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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

The Metropolitan Clubhouse, famous
as home OF men prominent in social
and official life, was completely gut,ed
by fire. Several adjoining buildings
were destroyed.
have arranged TO present 10 retiring
Chief Judge Alvey beautiful silver
service.
President Roosevelt has had Attorney
General Moody prepare bill TO remedy
the evil OF rebates on freight rates.
The House committee reported IA
vorably on the bill 10 hold the inaugu-
raj ball in the Pension Building.
The protestants practically concluded
their evidence before the Senate com
miltee hearing the case against Senator
Smoot. Charles NJ Owen, who was
employed TO gather evidence against the
Mormons, was the principal witness OF
the day
A number OF warships were ordered
out OF commission.
In the Supreme Court OF the District
OF Columbia Justice Anderson author
lied the sale at public auction OF the art
collection OF Thomas +. Waggaman,
former treasurer OF the Catholic Uni
vcrsity.
A marble bust OF Major General Jad-
son Fitzpatrick, OF Civil War fame. has
been placed in the reception-room OF
The Secretary OF War
Gen. Leonard Wood has submitted Q
report on the condition OF military al.
fairs in the Philippines.
Secretary Wilson adopted the stand.
ards for food products recommended b.;
the commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic,

Judge Grosscup, in the United States
court III Chicago, refused to order n
saie OF the street car companies con
troUed by the Union Traction Company
ana ordered that company to pay the
money required under their agreement.
The county grand jury, in Cleveland.
o., returned indictments against both
Or. and Mrs Chadwick on the charge
OF forging the name Of Andrew Car.
ncgie TO a note for S5,ooo,ooo in MAY,
1902.
Countess Maria Francesca O'Rcilly dc
Camara has sued General Brooke in
New York for S2so,ooo because he abol-
ished the office of high sheriff of Ha-
vana.
Mrs. Thomas E. Barnes was blown
to pieces in Detroit by the explosion, in
some way OF a cartridge which had
been sent to her as souvenir
hearing was begun by a special
board, representing the local board OF
steamboat inspectors, into the wreck OF
the Glen Island.
The jury in the Court OF General Scs-
sions 'in New York acquitted Clara Ad-
lcr OF the charge Of numbering her babe.
Frank Schlicman and Elizabeth Ru-
bia, involved in a countcrfeiiing charge,
were married in the Tombs.
The will Of Miss Bertha Dolbecr was
sustained by grand Jury in the Su-
perior Court in San Francisco.
One man was killed and four injured
in a wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line
near Montgomery Ala.
District Attorney Jerome says the
New York police force is more corrupt
now than it ever was.
In Chicago Dr. l.. {. II. L. Ziegler
sued the estate Of Mrs. Harriet L. Nc
Keever for $4,000.
-Four foreigners were smothered in a
mine at Garfield.
a Ioo-ton floating derrick broke adrift
in the navy yard basin, in New York
harbor and crashed into the stern OF
the battleship Texas, smashing several
plates.
Mrs. Mary Britt, aged 27, married
eight months ago, committed suicide at
her home, in Germantown, Philadelphia,
by shooting herself in the abdomen.
Fire in the Exchange Building, in
East Liverpool, o., owned by w. l..
and {. c. Thompson, in the heart of the
city, caused an estimated loss Of $4,000.
John r. McFee, a Chicago lawyer,
was sent to the penitentiary for forgery
The money he secured in this way he
spent in betting on races.
Mrs. John Johnson, the wife OF la
borer, and their two sons lost their
lives in a fire which destroyed their
home, in Bangor, Ne.
Calvin S. Porter, a wholesale con-
fectioner, OF Buffalo, N. Y. committed
suicide by stabbing himself FIVE times
with knife.
Henry Berkhart committed suicide in
Chicago while constable was waiting
10 arrest him on a charge OF cmbezzle
ment.
Fire destroyed business property to
the value OF $225,ooo in Columbus, o.
Five fremcn were injured by an ex-
ploson.
Charles Summerheld fell r35 feet from
the central span OF the Williamsburg
Bridge into the East River.
The scarcity OF water is causing scri-
Gus embarrassment to industries in the
of Pittsburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
Insects Destroy yIng Hickory.

Chicago (Specia) a).--Increasing scar.
city OF hickory wood in the United
States alarmed the manufacturers OF
wooden vehicles to such an extent tina,
at a meeting here Of over 200 repre-
scntatiyes Of these manufacturers the
advisabiiity Of taking the matter be-
fore Congiess was discussed. Hick-
Dry trees have recently been attacked by
an insect, which, il is said, is fast de-
stToying that class OF timber.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
Jury Under . Cloud.

New York (SpeciaD On the charge
that they had decided a criminal case
by the toss OF coin ~ jurymen were
summoned 10 appear before Judge Hig-
gins in Jersey City. The charge is
that in discussing the case OF a man
named EekoG, against whom a serious
complaint had been made by a young
woman, the jurymen tossed a coin. II
it fell heads up Eckoff was to be CON
victed. II did fall heads up" and a
verdict OF guilty was returned Eckoh's
attorney asked for a rescrval OF the
verdict, and the story OF the coin-toss-
ing was told in court.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
To Cut Tobacco Acreage.

Richmond, Va. (Special) 1T Is an
ncunccd that the tobacco acreage in
Virginia and North Carolina will be
curtailed by half, if need be, to secure
good prices and to aid in the fight
against the American Tobacco Com
pany. There was meeting al South
Boston of the executive comniuec OF
the Interstate Tobacco Growers Pro-
lcctivc Association OF Virginia and
North Carolina, which has 10000 or
Ia,ooo members. The farmers were
called on to reduce their acreage in ia-
gor OF home supplies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
WORLD 0r LABOR

There are almost 1900 organized
workers in Norway.
There are almost $4,000 clerks and
copyists in the United States.
Mills in the English cotton industry
arc again running on full time.
Mattress makers unions belong to tho
Upholsterers' International, the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor convention de-
cided.
Advances have been made toward CO..
operation by the American Federation OF
Labor and the Western Federation OF
Miners.
a resolution asking for more and bet
fer parks in the great cities was passed
at the recent convention OF the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor.
There is boat in canal north OF
London which is entirely manned by
women. The last English census re-
ported several hundred women doing
the work of seamen.
The Italian Ambassador at Washing
ton is investigating the practicability lof
dispensing city Italians into rural cum
munitics He aims TO cooperate with
Southern industries seeking reliable
white labor.
There are in this country nearly
100000 children working for wages,
About one-hfth OF all the children in
the land between the ages OF 10 and IS
years are at work.
Miners in Scotland have agreed to ac-
cept the terms Of the Cancellation board
IS 10 wages. The basis laid down Is a
broad one. and viii probably avert dis
putes for some time to come. K
The 6o.ooo members OF the Brotbcr-
hood of Painters, Decorators and Pa
perhangers are taking referendum vote
on the proposition Of holding Rencral
convention Of The ofganizatIop n lpp<
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
San Juan's Mayor Insane.

New York (SpeciaD Manuel Egoz-
cue, Mayor of San Juan, Porto Rico
who just arrived here, has come for
medical treatment. His mind gave way
after his reelection month ago, fol-
lowing his removal for alleged malfea-
sance in Office. After Mayor Egozcue
was removed from Office a year ago on
charges OF destroying the city's water
receipts to cover up alleged extensive
embezzlemenis he was acquitted by a
jury after a three days trial.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
A New Comet Discovered.

Cambridge. Mass. (SpeciaD "A ca
blcgram was received at the Harvard
College Observatory from Professor
Kreutz. an astronomer at the Kiel OBJ
servatory, stating that faint comet
was discovered on Saturday night by
Professor Ciacobini at the Nice OBJ
scrvatory. The new comet was OBJ
served in right ascension 10 hours "a
minutes 40 seconds and declination plus
~ degrees z8 minutes. Its daily mo-
ton. the cablcgram stated, is worth
following.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
Ey.Gov. ]. p. Eagle Dead.

Little Rock, Ark (SpeciaD = Ex.
Gov. James P. Eagle died here after an
illness OF three weeks Governor Eagle
had been president OF the Arkansas State
Baptist Convention for 2I years. Al
the last meeting he declined reelection.
He was also president OF the Southern
Baptist Convention. After retiring from
Office he devoted his time to his planta.
ton and to church work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
France May Gain Cody.

Denver Col. (SpeciaD Sol w. f.
Cody ("Buffalo Bill'D will sail for
France in February with his Wild West
Show II he can dispose OF his suit ior
divorce and arrange his other interests
in Wyoming before that time he will
not return Colonel Cody is not as
rugged as he was and has lived out
much OF his span, hence he Is firing of
strenuous things and IS disposed to
spend the remainder OF his life quietly
amid congenia surroundings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
Crew Of Seven Believed Lost.

Nantucket, Mass, (SpecialD - The
crew of the schooner Richard S Lean
ing, driven ashore on Long Shoal last
Sunday is believed to have been lost
Both OF the schooners boats were found
aboard her. 1t is supposed that the
crew took to the rigging. and when il
was carried away they fell with it into
the oceau
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
iiay MenorlaI chapeI enrnea.

Simsbury, c. (5pceiaD The Hay
Memorial Chapel, given 10 Westminster
School BY Secretary Hay, in memory
Of his son.Adelberi S. Hay. was burned.
The loss, estimated At SIz,soo. Is only
partly covered by insurance The FIRE
ss supposed 10 have started from
drlect IN the furnace. The chapel was
bnilt and dedicated in 1902.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28

Shanghai tBy Cable There appears
to be 10 doubt that the commander ot
the Russian torpedo-boat destroyer Gro
zovoi, who has been interned here since
his vessel arrived after the battle be-
tween The Russian and Japanese fleets
off Port Arthur, on August 10, took
passage on the steamer Nigretia, bound
for Vladivosiok. The commander car
ricd valuable charts and documents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28

Boise, Idaho Especially ,--Ceorge T.
6bonp, former United States senator
from Idaho, died 4, his horne here. Mr..
6houo Has jp his sky eighth year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore, Md. - Flour--Quiet, un-
changed Receipts. 6,IS3 barrels ex-
ports, IS3 barrels.
Wheat--Firmer. Spot, contract, I.lI$
@LIIH; January, I.I2M@II3; Febru-
AIRY, I.I42SMI.I4M; May, IISM asked;!
steamer No. red, I.o4B@Io4H; re-
ceipts, 2,46o bushels Southern by sam
pie, o5@I.Io; Southern on grade, I.ooM
@I.IIM.
Corn Firm. Spot, new, soM@sI;
year, 5oM@5I; January, 5oA@soB;
February, 5oNM5oB; March, 5oH@
5oB steamer mixed, 4SNM4o; receipts,
S3,o5S bushels; exports, 6S,57l bushels;
new Southern white corn, 45A@5oM;
new Southern yellow corn, 45M05oM.
Oats-Steadier No. white, 36X
sales; No, mixed, 35H@35M; receipts.
Io,5s3 bushels.
Rye-Dull. (Uptown.) No. West
ern, IS asked; receipts, 2I63 bushels.
Hay-Sieady, Unchanged.
Grain Freights--Firn,, unchanged.
Butter - Steady, unchanged. Fancy
imitation, 2oG2I; fancy creamery, 27@
2S; fancy ladlc. I7@IS; store packed,
I4OI6.
Eggs-Steady, unchanged, 80.
Chcesc--Firm, unchanged Large, IIM
@I2; medium, T2GpI2$; small, I2A@
I2H.
Sugar - Strong, unchanged. Coarse
granulaied, ss5; fine, 5.55.
New York-Flour-Re Receipts, 1906
barrels; exports, 55oS barrels; dull and
featurcless.
Butter-Firm; receipts, $500 Cream
cry, held, common to extra, Io(D24N.
Cheese--Firm and unchanged; receipts
2,5z4.
Eggs-Stcady and unchanged; receipts
67o8.
Hay-Easy. Shipping, 6o66s; good
10 choice, 77h@S2N.
Lard-Firm Western steamed, 7.3o;
refined, steady; continent, 1885, South
American, 500; compound, 5h4@sw.
Live Stock.
Chicago. - Cattle - Good to primo
steers, 6ooM7. 20; poor to medium, 800
@5.So; stockcrs and feeders, 22o@4. 10;
cows, I.4o@4.oo; heifcrs, 2ooG5 .ooi
Gamers, I.3502.Ao; bulls, 2oo64 10;
calves, 3.5o@7.oo; Western steers, 5000
4,85.
Hog,-Markct strong 10 SC. higher.
Mixed and butchers, 4.3o04.5o; good
TO choice heavy, 4.4eH@45o; rough
heavy, 425@4.35; light, 4ao "a 437H;
bulk of sales, 4.3715al4.45.
Sheep-Shcep strong lambs, roc.
higher Good TO choice wethers, d 5oW
5.25 fair 10 choice mixed, 3oo04.4o;
native lambs, 4.75@o.5o
New York-Beeves-S Steers. I5@2sc.
lower; bulls, steady; cows, IodI5c.
lower; ordinary to good native steers
sold at 3.7oC1s3o; two head at 500;
stags, 100000; bulls at 275@575;
cows, I.2s@3.25; one do. at 400. Dress
ed beef, steady Gables from London
and Liverpool quoted live cattle higher
at oK@iaHc. per pound, dressed weight;
extra beef, I3c. refrigerator beef, lower
at s3zc per pound. No exports
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17

Washington, March 16.-B. H. War
ner, Jr., consul at Leipsic, Germany,
writes to the State Department that an
Austrian company has just received an
order through a Berlin house for q
large number of small arms for the
Chinese government. 1t is said that
such a quantity of rifles has been or
dered that it will take the company
several years to fill the order. even
with additional forces of men to whom
it has given employment. This is only
one of many reports that have come
to the State Department within the
past six months that both in Germany
and Austria the arms makers nave
been busy supplying the Chinese with
modern arms and ammunition. The
fact has attracted attention here, be-
cause it was provided in the treaty
of Pekin which closed the Boxer trou-
bles that for term of years the i'm
portation of arms into China should
be absolutely stopped. The officials
here view with regret this laxity in
the enforcement OF the treaty provis-
ion by the signatory Powers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17

! cally convulse official Korea, in which
/ the Chinese or Buddhist party was
Z worsted and the priests in consequence
! forbidden the towns
( Struggling arteries of travel trav-
/ ersed the place dotted with the white
ROBBED folk. and here and there pack
horse. But of carriages none, not
! even the jinrikisha or grown-up baby
carriage of Japan. over this CLINT
ed the morning sun, conspiring with
the sedate demeanor of the people to
steep the place in soporific charm.
Sunk in seclusion and lying at the
outposts of the day, and Koreans call
their kingdom the Land of Morning
Calm. And the country and its peo-
pie fit both adjective and noun. Change
has, nassed them by, and time itself
stood still. They are to-day what they
were 800 years ago. In large part they
reproduce the customs of the Ming
dynasty of China, the dynasty called
bright" which they copied then and
from inertia retain. Stagnant as we
regard China to be, that land is pro-
gress itself compared with Korea.
They would seem but to have fol-
lowed nature. For nature has made
this the land of her surviyals. Living
there to-day, quite peacefully for
themselves if less SO for other inhab-
itants, are two animals. the direct de-
scendants of tertiary times. In spite
of climate like that of our New
England and the Middle States, the
tiger and leopard are still denizens of
the land Both date from the era
when the rhinoceros layed himself in
the Thames, and before the mammoth
lay down to sleep forever in the ST.
berian steppes. In, the warm era
which preceded the glacial epoch, the
tiger roamed far north, in company
with the fauna, whose bones we find
fossil to-day, then, as the cold came
on he was forced south Some of the
animals were pushed straight on and
found themselves at last in India; 9TH
ers, turning to the eastward slightly,
the peninsula of Korea, whence,
hemmed. in by the mountains, there
was no escape. So there the latter tar
red, and as the cold increased simply
grew longer fur to protect themselves,
and there they have stayed till the
present day.
Added to anachronism was another
1uality to give oddly to these folk
an antipodal inversion of everyday
life. Their manners and customs were
the opposite of our own. They shook
.neir own hands. not yours, on max
ing your acquaintance; they took off
ing your house; man, not woman, was
The important figure in social life; and
they worshiped their ancestors. not,
Americanwise, their descendants. They
wrote backward: they read Backward
their thoughts sped backward. The
past was their paragon, not the future.
was the guiding star of
their lives. and the Confucian ethics
heir only law. What they had learnt
mad been an heirloom from the far
past, and, they had never deemed any
hing worth the acquiring since. The |
Chinese classics were to them the road |
alike to pleasure. pelf and fame. To |
become a bachelor of arts was the goal
o which all the higher classes should,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17
that a Korean must be in mourning
an imposing fraction of his life

that a Korean must be in mourning
an imposing fraction of his life.
We began our memory of Seoul in
the morning; may we not fifty close it
with the advent of night? AS the
cleaning fades away a watcher may
see suddenly shine out upon the top
of Namsan, or the South mountain,
four bonfire stars. For fifteen min
utes they flash there, to tell Korea
that all is peace; and then, as sudden
ly, they go out; and the watcher below
becomes aware that everything about
him is wrapped in gloom. A curfew
law forbids all but magistrates to be
out after dark, and the city lies sunk
in a starlit silence that may be felt.
Alone for him the hours speed by, I'M
til, booming through the distance, come
the solemn tones of a great far-east-
ern bell. 1t is the big bell of Seoul,
marking the midnight. AS he sat there
alone he little dreamed how soon all
about him would be transformed; how
first steam and then electricity, the
modern jim, would be exercised upon
the seashore to work their will upon
the land; how a railway would run
between Chemulpo and Seoul; how
steamers would ply upon the Han: how
exports and imports. unheard of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17

and horse-hair Laputa-wise hats. And
they found him every whit as strange
as he did them. He, on his part, felt
himself standing as in dream con-
Jured into reality from the pages of
Scheherazade In the passers-by he
recognized the figure familiar in the
book, and as he stared at the latticed
easements near him he half expected
to see a small fair hand thrust out
Never, to him at least, did sight call
up such instancy of expectation. For
he was gazing upon what had slept
undisturbed by foreigners from the
time when such adventures We're.
Below stretched the city-a sea of
tiled roofs, from out whose billowy
expanse rose here and there a palace.
OF temples there We're none. This ON
ission marked a curious decree. For
some hundreds of years now no priest
had been permitted to set foot within
any Korean town. Reasons for the de-
cree differ. Some say that. at the last
invasion by the Japanese the invaders,
by adopting the garb of monks, got-ac-
cess to the citadels, since which time
not even real monks have been grant
ed admission. Others ascribe it to one
of those internal strifes which period.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17

carry out the plans, and an assess
ment made upon each company doing
business in the country to make up a
fund of 500 900 annually to carry on
the work.
The Inquirer quotes. c. A. Hexamer,
chairman of the local board of under
writers, as follows:
at begins to look as if the dream Of
all insurance men for years was about
to be realized. The combination of all
companies for united action as agreed
upon in New York is in no sense q
trust 1t might be likened to a COM
bination OF all railroads to have the
civil engineering throughout the coun-
try planned by a central body, and all
Improvements upon a uniform plan.
THE committee of seven appointed
will now plan and aid in carrying out
a similar series of regulations affecting
the safety of buildings in all cities.
Similar districts in all cities will be
rated the same. so that the merchant
in one city will know he is faring just
the same as his rival in another city II
their business places are similarly To-
Gated.
There will still be use for local
boards in aiding to carry out the work
as planned. but they will not be left
to their own resources, as heretofore,
but will be backed up by a great
power"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17
Rcauty on HorsebacIx.

From the New York Medical Journal
There is nothing that so develops the
beauty Of women as horseback riding.
1t not only develops beauty of form
and complexion, but maintains IL.
Aside from the beauty of face and
form which attracts, equestrianism de-
velops a beauty of character which
makes friends and an ability TO hold
them. II Is universally admitted that
American women are the most beauti-
full. And the most beautiful Ameri-
can women are the equestrlans. Who
has not seen or heard OF the sweet
Kentucky belle. with her Venus-like
figure. bright laughing eyes, beauti-
ful complexion that would put the
damask rose 10 shame-a pose, a grace,
artistic lines. that are beyond the poet
70 describe or the artist 20 reproduce
This beauty o. face, form and charac-
ter r. the inherited and acquired re-
suit 81 equesfrianism.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17
INSURANCE COMPANIES PLAN
ONE GREAT COMBINATION
Idea is to Have Uniform Rates in All Cities on
Same Risks

Philadelphia, March 16.-The In
qurer tomorrow will say that the
National Board of Fire Insurance I'm
derwriters at meeting held in New
York to-day, came to an agreement
with a committee of twenty represent
ing insurance companies by which all
fire insurance companies in this coun-
try and all foreign companies repre-
sented here will form combination.
Uniform rates, the Inquirer says, are
to be fixed for the same class of risks
in all cities.
Uniform legislation in all states and
cities is to be advocated and all tech
nical work of all the companies is here
after to be done by a central board
instead of by local state or city boards,
as has been the custom.
Old insurance men state that this is
the first time the companies have been
able to agree upon plans, although the
subject has been frequently proposed.
Had we gotten together long ago,
said one of the leading insurance men
of the city, I'VE would pot now be
seeing an average ash heap of $780,
0O0 900 every year in this country"
A special committee of seven was
appointed at the New York meeting to
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-17

/ in the day. ]. G. Johnson OF Phil
adelphia, who argued the securities
case before the United States Supreme
Court, was reported to have been one
of the conferees. The others included
Francis Lynde Stetson of counsel to
J. p. Morgan & Co. and r. S. Low
EFT, representing the Hartman inter-
ests. Later Mr.. Hill said.
We are waiting for the order of the
court. Nothing can be done till we
receive it. l would like to say, how
ever, that there will be no attempt to
evade the judgment OF the court.
we haven't any different plan or
plans under consideration. There has
been altogether too much guesswork bv
outsiders. They have tried to make a
mountain out of a molehill. and there
$ not even a mOlehill."