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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
GREENSBORO COLLEGE BURNED.
Ninety Pupils Escaped From the Building
Without Injury.

Greensboro. y. c., lSpecial) The
famous old Greensboro Female College
building. in this city were destroyed by
fire at O'Clock 4. VI There were 90
persons in the binding, including the
faculty. All escaped without injury,
and saved their trunks, wearing apparel.
most of the furniture and bedding.
Hotels and private residents opened their
doors to the students. The fire originated
back of the sleeping rooms, in the same
locality where a small fire occurred two
weeks ago.
Miss Ella TransOn a student from
Ashe county, was awakened by smoke,
and gave the alarm The fire depart
ment found the fire beyond control when
it reached the spot The college prop
erty was transferred only week ago to
the two Methodist conferences of the
State II has bonded Indebtedness of
$40, 600, with value % 1926, 600.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
The JAPS IN MANCHURIA
Reported Contemplated Retreat of the
Russians.
SIBERIAN RAILROAD IN BAD SHAPE.
We're ite Russian Army to Fall Back Upon
Ilarbin They Would Surrender Minehuria
to Tic Japs Not Good Base of Opera
tons-A Russian Fleet in French Port is
Creating Some Excitement.

London, By Cable There is 50
much confusion in the news from the
scat of war that it is impossible to form
u decided opinion about ANYTHING, eX-
crpt that the Russian Navy Is crippled
Russia is drawing together another fleet
from various quarters, but il il likely
~ he crippled like that at Port Arthur.
\ modern ship once destroyed. cannot he
easily re, laced during the brief period
of a modern war On the land Japan
has landed many troops at many points
II is intended for them to converge
and form great army. but IL the Rus
slams know anything about strategy
some Of these divisions will have troubles.
Il is reported that Alexicff and his staff
may retire to Harbin, a comparatively
rev and very important town behind
NuNdtn.
The town is at the junction of the
Siberian and Manchurian Railroads
and is capital base if Russia propose.
to surrender to the japanese the Prov.
incr of ManChuria In the event of The
Japs attacking AloXicif in his new po.
sition he could fail back TO another hnst
and keep this up until he got witoir
striking distance of 81. Petersburg, from
whence he could draw all the reinf, rec
mrntS needed.
There may be no foundation for ia,
reported contemplated move of the Rg>.
slams. The idea that AlcXirlf could Ec!
rciniorccmcnts by the Siberian Railway
is untcnahlr. 1t is single track road
in bad condition and the rcinforccmcnts
that could be drawn over it would not
much more than supply the ordinary de.
iicicncicS or losses of an army. Russia
is fighting far from home, with no
mean, of reaching the latter in time foi
en- .rgcncieS, while Japan, by the sea-. i
within 3j hours Of home, and the sea /,
perfectly clear. That docs not signify
however, that Japan will win on land. II
give' her the better chance, provided her
men ctn stand up against the Russians.
The effect Of the war on Europe is cX
citing considerable concern here both in
glycrnmcut circles and in the public
mind. The French government has an.
noun ed its neutrality and a larger part
of the French people are mp in arms.
The R"ssian feet which passed through
the Suez Canal ard was supposed 10 bC
in the Indian Ocean is in the French
port of Uiibonti in Somaliland 1t i.
quite an important fleet consisting of
the battieship Oslianga. the cruiser,
Aurora and Dimitri Dcnskoi and n mum
Der Of Torpedo boat destroycrs all com
manded by Admiral Wircuius
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Acute Blind Man.

Thomas g. Smith. who was known
as Blind Tom" died at the city hos
pital yesterday from the effects of NOR
phine poisoning. Smith, or Blind
Tom," as he was called, had worked
for ]. J. Maloney at Nineteenth and
Vine streets for the last six or seven
years.
Smith was remarkable man." said
Mr.. Maloney yesterday. although
totally blind, he was a mighty useful
man around the office. His sense Of
touch was wonderful. He could make
change in both paper and silver money
by the sense of touch. 1t was impos
sible to fool him. All Of his senses
We're acute and his memory was re.
markable. He knew every telephone
number we ever used; he knew every
bad roadway in town; he could tell all
of the Vine street cars by the sound of
their wheels. lie walked all over town
with nothing but cane to guide him
He could find his way anywhere
Kansas City Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
BOY GIVES IN HIS SLEEP
Extraordinary Death in England of n
SomuamhuIist.

Perhaps the most extraordinary ia.
tality ever recorded as arising out of
somnambulism was inquired into by
the coroner of st. Ives, Cornwall. Au.
gust 81.
The victim was n pleasant and pop
ular lad of nineteen named John Sum,
mcrs. who with his brother Gerald and
his father. Mr.. John summers. an iron.
master of Inglewood Cheshire, had
been staying for three weeks at the
Porthminster Hotel st. Ives.
During tie visit Jack" as his
brother called him. had done much
diving into the sea. and this undoubted.
ly had made such an impression upon
him that it revived the habit of sleeL
walking. which he had formed in his
childhood.
1t was dramatic story which Gerald
summers told TO the coroner's jury
I'VE occupied separate beds in the
same room about seventy or eighty
feet from the ground" he said. "and
retired as usual on Sunday evening.
suddenly. about o'clock in the
morning, | awoke. and missing Jack
from his bed, called to him. | got. no
reply and just at that moment was
startled to see his figure outside the
window. He was standing on the
parapet with his hands M and his head
and shoulders inclined as If he were
taking header into the sea. Before
| could do anything l saw him going
over. and then / heard the thul on
the ground"
He alarmed the hotel people and the
poor fellow was picked mp. suffering
from severe concussion of the brain, u
broken jaw and other severe injuries
He never woke from his fatal sleep.
but died at O'Clock on Monday morn.
ing. On the soft grass of the lawn was
plainly visible the mark which was
made by his head.
Mr.. John Summers said that his son
had perhaps become overeXcited by his
daily diving. When he was six years
old he was addicted to a mild form OF
sleep walking. but the witness had
not known it to happen since. Gerald
added that he knew his brother had
been dreaming about diving.
Dr. BackhOuse said that he had met
the deceased and lie was every fit" in
every way
The jury, in finding that death was
accidental expressed its deep sym.
pathy with the family. The body was
taken TO Manchester for burial Lon
don Mail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

The first encounter on land in the Rus
so.Japancse War occurred in Korea and
Co>sacks captured some japanese pris.
oncrs
European nations are making cxten-
sivc military preparations, and war
rumors caused a panic on the Paris
Bourse.
An attempt to kill President Boni!a
was made while he was at the theatre,
and he has assumed the dictatorship Of
Honduras
Another battle was reported in North
Albania, in which the AibaG!ans were
defeated with a loss in Killed aad wound.
ed OF 500.
Fifteen persons were killed in an ex.
plosion in ce.lulJId comb factory in
Paris.
A Russian force of 1000 occupied
Win, Korea, and rapid movements of
troops were believed to indicate an early
battle on land
Russia intimatcd favorable response
tothe Hay note concerning the neutrality
OF China.
DR. Jameson, of jameson raid fame,
was called upon to form cabinet in
Cape Colony, Sir J. J Sprigg having re.
signed the Premiership.
The rights Of Jews are 20 be greatly
restricted in 10 provinces of Russian
POLAND.
Russia Is pouring troops into llarbin
l2O, 600 being expected within l2 days,
and that city is expected TO be the base
Of the Russian land operations.
Owing to the prediction of Disturbances
In China by Rear Admiral Evans. the
/ United States has ordered that /, 500 ma
rines be in readiness to land In China
The forces Of General Jiminel des,ory.
ed the railway 10 Puerto Plata San,o
! Domingo, and the best element il is said
favors American Intervention.
An uncontlrmcd rnmor stated that the
Dowager Empress Of China was dead.
The German Emperor was reported AZ
having plans 10 90 yachting In the Med.
terrancan next month.
Bulgarians dynamtod a bridge in Eu-
ropoan Turkey and killed two soldiers
and seven workmen
The export orders OF the United States
Steel Corporations for the first week In
February exceeded the export orders Of
the first three weeks of December last,
fcbruary's record for exports is expect
ed 10 be the largest In lis history. The
net profts on export orders, however,
! are very small
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
PUTS Loss AT S6I, ,oOO.00o.
Appeal Tax Courts Estimate Of Baltimore
Fire Loss.

Baltimore Md, (Special). The report
Of the Appeal Tax Court on the estimated
loss in the burncd district includes the
following:
The total number of pieces of property
destroyed was 2200
The loss on ground, according TO the
valuations placed by the city amounts
to SIP O0O, coo
The estimated loss on improvements is
81 900. 900.
The loss ON merchandise is placed at
$4,000. GOO, this being based upon the
valuations a. made by the assessor of the
Appeal Tax Court
The effect on stock operations is csti-
mated at So 0O0, 600, making a total csti.
mated loss Of SGl 900. 600. This estimate
is considered to be conservative, mas
much as the merchandise on hand AT the
time of the fire is supposed - have been
in excess Of the average amount carried
during the year and on which the assess
mcnt was placed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

there's nothing better in this world
than usefulness
BE amusing: never tell unkind
stories; above all, never tell long ones"
Vanity likes to be fed, but if neces.
sary, it can supply its own nourish.
ment.-Puck.
What we want to believe we believe;
what we don't want TO believe we re-
gard as foolishness.
Patience has been described as the
ballast of the soul, that will keep it
from rolling and tumbling in the great.
est storm.
The man who is unable to appreciate
humor gets a vast deal of comfort out
of the pride he feels in his common
self.--Puck.
The custom of blaming others when
things 20 wrong is an insidious and
dangerous one. Far more is it the pur.
pose to inquire whether the fault
much of it may not lie at home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Must Keep Her Fathers Promi-e.

Tatyana Nussopova. an unusually
handsome KirghiZ girl of seventeen.
presented herself, few days ago, be-
fore the Presiding Judge at the District
Court in Astrakhan with the following
prayer:
As an infant of five years she had
been beuOthed by her father to the
ten-year-old son of Il neighbor the
father acting according to Kirghiz Gus.
tom. The young man now claims his
bride, and although the latter loves an
other young tribesman she is held by
both parent and bridegroom to her in
fantile betrothal. The weeping girl
prayed the Judge TO extend to her the
right Of Russian law to choose her own
husband.
After careful reference to the code
the Judge ruled that as the Russian
law gave the fullest freedom of relig
ions and moral rites and customs to the
non-orthodoX subjects of the Car the
fathers power was paramount, and the
disconsolate girls appeal was refused.
London Daily Mail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Life in LIQUID Air.

In recent experiments on bacteria,
DIR. Allan Macfadyen, director of the
Jenner Institute In London. has found
that some of these microscopic plants
will resume activity after immersion
in liquid air for six months. Evi.
IDENTITY life under conditions OF this
sort is potential rather than actual
and exists only in virtue OF the possl-
bility of its revival. Matter that lives
thus while frozen must be, DR.. Mac
fadyen thinks. 'in new and hitherto
unobtained third condition." be.
tween life and death and furnishes rs
with an absolute perfect case OF ''sus,
pended animation" II Is evidently no
longer possible to maintain that The
low temperature OF space could have
prevented the arrival of living gerins
with cosmic dust. which was Suggest
ed by Helmhoiz. the great Germap
physicist. and others, as a possible way
in which life may have been intro.
duced on earth.-Success.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
BUFFALO BILL" AS A MINER.
lie Incorporates Company TO Develop Min.
erals ia Wyoming.

Newark, y. J., Special. ~ Col vii
liam T.. Cody Buffalo Bill, is one Of
the incorporators of Cody's Wyoming
Coal Company, authorized to do mining
of other kinds and generally improve
properties in the ncighborhood of lands
owned by Colcncl Cody.
The authorized capital stock is fixed at
$500, 900, but only $1,000 is paid up.
There are 8, 500 shares all told and these
have par value of 500 each The in.
corporators, who are credited with 5000
worth each in addition TO Colonel Cody,
are John 5. Bell, of this city, ex chief Of
the Secret Service and now vice presi.
dcnt and general manager of the Union
Ice Company; Selden Bacon and Luc!us
{. Frame, Of New York city. and DR.. d.
Frank Powell, of st. Paul
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
CASHIER SHOT HIMSELF.
Says He lock for Speculation $4,000 OF
Georgia Funds.

Macon, Ga, Special. C II. Trout.
man, cashier of the Merchants and Farm.
ers Bank of Milledgeviile, Ga, who sho;
himself twice Tuesday night, is s,ii, !iv.
ing, but in sinking condition
In letter to President j I. Allen, of
the bank, he said he had touched none
of the bank 5 funds, but had used S23. 0OO
OF State funds. This money was in his
own possession as treasurer OF the State
sanitarium. Troutman had engaged in
cotton speculation and, while he had
gained a large amount. he lost more in
the slump, He was Past Grand Chan.
celor Of the knights of Pythias. The
bank has been closed temporarily.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Loss IN BATTLE HEAVY.
Albanian Insurgents Routed by Turks Siege
Ended,

SaAoniki, Macedonia, tBy Catle) The
Albanians who were besicCing Shcmshi
Pasha. who with $500 Turkish troops
and three guns, was reported TO he be
sicged 10y %. 600 Albanians at Bnbaihosi,
have been routed, losing 500 men killed
and wounded.
The Turkish losses are said 90 be heavy.
Five additional battalions of troops have
been ordered TO Ncrisoyich
Rome BY Cablc). The situation in
the Balkans, especially since the revolt
Of the Albanians in the district Of Dia-
kova, province of Ipck, is considered
here to be serious
II is declared thar Austria has 30. 600
men ready to invade Albania but If such
move were made, Italy would consider
II rs disturbing the balance of power on
the Adriatic and most detrimental 10 her
interests there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER
The Latest Happenings Condensed for
Rapid Reading.
Domestic.

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senator
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cd fn,. .n,,,, ,rcct: e., ,Lo .la,o. 80 ,'T", ha.
husband and at last found him ON tbr
Bowcrv.
\ large electric fan i, believed to have
drawn the fire across the lroauoi, Thea.
trc Chicago.
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amount in speculation Shot himself.
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burned to death nv a moh nror Crossett
Arkansas
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Mrs Jane Watkins, aged 81 years, was
ourhc" ~ ue"th near NhecIihg' W. va
Representative John f. Shaforth
lDem,, CoL) resigned his seat in the
House because, he said there were eyi-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
ENcLANo's FAMOUS "sHoP"
Eife at the Royal Military Academy at
wooIwich.

Whenever military men get together
In party in which there happens to
be British army men, somebody is
sure to mention 'the shop"-a refer
ence which mystifes the outsiders in.
variably, for the term is used with no
explanatory adiuncts.
Then if the conversation in addition
falls on "hoXters." smokers and
"growlers." the listeners may well be
excused if they begin to doubt the
sanity of the Britons
The shop is the clearcst kind of
English to an English soldier. II
means the famous Royal Military
academy at Woolwich. which has been
renowned in song and story and history
for generations. No graduate of this
university ever dreams of referring TO
it by name. IT is the shop TO him
and 70 everybody who ever had any
thing TO do with it.
The whole life OF Woolwich has its
particular slang. that is quite uniutel
llgible to outsiders.
The successful candidate far admis
sion is confronted with the Grst mys
terry when he arrives at the station
and is hailed with the remark. Here's
your growler for you"
He may look around in vain for any.
thing that looks like that mysterious
thing. Il growler for growler is
neither dog nor man: it is merely
common. plain. ordinary cab.
Arrived at the entrance to the acad.
envy, the newcomer probably will be
told by the first person of whom he
makes inquiry that his first visit must
he To Adjy. WHO Ably is no one con.
descends 10 inform him. and as the
term IS used with such evident faml.
iarity. the new arrival may be excused
for believing. as he often does. that
ABLY is a sort of handy man around the
place. So he moons along asking for
Ably till n kindly individual explains
10 him that Adiy is no less than that
awful military glory. the Adiutant.
Having passed the Adiutant success.
fully. the newcomer has become Il
''snooker." This title. neither dignifed
nor illustriouS. and calculated To confer
little pride on its wcarer, is the term
for new cadets. Nobody knows who in.
vented it. or when the first cadet was
labelled with its unpleasant distinction.
but from time beyond tho memory of
Woolwich men the new man has been
q "Snooker."
The smoker has barely learned his
new name. before he IS warned that he
had better get TO bed as early as posi-.
bic in order to be ready f)r tho ''hoX.
ter
1t is hard TO say how the word
''hOxter" originated. what it means or
If it ever meant anything. But it is
expressive. somehow for 1t is the name
for the early morning drill which is
held at $50 Il. IN. and is the pet aver.
sion of all SMOKERS" as it is the pet
drill for the corporals and under,
officers to infiict on the SMOKERS" on
all possible occasions.
On an appointed night the whole
shop assemblies in the gymnasium,
ana the "slookers" mount. one after
the other, on rickety chair set on
still more rickety table, and sing songs.
If they sing sentimental song or for.
get their words. they are forced to hop
clear around the room twice while the
corporals pelt them with shoes, caps
and other wearing apparel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Dartmouth Hall Burned.

Hanover, n. H., (SpeciaD. - Dart.
mouth Hall, the oldest building at Dart.
lege buildings In the country, was burned
TO the ground The fire spread so rap.
han, though they were able TO preveat
Hall was built about 10 years ago As
the fire broke out during the chapel cx.
M the time
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24

In answer to a communication from
William c, Dodge inquiring into the
reported existence of slavery in the Jolo
Islands and inclosing newspaper clip
pings alleging that Americans were slave
dealers Secretary Taft has written the
following letter:
The statement with respect to slavery
In the Philippines Is an outrageous lie
There are no Americans engaged in the
slave trade at all, There has been in the
past some kidnapping by the Moros of
the bill tribes, but this has been sup
pressed, and there is little of it now.
General Wood, with the approval of the
Philippine Commission, is using every
endeavor to suppress slavery throughout
the Moro province TO which il is almost
wholly confined.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Russians Lose Two Cruisers

Toxic. by CablcN-A heavy storm
spared the Russians from Il desperate
torpedo attack at Port Arthur on the
morning Of sunday, the 1lth instant.
During the preceding night the vessels
Of the japanese liOtilla of torpedo craft
were parted by the force Of the wind and
waves, in a binding snow storm, so that
only two Of the larger dcStroycrs sue.
ceeded in forcing their way through the
fierce gale to Port Arthur
When they arrived there they attacked
separately, and the officers of one of
them are confident that they succeeded
In tOrpedoing "a Russian warship. The
destroyer Asargiri, in charge Of Lieu
tenant Commander Ishikawa, arrived off
Port Arthur about 3 clock in the morn.
ing, and was met with a sharp fire from
the fortress and Russian ships acting as
scouts. The Asargiri discharged several
torpedoes at a big warship, but the re.
suit is unknown. 4 cannonade was
opened upon the scouting vessels and
maintained until they withdrew. The
destroyer Heyatory, Lieutenant Com.
mander Takenouchi, arrived two hours
after the Asargiri, and ran up close to
the mouth Of the harbor where she
found two warShips, names unknown
She fired torpedo at one, and the tor
pedo exploded.
Admiral Togo, in reporting the attack
says although the results are unknown,
he feels sure the moral effect upon the
enemy will be excellent. Commander
Nagai commanded the entire torpedo
fotilla. The number Of the craft in the
fotilla and the point Of their departure
is concealed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
Na:uralllation frAuds.

New York, (SpecisD. Statements of
Giovanni Morrelli, an Italian miner Of
Butte, Mont, who was stopped by the
immigration authorities here on his re-
turn from visit to Italy, indicate, II is
said, wholesale naturalization frauds in
that state. Morrelli was found 10 be suf
fering from a yalvular disease OF the
heart and was ordered depOrte1 lie
produced his American citizenship pa.
pers, issued by the county court at
Butte Mont, but admitted that he first
came 10 America only three years ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-24
TROOPS PREVENT LYNCHING.
Georgia Negro Had Pleaded Guilty OF Grim
ina! Assault.

Columbus, Ga, Special The loca'
military has been called out here to pre-.
vent the lynching Of Willie Hudson,
negro, who pleaded guilty 10 attempted
criminal assault Upon Emma Burton. q
l2ycar.old school girl, week ago, the
plea being entered at special term OF
'he Superior Cour,. HGdson was given
the limit Of the .aw-20 wears in the
pcnitcntiary.
~ the negro was being taken back tc
g.r ina made dcapcpaie @ ai,cmp a'' to % get S le
the prisoner, bat was Cvcrpowercd by
the officers
The trial had caused great excitement,
and fearing efforts would be made by
the friend, Of Burton to secure the negro,
a company OF State troops was ordered
uGf.