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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
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MENkCES READING
Nearly 151 Persons Contract Fever
Within the Week.

Reading Especially That those
sections of the city supplied with
water from the Maidencreek stream
are on the threshold OF a serious
epidemic OF TYPHOID fever was made
apparent by the report of commun-
icable diseases maintained by tho
Board of Health for the past week.
Since November / G, and Just end
ing. there have been reported the
alarming number of 146 cases of the
disease and physicians state that
there are indications that this num-
Der will be equalled, If not surpassed.
by the end of this week.
The snow fall of November IA Is
declared to be the direct cause of
the trouble. This was the only pre-
cipitation of any consequence for
some time. When the snow melted,
the water resulting stirred up the
very dregs in the creeks. and this,
those who claim to know say, Is what
the people are drinking in the Maid
encreek supply which is not filtered.
In the wards north of Penn
Square there are over 100 cases.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
IN TIE WORLD OF FINANCE

Atchison's gross earnings in octo-
ber decreased S316,S34, but net
profits gained $443,S53.
Wall Street firms say they are get
ting big orders for stocks from Phila-
delphia, Boston, Chicago and other
large cities.
Copper Range Consolidated declar-
ed a quarterly dividend of 81 a
share. This is the same amount as
was Paid one year ago, but two
years ago so was distributed.
Lackawanna Railroad directors de-
clared an extra dividend OF 10 per
cent. The same amount was paid
last year. AS the regular dividend
is also 20 per cent, shareholders re-
ceive 20 per cent. annually.
Lead miners are keenly alive to
the talk of tariff revision. The duty
is 21s cents pound on pig lead,
which is virtually half of its selling
value. That high duty shuts out for-
eign lead quite effectually. Any
drastic cut in the schedule would be
felt instantly by all the lead pro-
ducers.
Persons connected with the Raw
hide Coalition mines at Rawhide say
that favorable developments have
been made on the Happy Hooligan
claim. They report gain In values
which in some places are said to run
as high as 800 TO the ton.
London was again depressed by
what 1t termed unfavtrable news
from Germany. The boarding OF
gold by France and the liquidation
OF securities are two facts worthy OF
notice.
w. p. Davis. a Philadelphia min
eralogist. has spent good deal oi
time In Cobalt. Concerning tnat dis.
trict he says many mines there pa,
no attention to their dumps which
contain ore having from 500 tt
$3.50 ton In silver, He says tht
capitalization OF the shipping mines
may appear excessive. but In reality
Il Is not. Mr.. Davis pronouncel
Cobalt "the greatest silver region II
/ the world
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
PRESIDENT WANTS
The NAVY REORGANIzEO
Mr.. Roosevelt Said to Be Determined
to Make Changes.

New York Especially In an ar
ticle entitled President Roosevelt
and the Navy's Renaissance" which
is to appear in the forthcoming num-
ber of Pearsons Magazine, Henry
Reuterdahl gives what purports to
be the Views of President Roosevelt
on the Navy, none the least interest
ing of which is his attitude in regard
to a reorganization of that depart
ment.
The article is the result Of an in
view which Mr.. Reuterdahl had with
the President; but the writer re-
frains from quoting Mr.. Roosevelt
directly. save in a few instances.
One of these is in regard to the
reorganization of the entire depart
ment.
Mr.. Reuterdahl is the marine art
ist who made the voyage around
South America with the feet and
who has been very outspoken in his
criticism of the Navy in some re-
spects.
The President, Mr.. Reuterdahl
says, strongly believes that the Navy
can only be made better by chang
ing the administrator of the Navy
department and that his wish Is TO do
as much for the Navy in this respect
as he has done for the Army. Mr..
Reuterdahl quotes Mr.. Roosevelt as
saying
81 have from time to time recon-
mended the reorganization of the
Navy Department; II is absolutely
necessary and we will work until we
get It, and we shall get It,"
Politics In The Service.
Mr.. Reuterdahl goes on to say that
Mr.. Roosevelt believes in this con-
nection that 1.-THE tide of politics
must be stemmed and not allowed
to interfere with. the efficiency OF
the service"
The President, he says, wants a
fleet of ships in each ocean, and be.
lieyes with this accomplished and the
Panama Canal completed the Unit
ed States can look forward to year;
OF peace and prosperity.
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FIRE AND PANIC
ON SHIP AT SEA
Over One Hundred Suffer An Awful
Death.

valetta. Island of Malta (By
Cable) "A terrible disaster. In
which more than a hundred persons
lost their lives, occurred at the en-
trance to this port, within sight of
the whole population OF the city,
who were powerless 10 give aid.
The British steamer Sardinia. of the
Ellerman Line, hailing from Liver
pool and bound for Alexandria, with
a crew of "A English men, IL first and
6 second cabin English passengers
and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims. caught
fire and within a few minutes. was
a roaring furnace surrounded by
clouds of black smoke, through
which the flames burst upward to
a height to 200 feet from the fire.
quent explosions in the hold.
SO rapidly did the fire spread that
the frantic efforts of the crew to
operate the fire apparatus proved
useless, for It seemed but a moment
before the upper works and masts
crashed down upon the deck, while
the ships boats were crushed by the
falling debris or set fire and quickly
burned.
Safety lay only in the sea, for no
one could save himself except by
jumping overheard and taking
chances of being picked up. Assist
ance was hurried to the burning
vessel from all the warships in the
harbor and from the shore. but the
work of rescue was greatly impende1
by the strong tide that was running
Even the naval launches, which came
as fast as they could be driven, were
unable to go alongside. Among
the Arabs there was a panic that
could not be controlled. Many of
them were too frightened to jump
and they were burned to DEATH 9th
ers casting themselves into the waves
were drowned.
Perished At His Post.
The crew behaved with admirable
courage, serving out life preservers to
the last and working the pumps
When the pumps became useless Cart.
Charles Littler, commander OF the
Sardinia, took the helm and direct
ed his ship towards the shore SO
long as it could be navigatei He
perished at his post. First Officer
Frank Watson, all three engineers.
Seagraves, Hislop and Neil, eighteen
'of the ships company and two first
class passengers, one of them a boy
named Grant are missing. Fifty or
more bodies have been recovered and
seventy persons were rescued 1t is
impossible at present to say Just
how many were drowned or burned
to death, because the list of Arab
pilgrims is incomplete. but the num-
Der will doubtless far exceed hum
drei.
After the vessel refused to obey her
helm. she drifted around three times,
and finally was beached broadside on
the rocks at the mouth of the hsr-
Dor. She is still burning and will be
total loss.
The British Vice Admiral Sir AS
shelton Curzon-Howe and Admiral
Fisher directed the rescuing boats,
which did gallant work in saving
| those who were yet alive and bring
ing the bodies of the dead ashore.
Captain Littler's body, which was
terribly mutilated, was landed this
afternoon in the presence of great
crowds. who stood uncovered. The
other bodies were also mutilated and
| burned. Fifty-six OF the injured are
being cared for in the hospitals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

Savannah. Ga. Especially The
power of sixscore horses. crashing
and roaring in the cylinders of a
Fiat car, sent plunging through
changing fog and sunshine over 402
miles of lilac oiled roadways by the
experienced hands of Louis Wagner,
won the most spectacular, the long
est and fastest international automo-
bile race ever he'd in this country.
Fate played a game of hide ana
seek with three grim and grimy
hooded figures that sat behind big
steering wheels and throttles, and
fought with skill and daring for an
advance of seconds at the finish OF
the more than six hours of driving,
driving, driving through the sitting
fumes of burning oil into storms OF
sand and gravel thrown up by the
flying wheels of the car ahead at a
risk of life and limb for the honor
of trophy cup and purse OF gold.
The three drivers who clung to-
gether from the very start were
ahuffled about like so many cards as
the flying laps were reeled off. For
time there was a fourth figure in
the leading column, but when little
more than a minute separated the
first from the last of the cars in the
whirring quartet. caprice OF for
tune sent one pitching from the road.
Out of the mass of wreckage Fritz
Erie, who had been driving the Ger
man Benz, No. 10, was taken with a
broken nose and a broken jaw.
Still the struggle continued, and 1t
was not until the last minute of the
last lap that the tide of victory turn
ed to Wagner.
Navarro Hesitated And Lost.
Nazarro, the wonderful Italian
driver, holder of worlds records and
winner of countless contests, who
had clung tenaciously to q narrow
margin of lead for more than a hum
dred miles, hesitated long enough at
the supply pits to change a weaken
ing tire and lost. The treacherous
rubber tubing burst as he was about
to enter the homestretch and the
three minutes of delay that followed
sent the Grand Prix winner of last
year and his Fiat No. from first
to third position. Hemery in Ger
man Benz. No. 8. favorite of the
followers of automobiling, took Sec
ond honors.
1t was not until the official time
was announced that the actual win
ner was known-thet Wagner had
hurled himself to victory by the
slender margin of Sc seconds. Hem
cry was the first to finish the IL
/ laps of the race and enthusiastic
thousands hailed him as a winner,
without heed of the six minutes
grace which Wagner held. Hemery
/ being sent away at the start at 952
and Wagner not getting the word to
go until 9.5S.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
CATTLE DISEASE.
Inspectors Hear OF Many New Case

Inspectors Hear OF Many New Cascs.
Danville Especially Fresh out
breaks of the foot and mouth dis
ease in Clinton and Dauphin Coun-
ties were reported at headquarters
here. The disease was discovered In
the slaughter house of F. l.. Hinner,
at Lock Haven, where eighty hogs
are affected, and the experts believe
they have traced all the infection In
Clinton County to this place.
The farms of H. G. Marr. of Clin-
tondale, and Knecht Brothers, at
Parvin, Clinton County, with sixty
FIVE hogs and eleven cattle, have al
so become infected. The farm OF
Hays Dorry, Island Post O6ice, has
been placed under quarantine.
At Elizabeth. Dauphin County,
eighteen cattle on the farm OF George
e. Erdman were reported as being
infected. The farms of Jacob Les
ner, c. e. Shaffer and e. Boyer,
Elizabethville, with a total Of 136
cattle, are under quarantine, their
cattle having been exposed to the
disease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
wireless From Japan.

San Francisco Especially A wire
less station in this city reported hav-
Ing overheard during the past fort
night code messages which are be-
lieyed to have been sent from some
station In Japan. A Honolulu wire
less station is said to have heard
the same code messages. The Japa-
nese station Is over 5000 miles on
an air line from this city, and should
the signals which have been sent in
the Japanese code have originated
In Japan, the wireless record will
have been broken bg over 1000
miles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
STATE CAPITAL NOTES.

The Auditor Generals department
Is taking steps to secure payment
of delinquent taxes.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Shaffer, in remarking up
on county institutes he has attended
lately, says that the attendance is
larger than usual
The State Water Supply Commits
sion has sent engineers to Lebanon
to study water conditions. Appl-
cations have been made for a num-
ber OF charters for water companies
and protests have been made.
Chief Rockey, of the State Bu-
reau of Industrial Statistics. says
that he expects bill to establish
labor bureau to be presented this
winter.
The State Department of Agricul-
ture Is paying off owners of cattle
killed by State live stock agents as
rapidly as the bills come in. Sec
retary Critchfield says that he will
see to it personally that they are paid
so as to cause as little loss to cat
tie owners as possible
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
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Disappointed In Love and Drink
Laudanum.

Philadelphia (SpeclaD. - Follow
ing out compact into which they
had entered, two comely young girls
Mary Moran. OF 1443 Clymer
Street, and Ruth Brindley, of 1916
South Twenty-sixth Street. attcmpt-
ed suicide by drinking laudanum.
They are both dying In the Poly
clynic Hospital. The mystery of the
attempt is so great that nothing of
n satisfactory nature can be learned
by the police of the agreement into
which the girls are said to have en-
tered, or the reason for the COM
pact. Unrequited love is given as
the reason.
The attempt to end their lives was
made by the girls in the branch
establishment of the Southwark
Mills Company. at Twenty-ilrst
Street and Washington Avenue
They are both employed at this place
and are close friends. A state of
melancholia has been noted In both
for some time and among their mill
girl companions the jesting remark
has frequently been made that Mary
and Ruth we're in love-
They were found unconscious in n
dressing room of the MILL The dis
covery was made by a companion,
who summoned help. The police re-
moved the pair TO the hospital
The police, after investigating the
circumstances, learned that both
girls, within the past two weeks, had
run away from their homes because
their parents objected to their re-
ceiving the attentions of young men.
When the latter learned they had
been forbidden to visit the girls bit
ter Quarrels ensued.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
DO,NGs AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL

Former Queen Liliuokalani arriv-
cd to present her petition to Con-
gress for indemniflcation for the loss
of her lost crown lands in Hawaii.
The director of the census sub
mitted his annual report, which in
cluded his estimates of the cost of
taking the next census.
The annual report OF the Isthmian
Canal Commission was submitted to
the Secretary of War by Lieutenant
Colonel Goethals.
Postmaster General Meyer submit
ted his annual report, which shows
the largest deficit in the history of
the department.
Congress will be expected to pro-
vide for deficit that has occurred
in the immigration fund.
Considerable alarm is felt at the
War Department over the fact that
the Army transport Dixie, en- route
from Seattle to Manila with cargo
OF 200 horses and 250 mules, is six
days overdue.
President Roosevelt has signed
proclamations creating the Ocala
National Forest in Marion County.
Fla, and the Dakota National Forest
in Billings County, North Dakota.
1t has been decided that six of
the eight submarine torpedo boats.
bids for which were recently opened
at the Navy Department, will be
either built or delivered on the Pa
cific Coast
The Treasury purchased 100, 900
ounces OF silver for delivery at New
York, $4,000 ounces for delivery at
New Orleans and $4,000 ounces for
delivery at Denver.
Net single case of plague las
been discovered on the Pacific Coast
since last February, according to a
report made by DR.. Walter Wyman.
The Census Bureau made public
a bulletin showing notable increase
in the ratio of divorces to marriage
In this country.
The indications are that the tariff
on iron, steel and metal products Will
be reduced in the next tariff bill.
Public Printer John S. Leech re-
signed, and Samuel B. Donnelly, OF
Brooklyn. was appointed to succeed
him.
The plague situation on the Pacific
Coast Is said to have greatly improv-
ed within the last few months.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortel-
you and Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury Coolidge we're heard By tho
monetary committee regarding pro-
posed revision of the currency laws
Orders were issued by the Navy
Department TO the protected cruiser
Tacoma to proceed TO Haiti for the
protection OF American interests dur
ing the present uprising there.
The President has approved a draft
of walking test for officers OF the
Navy.
A bronze statue of General Phil
Sheridan was unveiled at the Nation.
al Capital. In the presence OF dis
tinguished assemblage.
The legislative committee of the
American Bankers Association was
Invited by the National Monetary
Commission to meet with that bod,
at an early date
Advices TO the State Department
from Buenos Ayres indicate that The
armament bill, which has been be
fore the Argentine Congress fol
some time. VIII become law
Glass manufacturers appeared be
: fore the House committee and ex
J pressed themselves satisfied with thl
proposed revision OF the r'r~1 frale
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

Washington, d. c. (SpeciaD -
Mr.. Frank H. Hitchcock will become
Postmaster General in Mr. Taft's
cabinet. The announcement was
made here. 1t created not the slight
est ripple of surprise, for every man
has known from the hour that Mr..
Hitchcock was appointed chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee that in the event of Republican
success Mr.. Hitchcock would become
Postmaster General.
Having served several years with
splendid success as First Assistant
Postmaster General, Mr.. Hitchcock is
thoroughly qualified by experience
to preside over the postotfice depart
ment, and his appointment, there
fore, is due him on merit. But the
fact that he was chairman of the
successful national committee maze
him the logical Postmaster General,
for in recent years 1t has become
customary to make the chairman of
the national committee the Postmas-
ter General.
Four years ago Chairman Cortel-
you became Postmaster General, and
now Chairman Hitchcock will hold
the same office The present Post
master. Mr.. Meyer, is slated for the
Department of State, after possibly
q few months service as Secretary
of the Treasury The Treasury port
folio would crafty Mr.. Myron Her
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to Hot Springs, as well as to Wash
ington, have been in connection with
that ambition.
Mr. Bonaparte will be succeeded
either by Mr. Kellogg, who is now
in the limeiight each day in New
York trying the Standard Oil case,
or possibly by Wade Ellis, of Ohio,
now an assistant attorney general in
Washington.
Secretary Oscar Straus, of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor,
expects to go. and it is likely that
he will be succeeded by James r.
Garfield the present Secretary of the
Interior. Mr.. Garfield began his
official career in Washington as COM
missioner of the Bureau of Corpora
tions, the most important branch OF
the Department of Commerce. and il
is believed that he would cheerfuily
return TO the head OF the department
where he began his career.
In the event of this transfer the
| Department of the Interior will &c
to some man from the far West, oil
the Pacific Slope, neither of which
sections of the country is represent.
ed in Cabinet since the resignation
of Secretary Metcalf, of the Navy.
The Interior Department is prac.
tically the only department in which
the people of the far West and of the
Slope are vitally interested, and al
their efforts at securing representa-
| tion in the Cabinet will be centeret
on naming the new secretary Of the
| interior Secretary Wilson will re
main in the cabinet, but is Is gener
ally understood that he will resigr
| in year. when he will have made
the record for the longest continued
/ service of any Cabinet officer. Whe1
[ he finally resigns his position viii
! be offered to Clifford Pinchot, a
/ present chief forester. So far as /
| is known Secretary Wright and Sec
/ retary Newberry will not be imme
diately disturbed, but Mr.. Loeb. a
| present secretary TO the president
/ can have Mr.. Newberry's place II b,
! cares for IL
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03
F Oreign

Nine. Steinheil, whose husband,
the painter, and Nine. Japy were
murdered in Paris May 81 last, was
placed under arrest on suspicion. II
is rumored that prominent person
ages are involved, and all Paris is
worked up over the case.
1t is announced an agreement has
been reached between Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou and w. G.
Irwin for the exchange of the site
of the federal building in Honolulu
for a tract of Twins land wanted by
the government.
No British warships have been or
dered to Haiti, the consul general
of Great Britain at Port au Prince
having informed the Foreign Office
that he is not apprehensive OF any
danger to British subjects or British
interests.
Professors Beattie and Morrison,
who have been commissioned by the
Carnegie Institute at Washington to
undertake a magnetic survey across
Africa from Cape Town to Cairo,
have begun their labors
Count Boni de Castellane's counsel
in pleading for having the children
removed from the custody OF Prince
and Princess de Sagan, made a ter
rife arTaignment of Prince Helies
scandalous doings.
General Leconte, the Haitien min
lister of the interior, ordered the ex-
ecution of Captain Ostema, OF the
gunboat Croyant ard Of two citizens
of Jerenire and was then himself
killed.
The British steamer Sardinia was
burned at the entrance to the harbOr
of Valetta, Island OF Malta and over
a hundred of her passengers, mostly
Arab pilgrims, were lost.
A fire broke out on the Hospital
Ship Relief while on her way from
Manila TO Guam, and she returned
under her own steam.
The American Association of Mer-
chants at Shanghai resolved in favor
of trial by jury in the American
court here.
The mutinous outbreak at Nanking
is reported to have been suppressed
IL is denied that King Manuel was
mobbed in the streets OF Lisbon.
While much interest is manifested
In Germany in General Lord Robert s
statement that a million troops were
needed in England for protection
against possible German invasion. no
comment is made In official circles.
The dispute between Germany and
France over the seizure by French
officials at Casablanca, Morocco, of
deserters from the French Foreign
Legion has been referred to the
Permanent Court OF Arbitration.
Various chambers of commerce in
81 4
Secretary of Posts to establish in
the interests of trade two-cent pos
tai rate between Germany and the
United States.
An army OF the unemployed OF
London made a demonstration In the
fashionable West End.