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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
RUSSIA IS AGAINST
AuSTRlES GRAB
IswoIsky viii Tell Douma An Alliance
Is Favored.

st Petersburg (By Cable). ).--Thae
Russia never consented to Austria's
annexation OF Bosnia and Herzegov-
ina will be one Of the chief declara-
tions in Foreign Minister lswolsky's
forthcoming address to the Douma
on the Balkan situation. forecast
of which was obtained here.
The address says that Russia, Ens-
land and France hold similar views
regarding the Balkan conference pro-
poals, chief among these being thelr
contention that the Balkan states
should be compensated by Austria
Iswolsky asserts that Russia is striV-
ing to keep Servia and Montenegro
quiet for fear that an outbreak ny
them might jeopardize their inter
ests in the conference. He admits
that Russia favors an alliance OF the
Balkan states, but denies the rumoI
that Russia will seek to dominate
such an alliance.
The address as now prepared uli.
fers greatly from the original dra1t
as the Cabinet forced Iswolsky te
change the original in many partlcu
lars. The whole tenor OF the ad
dress is a denial of the charge ina
Iswolsky was in connivance with th'
Austrian foreign Office In It's annexa
tion scheme.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE

Two of the four Pennsylvania
Steel Company's furnaces at steelton
are in blast.
There are now about 5000 more
Connellsville coke ovens in blast than
are idle. For a long while over haif
of them were out of blast.
One OF the chief men in the Gem
eral Asphalt Company, which has had
much trouble with President Castro,
saws. 1--WE do not expect him ever
to return to Venezuela"
Stock exchanges will be closed on
the Saturday following Christmas
which will be on Friday.
In 1907 Union Pacific earned 10,
ner cent. on. It's common stock and
in the 1908 fiscal year II earned
1872 per cent.
The two things that have don'
most for the mining market recently
have been the big output OF tn'
Cobalt mines and the steady rise Y
Goldsield Consolidated stock. As IN
latter has outstanding sSS, 900 300 Q
capital stock. at yesterdays marke
mice this property had marke
value of about $4,000. 900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
PANAMA SHAKEN BY
A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Ten Men Are Killed and Fifty Injured
In the Canal Zone.
BIG BLAST GOES OFF pREMATUOELy
Accident at Bas Obispo While Blast
Was Being Prepared for Firing
Two Americans Among the Dead
Most of Whom Are Spanish LaborerS
Passenger Train Had Just Passed

Colon Especially A giant blast
of dynamite. already prepared for
firing, was prematurely exploded in
the workings at Bas Obispo.
Ten men were killed and so in
jured II may be that others have
been killed. for the debris Is piled
up in all directions. Bas Opispo cut
is about 80 miles from Colon, and
the shock of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt here.
Numerous reports are current as
to the cause of the accident, but the
official version from Culebra, which
gives an estimate of 10 killed and 80
wounded states that in the loading
OF the last hole of the blast the
dynamite in this cutting was dis
charged, and the remaining 22 tons
were exploded by conclusion. Ihe
holes had not been connected cleo
! trically, as the discharge of the blast
was set for 5 O'Clock in the after
noon.
The last hole was being loaded
under the supervision of one of the
most efficient powder men In the en-
ploy of the commission. A passen-
ger train had just passed when the
explosion occurred, but 1t was not
damaged.
The majority of the victims are
Spaniards. Relief trains were sent
to the scene of the disaster, ant
one which returned here severa
hours later brought back the repor
that As of the injured had been sen
to Ancon Hospital. The officials OF
7 hof
been found. while many others II
the gang of 120 who were employ
| ed at the cut were missing. 1t wa
also reported by the trainmen ina
the explosion vas due to passln'
steam shovel which hooked the wir
leading to the immense charge o
dynamite. Whether or not this wa
the cause OF the accident, stear
shovel and crew, which happened t
. be on the scene, were PRACTICAL
buried under the mass of rocks an
, earth thrown up.
Gangs were soon searching for tn
dead and assisting the wounded
e Electric lights were set up, an
a steam shovels put to work removin
n tons upon tons of debris. Many
:. the men have been seriously injured
/ some of them probably fatally.
" Tradition has it that the Panan
: Railroad cost one human life f
}. every tie, what with accidents, Il
If surrections and disease, and II
e. construction of the canal has n
1t gone long without exacting its to-
h There have been a number of a
" cidents in the last two years, chi
among which was the premature e
/ plosion of dynamite at Pedro Migu
in in June, 1907, which resulted in d
el death of seven men and the inju
a. of a number of others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market ReuortS
Bradstreet's says:


Weather conditions have been ir-
regular. but the arrival of cold
wave following unseasonabiy mild
temperatures has stimulated retail
trade North. West and East. and
even helped business at the South
at some points, though holding OF
cotton and low prices therefor have
tended to check buying in the cot
ton belt as a whole. Collections
have shared In the irregularity In
trade, and there 10 noticeable more
complaint as 10 these than to busi-
ness generally, more particularly at
the South. Heavy wearing apparel.
shoes and coal have been helped by
climatic developments. Holiday
trade. too. shows signs of expansion,
and comparisons with year ago in
all lines are naturally In favor OF
current business In some lines OK
wholesale trade there are evidences
of more quiet conditions. Thus in
raw wool, leather and some lines or
cottons and iron and steel there Is
rather less doing, partly because or
large business recently booked; part
ly because OF a desire to see what
the next month or so will bring
forth, and also because Of recent ad-
yances in many prices.
Business faiIures in the United
States for the week ending December
number 1922, against 1913 last
week, 227 In the like week of 1907,
ZIG in 1906. 203 in 1905 and 231
| in 1904.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
rhe orepon Land FRAUDS.

J Washington, d. c. (SpeciaD.---
Justice Stafford imposed sentence
of two years Imprisonment and $1o,-
600 fine on Frederick A. Hyde, the
millionaire real estate operator OF
San Francisco, and one year and two
months and 81 900 Ane on Joost II.
Schneider, of Tucson, Ariz., convict
ed of land frauds. Bonds were CIV
en- by the defendants to carry the
case to the Appellate Court. The
prosecution of Hyde and Schneider,
together with John A. Benson and
Henry p. Dymond, who were acquit-.
ted, following the Investigation OF
alleged, wholesale irregularities in
public tand deals in the West.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
cny. neneen Going To sehooI.

Urbana, III. Especially Governor
Deneen is to become a student OF the
Agricultural School at the University
Of Illinois. He Will attend the state
school during the short course which
bepin in January and will seek spec
iaI instructions, it is said, In cattle
and corn Judging. The decision OF
the Chief Executive OF the state to
become scientific farmer Is the re-
sult Of his attendance at the recent
Illinois corn show in Springfield. Mr.,
Deneen announced at that time that
he would take a course in the state
university If he could find time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
WAS LED ASTRAY
BY LURID FICTION
Excuse Given By Writer OF Threat
ening Letters.

Chicago Especially The mystery
OF the knights of the White Death
letters, which we're recently sent 10
various clergymen and prominent
citizens in Chicago with the threat
that unless they left large sums OF
money at designated spots tney
would be put to death. was cleared
up. when William Pollard, ~ years
old. driver of grocer's wagon, was
arrested. He confessed that he sent
the misAives as joke.
Pollard said he had been inspired
by reading Sir Conan Doyle's stories.
Fascinated by the noveli5ts lurFo
picturea of skulls. ghosts, graveyaros
and vigils of detectives, Pollard oe
termined to see how they would WORK
out in the hands Of the Chicago po-
| lice SO he organized the knights
Of the White Death" and with
sherlock Holmes fancy for the
weird, wrote a bundle OF letters, all
decorated with skulls and crossoones'
The demands for money, he SAID,
were simply added to enliven tne
mystery, as he never went TO see
whether the money was left as de-
manded ..
A few days ago one of the letters,
damanding $4,000, reached Rev. W.
n Waters OF Grace Episcopal
church. 1t was accompanied by a
email box. also sent through the mall
containing bones, apparently human,
and the rusty handle of a CONN.,
similar letters we're sent TO Rev,
r. F. Roberts, Of Quinn Chapel, ana
Rev A. c. Dixon, of Moody Church
and 70 several other persons OF prom
inence in Chicago.
Aal,ed where he got the human
bones and the coffin handles Foiiaro
said: 4,
"When they dig a new grave u
Calvary Cemetery the graves are 81
crowded together that the side or al
old grave often caves in and portions
l. of the decayed coffin fall Into the new
excavation and are thrown out VIII
the sand. At night l went into TN
} cemetery and gathered these Things
After I had sent that coffin handle Y
: Rev. Waters was afraid they woul'
2 trace II to Calvary Cemetery becaus
T of the cross on IL.
5 "Besides those to the clergymer
4 sent letters to DR.. Adolph Geh1
0 mann and to Assistant Chief @
Y Police Schuettler. l told the latte
1 to leave $500 in the confessional bo
of St. Charlotte's Church. | was dc
e lighted when | read that DR.. DixoI
|. with detectives, stood waiting almo'
d all night for the White knights
& appear for the money at the plac
Il designated in my letter to him.
|, Pollard was arrested in Evanston
suburb in which Calvary CemeteI
a is situated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Foreign

The natives of Guam are dissatis-
fed with the German friars sent to
teach them and who do not know
how to communicate with them.
The Province OF Quebec Is covered
by IA inches of snow.
The German battleship Posen was
launched at Kiel
Philippe Bunau-Varilla, formerly |
Panamas Minister to the United |
States, Is reported as saying the |
Panama Canal will cost at least |
$3.50, 100000. double the estimate.
Premier AsQuith declared at a ban
uuet given him by the National Lib
eral Club in London that he would
not dissolve Parliament al the dtcta
tion Of The House Of Lords.
The Dutch warships continue to
patrol the Venezuelan coast, and it
is probable they win soon begin
selling Venezuelan merchant vessels,
Rare tapestries and furniture be-
longing to Lord Amherst were sold
at auction in London and brought
100000.
The Russian Douma authorized
the external loan of S225'OOO,OOO'
sanctioned by the budget committee
A movement in favor OF govern
meuL OWueIhulp VI 9NpA'-~A A+'S
was started in London.
Jean Gernois Blanchet, judge OF
the Queens bench, Quebec, commit
ted suicide.
The German Reichstag adjourned
until January IL for the Christmas
holidays.
President Castro arrived in Paris
and conferred with the French au'
thorities.
Arrangements we're made by prom
ineut residents of Panama and thI
Canal Zone for the entertainment o
the officers and men of the United
States Pacific feet during It's forth
coming visit.
Chancellor Won Buelow, referrin
In the Reichstag to the subject Q
the restriction of naval armamenti
said the German government doubte
the practical feasibility of the idei
Precautions OF Canadian officia
AT the Niagara frontier have >
Increased TO prevent the introduotio
10 the Dominion of the hoor-an'
mouth disease.
In view OF the disquieting ruIuo
abroad. the Lancet, London, Is a.
thorIzed to state that the health
King Edward gives no cause for an
iety.
steps are being taken looking
the organization OF an associatl
for the purpose OF commemorate
the opening OF the Panama cnaai
1915.
Uprlsings are occurring In
northern towns OF Hayi' "
Nord Alexis is purchasing re
dence In Kingston, Jamaica.
President Castro, OF Venezuela,
lived al santander, Spain. He
nounced his plan OF proceeding
pnrdeaux. Frame, and then oyerli
10 Herlin 10 consult q specialist.
indicated conciIiatory attitude
ward France
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
sEDITIoN IN INDIA.
Long-Demanded Bill Provides Quick
Executions.

Calcutta Especially Practical mar
tial law will prevail all over India
when the bill providing for the sum
mary trial and execution OF traitors
and anarchists, introduced in the In
dian Council, becomes a law.
The bill, which will undoubtedly
pass, has long been demanded by the
English residents of the empire as
the only possible way to check the
rising wave Of sedition. 1t is con-
sidered the most radical step yet
taken.
Investigation into the ammunition
magazine explosion at the military
station of Dumdum, In which TWO
score soldiers were killed and wouho-
ed, has shown conclusively that IL
was the work of anarchists.
An attempt was made to make II
appear as accidental, but unmistak9'
bic evidence of plot was discovered
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
DoNes At THE NATIONS CAPITAL

President-elect Taft refused to pos
itiyely accept an invitation to the
Trans Mississippi Congress in Au-
gust. intimating that he expected
Congress to be In session at tnat
time
Gen. Henry G.. Worthington, the
only living pallbearer at the funeral
of Abraham Lincoln, was stricken
with apoplexy on the floor OF the
House.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomination of George X. Wales,
Of Vermont, to be chief examiner
of the Civil Service Commission.
Speaker Cannon caused a sensa-
ton by declaring himself opposed 10
a bond issue to carry on the proposed
national inland waterway project
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
resigned as president of the American
Forestry Association. He will be sue
ceeded by w. S. Harvey.
The Senate ratified arbitration
treaties with Peru and China and
naturaltzation treaties with Brazil
Honduras and Uruguay.
Contracts were awarded for tbs
construction OF six submarine boats
5 The government will probably Duiie
!. two.
Advocates of the establishment o
an Appalachian and White Mountal
!; National Forest Reserve, headed D
= : sovernors from all sections OF IN
United States, appeared before Tn
House Committee on Agriculture
The Interstate Commerce Commii
a,on announced an advance on
" transcontinental east-bound trafhc.
IN Secretary Wilson, of the Depar
ty ment of Agriculture, announced h
decision In the bleached Hour CO.
troversy, holding that -four bleacht
ne with nitrogen peroxide Is an adu
" terated product
al The Librarian Of Congress, In p
81 annual report made pubic stat
n that the number OF volumes IN U
,e- library at the close OF the past nsc
n n year was i.bs5.0oS, net gain
101,160.
The credentials OF John sha
Williams, of Mississippi, until recel
ay lv Democratic leader OF the Hou
err for his first senatorial term, beg
ming March A. 1911. were laid
" fore the Senate.
,s, Representative w. w. Kitchen,
North Carolina, governor-elect OF
ien state, forwarded 10 Governor uie
In his resignation as representative fr
ner the Fifth North Carolina District
M ne The Senate confirmed the nomi
me tions of Luke u. Wright. OF i
nd nessee, ID be aecretary Of war.
We Truman X. Newberry, OF Michi1
10 be secretary OF the Navy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
nrons Dead Al Initiation.

New Haven. CT. (Speciai) Mrs.
Aida Hewlett, state chancellor of the
order of the Golden Sceptre, dropped
dead while initiating seven candi-
dates at Hartford. Mrs. Hewlett was
very stout. She lived in West Haven
and because her train was late she
was compelled to hurry to the lodge
room. Just after she stepped upon
the altar to begin the initiation she
fell PROSTATE. Examination showed
that her death was caused by hear
disease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
POLICEMEN SHOT
DOWN IN A RIOT
Armed Religious Fanatics Attack
Police Station.

Kansas City, Mo. Especial In the
shadow of the city hall a riot, IN
which religious fanatics and police
men were participants, and during
which hundred shots were fired,
resulted in the death of Patrolman
A. o. Dalbow and Lola Pratt, aged
13 years, probably fatal injuries 10
three persons and slight injuries TO
two other persons.
Those probably fatally injured are
John Sharp, known aa Adam God,
street preacher; Michael Mullane,
patrolman; Patrick Clark, police
sergeant, Harry e. Stege, police
man, and Geo. M. Holt, a probation
officer, were also hurt. The trouble
occurred while the streets were
crowded with people While the
fight was In progress the participants
traversed an entire block.
Probation officer Holt, of the Ju-
yenile Court, went to Fifth and Main
Streets to investigate case of al
legged abduction. Near that corner
he met John Sharp, known as Adam
God" who was exhcrting crowd
With Sharp were A. j. Seller,
woman and five children. Holt dc
| not like the manner in which tht
woman attempted to get money con
tributions from the crowd, and NJ
declared that she and her male com
panions were not proper persons u
have the custody of young children
The woman announced that sh
and adam God" would conduc
services at the Poor Mans Misslo
at night, whereupon she and he
companions started toward the mis-
sion. Onlcer Holt then inquired a
to the identity of the children. Tn
woman Immediately assumed an al
titude of resentment and replied thf
the officer had better attend to h
own business"
g The officer persevered in his II
l ouiries and adam God, who wHal
d a long white beard and hair, threa
e ened the officer with physical vi
lence. officer Holt was not arme
e but stood his ground until Ada
J, God" struck him a heavy bfow b
r hind the ear with pistol, makil
an ugly wound. Holt then start
for the police station for assistant
AS Holt moved away the preach
- trieC to shoot him, but the cartrid
failed to explode. :,
Officer Holt rushed Into the poll
N station and announced that ba
IN of religious fanatics, armed to
G. teeth. were at the threshold OF
nolice station and he warned the
IN ficers to prepare for trouble. i
Id nolice sergeant in charge order
IL, Patrolmen Charles Dalbow
Harry e. Siege to arrest Sharp q
he his followers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Kansas Is Prosperlng.

Topeka, Kan. Especially, = This
years farm product and live stock
values in Kansas, as shown by the
report of the State Board OF Agri-
culture. are more than S475,000,-
ono. or s11,000,0O0 more than the
States red-letter year, 1907. The
total yield of wheat this year Is 77'-
600 900 bushels and its yalue is over
s63 900, 900. The corn yield Is over
150 900, 900 bushels and its value is
more than $82,000,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
,,uIIonaire splnster Dead.

New York (special) Miss Mray
@ Pinkney, millionaire spinster,
who once owned nearly all OF Har-
lem. and whose estate is valued at
many millions, died in the Hotel
buckingham, in the ninety-eighth
wear OF her age. Miss Pmkney IN
herited the vast property from ner
stepfather, the late Commodore Arch-
ibald Watts. and for many years she
haa used the historic and picturesque
Watts mansion, at One Hundred and
Thirty ninth Street and Seventh Ave
nna. az a summer home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
rho Famous Cairo Burned.

New York (Special) The Cairo,
ono of the widest known OF the cafes
NJ the old Tenderloin district, was
destroyed by fire with loss OF WV
600. Several firemen had narrow
escape from injury when a metal
ceiling over the restaurant ON the
main floor fell. The cafe was located
ON West Twenty-ninth Street and was
the scene of the murder of Long
Tsland farmer a few years ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Stolen Money Lost On Races.

Oakland, Cal. (SpeciaD Alden
Lebuef, for three years cashier Of
Hale Bros dry goods store in this
city. has been arrested on a charge
of embezzlement. The police say he
confessed that he had used about
100000 of the firms money in the
last four months in gambling, chiefly
in poolroom betting on horse races.
Lebuef is 20 years old and has a
wife and child.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
Renf sentence Postponed.

San Francisco (Special Sen
fencing Abraham Ruef, convicted last
Thursday of Offering a bribe, was
postponed until next Saturday
Judge Lawler declined to allow mo-
ton for continuance to be entered
until he read into the record the
legal history of every one Of the lO0
days consumed In the trial. Attor-
new II. 3. Dozier Ruefs counsel, was
then permitted to interpose reasons
FOR delay and the order for continu-
ance was officially made.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-17
NEWS
Domestic
BY TELEGRAPH

A Chicago Judge has appointed
Friday as "alimony day III hi'
court. 4.
The trial of T. Jenkins Hams is
not expected TO last longer tnah ~
days. 49,.
Shouting that he was John the
Raptist come to save the world
an aged insane man held Edgewater'
n H. in terror for nearly an hour.
He rushed down the main street
waving a revolver and shouting helu
up half a dozen citizens, robbed the
tills OF three business establishment,
stole a team of horses and exchanged
many shots with a hastily forlneu
posse.
Robert w. Fullerton, 27 years ola;
son OF a millionaire and a corner,
student. who was indicted in April
last charged with the abduction OF
GLADYS Hobart Of Hewley Terrace
Yonkers. a school teacher, surreh-
dered himself to District Attorney
Jerome. and was later held in S2,0VV
bail for trial on plea of not guii'y
Commander Armistead Rust UNI
ted states Navy, recently In com
mand of the submarine tender HIST
was placed on trial before court
martial at the Philadelphia Navy
Ward, charged with negligence IN al
lowing the Hist to run aground III
the Delaware.
AS the result of stagnation IN Tue
market for rubber shoes because OIL
the absence of seasonable coma
the announcement is made by tne
Woonsocket Rubber Company thal
its Millvllle, r. l., plant VIII o'
closed.
Dr a. q. Barnes, aged As, veter
inarv suTxeon, was burned 10 ueath
and James Crane, an aged man. mar
rowly escaped a similar tate Whei
their houses at Woodville. east
Toledo. were destroyed by hre'
Five hundred employees in the Ell
shops at Scranton we're reduced Iron
full time to two-thirds time by a.
order issued from the headquarteI
of the mechanical department IN Ne'
York City.
n. Diaz Gupro. charged with VIC
lating the neutrality laws as ieaue
of the revolutionists against Iu
Mexican government, was taken
San Antonio, Tex, for ulal'
Laboring under the delusion Una
he had been marked as a victim {
the Black Hand, Thomas Fltzpatrlci
aged 36. shot and killed himself
Flint, Mich.
One man was killed and thre
others seriously injured when
pennsylvania Railroad freight trai
at Chicago crashed into nat ga ga
Glen Pollock, aged II, was SCI
fenced to serve one year in the ne
York state Reformatory for prea
ing into the postofiice at Martin
The German steamer Karthage,
the Hamburg-American Packet III
a week overdue at New York, p
into st. Johns, n. F., to replenl
her coal bunkers, badly battered
severe storms.
Two sheetiron workers were ri
ed and two others slightly injured
East New York when a row OF sue
uprights supporting the roof sKe
ton OF lofty coal shed buckled a
collapsed.
D, +. Yoakum, chairman of
Rock Island Railroad, declares |
railroads are inadequate to hant
growing commerce, and that the v
terways should be developed.
There is little doubt that
steamer D. NJ. Clemson went do
with all hands near White f
Point, Minn. Twenty-three ha
covers have been washed ashore
William H. Carney, a Union co
sergeant, who said "The old flag n
ed touched the ground" in saw
the flag at Fort Wagner, is dead