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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
RUSSIANS LEAVE YIN-KOW
Unable to Defend the Coast Without
Forts and IntrenchmentS.


1in-kow, tBy Cable).-The Russo.
Chinese Bank is closing, preparatory TO
removing to Mukden. Women and chill.
dren are preparing to leave Yin.kow in
anticipation of the arrival of a japanese
iicet, which is expected when the river
opens, probably fortnight hence.
The United States gunboat Helena and
the British cruiser Espiegele are making
preparations to leave the drydocks in a
weeks time.
The mainmast of the Russian gunboat
Sivoutch has been cut off; this would
indicate that she is being dismantled,
but otherwise she would appear to be
clearing for action.
On account of the impossibility of de.
tending the coast at lin-kow until such
time as thaw permits the construction
OF intrencbmcnts and forts, the Russians
have prepared to retire up the main rail.
road line
There are practically no defenscs here,
and although the shifting and reshifting
OF troops and artillery to the small forts
at the mouth of the Liao River has the
appearance OF an intention to defend Yin.
kow, the military authorities depend upon
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
FACTS FAVOR DREYFUS
Reasons Advanced for a Revision Of
His Trial.
OFFICIAL RECORDS ARE FORGED.
Initial Altered on One Document and Another
Dated While Dreyfus Was on Devils Island
Traitor In the French War Office Revealed
..Hearing on Appeal Before Court Of cassn.
tlon Attracts a Large Crowd.

Paris, (By Cable. The Court of Casa
tion began the consideration of the ap.
peal of Alfred Dreyfus for revision of
his trial
Councillor Chambareaud presided.
Though the general interest in the case
was not as great as in previous years,
yet the courtroom was crowded with
officers, non. commissioned officers and
private soldiers, lawyers and others and
number of women, among whom were
relatives of Drcyfus. BY their side was
former Colonel Picquait. Dreyfus was
not present, his interests being in the
hands of Lawyer Mornard The report
of NJ. Boyer, reporter of the court, which
was read, presented the two new facts
upon which the minister of Justice, NJ.
Vale, recommended revision Of the
case. These were set forth as follows:
1.-THE secret documents include a
letter bearing the initial p. Now, by
an affidavit of October 6, 1903, signed by
NJ Gribeln, keeper of the archives, it
appears that this document previously
carried the letter #. For this letter was
substituted r, and thus the altered
document was presented to the court at
Rennes
"2-According to the minister of jus
tice, another letter, signed 'AleXandrine,
which agent "A addressed to agent b, .
contained some words in the handwriting
of. the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry,
who committed suicide in prison. after
having confessed to committing a forgery
in the case This letter relates to the
organization of French railroads NJ
Gribelin swore during the inquiry of the
minister of war that this letter was false
1t was true, however, that the date of
this document was March %, 1895, when
Dreyfus was imprisoned on Devils
Island"
The existence of traitor in the French
war Office was revealed by an alleged
foreign diplomat, who acted without
compensation 1t is now claimed that
Lieutenant Colonel Henry in 1897 caused
book of expenditures to be recopied in
order to remove all trace of payments TO
this diplomat, who, it has developed,
was an employee of the intelligence de
partment.
1t was claimed by those present in
court that if the new facts were acknowl.
edged by the tribunal the innocence of
Dreyfus would be established.
Fearing disturbances during the pro-
ceedings the government stationed guards
among the spectators and in the corridors
leading to the court, but their presence
was not necessary. The crowd was in
terested, but there were no demonstra-
tions against the favorable conclusions
of the reporter and attorney general.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
JAPANESE CRUISER SUNK.
She Is Lyirg Near cbemulpo, Reports Major
General Plug.

st. Petersbusg (By Cable. fol.
lowing dispatch, dated March 3, has
been received from Major General Plug,
commanding the Russian forces at Port
Arthur:
"All is quiet at Port Arthur and Yin.
kow.
According to information given by
eyewitness, japanese cruiser having
three tunnels lies near Chcmulpo, he.
tween islands, having recently sunk
there"
correspondent Of the Daily Mail,
cabling from Chefoo under date of
March |, said, among other things, that
he had seen japanese cruiser of the
Niiataka type beached at the entrance
of Namyang Creek, which is about 10
miles south of Chemulpo.
japanese naval vessels of the Niiataka
type have three tunnels
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
MILITIA CALLED OUT
To Protect a Colored Man in Jail at Meri.
dian, Mississippi.

Meridian, Miss, (SpeciaD. The kill
ing of Postal Clerk Stockton has caused
much excitement After Paris, the al
legged murderer, was placed in jail here
a mob gathered, and, fearing lynching,
the Sheriff notified Governor Vardaman,
who ordered out the local militia.
Birmingham. Ala. According to re.
ports received here by The officials of the
Alabama Great Southern Railroad, the
shooting of two postal clerks on n north.
bound train two miles north of Meridian,
Miss, was part of plot to rob the train
The shooting was done by "Jim" Paris,
negro, who boarded the train In the
Meridian yards as 1t was pulling out
Before il was under good Roadway Paris
entered the postal car and opened fire oD
Clerks j. r. Stockton and A. J. Bass,
killing Stockton instantly and wounding
Bass in the arm. The negro then seized
a package of registered letters and
Jumped off.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
FTeign.

British and lterman vessels laden with
coal, provisions and other cOntraband
articles have reached Vladivostok, Japan
not interfering for the reason that they
may prove useful TO her at LATER stage
of the campaign, probably when the
japanese make an attempt TO bottle up
the Russian squadron at that port,
The State Department has informed
the New York Presbyterian Society, as
well as the Baptsts, that Minister Allen,
in Korea, has been instructed to do all
he can for the American missionaries in
shat country.
The Russian Ambassador at London
has presented King Edward with letter
from the Car acknowledging receipt Of
the Kings letter emphasizing Great
Britain's complete neutrality during the
war.
United States Minister Thomas and
Mrs. Thomas gave brilliant ball in the
apartments of the American Legation at
Stockholm.
American marines are guording prop
erty of the American Mining Company
in Korea.
Lima, Peru. was seriously shaken up
by an earthquake, the worst that has oc-
CURED there in 80 years.
The French Foreign Office does not
credit reports that China is about to Join
Japan in the war. 1t is also announced
by French officials that they have not
been asked to cede any islands to Russia
for coaling stations.
The Russians are making every effort
70 prevent blockade on the Siberian
Railroad
King Edward has approved the selec.
tion of the Hon. Charles Hardinpe as.
sistant under secretary for foreign affairs
to succeed Sir Charles Scott as British
ambassador at St. Petersburg.
The Russian forces at Anju, Korea are
compelling the Koreans 10 supply them
with rice, fodder and fuel, and they are
fortifying Antung 10 prevent the Jap
anese from crossing the Yalu River
The Russian Government Is showing
tendency 10 check the Anti American
feeling In that country.
Orders were issued 10 dispatch go, 900
troops TO reinforce the British garrison
at Malta.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
KIDNAPPED BY BRIGANDS.
Texas Railroad Man Held By Mexieans for
Ransom.

Houston, Texas, (SpeciaD, Daniel
Cushing, brother of 4. b. Gushing, en-
gineer of maintenance Of way for the
Southern Pacific Railroad, has been kid
mapped by Mexican brigands. He was
forced to write note, which was found
tackled to the door of his cabin at Devil S
river the next morning.
f. b. Gushing left on a special train
for the border to investigate The Texas
Rangers have been put on the case
The note written by Gushing at the
brigands' dictation stated that ransom
of $40, 900 was demanded for his life and
that the money must be placed upon the
steps of the Mexican schoolhouse in Del
Rio next Tuesday night.
Cushing's watch and Masonic pin were
found where he had evidently hastily
thrown them in the belief that his assail.
ants were robbers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
BATTLESHIpS BLOCKED.
Wrecked Russian Warshp Lies in Way at
Port Arthur.

London, (By Cable. Little change in
the Far Eastern situation is reported
here. 1t is apparent that the japanese
are busily engaged in transporting their
forces into Korea, and this work is being
facilitated by the enforced inactivity of
the navy.
According to the Scbastopol correspon.
dent of the Daily Graphic Admiral Skryd.
loft has learned privately from Port
Arthur that the Russian battleship Ret
yizan lies in such position as to block
efectually the exit of battlcships from
the harbor the passage being practicable
only for cruisers.
The correspondent adds that Russia ;
new battleships now building on the Bal
tic will not be ready for active commits.
sion before the end of August.
The japanese official who has charge
Of Japan's financial and commercial in
forests in England declares that his gov
ernmcnt foresaw the possibility of coal
being declared contraband of war, and
that it has been collecting large stores of
Welsh steam coal for years, so that il
has supply sufficient for the needs of
tho navy for years TO come.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
A Western Glbraller.

Seattle, Wash, (Special) England is
hurrying supplies, guns and ships to
Victoria and plans to make the capital
of British Columbia western Gibraltar
These preparations for defense have been
long In progress, but it is only since the
war in the Orient began, with the posi-.
bility that England may become involv-
ed, that the work has been pushed with
energy II is generally known that the
squadron Is to be enlarged greatly by
vessels now rounding Cape Horn and
immense pieces Of ordnance ais on the
way from Woolwich.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Happenings Condensed for
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.

! After lOO wears existence as ilnanClaI
| institution the Marblehead Mass. Ma
| tonal Bank closed its doors to public
/ business and its affairs will be liquidated
as rapidly as possible.
/ By the explosion of the boiler of a saw
mill at Greenwood, Pa, u. T. Brown
| the proprietor, aud his two helpers, Wal
/ lace Ticc and Robert Compton, were in
| staDtly killed.
| Charles Lasek, who had retained life
/ while pinioncd under the ruins of the
| Hotel Darlington, in New York, for 30
hours died on after being taken out.
4 consolidation has been formed of
the Car.servicc associations of Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, St. Louis and Denver
Two hundred marines left the League
Island Navy Yard for San Francisco, en-
route to the Philippines.
The establishment of a college of do.
mestic science is announced at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
Dominick Antelo killed Miss Nellie
Flanagan in New York and then shot
himself
Robert Mcmahon, brother of Benia.
min Mcmahon. of New York, committed
suicide in Waterloo, Ia, by taking
cyanide of potassium.
Clayborn w. Merchant, Jr.. who killed
George II. Hutchins in duel in Carls-
bad, \. NJ, was declared not guilty of
murder
Richard Sibley, manufacturer of large
molasscs importing concern in Boston,
filed petition in bankruptcy.
In race riot at Bokashe, l. T., two
white men were killed and one white
man and two negroes seriously wounded.
Dan Gushing was captured by brigands
near Devils River, Tex, and released
after an all-night horseback ride.
A number Of lives have been lost and
much property destroyed by prairie fires
in Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
The crew of the lighthouse. tender Nina
were put in Jail on the charge of mutiny
in San Juan, Porto Rico.
Denny Memorial Hall, at Dickinson
College Carlisle, Pa, was destroyed by
fire
There were several collisions in New
York harbor on account of the fog.
The coke trade is hampered by a short
age in cars,
DR.. Morris Jastrow, of Philadelphia,
has been offered the Craftsmanship of the
department of the history of religion at
the st Louis Exposition.
A warrant charging Wallace II. Ham
with the embczZlcment of S34 900 from
the funds of st. Lukes Home was is
sued in Boston.
The Santa Fe Railroad has finished
all of its preliminary surveys for new
line to Eureka, Humbolt county,
DR. Charles b. Pilsbury, brother in
law of Congressman J. Adam Bede, died
at Duluth, Minn,
Edmund +. Dixcy, a once famous
minstrel, died in Philadelphia of conges.
tion Of the lungs,
Distinguished prclates and educators
met in convention in Philadelphia
Gen. Charles E. Dick was declared
elected to the United States Senate
\ large part of Rocky Mountain,
North Carolina, was destroyed by fire.
Former Congressman Levy was
severely injured by fall near his New
York city home.
The United States transport Sherman
sailed for the Philippines,
Joseph White, one of the military
prisoners who secured his release from
Alcatraz Island by means OF forged
pardon, has been arrested 81 San Fran.
cisco.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Laid on the Table.

The House Committee on Postofiice and
Post Roads unanimously agreed to re.
port the Hay resolution calling for in
formation relative to the use of "infiu-
ence" by members of the House in be
half of increases in salaries of postmas
ters, increases of clerk hire, etc, to the
House with the recommendation that it
LAY on the table" The resolution will
be accompanied by all the information
ON this subject which the committee has
been able TO secure, including confiden-
tfal exhibits in the Bristow report of the
POSTAL investigation and other informa-
fiCn. This will be printed and made
public and, as it meets the demands of
the resolution, the order to LAY on the
table y will aot be opposed The report
e 30 be mAde Monday
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
NiceroY Ale,lefis Renort.

st. Petersburg, (By Cable com
munication from Viceroy AleAiciT to the
Gar from Mukden bearing Sunday s
date says:
Il most humbly inform Your Majesty
that the commandan: at the fortress at
Vladivostok reports that at s. 50 A. VI.
seven vessels were sighted south of
Askold Island. At 94j they were seen
to be warships making for Askold Island
About noon the enemy's squadron was
midway between the coast and Askold
Island, making for Ussuri Bay. They
were out of reach Of the shore batteries
AT 1.30 the enemy opened fire. Two YES.
sells in the squadron were probably the
first class cruisers Idzum and Yakumo,
but the names of the other vessels are
unknown "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT.
Negroes Resist An Attempt to Drive Them Out
OF Town.

Fort Smith, Ark, (SpeciaD.-Two
white men are reported killed and one
white man and two negroes seriously
wounded in a race riot at Bokashe, /. 7.
White laborers on the Midland Valley
railroad, at camp short distance from
Bokashe, attempted to drive the negro
laborers from the town. The negroes
resisted and pitched battle followed, in
which Hopper and Butler were killed
and three others wounded
Negroes are reported TO have fortified
themselves in q strong position in the
woods and seem determined to resist To
the utmost efforts to dislodge them.
White laborers are making wild threats
of vengeance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Five Killed BY japanese Fire.

st. Petersburg, by Cable. official
dispatches received here concerning the
bombardment of Vladivostok by Jap
snese fleet do not mention any Russian
losses, but private advices say that five
were killed-four sailors and the wife of
an engineer.
1t is apparent the japanese were afraid
10 risk exposing their ships to the plung.
ing fire of the land batteries, and it is
considered probable here that the attack
was really for the purpose of drawing
the fire of the Russian forts, compelling
the Russians to disclose the position and
caliber of their guns, and also for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the
Russian squadron is in port.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Twelve Lives Lost In Fire.

Roberval, Quebec, (speciaD, Twelve
lives were lost in Q fire which destroyed
thehome Of Thomas Quay at St. Felicien.
When the fire was first noticed by neigh.
bors, who live at some distance, the
house had been burned to ground, In it
at the time were the eight small children
Of Thomas Quay, Mrs. Phillip Gagnon,
and her three small children. All were
burned to death. Both Gagnon and
Quay, the fathers, were absent, working
in the woods.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
$4,000 For Liquor Selling.

Dallas, Texas, Especial. The grand
jury of Bell county is making a crusade
against violations of the Local Option
law More than $500 indictments have
been returned against illicit liquor sellers,
and of the total number /, 1i7 bills are
against one man, Plimpton Morgan. In
each conviction Morgan is being assessed
money penalties amounting to sG5, maxi
ing the total penalties Al proxima;c $75,-
900. In addition TO the fines his cumula.
tive sentences reach total of more than
G3 years Imprisonment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
HOld.Up In Massachusetts.

Clinton, Mass, (Special) Two masked
men held up an electric car on the
Worcester Consolidated Railway, at
South Lancaster. The men were armed
and the 20 passengers in the car were
much frightened, ii. l.. Sauler, OF
Lancaster, knocked one of the highway
men off the car and a fight followed,
during which two shots were fired by
the strangers. The highwaymen made
their escape. No one was seriously in
iurpd
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
A Desperate Fight.

Wiaterset Ia, (spcciaD. After o
terrible hight in which pistols aad knives
were used John Thornborough, young
married man living near here, shot and
instantly killed Fred Peacock, and per-
haps fatally wounded Peacock's father,
a man 20 years of age. Thornborough
is terribly gashed about the neck anil
face, but will recover He Is In jail on
charge of murder. The fight grew out
of an effort upon the part Of Thorn
borough to induce his wife, from whom
he had separated. to leave the Peacock
house and accompany HIN.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
STRIKE AT yLADIVOSTOK
Five Japanese Battleships BOmbard al
Long Range.
LAND FORCES MOVING THAT WAY
Russians Claim That Most Of the Lyddite
Shells Fired by the Japs Failed to Burst
Russian Batteries Did Not Reply. the Gen.
erals In Command Explaining They Were
Awaiting Closer Approach Of the japanese.

Vladivostok, (By Cable. "A fleet of
Eve japanese battleships and two cruisers
appeared off this place at l. % p. NJ. and
bombarded the town and shore batteries
for 55 minutes.
The feet approached from the dircc.
tion of Askold Island, at the east en-
trance to Ussuri Bay, and about 32 miles
southeast of Vladivostok Entering
Ussuri Bay the enemy formed in line of
battle, but did not approach to a closer
range than five and one third miles. They
directed their fire against the shore bat.
teries and the town, but no damage re.
suited, as most of their 200 lyddite shells
failed to burst
The Russian batteries, commanded by
Generals Ncroncts and ArtanofT, did not
reply, awaiting q closer approach of the
enemy.
The japanese fire ceased at 22OP. NJ.
and the enemy retired in the direction
Of Askold Island. simultaneously two
torpedo-boat destroycrs appeared neal
Askold Island and two more near Cape
Maidel. The japanese ships were GOV.
cred with ice.
The attack resulted in no loss to the
Russians, but cost the enemy 100000
roublcs (5l00, 0C0) in ammunition. Most
Of the projectiles were 6 and IL inch
shells.
The population Of Vladivostok was
warned of the presence on the horizon
of hostile feet and of the prospect of
an attack during the day, but the people
remained tranquil.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
DROWNED In BRIDGE COLLAPSE.
StruetKe Was Weakened BY a CIoudbursi
and Goes Down.

Cleveland, o., (SpecialD. Six men
were drowned and four Others injured as
. result of the collapse of the bridge
spanning Yellow Creek. near Irondale.
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad
The men were on two locomotives that
attempted to cross the bridge close to.
gether.
Most Of the men lived at Wellsville, q.
OF the IL men making up the crews of
the two engines all went down except
one man left at one end Of the bridge as
q fiagman.
The bridge had been weakened bv a
cloudburst that occurred Thursday. The
engines had hauled out two work trains
aud were returning TO Wellsyille for
water when the accident occurred.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Stolen Meat Killed E gbt.

Birmingham, Ala, Special Eight
negroes are dead from eating poisoned
hog meat that was stolen from the smoke.
house Of Thomas Perkins, white farmer
residing near st. Stephens, Ala. The
farmer had been constantly robbed of
his winter supply Of meat, and put rough
on rats on a quantity of it. which he
placed where the thieves were apt TO get
It, They got IL, and the result is that a
number are dead Other negroes were
made Ill, but will recover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
100000 For Murder.

Winchester, Ky, (SpeciaD Mrs. Ara
bella Marcum, for herself and. children,
filed suit in the Circuit Court against
JAS Hargis, Alexander Hargis, Edward
Callahan and b. +. French for 800. OOO
damages, She alleges in her petition
that the defendants entered into con
spiracy with Curtis Jett and Thomas
White to murder her husband, the late
j, b, Marcum. Callahan was formerly
Sheriff of Breathit county. Jett and
White are now in Jail in Louisville.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
A Mill Operative SeaIped.

Coyington, Ga, Especial. Mrs J. w,
Worsham wife of the superintendent OF
the Covington Cotton Mills, suffered
from distressing accident, as the result
of which she may die While in the
basement Of the mill her hair was caught
in the betting Of moving machinery and
she was scalpcd, the skin and hair being
torn from her nose to the back of her
neck
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Assaulted By Boy Strikers.

Chicago (SpeciaD Edward Tenney
one of the men employed by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company in place
of striking messenger boys, was attacked
by three young men, who knocked hin
down and stabbed him. A watchman al
the Hamilton Club went TO Tenney's aid
and drove away the assailants. Tenny
was badly cut in the face.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-09
Moro Force Wiped Out.

Manila. (By Cable) Gen. Wood re-
ports under date Of February 10. an en- /.
gaGemcnt with the Moros under Hassan
on the Island Of Jolo. Lieut.. West and
ak privates were wounded. One has
since died. The Moro loss was heavy.
Hassan succeeded In making his escape.
His original force OF 5000 has now been
reduced 10 fifteen. The island Is now
under the control Of the American author.
tiles. and influential Moros are aiding In
the pursuit Of the outlaws.
The members OF the constabulary who
Scvolted at Vigan are all In custody. The
arms and ammunition taken by them
vercrecoyered.