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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
FINANCIAL
Copper metal advanced another "

Copper metal advanced another "
cent.
Jones & Laughlin mills, in Fits
burg, report business rs per cent.
better in July than in June.
Philadelphia & Reading declared
the regular semi-annual dividend of
2 per cent. on first preferred, pay
able October 10, to stock of record,
August "a.
Shipments OF coal and coke over
the Pennsylvania lines, east of Pitts
burg and Erie for the week ending
August /, amounted to S89,134
tons. Since January l the shipments
aggregate 25,770.942 tons as COM
pared with 54,004,222 tons during
the same period last year.
Conferences between committee
of the coal operators OF the Pitts
burg district and officials of the uni
ted Mine Workers foreshadow prob
able adjustment of difference in the
wage agreement.
Note brokers say that the Western
banks are purchasing commercial pa
per as freely as Eastern. institutions
and that they are taking paper ma
turing after the first of next year.
This, they say, Is unusual at any
time and especially so at this time
of the year. Offerings of commercial
paper are light and as a consequence
rates continue to be very low.
Bankers and brokers said that to
their best knowledge Philadelphia
Interests were not affected one way
or the other by the financial affairs
Of some OF the underwriters In the
Lloyd Syndicate
Dun's Review for July shows q
healthier condition In the CONNER
cial community. According TO that
authority failures In July were the
smallest for any month In the year
with the exception OF May. Failures
numbered 2232. with liabilities
amounting TO sl4,222,126. In July
1907. there we're TIT failures. In
yolving s12,3s4,7l0.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
FIRE AREA THIRTY MILES.
Loss To The City OF Fernie Not Less
Than S2,OOO,OOO.

Toronto, Ont. Especially j. G. s.
Lindsey, president of the Crows Nest
Coal Company, summarizes the
Northwest fire situations thus in a
dispatch received here:
THE fire area is about 80 miles
long and from to 10 miles wide,
and is still burning in many places
at the outskirts, but Michel is safe
except in the case of high wind, and
may be even then. Hosmer is quite
safe and Coal Creek may be said to
be almost certainly safe.
"The loss of the Crows Nest Pass
Company, owning mines at Coal
Creek and Fernie, and Michel will be
$200,000 the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way will lose 100000; the Great
Northern Railway will lose about
S250,000, and the lumber companies
not less than a million. The loss
of timber to the Crows Nest Pass
Coal Company will not be less than
a million.
"The loss to the city of Fernie
will be not less than two millions"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
COUNT zEppELINS GREAT
AIRSHIP IS DESTROYED
Aeronaut's Flight Comes To a Dlsas-
trous End.
had Nearly Achieved His Greatest
Triumph in Navigating the Air
Thousands of People Waiting at
Friedrichshafen 70 Hail the Compile
tien Of the Great Flight.
AN AERIAL WONDER.

The airship was 443 feet long;
diameter, As feet; weight, 5000
pounds; motor developed lao
horsepower; carrying capacity, 16
persons.
Count Zeppelin made a num-
Der of successful trips In the last
two months.
June 20 he made a seven-hour
fight at a speed of 80 miles an
hour.
July 1 a 14-hour fight at aver
age speed of 81 miles-an hour.
July 3, in an ascent over Lake
Constance, the Count was accom-
panied by the King and Queen of
Wurtemburg, this being the first
time q reigning king and queen
had enjoyed such an experience.
August Zeppelin started on
his 24-hour fight over 400
mile triangular course from
Friedrichshafen.
August 5, after travelling all
night at reduced speed, because
of one of two motors falling to
work, the Count descended at
Echterdingen to make repairs.
During a thunderstorm the air
ship was torn from its anchorage,
a motor exploded and flames en-
veloped and destroyed the airship.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
WASHINGTON

Assistant Secretary of State Robert
Bacon has gone 10 San Juan, Porto
Rico, where he will look into the
question of transferring the United
States holdings.
Commissioner bennett, of the Cen
eral Land Office. has return ! from
a tour of inspection, having found
the new land Office system most ef-
fective.
The probable election OF former
Assistant Postmaster General Bris-
tow as senator from Kansas has STIR
red the political circles.
The number of yards of dirt ex-
cayated at the Isthmian Canal con
siderably exceeds the work done in
June.
Statistics show that Porto Rican
trade has increased about $206,78
during the past year.
Commander c. A. Cove, of the
Navy. has been ordered to duty at
the Naval Academy as commandant
of midshipmen, relieving Commander
W. s. Benson. who has been ordered
to duty with the Pacific fleet, which
is to sail from San Francisco on Oc-
tober 8.
The Bureau of Yards and Docks
has recommended to the Secretary OF
the Navy the acceptance of the bid
or the Penn Bridge Company, Beaver
Falls, Pa, and Washington, d. c., OF
S154,436 for the construction of a
coaling plant and shed. pier and
key wall at Key West. Fla.
c. j. Erickson, of Seattle. Wash
has been notified by the Navy De-
partment of the acceptance of his bid
OF $1,625,000 for the construction
of the Puget Sound dry dock.
The Comptroller OF the Currency
announced the closing of the First
National Bank at Dele Plains, Mimi
The Navy Department has approv-
ed the sale of the old warships st
Marys and Shearwater.
The southwestern territory rail
roads claim that the shippers o.
| Georgia have no cause of complaint
as the injunction by Judge Speel
has prevented the proposed increas'
IN rates.
soriano. provincial governor ol
Ilocos Nlortek, Luzon, has sent al
expression of sympathy upon th'
death OF former President Cleveland
senor Queson one of the Leaders
OF the Philippine Assembly. dis
cussed the islands situation will
Secretary of War Wright.
The suspended West Point cadet
are still waiting TO hear their fate
no decision haying been as yet reach
| ed
Robert ii Todd has been selected
for the Office OF resident commission
| or for Porto Rico az Washington.
A seaman was sentenced to a 10
year term at Wethersfcld prison TO
repeated desertion.
An effort has been made at Chi
cago TO prove the Immigration &C
| unconstitutional,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
ENGINEER DRIVEN INSANE.
Fatal Accident Responsible For A
Mans Loss OF Mind.

Wilkes Barre, Pa. (Special). -
Brooding over an accident in which
his fireman was killed and holding
himself to blame for the fatality,
John Bonavitch, of Kingston, one of
the best-known engineers on the Del
ware, Lackawanna and Western
Railroad, was committed to the in
sane asylum at Danville.
Bonavitch had charge of a switch
engine in the yards at Washington,
N. j. About month ago his engine
oollided with another in the yard
and James Hutt, of Newton, N. j.,
who was Bonavitch's fireman, was so
badly injured that he died the next
day.
The accident. and especially the
death of his fireman, so preyed upon
the mind of the engineer that he fed
from Washington and nothing was
heard of him until week ago. when
he appeared here at his home raw
ing maniac.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Foreign

Agents Of the British Department
of Agriculture have evidence, they
declared, that the American meat
trust Is trying TO corner Smithheld
market, the largest establishment of
its kind in the world, and to smash
English competition on its own
ground.
The thousands of people released
from Turkish iails and prisons under
amnesty proclamation of the Sultan
are spreading mixed joy and terror
throughout the country.
King Frederick and Queen Louise
of Denmark took luncheon with 400
Danish-Americans at Copenhagen,
and the King expressed good wishes
for President Roosevelt and the
United States.
The Marquis di Rudini former
premier of Italy and for many years
prominent in the government of Italy,
died in kome.
Count Okuma has been attacking
the new japanese cabinet, on the
ground that the continuance in Office
OF certain ministers is evidence that
there will be no retrenchment OF
military and naval expenditures.
In the 35 days OF fighting in the
streets OF Tabri2, Persia. there have
been 500 casualties and many of the
finest residences In the city have
been looted.
In order TO have dock accommoda-
lions for the biggest two ships afoat
which II intends TO bnild, the White
Star Steamship Company is negotiat
ing with the London and Southwest
ern Railway Company for the con
Etruction Of a drydock that can care
for vessels 900 feet long.
The British steamer Kirkwall was
sunk in a collision with an unknown
bark in the North Sea.
Paris was plunged in darkness for
two hours last night because of an
attempt of electricians to carry out
a general strike similar to that Of
March. 1907.
The International Miners Fedora
tion. with a total membership OF
10000 men, has decided to afiiliatc
with the General Federation OF Labor
In France.
Formal Tatifications OF the new
tra.le-nlark and copyright treaty be-
tween the Japanese government ana
the United States were exchanged
at Toxic.
The Iatcrlatio3ai Congress Of
Historical Sciences opened IN Berlin.
United States Ambassador Hin de-
liycrIng the opening address.
Mylius Erichsen, the Danish ex
plcro-. persisted In snowEtorm In
GFec1lnnd.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Amend RankIng laws.

Washington Especially. - Acting
Comptroller of the Currency Kane
transmitted to the Secretary of the
Treasury for submission to the Ma
tional Monetary Commission, author
lied at the last session of Congress,
his recommendation for such amend
ments to the national banking laws
as experience in the administration
OF the laws by the comptroller's Of
fee and observation as to their prac-
tical operations has shown to be
necessary. The recommendation
cover 40 printed pages
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Girl Fatally wounded.

Greensboro, N. G. Especially - Miss
Mary Ball was fatally shot by Free
land Tharpe In Wickes County, She
was teacher In a rural school and
Tharpe had been paying her atten-
tions She refused to go with him
to church. but went with his brother,
while Freeland Tharpe escorted an
other young woman. Just as Miss
Ball was entering the house on the
return from church, Freeland Tharpe
fred three shots at her. One OF the
bullets entered her left breast. about
an inch above the heart, infiicting
mortal wound.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
UNITED STATES SENATOR
ALLISON PASSES AWAY
Was Twice a Candidate For the
Presidency.

Dubuque, Iowa Especially United
States Senator w. D. Allison died at
his home in this city Tuesday after
noon. The immediate cause of his
death was heart failure. The end
came as a result OF serious sink
ing spell due to a prostate enlarge
ment complicated with kidney dis
ease and during a period OF uncon-
sciousness which had lasted since
Saturday afternoon.
Two weeks ago the Senator left
his home In the city to escape the
heat. He went to the home of Mrs.
Fannie Stout. friend OF the family,
living on the Asbury road. few
miles from town For few days his
condition seemed to improve, but he
later began to grow worse. Medical
advisers urged that an operation be
performed to relieve the prostatic
enlargement, which was bringing his
condition to a crisis. Saturday morn
ing the Senator was brought back
home. Soon afterwards he relapsed
into a condition of semiunconscious-
ness. Except for brief periods of par
tial recovery, he remained In this
condition until death.
NEWS OF lne serious lllHeSS vi ttc
aged Senator was kept from the public
as much as possible, and his death
came as surprise to his thousands
of friends residing in this city.
During the last week nurses we're
employed to care for the Senator for
the first time since his illness, and
this was the first intlmation anyone
had of change for the worse In his
condition. After the Senator lost
consciousness on Saturday he did not
fully recover his mental faculties up
to the time of his death. He had
been under constant surveillance of
physicians for the last few days.
His condition grew rapidly worse,
his mental vigor was wholly spent.
and his condition was one of absolute
dependence. Two nurses were in
constant attendance on him and eff
forts to maintain secrecy as to his
condition we're redoubled, while every
means was adopted to insure rest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
lightning Kills Family.

Charlotte, N. C. (Specinl) "A spe-
cial to the Observer from Sparta. Al
leghany County. brings news of the
death Of an entire family at Ed
monds. 10 miles across the noun
tains from Sparta, by lightning
Frank Murphy. q farmer; his wife
and young son were in the field
stacking rye when the storm came
up. The trio ran for shelter. but
we're struck down before they reach.
ed the house. The bodies were found
by neighbors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
FIGHTING THE PAPER TRUST.
Five Carloads OF News Print Paper
Sold At Auction.

New York Especially. = Five car
loads Of news print paper were sold
at auction in this city under the d.
rection of John Norris, chairman Of
.he committee on paper Of the Amer
lean Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton, for S1.90 per 100 pounds I. o.
b. at Natural Dam. N. Y, for the
entire lot.
Two car loads were taken by e.
D. Reimers, of the Fort Worth Tele-
gram, of Fort Worth, and three car
loads were taken by M. e. Foster
of the Houston Chronicle. of Hous-
ton, Texas. The paper was guaran-
teed to be equal in quality to that
used by the New York World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
smalI Doy KiIIs sister,

York. Pa. (SpeciaD "A younger
brother Of Sarah. the 7-year-old
daughter Of John Lloyd, OF Muddy
Greek Forks, while handling an old
gun discharged the weapon acciden
tally and the load tore the little girls
head off The parents have Leen
separated for some time. and The
mother had gone out 10 work, leay-
ing the children In tho custody OF
May, an older daughter The girl,
instead OF looking after the young
stere. came to York TO attend the
midsummer carnival. ana the acct.
dent happened in her absence
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
stupid burglars.

Hendricks. W. Va Especially -
Burglars entered the store of ]. q.
Polling & Co., general merchandise
dealers, at Hendricks, and blew open
the large safe, securing about S25
in cash. but falling to take away
$40 worth of postage stamps They
had carefully piled up large lot
of clothing around the safe to deaden
the sound, and almost all this cloth
ing was ruined. The safe contained
only the books of the firm and the
amount above stated, and was un-
locked
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
pnris strike A Eizzlc.

Paris (By Cable) The 24-hour
strike of 100000 Paris workmen, as
a protest against the government s
severity In dealing with labor demon
stations. called for Monday, turned
out fzzle. Not more than half this
number quit work, and except for the
nonappearance of several morning
papers due TO lack of compositors
and the police patrols in the Place
Repubique. no one would have
known a labor contest was in prog
reQa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Reward For Night Riders,

Frankfort. KY. Especially. - Gov.
Wilson offered reward of $500
''for the apprehension and conviction
OF the leader end chief officer next in
authority TO him. Of the Night Riders
in the Hopkinsville raid. the Prince
ton raid. and the Russellyills raid. !"
The Governor said that he is deter
mined TO ferret out and convict the
leaders that hung the four negroes
at Russellyilie, and the instigators
OF the lawIess reign In western Ken
lucky.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Japs sign Copyright Treaty.

Toxic (By Cable) Formal rati-
fications of the new trade mark and
copyright treaty between the Japan
ese Government and the United
States were exchanged, Viscount
Teraucht, acting Minister of Foreign
Affairs, signed the document on be-
half of the Jaapnese Government, and
P. A. Jay, American charge d d'affaires.
affixed his name In behalf of the
United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
INDIANS KILL THIRTEEN.
That Is Report Received AT Ell Paso
Concerning Yaquis.

Ell Paso, Tex, Especially. = That
Yaqui Indians on July "a killed 13
persons, members of three families,
near Lampazas Mine, was the news
received by w. M. Gillette, of San
Carlos, Indian Reservation, Arizona,
In a letter written to him here by
A. d. McPhee, superintendent of the
Promontorio Mine, 20 miles from
Montezuma, Sonora. The letter says
ranchers of the surrounding country
have congregated at the Promontorio
Mine prepared to resist the Indians
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Found sbO,OOo; Reward So.

Chicago Especial D-Willliam Beck
er, a postofiice wagon driver, found
a $4,000 check in the driveway be-
neath the Federal Building, and re-
ported it to Superintendent Day. The
rheck was payable through the
Merchants Loan and Trust Company.
The trust company was notified.
Becker is said to have been the re-
cipient of many thanks and a 81
oiil.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
ATbree Killed BY Explosion.

Hazelton, Pa. Especially Two
Americans and an Italian, all of this
city, we're instantly killed by the pre-
mature explosion of blast at the
stonecrushing plant of Charles Ke-
hoe, on the outskirts of Hazleton.
Thomas Kehoe, a son of the con-
tractor, was injured about the head.
The bodies were blown some distance
from the scene of the explosion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
100000 Fewer Dead Letters.

Washington Especially .--One hum
dred thousand less pieces OF mail
we're received In the Dead-Letter Of
fee during July. 1908. than during
the some month of 1907. or the
932.9S3 pieces of mail received, $751;
050 were returned to the senders.
lsom e. McCury was appointed post
master at sylvia, Mitchell County, N.
Q. He succeeds r ]. Bnrleson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13

and that is the tiller of the SOIL
the farmer. II there is one lesson
taught by history 1t is that the per-
manent greatness of any state must
ultimately depend more upon the
character of its country population
than upon anthing else. No growth
of cities, no growth OF wealth can
make up for a loss in either the
number or the character Of the farm
ing population"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Enlls 600 Feet And Lives.

Abbottsford. Wis. Especially -
Dropping 900 feet through the air
Mrs. Eva Jones, balloonist for a car
nival company which is conducting
street fair here, will probably re-
cover. The rope of her parachute
snapped, but she was caught in a tree
80 feet from the ground. When
taken down she was unconscious.
several of her ribs were broken and
she was otherwise internally injured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
$4,000 IN WANDERERS BAG.
Heat And Work Unbalanced Mind
OF Wealthy Man.

Milwaukee. Wis. Especially His
mind unbalanced by work and heat.
Norman C. Bassett, so. years old,
manager of a department of the
Allis-Chalmers plant, wandered for
several hours about town Tuesday
night until patrolman took him to
a police station.
He carried a satchel, which was
found to contain $4,000 in money,
bonds and other papers.
Bassett talked incoherently and
was unable to tell about himself
even his name, and imagined he was
in a foreign city pursued by thieves
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Chicago Quite A Dig Town.

Chicago Especially Chicago has
population of 2,425,O00. according
% the 1908 city directory, which will
be issued this week. This Is gain
over last year of $4,000 The total
number of names in the alphabetical
list is 758,100. an increase OF 20,-
700 in a year. In estimating the po-
pulation the multiple of 3.2 is used.
a smaller figure than is used in some
nther cities
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
Presldent To The sultan.

Washington Especially .-Ambassa-
dor Leishman, at Constantinople, has
been directed by the State Depart
ment by cable to communicate to the
Turkish government the President e
congratulations and qualification over
the action OF the Sultan in proclaim
ing a constitution.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
Cigarette Causes A Disastrous Blaze
In Chicago.


Chicago Especially - Fire, which
was so hot that the 1remen could not
get nearer than block of it, and
which made 1t necessary to play
streams of water on buildings three
and four squares away, destroyed the
Burlington elevators "E" and 81"
the dock transfer warehouse of that
road and either burned or rendered
useless leo box cars. The loss on
the grain in the two elevators is
placed by Armour e. Co., who own
1t, at 100000. The total loss is
placed at S1,000,009.
The fire started In the Burlington
warehouse supposedly from a ciga-
rette dropped near several barrels
containing chemicals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13

New York Especially Mrs Bertha
Hood. 32 years old was shot and in'
stantly killed at her home In Brook.
lyn, by Ernest Seitz. "a years old. OF
Manhattan. Seitz also shot and scr.
iously wounded the year-and-a-has'
old daughter of Mrs. Hood and then
turned the revolver on himself. iu'
iiicting probably fatal wound.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-13

The battleship Virginia has estap'
lished a coaling record She took on
board 1.667 tons In four hours at an
average rate OF 416,75 tons az
hour.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-31

Hairs are found on almost every.
thing that grows, and. II we may 20
call the fine tibeFs Of asbestua, they
even invade the mineral world. From
q piece Of mineral asbestus Qusrried
from the earth and looking like q stone
with q satiny fracture the silken iberl
can be rubbed with the finger TIL the
lump IL worn away.
Secure a feather somewhere-it VIII
be much better than q picture and
You will see that II has q main stem
or midrib. Along each side Of this en-
tends the thin part known as the vane.
Look closely and you win see that this
vane IL composed OF tiny feathers, call
Cd boards. fastened together through
out their whole length from where
their bases join the midrib to their
tips. You Gun easily separate one OF
these from the rest, when you win see
how like a tiny feather It IL. with what
seems a iine fuzziness along each edge.
st. Nicholas.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-12-31

Az this distance from the scene OF
the great calamity one Goes not fully
realize the enormity OF the disaster;
yet II u such as to touch a chord Of
sympathy for the sufferers In sunny
southern Italy. In all who live not
for self alone the ties OF common
brotherhood appeal most strongly to
the feelings In behalf OF these strlek-
W people, No disaster In the world 5
history compares with the italian
calamity which has laid waste the
homes and property OF hundreds OF
thousands OF people. wiped out fam
lilies. caused the death Of thousands
and naming Of additional thousands.
II will be- years before that country
recov0rs from the terrible loss OF
life and property.