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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
ARMY OFFICERS
LEAD IN PLOT
Conspiracy To Overthrow the Cuban
Government.
PRESIDENT PALMA MARKED FOR DEATH
Three Sons Of Gen. caIIxiO Gsrelu, Generals
MoutsagudO and del Castillo, With cOlousls
Piedra aud AIbert Held on the Charge Of
Conspiracy to Assasslnats President Palma
Warrants for Others.

Havana CBy Cable).- Neiez Gracia,
Gen. Carlos Gracia and Gen. Justo Gra-
cia. sons OF Gen. CaliXto Gracia; Cen
erals Monteagudo and Loynaz del Cas-
alla and Colonels Piedra and Albert
were arrested Sunday on charges, made
by the .ecret police, OF being implicated
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Suppress [ uekel.Shops.

Birmingham, Ala, (SpeciaD Will
out dissenting vote the City Council
of Birmingham finally passed an ordi-
nance which will prohibit the operation
OF any kind Of brokerage houses in the
city which deal il futures alter Octo-
ber
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
Sand In Ear Proves Fatal

Atlantic City, n. l., (SpceiaD Her
bert Lawrence. life guard, died of
blood poisoning. While r13kng a rescue
three weeks ago considerable sand lodged
in ono car Later scrioHs complications
developed Lawrence underwent several
operations, but without any apparent
relief
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
NEW OFFICERS
OF THE G. A. R.
Private Brown Elected Commander.in-
Chief.
Big GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP.
The Report Of commander.ln.cbief Tanner
Was Of Considerable Length, and
Covered All Features Of the Work
Done by the Grand Army During the
Last Year.
THE NEW OFFICERS.

Commander in Chief-R. B.
Brown, of GAINESVILLE. o.
Senior Vice Commander -
William II. Armstrong, of In
dianapolis.
Junior Vice Commander-E.
b. Fenton, of Detroit
Chaplain-iu-Chief - Archbis-
hop John Ireland, OF St. Paul.
Surgeon General w. II.
Johnson, of Lincoln, Neb.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23
TERRIBLE LOSSES.

At Valparaiso from 200 to
1000 people were killed and in
jured. Property losses, $780,
100000
At Santiago, the capital city,
many persons believed to have
been killed by falling buildings.
The buildings OF Congress and
other public buildings seriously
damaged.
The towns Of Nina del Mar,
Quirihue, Salto 81 Lamache,
Quillota Virlage. Casablanca.
San Felipe and Lloillai nearly all
in ruins.
At Conception and a number
OF the above-named towns many
persons were killed and injured
Nearly all the railroads are
destroyed and communication be-
tween the stricken cities cut off.
Thousands OF people are home
less, and as the nights are cold
and windy the suffering is in
tense.
The panic continues, owing TO
frequent shocks, but milder than
those which caused the wreck
and ruin.
There were s. shocks felt in
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-23

Lima, Peru. (By Cable) AT about
g o'clock Thursday evening there was a
tremendous earthquake at Valparaiso,
Chill. As at San Francisco, the shock
was followed by the outbreaking Of
many fires. The flames, extending from
the Plaza Orden towards the North,
have not yet been extinguished. Many
houses have been dstroyed, and nearly
all OF them are more or less damaged,
either by earthquake or by FIRE.
Business Is at a complete standstil.
The banks are closed. The gas supply
is unavailable and the electric-lighting
system is completely destroyed Conse-
quently, the city at night is in darkness
The greatest panic prevails among the
inhabitants. Many families are fleeing
from the city
The weather is fair and the sea is
clam.
Communication with Santiago de Chill
is interrupted, and it is impossible to
learn what has occurred there.
Many persons were killed and injured
in Valparaiso. 4 number of the dead are
buried in the ruins The shocks con-
tinue, but are milder
The shipping in the port was not in
iured The streets which suffered most
were Gales Blanco Condell and Esmer-
aida, and those in the Delicias district.
Valparaiso Thursday night
Valparaiso, Chill (By Cable). -- This
city. and. in fact, the whole OF Chill, has
met with one OF the greatest earthquake
disasters in It's history
At 7.52 o'clock last Thursday evening
Valparaiso experienced an earthquake OF
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

made next year was favorably received,
and l believe that he will come.
THE beauty of the women of this
country is of the ancient world, and
Rodin, the leader of the new sculpture,
declares we have lived to see the per-
fection of the human form, conveying
the only correct idea of the perfection
of the unspoiled generations which
lived before even the Greeks gave their
ideals to posterity.
I'm form these dancing girls are beau
tiful and admirable, and l do not think
the purest marble would do justice to
their graceful lines Their masks are
not grotesque. for they wear them with
dignity and meaning.
The costumes are beautiful, and are a
complicated adornment which superbly
shows the unspoiled beauty of the hui
man line. They will bring us a new art.
and they are among the most beautiful
OF children of men.
These dancing girls are led by the
kings sister, and native orchestra of
sixty pieces discourses music that for
precision and harmony has won the
commentator of famous French
musicians and conductors"
Mr.. Oglesby says he has visited all
the famous ruins of the world, but that
Angkor probably antedates the pyra-
mids OF Egypt and shows more ad-
Vanced sense of artistic construction.
and that the builders were evidently
learned in the arts. The city is sur
rounded by a wall thirty-five miles in
circumference. he said, and carved into
huge solid walls with hammer and chsel
are figures of heroic size, showing pas
toral, hunting and war scenes and allie
gorical representations of religious sac
rihces.
In event of the kings visit IT will be
the first time that a native of that
country has ever set foot upon Ameri-
can soil, and his coming will signalize
a series Of national social events.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

from behind the policeman, the door
was opened. In corner of the interior.
lying on the sawdust was an old
man. Hig haggard, pallid face his list
less eyes, unseeing in the flo I'D of light
succeeding the utter darkness, were
horrifying. When they carried him.
semi-conscious, out of the little prison,
the real estate man recognized in him a
tramp who had been hanging around
the deserted dark buildings before they
were locked for the winter.
Alice, thoughtfully, ran to her home
and brought a loaf of bread and some
water for the old man. He ate them
ravenously. Then the policeman took
him to the Glendale station. Later in
the Flushing court Magistrate Smith
was told that the old mans name was
Carl Hammond, his age something over
90. He had no home he said, and beg
ged to be sent to the worlShouse, so the
magistrate sent him there under a five
months sentence.
When they had taken the old man
from the park, Harold said to Alice:
There is no Thupder-man after all,
is there?"
''Of~ course not" answered the little
girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
DAY OF PLEASURE
MAY END FATALLY
BUSINESS MAN STRUCK BY
STREET CAR
w. L. Vail, Prominent Cattle Raiser
and Real Estate Holder, Injured
While Returning from a
Social Visit

Suffering with two broken ribs, a
broken collar bone and internal injuries,
w. L. Vail of the firm of Vail & Gates,
cattle raisers, with offices at $50 Byrns
building, lies at his home, 73O South
Burlington avenue, the victim of a
street car accident.
Mr. Vail was struck by Grand ave-
nue. car at Seventh street and Grand
avenue about $50 last night. He was
taken to his home in Bresee Bros am
bulance, and Drs. Shorb and Potter
were called. Their examination showed
that Mr.. Vail was seriously hurt, and
although they expressed the hope that
the injuries would not prove mortal,
stated they might result fatally.
Accompanied by his wife, Mr. Vail
had passed Thanksgiving day visiting
friends at Redondo. They left that city
about o'clock, intending to visit other
friends in Los Angeles.
Eve left the Redondo car at Seventh
street and Grand avenue" said Mrs.
Vail, land then started to walk around
the front of the coach. My husband
was in the lead and he had barely
passed in front of the car when the one
which struck him came around the
curve at high rate of speed. 1t struck
Mr.. Vail knocking him to the pave
ment, and when we reached him he was
unconscious"
Mr.. Vail is one Of the best known
business men in the city having been
interested in several lines here during
the last ten years. He is known to be
owner of a large amount of real estate
and is a member of several leading
clubs.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
FALLS DOWN STAIRS AT
. 96 AND IS UNHURT

Special to The Herald
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-Bumping
down stairs backward and landing in
heap at the bottom, twenty feet below,
without breaking a bone, is the unique
achievement of Mrs. Sarah Cox of
Maiden, who is in her ninety-sixth year.
Other than a few scratches on her
face and slight cut on her head, Mrs.
Cox is up and about the house today
as If nothing unusual had happened.
The fall occurred Saturday morning
as Mrs. Cox started to come down the
front stairs to breakfast. She lost her
balance on the top step and came
crashing down the whole flight, landing
on her side at the foot. She was dazed
somewhat by the quick descent, and in
the excitement some one of the house.
hCld sent for a physician. How the
woman escaped serious injury is
puzzle to the physician.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
SAD TALE OF CRUELTY RELATED
BY WOMAN ON THANKSGIVING DAY

the past and l have never complained.
So long as he caused suffering to me
alone l did not care, but now he re-
fuses to give me food for my six chill
dren, the oldest only IA years of age,
and | am compelled to take some steps
to force him to treat us right.
Il don't think he cares for me any
more. He used to love me, but his
affection has evidently died, as he no
longer lavishes little luxuries upon me
as he used to in former days. l have
been a good wife to him. / have al
ways striven to assist him and make
his home life pleasant and he used to
seem to appreciate my efforts. Now,
although he works steadily as a boiler
maker and draws good wages, he ex-
pends all he earns for drink and leaves
the children and myself to suffer.
II cannot go back to the house to-
night, as he will whip me if 1 do. He
always strikes me on the head and
fear for my life"
The woman was allowed to remain at
the station over night under charge
of theN matron and this morning the
Humane society will be notified of the
case and efforts made to punish the
husband if the woman's story is found
to be true.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
CHICAGO MILLI0NAIRES'
NEW CHICAGO IN TEXAS
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
FALFURRIAS, Texas, Nov. 29.-The
$4,000 acre ranch situated near here
which was recently purchased by II. S.
Judd and others of Chicago, is to be
the site of a millionaires' city. The new
town is to be named Chicago. Eighteen
millionaires of the original Chicago are
interested in the scheme, and will make
their winter homes there.
The plans for laying out the future
city are being prepared by landscape
artists. Thirty-siX thousand acres OF
land is divided equally between the
eighteen millionaires. The remaining
5000 acres is owned by E. c. Kelley Of
Chicago, who conducted the negotia-
tions on behalf of the other purchasers.
The new Chicago will be located in the
center of the holdings. The millionaires
will divide their lands into farms and
locate family on every forty acres
The whole $4,000 acres is in the arte-
sian water belt and can be easily irri-
gated. The farms will be devoted eX-
clusively to truck growing. 1t is planned
to locate about 1000 families on the
lands. Only stone and brick buildings
will be erected in the town, and. the
streets will be parked and paved.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
STARVED AND BEATEN BY HER
HUSBAND, SHE SAYS
With Her Two Babes She Is Given
Shelter for the Night at the
Central Police
Station

With a babe of six months clinging
to her breast and crying for food,
while a second one a year older dozed
on her arm, Mrs. Charles Darling,
weak. understood woman, with marks
of care and sorrow tracing her brow,
applied to the police last night for pro-
lection from her husband, who, she
claimed, had beaten and driven her
from their home at 2440 Hunter street
and refused to supply her with food
for herself and helpless little ones.
Il can stand it no longer" she told
the officers. '.He has beaten me in
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
CHARGED WITH STEALING
THANKSGIVING BIRDS

Two turkeys which did not grace any
table ON Thanksgiving day are reposing
in the basement of the police station,
while one man, who expected to enjoy
them in the form of a delicious roast,
Is reposing i'm the tanks, waiting to be
taken to court today " explain how
they came into his possession.
The man is William M. Belts, a negro.
and he was found at First and Main
streets about 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing with the fowls under his coat and
an empty whisky bottle in his pocket.
Where did you get those turkeys?"
asked Policeman Spellman when he saw
the negro.
Il done buyed dem for my family"
responded Belts.
"Come out Of it," said the policeman.
you can't buy turkeys at this time In
the morning" And I'm accordance with
his request Belts accompanied him TO
the police station.
The turkeys are said TO have been
stolen from shed at Fourth street and
Central avenue.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
I Iurry
and
Worry

Hurry, like a cyclone, whirls
you along at a rate that
quickly exhausts your energy,
and leaves you a nerveless,
wretched, broken-down phys
ical wreck.
Worry accomplishes the
same results in another way.
1t drags you through the dark,
gloomy tunnel of forbodings,
wrecks your nerves and breaks
down the constitution.
Then don't hurrys don't
worry. But you will; and
your nerveless, exhausted con-
dition brings headaches, neu-
ralgia, heart, stomach, liver
and kidney troubles. The thing
to do is: Strengthen the nerves
with DR.. Miles Nervine.
"six months was bedfast with
nervous prostration. I had sinking
spells, cold, clamy feeling, couldn't
stand the slightest noise. At times
/ would almost fly TO pieces; stomach
very weak My husband insisted on
my taking DR.. Miles Nervine, and
began TO improve before had finished
the first bottle, and to-day am en-
MRS. JOSEPH SNYDER.
ga Hudson St, Titfin, o.
Or. Miles Nervlne Is sold by your
druggist, who Will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. II It falls, he
Will refund your money,
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
ONE AT A BACHELOR DINNER
Last Eligible Member Of an Evans
ton Club Dimes Alone in
State

Special to The Herald.
CHICAGO, Nov. pa solitary guest
sat at table spread for the annual
dinner of the Evanston Bachelor Ply
sicians' club at the Avenue house last
evening. The number has varied at
different times from four to twenty,
but this year there was only one
eligible, DR., George F. Tyson. S45 Chi
cago avenue.
A year ago there were four unwedded
doctors In the suburb. DR.. Tyson, still
rejoicing, faced the lone ordeal. His ef-
frontery was taken as a challenge by
some of the residents of the hotel and
the prophecy was made that next year
his chair win he vacant.
The club was organized seven years
ago With a membership OF twenty-four
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
TIP-TOP COPPER GROUP SOLD
Kansas City Company Acquires Valu-
able Mines in Arizona for
100000
3y Assoclated Press.

Dy ASSOCIATED FleS0
TUCSON Ariz.. Nov. 29.-The tucson
Citizen tomorrow will say; The Kansas
City Smelling and Refining company
have purchased Tip Top group copper
mines adjoining the Helyetia properly,
The purchase price Is 42OOVVV, S,o'vvv
Interest TO enter the Tucson mlnlns
field as the Calumet aud Arizona re-
Gently became 4, factor through the puf-
chase Of the Amargosa Sroup.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
WILL EXHIBIT
DANCING GIRLS
KING OF CAMB0pIA TO VISIT
THE UNITED STATES
Foreign Ruler and Pretty Native
Women to Be Seen at the
Famous jamestown
Exposition

SpeCldl TO Inc Herald.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 29.-Advices
from Paris say that the king of Cam
bodia, who recently visited France as a
guest of the nation will probably visit
the jamestown exposition next year.
accompanied by a retinue of attendants
and a corps of dancing girls.
Gently in Norfolk and the first Ameri-
can to gain admission to Angkor, a
sacred city of ruins in the country, and
a friend OF the ruler, whom he met in
Paris upon his visit, says the Parisian
capital was in a state Of furore and
that the king and his novel suite
created sensation in society. especially
among artists.
Mr.. Oglesby says the king was COM
pletely captured with the attention ac-
corded him, and when the suggestion
was made that he should visit America,
gave orders that tour be arranged,
and il is more than likely that this
ruler will touch the shores of the
United States during May Of next year.
Interested in Americans
Speaking OF the proposed visit to this
country and the Jamestown exposition,
Mr.. Oglesby said; "'fhe king expressed
10 me great interest in Americans, and
said that he had often contemplated a
visit In order that he might study and
observe some OF the great achieve
ments and institutions OF western civil
izatlon. The suggestion that the trip be
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

Ye New Englander and all others
who long for We fine turkey dinner
with hot mince pie and other select
aceompaniments. can get We very best
every evening this week at
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
THEIR BOGY-MAN
REAL AND DYING
HIS CRIES OF SUFFERING ARE
TAKEN FOR A GOBLIN'S
Locked in Icehouse a Week-LittIe
Boy and Girl Do Not Know That
Their "Thunder-Ma Is HUI
man and in Distress

Special to The Herald
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-The childish
fear of Harold and Alice Martin,
who live with their parents in the
outlying Glendale section of Long
Island City, kept an old man, Carl Ham
mond, in dark icehouse for more than
week. And yet to their childish super
stitions is due the mans s release yester-
day from his terrible Imprisonment.
Not that Harold and Alice are respon-
sible for the mistake that cost the man
much suffering and nearly caused his
death. But they heard his cries for as
sistance, growing fainter each time they
returned, and did not know their mean
ing.
Harold. an imaginative child of 8,
thought there was a Thunder man" in
the building, and told his sister so.
Gradually the possible tenants of the
fearsome structure became, in his mind,
"Thunder-man, Thunder-dog. and q
Thunder-cat," and although his sister
Alice. year older, rdiculed his imagin-
ings, she fled, as he did when the feeble
cries of the man imprisoned answered
their timfa rappings on the door.
Treasuring their secret, admitting to
1t not even their parents, the noises
made, as they supposed, by the "Thun-
der-man" and his companions, might
have failed one day to follow their timid
signaling to him had not the reasoning
mind of Alice demanded solution OF
the mystery. That demand made yes
terday, policeman was hailed in child
ish fashion, and then the spectacle of a
famished. emaciated man dispelled for
ever the fancy picture of the Thunder
man."
Discovery of the "Thunder-M an"
Ever since Ridgewood Park, a fenced
and wooded inclosure of some six acres
In the Glendale section, was closed foi
the season. Alice and Harold, who live
near by have made 1t their frequent
playground. The wind-swept, leaf
strewn pavilion, the deserted restau-
rant, and the bowling alley, hidden be.
hind unsightly boards, We're mysterious
regions, to be explored cautiously by
the little boy and girl A few days ago
while wandering through the grounds
the children came upon the little Ice
house. Harold drew his sister back
saying he was. afraid.
"It is silly, Harold. to be afraid OF
nothing" said Alice wisely
"Ain't 'fraid" returned Harold, "but
the Thunder mans In there"
Thunder nothing" said Alice. who
| by virtue OF seniority thinks she
should be free from childish supersti,
ton
Besides, Harold" she went on "yor
know mamma says there isn't any
Thunder-man."
There isn't when mammals near,
said Harold; "the Thunder-man runs
and hides then"
Alice saw that she had 10 deal Will
dogmatism, and, just little fearfu
herself, she thought that a demonstra.
ton would both quiet her own fears
and free her brother from his strange
lbellef SO she set out jauntily TO rth'
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
Ready for Business

She had called to consult a fashion,
able physician who was famous for his
way up prices.
do you-er-take anything off for
cash 2"
Certainly madam" replied the M. d..
"What would you like taken off-a
hand or a foot ?"-Chicago Daily News
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
Cloth Books at 2Oc

soc THE PUBLISHERS PRICE
Books for Christmas gifts are
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"The Little Minister" Helen S
Babies" and Dorothy Vernon,
the Beauty of Haddon Hall, y
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for. Third floor, each 29C.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30
THE GIFT PROBLEM

THE GIFT PROBLEM
It's not a difficult II you plan properly let
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You'l be surprised TO how easy it is to shop
Bring the children to the third floor toy store
teeming with wonderful things to delight the heart
Of child.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

Homeless children received and
placed In houses for adoption. Apply
dfens Home society 334 Bradbury
building. Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

II you want to go east. C. Haydock,
Agent Illinois Central X. r., l1S w. 9Th
Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

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They're pretty for gifts filled with eolored illustra
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They're all bound in cloth It's unusual value at
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-30

For women, comfort shoes of good quality
warmly lined with hand-turned soles Com
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this cold weather s1.50 values for csc. To-
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