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The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16
Final Settlement.

Notice nereDy given that the under
dersigned, Executrix of the estate OF
JOHN NJ, sPAUGH. Decd,
VIII make n final settlement Of snid estate
at the next term of the Probate Court of ~.
Francois county, NJ issonri, to he begun and
held ut the Court House In Pennington,
Missouri. on the second Monday IN July.
1908. EVA l. SPAUGH, Executrix.
June I, 1909
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16
Final Settlement.

notlen Is hereby given that the under
..,, JOHN Hunt. Dec Il,
VIII make final settlement of saId pet,,a n,
me next term Of the Probate Cont ~, y, ~
i nahihcois county, Missouri. 10 be begun n M
saia ~. Francois county. Mo-, on the secnn ~,
Monday In July. IaG3. '''e secohh
June Is, 1907 's'iutnr'
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16

Don't become discouraged. There IN q
cure for you. IL necessary write DIR. Fenner
lie has spent n life time curing Just such
cases ns yours. All consultations Free.
II had severe case OF kidney disease an.
rheumatism, discharglng bloody matter
Suffered Intense pain My wife was seriously
affected with female troubles. DIR. Fonner's
Kidney and Buckarhc Cure cured US both
+. NJ. WHEELER, Randolph, Ia."
Druggists. Soc, 81. Ask for Cook Book-Pree.
ct VITlIe,nhNcE Sure Cure; Circular. DIR
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16
DIR. FENNER'S
KIDNEY and
BaCkaChe

nisad s''' esiss q Ee' sSss: OIIDC
Also Rheumatism, Back IHT
ache. HeartDisease. Gravel, lvJN
Dropsy, Female Troubles. w AL
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-16

The st. Louis mortuary report con
siders the fact that there was no death
from suicide during the week some
thing remarkable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
BULLET CUTS SHORT AN ELOPEMENT.
A Brother OF the Girl Shoots and Mortally
Wounds Her Intended.

Huntington, w. Va. (SpeciaD D.-Gco.
Hatcher. clerk for the Wyoming Lum-
Der Company, near Wyoming City,
was shot and probably mortally wound
ed near that place while eloping with
the daughter OF William Newcomb. a
wealthy farmer. Hatcher had planned
to come to this city to get married, and
with him and his sweetheart were two
friends.
Soon after Miss Newcomb left her
home her father and brother, the lat
ter 20 years old, went in pursuit, and
on fast horses soon overlook the quar-
tet. Young Newcomb, it is said, open
ed fire on his sisters intended husband.
Two bullets penetrated the latter 5
body. and physicians say he will die.
Young Newcomb gave himself up.
His sister is wild with grief, and says
she will end her life at the first op-
portunity.
Hatcher resides near Proctorsvile,
o., and was popular young man. Mr..
Newcomb objected strenuously to his
attentions to his daughter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
SPAKKS FROM THE WIRES.

+. NJ. Tucker & Co, bankers and
brokers, OF Boston, have suspended
Slow collateral in cotton transactions
said to be the cause.
Twelve thousand schoolchldrcn took
part in the welcome to President
Roosevelt at Portland. Ore.
Mrs. Thomas Countess. oi Meridian
vile. Ala. and servant were struck
by lightning and killed.
The tinplate scale was signed by rep
resentatives OF the Amalgamated As.
socation and the mills.
The commercial community OF San
Francisco was startled hy the informa-
ton received from Chicago that the
Porter Brothers Company. which handles
great part of the fruit crop OF Cali
fornia, had been placed in the hands oi
receiver.
Serious outbreaks are feared in St.
Petersburg on the occasion OF the BIZ
centenary OF the city. The recent burn
ing OF a factory in st. Petersburg,
causing a loss OF about $4,000, is at
tributed to the workmen.
Testimony was taken in Paterson. N.
J.. in the suit of Frank lice. who wants
Sro,ooo from Rev. a. s. Thompson for
alternating the affections Of Mrs. Tie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
HAVOC OF The STORM
Destruction Of Life and Property Ia the
West.
SIX PEOPLE KILLED, SEVENTY HURT.
The List VIII No Doubt Be Increased When
Communication with Several Points Is Re.
established Oklahoma q Hotbed OF Tor
nadoes th. Past Week-Raln Has Fallen
Every Day for Two Weeks 10 That Section.

Kansas City, Mo. (Specia) Re
ports OF severe storms, attended by loss
OF life, injury to many persons and the
destruction OF tens Of thousands OF
dollars worth OF farm property, con-
tinuo to reach this city from points in
Kansas and Iowa, and report from
Wichita indicates that nearly every
house IN Carmen, Oklahoma has been
wrecked. So far persons are known
to have been killed and over 70 injur-
ed. Some OF the latter will die. This
list will be increased when communica-
tion with the country districts is fully
restored. The dead:
Two unidentified at Bala. Kan. an
unidentified herder near Dodge City,
Kan.
John Coons. OF Clarinda, la.
Carmen Brown, Oklahoma.
Scott Harvey. OF Sioux City.
The injured: Fifty at Carmen, Okla. I;
II at Bala, Kan, several fatally, in
Guiding Mrs. J. H. German, at Eure-
-, Kan, fatally; Mrs. Frank Samples,
at Eureka, Kan, fatally; six at Eure-
ka, Kan, serously Mrs. T. Shane,
near Dodge City, Kan, fatally.
Former State Representative Har-
vey and wife, Dickinson county, Kan,
seriously.
Mrs. Hensinger, near Esterville, Ia. {;
Frank Sample, Mrs. J. H. Owen, Essie
Owen, Christian Gullickson and Grant
Gullickson. at Eureka, Kan.
Ten miles southwest OF Eureka
Frank Massett and his wife we're in
jured seriously, their house being
wrecked.
A tornado struck Whitehead, Okla,
demolishing che general store of N.
Fillmore & Co., and several dwellings.
In the vicinity Of Watonga, Okla. the
dwellings OF J. P. htterbury and Rob-
ert Payne were demolished. Mrs. At
tcrbury was carried so feet, but not
seriously injured.
Reports from Onawa. Sibley, and a
dozen other places in Northwest Iowa,
tcn OF widespread damage. Windmills,
trees, barns and houses were leveled.
Some live stock was killed.
The track Of the storm in Dickinson
county was quarter OF a mile wide
and 10 miles in length. and it is esti-
mated that $4,000 damage was done
the crop. alone.
At Augusta, Kan, the roof was
blown of the schoolhouse and the
Methodist church was damaged.
A tornado struck Whitehead, Okla,
demolishing the general store OF N.
fillmore e. Co. and several buildings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
Five or Six Others Injured by Accident
in Pittsburg Building.
TWO TON WEIGHTS FALL ON THEM.
A Distressing End Of Ball AMI Banqu:t-
Three Women and Man Horribly Crush
ed-The Floor Manager Prevents Panic
One Man PinIoned Under the Elevator
Wreckage for an Hour.

Pittsburg, Pa. (SpeciaD One man
and three women were killed and FIVE
or six injured at 1926 Fifth avenue, the
building occupied by a dancing academy.
The cause of the fatalities was the snap
ping of the elevator ropes, allowing the
cage to drop so feet.
The dead were so badly crushed that
identification was impossible. The only
one whose name may be correct is
Catherine Curtin. On her body was
found railroad ticket with the name on
it,
At about 10 o'clock the elevator with
load OF I3 passengers started for the
banquet room on the sixth floor. When
that floor was reached it was found that
every place was crowded and the pas
sengers decided to go to the fifth floor,
where the dancing was in progress.
When between the sixth and fifth floors,
the steel cable snapped and with a re-
sounding crash that was heard blocks
away the cage dropped with its load of
human freight.
1t crashed through the floor above the
cellar of the building and was stopped
by braced post of wood three feet be-
low the first floor. In this inaccessible
position the passengers were jammed
under broken timbers and twisted steel,
yet none may have been killed had not
the heavy iron balance weights, weighing
over a ton, come crashing down upon
them. All but four were able to scram-
bic out. The others were pinioned un-
der the heavy weight -Four were mashed
almost beyond recognition.
Albert Myers was held a prisoner for
more than an hour. While fremen and
volunteer rescuers were preparing rig
gings to lift the machine so as to be ac-
cessible he lay pinioned under the wreck
age. Whisky and water were passed to
him with words of encouragement A
fireman endangered his life by dropping
into the mass of wreckage and holding
the injured mans head. Heavens, it
was hot down there" was the brave
mans first words spoken while being
carried from his prison to a hospital
ambulance.
That more people were not killed is a
wonder. The wreck of the elevator was
complete. 1t required dozens of firemen
to accomplish the work of securing the
bodies.
When the accident occurred more
than 400 men. women and children were
on the dancing floor. AS the elevator
struck the bottom a cloud of dust blew
into the room from the open elevator
door. Quickly Harry Gibson closed the
entrance and cried, Take your partners
for a two-step.' Scores of policemen
we're present and ordered all persons in
the building to remain quiet. In this
way the people were all allowed to pass
from the building by relays, avoiding a
panic that might have resulted in many
more fatalities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
Lightning Strikes Electric Car.

Pitsburg, Pa. (SpcciaD.-A terrific
thunderstorm, accompanied by high
wind, struck this section, and besides
killing one man, did considerable prop
erty damage Milton w. Robinson, a
resident OF West Pittsburg, drove to
Schenley Park with party Of friends
for an afternoons enjoyment. When
the storm came up Robinson sought
shelter from the drenching rain under
a big ash tree in Panther Hollow. He
had been there but a moment when
lightning struck the tree, literally tear
sng it to pieces and killing Robinson
instantly. Robinson's four or FIVE
friends, who were within 25 feet OF him
at the time. escaped without evel a
shock from the bolt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
Explosion Of Locomotlxs Boiler.

Eric, Pa. (Special While passing
Mays Siding, on the hill about seven
miles west of Kane, the boiler on ono OF
the locomotives pushing Philadelphia
and Erie freight train exploded killing
one man and injuring four others, three,
perhaps. fatally. The disaster was an
unusual one. insomuch as the train was
running at the time and also because the
crown sheet OF the exploded boiler was
blown through the caboose, splitting it
an two and completely wrecking it, so
that it was set on fire and burned up as
the quickest way to clear the tracks. The
injured. except the engineer and fireman,
were in the caboosc
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
DEATH ATTENDS RACE
Reckless Auto Sport Stopped Because
Of Accidents.
SIX KILLED AND MANY MORE HURT.
AaiouobIles Wrecked While Going at Terrific
Speed Ia Frsnee--Mare.i Renault, Winner
Of the Paris.Vienna Rae: Last Year, and
Lorsise Barows Probably Fatally 10.
isred-0ne Car Runs IS Niles an Hour.

Paris (By Cable The first stage OF
the Paris-Madrid automobile race will,
If the French authorities have their way,
be the last stage of contest made dis
tressingiy memorable by series of dis
asters from start to finish.
Six or seven persons killed, including
a woman and a child and two soldiers
who had nothing to do with the race,
the horrible deaths of two chauffeurs,
The probably fatally injuring OF several
daring automobilsts is the death trail Of
The run of 34S miles from Versailles to
Bordeaux
In view of the number OF accidents,
Premier Combes has forbidden the con-
tnuance of the contest on French terri
tory. The second stage of the race
which was to have been continued on
Tuesday, included ruin over French
territory from Bordeaux to the Spanish
frontier. Premier Combes' action will
probably lead to the race being aban-
doncd. 1t is also reported that the
Spanish authorities have forbidden the
continuance of the race upon Spanish
territory.
Dispatches arriving from points along
the course are constantly adding to the
list of fatalities and accidents The
most terrible occurred near Benneval,
40 miles from Chartres. where machine
number 243, driven by n. Porter, was
overturned at a railroad crossing and
took FIRE The chauffeur was caught un-
derneath the automobile and burned to
death. while two soldiers and a child
were killed.
A chauffeur was badly injured by an
accident to his motor car near Angou-
1eme. A woman crossing the road IN
The neighborhood OF Ablis was run over
by one of the competing cars and killed.
Half dozen cars we're wrecked, and
Marcel Renault, the winner Of the Paris
Vienna race last year; Lorraine Bar
rows, a well-known automobilist and
Rrnault's chauffeur were seriously. il is
believed fatally, injured, while Barrows
chauffeur was killed
Moreover. an unconhrmed report says
serious accident occurred near Angou-
1eme, in which the two occupants of An
automobile, the owner Of which Is not
yet known, were seriously injured and
TWO spectators were killed.
This number of accidents has not
caused any great surprise here, in view
of the number of Contestants in the race
and the great speed and power of their
machines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Seven Dollars, Not Thirty Thousand.

Postmaster General Payne made pub
lie the answers of Henry A. Castle, the
auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department and Comptroller
Tracewell, of the Treasury, regarding
the Toiloch charges of irregularities in
the postal administration. The answers
specifically deny allegations of wrongful
procedure.
Comptroller Tracewell charges T. w.
Gilmer. formerly an expert of his Office,
with abstracting, but subsequently re-
turning upon demand, the letter author
izing Mr.. Gilmer to examine the ac-
counts of any postofice except Washing
ton and New York.
Mr.. Tracewel alleges this letter was
written by Gilmer himself without any
suggestion from the Controller. Mr.
Castle says that the sum of the tentative
disallowances by Expert Gilmer and the
Comptroller aggregated So32; that the
credits finally disallowed out of total
OF quarter of million were SI65 OF
which he claims only 81 was incorrectly
audited. This, Mr.. Castle says, is the
basis Of Mr.. Tulloch's charge of disal-
lowances of $4,000 or $4,000.
The Postmaster Generals statement
says that the letters are made public at
the request of the two officials, and that
it will appear from them how much
foundation there was for the Tulloch
statements.
Mr. Castle, in his answers, says that
Mr.. Tulloch shares in prevailing mis-
apprehension that an auditor is charged
with the responsibility of keeping other
officials correct and honest" and in de-
termining the necessities of the service
The auditor says that such functions
would be fatal to administrative freedom
by the head of a department.
Regarding the settlement and subse-
uuent revision of an account Of the late
Postmaster Willett, of Washington,
which involved alleged irregularities in
Porto Rico during the military opera
tions there, the auditor replies that every
item believed to be illegal was disallowed
by the auditors Office.
The wide discretion given in the Ian
guage of the appropriations for military
postal service, according TO the auditors
answer, shows that Congress intended to
exempt the disbursements of those ap-
preparations from many Of the ordinary
regulations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
First Anniversary Of the Establishment Of
tie Republic.

Havana (SpeciaD The celebration
of Cuba's independence day, the first
anniversary of the Republics establish
ment, began at midnight with the illu-
mination of the fronts Of the principal
clubs. the sending tip of rockets and the
screeching of steam whistles.
The weather was ideally clear, even
for Cuba. A pleasant ocean breeze tenn
pered the heat and gave an animated ap-
pearance to the flags and bunting dis
played in all directions. Business was
suspended and the streets were thronged
with people.
President Palma, accompanied by the
Cabinet, city and provincial officials.
drove to the Punta, where he reviewed
the police and fire departments. Then,
accompanied by Secretary of State
Laldo, he was driven ZIP the Prado to
the palace, continually acknowledging
the salutations of the crowds which
lined that thoroughfare.
AT noon the guns of Cabanas Fortress
announced that exactly a year had
elapsed since the birth of the Cuban
Republic. Immediately afterward the
rural guards and artillery paraded on
the plaza in front of the palace and were
reviewed by the President. During the
review United States Minister Squiers
was the only foreigner in the Presidents s
party, which occupied the central bal
cony of the palace Standing on the
Presidents right between Seniors Palma
ard Zaldo, dressed in a gray business
suit, the American Minister was a con-
spicuous figure, his clothes contrasting
with the black suits of the President and
Cabinet officers and with the blue uni
forms of the military officers. The fea-
tu-. Of the review was the smart appear
ance of the mounted rural guards, who
were enthusiastically cheered. AT night
there were iluminations and fireworks
Dispatches received here from other
Cuban cities indicated that the holiday
was celebrated throughout the island.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
DISGUISED AS WOMEN.
Detectives on Murder Case Make q
Strange Discovery.

Kokomo, Ind. (SpeciaD Detectives
here from Cincinnati and Greenvile,
o., working on the Yeager-Sutton
murder cases, claim to have made the
discovery that the supposed young
woman who was in Yeager's buggy at
the time the shot was fired was not a
woman at all. but a man dressed in
woman's clothing and disguised as a
woman. No footprints resembling a
woman's shoe were found near the
blood pool, but a mans shoeprints
were distinct.
1t is claimed that, instead OF there be-
ing two men and two women in the two
buggies, there were four men, two OF
Them disguised as women. The officers
are following this clue. Logan Englis,
Frank Eads and Willard Eads were re-
LEASED from custody. They establish
I'd strong alibis
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
10 the Departments.

Elaborate preparations are being
made for a big Fourth OF July celebra-
ton i'll Washington.
The State Department was advised
that ministerial crisis exists in Co
lombia.
The Bureau OF Insular Affairs, with
the approval OF Secretary Root, has
authorized the sale OF 1000 sets of the
seven new Philippine coins that recently
have been made by the United States
Mint, at s. per set, the value being 81
cents.
General Crozier, chief of ordnance,
has submitted to the Secretary OF War
a report OF the board appointed to test
the new experimental magazine rifle.
The report favors the 24-inch rifle bar
rel.
Postmaster General Payne accepted
the resignation OF the colored free rural
delivery carrier in Gallatin, Tenn.
Capt. William Bainbridge- Hoff, re-
tired, U. s. N, died at his home, in his
fifty-seventh year.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has prepared a petition for an
order OF court requiring President Baer
and other officials OF coal-carrying roads
to answer questions and produce docu-
ments which they declined to do at the
recent hearing.
Secretary Hitchcock returned from
his trip to the West full OF enthusiasm
over the progress he noted in Okla
homa and Indian Territory.
- Il.
Department has been prepared for pub
lication.
No important evidence has been de-
veloped. except that Rosseau, who is
suspected of having attempted to dyna-
mite the steamship Umbria, was in
Washington for two days.
Postmaster General Payne has re-
ceived the official report of the investi-
CATION OF the recent intimidation OF John
Atwood, the colored rural free delivery
carrier.
The Treasury Department has re-
ceived telegram from National Bank
Examiner Perkins announcing the clos
ing OF the Southport National Bank
OF Southport, CT.
Great Britain has decided to accord
to Ihlna the same terms IN the settle
ment OF the Boxer indemnity as those
accepted by the United States.
1t is gossiped in Washington thai
President Roosevelt would not be un
willing to appoint new secretary o
the navy in place OF Mr.. Moody.
A railroad will be established through
the Holy Land by the Ottoman gov,
ernmeut
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
Daughters Make Practical Gift.

A committee representing the Phila-
delphia Chapter OF the Daughters OF
the American Revolution handed Sec.
retary Root certified check for $4,000
to be used in the erection OF memo
rial building at the new military post at
Manila, p l. The fund represents con-
trbutions made by the daughters and
their friends in Pennsylvania and else
where, portion OF which was collected
by Chaplain c. c. Pierce, United States
Army, stationed at the cavalry post at
Fort Meyer, Va, and is intended solely
for the benefit OF the enlisted men OF
the Army.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
Attempt TO Poison AssussIa.

Winchester, KY. Especially 1t has
been disclosed that an attempt to poison
Curtis Jett was made at the jail here
last Sunday A stranger appeared at the
Jail and asked to see Jett. He was adj
mitted by Jailer Boone, who remained
with him. Jett did not recognize the
man. who talked to him quite fanniliarly.
After while the stranger drew from
his pocket bottle OF whisky and offered
il to Jctt, and Jailcr Boone took the bot
tie from Jett's hand as he was about to
drink. Jett protested, saying be wanted
the whisky. and Jailer Boone refused to
let him have II.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
NEW TOWN DEMOLISHED.
A Week Of Tornadoes 10 the Territory-Ths
Storm Losses.

Guthrie, Okla. (SpeciaD.-Although
every effort has been made to secure
information from the town OF Carmen,
Okla, regarding tornado that visited
that city, there have as yet been only
meager results. Information via King
fisher says the town was wiped off the
map. Telephone communication from
Enid says three persons were killed
and IS wounded. The wires to Car
men are all down.
1t is a new town OF 500 people, on
the Orient extension into Oklahoma.
In some portions OF the territory there
has been a tornado every day this
week, but the damage has not been
great until the Carmen storm. Rain
has fallen every day except two for
20 days. An unconfrmed report says
the town OF Marshall was destroyed by
a tornado.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
Child Killed by csIersd BOYS.

Eilayille. Ga. (SpeeiaD.-Detai!s have
just been learned here Of the killing OF
the hve-year-oid son OF Albert Wall. a
weIi-known citizen OF Schley county,
by two negro boys. aged 10 and IL
years. The negroes enticed the boy
into a shuek pen, where. with heel
pin wrapped IN shuek, they attacked
him, breaking three ribs and inhicting
other injuries. Spinal meningitis re-
suited. from which the boy died The
negro boys were caught and arc being
held pcnding a full investigation oi
sheir crime By the grand Jury
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
1900 Slot MachIues Burned.

Philadelphia Especially. - Thirteen
hundred slot gambling machines, val
ued at about $I25,ooo, were publicly
PSSa Pube sey sts . myt StSe Seven Sc pfsO Sa1drsd
of the machines were captured in raids
conducted by the Law and Order So
ciety, and GOO were conhscated by the
police authorities. The raids have cx-
tended over period OF FIVE months
Director Smyth has in his custody 25o
pounds Of nickels and pennies which
have not been counted. Secretary Glib
honey, of the Law and Order Society.
has nearly $1,000 taken from the ma
chimes captured by his agents. This
money will be turned over to the city
treasurer