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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
Congressional and Departments.

Former Secretary Root will be tenn
porary chairman and Speaker Cannon
permanent chairman OF the Republi-
can National Convention at Chicago.
The oral arguments on the Eight
hour Bill before the Senate Committee
on education and Labor were closed
by Samuel Gompers.
Bishop Spalding, a member of the
Coal Strike Commission, urged the
Arbitration Bill before the House
Committee on Labor.
The remains of Gen. Americus V.
Rice were buried at the National Gem
ctary at Arlington.
Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada,
the Cuban minister, signed treaty OF
cXtradltion.
James Thaddeus Small, a corporal
OF marines on me Mayflower, COM
ington.
President d. c. Gilman presided at
the opening session OF the annual
meeting of the Oriental Society.
The District of Columbia Court OF
Appeals holds that the statute to pun
lsh conspiracy covers the charges
made in the indictments against for
mer Assistant Attorney General Tyncr
and Law Clerk Barrett.
The Senate Committee on Finance
authorized Senator Aldrich to report
an amendment to the bill for the gov
crnment OF the Panama Canal zone.
A delegation of representative Por-
to Ricans has arrived in Washington
ior the purpose OF placing loan OF
81, 200, 900.
Gen. Americus V. Rice. of Ottawa
o., who had brilliant war record and
who held number OF government po.
sitions, died in Washington.
The United States Supreme Curt
decided that the city OF Chicago had
the right to fix the price of gas at
rs cents.
Southard Parker Warner, OF Wash
ington, son OF Brainard II. Warner,
has been appointed United States con-
sular agent at Gera. Germany.
The President has approved the
court-martial sentence OF dismissal
from the Army imposed on First Lieu
tenant A. c. Sharhey and Second
Lieutenant Oakes.
In the anthracite coal case the Unit
ed States Supreme Court decided that
the railroad companies must produce
certain contracts with the coal COM
panies that were called for.
The Patent Office at Washington
during 1903 granted $1,000 patents.
The net balance TO the credit OF this
Office since it was founded in 1886 Is
$s,682, $40.
The labor troubles on the Isthmus
Of PsaamA have taken z serious turn
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Combs arc found in the earliest
known graves.
0uinea fowls are becoming popular
as table birds.
For 900 years the Chinese have made
waterproof paper.
A woman S feet a inches should
weigh I34 pounds.
The sale OF patent medicines is pro-
hibited in Sweden.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in Japan is one TO four.
There are in use in the United
States 100000 miles of telegraph
wire.
The annual number of divorces in
Canada has averaged two for thirty
four years.
The exports OF Canada for 1908 were
S478,5745oI, and imports $243,I4I.oI6.
The general depth of the Niagara
River at the brink of the falls is four
icet.
The age at which the greatest num-
Der OF Japanese girls marry is be-
tween twenty and twenty-one.
Nearly all business transactions in
Columbia are based on United States
currency.
In the religious communities where
the use OF meat is forbidden appendi-
citis is unknown.
The records of the Weather Bureau
conflict with the popular belief in the
equinoctial storm.
The propelicrs of the fast auto
boats revolvc I,25o times minute,
giving speed Of twenty-five miles an
hour.
Germany's imports exceed her ex-
ports by 20 per cent; Frances, by IL
per cent; and those Of Belgium by at
per cent.
The plans under operation and pres
ent contemplation at Niagara Falls
propose to save about one seventh Of
its power for the world.
The first woman minister in Eng
land. Miss Won Putxhold, has been
appointed as pastor to the Unitarian
Free Church. of Leicester.
The farm laborer Of Russia gets so
year. half Of II in produce. His diet
Is bread, potatoes, and, occasionally,
little milk. -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
MORMON COLONY RAIDED.
Bandits Carried Away Three Of Elder JOh1
sons Wives.

III Paso, Tex, (SpeciaD. Pros
pectors from the lower Sierra Madr(
Mountains of Mexico, southwest q
FL Paso, bring the story of rai(
made by Guam Colorado, alias "Johf
Redhead," upon Don Felipe, a newly
formed Mormon colony. The noted
bandit and his band pillaged the set.
tlement, carrying away three OF Eldef
Hiram Johnson's wives, one of which
is the favorite of his large household
A posse of Mexican rural police
and a. squad of Mormons, who, as {
vigilance committee, styled them
selves as "avenging angels" purt
sued the bandits for thirty-six hour(
and finally surprised them in the fasti
nesses of the Sierra Madre Moun1
tains A fight took place, in which two
of the outlaws were wounded. Thd
band fled, leaving the women. They
had been kept two days in .cavei
where a considerable amount OF bul<
lion treasure was found, which it is
believed, was stolen from pack train
recently,
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FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.
Disastrous End 10 q Night Cruise In the
Gulf Of Mexico.

Tampa, Fla, Especially Five per-
sons, members of a pleasure party
from the Florida Methodist College
at Sutherland, were drowned near An
clotc lighthouse.
The dead are:
Mrs. Walker, wife of the president
OF the college.
Miss O'Connor, of Atlanta.
Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland.
Miss McCray, of Sutherland.
Mr.. Bouland, of Sutherland
President Walker and Miss Newton
reached the beach alive. The bodies
OF Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Connor
have not yet been recovered.
The bodies of the other three who
lost their lives were washed ashore
and recovered.
President Walker had taken the
party out for cruise to the light
house, but met rough weather and the
boat was overturned in the gulf.
The Florida Methodist College is
located at Sutherland, on the west
coast Of the gulf, about thirty miles
from Tampa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
A Woman Kicked to Death.

Wheeling, w. Va, (SpeciaD Mrs.
Peter Minto. the wife of coal miner
living a few miles below Bellairc,
O., on Pipe Creek, was kicked to
death Sunday night, and Monday
morning the woman,s body was
found on the floor OF the poorly
furnished cabin. Mimic was arrested,
and has been placed in St. Clairsville
Jail. Mimic came home drunk and be-
gan to kick his wife The neighbors
paid little attention to her cries, be-
cause il was a common thing to hear
the people quarreling. Sunday even
ing the abuse continued until the
woman died, life being crushed out of
her body by Minto's heavy mining
shoes.
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Foreign.

1t has been arranged that the sign
ing OF the Panama Canal contract
shall take place at the United States
Embassy, which is American soil.
King Alfonso was we'll received in
Barcelona, number OF anarchists and
suspects having been arrested as a
precautionary measure.
1t is officially denied that an anti
Jewish demonstration has occurred at
Gomel or any other place in Russia.
The French foreign minister, NJ
Delcasse, and the Chcvaler de Stuers,
the minister OF the Netherlands, sign
ed an arbitration treaty in Paris.
Princess Sophia Of Lippc, widow OF
Prince Gothier Frederic Waldemar OF
Lippe, is dead.
The dock authorities at Liverpool
have been warned that if they con-
tinue to hamper the Cunard Steamship
Companys operations by increased
charges the company will transfer its
ships TO another port.
he Turks are reported to have
again begun the persecution OF the
Bulgarians in Macedonia.
The Hamburg g-American Line steam
or Prinz Adelbert, from New York.
was in collision off Cape Degaton. off
the Spanish coast, with the Spanish
bark Jose Roig. The latter vessel
was badly damaged, but the steamer
proceeded
Hard fighting has occurred in Nj
gcria, British West Africa, and the
British punitive expedition sent against
the Okpoto Tribe has suffered re-
verse.
King Edward, in 4 reception to the
diplomats at Copenhagen, expressed
TO United States Minister Swenson his
admiration for President Roosevelt.
The United States Consul at Odessa
reports that a demonstration against
the Jews at this time is unlikely.
The English annihilation of the best
part Of the Tibetan Army has revived
irritation throughout Russia.
United States Ambassador Nc
Cormic is negotiating treaty in St.
Petersburg to secure for American
corporations the right 10 sue in
Russia.
Reports from the interior OF Russia
indicate that the precautionary measures
taken 10 prevent ansi- Jewith riots
have been successful.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
SPANS EX=QUEEN IS DEAD
A TumultuOus Royal Career Ended in
Paris.
GRANDMOTHER OF King ALFONSO.
The Late Queen, Up TO a Few Years Ago. Was
Noted for Her cbeerfulness and Jovislity-
10 Fact Il Was This Inherent Good fiumor
Which Made Her the Easy Victim Of Many
Intrigues

Paris, (By Cable).-Ex-Queen lsa-
bella of Spain, grandmother of King
Alfonso, died here at GAS o'clock A.
NJ. from influenza, with complica-
tons.
The American Embassy, which is
opposite the Palace Castillo, on the
Avenue Kleber, the late Queens resi-
denee, was carly informed OF her
death, and Ambassador Porter was
among tho first to call.
The Infantas Isabella, Eulalie and
Marie, daughters of tho Queen, were
at the bedside when she died.
The Queen had been afflicted with
the grip two months, and it gradually
affected the lungs. At night she be.
came unconscious and the death agony
began at 7 A. NJ. The three iufanta'
and Prince Ferdinand OF Bavaria, hus'
band OF the 1nfanta Marie, were sum.
moned TO the bedside, but the dying
Queen did not recognize them.
The Papal Nuncio was sent for &c
administer the last sacramcnts, but
owing to his absence from Paris, tho
rites were administered by the vicar
of the Church of ST. Pierre. The
Queens death followed shortly alter
ward. Prince Ferdinand Immediately
telegraphed the news to Foreign MIN
lister Delcasse and to all the European
sovereigns.
NJ. Delcasse called later and was
admitted to the death chamber. Prcs-
dent Loubct sent an officer OF his
household to present his condolences.
1t is understood that King Alfonso
will not come to France for the fun
eral, as he did not come for the fun
eral Of his grandfather, King Francis,
who died in April, 1902.
The late Queen had been one of the
conspicuous figures Of Paris since she
left Spain. After her abdication, III
1870, she continued to live with
queenly magnhcence here, giving
largely to charitable and religious
works.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
HURRICANE CAUSES DISASTER.
Japanese Bazsr at the Worlds Fair Grounds
Was Destroyed.

St. Louis, Mo. (SpeciaD The high
wind that prevailed here completely
destroyed the partially completed ba-
Ear building in the Japanese reserva-
ton at the worlds fair. not timber
being left standing.
The building was two story frame
structure and was partly rooted. The
work OF reconstruction was begun al
most Immediately.
No other buildings on the grounds
were damaged.
The storm was general throughout
Missouri and neighboring states and
much damage was done. A blizzard,
the most serious for this season in
many years, prevailed at St. Joseph,
and the telephone and telegraph SER
vice was crippled.
Fort Worth, Tex. (SpeciaD.-A
cyclone passed up the Red river coun-
try doing much damage. At Mills two
children were killed in the wrecked
home OF Benjamin Diggs and several
OtHeI iHSHhpelS VI thS idHIily "Clc III
Jured.
A man driving along the public road
near Point Enterprise, on load OF
wood, was picked up and carried over
a fence into field and slightly in
jured.
Telegraph wires arc down and the
running Of trains on the Cotton Bel
Railway is interfered with.
t.. (CAa~,.h
nado which passed near the town o
Mexia killed family of three per
sons and injured nine other persons
three OF whom it is feared are fatally
hurt. The dead are John Ballard, hi:
wife and 4-year-old child.
Many houses were demolished anC
much damage was done to growing
crops.
Lincoln, Neb., (SpeciaD .--Nebrask;
was swept by the most severe Apr
storm known in many years. A tnt
sheet Of sleet and snow was driver
by a wind that at times reached the
velocity OF a hurricane. Minor dam
age was reported from several towns
Owensboro, KY, Especially. - Th,
end OF a Southern tornado struck
Owensboro and vicinity. The street
car power house was partially de
molished and not street car is run.
ring in the city. Much other damage
has been done, especially to telegraph
and telephone companies. Waves rar
so high on the Ohio river that steam
boats were obliged to tie up.
St Paul, Mimi, (SpeciaD Another
severe wind and snowstorm prevails
over North and South Dakota, and il
some instances railroad traffic is
blocked and telegraph service is ser
iously hindered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
Massed for Fight.

Niuchwang, Manchuria, (By Cable.)
General Kuropatkin's visit to Much
wang has inspired boundless conf
dencc.
The Commandcr-in-Ch ordered
10000 reserves to reinforce this po-
stion, in view OF the expected Japan
ese attack, while an additional force
of $1,000 is ready to concentrate upon
the place at short notice il necessary.
1t is estimated now that there are
100000 Russian troops in Manchuria.
General Dragomiroff is actively as
s.sting General Kuropatkin.
General Wogack has taken over the
command here from General Kond-
ratsvitch. The preparations for the
defense of the town are complete.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
KING OF SPAIN IN PERIL
Narrowly Escapes a Bomb Intended
for Him.
AN EXPLOSION IN BARCELONA.
The Petard Burst Upon the Portico Of Q
House. Doing Considerable Damage
Two Persons Injured, but the King I'm
harmed Perpetrator Of Outrage Not Dis
covered Il was Gas Explosion.

Madrid, (By Cablc). - Private ac-
counts received from Barcelona re-
garding the explosion which took
place as King Alfonso was leaving the
exhibition there continue to vary in
detail The following official report
OF the affair has been issued here:
AT o;3o O'Clock petard exploded
in the portico of the house No. I9
Rambla del Centro There was
loud explosion, which caused material
damage. In the ensuing panic two
persons were slightly injured.
King Alfonso passed the spot witll'
in few minutes after the occurrence
and was warmly cheered by the crowd
which had then become tranquil.
THE originator of the outrage ha,
not been discovered. One man was
arrested, but has since been released
London (By Cable e).-Julius c. Lay,
United States consul general at BARGE
Iona, telegraphs as follows:
AN explosion of gas occurred here
giving rise to report that 'petard
was exploded as King Alfonso was
leaving the exhibition. The explo.
sion, however, took place half mile
from where the King was
Another dispatch from Barcelona
says it has been definitely ascertaincd
that the explosion which took place
when King Alfonso was leaving the
exhibition was due to an escape OF
gas and that no importance is attach
ed to the incident
King Alfonso arrived at Barcelona
for fortnights visit to Catalonia.
He was accompanied by Premier
Maura and War Minister Linares and
a numerous suite. The visit OF the
King to Barcelona, which is the hot.
bed of Republicanism, caused dis
ouietude in Spanish official quarters
as it was feared that the Republican,
and Socialists would vent on the King
their hatred of the Premier, whose
strong measures in dealing with the
strike rioters had made him very un'
popular.
AS a preventative measure large
numbers of anarchists and other sus'
poets we're arrested last week and a
cruiser, three gunboats and a large
force of gendarmes were sent to Barr
celona.
The Spanish King was accorded a
respectful reception at Barcelona and
shortly after his arrival attended q
Tie Deum at the Cathedral. Thd
streets were decorated with flags and
lined by crowds of people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.

Vice Chancellor Bargen signed an
order in New Jersey to show cause
why an injunction should not issue tc
restrain the Northern Securities Com.
pany. from holding stockholders
meeting.
Work at the Bay State Mills of the
american Woolen Company, in Low.
ell, Mass, was suspended, the com.
pany ordering a shutdown for an in.
definite period. This effects 7oc
hands.
Miss Jennie Gray, daughter of Col
James K. Gray, editor of the Atlanta
Journal, was married in Atlanta, Ga
to Capt. Earle Darcy Pearce, Of the
United States Army.
A quarrel over girl, their compan-
ion at school, eliminated in the kill
ing OF 1o-ycar-old boy by another
in Chicago.
For half an hour traffic on Lower
Broadway was blocked by small
fire in the new subway in New York
John Clcvcs Short Harrison, grand
son OF President William Henry Har-
rison, died at Los Angelcse, Cal.
q. Edward and Jacob Hammond, broth.
crs, and Oscar Sigertsen were as.
I phyXiatcd by gas in Philadelphia.
Five persons are dead and another
/ is dying as the result OF a fire in
| Mount Vernon, n. Y.
The Exchange Bank of Dow City
and the Bank OF Buck Grove, Ia.
have failed
The police raided the Offices of the
4
pany and the Imperial Trust Com.
pany, in Chicago, and arrested those
IN charge on the charge of swindling
SiXty-thrcc Indians were wrecked
IN train cast-bound near haywood
III. Three were instantly killed, :
we're fatally injured and 20 other.
were more or less seriously hurt.
he National Cotton Spinners As
sociation at Boston adopted resolu
tions iavorlng an cight-hour day, anti
injunction laws and better system o
factory inspection.
In an amended bill in the UniteC
States Circuit Court at St. Louis al
insurance company which is resisting
the payment of policies for $500, ,oot
on the life OF James L. Blair, who wa
vice general counsel of the World,
falr, charges that Blair obtained tn,
policies by fraud
Adviccs from Nome, Alaska, say
that the spring cleanup Of gold on tht
Nome Peninsula will be greatly in ex
cess OF any previous season. Conser
vative estimates place the cleanup a
SI,25o,ooo.
Smucl w. Mccall and Charles +
Choatc, yr., were appointed receiver:
Tor the Union Trust Company in Bos
ton. The company's liabilities are
placed at SI,6oo,ooo.
Albert Robbins and Edward L
Robbins, president and cashier, re-
spectlvely, Of the defunct Farmers
Bank at Auburn, Ind, were arrested
for cmbczzlement.
The retention of IS Greek strike
breakers at the plant of the American
Car Company, in Chicago, caused ;
rumpus there and the Greeks were
driven out.
The nail department of the Ameri
can Steel and Wire Company's plan
at Rankin, near Pittsburg, was burne,
| down, causing loss of $I75,oo
AS the result OF playing with pow
der, three boys were fatally injured il
Salt Lake, Utah, and one crippled 70
| life.
Coal has advanced $I2o a ton il
Iowa on account OF the scarcity caus
ed by the strike.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
improvements In Philippines.

Senator Lodge reported favorably
from the Senate Committee on the
Philippines the Lodge-Cooper bill to
amend the Philippines Civil Govern
Of Of bonds for municipal improvements m
anu anu enarahseeng ua AM eng pade per cent III
The report of the House Committee
on Insular Affairs in favor of the
passage of the bill amending the
Philippine Government act in several
minor matters was filed by Chairman
Cooper.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
Three Flremen Killed at York.

York. Pa, (SpeciaD.-The worst
FIRE in recent years in this city wiped
out the big six-story brick factory OF
the York Carriage Company, damag-
ing the big farm implement warehouse
of Ernest & Bupp, the foundry of the
Variety Iron Works, nine dwellings
and other property, causing loss OF
S2oo,ooo By the collapse Of a wall
OF the plant of the York Carriage
Company three hremen were killed
and three injured.
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Church FIsht Esds Ia Police Court.

Huntsville. Ala, (SpeciaD. - The
famous factional fight in the Christian
Church OF this city broke ont afresh.
As result two elders and three men,
bers Of the church were placed under
arrest for wilfully defacing and injur-
ing -thc church building. Only one
faction has worshipped in the church
for several months past. and Sunday
tho other faction posted a notice on
the doors warning everyone away
charging that the present trustees
were illegally elected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
INDIANS KILLED IN sMAsHUP.
Their Special Car Wrecked In Collision Due
TO Fog.

haywood, Ill, (SpeciaD. 49, Sixty
three Indians in a special car on their
way East to go aboard with Wild
West show were smashed into by a
mail train two miles west OF here
during fog. Three OF the Indians
were instantly killed, three were IA
tally injured, and 20 others were more
or less seriously hurt. The Indians
who were not pinned in the wreck fled
in a panic across the prairie.
The trains which collidcd were the
Oregon express and fast mail on
the Chicago and Northeastern Rail
way. The express train was run into
by the mail train. Both trains were
eastbound.
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An Educator for Consul.

The President will nominate James
r. Parsons, Jr., as United States
Consul General to the City of Mexico
vice A. d. Barlow, resigned.
This personal appointment on the
part of the President. Mr.. Parsons
is a distinguished educator, az years
old and a native OF Albany, n. Y
He is secretary OF the board of re-
gents Of the State University of New
York and has taken an important
part in the development OF the public
school system of that State. Mr.
Parsons has had experience in consu-
lar work, having been from 1888 to
1890 United States Consul at Aix-le-
Chapelle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-13
CONSOLIDATION OF MILLIONS.
Court Asked TO Set Aside Merger Of Electric
Light and Power Companies.

St. Louis, Mo, Especially Suit to
set aside the SEC, o,ooo, 900 consolidation
of the Missouri Electric Light and
Power Company and the Citizens
Electric Light and Power Company,
now constituent corporations of the
North American Electric Company of
Philadelphia, alleging that the merger
was effected by fraud, was instituted
by Morgan Jones, of Denver, Col. in
the United States Circuit Court here.
Mr.. Jones AYERS that he is the owner
of more than 100000 worth of stock
and that other stockholders stand
ready to join in the proceedings.
Through his attorneys he asks the
court:
First-To declare the merger lille
gal.
Sccond-That an Injunction be forth
with issued to restrain the officers of
the consolidation companies from a
further use of the funds.
Third-The appointment of re-
ceiver to take charge of the Missouri
Edison Company's property and pur-
chases pending the settlement Of the
litigation.
Briefly, Mr.. Jones' complaint is that
the merger was voted without his
consent, and that as a result the stock
Of the Missouri-Edison Company has
greatly appreciated in value.
The defendant to the action are the
Missouri-Edison Electric Company,
August Gehner, Charles II. Huttig,
Herman c. Stifel, c. Marquard Fors-
ter, Eugene H. Penoist, Philip Stock,
William F. Nolker, Henry S. Amcs,
William d. Arthwein and the Union
Electric Light and Power Company.
The merger was effected on Sep
tember 8, 1908, and was ratified on the
following day.
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Successor for Judge Kalua.

Attorney General Knox announced
that A. n. Kepoikai will be appointed
by the President to succeed John w.
Kalua as Judge of the Second Circuit
at Honolulu. Judge Kula was re-
moved from Office because he had
adjourned his court until the day
following the expiration of his com
mission on learning that he would
not be reappointed. Judge Kepoikai
is at present treasurer of Hawaii
Formerly under the kingdom he was
Judge & OF the hor sane distinct distinct TO which