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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
MILLwORKERs CREMATED.
Five Lives Lost in a Fire in New
Hampshire.

Dover, N. H. (SpeciaD .-Dover's
most disastrous fire, which occurred
SATURDAY, cost the lives of four and
probably five young mill operatives
and a property loss of half million
dollars. The fire destroyed Mill No.
of the Cocheco Manufacturing
Company. The bodies of four boys,
charred beyond hope of Identification,
were found in the smoking ruins,
and, as five boys are known to be
missing, it is believed that another
body will be discovered.
Several of the injured were hurt
while descending by ropes.
The fire broke out in the mill not
long after the 500 or more opera
tives had assembled for their days
work. Friction from belt generat-
ed sparks which lodged in a mass of
cotton and the flames quickly spread
throughout the building. The exits
soon became blocked by a struggling
mass of mill hands, and many were
obliged to jump from the windows
Others secured ropes and descended
to the ground.
There were several daring rescues
by firemen. Four imprisoned men
on the fourth floor were taken out of
a window. though not until they had
climbed one by one down a stout
pole which the firemen had made
fast to the top of a ladder too short
to reach the window sill.
The financial loss is 100000, COW
cred by insurance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
A CUBAN's CURE FOR LEPRosY.
DIR. Duque's Favorable Experiment
With Mangrove Tree.

Havana (By Cable).-A commits
sion appointed by the government
has turned in a report to the effect
that DR.. Matias Duque, who is in
charge of the Hospital for Conta-
gious Diseases, probably has discov-
cred cure for leprosy. Two lepers
were turned over to the Doctor sew
eral years ago for experimental pur-
poses, and these persons have no
exterior traces of the disease and
are gaining notably in weight. Sew
eral other cases treated by DR..
Duque are in various stages of i'm
provement.
DR.. Duque's experiments have been
along the line of what he terms
the red mangrove tree" treatment.
He claims to have discovered this
treatment as a result of his study
to find cure for his sister, who suf-
fered from leprosy, and who he has
succeeding In curing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
CHAOS REIGNS IN
THE WRECKED CITY
Swettenham Is Reported To Have
Resigned.
He IS UNEQUAL TO THE TASK.
No Organized Movement to Facilitate
Relief Work or Clearing Away of
the Ruins-Reports That American
Sailors Engaged in Looting Authori-
tati,ely Denied.

Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). -
The lack of cooperation on the part
of the central control here is greatly
hampering the work of extending
relief, providing shelter for the
earthquake sufferers, pulling down
the unsafe walls and repairing the
damaged buildings, for which Gov
ernor Swettenham is severely con-
demned. The Daily Telegraph in an
editorial says:
His Excellency is still careering
around the city, poking his nose into
various corners and attending to
petty details which his subordinates
onght to attend to. The result is
that when prominent officials and
other gentlemen in charge of i'm
portant work call at headquarters
house to consult him they cannot
find the Governor. There is a total
absence of a deliberate, organized
movement. This is a state of affairs
on which the British and colonial
governments cannot congratulate
themselves"
An instance of the Governors un-
timely, obstructive measures is the
police enforcement of the regula-
tion forbidding the re-erection of
buildings, even wooden shacks, with
out the city surveyors approval of
the plans, which is causing great de-
lay and dissatisfaction. rhe general
opinion is that the Governor has
completely lost his head and is ut
terly unequal to the task of meet
ing the emergency.
Colonial Secretary Bourne caused
the publication of a letter in reply
to the letter of the American consul,
Mr. Orrett, saying that his recol-
lection of the visit of Rear Admiral
Davis to headquarters, when the per-
mission to land sailors was given,
does not agree with Mr.. Orretts
version, but he does not explain the
difference.
Eugene Magnus, manager of the
Crosswell store, which the Governor
in his letter to Admiral Davis said
the Americans had cleaned up, de-
nies the Governors version of the
affair. He says the sailors merely
assisted in getting out the safe, dur
ing when Swettenham arrived on
the spot ami angrily protested be-
A report issued by Health officer
Ogilvie warmly thanks the crew of
the American battleshlp Missouri
for their assistance in erecting tents,
and commends the services of Sur
geon Norton, of the Missouri, in es-
tablishing the American hospital in
Winchester Park. The report that
the sailors were guilty of some loot
ing is authoritatively denied.
Earth tremors continue, but at
longer intervals and in decreased In
tensity.
Governor Swettenham has cabled
to the secretary of state for the col
onies that the provisions received are
more than ample for the relief of
the destitute, and that no further
funds are needed except for the re-
building OF the houses of the lower
and middle classes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
AN INDIAN SLAYER.
Arizona Cowboy Picks Them OFF In
One-two-three Order.

One-two-three Order.
Douglas, Ariz. Especially AT Beat
ty Camp, on the new Southern Pa
cific Line from Montezuma to Quay
amas, eight miles from Montezuma,
Sonora, Mexico, Bert Seely, noted
Arizona cowboy, single-handej, shot
and killed six Yaqui laborers. Seely,
1t is said, acted in self-defense. He
had a quarrel with one of the gang
of Indians with whom he was work
ing on the grade. and all of them
attacked him with shovels and picks.
Before they reached him Seely fired
five shots at the Indians from his re-
yolvers. He picked the five foremost
of the advancing Indians in one-two-
three order, stopping their onslaught
Every shot he fired proved fatal
Running down the grade sixth In
dian tried to intercept him, and See
ly also shot this one dead. Seely
escaped. He bears an excellent repu-
tation In Arizona.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
CAvEIN AFTER
AN EXPLOSION
Twelve Miners Are Killed In West
Virginia.
A HUNDRED BARELY ESCAPE.
Disaster at the Mine Of the Pennsyl-
vania Company at Lorentz, w. Va,
Caused by an Explosion of Firedamp
Five of the Dead Are Americans
and Seven Italians.

Weston, W. Va. Especially Five
Americans and seven Italians are
known to be dead as the result OF an
explosion Of fire damp In the Penn
sylvania Company mine at Lorentz,
w. Va, near Buckhannon, w. Va,
which occurred about $50 Saturday
evening.
Immediately following the explo-
sion the mine caved in and nearly
caused the entombment of all the
miners, estimated at 100. The
bodies of IL dead men have been
recovered, and It is not known az
this time whether any others met
death
The bodies of several Italians have
also been recovered, but as they are
known only by numbers, their iden-
tity is not possible until later.
The explosion occurred just as the
day force was leaving the mine.
Only a few of the men had reached
the surface when, with a terrific re-
port, the fire damp exploded. The
mine elevator had just started fer
the top, carrying about 20 men, and
almost so men were still at the bot
tom of the shaft. Immediately there
was a panic among the men still in
the mine.
There was but one direction in
which they could run, and this was
back into the drift. From this direc-
tion, however, a strong flow of gas
was slowly enveloping them. AL
most suffocated, they huddled close
ly together and cried pitifully up the
shaft for assistance.
Several rescuers took possession of
the elevator car and quickly ran it
down into the shaft. There was ac-
commodation for about 20 of the
men at the time, however, and the
foreign miners, who were crazed
from fright. fought like demons to
board the car, greatly retarding the
work of rescue. The car was finally
loaded and run to the top
With great precision and quickness
the elevator continted 10 make trips
until all the men at the bottom of
the shaft were brought to the sur
face. On the last two trips majori-
ty of the miners were unconscious
and had to be carried from the car.
The FIVE Americans and seven Ital-
ians who were killed were found
about 100 feet back in the mine. APP
parently, the 10 men had been over
come with gas and died, as their
bodies were not burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
THE NEWS or THE WEEK
Domestic

Judge Holt in the United States
Circuit Court at New York, heard
arguments on the demurrer inter-
posed by the Delaware, backawanna
and Western Railway Company to tho
Indictment returned against 1t al
leging violations of the Elkins act,
in the granting OF rebates to the
American Sugar Company.
The smaller metal dealers of the
New England and Middle States have
organized and have called on Secre-
tary Bonaparte TO bring suit to pre-
vent the formation of combination
of the copper mining companies.
The next annual convention of the
National Educational Association
will be held in Los Angeles, Cal, the
first week in July.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sis
ter of Henry Ward Beecher Stowe,
died at Hartford, CT.
IL is believed Mrs. Harry K. Thaw
will testify that Stanford White dis
played one of her photographs in
public TO anger her husband. Three
additional jurors were selected.
A test vote taken in the South
Carolina Senate shows a majority
of that body against the State Dis
pensary Law.
The National Shoe Wholesale AS
ISOLATION held its annual meeting in
Boston.
Harry Kendall Thaw was placed
on trial Wednesday before Justice
Fitzgerald in the Criminal Branch
Of the Supreme Court of New York
for the murder of Stanford White,
the architect, on the Madison Square
Garden roof on the night of June
25 last. Two jurors were selected
and II talesmen rejected.
BY order of the County Court Of
st. Paul, Minnesota, the Great North
ern Railway was enjoined tempor-
arily, pending the courts decision,
from issuing its proposed S6O,OOO,-
900 worth of additional stock with
out first obtaining approval of the
state railway commission.
Fifteen minutes after he had reg
istered at the Grand Union Hotel,
New York, Lathrop Smith, of Kansas
City, Mo, a student at the Columbia
Law Schol, committed suicide by
shooting himself.
City Judge Everest, of Plattsburg,
n. Y, ruled that refusal to admit a
soldier in uniform to a place of pub
lie amusement does not constitute a
violation of the Civil Rights Act OF
New York.
Governor Winthrop, OF Porto Rico,
had a narrow escape in Bailroad ac-
cident on the island.
John Gardner, cod fisherman,
was drowned by the upsettlng OF a
boat off Atlantic City.
Francis S. McAvoy has been chosen
to succeed Recorder Goff, of the New
York Court of Special Sessions.
President McCrea, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, favors 35-foot
channel in the Delaware River.
justice Newburger has ruled that
William A. Brown, Jr, president of
the Washington Life Insurance Com
pany, charged with perjury and for
gerry, must stand trial.
Margharetta Carnevole, who pur-
sued for four months man she ac-
cuses of killing her sweetheart,
came across him accidently in New
York and had him arrested.
The jury in the conspiracy trial
of Cornelius P. Shea, president of
the International Brotherhood of
Transfers, reported a disagreement.
The jury was discharged.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Foreign.

King Alfonso called the Gonserva-
tives to power because the Marquis
de Armijo was unable to form min
istry. Senor Maura is the new pre-
mier.
The Russian government has de-
cided to withdraw its troops from
Manchuria Immediately instead of
awaiting the date, April 10, fixed by
the Russo-Japanese agreement.
Many persons were injured in a
fierce encounter betwene 500 troops
and the people at Vannes, France,
during the eviction of the seminar
lists of st. Anne d'Auray.
The American tariff commission
ers to Germany were presented to
Emperor William, who expressed
qualification at the satisfactory re-
suits of their mission.
Returns from the German cleo
tions for members of the Reichstag
show a setback for the Socialists and
victory for the government.
William Whitley, founder OF the
first big department store in London,
was shot and killed by Cecil Whitley,
young man, who then attempted
suicide. The murderer claims to be
the son of the man he killed.
Professor De Martens, Of St.
Petersburg, had another conference
with United States Ambassador Tow
er, in Berlin, regarding the position
of the United States toward the sec
ond peace conference.
The Hamburg-American Steamship
Company has decided upon paying
a dividend of 10 per cent, and es-
tablishing a service between New
York and Brazil.
The Spanish Cabinet has resigned
as a result of the dissensions be-
tween Liberals and Radicals over the
law of associations.
1t is said that arrangements have
| been made to ship arms from Japan
to Russian revolutionists in Siberia.
Students at the university at Lam
berg, Austria, made a demonstration
because they wanted the Polish Ian
gauage used. One hundred were ar
rested.
The British government has re-
ceived cable messages from Governor
Swettenham, but their nature has not
been made public.
Aub uhtlH DllItils pIGbluthl bl tue
Board of Education, will be the new
chief secretary for ireland, succeed
ing James Bryce.
1t was reported at San Juan that
the battleship Connecticut ran on a
reef while entering the harbor at
Culebre Island.
The Moroccan War Minister Is con
centrating men and munitions al
Zinah for a supreme effort to cap
ture Raisuli.
President Diaz, of Mexico, partici
lpated in the ceremonies inaugural
ing the operation of the TehuantepeC
Railroad.
The eruption Of Mauna Loa, a vol
cano in Hawaiia, furnished beauti
full spectacle and in volved no danger
The French government has ac
cepted the constitution OF the French
Apostolic Catholic Church.
Two severe earthquake shockj
caused alarm among the people o.
Kingston.
| Admiral Dikoff has been appointed
commander-in-chief Of the Russian
fleet.
The French Cabinet introduced {
bill In parliament suppressing tn,
formality of declaration befor,
holding a religious public meeting
The British steamer ArcoIa, from
Philadelphia Is on the rocks Il
Havana harbor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD.

Philadelphia banks have loaned
considerable money to railroads.
Manipulation was apparent in
Reading but traders were puzzled as
to its object.
The United Power e Transporta-
tion Company has declared a divi-
dend of $500 per share.
1t is asserted that enough Mars
den stock has been deposited to en-
sure the merger with the Consoli-
dated Paper Company.
Since the organization of the re-
lief department OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad, February Is, 1885, there
have been paid In death benefits &c.
463,S94.13, and on account of dis
ablements, $9,346,63S.60, or a total
of $15,810,532.73.
Fuel tonnage of the railroads is
larger this month than it was In
January, 1906.
II do not believe" said the head
of one the big trust companies in
Philadelphia. "that the increase to
n per cent. interest to be paid on
deposits by number of institutions
viii reduce the deposits of the lar
ger trust companies. ! think, how
ever, that this increase will result
in larger deposits for the compan-
les that will pay 3M per cent. but
they will come from savings In other
directions"
There will be a general feeling of
relief when the Union Pacific probe
Is ended. That Southern Pacific
stock jnggle which was effected in
order to down Keene and fool
Federal Court made such unpieas-
ant reading that Wall Street doesn't
want another dose of IT,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Field Worth S75, 900, 900.

Chicago Especially The execu-
tors of the estate of Marshall Field
filed in the Probate Court their in
Ventory of the estate, In the docu-
ment, which gives a detailed ac-
count OF the personal and real prop
erty of the estate, the par value Of
the stocks and bonds are given, but
no statement is made showing the
present cash value of the securities.
For this reason it Is impossible to
make an accurate estimate Of the
value OF the estate from the inven-
tory, but counsel for the executors
place the total value Of the property
described in the inventory at $751;
100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
A Double Suicide.

Detroit, Mich. Especially Thomas
Thompson, aged so years, a loborer,
and his wife were found dead in their
lodgings, on Champlain Street, with
an empty strychnine bottle and two
glasses close by. The couple came
from England three years ago, and
Mrs. Thompson is said to have con-
tfacted the liquor habit since her
arrival in this country. Dependency
over the woman's inability 10 reform
is thought TO have impelled them to
commit suicide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
PRESIDENTS GOOD
WORDS ARE APPRECIATED
Swettenham's Career As Governor
About Ended.
THOUSANDS PEOPLE STILL HOMELESS
Prominent Prelate at Kingston, Cables
Thanks for Prompt Visit of the Amer
lean Warships Under Rear Admiral
Davis--Additional Men to Those Need
ed to Guard Consulate Only Landed.
WORSE FOR swETTENHAM.

United States government Off
cials have found numerous prece-
dents for Admiral Davis action.
In 1895 bluejackets we're land
ed from United States warship
to put out a fire on the Island
of Trinidad, which service was
gratefully acknowledged by the
Governor.
The Most Rev. DR.. Nuttall,
lord archbishop of the West In
dies, has cabled President Roose-
welt his thanks for Admiral Davis
timely aid.
British government officials in
innate that Governor Swetten-
hams career is at an end.
Official reports from Rear Ad-
miral Davis show that the land
ing of men additional to those
put ashore to guard the consulate
was upon the earnest entreaty of
the Colonial Secretary.
Earthquake shocks continue to
alarm the people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Corporal Tanner,s RilI.

Washington Especially THE House
Committee on Military Affairs decid-
ed to make a favorable report on a
bill permitting the wives OF enlisted
men to be buried in the same grave
with their husbands in national GEM
eteries. This measure was strongly
urged for several years by Mrs.
Tanner, the wife of Corporal" Tan
ner, who was killed in an automobile
accident last summer. Since her
death Corporal" Tanner has worked
earnestly for the measure, and he is
largely responsible for its progress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Trouhlc With cuban Oniclal.

Havana (By Cable) Trouble is
threatened at Santiago de las Vegas,
Havana Province, owing to the re-
fusal of the acting mayor of that
town to turn over his authority to
the actual mayor. Governor Nunez,
of Havana, conferred with Governor
Magoon on the subject. The govern
ment does not apprehend any serious
trouble, though the Mayor OF Santi-
ago de las Vegas has asked for as
sistance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
1900 People Perish.

The Hague (By Cable) The tidal
wave which devastated some of the
Dutch East Indian islands south of
Atchin, as announced January IL,
practically engulfed the Island of
simalu. According to the latest in
formation received here Simalu has
almost disappeared. 1t is said that
probably 1900 persons lost their
lives. Violent earth shocks continue
to be felt daily. The civil governor
of Atchin has gone to the scene Of
the catastrophe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
Some Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
To Stop Land Frauds.

President Roosevelt has determin-
ed to put an end, possibly, to frauds
In the acquisition of public lands by
individuals and corporations. He has
directed that hereafter no patents
shall be issued to public land until
an examination of the ground shall
have been made by an authorized
officer of the government.
The Presidents order ts in the
form of letter to Secretary Hitch
cock, and under its provisions orders
were sent out by the officials of the
General Land Office
Following is the text of President
Roosevelts letter:
The White House,
Washington, January %, 1907.
The Secretary of the Interior: \
Sir - To prevent the fraud now
practiced in the acquisition of public
lands of the United States, have to
direct that hereafter no final GER
tificates, patent, or other evidence
of title shall be issued under the
public land laws until an actual ex-
animation has been made on the
ground by an authorized officer OF
the government; but the following
shall be excepted from the force of
this order:
1. All claims which have hereto
fore been axamined on the ground by
an authorized officer of the govern
ment whose report is found satisfac-
tory.
2. All claims where heretofore an
officer of the government, other than
officers authorized to take final proof,
shall have been present at the taking
of final proof to cross-examine claim
ant and witnesses If such proof is
found satisfactory.
3. All claims where claimants
compliance with law has been estab-
lished by contest or other regular ad-
verse proceedings.
a. Entries which may have been
confirmed by virtue of any act of
Congress.
5. Selections and entries in which
no residence or improvement is re-
quired by law when the lands en-
braced therein are, strictly speaking,
in agricultural districts, or when
character has been fixed by investiga-
tion and classification made in ac-
cordance with law.
6. Cases of reissuance OF patents
because of some clerical error occur
ring in the patent heretofore Issued.
Z. All Indian allotments which
have been regularly approved, in ac-
cordance with instructions of the Sec
retary of the Interior. You will is
sue all necessary instructions to car
ry this order into effect.
This order is in lieu of my order
of December 13, 1906.
THEOnORE ROOSEVEI. II
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Burning OF A Courthouse.

Hudson, n. Y. (SpeciaD The CO.
lumbla County Courthouse, located
here, was burned The loss Is proba-
bly, 100000, The building. which
was erected in 1900 was a three
story structure of white marble, and
In addition TO all the county Offices
contained the Office of Justice Coch-
rane, of the appellate division OF
the Supreme Court.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Million Loan To Jamestown.

Washington (special) The Sem
ate Committee on Appropriations
adopted as a rider on the House bill
making appropriations to supply ad-
ditional urgent deficiencies the Sem
ate bill appropriating $i,00O,OOO as
q loan to the jamestown Exposition
Company, this loan to become a first
lien upon the gross receipts. In ad-
dltion, the committee included $685.
coo for the purpose Of constructing
Two piers from the Exposition
grounds to the waters OF Hampton
Roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
WIN start schuetzenfest.

Washington Especially President
Roosevelt pI omises to press a button
at the White House some day in May
that will fire a rifle at Charleston, S.
c. The occasion will be the opening
of the triennial shooting festival Of
the National Schuentzenbund The
President has also promised to write
a letter to be read at the festival.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Insane Asylum Burned.

Elizabeth City, n. G. Especially =
The building used for the confine-
ment of insane and unmanageable
inmates at the almshouse caught on
fire from a defective fue and burned
down, incinerating two insane in
mates. One of the victims was a
white man named Meads and the
other q negro woman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-31
Hundreds FIee For Liyes,

Terre Haute, Ind. Especially Tel
ephone adyices from Merom, south
of this city, state that the Wabash
River levee protecting an entire
township broke and the 800 people
of the valley had to fee for their
lives