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The Western news., 1904-11-09
MONTANA NEWS.


has reached total of 1851.
William G. Bezanson, a carpenter
dropped dead recently at the Three
Mile house, near Anaconda, supposedly
of heart failure.
The Elks of Butte met for the first
time in their new hall last Thursday
night. A housewarming is planned fol
the middle of the month.
Il. M. Dahlstrom. we'll known Hell
ena insurance man, is, according tC
advices just received from Sweden
one of five heirs to an $S,OOO.OOO Aur-
traian estate.
Books are being returned promptly
to the Hearst free library at Anacon.
da, since the adoption of the new rule
that after a specified time the patron
must pay fine of 5 cents day.
Alonzo Smith of Harlem is said to
have one of the largest potato crops
raised in northern Montana. He is
harvesting the crop from 40 acres, and
is shipping good portion of it at 81
per cwt. on board the cars at Harlem
Members of the Montana Anglers
club of Butte are agitating the adtp-
ton of a law providing for the estaD-
lishment and maintenance of a state
fish hatchery, from which the streams
of the state can be supplied with young
fish each year.
Electric roads are proposed for Kal-
ispell and the Flathead valley is to be
given up to date transportation. A
company has been incorporated. The
first lines are expected to reach Som
ers, Whitefsh, the East Side and Big
Fork.
d. d. Sullivan of Butte was one of the
largest funerals seen in that city in
several years. A delegation from the
police force and also from the fire de-
partment of the city attended as a
body buard and gave the funeral an
official appearance.
special says John Sockerson's sa-
loon at Basin was held up at midnight
Sunday by two masked men. Socker-
son attempted to defend his property,
and in the fight with the robbers re-
ceived two wounds, which are said to
be serious. No booty it is said, was
secured by the robbers.
1t is said that John Tinker. aged SO
years, janitor of an Office building in
Kansas City, who was found dead in
his room, used to be a millionaire
sheepman in Montana and to have lost
his fortune in the collapse of the wool
market in 1892. He was the son of
a wealthy steel manufacturer of Shef.
field, England, and inherited his faith.
er's estate.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
IDAHO sQulBBs.

George Mckinney & Co. have COM
menced building their new sawmill
near Laclede.
Friends of Frank Wells. Camas
Prairie rancher, believe he has met
with foul play He had money when
last seen.
At Blackfoot in the case of James
Connors. who killed Deputy Sheriff
e. p. Sweet On September 25, the
jury. after being out about three hours,
brought in a verdict of guilty of mur-
der in the first degree. His defense
was alcoholic insanity.
President G. H. Black, of the state
normal school, assisted by Professor
f. c. Wooster. has arranged for a
series of lectures and entertainments
to be given at the normal during the
winter, which include some of the best
class of entertainments ever given in
Lewiston.
The new Northern Pacific steel
bridge over the arm of Pend d'Oreille
river at Standpoint, Idaho, is complet.
ed after three years of work. The es-
timated cost of the new bridge is ST.
100000. In its construction 23OO tons
of steel were used. The bridge is
nearly mile long and is the longest
on the line of the Northern Pacific.
The immense steel bridge to span
the Snake river at Weiser is rapidly
approaching completion. The piers
are finished and four of the six steel
spans are laid. The builders state it
will be completed by Thanksgiving day
If the weather is favorable. The
bridge connects the states of Oregon
and Idaho.
A freight wreck on the Northern Pa
cific at Belmont Sunday morning de-
layed the regular south bound passen-
ger train five hours. 1t is said the
freight south bound pulled out leav-
ing the switch open. The double head
er north bound arrived soon after, and
both engines We're derailed and tore
up the track for 500 feet. Both tenders
telescoped with the engines, which
were turned over on their sides. The
engine crews had narrow escape, but
were uninjured.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS,

Window glass prices have been re-
duced
The president has appointed Jona-
than S. Page postmaster at Payson,
Utah.
Mason Long, well known temper
ance lecturer. died recently at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Japanese reservists resident in
the Philippines have been called to
the colors. Their number is given at
600.
Burglars entered the bank at Becker,
Minn., broke open the safe with nitro
glycerin, secured $4,000 in currency,
and made their escape on a handcar.
Commissioner Wright will leave No
vember 20 for 20 days tour of in
spection of the southern provinces of
Mindanao and Jolo, in the Philippines
New York.-Continued improvement
was reported in the condition of Jap
anese Minister Takahira. His physi-
clans express confidence in his speedy
recovery.
DIR. Jacobus Pollatsek, a graduate Of
the Royal university of Hungary at
Budapest, died Saturday at San Fran
cisco from the effects of poison taken
with suicidal intent.
H. Liebes & Co., the San Francisco
fur house, have been awarded the
grand prize for fur rugs, a very fine
exhibit of which is made in the for
estry building at the worlds fair.
Fire has destroyed the Mormon tab
ernacle at Payson, Utah, with loss
of about $4,000. The tabernacle was
an adobe structure, erected in 1855,
and had seating capacity of 1900.
The japanese legation has advised
the state department that Japan has
decided to adopt the resolutions of the
international congress of Paris of 1900
on the unification of the numbering of
silk thread yarns.
The steamship fremont has arrived
in Tacoma from Manila and Japanese
ports. On board is Robert McWade,
U. S. consul general at Canton, China,
who is returning to face charges of
alleged malfeasance in office.
The battleships Oregon and Wiscon-
sin, the cruiser Cincinnati, the torpe-
do boat destroyer Decatur and the col
lier Sterling of the Asiatic squadron
have arrived at Manila and are max.
ing preparations for maneuvers.
D. ]. Samuel Mcclure, for two terms
mayor Of Charlottesville, Va, and for
many years lawyer at the bar, before
he was tried, was found guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree on the charge
of having killed his wife. This carries
the death penalty.
Judge Lacombe, in the United States
circuit court at New York, has signed
an order authorizing George Gould and
Miss Helen Gould, as receivers of the
income of their sister, the Countess
Castellane, to make stated annual pay
ments to the attorneys who were en-
gagged in Strengthening out the legal
affairs of the countess when she was
in financial difficulties.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
THE PAST WEEK OF THE WAR,
Japs Make Vicious Attack on Port
Arthur.

Arthur.
During the past week public interest,
which had shifted from the Shakhe
river to the North sea, swung around
to Port Arthur, where series of ter
rlhc assaults presaged the possible fall
OF the fortress. Reports showed that
the Japanese had been pressing nearer
for two months or more and on Octo-
ber rs series of attacks began that
continued into last week and gave
the Japanese hope that the fortress
might be compelled to surrender No
vember 3, the mikados birthday. AL
though several vantage points were
gained and the sacrifice of life was
immense, Port Arthur at last accounts
was still holding out. The prevailing
Opinion, however, is that an end of the
Russian resistance is near at hand.
The Russian fleet left Vigo, Spain,
on Tuesday, contrary to the supposed
understanding with Great Britain, and
for day London was considerably dis
raltar. 1t was reported that the Brit
ish fleet, with decks cleared for &C.
tion, was patrolling the straits, and
that if Rojestvensky's vessels attempt
ed to continue on the voyage toward
the far east clash might ensue. The
danger seems to have been eXaggerat-
ed, for the cabinets of both powers
We're working for an investigation that
would clear up the North sea mystery
and place the responsibility where it
belongs; and the details of an agree
ment were agreed upon under which
the matter will be left to board of
inquiry composed of five admirals, one
of whom is to be an American.
At the front in Manchuria there has
been no important change. Each army
is in close touch with the other, and
outpost collisions have been of almost
daily occurrence. Numerous small
brushes have been reported, out of
which has come some slight gain for
one side or the other, but nothing like
a general engagement has taken place.
The hostile forces are actually face
to face, in many places being so near
together that it is AMIDST impossible
for either to maneuver. No one can
say how long they can remain in this
unusual position without making ag-
gressive moves that will develop into
a great battle.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
JOIN IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Send Delegates to EI Paso, Tex, Next
Week.


A. w. Hadley, organizer of the north
west section of the National Irriga.
tion association, in regard to the Ell
PasO convention states:
I'VE are making every possible ef-
fort to secure big, strong delegation
to represent the northwest at the ma
tional irrigation congress, Ell Paso,
Texas, November 1918, and, from pres
ent indications, l believe that large
number will go. The late activity
along irrigation lines has greatly stim-
ualted the interest in this years con-
vention, as has also the prospect of
securing the next congress for Port
land in 1905.
Over $4,000 is being expended for
entertainment purposes, which will in
Iclude banquets balls, barbeques, smok-
ers, excursions, drilling contests, In
dian exhibitions, bull fights, etc. A
convention hall is being erected which
will comfortably seat 5000 people, and
there will be heard the addresses and
discussions prepared for the occasion.
Papers will be read and speeches
delivered by the most able propogan.
dists along their respective lines that
there are in the country. For conven-
ience, the program has been divided
into sections, each in charge of men
of national reputation. Hon. Clifford
Pinchot chief of the bureau o,.or-
estry, will superintend the forestry
section. Chief Engineer F. H. Newell
of the reclamation service will con-
duct the section devoted to engineer
ing and mechanics. Climatology has
been placed in charge of Willis l..
Moore of the United States weather
bureau, and production by irrigation
will be handled by several well known
irrigationists. Hon. George H. Max
we'll Of the National Irrigation asso-
citation has in charge the section Of
land and water legislation, which sub
ject will be the paramount issue of the
congress.
Whether he be patriot, philanthro-
pist, business man or money getter'
of the most selfish type, it is up to
every broad minded citizen of the
country to bestir himself on this SUBJ
lject, post himself regarding the de.
tails. and, if possible, attend this vi.
tally important meeting and support
the cause he knows is right"
The Western news., 1904-11-09
Seven Injured in Wreck.

Oklahoma City. o. T., Nov. g.
Seven persons were injured in a col
lision which occurred near Bristow, l.
T., on the Frisco. The trains were an
extra freight and a work train. A
misunderstanding is understood to
have been the cause. Most of the in
jured were occupants of the work
train. One of them, B. w. Wilson, may
die.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
JAP GUNS SINK STEAMERS,
Vessels in West Harbor Sent to Bot
tom as Result of Accurate Fire.

Vessels in West Harbor Sent to Bot
tom as Result of Accurate Fire.
Toxic, Nov. 5.-Delayed advices for
warded from Port Arthur between No
vember and a. say that two steam
ers of about $500 tons each anchored
in the west harbor were sunk by the
Japanese heavy guns November l, and
that the following day steamer of
5000 tons was also sunk.
Two Russians recently came and sur
rendered to the Japanese at a place
south of Shuishiying.
Two great explosions, apparently of
magazines, were heard November 2
near Yuahpaofang.
On the night of November the Jap
anese occupied fort, since called Ich-
inobe, owing to the fact that it had
been bravely captured by that general.
Three field guns, two machine guns,
three torpedoes and many other tro-
phies were captured. The Russians
left 40 dead.
A vigorous bombardment with naval
guns was delivered at noon November
against the east harbor, dockyards
and other points, as a result of which
a fierce conflagration occurred near the
east harbor. The fire ragged from
1915 p. m. to o'clock. The same
day the fire of large caliber guns was
directed against III" fort at height
of 200. yards. and the northwest watch
tower. Heavy damage was caused by
the bombardment on both the forts and
tower. A Russian field gun placed at
a vital point east of Keekwan noun
tain was struck by Japanese shell
and destroyed.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
Panic on a Streetcar.

San Francisco. Nov. I'm attempt
ing to start a heavily laden electric
car on the Devisadero line Sunday the
motoray threw on the controller too
quickly, and the fuse blew out with
such force that the passengers were
badly hurt
The Western news., 1904-11-09
Attempts to Hold Up Train,

Philadelphia. Nov. 7.-According Ito
the crew of the Philadelphia and New
York express on the Pennsylvania rail
road, which left Washington at $50 p.
M. two unsuccessful attempts were
made to hold the train up at Havre de
Grace and Perryville. Nd, by two men,
one of whom was negro. The men
ESCAPED.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
General Jesse Finley Is Dead.

Lake City. Fla.-General Jesse Fin
lye, one of the last surviving brigadier
generals of the confederate army, died
here Sunday, aged 80 years. He was a
member of congress three terms.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
Attendance at Worlds Fair.

st. Louis.--The following attendance
statement was issued Sunday by the
division of admissions:
Monday. October 81, S7,227: Tuesday,
102,4S7; Wednesday, 1O4,6O9; Thurs
day, 107,639; Friday. 93,297; Saturday,
139, 9,1S5; total, 634,442.
The Western news., 1904-11-09
A Hatfield Family Wiped Out.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-"Bill" Hatfield
shot and killed his wife. Maud, and
then blew out his brains, at Meeteetse,
Wyo. 1t is said that jealousy was the
cause of the tragedy.
The Western news., 1904-11-09

Crown Princess of Korea Dead.
Seoul.-The crown princess died
here Sunday night.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
WEST DUBLIN.

James and Edpa Gilhland of
Allegheny, spent Sunday at j. E.
Lyons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward White.
hill, of Cypher and Mrs. Margaret
Lyon attended com munion SER
wees at Green Hill on Sunday.
Miss Luem ma Laidig, delegate
from Fairvlew Sunday school, re.
ports a good convention at Nc.
Connellsburg.
Cross'arms are being delivered
along the State Road for more
wires on the American Telephone
and Telegraph line.
Hazel Lamberson of Huston.
town, spent Sunday at M. L.
Kirk's s.
II. X. Stevens is making activ,
preparation for building his new
house.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
MINIMUM SCHOOL SALARY
Goes Into Effect June |, After Which No
Teacher VIII Get Less Than S35.

The public school teachers
minimum salary law, enacted by
the last Legislature, goes into
effect on the first of June. A
thorough canvass of every county
in the state shows that $500
school teachers, over nine tenths
oi them women. will receive sub
>luutial increase in salary during
jIe coming term, as the result of
the operation of the law. Nearly
SN5O,OOO as additional renumera-
ton will be received by the
teachers during the next term as
the result of these increases. In
nine-tenths Of the districts, there
will be no increase OF taxation on
this account.
The law provides that after the
first day of June, the minimum
salary Of teachers shall be S35
per month. 1t is made the duty
of the president and secretary of
each school district IN the state,
under oath, to make report to
the superintendent of public in
structlon that the requirements
of the law have been fully com.
piled with. The last section pro.
yides that "every school district
Of this commonwealth: falling to
comply with the requirements of
this act, shall forfeit its state ap.
preparation for the whole time
during which this act has been
violated.
The new salary law will mean
that unless some of the schools
shall be closed it will cost this
county S559l.61 more in salaries
than it did last year, with the
State and practically the same
The increase Of cost to the differ
ent districts will be as follows:-
Ayr, 5000; Belfast, SSlO.67; Bethel
1892; Brush Creek, S539; Dublin,
$3.50; Licking Creek, $79l; Taylor
1913; Thompson, S777; Tod, $3.50;
Union, S420, and Wells, $50.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
JOHN SEYLAR DEAD.
Last Member OF the Old SeyIar Fam
iIy Gone.

John S. Seylar died at his home
at Cove Gap, Tuesday evening of
last week, aged about 20 years.
He was the son of Frederick Sey.
lar, the maker of the celebrated
Gap Plow and was native of
the village in which he died. Hav.
ing learned the moulder trade in
his fathers shop, in 1854 he went
to Springfield. ILL.,, where he re.
mained until the Rebellion broke
out. He knew Lincoln personal
ly and was present IN court fre.
quently when Lincoln was coun-
sci. His descriptive powers were
good. and his stories were all fla
vored with a fine sense of humor
and wit.
He served in Co. l., Goth ILL.,, In.
fantry three years and was with
Sherman on his celebrated march
to the sea. After his return from
the army he began the manufac-
ture OF plows on his own account
at Mercersburg, selling them in
all the surrounding country. He
is survived by his widow, who is
a daughter Of Mrs. Rebecca Com
erer of this place, and by five
children, Frank and Mrs. Hlnch
man who live in Brooklyn, Ola
who lives in Iowa, and Jesse and
Mary at home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
Heiges-Clevenger NuptiaIs.

At the Methodist Episcopal
parsonage Monday morning at II
o'clock May 90, 1904, Mr.. Charles
FL. Heiges of York, Pa, and Miss
Mary Clevenger of McConnells-
burg, Pa, were joined in mar
riage by Rev. j. V. Adams, pas,
tor of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
A umber of the immediate
friends of the bride were present
to witness the ceremony. Mrs.
Adams played Mendelssohn s
wedding march. After the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Helges start
ed on a journey to some of the
eastern cities after which they
will take up their residence IN
York, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25

you will like TO see. We will play
about your gardens and flower
beds-ourselves like flowers on
wlngs-without any cost TO you.
We will destroy the wicked IN
sects and worms that spoil your
cherries and currants and plums
and apples and roses. We will
give you our best songs and make
the spring more beautiful and the
summer sweeter to you. Every
June morning when you 20 out
into the field, Oriole, Black bird
and Bobolink will fly after you
and make the day more delight
full to you; and when you go home
tired at sundown, Vesper Spar.
row will tell you how grateful we
are. When you SIT on your porch
after dark, Fife Bird, Hermit
Thrush and Wood Thrush will
sing to you; and even Whip poor
will will cheer up a little. We
know where we are safe. In a
little while all the birds will come
to live In Massachusetts again,
and everybody who loves music
will like to make a summer home
with you.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
STRUCK lie.
A Former Fulton County Boy in Great
Luck Down in Indian Territory.

Prof. Oscar S. Johnston, who
was very successful in establish
ing business college at Pitts
burg, Kansas, and who sold that
institution about year ago and
went with his family to California
to recuperate his failing health,
is just now III luck. A letter to
his brother j. X. Johnston of this
place a few days ago says that
Oscar went down to Indian terri
tory last fall and IN venture
bought some prospective oil land
organized a company, and began
the putting down of three wells.
A few days ago the first one came
in a-hundred- barrel a-day well,
without having been shot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
GIFT TO PASTOR.
Elder MellOt,, Receives Token of Ap.
probation from His Congregation.

Elder MellOtt, Receives Token of Ap.
probation from His Congregation.
Elder Ahimaaz Mellott of Bel.
fast township, has been serving
as pastor, the Springfield Old
Baptist church In Huntingdon
county during the past fourteen
years. On the second Sunday of
the present month after he had
concluded preaching aud com
munion service in that church,
his congregation formally pres
ented him with a brand new bug.
gy, set of buggy harness, whip,
and lap spread. This token of
appreciation of his labors Is very
gratifying to Elder Mellott, who
during all this time has not miss
ed more than a half dozen ap.
pointments.
The donors were ID, w. Price and
NJ. F Mari, each S.; j. G While,
John Madden, each 50; w. NJ. Staines,
A, A.sWible, Joshua Brown, David
Hess, Peter Cutchall, Scott While,
Mrs. NJ. j. Madden and Grant Lane,
each 81: Jesse While, X. w. Cutchall,
+. II. Madden, Mrs. J. Madden, T.. j..
Ashton, f.. While, III. Locke. w. M.
Chilcoate, NJ. Chilcoate, Isaiah Mad
den, Charlie Wible, j. w. Cutchall,
John Hess and j, s. Foreman, each
81; T.. l.. While, 75c.; NJ. While, Lii
lie +. While, Beatrice Cutchall, Harry
Rohrer each 50c.; Forrest While, j
S. Fike, Bertha M. Cutchall, each 25c.
II. B. Bergstresser, 1910, and Clay
9. ark 5000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-05-25
RAILROAD WILL BE BUILT.
What the B. & 0. Purchase OF Old
South Penn Route Means.
CUTS THE DISTANCE 33 MILES.
tive Work on Construction to
Begin at Hancock.

With the purchase of that por
tion of the old South Pennsylvania
railroad that runs from Bedford
to Plttsburg, few days ago, the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pany is now IN position to carry
out It's purpose of establishing a
shorter, low grade line the entire
distance from Baltimore to Pitts
burg, and of course, means that
the line from Hancock through
Deneens Gap and Whips Cove
to Mt. Dallas, will be built, and
that work will begin soon, for
the B. and o. are already taking
steps to remove the buildings at
Hancock from the land recently
purchased by them from G. r..
Henderson.
The plan is to build a new road
from the present main line of the
Baltimore and Ohio at Hancock,
Md, to aconnection with the Som
erset and Cam bria branch, a dis
tance of about 60 miles, and TAX
ing in part of the South Penn
route from Bedford. The Som
erset aud Cam bria would be used
ror distance of about / / miles to
lockwood, 40 miles west of Cum
berland, here thenew line would
again join the present road of the
Baltimore and Ohio to Pittsburg.
About one year ago the COM
pany secured charters from
Maryland and Pennsylvania for
this new line, which is to be
named the Bed ford and Western
railroad. 1t will run around the
big peak of the Allegheny noun
talns, over which the present line
extends, and has one continuous
heavy grade for a distance of II
miles. BY it the route will also
be shortened 33 miles, as the
length of the line from Hancock
to lockwood by the way of Bed
ford will be II miles, while the
distance over the present road by
way of Cum mberland is 1O4 miles.
81 think this will be the next
big improvement thai is made by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad" !"
said Mr.. George NJ. Shrlver, as
sistapt to President Murray, yes
terday.
"rhe final surveys have been
made for most of the line, and
preliminary surveys have been
completed for the balance. BY
this route the Baltimore and
Ohio will have low-grade road
from Baltimore to Pittsburg, and
will cut off matter of 33 miles.
1t Will be used manly as a
freight line for Plttsburg and
Chicago. The present line By
way of Cum berland will be used
for traffic to and from the Balti.
more and Ohio Southwestern and
passenger business.