevary OF Hungary had rendered his
resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph.
There was a fight between French
troops and Moors who had crossed the
frontier in pursuit OF insurgents.
Whitaker Wright was released from
jail, satisfactory suretics for his S25o,ooo
bail having been furnished.
King Edward has approved the ap-
pointment Of Lord Northcote as COVER
nor general Of Australia
A parliamentary paper was issued in
London giving the terms OF the agree
ment between the British Admiralty
and the International Mercantile Ma
rne Company.
A number OF Servian officers were ar
rested at Belgrade on suspicion OF con-
spring against the War Minister.
Siegiried Wagner has finished his
new opera. entitled Goblin" which will
be given its premiere at Leipsic.
The government was defeated in the
British House OF Lords on three
amendments 10 the Irish Land Bill
An agreement has been concluded by
which Russia acquires 200 acres OF land
at Gongampho, in Korea.
In the House OF Commons the Sugar
Convention was passed to a third read
ing.
Baron d 'Estournelles de Constant has
written a letter to Foreign Minister Del
casse giving the results OF conferences
between English and French statesmen
with the view OF the adoption OF an
arbitration agreement.
Premier Balfour announced in the
House OF Commons that the British
minister at Peking had been instructed
not to agree to the Chinese government S
demand for the surrendering OF the
Shanghai reform editor.
Seven hundred persons were reported
to have been drowned in the disastrous
floods at Chefoo, China, July 27.
Whitaker Wright, the promoter, was
arraigned in London on the charge OF
issuing a false balance sheet OF the Lon
don and Globe Corporation, and released
on $4,000 bail
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Largest Dome In the World.

St. Louis. Mo. (SpeciaD. The plans
and specifications for the Worlds Fair
Festival Hall, which is to stand at the
head OF the main cascade on Art hill,
have been given to the contractors.
The pre-cminent feature OF the Hall will
be sculpture-crowned top to the inn
mense dome. 400 feet high. The dome,
il is said, is TO be larger than that oi
St. Peters, in Rome, which is the larg-
est in the world. The auditorium in the
interior OF the building will be ira feet
high, IRON the floor Of the theatre to
ihe soffit Of the dome
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
STRIKES WORLDS FAIR.
Storm Kills One Man and Injuries Eight
Others.

st. Louis Especially Ono OF the heav-
lest storms of the year. though Of brief
duration, swept over St. Louis. The
furious wind tore through the Worlds
Fair Grounds, killing one man, probably
fatally injuring another and seriously in
juring seven others, besides causing
damage 10 Worlds Fair buildings and
other property generally throughout the
city TO the eXtent OF $4,000.
The dead:
Theodore Richter, of Kirkwood,
florist.
The injured:
A: K. Clark, carpenter; taken to hos.
ptal in dying condition
William Koch. carpenter.
Henry Fahrnkopf carpenter.
Ray Mannvile. laborer.
John w. Wheelhouse, Staffworker.
Adrien Smith. painter.
Phyneas /. Going, carpenter.
Charles Covington. laborer.
The day had been extremely warm
the temperature registering % degrees
Suddenly the sky began to grow dark,
and soon after the storm broke with the
force of a gale In the city pedestrians
hurried to shelter and the wind swept
through the streets, causing little dam
age outside Of broken windows here and
there, the falling of few street signs
and levcling of shade trees
At the Worlds Fair grounds the agri-
cultural building was struck by the gale,
ard six laborcrs working on scaffoldine
were hurled TO the ground
Theodore Richter, florist from Kirk
wood. suburb, was OH the ground run
ming to shelter when a flying plank
struck him.
The Worlds Fair department turned
out and hastily dug the injured from the
debris and hurried them to the hospital.
A. X. Clark was so badly injured that it
is believed he will die.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Ghouls Also Did Murder.

indianapolis (Special) Rufus Can
trell, the chief OF the negro ghouls, who
is serving a sentence for grave robbery.
has made sworn confession to former
Superintendent Byers, and it was for
warded to the Attorney General that the
State may take action upon it. The con
fession deals with several murders that
have occurred in this city, and the cor
rectness Of dates and circumstances
shows that Cantrell had an intimate con-
nection with them. He admits partici-
pating in most Of the murders and Of
having a guilty knowledge OF the others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Soon Tired of the Stage.

Los Angeles (SpeciaD. The two
week vaudeville career OF Mabel Nc
Kinley, which closed at the Orpheum
here Sunday, was her last appearance
in vaudeville, for she has decided to
quit stage lie for good, owing to OBJ
iections OF her father and husband, DR..
II. L. Baer. OF New York AS daughter
OF Abner Mckinley, brother OF the la
mented President, whose favorite niece
she was. Mrs. Baer gained theatrical
renown, and in reality commanded her
own price. She was clever artist, and
sang with taste and finished style, but
her name was her biggest drawing card.
Mrs. Baer is cripple. unable to take
a step without crutches.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Earthquake In California.

San Francisco (SpeciaD Reports
received from different portions of Cal.
iiornia say but little damage was done
by the seismic disturbance, although
it was quite severe. The trenor was
ccntercd at San Jose, where numerous
windows and much crockery was
broken. Mrs. p. NJ. Lusson. a sufferer
from heart disease. died during the
shock Lick Observatory reports the
shock the heaviest i'll the history OF
the place. The indicator OF the seis-
mograph was dislodged, and no record
obtained. In San Jose, the shock last
cd from twenty TO thirty seconds. and
WAS from cast 70 west.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Saved By a BeItpln.

Asbury Park (SpeciaD.-A beltpin
saved the life OF Mrs. McMichael, who
is staying at a local hotel with her
daughter. Mrs. McMichael was one
OF a fishing party on the Shark river.
While batting their hooks the sharp
crack OF a rifle was heard and Mrs.
McMichael felt something strike her in
the back. A second bullet whizzed past
Mrs. Beers. another OF the party. Then
the men with the rife. who were on the
Belmar side OF the river, were warm
ed by shouts to stop shooting. They
did so and decamped hurriedly. In
vestigation showed that the bullet had
struck Mrs. McMichaeps beltpin and
had been DETECTED.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Shot and Killed His Daughter.

Neillsville. Wis. (SpeciaD.-During a
family fight in the town OF Self, Gott-
lieb Schultz shot and killed his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Patrick Leyden. Leyden him
self received a bullet in the chest, and
is expected to die. Schultz's skull was
crushed, but he is expected to recover.
Mrs. Schultz was injured also. Schultz
has been awaiting trial for an alleged
attempt to kill his wife, and is believed
TO be mentally unbalanced.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
numb:ris AEsin Tried.

Paris (By Cable).-The Humber
family faced Judge and jury to meet
the charge Of having perpeirated what
ex-Premier Waldeck- Rousseau described
~ the greatest swindle Of the century"
Investigating Magistrate Leydet in May
decided to commit Therese Humbert,
her husband, Frederic. and her brothers,
Roman and Emile Daurignac, for trial
on the charges Of forgery, the use Of
forged documents and swindling He
dismissed the case against Eve Humbcr.
Iherese's daughter, and Marie Daurig-
unc. hey sister.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Joke viii Prove Fatal

Schenectady, n. Y.(special.-K. Reas-
k. lad employed at the works of the
American Locomotive Company, is dying
as the result Of a cruel practical joke
Stephen Boroski is under arrest, charged
with responsibility for the act. and other
arrests are to follow A compressed air
hose was pressed against the body Of
Reaski and a quantity CT the contents
turned on. The lad was taken TO the
hospital, screaming with pain. and ii was
found that he was internally injured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Caught Convlets Quickly.

Columbus, Ohio (SpccialD Lewis
Harmon, the convicted murderer OF
George Geyer, near Alton; Robert Shift
fiett, Franklin county, charged with horse
stealing; Otis Kelar, another alleged
horse thief, and Lewis Eycting, an al
legged forger. OF Dayton, escaped from
the county jail in broad daylight H. filing
of a bar in the bathroom. The work is
supposed to have been done with potato
knife filed in the shape Of saw. Har-
mon, Eyeting and Kellar were captured
by the Marshal of Canal Winchester, in
this county, about noon. Shifilett, the
fourth convict, was with them, but cs-
caped
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Farmer Murdered By Employe.

Rensselaer,, Ind. (SpeciaD.--Charies
Medworth, farmer living near Mount
Ayr, eight miles west OF here, was muir
dercd by his farm employe, known only
as John. The murderer set fire to the
house and the bodies OF both were
found in the runs. The man had work.
cd for Medworth for three years, and
always refused to give his name. They
had quarrclcd over a settlement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Sternberg Received.

Sycamore Hill, President Roosevelt's
country home, was the scene of an inter-
esting ceremony. Baron Speck Won
Sternburg, who has been Minister Pleni-
potentiary of Germany to the United
States since Ambassador Won Holleben
returned to Europe and who recently, on
the retirement Of Mr.. Won Holleben was
elevated TO the rank of Ambassador, pre-
sented TO the President his credentials
as Ambassador and was received formally
in his new diplomatic rank by President
Roosevelt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.

Judge dc Bait, of the territorial cir.
cult. refused to grant an Injunction to
the Hawaiian Commercial Company
against the Waluku Sugar Company
A gigantic corporation has beer
formed in Trenton, n. J.. to acquire
and operate department stores in all
parts OF the United States and Europe
The Missouri Worlds Fair Commits
sion report that the collection OF ex-
hibits representing the different re-
sources OF the State are progressing
rapidly
One man was killed and several
Others were injured by being swept Of
their feet by the projecting ends OF a
hook and ladder in New York.
William II. Matthews, OF Brooklyn,
has received a medal OF honor for dis
tlnguished gallantry in action before
Petersburg.
Charles A. Gould and his wiic were
seriously injured by being thrown
from their automobile.
Harry Howard, an aged negro wait
or, killed his white son-in-law in New
York.
A number of cotton mills in Massa-
chusetts have closed down for
month.
a national immigration congress is
to be held in St. Louis next June.
In the Caleb Powers trial at George
town. KY. the charge was made by the
defense that the jurors had been sum-
moncd by partisan agents The judge
ovcrrulcd motion to discharge the entire
venirc.
The Cash Buyers Cooperative So
cicty was incorporated in Trenton n. J.,
with an authorized capital Of $4,000, 900,
to conduct department stores.
The shortage OF Thomas w. Dcavey,
the absconding cashier OF the Farmers
and Merchants Bank of Newbern, N. c.,
is now shown to be ST25,ooo.
In an address in Chicago DR.. Hender-
son. Of the university Of that city, said
that county jails are the most disgraceful
things in this country.
Henry s. Louchhcim. OF the Philadel-
phia banking firm of II. S. Louchheim
& Co.. died in Zurich. Switzerland.
VIII Hudson and Will Jones. both
negroes, were hanged in Birmingham,
Ala, for highway robbery.
Two sisters. aged. respectively, IS and
- years. were asphyxiated by gas in
Mary Lowe, aged IS years, daugh-
ter OF Henry Lowe. engineer OF the
United States Steel Corporation, died
in Los Angeles, Cal. while her father
was speeding across the continent on a
special train to reach her bedside before
her death.
Charles J. Davis, forger, who had
violated the parole under which he was
released from the Illinois State Re-
Iormatory, surrendered himself to the
New York police and asked to be con-
fined again.
Miss Louise Haby, II years OF age,
effected her escape from a ranch in
South Dakota, where she had been
held practically a slave. having been
sold by her father when she was child
Albert w. Deibel, teller OF the Can
.on (O) National Bank, has been ar
-ested. Criminal proceedings have
been taken, charging him with embez-
.ling $4,000.
Conrad Schroeder, a millionaire con-
ractor OF Scranton, Pa, committed
suicide by shooting himself.
In Philadelphia, Annie E. Shapley
confessed that she had raised United
States postal orders.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-08-12
Fatally Injured 10 Wreck.

Portsmouth. Ohio (SpcciaD.-South-
bound Norfolk and Western passenger
train No. 8 was wrecked at East Ports
mouth by spreading rails. The engine
left the track and turned over. and En-
gineer William Simonton. OF Colum-
bus. Ohio. was caught under tho wreck
and fatally injured. Fireman S. N.
Mcdonald, OF Portsmouth, was also
probably fatally injured Twenty-Five
were more or less injured. but none
fatally.