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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Odds AND ENDS.

The giants of Terra del Fuego, the
Ona Indians, are very stunted In in
tellect.
The Prince OF Wales is an able
critic and Ia keen Inspector of hos
pitfalls and their work.
France has no old age insurance
measure, but large amount is an
nuaMy spent In relief to aged natfves
The population of the prairie prov
inces in Canada has increased In five
years from 100000 to about a mill
lion.
A syndicate has been formed for
the purpose OF making roads out of
London for the use of motor cars.
Only 254 women were among the
45,136 matriculated students at the
81 universities of Germany last win
ter.
The town of Orson, Sweden. is
without taxes, The necessary rev.
enues are derived from a forest res
ervation.
Germany exports more than three
billion lead pencils every 12 moiiths.
They are shipped to foreign counfneGl
at the rate OF over 10000, 600 Il day.
counting six days to the week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
ROCK ISLAND FLYERS
ENGINE JUMPS TRICK
Twelve People Killed and Seven
Severely Injured.
WAS TRYING TO MAKE UP LOST TINE.
The Baggage and Mail Cars Telescopcd
and the Smoking Car Demolished
All the Dead Taken From the
Smoker Passengers in Other Cars
Shaken Up.

Waterloo, la. Especially Twelve
persons were killed and IL others in
iured in the wreck of an express
train on the Chicago. Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad at Norris, Ia
The express train, northbound, jump
ed the track while going at full speed
and crashed into a freight train
standing on the siding
All of the dead and injured were
in the smoking car, which was inn
mediatcly behind the baggage and
nlan car. The smoking car was de-
molished.
The north-bound express was 10
minutes late at Norris, where the
freight train was awaiting. The
express came along at terrific speed
in an effort to make up time. Just
as the locomotive of the passenger
train was about to pass the freight
locomotives the trucks of the former
left the track and the moving engine
crashed into the engine of the freight,
wrecking both locomotive and tele-
scoping the baggage and the mali
cars and demolishing the smoking
car. The passengers in the two day
coaches following the smoking car
escaped with a violent shaking up.
Rescuers were Immediately at hand
to care for the injured and to take
the dead from the wreckage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
COuRTED WOMEN TO ROB THEM
Dead Burglar Proves to Be Second
Johann Hoch.

New York Especially A second
Johann Hoch, the police believe, has
been discovered in Henry Hoffman,,
the burglar who was killed while
attempting to rob Charles Varrells
! fiat.
The police on Saturday declared
that Hoffman, was the murderer of
Sophy Heckler, a servant girl found
| dead August 3, and Tuesday they
announced the belief that he also
murdered Mrs Lena Schum, who was
killed in Brooklyn, August 20.
The detective who has been at
work on the Schum case is positive
that Hoffman, killed the woman.
Among the jewelry found in the
room Hoffman, had occupied for
some time before he was killed, were
pair of ear rings, which were posi-
lively identified by Miss Minnie
Springer, young woman who for
merly lived with Mrs Schum, rs Mrs.
Schums property. The young wom-
an described the ear rings minutely,
saying that they were brought from
Bavaria by Mrs. Schum.
She also made a sketch of them
u
were shown her, she unhesitatingly
picked out those found in Hoffmann's
room.
A peculiar ring of gold, set with a
small red stone, which was found in
Hoffmann's room, was also identifi-
ed by Miss Springer as the property
of Mrs. Schum. The jewelry was
lated identified by Mrs. John Schum,
bA SO ese 4 -Iax
Miss Springer also picked from a
bunch of keys one found in Hoff-
mans room which she said was the
key to Mrs. Schum's fiat and that
she had often used it. The key fitted
the lock of the door exactly, when
tried later by the police.
Samuel Weinberg, a tailor, whose
shop is one the ground floor of the
building in which Hoffman, roomed
after the killing of Sophy Heckler,
identified Hoffmanns body as that
of a man who went to his shop on
August 21, the day after Mrs. Schum
was killed, with a coat which he
wanted cleaned. The coat, Vein
berg said, was badly blood stained.
Hoffman, explained these stains by
saying that he had been in fight
the night before and had been badly
battered up, although ne showed no
signs of 1t, according to Weinberg.
Hoffmann's method, like that of
Hoch, the police say, was to make
the acquaintance of women OF his
own nationality and by pretending a
desire to marry them, secure the
opportunity of robing, and If neces-
sary killing. them.
Miss Springer stated that during
the long time she had lived with
Mrs. Schum the latter had no men
callers and no love affairs. The
woman was killed after returning
from a Bavarian picnic. 1t was the
fact that Hoffman, was a Bavarian
that first led the police to suspect
that he might have been the MUIR
derer OF Mrs. Schum.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Renorts.

r. q. Dun G Co.'s Weekly Review
Of Trade says;
In most sections of the country
commercial activity is fully main
tanned. and negotiations for fall and
winter trade indicate no loss of con-
fdence, but at a few points the
weather has not favored the crops,
which causes conservatism Several
New England mills lack adequate
water power because of prolonged
drouth, and the money market re-
tard numerous undertakings. Col
lections are also slower in some
cases because of the financial situa-
ton, but the large majority of re-
ports are favorable.
New business constantly appears
In the market for steel products, and
specifications are large on old con-
tracts. Several important orders
were placed during the past week
aggregating considerable tonnage,
and other plans are under negotia-
tion. Work on the Panama Canal
calls for heavy shipments of rails
and the railroads furnish many new
orders. Most of this business is for
better quality rails than were form
erly taken, making the average price
Of new business higher than the old
standard quotation of $2S. Impor-
tation of billets for use in making
finished steel for export testifies to-
the difficulty of securing domestici
material, and is made possible by,
the drawback
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

Louisville G. Nashville's gross
earnings in July increased S422,-
SIC and net profits gained Sj0,509.
The dividend on Interboro-M Metro
politan preferred was passed, as
1t was not earned.
Burlington Railroad directors de-
clared extra dividend of Sc a share
in addition TO the regular quarter
ly dividend of So. This action gave
a big boost to all the Pacific rail-
road stocks and helped the whole
market.
II. V. Jones is a member of Wat
son & Co., the firm of New York
brokers who failed. Jones has for
years been regarded as one Of the
chief grain experts" of the country
his business being to travel through
the grain states of the West. II
was stated that the cause of the
firms failure was the fact that they
we're heavily short of wheat
George Kendrick, who represents
Redmond G. Co. in Philadelphia, says
that there Is a good deal better in
quiry for investments than existed
few weeks ago.
Hill and Morgan control the Bur.
lington as they also control the Erie
and the Southern. They increase
Burlingtons dividend after cutting
the other two. IL would be impos.
sible to deduce from those actor
whether Hin and Morgan are still
bears or II they have TUNED bulls
on the market.
Here Is what a big Wall Street
house wired to its Philadelphia rep
resentatives: we have had some
good buying lately, very good indeed
and fairly extensive. People here
are getting over their scare and seen
to think we have seen the bottom
and agree with them"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
The Nation S Capital
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.

| The pleas of the fourth-class mid
shipmen that their sentences of dis
missal from the Naval Academy be
reduced have been denied by Acting
Secretary Newberry.
The White House has been newly
| painted. while IA tons of old paint
have been scraped and burned from
the exterior of the mansion.
Richard Gregory, colored, confess
ed having murdered William Garner
at Rock Creek Park, four miles from
| Georgetown.
Action upon the project to remove
the Constitution from the Boston
Navy Yard has been indefinitely
postponed.
All the Cabinet officers are ex-
pected TO be at their desks in WASH
ington by the latter part of Septem-
ber.
Charges of land frauds In New
Mexico are being investigated by the
Department of Justice.
Miss May Grace Quackenbos, mem
Der of the New York bar, has been
given the title of assistant district
attorney, and is doing special work
for the government in New Orleans.
The Navy Department stated au-
thoritatively that President Roosevelt
does not intend to create two battle
ship fleets.
Central American ministers have
held several conferences over .Presi-
dent Roosevelt's invitation for a
peace congress.
The Treasury Department received
certificate of deposit for $50, 900
from the jamestown Exposition
managers.
All records for work on the Pana-
ma Canal were broken during the
month of August
Two new cases of yellow fever in
Cuba were reported to the War De-
partment.
The new 2O,OO0-ton bsttleship Will
be designated as the New York.
Congressman Burton's decision to
be a candidate for mayor of Cleve-
land is regarded as the beginning of
a fight TO a finish between President
Roosevelt and Senator Foraker.
Two of the four Annapolis naval
cadets recommended for dismissal for
infractions of the rules have sent ap-
peals to the Acting Secretary of the
Navy
The commission of Capt. Edwin c.
Pendleton to be a rear admiral was
signed by Acting Secretary of the
Navy Newberry.
The War Department has Just is
sued a new edition of the regulations
for the uniform of the United States
Army.
Richard H. Poillon has been desig-
mated as superintendent of the Rev.
enue Cutter Service in Santo Do
mingo.
The Commissioner of Fisheries
denies that there would be an oyster
famine this winter.
The Navy Department was advised
that the cruiser squadron, consisting
of the West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Colorado, arrived at
Honolulu from Japan.
Bids were opened at the Navy De-
partment for the construction of five
torpedo-boat destroyers.
Admiral Evans has taken his big
battleship fleet on a cruise north
ward from Hampton Roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
SEVEN WERE KILLED.
Havoc Wrought BY A Stroke OF
Lightning.

Raleigh, n. C. Especially "Details
of the disastrous effect of a lightning
stroke at Buckhorn Falls, in Chat
ham County, show that seven men
were killed and ten injured
A heavy storm had forced so to
70 men to seek shelter in the cement
house of the Buckhorn Falls power
plant. Lightning struck a large tree
back of the house, and the tree,
splitting, fell over on the building,
instantly killing two whites and five
negroes and injuring three whites
and seven negroes, all of them resi-
dents of this vicinity All of the
victims were employees of the Phoenix
Construction Company, which has
charge of the plant
David Pepper, Jr., and the s. Nor
gan Smith Company, of New York,
are interested in the contract work
at the plant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
CARTER WOMAN ACQUITTED
Bank Teller's Friend May Also Get
81, 400 Reward.

New York Especially Mrs Laura
NJ. Carter, who has been on trial for
week on charge of receiving
stolen money, was acquitted by the
jury. She was accused of having
received from Chester B. Runyan,
the defaulting teller of the Windsor
Trust Company, $1,000 of the SS2,-
600 he stole from the bank.
One of the jurors said after the
verdict had been returned that the
jurors agreed that the testimony Of
Runyan, who was the principal Wit
ness against Mrs. Carter, be entire
ly ignored on the ground that Run
yam was a self-confessed thief
Runyan testified that he first met
Mrs. Carter in the street and that
he arranged with her to conceal him.
This was before his sensational de-
parture from the bank with 1000
in bills concealed in his suit case.
He testified that he told her he was
short in his accounts.
After taking all his money in his
custody. he testified he went to live
in fiat with Mrs. Carter in Harlem.
He said he gave her $1,000 at once
and that a day of two later she de-
manded $4,000 more, saying that if
she did not get 1t she would betray
him. This sum, he said, he also
gave her.
Mrs. Carter admitted getting S5,-
900, but said that as soon as she
knew II had been stolen she returned
IL to him and then betrayed him to
the police, She denied absolutely
that she demanded or received the
additional $4,000, as Runyan tes-
titled.
Immediately after the verdict Mrs.
Carter was released from custody.
She said she had not decided wheth-
er she would demand the reward
offered for Runyan's capture, which
amounted to S7,400.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Foreign.

The British consul general at An
twerp has formally protested against
the inadequate protection given Brit
ish ships during the strike.
The big Cunarder, Lusitania, out
for the ocean record, passed the Lu-
cania after leaving Queenstown.
King Leopold has tranferred the
domain of the crown in the Congo
Independent State to a stock COM
pany
The American officers who will
witness the Germany army maneu-
Vers were dined by Emperor William.
The withdrawal of the Venezuelan
delegate TO The Hague Conference
was a mistake. He Will remain.
Smallpox is raging in Vienna;
166, 900 persons have been vaccinat-
ed and public meetings forbidden.
The Peruvian Chamber of Dcpu-
ties approved the contract of Alfred
McCune, of New York, for the con-
struction of the Cerro de Pasco, Nu-
acho and Ucayall River Railroads.
France and Spain will occupy the
littoral ports of Morocco with their
own forces and establish police or
ganizations Of native Moors, in order
to establish order.
A large force of reserves is digging
in the snow in an effort to save so
persons buried under the snow ava
lanche in ChiE.
The Pressian Iealth officers an
bounced that raftsnI6n from Rus
sia who descended the Yistula died
Of cholera,
Emperor Nicholas has given Pre-
mier Stolypin permission to wear
the japanese Order of the Sun of
Paulownia.
DR.. Maurice F. Egan, new Ameri-
: can minister 70 Denmark, presented
,yhis credentials to King Frederick.
Z An account of the success of Pro-
fessor Koch in treating sufferers in
Central Africa for the sleeping sick
ness was received in Berlin.
} An unfounded rumor that an at
tempt had been made on the life
of Emperor Francis Joseph caused
a stir in Vienna.
King Edward decorated NJ. Iswol-
sky, the Russian Foreign Minister,
with the Grand Cross of the Vatican
Order.
The German finance ministry an
nounced a surplus, an unusual ex-
perience for the imperial govern
ment.
A doctor declared Mrs. Amy Root,
OF Rochester, N. y, who created a
scene In Paris, TO be insane.
Germany is watching events in Mo-
rocco, and win prevent the Egytiani-
zation Of that country.
A Russian emigrant died suddenly
on train near Thorn, Germany
possibly from cholera.
The anti-Jewish disorders, after
being in progress for several days
were hnally stopped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
IN MEMORY OF MCKINLEY.
The Shaft To Martyr-President I'm
veiled In Drenching Rain.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially In a
heavy downpour of rain and before
vast multitude, the Mckinley
monument on Niagara Square was
dedicated this afternoon and formal
ly turned over to the State of New
York through Gov Charles e.
Hughes.
Great anxiety was caused by an
archist circulars recently distributed
threatening to kill Governor Hughes
as President Mckinley had been
killed.
There was no intimation that
there would be slaughter of all
who took part in the ceremonies.
These circulars were printed. TheS
were handed to the authorities yes
terday by the recipients. All of the
city officials were, therefore, keenly
alert
Four Pinkerton detectives guard
ed the Governor closely all day and
city detectives practically surround
ed his carriage all along the line of
march. No one at all suspicious was
allowed to approach it. No attempt
was made and the police breathed
easier when the exercises were over.
The Governor was not informed
of the matter, and every effort was
made to keep it from the public.
The ceremonies were brief, but
none the less impressive. Assembled
on the stand near the monument
with Governor Hughes We're men
prominent in the State and nation,
and also from the Dominion of Can
ada Back of the speakers platform
was grandstand filled with business
and professional men of Buffalo, and
Western New York, with their wives
and daughters. Another large body,
consisting of the Grand Army Veter-
ans, who always hailed President Nc
Kinley as "Comrade," formed in a
circle in front of the speakers stand.
and on the steps of the monument.
Interspersed with them in striking
contrast to their plain blue uniforms
and battle flags were the scarlet
coated Canadian troopers.
But by far the mightiest part of
the assemblage was the multitude
which banked Niagara Square and
the approaching streets as far as
the eye could see. Tops of houses
and the roofs of nearby skyscrapers
in the business section were used as
vantage points from which to view
the monument and its surroundings.
1t was before Just such crowd that
President Mckinley, six years ago,
delivered his last. neEnorable address,
which breathed q spirit of'amity for
the Nations OF the Western Hemi-
sphere, and spoke for an extension
of Pan-Americanism in its broadest
sense
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
PLAGUE BEYOND CONTROL.
San Francisco Appeals To The
President.

Washington (SpeeiaD ~ Bubonie
plague in San Francisco has admit
tedly got beyond the control of the
city authorities. The Acting Mayor
of the city appealed to President
Roosevelt to have the Federal Gov
ernment assume entire charge of all
measures for coping with the plague
In consequence President Roose
welt communicated with Surgeon
General Walter Wyman, In charge Of
the Public Health and Marine Serv'
ice, and the Federal authorities are
now in full charge in tho Athlete,
city.
DR.. Wyman believes that the dis
ease can be eradicated in San Fran
cisco, and its spread prevented He
has been giving it very close atten.
tion for some time past. ana hae
already been cooperating with tht
local authorities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Boy cos LIfe sentence.

Bath, Me. (SpeciaD Life impris
onment at hard labor in state prison
was the sentence imposed by Judge
Whitehouse in the Supreme Courl
upon Sidney X. Preble, tho is.
year-old boy who was found guilty
by jury of the murder OF his oom.
panion, Norris Wheaton. When the
sentence was pronounced Preble bow.
ed two or three times to the clerk
and, looking around the courtroom,
smiled for the first time during hia
trial
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Indictments Stand.

San Francisco Especially The mo-
ton made by the attorney represents
ing Patrick Calhoun, Thornwell Null
laly, Terry L. Ford, William Alb
bott, e. E. Schmitz, Abraham Reuf,
Frank Drum. Eugene DeSabla. John
Martin and Louis Glass, to set aside
and dismiss the various bribery in
dictments against them was denied
by Superior Judge Lawlor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Wholesale Markets.

Baltlmore.-Wheat- - Cargoes on
grade sold at 95c. for special bin No.
2 red, 941 " for stock No. red, 90
for special bin steamer No. 2 red, SSl
for stock steamer No. 2 red, S5 Y for
special bin rejected, S2lh for stock
rejected, and 81 for rejected to go
through the drier The market for
Western opened frmer; spot and Au-
gust, 94c.; No. red Western, 90 Y;
September, ga October, 951s
Corn. - Western opened frmer;
spot and August, CO &c; September,
63 II; October, 65G65A: year.
81 ". There was some demand for
futures and prices held fairly well
until the close, which was easier.
Sales, 5000 bu. year. 6O%c.; 5000
do, CO.'S; 10000 mixed. November
and or December shipment, 60A;
four cars No. 2 white spot, Go; 49,
600 bu. spot, 63A
Oats. - White, No 2, 57d 5Sc.;
do, No 8, heavy. 55@56; do. No.
3, light, 54@55; do, No. 4. 52@ SO;
mixed, No. 2, 54; do, No. 3, so q SO;
do, No. 4, 50@51.
Butter-Creamery. 260261a; i'm
itation, 20621.
Cheese-We quote, per lb., IAN
@14%c.
Eggs--We quote, per dozen, loss
off; Maryland, Pennsylvania and
nearby firsts, 21c.; Western firsts,
21; West Virginia, firsts, 20; South
ern firsts, 1919; guinea eggs, 10
OIL.
Live Poultry - Good demand for
choice young chickens; fat, old hens
irmer. Ducks inactive. We quote
as follows: Chickens - Old bens,
heavy, per lb., 14Be.; do. sinas.,
per lb., Ia; old roosters. each, 25@
30; spring, per lb., IT, Ducks
Puddle, large, per lb., 12c.; do,
small, IL; muscovy and mongrel, II;
do, brakes, each, 80 GD 40 white
Pekings, per lb., 11@12; spring, as
to size, la -. Pigeons-Young
per pair, 15c.; old Is. Guinea
fowl-Ol1. each, zoe; young, %.
New York - Wheat - No. . red,
971sc. elevator; No. red, 97% +.
o. b. ahoat; No 1 Northern Duluth,
S1.13k f. o. b. aioat; No. 2 hard
winter, $1.00A f. o. b. aloat
Corn-Spot steady; No 2. 671ac.
elevator and 81 f. o. b. afoat No 2
white, 6SH, and No. yellow, 69k
f. o. b. afoat.
Oats-MiXed, 26032 lbs. Gle;
natural white, 30@S3 lbs, 65 q 66;
clipped whiteS 36 40 lbs, G51s %
6S.
Butter strong; creamery specials,
261s a 27c.; extras, %; thirds TO
firsts, 21G25h
Poultry - Alive steady; sprlng
chickens, 10 hc.; fowls, 14h; tur-
keys, 13. Dressed ST. .dy; Western
broilers, 15G 19; turkeys. 1876;
fowls, 12Q15.
Philadelphia. - Wheat quiet but
steady; contract grade, August, 90
@93hc Corn quiet but firm; Au-
gust, 63 " a 64c. Oats scarce and
firm; No. 2 white, natural, 66c.
Butter firm and in good demand;
extra Western creamery, 261ac.; do,
nearby prints 20.
Eggs firm and in. good demand;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts,
free cases, 22c., at mark de-, cur
rent receipts, in returnable cases, 21,
at mark; Western, choice, free cases,
%, at mark; do. fair to good, free
cases, 20@21.
Live poultry firm and in good de-
mand; fowls, y a / &C.; old roos-
ters, 10Q11; spring chickens. 100
IL; ducks, 12@l3.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Lightning Strikes Boat.

New Orleans Especially At the
height Of a storm on Lake Pontchart-
rain the oyster patrol boat Majestic
was struck by lightning and destroy
ed by fire. The crew had narrow es-
capes, getting away in lifeboats in
heavy seas. The Majestic, which is
an auxiliary schooner, was owned by
the State Of Louisiana and used to
regulate the oyster industry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
Ex-ConsuI A Suicide.

Washington Especially DIR. wiz
liam II. Abercrombie, who was form
erly American Consul at Nagasaki.
Japan, committed suicide at the. fash
lonable stoneleigh Court Apartment
House, on Connecticut Avenue, by
inhaling illuminating gas. None of
his friends know Of any motive for
his act. His body was discovered
shortly after A. NJ, when a colored
maid detected the ordor of gas and
notified the clerk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
nelax In ON Trust Case.

New York (speciaD ~ Another
postponement of the taking OF tes-
timony against the STANDARD OH
Company of New Jersey and afiliat-
ed concerns was ordered by former
Judge Franklin Ferrlss, o. St. Louis,
who is acting as examiner for the
Federal Court The hearing is now
scheduled for September II. and II
is said there will be no delay be-
yond that date in the proceedings
in this jurisdiction.