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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

One firm in Wall Street Thursday
bought 10000 shares of Reading.
r. 2. Allison was elected a mem
Der of the Philadelphia Stock Ex-
change.
A Philadelphia firm sold one
block of 5000 shares of Pennsylva-
MIA at 14O15.
There is an expectation that the
Gould roads will be the next to come
under the probe.
Rapid Transit's earnings are run
ming ahead of last year at the rate
of nearly $4,000 a day.
Electric Company of America di-
rectors declared the regular semi
annual dividend of $ Y per cent.
Baltimore e. Ohio directors de-
elared the regular semi-annual diyi-
dend of per cent. on the preferred
stock and per cent on the com
mon stock
Just before the close w. l.. Bull
sent this message TO Winthrop Smith
& Co. II should not be surprised
to see Pennsylvania have a sharp
break in the next few days"
The Republic Trust Company, of
Philadelphia, has followed the exam
pie of several other institutions and
increased the interest Paid on depos-
its to az per cent. On small
amounts OF 500 or less the usual
ten day notice need not be given.
Janney & Co., who are supposed
to represent important officials of
the Cambria Steel Company, were
conspicuous buyers of the stock.
Another well-known broker told his
customers You can buy all the
CAMBRIA Steel you can get up to
80, and II is not going to react any,
Concerning the latest plan put
out for the Rapid Transit, director
Of that company says: 80 talk of
reducing the dividends on the un-
derlying companies is exactly the
same as IL you were to discuss the
reduction of interest on a mortgage.
II you place mortgage at 6 per
cent. the borrower of the money
might afterwards wish TO cut 1t To
3 per cent, but what would tho
lender say to such a scheme? with
all these underlying companies II
is now case of Rapid Transit's pay
ing all obligations agreed upon, or
give up the leases"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Foreign.

Charges that great quantities of
lumber produced in British Columbia
has been diverted from the Canadian
markets to San Francisco to be ship
ped TO Panama are to be investigated.
A plenary council of the French
bishops to discuss the situation of
the Catholic Church in France has
been summoned to meet January 10
in Paris.
Seven ringleaders of the strikers
in the Orizaba District, Mex, were
shot to death by soldiers in the pres
ence of thousands of workmen.
Walter Wellman exhibited to n
number of aeronauts in Paris his en-
| larged balloon, in which he hopes
to reach the North Pole.
A crisis in the Spanish Ministry
is impending, the issue being the pro-
| posed Anticlerical Association Law.
The Crown Prince of Portugal was
injured in a riding accident in Lis
bon.
Great Britain and Russia are
watching Germany's attitude toward
Persia. Any attempt of Germany
to secure political or commercial as
I
Russia in defense.
Russia's financial budget for 1907
contains S25O,O0O,0O0 for extraordi-
nary expenditures, of which $780,
| 600, 900 is for the Ministry of War.
A mysterious explosion of bomb
occurred at VASTLY Island, a section
of st. Petersburg, in which many
English families reside
A Philippine Japanese Association
| has been formed to cultivate com
mercial relations between Japan and
| the Philippine Islands
/ A tidal wave devastated several
of the Dutch East India Islands,
south of Achin, and several hundred
/ lives are reported lost.
General Rennenkampf, command
er of the Third Siberian Corps, has
been appointed commander of the
Third Russian Army Corps,
The Japanese government decided
that, on account of anti-Japanese ag-
itation on the Pacific Coast, the
training squadron will not go farther
than Honolulu.
The separation of church and
state in France has caused a number
| of suits for recovery of money be-
queathed as endowments for masses
for the dead.
Colonial Director Dernberg issued
a statement in defense of Germany e
colonial policy.
Henri Brisson, former premier OF
France, was reelected president OF
the Chamber of Deputies.
Negotiations are in progress fol-
consolidating several coal companies
in Nova Scotia.
Colonel Andrieff, chief of police OF
LODI, Poland, was shot and killed
in that city
Earthquake shocks were felt In
portions OF Norway, Sweden and
Russia.
1t Is rumored that the third sol
of the late Shah has formed al
army to march upon Teheran with
view to capturing the throne.
Russia proposes to build two p, !,
000-ton warships and ten 10000
ton vessels.
General Payloh, Russian judge
advocate general was shot anC
mortally wounded in front of th'
military court building in st. Peters
burg. The assassin was captured af
ter killing a policeman.
Major Genreal Wood has recon
mended a medal of honor for Cor
poral Seth l.. Weld, for conspicu
Gus gallantry in the Philippines
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Flaw In Federal Law.

It is announced at the Department
of Justice that the decision of the
government to try by court-martial
Corporal Knowles, who shot and SER
iously wounded Captain Macklin, of
the Twenty-fifth Infantry. at El Re-
no, Okla, was occasioned by the dis
covery of strange omission in the
federal laws. There is no provision
for trial in the federal courts for
assault with a deadly weapon, al
though there-is a law covering MUIR
der, when the offense is committed
within the federal jurisdiction. There
is law providing that the commits
sion of an offense which is not COW
cred by the federal statutes shall be
punishable under the laws of the
state within which the federal juris-
diction is located. In this case the
jurisdiction was within a territory,
not a state. Therefore, in order to
bring Corporal Knowles to justice,
it was found necessary to try him
under military laws.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Used Insulting Language.

Information was received by the
Navy Department of the court-mar-
tial in the Philippines of Passed AS
sistant Paymaster Jere Maupin, U.
S. A. For using what the specifi-
cations allege to have been insulting
and vile language toward Capt. Hen
ry S. Hathaway, of the Army, in the
presence of ladies' the court found
him guilty of conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman" He
was sentenced to lose 10 numbers in
his grade and to be reprimanded.
Reviewing this sentence, Rear Ad-
miral Brownson, commander of the
fleet, said: 1T is regretted that a
majority of the court, consisting of
officers of standing in the service,
should have taken so light view of
the gravity of the offense"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
The NEWS OF The WEEK
Domestic

After mourning each other as dead
for more than IA years, Rev. John
A. Gull, formerly assistant pastor OF
st. Francis de Sales Church, of Oak
land, Cal. and his wife we're re-
united in that city.
Michael O'Neil, a Central New
England Railroad conductor, though
mortally injured in a wreck near
Winsted, CT, dragged himself a mile
and sent a message which saved a
passenger train.
Judge English met by chance in
Sheridan. Wyo., the wife from whom
he had been divorced 80 years ago,
made love to her and again won her.
The Clyde Line freight steamer
Onondaga. from Boston for Charles
ton, is ashore upon Orlans Beach,
Massachusetts, coast.
A general corporation hunt has
been instituted by the legislature OF
Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota.
The police of New York have been
asked to look out for Frank S. Nor
ton, a missing Boston violinist.
Pennsylvania Railroad shares fell
off points on the announcement
of the plan to issue S2OO.000,000 of
new stock and bonds to complete
improvements.
Miss Sarah M. Harding, a wealthy
young woman of Brooklyn, VINO did
not believe in medical science, re-
fused to call a physician just before
she died.
A New York jury has awarded
$4,000 damages to Marion David
son, a child who lost a limb by a
street car passing over It,
William Allen Smith. who sue
ceeds Russell A. Alger in the United
States Senate, once sold popcorn for
a living.
The Vermont and Southern cotton
mills. two large North Carolina
plants, are reported in financial diffi-
culties.
A coal train of AS cars ran away
on a steep incline near Hazleton, Pa.
Electric light wires caused a mill
lion-dollar blaze in Lancaster, Pa.
Charles McGill, manager of the
wrecked Ontario Bank of Toronto,
was arrested on the charge of steal
ing S136,0O0 from the banks funds.
The counsel for Harry X. Thaw
may ask that the case be held
OuAsAut view VI n WY dliNbihb Niid
fair trial cannot be had in the
metropolis.
William E. Church was hanged in
WSrrenton, Miss, for the murder of
his foster parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. w. Yeater, on August 80, 1903.
The Licorice Paste Trust has been
found guilty of illegal combination
and a monopoly, but the individual
defendants have been acquitted.
Heavy rains will cause a loss of
thousands of dollars to mine owners
in the Ohio Valley, and over 1000
miners are idle as a result.
The Boston and Maine Railroad
will raise $3,000,000 for improve
ments by issuing to a syndicate five
per cent. one-year notes.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany proposes to issue S1O0,O00,0OO
additional capital stock and $780,
100000 in bords.
John S. Harris, former cashier of
the bank Of Boss, Johnston & Co., at
Ashland. Mo, committed suicide.
Emanuel Lehman, senior member
CT the firm of Lehman Bros, cotton
brokers, of New York, died there.
The members of the Plumbers
Trust in Ashtabula, o., were indicted
by the grand jury.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Congress And The Departments.

BY vote of 9 to the House
Committee on the Judiciary defeated
proposition to consider the Hep
burn-Dolliver bill, which makes
liquors entering a temperance State
through the medium of interstate
traffic subject to the laws of the
State.
The House Committee on Indus
trial Arts and Expositions favorably
reported a Joint resolution directing
the President to appoint a special
commissioner TO invite the British
Government 10 participate in the
jamestown Exposition.
The State Department received a
dispatch from Shanghai, stating that
the famine relief committee has thus
far received 100000 Mexican dol
lars for the sufferers.
Senator Hopkins addressed the
Senate in defense of the right of
Reed Smooth to retain his seat as
a member from Utah.
Champ Clark, of Missouri, is be-
ing urged for leader of the House,
to succeed John Sharp Williams.
The House was the scene of a
threatened personal encounter be-
tween Representative Gaines, of Ten
nessee, and Representative Mahon,
Of Pennsylvania, growing out of Mr.,
Gaines bill to dock" members for
chronic absenteeism.
The Secretary of War has ordered
the court-martial of Corporal
Knowles, Twenty-fifth Infantry,
charged with having shot Captain
Macklin, commander of Company A.
The bill making appropriations for
the legislative, executive and judicial
expenses of the government was re-
ported to the Senate.
The Committee on Revision of the
Laws reported a joint bill codifying
the criminal law of the United States.
The Senate passed the bill limit
ing the hours of railway employees
to 16 hours of service followed by
10 hours Of rest.
Representative Pearre, of Mary
land, has introduced a joint resolu-
tion providing for the election of
United States Senators by a direct
vote of the people.
Testimony detrimental to Operator
Dutrow, who was on duty at Silver
Springs on the night of the Terrd
Gotta wreck, was given on the stand
at the inquest by Operator Moore,
of Kensington. He declared that
Dutrow was incompetent and In
efficient Dutrow is kept under sur
velliance by Central ohicer detec-
| tives.
The various federal executive de-
partments have arranged plan for
the preservation OF American an
tiquities
Secretary Wilson conducted an
other hearing on the question, "ls
blended whisky whsky?"
The House adopted provision Ia
abolish the grade Of lieutenant gen
| eral.
The House passed the Army Ap.
preparation Bill, carrying $40, 900,
600.
Secretary Root offered suggestions
to the Senate Committee on For.
eign Relations for notifications IN
treaty with Santo Domingo,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
HcadIess Body Found.

New York Especially The grue-
some relic of tragedy was found
In scow in East River. In the form
OF the headless and armless body OF
man The dIsmembered body had
been brought up by dredge and
carried out 10 sea in the mud scow,
where 1t was discovered and brought
back. II was taken TO the morgue
and the coroner's jury is investigat-
Ing the murder theory. II was i'm
possible to tell whether the man had
been drowned or murdered and
thrown into the river.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Honor For Rrnnder Mntthews.

New York Especially 1t was an
nounced at Columbia University that
President Roosevelt had received a
letter from the French ambassador
at Washington stating that the deco
ration of the Legion OF Honor had
been conferred upon Prof. Brandei
Matthews, OF Columbia University
in recognition of his services to ilt-
erature in connection with the study
OF the French drama.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Frightened To Dcnth.

Philadelphia (SpeciaD - Albert
Lindsay was frightened to death and
two men severely burned by an ex-
plosIon of molten metal in the finish
ing plant at Baldwin's Locomotive
Works. Frank Sakolowsky and Pat
rick Dolan were burned about the
face and body by the hot metal
which flew over them, and Lindsay
who was standing near. was so
frightened that he collapsed. He
was picked up unconscious, and
when taken TO hospital with the
injured men was dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
A. +. Slater Gets Place.

Arthur F. Statter of Walla Walla,
Wash, at present private secretary
to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw,
will be appointed Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury to succeed
Charles Hallam Keep, when the lat
ter retires on February /, to be-
come Bank Commissioner of the
State of New York.
Mr.. Cortelyou, who takes the
Treasury portfolio on March 4, is
to fill the office whenever he desires
to do so, and First Assistant Post
master General Hitchcock will later
on be made Assistant Secretary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Twenty ,su,ncd To nonth

Strassburg (By Cable) Twenty
persons perished in fire which de-
stroyed the bookbinery of Hubert
& Co., an English firm, at Geispol-
sheim, near this city. A vat of boil
ing celluloid exploded and the fam
ing liquid caused such instantaneous
ignition of everything with which It
came in contact that all the exits
were cut off in a very short time.
Some of those who escaped from the
burning rooms were badly scalded
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Where Mckinley Died.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially The
former residence of John G. Mill
burn, on Delaware Avenue. to which
the late President Mckinley was
taken after he was shot at the PAN
American Exposition, and where he
died, was badly damaged by fire this
morning.
The fire practically consumed
everything within the four walls.
The loss is estimated at$25, 900. The
property has been sold recently by
Mr.. Millburn to Philip M. Shannan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Gas Plant Goes Tn; . Dead.

Wilmington, Ill. (SpeciaD r. II.
Pope and Edward Scheibner were
killed and - other persons were in
jured here by the explosion of a
gas plant in Woodmen's Hall, while
card party was in progress. The
gas had been leaking, and Pope and
Scheibner had gone into rear room
to make repairs. The rear of the
building was wrecked.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
A LiIlnntlnn Ilnlcd

Atlantic City, N. j. Cspecial) .-
Richard Donan, a midget well known
In theatrical circles was asphyxiated
by Illuminating gas here. He was
found sitting in a chair beside a
heater from which the gas escaped.
Donan was AZ years old and a trihe
over three feet tall. He was one of
the original Liliputians and had trav-
eled all over the world
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Farmer BOY wcds Girl OF Wealth.

Syracuse, N. Y. (speciaD - The
marrigae few days ago of Miss
Edith NJ, Wilbur. of Oneonta, to a
poor farmer boy, Herbert Cole, who
acted as her chauffeur through Eu-
rope last summer, is the elimination
of pretty romance. Miss Wilber,
in April 1905, fell heir to an estate
worth several hundred thousands
dollars, including 1000 acres of
farmland near Oneonta. Last sum-
men she bought big touring car
in Syracuse and engaged young Cole
to take herself and mother through
Europe Cupid became busy and
upon their return the girl took fire.
quent automobile trips so as to be
near Cole.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Germany's Big Co,ony BnI.

Berlin (By Cable) The Colonial
division of the foreign Office has pre-
pared a table showing that the ex-
penditure of Germany on her colo
nies in Africa and the South Seas
total 61,25O.000, to which may
be added indirect expenditures, in
cluding postal service and steam
ship subsidies, amounting to $7,S5O,-
nm
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Turks Destroy Rnlgnrinn nnnd.

SalonilSi (By Cable) AT Tchair-
ly, near Monastir, Turkish troops de-
stroyed Bulgarian band, consisting
OF eight men, killing six of them and
capturing two, both of whom were
severely wounded. The Turks lost
two men killed and several wounded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Suicide by His wife's Coffin.

Philadelphia Especially .-Alexan-
der Johnson committed suicide here
while kneeling beside the coffin in
which his wife's body lay ready for
burial. Johnson shot himself in the
head. and his body was found by
his three children.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Assassin,s Head Is Kent.

st. Peterburg Especially The as
sassin Of Lieutenant General Pavloff,
the military procurator of st. Peters
burg, was executed at Lisynos, near
Cronstadt. He refused to take the
sacrament. and died unidentified and
with a cheer for the revolution on
his lips. The head of the assassin
was removed and preserved at the
headquarters of the political police
for possible Identification later.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17
Murder over A Young Woman.

Lexington, Ky (Special) In a
fight over a young woman to which
both had been paying attentions,
Cleveland Justice, is years old, shot
and killed his cousin, George Mullins.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-17

The Senate passed the McCumber
Service Pension Bill without divi-
sion.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-10
Roosevelt. Keeps Telling II.
From the New York Sun.

From the New fork Sun.
Additional confirmation Of tie re-
solve Of President Roosevelt not 20 he
II candidate for reelection came out
last night at the farewell dinner Civ.
en- to Gypsy Smith and the Rev. Jas.
Law by the National Bible Institute
at the Hotel Astor. Mr.. Law Is the
general secfetary OF the British Ma.
tional Council of Free Churches, the
organization shat keeps Gypsy Smith
In the field Of evansellstlc work. Mr.
Law has swung round the circle as far
as Chicago and Washington In the
thee weeks he had been in this coun.
try. Last night he told about meet.
Inc the President last week.
81 was quite disappointed 10 hear
from his own lips" said Mr.. Law
"that he would not run for President
asal:;;. am straishtout man and
so asked him bluntly II he wouldn't
take the place again He said:
"'Mr. Law, as you Methodisrs'-
he must have thought was q Metho.
ilst-'proudly say. have delivered
my message and 1t Is for the American
peop.c 10 I've Il out
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-10
Comment Of Leading Newspapers on
Variety Of Toples-The Sen.
ate and Demasogues.
Washington Post

sWsshlngton Post
itsisl quite evident that public opIn.
Ion responded to the demagogue de.
mdnds for election of United States
Senators by direct vote Of the people.
No one will deny that 1t Is an assault
on the federal feature Of the Consti.
tuition, and that It weakens the check
.itheifathers pat upon has,y legislation.
In SO, far as It Is possible, It makes
Sths{Senate a popular body. something
that nobody thought Of the first half
a century Of our national existence.
The Senate is the product OF the
States; the House is the product OF
the people. That was how the fathers
framed our national and federal leg.
islhture. Who shall say that the Sen,
ate has been inferior TO the House the
past lis years? Nay. II would be 4
reckless man who would say that the
! House has been equal to the Senate
jim liabilities, in character. In patriot.
ism, during that time.
When We would seek for the cream
oflAmerlcan craftsmanship We find IL
on the roll that makes up the mem.
3bership Of the United States Senate
since 1859. There was never so great
need for preserving the integrity of
the Senate as the fathers established
1T rs new. The House Is no longer q
delIberatlye body. II sits but to reg.
lister the will Of one man, The Sen.
ate weighs and considers. It was the
fsober second thought Of the Senate
that defeated the impeachment Of
President johnson. II was the sober
second thought Of the Senate that say.
ed the country from the disasters that
the Force Bill Of 1890 would have pre-.
cipitated. Had the Senate been con.
trolled by the passions and the inIIs
cretlons Of popular body. unnum.
beFed. evils would have resulted to
our country from hasty and IlladvIscd
legislation. But the people listen to
the cry Of the demagogues. and the
Senate Of the fathers is doomed. It
will cease to be a check when 1t shall
have been transformed. or rther de-
formed, into a spur. II will no longer
be representative OF sovereign states,
but will get lis life from conglomera.
ate communities. As II Is now con.
stitated, 1t is, a glory of the represen.
tatiye. system.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-10
The Dollar and the Man.

Omaha Bee.
a fine Illustration Of, the higher re.
lation between employer and employ.
ed is furnished by the incident at
JOhnstOwn. Pa. where seven miners
were imprisoned underground by a
sudden rash OF water. As soon as the,
accident was reported the great coal
company by which they were employ.
ed set about 10 effect n rescue. Every
energy was enlisted In the work, which
was directed. by the engineering skill
lof the company's experts and mt for
an instant, night or day, did the effort
relax. Special pumps were hurrledly
Installed and the battle was carried
on with GREATNESS rush. the one Idea
being TO save the lives OF the men
below. The tapping on an air pipe
brought news TO the men on the sur.
face that the men below still lived
and taps from above carried cheer 10
the prisoners. The companions of the
entOmbed men worked with tireleSs
zeal and the corporation afforded
every means Of assistance money
could command. After 100 hours Of
a.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-10
Our Love Of Organization.

Philadelphia Ledger,
Americans have genius for organ
ization. We are a nation Of 'joiners."
lntso other country arc there so many
associatIons-socIal, literary, bcneh'
cIal or simply spectacular The man
who is not member Of some lodge.
corclaye or order, or at least Of gen.
ealogical or patriotic society. is eccen'
trio. The innocent love Of distinction
which the philosophers say is inscD'
arabie from humanity finds full gratl'
acatIon in the multitude of guilds,
open high place in the political arena,
hut in the fraterrities there are
enough Offices to so round, and favors
are distributed lmpartlally. 1t would
ID doing an lniustise, however, TO
these institutions 10 say, that they
minister solely 70 these ranitles.