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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.

The Army is interested in the con-
troversy over the dual command of
Greely and Funston at San Francisco,
the controversy being likened to the
Sampson-Schley case.
Major Charles McCawley, social
aid to President Roosevelt, has been
superseded by Captain Mccoy, ow-
ing to the Majors recent wedding.
Bids were opened at the Bureau
of Insular Affairs, War Department,
for 81 100000 Of Philippine certifl-
Gates. Numerous bids were sub
mitted, but it is expected that the
whole amount will be rewarded to
Fisk & Robinson, of New York,
whose bid was 102.2S for all or
none of the amount.
Secretary Shaw announced that
he had placed about $3,O0O,OOO of
government money on deposit in
about 150 banks in the United
States. This money goes to replace
funds previously withdrawn from
the banks on account of Panama eX-
penditures. The deposit in each OF
the banks is brought up TO not less
lHdn 9OUtuNb.
The Governor of Illinois has re-
quested the State Department for
extradition papers for the missing
banker, Stensland, president of the
defunct Milwaukee Avenue State
Bank OF Chicago, who is believed 10
be in Mexico He has not yet been
arrested.
First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock will abolish the prac-
tice of imposing fines upon employees
of the department for making errors
Major General A. w. Greely, com.
manding the Pacific Division, in his
annual report, protests against de
partmental methods.
Vice Consul Magnifco, at Smyrna
Syria, advised the State Department
that he had received many appeals
from Americans in Syria for the
protection of the American consu
late against brigands, who infest the
country.
Many immigrants who were afiiic
ted with trachoma, a disease of the
eye, have been returned and fines
imposed upon steamship companies
The Government Printing Office IL
acquitted by congregational re
port OF the delay in sending ou
final prints OF bills.
The Japanese Embassy is inves
tigating the killing of seal poacheri
in the Pacafic Ocean.
The director of the mint purchased
100000 ounces OF silver at 67 cent
an ounce to be delivered at New
Orleans. The price paid last weel
was 66.62 cents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
SCALED PEAK OF VOLCANO.
Officers OF The Perry Visit New Born
Island


Washington (Special) The Treas
ury Department received a brief re-
port of a visit made by the officers
of the revenue cutter Perry a few
weeks ago to the new peak which
recently sprang up on Fire Island,
one Of the Bogoslov group of the
Aleutian chain, about GO miles west
of the town of Unalaska, Alaska.
The southern end of Fire Island
consists of two long spits, from a
half to three-eihths of a mile in
length and about Is feet above high
water.
On the western spit the new vol
canic peak has sprung up, rising
abruptly from the water to a height
of about 700 feet, and in shape great
ly resembling monster beehive,
with a base of about 900 feet in
diameter. From the numerous crew
ices columns of steam and sulphur
ous gases continuously arise and
form a cloud which is visible for
more than 80 miles, although the
surface of the new peak was warm
and soft in places, the officers sue
ceeded in reaching the summit. In
recognition of the fact that the Off
GERS of the revenue cutter Perry
were the first persons to visit the new
peak they have namd it Perry Peak.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
ACQUITTED OF DELAY.
Employees Not Responsible For Late
Prints.

Washington, Especially The Gov
ernment Printing Office is acquitted
on the charge of undue delay in
sending final prints of bills to Con-
gress in the last end of the recent
session. An inquiry into the cause
of delay was made by the Senate
Committee on Printing, the investi-
cation being conducted by A. H.
Howe, clerk of the committee. The
report to Senator Platt, the chair
man, was made public Wednesday.
The inquiry had especial reference
to the General Deficiency Appropri-
alton Bill and the omnibus Public
Building Bill. The conclusion reach
ed was that the amount of time
consumed in handling these two
measure was mot unreasonable, but
rather positively expeditions" At
ter showing that the bills in ques-
ton were handled in an incredibly
short time, the report says "The
amount of work performed during
the first session of the Fifty-ninth
Congress exceeded by approximately
three times the amount of work
performed at the preceding long
session, and exceeded approximately
by 3 per cent. the amount of work
performed during all three sessions
Of the Fifty-eighth Congress. The
bill force of the printing office dur
ing the last session was smaller by
seven men than during the previous
Congress-" 4"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
A nRaronr Arrested.

Berlin (By Cable) - The Lokal-
Anzeiger today announced the arrest
at Hamburg of a man who described
himself as Baron Santos Won Do
browski-Donnersmark." but who is
said to be a metal worker named
Konrad, who married an American girl
of good family in Manila May A last.
The man is charged with having de-
serted his wife in Paris, taking with
him her jewelry, valued at $4,000,
and a sum OF money. His arrest is
reported TO be due to the American
consul at Hamburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
CAUSE OF TYPHOID.
Bodies OF Thousands Of Young Spar
rows In Reservoir.

Three oaks. Mich. CSpeciaD -
The cause of an epidemic of typhoid
fever among the 1000 inhabitants
of this place was discovered when a
member of the board of health
climbed to the top of the water
works standpipe and found the dead
bodies of several thousand young
sparrows, in various stages of de-
composition, covering the surface of
the water. Immediately the mayor
gave instructions to empty the stand
pipe, scrub and paint it. Hundreds
of sparrows nests have been built
on a ledge that runs around the
summit of the standpipe, and the
young birds are supposed to have
fallen into the uncovered standpipe
while trying to fly. The cover made
for the standpipe when it was con-
tructed was never put on. There
are now 21 cases of typhoid in the
town
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Frisco's New City Hall.

San Francisco, tSpeciaD The
board Of supervisors has decided to
build at once a temporary city hall
to house all departments of the
municipal government on the free
library site, at the southwest corner
of Van Ness Avenue and Hayes
Street. The new building will be
frame, two stories high, costing
about $4,000, and will be rushed
TO completion. The supervisors ex-
pect TO have the hall ready for use
within three months. At the con-
ference with the mayor, held We'd
nesday by the building committee
it was also decided that the perma-
nent city hail will be built on the
Van Ness Avenue site as a modern
Office building.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Killed BY Locomotive.

Syracuse, N. Y, (SpeciaD A Pc
culiar accident occurred here, re-
sulting in the death of George Car
berry, 80 years old, while aslep in
his bed. A shifting engine on the
West Shore siding went over tie
crosswise of the tracks, tore down
telegraph pole and flag shanty and
crashed into the Carberry house.
The second story fell in on the first,
pinning carberry in his bed. Three
of the family on the second floor
escaped serious injury
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Sheriff Took To The Woods.

Atlanta, Ga, (SpeciaD A mob
of 1900 men remained around the
Lawrence home, near Copen Hill, all
night intent upon burning at the
stake the negro arrested in Dekalb
County on suspicion OF being the as
sailant of the Misses Lawrence, in
the event he was identified by them.
Arthur Reed, the Atlanta suspect,
was seen by Miss Mabel Lawrence
and declared innocent. The sheriff
of Dekalb County, haring Of the
formation of the mob, eamped in the
woods all night, and has not been
located either by the mob or the
county police sent to his rescue.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Robberics In Russia.

st. Petersburg (By Cable) Sums
amounting to hundreds of thousands
OF rubles are stolen daily from rail-
way stations, trains, banks and fac
tories throughout the country. A
large store OF arms, ammunition and
bombs has been discovered at Tiflis.
The sum of 14S,000 rubles consigned
to the state bank by private persons
has been stolen from mail trains in
the Caucasus. A meeting OF factory
hands In the BakhDut district was
dispersed today by Cossacks, who
fred on the men, killing and wound
ing many.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
Extensive Plan On Foot For Enter
prise In Chicago.

Chicago, (SpeciaD "A movement
to secure more than 100000 Pc
titioners for the establishment of
postal savings banks was started by
the North Side Turner Society, many
of whose members suffered by the
collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank. The plan contemplates
that the National Association of
Turner's shall turn each one of its
1926 members into a canvasser
for signatures. Every candidate
for Congress throughout the country
will be urged to state his attitude
toward the inauguration of postal
savings institutions, and all political
parties will be requested to assist
in the campaign.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
accused Motorman Gone.

Notwithstanding its promise that
It would have Motorman De Moss
Cosnomos on hand when Coroner
Brewer opened the inquest into the
death of Fannie Rodinsky, the B.
R. T. officials failed to produce the
man. They said that they had
searched everywhere, but could not
find him. This statement angered
the Coroner, who declared he would
no longer rely on the pledge of the
Railroad Company, but would under
take to find the motorman himself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Handful OF Diamonds.

Winnipeg, Man, (SpeciaD Prof
Reuben Andrea, well known in Win
nepeg and Portage, La Prairie, re-
turned to this city with a handful
of diamonds in the rough, which he
asserts he discovered somewhere
within the confines of the province
He took them to several local jewel
ers, who pronounced them stones of
the first water. He has staked a
claim and forwarded samples to New
York.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Hotel Insurance Loss.

San Francisco, Especially The In
surance loss on the Palace Hotel
has been adjusted = s1,S02,610.
This 10 more than the insurance
companies will have to pay, for the
total insurance of the building was
only sl,265,000. 1t being total
loss, therefore liability of trihe
over a million and a quarter will be
distributed among 9s companies In
volved In the loss. This is said to
have been the largest loss upon a
single risk ever adjusted in this
country.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Shipload OF Homeless.

Hamburg, (By Cable) A cable
dispatch was received here from Cap
tain Blass, of the HamburgAmeri-
can Line steamer Thuringia at Val
paraiso, confirming the reports that
great part of the city had been de-
stroyed by earthquake and fire.
He said:
"The shocks continue. The dis
tress is extreme. Am giving help
as far as possible. Have 800 home
less persons on board"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Robbers In An Auto.

New York, (Special). - Four
thieves travelling in an automobile
robbed the postofiice at Westbury,
L. l., of a quantity of stamps and
escaped after an exchange of shots
with citizens. Charles Rowland, a
hotel employe, received a bullet in
the arm. The robbers used dyna-
mite in their operations, and the
sound of the explosion aroused the
town
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
watched Hls Face CROW Pale.

St. Louis, (speciaD After taking
carbolic acid with suicidal intent,
Otto Radeck stood in front of a mir
ror, his wife and two children by
his side, and watched his face grow
paler and paler, until he dropped
dead TO the floor. He had denied to
his wife that he had taken poison
She stood by his side too frightened
to move until after her husband was
dead. Radeck came from Hamburg,
Germany, two years ago, and has
been employed as a tailor here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
May Get Constitution.

Peking, (By Cable) Tho Dowa-
ger Empress of China plans to sum-
mon a conference of high officials,
including several viceroys, to discuss
the adoption of constitution. The
Chinese commissioners who recently.
visited the United States and Europe
and who have returned from their
tours, recommend gradual change
to a constitutional government. tax.
ing 10 to 10 years to educate the
people thereto.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
VIII Not Yield.

Harrisburg, Pa, (Special) In
the hollow OF a tree, to which his
attention had been directed, NJ. M.
Hench, of near New Cumberland,
found this notice: IF you do not
place 1000 in the place where you
find this note within two weeks we
will kidnap your daughter Della and
keep her until the above sum is
given u.s." The Hench family re-
fuses to be scared and will not give
up the money. Miss Hench, who
Is II years old, said she can shoot
straight and is ready for the kid
mapping TO begin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Broker And Wife Drown.

New York, (SpeciaD - George II.
De Witt, of the New York Stock Ex-
change firm of c. II. De Witt e. Co.,
and his wife were drowned by the
upsetting of a launch In Lake On
tario during squall. r. w. Wen
born. skipper OF the launch. was also
drowned. Mr. De Witt and his wife
were summering at Cape Vincent,
and spent most Of their time cruising
about In 26-foot launch. Mr.. De
Witt had virtually retired from active
business late last spring, having ac-
cumulated q fortune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Tried To Burn Babies.

The most cruel attempt at revenge
or the strangest manifestation of in
sanity probably ever dealt with by
the Police Department was brought
to public notice here, when it was
learned that twice in four days eff
forts have been made to burn in
fants in their carriages on the block
known as "Baby Carriage Row."
where, every day, $50 helpless in
fants are seen. Because of the work
of the maniac mothers will not let
their smaller children out of their
sight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Child Hit BY Car Unhurt.

Five-year-old Grace Kaufman,
while crossing Madison Avenue, was
knocked down by a swiftly moving
northbound car. She fell under the
front of the car and was dragged
along for several feet. The end OF
the car had to be lifted up to get
her out, and everybody in the crowd
thought she must have been killed,
for she made no noise. The girl
was, however, only slightly bruised.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
pat" Grove Arrested.

"Pat" Grove, of Omaha. who be-
came notorious through his connec-
ton with the Cudahy kidnapping
case. and who recently came to this
city. was arrested Tuesday. Grove
was charged with being a suspicious
person. The police were unable to
find a record of case against him
in which he was wanted, however.
After being at headquarters about
an hour he was released.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Earthauake In Germany.

Berlin. (By Cable).-A sharp
earthquake shock was felt at Ia
borze, near Kattowitz, Upper Silesia.
Doors were forced open, pictures and
mirrors fell to the floor and the
frightened inhabitants fed into the
streets. The walls of a number of
houses were cracked.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
MANY Illegal Divorces.

In compiling the statistics of the
divorces granted in the county of
York, William N. Jarvis, OF the
Washington Census Bureau found
that in many cases the judgments
have not been entered upon the rec
ords and duly fled. The result is
that no decision has been placed
upon record and the parties have
not been legally divorced. If made
public, this would make bigamists
OF many couples married in good
faith
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Woman Smashes Tramp.

AS Miss B. Sheldon and Mrs. B.
Rogers of Newark were cycling
through woods, tramp jumped into
the road and grabbed the handle-bar
of Miss Sheldon's machine. Mrs.
Rogers ran her wheel into the
couple, knocking them both down.
The man then seized Mrs. Rogers,
whom he attempted to drag off the
road. Miss Sheldon picked up a
large stone, and, smashed him in
the face with it. The man, with his
face bleeding, disappeared in the
woods.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Presidents Relative Dead.

Little Falls, n. Y, (SpeciaD -
Mrs. Douglas Robinson, aged SO, of
New York, died at her summer home
in this county. Her son is the hus-
band of Corinne Roosevelt, sister to
the President.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Died In Undertaking Shop.

Walking into the rear room of an
undertaker's shop where bodies are
prepared for burial, Henry Krekel,
a ticket speculator who was known
as Handsome Harry" before his
dismissal from the police force, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
in the mouth. Krekel was one of
the best known ticket spectators in
the city and was conspicuous along
Broadway, where he conducted a
handbook on the races.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
new YORK DAY BY DAY.
Some Of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
Orders Caps For Police.

Rhinelander Waldo, First Deputy
Police Commissioner, issued an Or
der that when approaching winter
retires the summer helmets, caps
shall be substituted. A policeman in
cap will be a novel sight for New
Workers. At present caps are TO q
certain extent insignia of rank, be-
ing worn by sergeants, captains and
inspectors. The traffic squad and
mounted police, the bicycle squad
and the motor cycle squads wear
caps, but they are of a distinct de-
sign, and are not to be confused
with those of the officers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
GENERAL MIN
SHOT BY A GIRL
She Misses Governor kaubars, But
Wounds Herself.
ANOTHER GIRL DROPS A BOMB.
General Min Had Been Marked for
Death Because He Suppressed Mos
COW Riots Hated for His Harsh
Methods and Cruelties-Had Narrow
Escape Before.
TERRORIST RECORD.

The terrorists are swiftly and
secretly pushing their deadly
campaign.
Young women are taking a
fearless and active part in exc
cutting the terrorists' sentences.
General Min, commander of
the regiment who suppressed the
riots at Moscow, was shot and
killed by a girl at the railway
station at Peterhof.
The Generals name had been
on the terrorists' death list be-
cause of his. cruelties
Even men in his own regi-
ment had threatened to kill Min.
A girl dropped a bomb near
the palace of Governor Kaulbars,
at Odessa. Her hand was shat
tered; her mission failed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Cholera Reported In Berlin.

Berlin, (By Cable) "A child died
here apparently of cholera. The
authorities are making an investiga-
tion. The authorities say that an
outbreak of cholera is improbable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Head Crushed In Elevator.

Miss Sarah A. Fletcher. a public
stenographer, was instantly killed
in the Townsend Building in an ele-
vator. Miss Fletcher tried to leave
the car before the floor had been
reached, and the elevator boy placed
his arm across the door to prevent
her egress. The woman pressed
against his arm and he Involuntary
pulled the lever. The car shot up
and Miss Fletcher's head was crush
ed against the top of the doorway
and the floor of the car.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
scrlntor Weds At 40.

]. O. A. Ward, the veteran sculp-
tor, married his landlady on July
10, and succeeded in keeping the
wedding a secret until Thursday. He
is 76 years old, and this is his third
marriage. The new Mrs. Ward was
a widow, Mrs. r. NJ. Ostrander
Smith.
The sculptor is well known be-
cause of his statue of Washington
in Wall Street
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30

Havana (By Cable) The anx-
iety of President Palma to extend
every posshible opportunity for peace
without bloodshed, and his desire to
permit those who Joined the insur-
rection under misgudance to repent
and return to their homes unmo.
Tested, combined with the general
wish to end a situation fraught with
so much loss and suffering. has led
to consideration by the President and
his cabinet of project decreeing a
3O-day amnesty period, during which
the insurrectionists are invited to
lay down their arms and return to
their peaceful pursuits.
1t was proposed to issue the de-
cree Monday, but persons close to
the President strongly opposed the
measure, and the matter was de-
ferred. and may be relinquished.
General Montalvo, who is now act
ing secretary of the interior, on leav-
ing the President, said that at pres
ent there was no intention to issue
an amnesty. Font Sterling, secretary
of the treasury, said the matter was
not being seriously considered now,
declared it would be an unwise move.
So far as actual conflict went Sun
day proved to be a day of inactivity,
but preparations proceeded without
abatement. A fund of $4,000 has
been set aside by the treasury for
defense and drafts on it are heavy
and constant.
The situation is so increasingly
serious that The enlargement of the
army will not stop at any given
number, but will continue indefinite
ly. While the number of men at
present leaving their regular occupa-
tions to enlist for the war is small.
employers are beginning to find that
they will be soon confronted with a
considerable scarcity of labor.
Many laborers are gathering in
front of the bulletin boards, upon
which are displayed the call for vol
unteers issued by President Palma
Saturday night. They discuss the at
tractiveness of a soldiers life at such
unusual pay, and as result many
resolve to enlist
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Russian Count Shot.

Warsaw, (By Cable) An un-
known man shot and slightly wound
ed Count Fermor, colonel OF gem
darmes. A patrol of soldiers replied
with a volley, killing two passers-
Inv
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
Brazil Gives S606, 900.

Rio de Janeiro, (By Cable) The
Brazilian Congress has voted an ap-
preparation of $666,000 for the re-
lief of sufferers by the earthquake
at Valparaiso.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-08-30
TALK AMNESTY
FOR THE REBELS
President Palma, However, Hesitates
To Issue Decree.
INSURGENTS MIGHT TURN IT DOWN.
Situation Serious as Ever, and the
Cover iment Considering All Sorts
of Means for Making Peace With
out Blood. he'd The Insurgents Daily
Gaining.
STILL SERIOUS.

The situation continues so
serious that the enlargement of
the government forces will con-
tinue indefinitely, as volunteers
are not numerous.
President Palma and the cabi-
net have framed a decree of am
nesty to the rebels, but hesitates
to issue it, fearing that It will
be futile.
Colonel Aquirre. reported
head of the Cuban rebel junta
in New York, brands General
Andrade, speaker of the House
of Representatives. as a liar and
coward and challenges him to
a duel.
The insurgents are rapidly
Strengthening their forces and
are gaining recruits in unex-
pected places.