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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26


New York Especially Twenty.
FIVE persons are believed to have lost
their lives in an explosion of gas
which tore up great section of Gold
Street, Brooklyn, 1t Is definitely
known that Is persons wore buried
under the hundreds of tons of earth
and timber that were thrown into
the air by the explosion. and 10
moro persons are reported as miss
ing. The exact number of dead can
not be determined, for those work
ing to recover the entombed bodies
must dig through so feet of dirt,
rock and tangle Of pipes and tim
bers.
The explosion occurred In a fifty
foot deep excavation that had been
made in Gold Street between York
and Front Streets, where a water
main was being laid. The gas main
recently sprung a leak. and in a
manner unknown spark came in
contact with escaping gas. Immedi-
lately there was a terrific explosion
that lifted the surface of the street
for half a block in both directions
and hurled dirt, paving stones and
Gobris into the air.
When the smoke and dust cleared
away it was seen that the street had
been opened from doorstep to door
step over an area OF nearly block.
The loosened earth and debris had
fallen into the excavation, burying the
score OF laborers who were at work
whom the accident happened. Great
tongues of flames shot out of crevices
in the street and beside them gey-
sers of water leaped into the air from
a main that had been shattered by
the explosion. Two bodies were pro-
truding from the wreckage.
Five Children Die.
Gold Street was crowded with
school children when the explosion
occurred, and that scores OF chill
dren were not killed or injured was
remarkable. A woman and three
children were almost opposite the
excavation when tho earth crumbled
under their feet and they we're swept
down into the hole under tons of
wreckage.
Only four Of the men working in
the excavation escaped and their es-
oape was remarkable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
oreign

Emperor Williams statements to
Chancellor Won Buelow regarding
his observance of the constitutional
requirements is not taken seriously
by large numbers of the German
people, who doubt his sincerity.
The japanese loan, in the shape
of an issue of 100000 in per
cent. bonds of the Industrial Bank
OF Japan, with the guarantee of the
japanese government, has been an
instantaneous success.
United States Minister Gummere,
at Morocco, reported that the col
lectlye note TO Muley Hahd had been
approved by all the powers signing
the AlgeciTas act without reserve.
An official of the Chinese Foreign
Board, at Peking gave assurances
that the new administration would
promote with yigor the reforms
started by the late Emperor.
The Netherlands government viii
advocate the convocation OF an in
ternational committee to arrange for
a third peace conference.
A bill will be introduced in the
British House OF Commons prohibit
ing the use of hop substitutes in the
manufacture OF beer
Both the British and the Irish
Boards of Agriculture have prohi-
bited the importation of cattle from
Pennsylvania.
The telegraph lines between Ce-
TIME and Cattaro, an Austrian sea-
port have been cut, and the Monte
negrins have mounted guns to men
ace the Austrian town.
Genevieve daughter Of Joseph Win.
terbotham of Chicago, was married
In Copenhagen to Frank r. Mowrer
the American consul general there.
Counsel for Count Boni de Castel
lane insisted in court that despite
Princess Helie de Sagan's denial
she contemplates divorce proceedings
The battleship Nebraska is unof
hcially reported TO have broken al
records for naval marksmanship dur.
Ing target practice in Manila Bay.
The Casablanca dispute between
France and Germany Is to be sub
mitted to the arbitration OF a com
mission Of five members.
The trial OF the editors of E
Renacimiento, leading Filipino
daily, on the charge OF llbeling Com
missioner Worcester was begun II
Manila.
The teachers at the free clerlca
school In St. Pierre, Mlguelon, KEEP
the doors open in defiance OF tn,
orders of the colonial officials TO clos
them.
The King and Queen of Sweden
were entertained at luncheon by tn,
Lord Mayor and Corporation OF Lon
don.
An edict ISSUED in Peking desig
mates the era of Pu VI as the PRO
claimed Succession"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
FOR THE INAUGURAL BALL.
Proposition To Build Large Hall In
Washington.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
After numerous attempts in years
past to provide in this city a mann
moth structure wherein could be
held the inaugural ball, large conven-
tions or other gatherings of consider
able size, definite steps were taken
looking to the construction of ma
tional auditorium. Behind the prof.
ect are some of the most prominent
citizens of Washington in official and
business life. 1t is proposed that the
auditorium proper shall have a seat
ing capacity of 10000, while small
er rooms are to be provided which
will accommodate from 100 to 1000
persons. The opportunity is to be
afforded the citizens of Washington
to become shareholders in the enter
prise.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
COMMON SENSE IS
FOR COMMON GOOD
Clifford Pinchot Declares This Is Key.
note Of All Real Reform.

Pittsburg Especially. - Common
sense for the common good is tho
keynote of the whole conservation
movement"
This was the text OF the address
made before the joint meeting OF the
American Civic Association and the
National Municipal League hero by
Clifford Pinohot, United States for
ester and chairman of the National
Conservation Association
Common sense of the same kind
and degree which individual man
constantly uses in managing his own
affairs and providing for his own
family must be applied by the ma
tlon in managing its largo affairs,
both in the present and in the fu-
ture" said Mr.. Pinchot ITO no
other work does this principle apply
more directly than 1t does to the
work of the internal improvement
and development
"Our duty now Is not only TO live
in the great present, but to prepare
for the greater future.
The Panssna Canal is an enor-
nous achievment, but in magnitude
and In result It will fall far below
the development OF our inland water
ways. The Reclamation Act is a sub
urb advance, but 1t Will contribute
little to the public good compared to
the national control Of waterpowers.
What is now most needed In car
rying on this great work of informal
development is a fuller realization OF
the vast Importance of making
right start--for in this work we
have only Just begun"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
How To Pick A Wife.

Chicago Especially. ~ Ability to
cook well rs per cent. physical
beauty, 20 per cent; dress, per
cent. This is the score by which the
modern young woman should be
judged regarding her qualifications
for marriage, according to the views
of Rabbi Felix A. Levy, OF Emman-
uel Temple. The woman who can
cook well invariably makes the best
wife" says Rabbi Levy. TOO
much attention is paid nowadays to
beauty. A pretty face is big asset
10 a woman. but it is as rs is to
26 when compared to her ability to
set a first-class meal on the table. :
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
DOlNGS AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL

An official statement made by Ad-
miral Dewey concerning the action
of the Newport conference was made
public by Acting Secretary of tho
Navy Newberry.
John Norris OF tho American
Newspaper Publishers Association,
before the House Ways and Means
Committee, made an attack on the
Paper Trust
The report of Rear AamiraI X. Y.
Hollyday, chief of the Bureau OF
Yards and Docks, was submitted TO
the Secretary OF the Navy.
Chairman Hull, of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee. believes the
Marine Corps will eventually become
a part OF the Army.
Major Frederick w. Sibley, Sec
ond Calvary. has been appointed COM
mandant of cadets at the United
States Military Academy.
The .b,eached -four" hearing was
concluded before the Pure Food
Board of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
The Department of Agriculture or
dered the seizure of AZ cases of
cheese containing sodium borate.
Chief Wilkie, of the Secret Serv-
ice, announces the appearance of
two now counterfeit fiye-dollar notes.
Ambassador Takahira continued
with Secretary Root the conference
looking to a mutual restatement OF
the position of Japan and the United
States regarding the open door in
China.
Pourparlours are in progress be-
tween the American and British gov
ernments looking to the submission
of the Newfoundland fishery dispute
to The Hague court.
Contracts for supplying the armor
! for the new battleships Utah and
Florida were awarded to the Car
,neGle, Bethlehem and Midvcle COM
| ranies.
William H. Taft arrived at Hot
! Springs from Cincinnati, and said,
| with considerable force and posi-
tiveness, that he would not leave the
| Springs again until the night OF
| December G.
Judge Advocate General of tho
Army George b. Davis submitted his
annual report, recommending the re-
storation of tho canteen.
The War Department disapproved
the plans for the proposed municipal
free bridge across the Mississippi at
st. Louis.
Representatives of the milling
trade appeared before Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson to justify the
bleaching of -four.
George Mason, an inmate of the
District of Columbia Home for the
Aged, shot and killed Martin Nc
Cooksen.
Secretary Dolan. OF the Steam
Shovelers' Union, had talk with the
President on the subject of strikes.
A woman has some rights, and
they include the searching of hel
husbands pockets, according TO 9
decision of Judge Mullowney OF the
District OF Columbia Police Court.
Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, the gov
ernment's chief chemist. is again un,
der fire, the millers of the country
having attacked his position as C
-four bleaching.
Major General w. p. Duvall hai
been selected to succeed Major Cen
eral John #. Weston In command o.
the troops In the Philippines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
FAMOUS TUNNEL
TO Be ABANDONED
Philadelphia & Reading win Find More
Direct Way Around Black Rock.

Phoenixville Especially The pic
turesque Black Rock Tunnel, the
longest or 80 main line of the
Philadelphia G. Reading Railway. will
shortly be abandoned for passenger
traffic and the rails laid In a more
direct way around It. With the
abandoning Of the tunnel better
time can be made by the passenger
trains which leave the Reading Ter
minal for Pottsville and Williams
port and intermediate points, and
the congested condition of the
freight traffic Will be materially re-
lieved.
For many years the Black Rock
Tunnel, with its picturesque open
ing on the shore of the Schuylkill
River, has been the delight of sight
seers and photographers.
THE Hole" as 1t is called by
railroaders, gives no evidence of its
long service other than the black
ened condition of its interior, made
so by the smoke of thousands of
trains. Hewn out of a solid rock at
the cost of hundreds of thousands
of dollars, the Black Rock Tunnel
was in it's day one OF tht engineer
ing wonders of the country. The
tunnel running beneath large por-
tion of North Phoenixville was begun
in December, 1888, and was finished
in 1889. The first train passed
through 1t on January 10, 1912.
When, because of the great coal
traffic over the Reading Railroad, the
management decided to make the
railroad from Reading to Philadel-
phia four-tracked one, the Black
Rock Tunnel problem arose. and a
corps of engineers have laid out a
route around the hill, which will
cross the Schuylkill three-quarters Of
mile below the stone bridge and
again join the main line at Aramingo
Station
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
GETTING MARINES ASHORE.
Steps Taken To Carry Out The Presi-
dents Recent Order.

Washington, D. c. (SpeciaD.-
Conformably with the Presidents or
der detaching the marines from the
battleships and assigning them TO
shore duty. steps are being taken TO
get them ashore. Orders were is
sued detaching those aboard the New
Hampshire and the marines will be
landed at the nearest navy yard. In
80 days all the marines aboard the
ships of the third squadron of the
Atlantic feet now in Atlantic waters
will have been relieved from their
duty aboard the vessels. From the
Pacific fleet 12O marines are to be
sent to Bremerton and a similar
number to Mare Island Marines
from two of the vessels of the ships
of the Atlantic fleet now at Manila
are to be sent to Olongapo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


The volume of freight business
done in Reading during October,
from reports just computed, is al
most equal to that of the same month
of 1907.
Tobias Schindele, aged 90 years,
Pottsville's oldest resident, who after
many years OF total blindness had
his eyesight suddenly restored to
him, died of general debility.
A fall of 200 feet down the shaft
at the Jamison No. 2 Mine, near
Greensburg, resulted In the death of
John Burtus, aged %, a Slav.
Peter A. Toion. aged SIS, OF Bir-
mingham, fell from a train in mo-
ton and rolled under the wheels.
He lost a leg and is in a critical
condition at the Altoona Hospital.
Coming down a steep flight of
stairs, at Cressona, A. Henry Hag-
ner slipped and fell to the kitchen
floor. He dropped in such a way
that his head was doubled under
his body, and he died in that position
from strangulation.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal
& Iron Company's officials completed
arrangements for washing the culm
banks at Swatara Colliery, near
Pottsyille, abandoned twenty-five
years. II Is estimated that more
than 100000 tons Will be secured
from them.
An order was made In Common
Pleas Court, at Pittsburg. Officially
disbarring from practice Joseph X.
| McQuaide, attorney, formerly OF
Homestead. The order was made
upon a petition presented by the Al
legany County Bar Association. which
accused McQuaide OF embezzling
woman client out OF $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
THE "BREECHEs BIBLE"
Copy On Which Washington Was
Obligated As Master Mason.

Montreal Especially. A copy Of
the famous "Breeches Bible, publish
ed in London in 1899, and said to be
the identical book on which George
Washington was obligated as a mas
ter Mason, was restored to Lodge of
Antiquity, No. /, @. r., A. F. and
A. NJ, the oldest Masonic lodge in
Canada, to which it originally be-
longed.
Antiquity Lodge received its char
ter from Ireland, and was instituted
by officers OF tho Forty-sixth British
Regiment, of which Washington was
also a member. The initiation took
place in New York on a visit of the
Forty-sixth Regiment. The book has
since been kept in a vault under the
care of various Masonic bodies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
FINDS SON AFTER 80 YEARS.
Mother Who Lost Her Reason, Rec
ognizes Boy by Scapular.

OSmISS boy 10y SC"puih'
Allentown Especially. = Lost for
thirty years, during which time his
mother had lost her reason through
grief, Joseph Celeste, an Italian, was
recognized by his mother at Sieg-
fried, when he came to seek board
at a hotel kept by his parents. The
recognition came about through ini-
tlals engraved on a gold scapular
worn by the boy.
Thirty years ago, while his mother
was washing clothes on the banks
OF the Sorrento River, near their home
in Naples. Joseph. then years OF
age, wandered out of his mothers
sight.
A stranger picked the little fellow
up whefe he found him tired out
and sleeping, and thinking that he
had been deserted by his parents
took him home. The little fellow
was reared as son of the man who
found him while within a few miles
Of his new home. His mother was
confined for years in madhouse as
the result of grief over losing the
boy.
Both families came to this coun-
try, and with the development OF the
cement industry to Siegfried. where
Joseph found work, and then sought
boarding house.
While washing, his mother, who
had noticed what appeared to be a
familiar resemblance, saw his scapu-
lar with the initials &c. C."-Giu-
seppe Celeste, and the story of the
lost boy as he gave 1t corroborated
the story OF the parents.
A celebration is being held at the
Celeste home as the result of the
happy reunion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
"oLD LIBERTY" TABLET.
Memorial Unveiled At Allentown For
Men Who Protected Bell.

Allentown Especially A bronze
tablet, in a granite boulder of eight
tons and six feet high, commemor-
ating the services of John Jacob
Mickley and Frederick Leaser, who
hauled the Liberty Bell from Phila-
delphia in 1777 to Allentown to be
hid in Zion Reformed Church during
Howe's occupancy of Philadelphia,
was unveiled in front of the present
church.
State Treasurer John o. Sheath
was the orator. An address was also
made by Mrs. Donald Mclean, pres
ident general of the D. A. r., under
whose auspices the unveiling took
place. The State appropriated $1,000
to pay for the tablet.
Mrs. Allen P. Perley State Regent,
presented the tablet, which was ac-
cepted by Mayor Herbst and Rev.
H. NJ. ]. Klein. The tablet was un-
yelled by nine-year-old Edwin John
Jacob Mickey.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
TWENTY-FIVE MEET
DEATH At BROOKLYN
Foreman Dies Trying TO Save
Woman's Life.
the WHOLE DISTRICT IN A PANIC.
Gas Escaping From Main Pipeline
Ignited In Deep Trench Exploded
and Giant Timbers and Great Qunnti-
ties Of Earth Arc Hurled Into the
Air.
GAS TRAGEDY IN BRIEF.

twenty-five persons we're kill
cd by an explosion OF gas in
Brooklyn.
Nineteen workmen we're crush
cd by the debris or burned to
death.
One woman and five children
were killed.
Samuel w. Trout, foreman,
mot death trying to save the
woman.
Four men escaped by crawling
through a connecting sewer line.
Residents in the vicinity were
thrown into a panic by the force
OF the explosion.
The bodies of the victims are
being recovered with great diff
Guilty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
WILL HEAR THE SHAH.
Majesty To Make Known Decision
Concerning New Government.

Teheran (By Cable) The Shah
has summoned the representatives
of the various classes in Persia to
appear before him and hear his de-
cision in the matter OF constitu-
tional government for the country.
1t is understood that His Majesty
purposes the formation of what may
be called a council of state. This
body shall consist OF about forty
members, elected on limited suffrage
and with power to control the min
isters, but without executive powers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
TINE TO DO SOMETHING.
Washington Woman Tries To Stir
Daughters OF Tho Revolution.

Chicago (special lis it not
time for US to quit being literary
clubs and stop swinging incense be-
fore the tombs of our ancestors and
all that sort of thing and do some
thing for the generation in which
we live?"
This question was flung at members
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution by Mrs. John Murphy, Of
Washington, d. c., national presi-
dent Of the Society of the Children
of the Republic, who addressed a
meeting in the Fine Arts building
on Patriotic Work Among The
Youth"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Ridgely Resigns From Bank.

Kansas City, Mo. Especially AT
the close of business William Bar
rett Ridgely. president; George T..
Cults, vice president. and Edward
Ridgely, cashier, presented their re-
slgnations to the board Of directors
OF the National Bank of Commerce
of Kansas City and. they were ac-
cepted Dr. w. 8. Woods, the ex-
president OF the bank, and his as
sociates Immediately assumed con-
troll, having recently gained control
OF a majority Of the stock OF the
institution.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Seize smugeIed Opium.

Manila (By Cable). ~ An opium
smuggling plot, cunningly devised by
Chinese, was thwarted when 1903
cans Of the drug was discovered in a
barrel supposed to contain cement.
The shipment was for Corregidor Is
land. The opium was confscated.
Despite the vigilance OF the author
tiles, the Chinese have succeeded in
bringing IN large quantities of OPT
um. and 1t is almost as easy to OBJ
tain 1t as before the crusade was be-
glu
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Greenough Statue Moved.

Washington (spec.aD The FAM
Gus Greenough statue OF George
Washington, which for years has
stood in the plaza for the Capitol,
has been removed and given per-
nanent resting place in the National
Museum. The figure Of Washington
resembled a Roman senator more
that II did the first President. and
the statue In consequence has been
the subject of great deal of criti-
cism, At its last session Congress
appropriated $1,000 to change its
location.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
CAPTAIN BINGHAM GUILTY.
Fined $40 For Assisting Sergeant
PiclSard From Armory.

Pittsburg Especially. Captain
Rutherford Bingham, of Company F.
Eighteenth Regiment, N. G.. p, son
of Police Commissioner Bingham, of
New York City, was found guilty Of
assault and battery upon Sergeant
Floyd j. Pickard in criminal court
here and was fined $40 and costs.
The trouble arose when the men
were receiving their pay following
the encampment last Summer. Ser
geant Pickard objected to the size
of the check and was ordered from
the armory by Captain Bingham,
who, 1t is said, assisted him from the
building.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
GOVERNORS TO MEET.
Sixteen State Executives Invited To
Meet Stuart At Pittsburg.

Pittsburg Especially. - Governor
Edwin S. Stuart issued a call and
personal invitation to the Governors
Of sixteen States to meet in Pitts
burg, December A, during the annual
convention Of the American Mining
Congress.
The purpose of the conference is
to promote uniform State legisla-
ion for the promotion of miners,
protecting mining investors, prevent
ing unnecessary waste and unifying
State laws generally, and also to
avoid conflict with proposed and es-
tabished Federal legislation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
Balloons Long Voyage.

London (By Cable) Word has
been received here that the balloon
owned by the Daily Graphic, which
ascended from this city Wednesday
morning, in an attempt to reach
Siberia and break the long distance
record, was compelled to descend in
a gale on Thursday night near Novo-
alexandrovsk, Russia. after having
Travelled about l, ,150 miles. The best
long distance record was made by
Count de La Vaux, who succeeded
In covering a distance of ,193 miles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
HUNT RABBITS, FIND GOLD.
Sawmlll Workers Uncarth $4,000 In
Gold In A Pot.

Oil City (Spec D.-Edward
Woods and Thomas Dickinson, lum-
bermen, employed at Reeds sawmill,
at Oleopolis, took day off to hunt,
and as a result are nearly $4,000
richer. While digging with the ends
of the guns into rabbit hole they
uncovered an iron kettle filled with
bright coins, containing $500 in
gold and S22 In silver.
Oldtime residents believe the mon
ey was buried by John Caldwell, an
eccentric farmer, who died in an in
sane asylum nearly thirty years ago.
Caldwell sold his farm for $4,000,
and persons recall being shown the
money, but never knew how 1t had
been disposed of.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-26
weds HIs Adopted paughter.

Boston Mass. (SpeciaD 1t be-
came known here that George F. D,
Paine, the millionaire head of the
Paine Furniture Company, of this
city, was married on November to
Miss Margaret e. Johns, formerly
teacher at the Young Women's
Christian Association. The bride was
the adopted daughter of Mr. Paine
up to within week OF the marriage,
when he had the adoption proceed
ings annulled. The couple are now
ON the way TO Ceylon.