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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
EVANS ILLNESS SERIOUS.
His Body Emaciated And His Limbs
Deformed.

Hot Springs, Cal. Especially Rear
Admiral Evans is somewhat restless
and did not sleep very we'll at night.
Lieutenant Evans departure for
Los Angeles to accompany his moth
er here was, no doubt, largely for the
purpose of preparing her for the
great change in her husband.
But a mere shadow of his former
self, his pale, drawn face, furrowed
with many deep lines. his thin, ema-
ciated body, his knees and ankles
so enlarged and deformed as to be
very noticeable through his clothing.
there is not much resemblance in the
physical appearance to the man who
stood on the bridge OF the Connecti-
cut, leading his great fleet out of
Hampton Roads less than four
months ago. He weighed then 175
pounds; now he weighs barely 1870.
While the rheumatism has almost
disappeared and the Admirais gem
eral condition has improved, Drs.
Mcponnold and L. e. Phillips admit
ted that other complications will
make permanent Improvement slow.
They declined, however, to state the
nature of the complications.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
POLICEMEN ARE
SENT TO PRISON
Get Seyen-year Terms FOR Robblug
Stores.

Philadelphia Especially. - Quick
justice was meted out here to the
four policemen who were arrested
on Saturday for robbing stores and
warehouses on the beats which they
patrolIed In the wholesale district.
Indicted early in the day on charges
of entering without breaking. with
intent TO commit felony" lar
ceny," receiving stolen goods,' and
conspiracy" the accused pleaded
guilty before Judge Kinsey and were
sentenced to serve seven years each
In the Eastern Penitentiary. The
convicted policemen are John w.
Straub, John Kelly, G. M. Lucken-
bill and A. r. Sithens.
With them in the conspiracy to
rob were Harry Rothenberger, aged
10 years, whose arrest on a charge
of larceny unearthed the plot, and
w. A. Frost, a plumber, In whose
place the men divided the proceeds
of the robberies. Frost and Rothen.
berger, who were indicted with the
policemen, pleaded guilty, were also
sentenced. Frost being sent to the
penitentiary for four years while
WAS 10
Huntingdon Reformatory.
Seldom has a prisoner been more
scathingly denounced In court than
were the four policemen when Judgs
Kinsey imposed sentence.
Il wish It were possible to find
some extenuating circumstances for
these men," said the court, but the
language of condemnation is made
quate to describe their offense.
knew of no crime more enormous.
They were sworn officers of the law,
under oath to guard property during
the night hours. They we're false to
their trust, and by their act they
have brought reproach not only upon
themselves but upon the name OF the
police department and the entire city.
One of them (Luckenbill) had been
in the army of his country, and had
he done in that service what he did
while in the employ of the city he
would have been tried by court-mar.
tial and shot the next morning. /
see no reason for mercy in this case
The defendants are guilty of gross
treason. and they must meet their
punishment"
There were 26 counts on four
separate charges in the indictments
found by the grand jury against the
accused, and they might have been
sentenced to terms of imprisonment
aggregating more than 100 years
each, but the district attorney only
asked for a sentence of seven years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Fleet Invitation Declined.

Washington peciaD. - The
American government has decided
not to accept the invitation of
the British Government, extended
through Ambassador Bryce, for the
Atlantic fleet to visit ports of Eng
land on its way home. The answer
will be made within the next few
days. Secretary Metcalf went to the
Cabinet with memoranda, showing
that 1t would be impossible for the
fleet to extend its itinerary in any
possible manner and return home
by February 22 next, the date set
by the President.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
WASHINGTON

N a.H 10. a.
William A. Kro1I, an emplcye in
the Government Printing Ofice, was
suspended for alleged pernicious po-
litical activity.
The Naval Academy and officers
of the Maryland National Guard, Of
Maryland, will have a rife match
May IL.
The wedding of the Duke of the
Abruzzi and Miss Elkins is expected
to take place in October. in Italy.
Members of the Cabinet are being
protected from anarchists by Secret
Service men.
Mexico. and the United States have
proclaimed a copyright treaty.
Edward Hatch, Jr., of New York
chairman of the New York Mer.
chants Association Pollution Com.
mittee. sent a strong letter to the
President protesting against the
poisoning of our streams.
Senator Gallinger offered in the
Senate the ship subsidy measure
passed by the Senate and rejected by
the House committee as an amend.
ment to the Postoffice Appropriation
Bill.
The Senate Committee on Com.
merce reported favorably the resolu.
tion calling for a survey and report
on the cost of the inland waterway
project from Boston to Wilmington,
N. G.
The House passed the revenue cut
ter reorganization bill, which carries
an increase of 20 per cent. for the
enlisted men. II had already passed
the Senate.
The Senate passed the Employers
Liability Bill as 1t came from the
House.
The Cannon resolutions, calling on
the Department of Commerce and
Labor for information as to why the
Paper Trust" has not been prosecut.
ed was adopted by the House.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations authorized favorable re-
port to The Hague Treaty relative
to the recovery of contactual debts.
w. Southland Parker, president OF
the Metropolitan National Bank, ar
gued before the House committee
against the Aldrich bill.
The Postoffice Committee, by a
vote OF 8 to 6, refused to report the
Mail Subsidy Bill to the House fav-
orably.
Secretary Garfield and Commits
sioner Leupp denied the charges
made by Mrs. Grey against the de-
partment.
Arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and Portugal and naturali-
zation treaty with Salvador were or
dered fayorably reported by the Sem
ate committee.
The President has directed the At
torney General TO institute proceed
ings to require railroads to give
equal accommodations to white and
colored passengers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
THEY WERE BOUND
BY BLOOD OATH
Tobacco Growers Made to Swear
They VIII Join Association.

Murray. Ky. Especially "A blood
oath, not only to join the Tobacco
Growers Association. but to follow
the commands of Capt. joe Bell, OF
the eastern division of the Galloway
organization, was required of VIII
liam Dyer, Moses Thornton and other
| citizens, according to their evidence
given in the trial of Edward Thomp-
son, Jacob Ellis and Robert Duncan
here.
Clarence Whitlock, night operator
for the Planters Telephone Company
office at Pottertown, swore that he
had been carried away from the Of
fee on the night before Frank Mar
dis was whipped and made to take
an oath TO join the Night Riders.
Thornton Dyer and Whitlock also de-
clared that they recognized Ellis,
Duncan and Thompson.
In the course of Moses Thornton's g
evidence, in which ne referred to the
lieutenant" he was asked whom he
meant.
There is the man | refer to-"
said Mr.. Thornton, rising to his feet
and pointing his finger at Ellis. "He
is the man In charge of the squad
of 20 men who visited me-"
Dyer testified that they came to
his house and made him take the
oath. They told him he was too
weak a man to whip, but compelled
him to trot and do other antics for
their amusement.
Ellis, Thompson and Duncan we're
all held for the action of the grand
jury, bond being fixed at $4,000 each.
They could not give this amount and
were sent to Jail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
A COMPLICATED
DIVORCE CASE
viii Likely Be Taken 10 the
Supreme Court.
THE LEGAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED
Mrs. Eva B. Hill Ransom Seven Years
Ago Obtained a Divorce in Virginia
and Married Again Ransom Did Not
Defend the Action Because No Ser
vice Was Made on Him.

New York Especially "A divorce
decision that has attracted attention
throughout the United States was af
firmed by the appellate division ol
the Supreme Court. 1t was that Of
Porte V. Ransom, who obtained from
Justice Bowling, of the Supreme
Court, a decree of divorce from Mrs
George L. Browning, of Madison, Va
The case attracted attention be
cause of its novel features. II ap-
pears that Mrs. b. Hill Ransom, wife
of the plaintiff, left this city and went
to her former home in Virginia
where she obtained a divorce from
Ransom in the Circuit Court of Vir-
ginia on the one ground recognized
by the courts of the State of New
York. On February 81, 1906, five
years after obtaining her decree, she
married George l.. Browning. a
prominent Washington lawyer and
law partner of Representative James
Hay, of Virginia, who appeared as
Mrs. Ransom's lawyer.
On Aprl "a, 1906, Ransom began
an action for divorce here because
she was living with Browning. JUS
tice Dowling granted Ransom the de-
cree and this judgment is now af-
firmed by the appellate division.
Ransom did not defend the Vir-
ginia action brought by his wife be-
cause no service was made on him
except by publication under the Vir-
ginia statutes, and here lies the legal
question which in all likelihood will
take the case to the United States
Supreme Court.
The Virginia decree was granted
to bona fide resident of the state,
Madison being Mrs. Ransom's native
place, and she had returned to her
home and relatives there. The de-
cree In Virginia was granted after a
full hearing and in conformity with
the Virginia statutes.
Justice Bowling was compelled, as
he stated in his opinion, to find as
a conclusion of law that the Virginia
divorce was of no force and effect
against Ransom because of the lack
OF personal service. Justice Bowling
quoted at length from the Haddock
decision of the United States Su-
preme Court to show that foreign de-
crees granted without personal serv-
ice are not entitled to obligatory en-
forcement in this state, and on that
he based his decree in Ransom's s
favor.
The thirty-sixth finding of fact by
Justice Bowling reads:
THE defendant (Mrs. Ransom) is
entirely blameless for the situation
out of which this action has arisen"
The appellate division affirmed this
decision, with costs. No opinion was
written. but the concurring memo
randum by Justice Laughlin voiced
in no uncertain words the need of
uniform legislation in divorce cases.
The memorandum says in this re-
gard:
1T is high time that a movement
was instituted in the legislature or
by the trial courts by which divorces
shall not be granted. excepting in
those cases where the court can OBJ
tain such jurisdiction over the de-
fendant that 1t must be recognized
by every other state and territory in
the land"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Spectacular Fire In phiIadelphio,

Philadelphia Especially The most
spectacular fire Philadelphia has had
in months burned out the big lum-
ber yards of sheip g. Vandergraft,
cigar box manufacturers. ruined the
plant of the Philadelphia Veneer and
Lumber Company and destroyed half
dozen houses. The flames were
only brought under control after a
hard fight. The loss is estimated
at s125,000. A panic started among
the occupants OF the threatened
houses and scores we're driven Into
the streets.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
FINANCIAL
West Jersey & seaahore directors

West Jersey & Seashore directors
were reelected.
No reduction In steel prices is con-
templated, declares Chairman Gary,
OF United States Steel.
John w. Gates denies that his Tex
as OH Company has begun a cut
rate war against Standard Oil.
Contrary to foreign predictions
the Bank of England did not reduce
its discount rate.
An official of a Philadelphia saw
ings bank says that deposits are not
being Withdrawn as a result of the
depression IN trade, but quite the
reverse.
Reading is tipped to go to 1lO
this week.
National banks now have s2O1,-
100000 OF United States Govern
ment funds.
Anthracite shipments in March
totaled 4,766.000 tons, compared
with 5.2S5, 900 last year.
G. NJ. Schwab, A. A. Ryan and
Charles Whetmore were reelected
directors of Bethlehem Steel.
An official of Philadelphia Rapid
Transit says the March earnings were
somewhat smaller than in March,
1907, but expenses we're also cut
heavily,
Union Pacihc's net earnings IN
February decreased $2l3,4l6 and
gross earnings fell s413.783. South
ern Pacifc's net decreased $1,446,-
$50 and gross decreased 81, ,657.s24.
Spectators were selling cotton on
excellent weather reports from the
South.
II is significant that there Is no
Lehigh Valley stock among the Sc
curities which the Erie offers 10
pledge for the new notes. The com
pany is generally supposed to have
sold its $4,000 shares OF Valley some
time ago.
Shipment of steel rails In the first
eight months OF the current year In
creased rs per cent. over those OF
the corresponding period OF last
year. The value represented 40 far'
this year amounts to e7.042,3ls. as
against s5,58s.lzb In 1907.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Florida Troons Ont.

Jacksonville. Fla. Especially Gov
ernor Broward ordered every COM
mand OF the state militia to proceed
at once to Pensacola. The sound
ing OF the riot call summoning the
three companies here to quarters
gave rise to a report that serious
strike riot was In progress at PEN
sacola, but this proved TO be mis-
take, later advices showing that the
electric company had decided to start
cars on its lines and that the troops
had been called out as measure al
precaution, as further trouble Is
feared.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Fight For A PRINCESS.

Dresden Especially The fight for
possession of the little Princess Mon
aca Pia, who was born to the former
Crown Princess Louise after she
abandoned her husband, who is now
King of Saxony, ended with the
child's arrival here in charge of the
King, who went to Leipsig to receive
her. Her homecoming drew thou
sands of loyalists to the streets, who
cheered her enthusiastically and threw
flowers into the carriage In which
she rode.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
CHINA REJECTS JAPAX's PLAN.
Holds Concessions Asked In Man
churia Would Constrain
Sovereignty.

Peking (By Cable) The Chinese
foreign board has rejected the pro-
posals made by Japan with regard
to reciprocal postal arrangement in
Manchuria, on the ground that such
an arrangement would contravene
China's sovereign rights.
Japan presented a plan which
sought TO have China recognize in
its postal routes the telegraph sta
tions outside of the railroad zones.
The government council also has in
structed the department of posts to
be governed by the Chino-Japanese
convention of 1908, authorizing that
only Chinese mails be carried on
imperial railways.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16


Boston Especially An apparently
Insignificant fire, which started
among rags on a dump in the city
OF Chelsea, was famed by north
obliterated nearly one-third of the
city. Five hundred dwelling-houses
and public buildings were destroyed,
1900 families were driven from their
habitations and 10000 people made
homeless. Two lives are known to
have been lost. and at a late hour It
was reported that two other persons
had perished. one a woman. having
shot herself in a frenzy over her in
ability to save her property. From
so to rs persons were injured.
In the confusion attending the situ-
alton accurate estimates of the loss
were impossible 1t is estimated at
S13,000.OOO.
The fire, which was the worst
Greater Boston has known in many
years. ragged before a 45-mile gale
for more than l2 hours. defying the
utmost efforts OF the combined fire
departments of Chelsea and several
nearby cities and a large detachment
The fire area. which was in the
form of an ellipse. a mile and a half
long and half a mile wide at its
broadest part. extended diagonally
across the city from a point near the
boundary between Everett and Chel-
sea to the waters OF the Chelsea
Creek. 1t was useless for the fire.
men to attempt to check the onrush
of the flames before the gale, and
their main efforts were TO prevent a
spread of the blaze upon either side.
Their last stand was taken at Chel-
sea Square late in the afternoon and
for hours a doubtful battle was wag-
ed. At 9 o'clock word was passed
that the firemen were winning and
with renewed energy the contest was
pressed At 1850 official announce
ment was made by Chief H. A.
Spencer that the fire was under con-
troll.
All the banks, more than three-quar-
ters of the churches, half of the busi-
ness blocks and nearly all the school
houses were wiped out One hos
pital and day nursery we're destroy
ed. In the turmoil, many of the
sick and infirm found difficulty in
obtaining assistance and several of
them had narrow escapes.
The fire originated in the rear Of
the Boston Backing Company's
works. on West Third Street, near
the eastern division OF the Boston
and Maine Railroad and in close
proximity to the Everett City Line.
terrific gale from the northwest,
which at times had a velocity OF 60
miles an hour. carried burning
shingles, embers and myriads OF
sparks to a score of wooden build
ings most of them of cheap wooden
construction. The fire started almost
in the extreme southwest section of
the city and cut path to the end of
Maverick Street at the extreme south
eastern end of the city, which bor-
ders on Chelsea Creek. This point
is about one mile and a quarter from
the point where the confederation be-
gan. The flames swept through the
heart of the retail business section,
which was about midway between the
two extreme limits reached by fire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Alabama Prohibltion LAW.

Montgomery. Ala. Especially The
Alabama Supreme Court held both
the general prohibition and the 0
O'Clock closing laws to be constitu-
tional and effective. Attack had
been made on both by the liquor
forces OF the State. The two laws
were argued together and decision
is taken by both sides to settle the
questions Mobile interests have
fought the two provisions from the
first. holding that both will mean
ruin to a coast city, such as It is.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Diseased Meat Sold, They Saw.

st. Louis Especially - That thou
sands of pounds of tainted and dis
eased meat are. brought over the
Eads bridge across the Mississlppi
river from East st. Louis, H., to st.
Louis, under cover Of darkness In
the early morning hours, and sold
here, is the charge contained in a
statement made TO the Board OF
Health by a special committee of
the Master Butchers Association.
The committee is composed of Henry
Collett, John Schofield, William Lux
enbill and Henry Holze-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
GROVER CInyeIand uI.

Lakewood. N. j. Especially For
mer President Grover Cleveland has
been confined to his bed in the Hotel
Lakewood here for the last 10 days,
suffering with cold and rheumatism.
The rheumatism has proved itself
troublesome all through the winter,
and recently has become acute. Mr..
Cleveland's condition is not regarded
as serious. and he Is attended only
by the hotel physician. Mrs. Cleve-
land. who is with her husband con-
stantly. guards him from all intru-
sion. believing that rest and quiet
are his greatest needs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Refuse 10 Wear Clothes.

Fort William, Ont. Especially =
Nineteen Doukhabors (nine women
and 10 mem were sentenced to six
months in the central prison at To-
ronto. They were arrested for pa
rading the streets unclothed. Wrap
ped In blankets they were escorted
In inclosed carriages and we're turn
ed over to the county jail authorities
at Port Arthur, who will send them
to Toronto. There are 53 remaining
In one house and they have beer
warned not to persist In refusal 10
wear clothes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
The News
Domestic

Richard II. Edmonds, editor OF the
Manufacturers Record, of Baltimore,
made an appeal to the South for con-
servatism in an address at the an
nual banquet of the Chamber Of Com
merce of Greenboro, n. G.
Warrick Brooks, a negro, was
hanged in Philadelphia for the MUIR
der of William T. Jones, also colored.
Brooks Is the seventh murderer to
be hanged In Philadelphia within the
last eight weeks.
First Lieutenant David A. Lind
say, United States Army Signal
Corps. shot and instantly killed him
self In his quarters at the Presidio,
near San Francisco.
II. b. Alexander now engaged in
literary work at Springfield, Mass.
has been chosen professor of philos-
ophy at the State University in Lin
coin, Neb.
Fire in the Colonial Building. in
Richmond, Ind, which is enc Of the
principal Office structures In the
town. caused a loss OF $4,000,
Governor Hughes sent message
TO the New York legislature renew
ing his recommendation for the pass
age of the anti-racet-ack bills.
The suit brought by the Pennsyl-
vania Sugar Refining Company
against the American Sugar Refining
Company was dismissed.
Alvey A. Adee, second assistant
secretary of state, sailed from New
York on the steamer La Provence
for Havre
Mrs. Russell Sage has given $780,
600 to Princeton University for a
dormitory for freshmen.
After one of the hardest-fought
battles ever witnessed in legislative
circles, the two bills to prevent race
track gambling In New York were
practically killed in the Senate. The
bills failed by one vote to receive
the required 26 votes of senators,
which are necessary to pass a bill
in the Senate. Twenty-Five votes in
favor OF the bills and 20 votes in
opposition were recorded.
f. II. Hartman has advanced S5,-
100000 to the Erie Railroad to take
up maturing obligations. j. P. Nor
gan & Co. will act as the agency in
the transaction.
Women created a panic in a New
York school by beseiging the build
ing and crying for their children,
fearing the Black Hand would dyna-
mite the building.
Cardinal Gibbons and Attorney
General Charles ]. Bonaparte will
take part of the one hundredth an
niversary of the Catholic Diocese of
Philadelphia.
The South Dakota Democrats have
instructed for Bryan "all the time"
The junior class of New York Uni
versity has been suspended for haz-
ing.
DR.. Robert Koch, of Berlin, the
eminent bacteriologist, who achieved
world fame through the discovery of
the tubercle bacillus. arrived in New
York. After more than 80 years of
continuous scientific labor, he has
decided to take a years rest in visit
ing foreign countries.
Eight of so passengers were injur-
ed when coach leaped from the
South Side elevated road to the rear
yard of a Chicago residence.
The Great Northern Railroad has
been found guilty of granting rebates
TO the American Sugar Refining Com
pany and fined $4,000.
Seven members OF train crew on
the Central Hudson Railroad were
blown up by the explosion of loco
motive.
Frank Lessen, a light beacon ten
den on Long Island Sound, was a
prisoner on a shoal three days.
The Canadian government threat
ems to send Emma Goldman back to
Russia
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-16
Night Riders Make Threat.

Lexington, Ky. (SpeciaD Night
Riders warnings were sent last night
to 10 tobacco growers in Washington
County who announced their inten-
tion OF growing a crop this year.
Nine communications contain d
threats of whipping If crop was put
out and one that the house of the
recipient of the letter would be blown
up with dynamite. All the letters
were mailed from Harrodsburg.