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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
DAUGHTER TELLS STORY.
The Killing Of Lafe Taylor Recounted By lds
de Kay.

Monticello, N. Y, (SpeciaD Ida
May de Kay, daughter of Mrs. Kate
Taylor, who Is undergoing a second
trial for the murder of her husband
Lafe Taylor-told the story of the
killing of her step-father as witnessed
by herself
In her testimony the girl asserted
that her uncle, Peter Yerkins, was at
the Taylor house on the night of tho
murder and assisted Mrs. Taylor in
dsmembering the body. She testified
I that she was awakened from sleep
by shot. Going into the next room
she saw Taylor holding the door lead,
ing into the kitchen with one hand
an trying 10 pull OH his boots with the
| other. She saw her mother trying to
open the door in order to get at her
husband
The witness said she went out on
the stoop, for few minutes. She told
| OF hearing a second shot and going
in saw her fathers body on the floor
with her mother standing over it with
a revolver i'll her hand, which she tried
to fire again.
The girl related the details OF the
disposition of the body, which were
of the most revolving character Her
mother. she said, cut off Taylor's head
with an AK and put it in the stove.
Then the older woman took lighted
lantern and SWING it around three
times from the doorway. This brought
Peter Yerkins To the house, the Wit
ness continued. He asked il Lafo
was dead ,nd received an affirmative
answer,
Mrs. Taylor again took the AK and
tried to cut off one of Taylor's legs;
then laid the AK down before sha
had succeeded Ycrkins took the az
and finished cutting off the leg,
Ida says she went to bed and left
Yerkins and her mother together with
the body. When she arose the next
morning Yerkins had disappeared and
her mother was still burning the body
At the previous trial il was brought
out that Mrs. Taylor cut up the trunk
OF the body and put it in cloth sack
and placed the sack in wash tub
which was put in the cellar Mrs,
Taylor took the ashes and bones from
the stove and pounded up the bones
and fed them to the chickens. Tho
skull was not burned and it was
brought back to the house and put in
| the stove again
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01

SIR Charles ilardnge. the new Brit
I,h ambas ador to Russian. presented
his credentials 90 the Car, aId /; Is
believed ia ST Petersburg taat the
way will soon be opened for improved
relations between the two countries.
In a battle between the Dominican
troops and the rcyO.u,iOuists at
Eshcsouza. on the road from Monte
Cristi to Santiago, many were killed
and wounded on both sides General
RaOul Cabrera, minister Ot war, COM
manding tie government troops, was
killed.
The budget comm tee of the Aus-
trlan delegation, pa sscd tie eNtrau?di-
nary credits for the army ard navy,
totaling $4,000 600
An extradrion treaty between the
United States and Panama was signed
in the City OF Panama.
The Osscrvatore Romano. the Vat
lean organ, published an official state
ment OF the conversation between Car
dinal Merry del Val and VI. Nisard,
the French ambassador 10 the Nati-
can. 20 show that the position taken
by the French government was not
justified.
The government Of Panama has
granted I5-year concession to the
operation OF wireless telegraph sys-
TEN.
The British stamer Tweeddale sailed
from Hongkong for Durham, Natal,
with LOSS coolies.
A dispatch TO the Paris Temps from
St. Petersburg says General Kuropat-
kin has cut the land communications
between the armies OF General Kuroki
and Oku.
OF the complement OF the cruiser
foshino, recently sunk in collision
with the cruiser Kasuga, o. noncom-
missioned officers and 22o blue jackets
were drowned
Russian officials declare that the ST.
berian ports opened by imperial decree
will not be closed upon the conclusion
OF the war.
The Russians are reported 10 have
burned the Korean sliFines and the
royal mausaleum az Habnhcung.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Internal Machine 10 Refinery.

Waukegan. ~, (SpeciaD.-A care
fully made internal machine was found
Monday in the yards OF the big War
ner sugar refinery and the police are
convinced an attempt was made to
blow up the factory. An explosion
followed by a 100000 fire occurred
in the plant recently and it is now be-
l;eved it was incendiary. Four lives
were lost then and there would un-
doubiedly have been more victims had
the bomb exploded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
An Iuterventlon Rumor.

Paris, (By Cable).-The Soir says
it has learned from trustworthy
source that Lieut.-Gen. Baron Fred
ricks and another member of the Rus
sian court, who recently visited Paris,
came on a secret mission. which had
for its purpose the seeking of the in.
tervention and effective support OF
the French Government in the event
of China adopting an aggressive atti-
tude toward the Russians in Man
churia. The paper says the Govern
mcnt gave formal promise OF compli-
ance with Russia's request.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Sunk Ry Submarine Boat.

Niuchwang, (By Cable).-The Rus
sian authorities here declare that a
japanese tatileship has been sunk by
a submarine boat. and that three craft
OF this class are now at Port Arthur
and another en- route to Vladivostok
by rail. A French priest just arrived
from Mukden says 10000 Russian
troops are stationed there. and that
an army Of 100. 600 men is at Liaoyang,
with heavy reinforeements arriving
Hailv
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
"Suu Worship" Killed Her.

Chicago, (SpeciaD. - Miss Eloisc
Reusse of St. Paul. Mimi, who became
insane here while undergoing the or
deal OF the so-caled sun worship
fast" is dead at the State Hospital for
the Insane at Elgin. DR.. Frank s.
Whitman, superintendent OF the Hos
pital, says death was due to acute
mania induced by starvation. Dur
ing the fast, which is said to have last
ed II days, the, deceased was sub
jected to torture by means of needles
aud the application OF lotus oil
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Losses In Tomatoes Caused Suicide.

Chicago, H., (SpeciaD. 49, Suicide
while temporarily deranged' was the
verdict Of the coroner's jury at an in
quest here over the body OF W. A.
Duncan, oi Syracuse, y Y, Duncan
jumped under Lake Shore freight
train. + Skeel, a friend OF the de-
cedent. testified that Duncan. who was
70 years old. had invested $1,000 in a
tomato farm at Jacksonville, Fla,
which was destroyed by a washout a
few weeks ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Shot Guards and Killed Himself.

Columbus, O.. Especially, = Frank
Green, convict at the Ohio Peniten-
tiary, shot Guards Henry Gearhart
and Albert Huber and then killed
himself. Gearhart is shot through
both lungs and cannot live. Huber is
shot in the, arm and will recover. No
one knows the cause OF the tragedy
or where Green procured the revolv-
er. He laid in wait for his victims,
and without word fred on them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Nearly 9l,0OO, 600 Messages.

According to a bulletin issued by the
Census Bureau 9o,S+4,7SO telegraphic
messages were sent over American
wires in 1902.
The bulletin places the number OF
telegraph companies in the country at
p ard gives the total mileage OF wires
operated as I,24S,6o2 The par value
OF the authorized stock was SooS7o,-
225. The gross income for the year
was S2S,4go.2Io The total dividends
for year amounted to $6,oS4, 4,oIo
and the net surplus to S2,o77,SI2. The
Capitalization OF the Postal Company,
which is only 100000, being merely
nominal, IS excluded from the total
capitalization "a given by the bule-
tin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Virginia company's Claim

Attorneys representing to Bon
sack Company, OF Virginia, have ap-
pealed to the State Department to
prefer claim against the Mexican
government for 81, 100000 and the case
i under consideration. with the pros
poets that it will be referred to Am
bassador Clayton for preliminary re-
port
The company's claim is based upon
the use by MeXican companies OF its
patents for manufacturing cigarettes,
and. II is alleged, the Supreme Court
OF Mexico has denied Justice in this
matter
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Two Girls Drowned.

Steubenville. O.. (SpeciaD "A dou-
bic drowning occurred in Big Yellow
Creek at Hammondsville. The dead
are Annie Platt, aged Il years, and
Sadie Hardie. aged II years. II is not
fully known how the drowning oc-
cured but tho girls are supposed to
have gone wading in the stream, as
they had their shoes off when found.
II IS probable they ventured out too
far and were swept away by the swift
current Ybe bsd'<s wsss recovered,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
American Shot In Paris.

Paris. (By Cable) e),--The youngest
son OF DR.. John Evans, a leading
American, has been found dead from
bullet wound Evans, who was 22
wears old, had just returned from
Nice. to which place he had eloped
ried and the mother OF two children.
A number OF mysterious features are
connected with the case, but the police,
after an examination, are satisfied that
death resulted from suicide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
To Pay Mail Carriers Monthly.

In accordance with a verbal report
made by a spc 'ial committee appointed
by the secretary OF the treasury all
star rou.e carriers, contractors and
mail passengers carrying mails be-
tween postoliices and railroad stations
and steamboat wharves will be paid
monthly Instead OF quarterly begin
ming July I.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Cannot Construct Golfers.

The navy department announced
that 1t does not see its way clear TO
construct the two golfers authorized
by Congress at the last session to be
constructed in government yards,
since no appropriation was made for
the construction OF slips requisite to
the work of building ships. The col
liers were designed to carry 5000 tons
OF coal and 10 cost SI,25o,ooo each.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Leaving Brazirs Coffee Fields.

The Selate committee a. Rio, Bra
iii, reports to the State Department
that the station laborers, who consti-
tute half OF the workers on the coffee
plantation in San Iaulo are leaving
Brazil for the United States because
they are not paid their wages, owing
to the depressed state Of e-grow-
ing interests
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Names OF New Warships.

Washington, ID. c., (SpeciaD The
rev vessels for the navy authorized
by Congress at its last session have
been named as follows: The battle,
ship, New Hampshire; cruisers, North
Carolina and Montana; scout cruisers,
Chester. Bennington and Salem; COLI
liers, Erie and Ontario.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
Bank President Indicted.

Sioux City, la, (SpeciaD.-W. f.
Brown, president of the defunct First
National Bank OF Storm Lake. Ia, has
been indicted by the federal grand jury
on a charge OF embezzling S74,oo OF
the banks funds. He also is charged
with making false reports TO the
comptroller of the currency concern
ing the condition of the bank.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
sslehloxer Gels T~enty Years.

Montgomery. Ala, (SpeciaD, - T.
Callahan. OF Cincinnati, who, with Al
bert Driscoll, was convicted OF safe
blowing at Montgomery aud who is
wanted in other parts OF the country
for the same offense, was sentenced
TO twenty years in the penitentiary,
the extreme penalty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01
six prisaaers areak IalL

Portsmouth, o., (SpeclaD. > Six
prisoners. John Everett. Frank and
John Taylor, John Patrick. Charles
Hall and James Abrams. dug through
the steel ceiling and brick wall in the
Greenup (Ky) jail and escaped,
.nioa.ihaunds are after them
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-06-01

The State Department has been ad-
vised OF the appointment OF Morteza
Khan as Persian minister to the
Upised s&stes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19

Christmas turkeys viii come cheaper
and more plentiful than the birds which
gTaced the tables on Thanksgiving Day.
The prospects are that turkeys will be
selling from 10 ( cents cheaper per
pound than they did a month ago.
At the present time some OF the deal
ers in Center Market are selling turkeys
as low as IS cents. This price, however
viii not prevail on Christmas Eve day.
The price AT that time. according TO
most dealers, viii be from 20 to %
cents per pound
4 Finer Bird.
The supply will be almost unlimited.
and the specimens will be much finer
than they were around Thanksgiving
Day. Gobblers weighing between twenty
and thirty pounds will be easy TO OBJ
tain. The flavor of the meat OF the
turkeys will also be improved.
Why Is taIsy many people VIII ask.
What is the reason for the fact that
Sir GObblcr bears himself more proudly
and Is ever ready with denanl chal-
lenget The reason is easily explained.
For three weeks the Weathe has Deen
extremely cold; snow and lee have been
on the ground most OF the uIne. 4hese
conditions have prevented the red
shouted knight from wandering from
his coop. lie has fed on the tat Or the
land without eXerting himself. II the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
PERFORMS OPERATION
WITH HIS PENKNlFE
New York Surgeon Saves the Life of
Hospital Attendant by Prompt Ac-
tion-Choking on an Oyster.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-The swift effort
Of DR.. f. T. Huppert. a young surgeon
at St. Johns Hospital. I'm Long Island
City. saved the life OF James Fay, one
Of the hospital attendants. the victim
of a remarkable accident and today
Fay Is recovering. With the other at
tendants Fay was at supper. The meal
began NTH oysters. Fay attempted 20
swallow an unusually large oyster and
II stuck in his throat.
Dr. Huppert whipped out q penknife.
made a quick incisiOn In Fay's neck,
thrust his finger into the throat and
sent the oyster down. Fay breathed
again. The operation IS ordinarily one
approached with an expenditure OF time
and caution and an array OF different
Instruments.
The physician has been the recipient
Of congratulate tons for his presence or
mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
A Graceful Carriage

No woman can afford to ig-
more her shoes unless she
hands in her resignation to
polite society.
For her shoes determine her
walk, and her walk decides
her style, her carriage, her
posture, her whole attitude
and bearing as she moves
about.
The first requisite of such
a carriage is a properly con
structed shoe-and an accu-
rate fit.
a woman's shoe should hug
the foot closely around and
under the instep and heel. 1t
should be very flexible to the
foot TO enable her to walk in
an easy, graceful manner.
This is the especial charm
that has made Queen Quail
ity" the most popular shoes
in the world.
They are trim and neat in
shape, as also are many other
shoes, but they go farther
than this-farther than any
shoe-in actually creating an
elastic, graceful step which is
worth ten years of youthful
ness to a middle-aged woman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
LYMAN ABBOTT REJECTS
A GREAT FIRST CAUSE
Startling Confession Of the Eminent
ChuTehman Which Brands Him
as a Hereto.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Dec. III
wonder" said Dr. Lyman Abbott IN APP
pietOn Chapel last night. III you Har-
ward students will believe me when l
say that / 10 longer believe IN a great
First Cause? Tomorrow the papers will
publish this. and brand me as a heretic
Il believe In q great and ever present
force which manifests itself In all the
activities OF man and the working OF
nature. God IS energy. intelligent en-
ergy working for good. The Bible no
longer can be accepted as the ultimate
truth. silence tells US man was not
created, but Is a creature OF evolution.
Literature and history tell Us that
many OF the beliefs Of the Bible are
copied from anterior religions. Even the
Ten Commandments were the result OF
a grad>al growth. not the inspired word
OF Moses. God is great yet personal.
everywhere, yet near-nearer than hands
and feet"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
AMERICA GOOD ENOUGH
FOR EUGENE ZIMMERMAN

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Dec. l9.-Presi-
dent Eugene Zimmerman. OF the Ham
utOn and Dayton and Pere Marquette
Railroad System this evening emphati-
Cally denied the o1t-repeated rUmOrs
tnat be intended 90 retire from active
life and make his home with his dauEh-
ter. the Duchess of Manchester, in
England
Fl am not going 10 England TO 1--we
Tot even for "a protracted visit said me-
America il plenty good enough for NE Do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
TURKEY
DON'T HANG SO HIGH
Will Sell From Two TO -Four Cents Less Per Pound Than
the Thanksgiving Sacrifice

weather had been mild lac would have
been wandering a long way from the
luWl yard In search OF food. For three
weeks the turkey has staid close to the
barn and mas been fed on corn, meal
dough, bread and other things calcu-
lated TO fatten and increase the favor
OF the flesh The consequence Is that
the Washington housekeepeTs Will have
a splendid market 10 pick their Christ
mas turkey from.
Chickens in Favor.
Turkeys are not the only things which
are plentiful and desiI able. Fancy young
chickens viii be selling az about y
cents per pound, and medium chickens
at II cents. CapOus will be selling
around 20 cents per pound. Rabbits viii
be around IS and IS cents apiece. The
snow. which has resulted in increasing
the price of the gObbler. has added 10
the unhappiness of Mr.. Bunny With
a white mantle on the ground he cannot
nibble at the tender shoots Of turnip
tops and cabbage, and has lost much
flesh thereby Quail also suffer from the
same conditions. They will be selling
at from 500 10 $3.50 per dozen. Pleas
ants will bring about 1875 apiece. SPUR
rels will sell at - cents apiece.
Thus IL will be seen that the market
presents a splendid assortment Of good
things for the Christmas table. The
week promises 10 bring great slaughter
among the fowls, and, OF course. more
blades will be drawn against Sir Cob
bier than any of his feathered brethren.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19

uinety-foot level canal. Figuring with
this as "a basis the siXty-foot level canal
would cost $50 900. could be- open for
traffic I'm ten years, and fully completed
n twelve years; the thirty-foot level
would cost $3.50 00,000. open FOR traffic in
twelve years. and fully completed in
fifteen wears; the sea level canal would
cost $500 090.g10 could be open for traffic
in fifteen years. and completed in TWEEN
ty years
Tho CUlebrg cut is the great engineer
ing project and difficulty of canal con-
s1TuctOn. MT Wallace said that, COM
pared with this, all other works were
relatively unimpOrtduL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19

and the Caribbean are the same, high
tide in the Bay of Panama rises ten feet
above mean sea level and falls ten feet
below. whereas the fuctUaupn of the
tide of the Caribbean at Colon Is less
than two feet. The construction of q
dam at GambOa. with the necessary
splllWays, as noted in the previous plan.
would be the same under the sea level
plan as under the thirty or sixty foot
level.
THE construction Of the Gambo1 dam
would provide the water supply for the
entire lire of the canal, including the
cities of Panama and Colon IL would
also provide a plant for che generation
OF electric power sufficient TO furnish
ample power for the operation of the
Panama Railroad and for the operation
of any machinery that might be used in
the construction of the canal TO would
require two years 10 construct this dam.
and. roughly estimated. It's cost lnClud-
ing spillWaYs. would be between $4,000. -
go and s16, Goa, coo, not including the power
ulanI 90
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
Cost of Various Plans.

Asked by members of the committee
for an estimate OF the cost of the
various plans. Mr.. Wallace said the best
estimate that could DE made at present
would be based on the estimate OF the
former commission of 500 100000 for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
SEA LEVEL CANAL
MAKES DISSENSION
Admiral Walker Opposes
Chief Engineers Plan.
WALLACE BEFOREC COMMITTEE
Lack of Harmony Among the lsthmian
Authorities Is Indicated by
His Testimony.

Chief Engineer John F. Wallace. Of
the Isthmian Canal Commission LaNoTs
z sea level canal
in this he is strenuously opposed by
Admiral John d. Walker, chairman az
the commission.
Harmony has not distinguished 18TH
mian Affairs in the past nor does this
most recent difference indicate the IN
auguration OF its reign IN the near fu-
ture.
Admiral Walker expressed his opinion
on the subject in The Zines Of Sutur-
day. The views OF Mr.. Wallace were
given 10 the House Committee on Inter
state Commerce during the committee
recent trip 10 the isthmus. He discusses
the matter at length. and while he ad-
mits the sea level canal will cost more
and take longer 10 construct, he yet in
Inmates clearly and strongly his opinion
IL would be the better plan.
a sea level canal" he says, would
be les. expensive 10 maintain, less ex-
pensive TO operate. save time passing
through il. and could be widened or
deepened, when required, without inter
fering with traffic.
that have been considered; the original
plan involving d ninety-foot level. the
second a slxty-foot level, the third a
thirty-foot level. and the fourth a sea
level A large objection 10 the first two
plans is the exceeding doubt OF the
cEaracteE of the ground at BOhlO. where
a great dam must be built.
Engineer Wallaee's Views.
Upon this point Mr.. Wallace says:
The plan of the former commission
provided for a dam of practically 100
feet in height. above sea level. at Bohio,
with a water level OF ninety feet above
sea level. This place was selected on
account OF the fact that at that point
the hills on either side OF the Chagres
come comparatively close together, be
ing about 100 feet apart. and from the
surface Indications IL seemed a favor
able place for the construction NJ a
dam But the Indications are that this
locality viii be an uEfavCrable and eS.
pensive one for the construction Of a
high dam.
The fourth plan would be the con-
stTuction of a sea level canal. with a
tidal lock al Mirafores. In this connec-
ton il is necessary 10 explain that
while the mean sea level of the Pacific
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-12-19
A Sensible Gift

Don't waste your precious
money on gifts that have no
practical value and are for
gotten in a day. Don't rack
your brains and worry about
"what to give" when it is SO
easy to buy Queen Quality"
Shoes.
Here is a gift that every wo-
man appreciates. Here is a
gift that shows good sense as
well as good taste. 1t will
confer a real pleasure upon
the recipient and be a constant
reminder Of the thoughtful
giver.
Queen Quality" is the
hallmark Of correct and re-
fined style; it is the accepted
favorite Of discriminating wo-
men everywhere.
We have the sole right Of
sale in this city for Queen
Quality" Shoes. Most styles
sell at Three Dollars. Special
styles, Three Fifty.
If, for any reason, a differ
ent style or size be desired
than the one purchased, we
will cheerfully make ex-
changes after the holidays
and give special attention to
their careful fitting.