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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
At The NATIONS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.

The Bureau of Labor is on the
lookout through the Civil Service
Commission for experts to conduct
an investigation into woman and
child labor. Examinations will be
held
The forthcoming report of the
board of construction regarding sub
marine boats is awaited with inter-
est About 100000 is available
for building submarines.
The board of visitors to the Naval
Academy recommend, among other
things, full course of four years.
The French Ambassador and Mad
anne Jusserand are guests of Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Secretary Wilson was a witness at
the trial of former Assistant Statis-
tician Holmes, accused of betraying
crop secrets.
The blame for the collision be-
tween the torpedo boats Whipple and
Blakely has been placed on Machin-
lists Mate Seward, who has disap-
peared since the collision.
Prizes were awarded in the compe-
tition of architects for furnishing
plans for the building for the Inter-
national Bureau of American Repub-
lies.
Brigadier General Henry G. Sharpe
will go abroad TO study the meth
DDS of departments of foreign armies
corresponding to the department in
subsistence in the American Army.
In the trial of Holmes, the for
mer crop statistician, C. l.. Van Rim
er, the New York speculator, testi-
fed that Holmes had told him that
Haas had handed him $4,000 in
one thousand dollar notes,
William II. Buckles, Of Baltimore,
was appointed secretary of the Unit
ed States Legation at Madrid.
The report of Assistant Attorney
General Cooley, who investigated
charges against Ulysses 8. Bratton,
assistant district attorney at Little
Rock. Ark, has been placed In the
hands OF Attorney General Bona
parte.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
STILL ANOTHER TRUST.
Investigating The United Shoe Man
ufacturing Company.

Washington (Specia) - The De-
partment Of Justice has begun an in
vestigation of the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company, incorporated under
the laws of Massachusetts. 1t is
charged that the corporation owns
and controls all the machinery used
in the United States for the manu-
facture of shoes; that it leases its
machinery only under a stiff royalty
agreement, and that 1t is operating
in restraint of trade.
1t is hinted that some men of wide
influence are financially interested In
the concern.
The Department of Justice has
been informed that over 100000, 900
pairs of shoes are manufactured an
nually in this country, and that the
advance in royalty is in proportion
to the increase in production.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports.

r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Less activity is reported in the
primary market for cotton goods,
but there is no evidence of weak
ness. On the contrary, several quo
tations are higher, print cloths rul-
ing close to 5 cents. After the re-
cent unprecedented activity some
diminution in demand Is natural and
wholesome. II is no less difficult
to secure early deliveries, and most
manufacturers have as much for
ward business as they are willing to
accept. There Is constantly less dis
position to undertake contracts for
next years shipment, conservative
mill owners striving to eliminate the
speculative feature because of the
uncertainty regarding deliveries OF
new crop raw material and the posi-
bility Of cancellation. Export trade
Is light. Many lines of fancy wool
ems have been opened, although buy.
ers are not prepared to operate free
ly as yet. Offering of samples has
not weakened the tone, however,
prices ruling about the same as last
year and q few varieties are held o
trifle higher.
Some Eastern wholesalers have
placed large contracts with New Eng
land shoe manufacturers, but as
rule trade is still light, buyers oper
ating cautiously. Returning sales
men report that jobbers throughout
the country carry small stocks and
good autumn trade IS expected, al
though orders thus far this season
fall behind last years to date.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Foreign.

The steamer Crystal Stream was
burned to the waters edge while tied
up at Coles Island, in Washademoak
Lake, y. B., and three members OF
the crew were burned to death.
Forty-eight mutineers have been
condemned and shot at Kiev, and the
assassin of Colonel Guggssekoffsky,
assistant harbor master Of Sebasto-
pol, has been sentenced to death.
James Fegan, who narrowly escap-
ed being buried alive in England,
described his sensations while the
undertaken was measuring him for
shroud.
The japanese foreign minister an
nounced that the rumor that Ambas-
sador Aoki was to be recalled is with
out foudation.
An imperial ukase conferred on
governors of certain provinces in
Russia unlimited powers without re-
sort to courts.
Matthias Erzberger, a member Of
the German Reichstag, was sentenc-
ed to one weeks imprisonment for
eliminating Ex-Governor Won Ben
nigson, of New Guinea, one OF the
German African colonies.
Serious rioting has occurred in the
winegrowing district. Troops fred
upon mob in Narbonne. Three per-
sons We're killed and 100, including
score of women, wounded
A dynamite cartridge was thrown
from the gallery of the Greek Cham
ber of Deputies among the members,
but fortunately 1t failed to explode
It is reported that 1 900 Japanese
have not been allowed to land at Sa-
lima Cruz owing TO bubonic plague,
which Is said to exist among them.
Ambassador Tower introduced An
drew Carnegie and Joseph Wharton
10 Emperor William on board the
imperial yacht at Kiel.
Five men were killed by a speed
ing automobile crashing into a rock
at Caianello, Italy,
Seventy men were killed or wound
ed in conflict between the sappers
and the loyal troops at Kiev, Russia.
An insurection has also broken out
among the troops at Kaluga.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
EIGHT KILLED AND
THIRTY INJURED
work Train Wrecked On the New
Maven Road.
THE wRECKAGE TAXES FIRE.
Fast Passenger Train Crashes Into
Car Containing Between Forty and
Fifty workmen and Nearly All Are
Killed or Hurt-Cause Of Accident
Not Determined.

Hartford, CT. Especially. - Eight
workmen we're killed and over 80 in
1ured when a passenger train on the
Highland Division of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
crashed into the rear of a work train
that was backing into the city from
New Britain at the Sigourney Street
crossing. OF the injured two proba-
bly, will die.
Some of the victims within easy
reach were dead, but were left while
the rescuers tried to extricate the
living. In one instance II took an
hour and half to rescue one work
man who was pinned between the
trucks. His head was hanging down
Backwards. and he suffered severely;
but the rescuerS encouraged him,
while doctors reached between the
frame work which held him pris-
Dner and treated the wounds on the
face and head.
There are three unofficial versions
of the cause of the wreck. One is
that the passenger train for New Bri-
tain went out on wrong track
The second Is that the work train
had the right of way until Z o'clock,
and should have had a clear track;
that the passenger train was ahead
of time at that point. The third is
that the work train opened a switch
and failed to close it.
The engineer of the work train
claims that he had the right of way,
and his statements are borne out by
others on this train. Engineer VIII
son, OF the passenger train, jumped
In time to escape injury The pas
sengers, however, were badly shaken
up and some were cut by flying glass
An express train passed on an ad-
joining track soon after the accident
and sideswiped the wreckage There
was much danger because the wreck
ed cars had to be maintained in an
upright position by stays while the
rescuers were underneath battling to
save the lives of those caught in the
wreckage.
During the excitement fire broke
out. After quenching the flames,
firemen became rescueys, and with
AXIS and saws worked until the ar
rival of a squad of so railroad wreck
ers.
Soon after the wreck. while an in
vestigation was being made to ascer-
tain the whereabouts of the living
victims, one man underneath sever
al tons of debris was seen waving a
red flag. Someone reached him with
a bottle of whiskey and gave him
draught. He remarked:
THE first drink in IL years, and
God knows l need it,"
At st Francis Hospital there are
81 victims. The doctors say that
two of them cannot live.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
BATTERED DOWN DOORS.
Carpenter Kills His Wife And Three
Children.

Jasper, Fla. Especially w. w,
Barton, carpenter, shot and almost
instantly killed his wife, three chill
dren and himself at his home here
One victim, child five years of age.
survived long enough to tell that
Barton did the killing. The shots
were heard about 10 o'clock P. NJ,
but no attention was paid to the mat
ter until next morning, when neigh
bors discovered Barton's body ly-
ing on the front porch, and that of
his wife on the back porch. The
children were found in a bedroom,
the pistol having been held close to
the mouth in each instance, and the
faces were powder marked. Unhap-
py domestic relations are believed to
have been responsible for the crime.
Barton left home Tuesday and did
not return until late Wednesday
evening, when he found the doors
nailed against him. He battered
them down and began his work of
destruction
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
New Transcontincntal Lime.

Pierre, S. D. Especially Articles
OF Incorporation were filed here for
the United States Central Railway
Company, with Patterson, N. j., and
Delhi, n. y, parties as incorpora-
tors. The capital stock is $4,000
600. The road is TO extend from
Portland, Me, 1000 miles to San
Fancisco, touching New York and
Chicago. Estimated cost is half a
billion dollars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Bomb ImperiIs BOO GirIs.

Cleveland, Ohio Especially "A dy-
Mantle bomb big enough to wreck a
building was found in load of coal
being delivered to an East End knit
ting mill. The police are investi-
eating whether an attempt was made
to blow up the mill or whether eff
fort had been made TO wreck a mine
from which the coal came. There
are 800 girls employed at the knit
ting plant. Police were rushed to
the scene, and there was so much
excitement that work was suspended
for the afternoon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Demonstration BY Italy.

Mexico City (By Cable) An Ital-
ian war ship has been ordered from
New Orleans to Guatemalan ports,
according to report received here,
1t is further stated that the Italian
government has instructed its min
lister to make vigorous representa-
tions to the Guatemalan government
in the case of two Italians who are
among the nineteen men originally
condemned to death in Guatemala
City for alleged completely in the at
tempt on the life of President Ca
brera
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
1906 Was Prosperous yeor

New York (SpeciaD- The annual
report of the Chamber Of Commerce
Of the State of New York, advance
sheets of which were Just issued,
shows that the last calendar year
was most prosperous. The total val
ue of the foreign commerce was
$1,567 7729,735 as compared with
S1,374,417,122 the preceding year.
The balance of trade in favor of the
United States for the fiscal year was
S517,302,054, an increase of s112,-
235,459. The enormous business ac-
tivity during last year is shown by
the total clearings of $104.b75,0 ,00O,-
600 as compared with 500, ,0O0,-
600 in 1905.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
President Pardons Heroes.

Washington Especially For he
roic conduct in saving private in
the Marine Corps from drowning. the
President has pardoned Ivan l..
Barkhurst, an apprentice seaman,
and Carl A. Gyber. an ordinary sea-
man in the navy, who had been con-
victed of desertion, They were un-
dergoing sentence aboard the prison
ship Southey at the Portsmouth IN.
H.) Navy Yard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Suicide, says Her husband.

New York (snecial) Laura, the
nineteen year old wife Of James
WoardNll, was shot through the head
and killed at their home. in West
Twenty-fifth Street. The husband,
who is six years the senior of his
wife, notified the police, explaining
that his wife had taken her life in
accordance with a suicide pact into
which the two had entered, He was
arrested
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Held For Murder.

Batesburg. s. c. (special) AN in
yestigation of the ambush assassina-
tion OF George w. Mabus resulted in
a verdict by the coroner's jury charg-
ing Lee and Clifford Fallow, brothers.
with the killing, and Clinton Fallow
and Isaac Taylor, the latter negro
farm hand, as accessories. The two
former were seen endeavoring to OBJ
literate their tracks All at first es-
capped, but the last two named were
captured by the sheriff and imme-
diately rushed to Lexington jail for
safe keeping.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Killed His Friend.

Dalton, Ga. (Special) John Car
roll. a prosperous young farmer liv-
ing near here, was shot and killed
by Harris Holland, a friend, while
the two we're returning home. Car
roll had just secured a marriage IL
censes and was to have been married.
II is said the two men had been
drinking and became involved in
quarrel. which resulted in the shoot
ing. Holland has not been arrested.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
ExpIoslon Iniures Ten.

New York (SpeciaD Two fire.
men were seriously injured and eight
others slightly burned in an explo-
sion of l'as, which was caused by a
fire in the home of Mrs. Wesley Ty-
son, in West Forty-ninth Street. The
firemen We're in the basement OF the
building when terrific explosion Of
gas occurred, and John McGuigan
and James Nugent were so badly
burned that they were taken to the
hOspital
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Woman Falls From Trapeze.

Des Moines, Iowa (Special) -
Through the failure of her mates
teeth to hold in a flying trapeze act in
Robinson's circus, Effie Minerva was
dashed to the ring from near the
top of the big tent. Her back is
sprained, her right ankle broken, and
right side cut and bruised 1t is
feared that internal injuries may re-
suit in death. Etfie Minerva's real
name is Mrs. William Davis, and her
home is in Freeport. III.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
IN THE FINANCIAL WoRLb.

Tie Bell Telephone, of philadel.
phia. has declared a quarterly uivi-
dend of II per cent.
IL was reported that the Texas
Pacific had sold to banking syndi-
ctae s3,000,000 OF equipment notes.
Z II looked as If Reading and Union
Pacific were being manipulated to in
fiuence the rest of the market.
! In 1906 there passed through the
Suez Canal 1916 vessels. The total
receipts wero S22,400, 900. OF which
'Si4,o0O,00O was paid out In diyi-
dends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Registering Filipino voters.

Manila (By Cable) The registra-
ton of Filipino voters began Friday.
Reports indicate that the total regis
tration Will be heavy, No reports Of
disorder have been received The
American residents are generally
registering also. Carl Hess is the
only American candidate for the As
sembly, he having been nominated
from Manila. Registration will con-
tinue four days.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
soldier. Aged 1Oa. Dead.

Joplin, Mo. tspecial)-Thomas e.
Sauls, sergeant in the Seminole war,
participant in the Mexican and the
civil wars, and pioneer in the devel-
opment of the lead and zinc industry
of Missouri, died, aged 10S years.
He was born in North Carolina
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Woman Guilty OF MansIaughter.

Flandreau, S. D. Especially Mrs.
Emma Kaufman, of Sioux Falls, S.
D., was found guilty of manslaughter
in the first degree. She was accused
of the murder of Agnes Polreis, her
1G-year-old servant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Clerk short Twenty Thousand.

Milwaukee Wis. Especially Frank
j.. Woller, Clerk Of the Municipal
and District Courts, has been found
to be short 100000 in his accounts.
Deputy Clerk John w. Woller,
brother Of the Clerk, admits that a
warrant has been issued for his
brother. Frank +. Woller is said to
be visiting at a summer resort within
a few miles of Milwaukee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
TO Europe After Labor.

Albany, ~ Y especially LIN order
to secure farm laborers for New
York state the state department of
agriculture announced that it had
sent a special agent to Europe for
the purpose of disseminating infor-
nation concerning the advantages of
the state to those desiring to engage
in agricultural purpuits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
No Recognition At This Time.

Washington Especially .-SecretLry
Root has declined to grant tho re-
quest Of DR.. Angel Ugarte to be re-
ceiyed at the department. as the d.
plomatic representative of the Hon
duran provisional government, which
declaration amounts to a refusal to
recognize that government at this
time
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
Live Stock.

Chicago -Cattle-Market steany,
but slow. Common TO primo steors,
S4600700; cows. S9.25@4.75;
heifers, $4,000 500; bulls, $3.40@
500; calves, $1,000 csc; stockers
and feeders, sS.0O@5.00.
Hogs-Market sc. lower. Good>to
prime heavy, $6.17h 06.22k; me-
dium to good heavy, sj.121a q 6.15;
butcher weights, S6.171a O6.25;
light mixed, $G.2OQ6.25; packing,
$500 els; pigs, $500 S.25;
selected, $C.25 q $50; bulk OF sales,
$6.15 06.20.
Kansas City, No -Cattls-Top,
$6.75; choice exports and drcgsed
beef steers, SG.0O06.75; fair to
good, s5.50@6.00; Western fed
steers, s4,5OG6,25; stockers and
feeders, $500 4.75; Southern
steers, S3.30@5.10; Southern COWS,
$2.00Q 800; native cows, S22E@
4.50; Calves $3.SO@4.9O; bulls,
$3.0005.0O
Hogs-Market sc. lower. Top,
$6.12h; bulk of sales, $6.O21s a
$40; heavy. 5000 6.05; packers,
$500 q 6.10; light, s6.021s @6.121s;
pigs, $5.25 80 600.
oHeep--muTkel Sleduy 10 weak.
Lambs, s6.5O@775; ewes and year
lings, $1,000 G.25; Texas clipped
yearlings, S6.25 07.0O; Texas clipped
sheep, 1925 % 6.00 stockers and
feeders, $3.50@5,25.
Pittsburg, Pa. - Cattle - Market
steady; choice, $C.10@ G3O; primo.
$500 @G.10.
Sheep--Primo wethers, s5A0@
5.2b; culls and common, $1,000
800; lambs $4.00WG.00; veal
calves, $6.5007.00.
Hogs-Prlmo heavies. $3.50; me-
diums, $1,000 C.45; Workers, SG.45;i
pigs. S6.46@D6.bQt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27

Houston. Tex. (Special) The first
bale of the new crop OF cotton ar
rived here Thursday by express
from Hidalgo County, Tex. Last
year the first bale arrived July 6.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27

Washington Especially .-Gratifica.
was expressed at the State Depart
ment at the report from Constantine
pie to the effect that Ambassador
Leishman had at last succeeded in
settling the one question between
the Embassy and the Porte which
remained of six open issues. This
has been a work of years, and, al
though negotiations we're initiated
for the settlement of those questions
many years ago, not one of them was
finally settled until Ambassador
Leishman undertook their adjust
ment. AS an incident it became nee
essary for Congress to raise the
American legation at Constantinople
to the rank of embassy, for other
wise it would have been impossible
for Mr.. Leishmar to break through
the meshes of red tape in the Sub
lime Porte and reach the person of
the Sultan. When this was finally
accomplished the rest of the work
was easy, and it may be pointed out
that the settlement of all of the six
questions above referred to has been
affected since the American minis
ter became an ambassador.
First of these questions was one
relating to change in tenure of title
deeds to American institutions. This
was of great Importance to the Amer
lean colleges in Turkey, which other
wise must have suffered the loss of
most of their real estate and build
ings
Second was permission to erect
buildings at Caesarae. This was also
an incident of importance to Ameri-
can educational institutions with
Turkish offshoots.
Third was the grant of customs
immunity at Beirut. All of the Amer
lean Presbyterian missions in Syria
were deeply interested in the settle.
ment of this question, for they were
laboring under great discrimination
in favor of foreign religious demon.
national institutions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27

Statistics of China's postal service
record a wonderful increase. name
ly, from 10000 900 pieces of mail
in 1899 to 113,000,000 pieces in
1906.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-06-27
The SULTAN COMES
DOWN At LAST
United States Finally Secures Its
Demands.
WAS LONG DIPLOMATIC STRUGGLE.
The Raising of the United States Lega-
tion at Constantinople to an Embassy
Gave the Entering Wedge, and the
Porte Has Finally Yielded on All Of
the Six Questions.

Constantinople (By Cable). = The
Porte has addressed communica-
tion to the American Embassy here
giving satisfaction in the case OF the
last outstanding question between the
Embassy and the Porte and thus re-
moving the final obstacle in the way
of Americas adhesion to the 3 pei
cent. customs increase, which will
follow in the course of a day or two
Ambassador Leishman visited the
Porte after two months abstention
and ne attended the selamilk, after
which he will be received in audi.
ence b. the Sultan.