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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Foreign

The Swedish Foreign Office has in
structed the Swedish consul general
in New York to make a full inyesti-
cation of the reported discovery on
the north coast of Labrador of the
grave of Professor Andree, the aero
naut.
Kuan Hgsu, emperor OF China,
died in the Winter Palace, in Peking.
Prince Chun, his brother, becomes
regent, and his son In Wei, heir
presumptive. Kuan Hgsu reigned
"a years.
M. Milovanovich, Serylan minister
for foreign affairs. informed the King
of Italy that it was necessary for
Servia to protect herself against the
Austrian invasion"
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to rob railroad train in Russia on
which was s12, 2,5O0,000 in specie.
Five of the robbers were arrested
and one was killed
Russia and England are in agree
ment on the proposal for Russian
supremacy in the Persian Province OF
Azerbaiian
NJ. Khomyakoh, the president OF
the Douma, has announced that he
will not be a candidate for re-elec-
tion.
The International Copyright Con
gress has adopted the new text OF
the Berne convention.
Wilbur Wright won the French
Aero Clubs prize for aeroplanes.
Or. Wilfred Grenfell, a mission
airy 10 the Labrador Coast does not
believe the grave discovered on the
Northern Labrador Coast by Captain
Chalkes is that OF Andree, the ex.
plorer.
The Foreign Affairs Committee OF
the Federal Council of the German
Empire discussed the Casablanca in
cident. II was reported that the
meeting was called to take steps tc
prevent the Emperor pursuing an IN
dependent course in foreign affairs
The building of eight new British
battleships and "a destroyers in the
immediate future was foreshadowed
in Premier Asquith's announcement
in the House OF Commons.
Conditions in Northern Persia are
said 10 be improving and Russia will
not find II necessary for interyen-
tion.
John E. Redmond opened in Man.
chester the campaign of the Irish
members OF the Commons to arouse
English electors 70 the importance
of the home-rule question.
President Castro has completed
preparations for the defense Of Vene-
zuela's principal seaport Laguayra
Preparations have also been mad,
for a blockade by Holland.
Although the Emperor Of Chine
is at deaths door he Will NOT ac
cept the assistance OF medical mer
from other countries. His mind Ii
afiectcd
Grand Duke william Alexander O
~uxembourg ig dying.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
| MORRIS HAAS DIES
INSTEAD or HENEY
Man Who Shot Prosecutor Takes His
Own Life.

San Francisco Especially Morris
Haas, who shot Assistant District At
torney Francis j. Heney, committed
suicide at the county jail by shooting
himself through the head.
One report says that the pistol
with which Haas shot himself was
concealed in his shoes. where he hid
Il before shooting Heney. Another
report says the pistol was secretly
passed to Haas by friend since his
incarceration.
The FIVE surgeons attending Mr..
Heney. after their consultation, sta
ted that MIR. Heney was resting easily
and that his pulse, temperature and
respiration were practically normal
The bullet was located in the
muscles OF the lower maxillary
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Declares Dog Committed Suicide.

Evansville, Ind. Especially Mrs
Vernon Shrode gave her favorite bull
terrier a whipping, and for an hour
the animal lay around the house and
refused to notice anyone. Then It
walked down to the electric railroad
track and as car approached de-
lberately stood in front of it and
was ground to pieces. Persons who
witnessed the death of the dog de-
clared that It was deliberate case
of suicide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
ELEVEN CORPSES
IN WRECK AFIRE
Express Plows Through a Local
Train.

New Orleans Especially 1t was
heavy price in human life that paid
for the errors of railroad trainmen
when q Great Northern express
crashed into the rear of a New Or
leans and Northeastern local train
at Little Woods Station, fishing and
hunting camp on Lake Pontchartrain,
IL miles from New Orleans. Eleven
dead and many more injured, some
of them fatally, Is the cord of the
wreck, which was attended by un-
usually gruesome scenes in the fog
gy swamps of the Lake Shore. To
add to the horror of the situation
the wreck caught fire and only the
heroic work of the surviving passen-
gers prevented the cremation of those
pinned in the debris.
Between Slidell and New Orleans,
the Great Northern trains run over
the tracks of the New Orleans and
Northeastern Road. A local train
of the Northeastern from Hatties-
burg and other Mississippi points is
due to arrive In New Orleans 20
minutes before the fast Great North
ern train from Covington. The
Northeastern train was late and the
difference of 20 minutes between the
running of the trains was consider
ably reduced
When Engineer Blackman, of the
Great Northern train, took the north
eastern tracks at Slidell he was gfv-
en- the usual right of way signal,
he says, and proceeded to move his
train toward New Orleans at As
miles an hour. AS Little Woods
was approached the Northeastern
local suddenly loomed up through
the fog. Engineer Blackman applied
the brakes and remained at the
throttle while the ponderous loco
motive plowed It's way through the
train ahead, leaving behind 1t trail
of corpses and injured passengers.
No one on the Great Northern ex-
press was seriously hurt, but those
aboard the NorthGastern local were
thrown right and left or crushed
by the express locomotive as 1t tore
through the two rear coaches of the
local. AS Little Woods has no tele.
graph station, serious delay was ex-
perienced in getting q message to
New Orleans, and II was two hours
before a rescue train arrived. In
the meantime passengers of the
Great Northern train did all they
could to rescue the injured.
Among the sights that greeted the
rescuers was that of n small boy
apparently unable TO extricate him
self from the wreckage. which was
| fast settling down upon, him. A
score or more of men made heroic
effort to get the child, but the wreck
age and escaping steam from the
damaged locomotive cut of their
way and they were forced to stand
idly by while the child called futilely
for help until he died.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
CASUALTIES ON RAILROADS.
3,704 Persons Killed And 0S,9S0 In.
iured In A Year.

Washington, d. C. Especially -
There were 9,764 persons killed and
es,9S9 injured in railroad casualties
in the United States during the fis-
cal year ended June 80 last, according
to an announcement of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. This
is a decrease of 1926 killed and
3,297 injured, as compared with the
previous year
In the three months ended June
80 there were sol killed and 49,
098 injured, a decrease of 1,752
from the preceding quarter.
The 13 passengers killed in train
accidents during the quarter is the
smallest ever reported in the quar-
terly records. The collisions during
the quarter numbered $40, and de-
railments, 1910.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
THIS AND thai.

London imports 1000, 900 pounds
of butter a week from Siberia.
The trolley lines OF the country
are capitalized at $4,000 a mile.
Properly used, government bull
letin says, nuts are easily digested.
Sarah P. Morrison has entered the
graduate school of the University of
Indiana at 10.
The maximum load of a Georgia
mule is fixed by law at $500 pounds.
Cumminton, Mass, is 13 miles
from any means of transportation
except country road.
Wesley Yankee, OF Kansas City,
Mo-, and his descendants cast 2S
votes for Bryan Tuesday.
The phonograph has been intro
duced into nickel-in-the-slot
weighing machine to announce per-
sons weight orally.
A street up hill in Berlin is SO
steep that II is built In steps, wag-
on traffic being impossible on ac-
count of the grade.
England's birth rate has declined
one-fourth in the last 28 years, yet
u is the most densely populated coun-
try in Europe.
The oldest apple tree in the coun-
try stands In Wethersfield. Ct, where
II was planted In 1898.
A New York man has been granted
patent on combination life-pTe-,
server and camp stool.
Nickel steel VIII be used TO dress
bridge for the first time on the
New Manhattan bridge. New York.
Louisianas sulphur deposits have
cut our importations rs per cent. IN,
two years and built up totally new
export trade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
VICTOR 4. METCALF
LEAVES The Cabinet
Quits Navy department Because Of
III Health.
MR.T. n. NEWBERUY HIS SUCCESSOR.
President, In Letter to Retiring Official,
Congratulatos Him Warmly on His
Work for His Faithful
Service and Advice Lauded- Man
Who Takes Place Naval Enthusiast.

Washington D. C. Especially -
Secretary OF the Navy Victor H. Met
calf rendered his resignation to the
President, to take effect December
1, on account of i'll health. Assistant
Secretary OF the Navy Truman H.
Newberry Will be named as Metcalfs g
successor
For more than a year the fact
that Mr.. Metoalf has suffered seri-
GUS illness has been we'll known al
the Navy Department. Formerly Of
vigorous health, his friends expected
that he would be able to regain his
strength, but constantly recurring i'll
ness has convinced him that the
only course for him to pursue is to
sever his connection with all active
work.
Presidents Letter.
The following correspondence rela-
tive to Mr.. Metcalf's resignation, was
given out from the White House:
Navy Department.
Washington, November 13, 1905.
Sir: l hereby tender my resigua-
ton as Secretary of the Navy, the
same to take effect on the 1st prox-
imo.
Very respectfully,
tSigned) V. H. METCALF,
Secretary
The President.
White House, Washington, d. G.
The White House,
Washington, November 13, 1908.
My Dear Mr.. Metcalf; I accept
your resignation with real reluctance
and only because you tell me that it
is imperative that you must go on
account of the state OF your health
! had earnestly hoped that you
would be able TO continue with me
throughout my term. l thank you
warmly for your faithful and eff
cient service in both of the depart
ments, at the head of which you
have served under me. But, my dear
Mr.. Metcalf, you have always been
more than the head of a department;
you have been a cabinet minister up
on whose aid and advice and, above
all, upon whose staunch and stead
fast loyalty | could rely upon any
and all occasions. No President
could wish more loyal and hearty
support than You have always given
me. l thank you for it. shall
miss you when you leave the cabinet,
and | wish you well in whatever
work you may undertake and where
ever your life may lead
With regret, therefore, l accept
your resignation to take effect upon
the first of December.
With all good wishes, faithfully
yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Hon. V. H. Metcalf,
Secretary of the Navy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
To Keep Soldiers Cool.

Washington, D c. Especially 1T
will be a little cooler for the Ameri-
can soldiers in the Philippines If an
experiment the War Department has
ordered 10 be thoroughly tested
proves TO be a success. Orange
colored underwear and hat Innings
are to be worn by 5000 soldiers In
the islands during the next year,
and observations made with a view
Of ascertaining If the theories eyolv-
ed from experiments In laboratories
In Washington are applicable with
corresponding results In the field
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
MAN AND CORPSE CREMATED.

York, Pa, Especially John Mylies,
65 years old, and Louis Schmitt, 70
years old, two Germans, who lived
in a small house in Hellam town
ship, near Crumblings Mil. were
both cremated. Mylies died Monday
schmitt, who had been visiting
Wrightsville, came home and found
his old friend dead in bed. He was
very drunk and In some way the
bachelor quarters caught fire, and
before the nelghbors could reach the
burning building the body OF Mylies
and schmitt were burned to crisp,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Dusters For Horses.

Chicago Especially AN edict was
issued by the civil service trial board
that hereafter failure to clean horses
in the service of the fire department
by the old-fashioEed curry-comb
method would be followed by pun
ishment. Testimony had been given
before the board that II was GUS
tomary at some engine-houses to
clean the horses with feather dust
ers, One official asserted that he
had heard that horses had been pol
ished off" by rag dipped In kero-
sene.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
blamed For Death OF Eight.

New Orleans (SpeciaD.--As rc.
suit of the coroner's inquest in tho
wreck last Wednesday at Little
Woods, ~ miles from New Orleans.
in which 8 persons lost their lives
and 23 more were injured, the jury
brought In a verdict. placing tho
blame upon Engineer Wayne Black
burn and Conductor A. b. Keyes,
Of the Great Northern Express. II
was the expresB train which tele-
scoped four conches Of the New Or
leans and Northeastern local train
from Hattiesburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Minister should Get $1,000.

New York Especially, - That the
minimum salary for an unmarried
clergyman in the Diocese of New
York should be 1900 and for a
married clergymen $1,000 and suit
able place to live was the resolu-
ton passed amid applause in the
annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of New York.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
EXPLOSION HURTS 80.
Mill Wrecked As Train Passes-One
Known To BE Dead.

Kansas City, Mo. (SpeciaD. - A
powder mill at Holmes Park, IL
miles south of this city, exploded at
6 a. NJ, just as a Kansas City South
ern passenger train was passing, and
it is reported that a number were
killed, but so far only one body has
been found.
Thirty passengers on the train
were injured by flying debris, and
have been brought here and placed
in the Kansas City Southern Hospi-
tai.
The explosion destroyed three
houses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Suicide Burns So, 900,

Helena, Mont. Especially Albert
Berger, a former Alaska miner, just
before committing suicide at Canyon
Ferry, threw $4,000 in postoffice
money orders, payable TO himself, in
the stove, declaring that the money
was in the hands OF the government
and no one would quarrel over It
after he was dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Northern Women Eligible.

Atlanta Especially After an ex-
citing discussion, a proposition to ex-
clSle from future membership in the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
the Northern women who are now
admitted by virtue Of marriage TO
descendants of Confederate veterans,
was voted down in the annual con
vention of the daughters here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Chinese Drowned Crossing Border.

Buffalo, N. Y. Especially An at
tempt to smuggle Cinnamon into this
country from Canada ended in dis
aster, when all but four OF the China
men were either drowned or dashed
TO pieces on the rocks of the break
wall near the Buffalo Lifesaving
Station
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
MURDEREss sURRENDERs.
Tennessee Woman Claims She Shot
Man Defending Herself.

Memphis, Tenn. (SpeciaD Mrs
A. w. Bonds, wife of railroad man,
walked into police station and sur
rendered herself, explaining that she
had killed S. P. Craig at Sunset a
short time before. She handed the
police a revolver, which she said she
had emptied at Craig, leaving his
body lying in an open field.
She said that Craig who formerly
boarded with her and came from
Indiana, attacked her and that she
shot in self-defense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
DIES FROM FOOTBALL HURTS.
Youth Kicked In Head Has Blood
Vessel Burst.

Wheeling, w. Va. Especially John
Murphy, aged IS years, died from
injuries received Sunday while play
ing football.
During the game Murphy was kick
ed in the head and after a couple
Of minutes resumed play, thinking
he was not seriously hurt. The burst
ing of a blood vessel due to the
kick he received caused his death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
EXPLOSION ON STEAMER.
Boiler Bursts, Five Persons Killed
And Many Injured.

North Bay, Ont Especially The
steamer Temiskaming was approach
ing the landing at Temiskamir at
o'clock P. NJ, when the boiler ex-
ploded, wrecking the steamer and
causing the death OF at least five
persons by explosion or drowning.
Several passengers and crew were
hurled into the water by the shock
and many were injured.
Owing to the remoteness of the
scene of the tragedy details are lack
ing. A man named Mcbride, a hunt
er from the United States, is missing,
and there is little doubt of his fate.
]. Menard and T. Bergouhan, fire.
men, and two men whose names are
unknown, are dead. Six ARE badly
burned and several may die.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
Shot BY Congressman's Son.

Waynesville, N. G. Especially -
David Vaughn, a travelling man, Of
Nashville, Tenn, was shot by James
Moody, son OF Congressman Moody,
of this district. The men had some
words a few days ago and meeting
on the street Vaughn attempted TO
apologize TO Moody, when the latter
shot him down.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
1000 WITNESSES IN CASE.
Peonage Trial Threatens To Continue
Forever.

New York Especially Two thou
sand witnesses may be called In the
trial Of the alleged peonage cases
before Judge Hough in the United
States Circuit Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
General Charles Fl. Russell said that
the government may call 500 wit
nesses, and the lawyers for the four
men accused OF having lured thou
sands of laborers into slavery in
Florida declare they will produce
l 1900 witnesses If necessary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19

New York Especially "A seat on
the New York Stock Exchange sold
for $4,000. A week ago seat
hrnnaht $4,000
The sun., 1908-05-10

.iltendenL .Abrply for a new twelve story
YdoaitnSTcInt bnlidnIs 10 hr trrCted lOt MAtl
~ Barbey as owner "a NOs. J ana " Mef'
Jhirty-eignth street. u Nll have q frontage
tfB,Jfeet ard n depth Of gu L., Vnh smhll
extension 1hp Facade wilt De Of granite
at The base aad terra CO,ll trimmed brlcE
ahnyc, Oruamentpd with tiers OF bays ana
tavinG az archpd CC.Ul"" with decorative
nedlments The buillug n 10 COsl Slh,UD.
Dplgno Il Aklrich are the architects
Plans have been filed for an eight STORY
apartment house 10 be- bulll for the terahone
ConsttuCtion Cumplny a. owners on lldli
street, 215 feet vest Of broadway. u WIZ
have q fronfp ge Of II feet and dGpth ~ ~
feet with facade oi brick and limestone
with terra Gotta oruamrntatlOn, u Mill nave
accommodations for thiriy-two families ana
is 10 cost .tisD6tN. according 20 the estimate
fdf The architects, schwartz a GrOhs. D.
=, ,Ncklll Mead i Nhue have ileu pans loI
nRftiy, ,Temodeling the Tour NoIy rttqthVg,
soi tate Charles T Barney at ihr nOrthehI1l 81
i0orneT af park avenue ana lhlL yelgRt, u
street. The new construction work Wllt "
olude the building oi new foundation nails
and IA part Oi the Improvements 10 lhe tulnVe
for which the original plans were nlCd ~ lVOl.
: The work Ia 10 br completed Tor the barney
; estate az present owner ..,,. -.
The Bronx plans for new bupdlngs re-
\ corded Yesterday COupriSe ihree stOt
dwelling on CrOtouI avenue north OF iNtn
. street which Is to be - lcet front and only "
: fest dpeb hnd to cost SNo, Tor IRsiuale
Z D'A,iria. q two story aud attic dwelling WIN
2 harm M. die corner oi fieldsione road ana
goist street to cost S,iO0, aud a Two s'oIy
dwelling with stable on .llJd street east OF
ft'yuress avenue TO cost SlObL
The sun., 1908-05-10

good promise OF success in the high office
10 which he has been appointed,
During these two sessions, as the Colonial
Secretary himself has been a peer Mir
Churchill has had the duty OF representing
the Col ,nial Office in the Commons, ana
his services TO the Government as the eX-
ponent and defender Of its colonial policy
in that House have been Of great value.
His record in this capacity has been one, as
a competent judge has expressed it, of
self restraint In expression, and at the same
time Of a steadily expanding statesman
ship, growing power and more confident
grasp in debate, widening outlook on
affairs and, above all, a marked advance in
the regard Of the House Of Commons '
Nowadays not even the most irneconCilable
of his opponents would deliberately lose
the chance Of hearing Churchill when he
rises in the course OF a debate.
Meanwhile his career has been uninten-
tionally served by the persistent attacks
made upon him by the Conservative press
As in the case Of. Mr.. Lloyd George, the
opposition journalists have contributed not
a little to his reputation by their insistence
that he shall constantly he prominent ir the
pubic eye. The Campbell l-Bannerman q W
ernment has perhaps suffered spmew mat
from the very diligence with which its mem
bers have addressed themselves 10 their de-
partmental duties. SO much time has been
necessarily absorb6d in carrying out execu-
tive reforms and plotting important meas
ures through the House that the tactical
necessity of keeping the enthusiasm Of the
party alive throughout the country has re-
ceived comparatively slight attention MIR.
Churchill, however. has contrived 70 get
through an amazing amount OF platform
work, while no one could charge him with
neglecting any official task
Everybody has felt that Mr.. Churchill
could not stay very long as an under score
tary and that his appointment to some
Cabinet Office was inevitable az soon as the
first opening presented itself, The Con-
servAtives have been eagerly awaiting the
moment Of bis promotion In the hope Of
using II az an occasion for damaging blow
at the Government By an sntiquated law
dating from the time when politicians we're
sometimes bribed 10 change their sides bv
the oher Of a ministerial post, Member Of
Parliament who enters the Cabinet has TO
vacate hls seat and pass through the ordeal
Of a reelection. IL In on this requirement
that the Conservatives have counted.
The story Of his defeat at Manchester and
Of the halting way In which subsequently,
Premier Asquith came in the House OF Com
mons to indors6 his stand on Home Rule
are too recent history. Churchill is now
campaigning In Scotland for the Dundee
seat, and seems certain 10 win it and thus
rise 10 his new post Of Colonial Secretary.