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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
COURT RULES OUT
THE COMMODITY Law
Railroads Win in Fight Against Hep.
burn Rate Law.

Philadelphia Especially The COM
modify clause of the Hepburn Act
was declared unconstitutional by the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, the judges of. which are
George NJ. Dallas. Geo, Gray and Jo-
seph Burlington.
The court was divided on the ques-
tion of the constitutionality of the
Hepburn Rate Law commodity
clause. The opinion declaring it uns
constitutional was handed down by
Judge Gray with Judge Dallas assent
ing. Judge Burlington filed a dis
senting opinion. The opinion of the
court inyalidating the law makes
10000 words.
Agrees With Roads Counsel.
In the main, the majority opinion
upholds the arguments made by the
distinguished counsel which repre-
sented half a dozen of the big mine
owning railroads at the hearing last
May, and, by inverse reasoning, de-
clares the commodity clause to be
unconstitutional. This was done by
summarlly dismissing the bills Of
camplaint filed by the government
through Attorney General Bonaparte
Briefly the constitutionality of the
law is attacked on the ground that
it is contrary TO States rights and,
therefore. Illegally interferes with
the power of a sovereign common
wealth to conuet its own business.
From beginning to end the ma
jority opinion is a clean defeat for
the government.
Discriminates In Favor OF Lumber.
The Hepburn clause prohibits all
railroads from transporting inter-
state commerce any commodity own
ed or produced by 1t, with the ex-
ception of lumber A decision in
favor Of the government would have
compelled the anthracite coal rail-
roads to divorce themselves frcIn
the coal companies which all of them
own and control.
The decision supports the conten-
tion made by John G. Johnson at the
hearing last June 70 the effect that
the commodity clause in excepting
lumber from the provisions OF the
act, Is discriminative.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
GREGORI FREED;
SHOT DREYFus
french Jury Acqults Man oI
Crime. "

Paris (By Cable) Louis A. Gre
gori was acquitted of the charge of
attempting the life OF Major Alfred
Dreyfus. The verdict was rendered
by the jury after the Advocate Cen
eral had made an earnest appeal for
the conviction and punishment of the
defendant.
The defense was beaten at every
turn in It's effort TO reopen the Drey-
Gregori's attack.
All efforts to reintroduce the evil
denoe adduced at the Dreyfus trial
were thwarted by the president OF
the Court of Assizes. Finally Maitre
Menard, Gregori's chief counsel, de-
clared that as his clients defense de-
pended wholly on the general situa-
ton and sentiments that surround
the whole Dreyfus episode, which
could only be shown by an exami-
nation Of witnesses familiar with the
story from Its beginning, and that
he had no other recourse than to ap-
peal TO the jury to appreciate the
presidents act In preventing light
from being thrown on the situation.
The session began with a sharp
duel of words between the president
and Col. Du Patty de Clam, wit
ness, who said Gregori wanted to
tear away the veil of mystery In
which the government had deliber-
ately enshrouded the Dreyfus case,
and that not only some such act as
the shooting Of Dreyfus in the Pan
theon could force these revelations.
The president intervened, declar-
ing that he would not allow allu-
sions 70 the Dreyfus case or critic
ism OF the governments attitude
favoring Dreyfus
After a violent scene, In which
there were heated remarks from all
parts of the chamber, Col. Du Patty
de CLAIMS testimony was barred out.
The same thing happened to Lecocq,
who last April spat in the face OF
War Minister Piquart; Socialist
Deputy Bietry. Editor Massard, OF
the Patrie, and Henri Rochefort.
After each of these witnesses had
spoken the president ordered his re-
marks set aside, on the plea that
they either assailed Dreyfusism or
pleaded Gregori's case without bring
ing definite facts to bear In tustih-
cation OF his attempt on the life of
Dreyfus.
Gregori was called to the stand
and allowed to make a long speech
denouncing Dreyfus. Shortly after
ward the verdict OF acquittal was
brought In.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
ODDS AND ENDS,

The houses of England, II placed
In line, would reach $4,000 miles.
Liverpool makes nearly 100000
a year by municipal trading.
The number of new buildings In
Buenos Ayres has almost quadrupled
In six years.
OF the 361 sorts of birds found
In Great Britain only lao are resi-
dents all the year around
There are more women members
of clubs In New York City than In
any two other cities in the world.
Conversation is good form OF
exercise for those afflicted with heart
disease.
There are In London number OF
great houses doing worldwide bus
iness In orchids alone. Most OF the
plants come from Brazil. In the
botanical gardens of Rio de Janeiro
there are over 5000 varities OF or
chidS.
over thousand employees OF an
electrical engineering works A.
Loughborough. Leicestershire, Eng
land, have been discharged durins
the last three months. and the week.
.ly wage list h'aD been reduced FROM
$4,000 to $1,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
WASHINGTON

A number of women scientists,
authorities in research in their re-
spective countries, will be accredited
delegates TO the tuberculosis Con-
gress at Washington.
Naval officers are greatly impress
ed with the utility of the Wright
aeroplane as an adjunct to the naval
force and careful observations will
be made.
John S. Early, the leper. received
$165 from the Pension Department.
He at once sent the check to his
wife.
Dr.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief OF the
Bureau OF Chemistry, has been hon
ored by the first international CON
gress for the repression OF adultera-
tion of food meeting at Geneva,
Switzerland.
A tropical storm ragged through
the West Indies, but will probably
not affect the United States.
Judge Parker was in Washington
to confer with associate counsel rep
resenting Gompers and Mitchell in
the labor contempt case.
Orville Wright made two very sue
cessful flights in his aeroplane at
Fort Myer.
Emile Berliner has lately con-
structed an experimental propeller OF
such power that, placed horizontally
II is capable of lifting 460 pounds
In calm straight up into the air.
Henry Gannett. assistant director
OF the Cuban census, has almost COM
pleted that work.
owen r. Calls. an insurance So
licitor, whose home was 1402 b
Street. northeast, committed suicide
by blowing out his brains while In
stanton Square.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

Washington, D. C. Especially Or
vile Wright, in three phenomenal
flights at Fort Myer, established new
aeroplane records that not only as
sure the success of the official trials
before the army board, but indicate
that aerial flight Is now only a mat
ter of development. War on land
and sea will find In the aeroplane
a valuable means of reconnaissance
and possibly carnage.
Two flights OF approximately one
hour each, another flight in which
two men were whirled through the
air for upwards of six minutes, we're
the achievements of the Wright
brothers aeroplane Wednesday. That
these flights, record-breaking as they
were will even be surpassed by Or
vile Wright during his trials at
Fort Myer, is confidently predicted.
First fight made Wednesday morn
ing, in which the machine circled the
drill grounds at the fort 81 times in
81 minutes and 81 seconds, was sur
passed in the evening when flight
of siXty-two minutes and fifteen sec
onds was made.
Not satisfied. with breaking all
distance and time records for q heav-
ier-than-air flying machine Mr..
Wright took Lieutenant Frank P.
Lahm, the aeronaut of the Signal
Corps, for a spin around the drill
grounds and making a new record
for a two-man flight. All this hap
pened so quickly and unostentatious-
ly that the spectators. among whom
we're members of the cabinet and
high officers of the army and navy,
could hardly realize that history had
been made and that a new era in
the progress of the civilized world
was begun.
The morning fight was witnessed
by only a handful of enthusiasts, but
the news spread so rapidly that fully
a thousand people gathered on the
military reservation across the Poto-
mac from the national capital to see
the afternoon event.
At SIG, as the sun was disappear
ing below the Virginia horizon, the
latest invention of man to challenge
the laws of nature rose grandly into
space and sailed over the green sward
of the drill grounds. Higher and
higher 1t tsrose, turned at a slight
angle as the aviator brought it
around at the far side of the field and
raced along at increasing speed.
There was hardly a quiver OF the
aeroplane in the first few rounds of
the field, Mr.. Wright evidently hav-
ing the steering apparatus well in
hand.
Rising and lowering at will, the
sight of the man-built bird was most
impressive. Round after round the
machine travelled on cutting short
turns. shooting along the stretches
and presenting somewhat the appear
ance of an automobile racing about
an imaginary course In the air.
The aviator paid little heed 20
anything but his levers for warp
ing the surface of the planes
and controlling the planes which
control the altitude of the craft.
He seemed oblivious' of the crowd
below until. having broken the
record of 8 Z minutes and 81 seconds
established by him this morning,
the crowd raised a cheer that told
him of his new achievement. Then
Mr., Wright waved his acknowledge
ments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market nenortx
pradstreet's SAYS:


Fall jobbing trade, and to
lesser extent retail demand, has
been helped this week by the ad-
vent of cooler weather, the opening
OF the season of fall festivals and
the continuance of buyers excur-
sions. Hence the consensus of re-
ports that distribution has expanded
at leading Northwestern and South
western markets, while there is a
further gain shown at many South
ern centers. Enlargement of crop
movements, particularly In winter
wheat and cotton. has also made for
a further Improvement in collections,
which at many points are now class
ed as fairly normal.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending Septem-
ber 3 number 210, against 236 last
week, 100 in the like week of 1907,
l21 In 1905, 1917 In 1906 and 144
in 1904.
Wheat. including flour, exports
from the United S .es and Canada
for the week aggregate 5,396,026
bushels, against 4,525,503 last week
and 2,923,710 this week last year.
corn exports for week are 40,051
bushels, against 39,109 last week
and 5o7.104 in 1907.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Foreign

A daring attempt was made in
Gullford, Eng, 10 steal valuable
jewels belonging TO Mrs. John Ward,
daughter OF Whitelaw Reid, the
American ambassador.
There was an impressive scene in
the Glasgow Council Chamber when
a deputation of the unemployed sub
mitted their demand for work.
A German arrested at Orleans
France on the charge Of being a
spy confessed that he was In the pay
Of the German authorities.
The municipality OF Sebastopol
conferred the freedom OF the city
on Count Leo Tolstoi and named a
school after him.
The police charged gathering of
rioting coal miners in the town Of
Wanne, Germany. Ten Of the rioters
were wounded.
John E. Redmond and Joseph Dev-
lin, members of the Nationalist par
ty, left Queenstown for the United
States.
The breach between France and
Germany on account Of the Moroc-
can affair is growing wider.
Princess Matilda, of SaXony, was
thrown by her horse near Dresden,
and severely injured.
Silvlo Ricci. who Is accused of
throwing the bomb that caused a
panic in the courtyard of the Grand
Mosque, in Constantinople, in 1905.
while the Sultan was descending the
steps of the mosque, was arrested.
The German Army maneuvers in
Alsace-Lorraine were concluded.
The Trade Union Congress, In
Nottingham, Eng, passed resolu-
tion condemning the British work
men who engaged themselves as
strlkebreakers in Germany and the
colonies.
The fraudulent acts OF NJ. Albert,
Of Copenhagen, have caused the loss
of millions of dollars, and is a hard
blow for the peasants.
The German administration is pre-
pairing the public mind for a plan
for increasing taxation and reducing
the imperial debt.
DR.. Cornilieff. a socialist member
of the hrst Douma, was sentenced ia
TWO years Imprisonment in a fort
Tess.
Gen. Leonard Wood was present
at the German army maneuvers.
Asiatic cholera is showing signs o.
spreading In Russia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
MURDERED IN CHURCH.
Insane Lover Stabs Girl While She
Plays Organ.

Charlotte, N. c. Especially A
special to the Observer from Newton
says that near that place Miss Bull
linger, 10 years old, was stabbed to
death by Lon RAIDER, aged 21. The
girl was at the organ playing the
closing hymn at Sunday School when
RAIDER sprang across several benches
and with his pockstknife stabbed her
in the back and breast. She died
almost instantly.
RAIDER was arrested and is now in
the Newton Jail. Some months ago
he was committed to the State In
sane Asylum, and in his rawlings Of
ten mentioned Miss Bullinger's
name. Recently he was discharged
as cured. The deed was probably
prompted by requited love. In
jail this afternoon RAIDER said he
killed the girl because she was a
witch"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Love Causes Murder.

Cleveland. o. Especially Rivalry
for the hand OF a woman. which be-
gan in Sicily several years ago. re-
suited in murder here, when Angelo
Mazzo. sicilian. was stabbed
through the heart by Carmen Bulone,
also Sicilian. Both men loved the
same girl in Porta. Sicily but Mazzo
married the young woman. Bulone
swore vengeance. In order to es-
cape Bulone's wrath the couple fed
10 America. Buone, however, follow
ed them. and on a crowded thorough
fare. killed Mazzo with sfilleto
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
0RV|LLE WRIGHT
FLIES over AN HOUR
Aviator at Fort Myer Breaks Aero.
plane Record
TAKES A PASSENGER WITH HIM.
On Third Trip ofihe Day Inventor Takes
Lieutenant Lahm for a Six-minute
Sail--Flight of 81 Minutes Made In
the Morning and One of 62 Minutes
and 15 Seconds in the Afternoon.
PREVIOUS RECORDS.

October Is, 1907-Henri Far
man.
March 20-Farman made one
and a half miles with his aero
plane at Iss-Les- -Moulineaux.
May 3--The aeroplane of the
Wright brothers was flown three
miles in three minutes.
May 27-Delagranges aeroplane
few ten miles.
July 4--Curtiss' aeroplane, the
June Bug, few one mile and won
the Scientific American trophy.
September 1.-Two Cornell stu
dents covered miles in min
utes in an aeroplane of their own
making.
September 5-At lie Mans. Will
bur Wright covered Is miles in
20 minutes in his aeroplane.
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Assails ~ ChanceIlor.

Morristown. N. ]. Especially "A
woman thought to be demented. in
vaded the home OF former Vice Chan
cellor Henry C. Pitney, and had to
be forcibly removed by the police
She is a Mrs. Shuttle, OF Lyndhurst,
and on former occasions had paid
Mr.. Pitney visits regarding case
which he has handled for her several
years ago. Two patrolmen were
kicked and pummeled before Mrs
Shuttle was elected She was taken
IN the county Jail
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Terrible Heat In Texas.

Fort Worth. Tex. Especially "A
special from strawn, Tex. a mining
town west OF here. says that the
thermometer there registered 112
degrees and is standing at 100 with
a hot wind blowing from the south
All business has been suspended in
Strawn. Waco reports a temperature
OF 101 for the past three days and
that the intense heat there has caus-
ed wall paper TO split from the walls
OF dwellings on account of the un-
usual expansion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

New York Especially Believed TO
be a suicide on account OF the anti
betting law. which went into effect
here recently, Rubin Goldberg. long
a Sheepshead Bay business man, was
found dead. His body was suspend
ed by a clothesline from beam In
the cellar of his house. Goldberg
had built up a considerable dry
goods business al Sheepshead Bay.
enjoying not a little patronage from
the racing stables and their conting-
ents, but with the passage of the
new race track law II quickly dwindl-
ed away.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Pncinc Rates Advanced.

Seattle. Wash. Especially Seven
steamship lines operating to the Ori-
ent from Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco, have agreed upon an in
creased schedule of rates TO take ef-
feet November /. The increase is to
be on through shipments only 1t
does not benefit the steamship lines,
but will fatten the receipts of the
railroads in conformity with a re-
cent ruling OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
PLAGUE IN SQUIRRELS BITE.
Park Pet Inoculates Dread Bubonic
Into Boy Friend.

Los Angeles. Cal. (SpeciaO.--A
case of bubonic plague has been dis
covered here. The patient, boy
named Mulholland, is convslescent.
Three weeks ago the boy found
a sick squirrel in the park and pick
I'd it up. The squirrel bit the boy
in the hand. Sickness followed and
the attending physician declared it
to be bubonic plague. Other ply
sicians were called and discovered
that the squirrels in the park have
the disease.
No other cases have developed. and
It is believed by the authorities that
there will be no spread OF the di-
sease.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Pardons japanese.

Washington Especially The Pres
ident has granted a pardon to X,
Yoshida. Japanese, convicted Jan
uary 81. 1905, OF murder. at Valdez.
Alaska, and sentenced TO serve 80
years at Fort Leavenworth. yoshila
has gone insane from homesiokness
since his incarceration. ami the Uni
ted States district attornei who pro-
secuted him, and the warden OF the
prison recommended his pardon.
Tne man whom Yosh'la killed. was
the foreman OF canning factory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Electric Chair For Smith.

Norfolk. Va. tSpeciaD Henry
Smith, negro charged with criminal
assault upon aged Mrs. Catherine
Powell, of Portsmouth. upon his sec
ond trial in the Norfolk County Cir
cult Court was found guilty and SEN
fenced by the trial jury to death.
Judge Dain fixed October 13 for the
electrocution. which will be the first
use of the death chair since its sub
stitution for the gallows in this state.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
OPPOSE THAw's REMOVAL.
Stand Taken BY State Commission In
Lunacy.

Albany, n. Y. Especially Amy at
tempt to take Harry X. Thaw from
the Duchess County Jail, at Pough-
keepsie. to Pittsburg or any point
outside the State will be opposed by
the State Commission in Lunacy,
DR.. Albert w. Ferris, president OF
the commission, returned from long
European trip, and announced the po-
sition the commission would take re-
garding the order OF Referee Blair.
CT Pittsburg, that Thaw shall be TAX
en- to Pennsylvania TO be examined
in the bankruptcy proceedings insti-
tuted in his behalf.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
MAN BLOWN TO PIECES.

Detroit. Mich. Especially An oxy-
gen tank. five feet long and ten in
ches in diameter, used in connection
with tank of hydrogen in a weld
ing process, exploded at the plant of
the Michigan Crucible Steel Casting
Company on Guoin Street, instantly
killing Emil Keehm. Two other
workmen were injured. Keehm was
blown to pieces.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Killed In Wreck.

Sandusky. o. Especially Two col
ored men were killed, another was
injured and a white man is missing
as the result OF wreck ON the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Rail-
way, which made kindling wood of
fourteen freight cars, between Huron
and Vermillion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
ExnlosIon KiIIs Child.

Pomeroy. o. Especially "A can of
oil standing near the stove in the
kitchen at the home of John G..
Roush, in Mason County, w. Va. ex-
ploded, and as a result one child
was burned to death and Mrs.
Roush and three other children were
so severely injured that they may
die. The house was consumed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
WILL EXILE MANIAC KING.
AMMAN Monarch Tortured Several
Wives To Death.

Saigon, French Cochin China tBy
Cable). - Former King Than Thai
OF AMMAN. who has been on trial for
torturing several of his wives to
death or into insanity, will be exiled
to Algeria by the verdict just render
ed
This is Than's second offense. For
the first he was removed from the
throne two years ago in favor of his
son, a youth still under 21. Ply
sicians who have examined the de-
posed monarch say he suffers from
periodical attacks of homicidal ma
mia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
March Of The UnemnIored.

Liverpool (By Cable) The un-
employed of this city organized a
procession and marched to the town
hall. Two deputations were received
by the lord mayor They showed
that 10, 900 of the laborers OF Liver
pool we're out of work, and request
ed relief, A relief fund has been
cf ~ ad
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17
Wholesale Marketu.

New York.-Wheat-Spot, strong;
No. red, 1.03% @1.05A elevator;
No. 2 red, LOAN I. o. b. afoat; No.
Northern Duluth, 1.13 {. O. b.
afoat; No. 2 hard winter, 1.OS (. o.
b. afoat.
Corn-Spot firm; No. 2, SEA- ele-
vator and 90 delivered Option mar
ket was steady, but quiet, closing
partly Nc. net higher. September
closed at S9A; December 79A @
79%, closed 1874; May closed "a.
Oats-Receipts, 1850. Spot
firmer; mixed. 26@32 lbs, 53@54;
natural white, 26@31 lbs, 55@57;
clipped white, 32Q40 lbs. 56h0
62M.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 Western, s4h
I. o. b. New York.
Poultry Alive, weak; spring
chickens, 16; fowls, 12; turkeys, 12;
dressed, easy; Western chickens,
1903; fowls, 121sQ14; spring
turkeys, 20.
Butter-Steady; receipts, 6,4SS;
creamery specials, 24@24h.
Philadelphia.-Whea firm and
Nc. higher; contract grade. Septem-
Der, 97h a csc.
Corn-Firm; fair demand; No. 2,
for local trade, S7Ix @8Sc.
Oats-Firm and NC. higher; No.
2 white. natural, 55@55kc
Butter-Steady; extra Western
creamery, rs Nc; do, nearby prints,
81.
Eggs-Firm; good demand; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts Z.
C. 23c, at mark; do, current receipts
in returnable cases. 22 at mark;
Western firsts, I. C. 23 at mark do,
current receipts, (. Q. 22 at mark.
Cheese-Firm and Nc. higher;
New York full creams, choice, 1874
@12%c.; do, fair to good, 11h @
12.
Poultry-Aliye, dull and weak;
fowls, 1908; old roosters, 9@91a;
spring chickens, 14@15.
Baltimore--wheat- -Firmer; spot.
contract, 97% @9S; spot, No 2 red
ber, 97% @9S; October, 9S9s @
9S%; December, 1.OO1s @1.OO%;
steamer, No. Q red, 94% @95. Re-
ceipts, 52,399. Southern ON grade,
94@97.
Corn - Dull; November, 6S%;
January, 6S%. Receipts, 10,0S3.
Southern white corn, 80.
Oats-Firm; No. white, 52% a
53k; No. 3 white, SIX @52&; No.
mixed, 51Q51h. Receipts, 49,
427.
Rye-Steady; No. Western do
mestic, 1914 q 80. Receipts, 1922.
Hay-Easier; No. timothy,
400 asked; No. ! clover, mixed,
11.50@12.00.
Butter-Quiet, unchanged; fancy
imitation, 20@21; fancy creamery.
25; fancy ladle, 20; store packed.
16h OF.
Bggs.-Quiet, unchanged; 220
23.
Cheese-Quiet, unchanged; new,
large. 12A; new, flats. 12A; new.
small, u.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-17

The first electric ferryboat in Ger
many has just been LAUNCHED at Duis
burg. IL has twin screws. which are
propelled by an accumulating cur
rent from two electric motors OF So
horsepower capacity. The boat can
carry GAS passengers, besides horses.
automobiles and vehicles