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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
PLAN HOUSES FOR The
EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
viii Build Houses With Congress
Appropriation.
MAY SEND THE CARPENTERS.
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars in Cash
Will BE Put Into Lumber, Out Of
Which $500 to 5000 Small Buildings
Will Be Erected in the District De.
vastated in Sicily and Calabria.

Washington, d. c. Especially -
An innovation In international re-
lief measures, so far as Europe Is
concerned, Is to be undertaken by
the American Government in expend-
ing the 100000 in money appro-
priated by Congress for the Italian
earthquake sufferers.
Realizing that great need
among the sufferers will be shelter
from the elements, President Roose-
welt has decided to send to Italy ma
terial for the construction of $500
or 1000 substantial but necessarily
very modest frame houses, supple
menting this by supplying civilian
carpenters, to supervise construction
II this can be arranged.
Ever since the appropriation was
made serious consideration has been
given by the President and the State
Department as to the best uses that
could be made of it in the way OF
relief. Correspondence has been 60
ing on almost daily with Ambassador
Griscom at Rome with view to as
certaining the views of himself, his
fellow-members of the American re-
lief committee and of the Italian
Government as to the most sensible
course to adopt with a view to the
best results.
A final decision was reached Sat
urday. Verbal instructions were CIV
en- by President Roosevelt to Secre-
tary Newberry whereby the machin-
cry of the Navy Department was en-
listed In the prosecution of the plan.
Mr.. Newberry at once got into tele-
phone communication with the naval
officials at New York, and, by quick
work, has been able to make partial
arrangements for carrying out the
Presidents orders. The following
statement was made public at the
Secretary's office:
The Navy Department has ar
ranged for the expenditure OF ap-
proximately 100000 in the purchase
of building materials, including all
articles necessary for the construc-
ton of substantial frame houses for
the Italian sufferers, and the ship
ments will begin by the sailing or
two steamers probably on Monday.
This lumber is being delivered in
New York. and the sailing OF the
vessels will proceed as fast as they
can be loaded. Each ship Will carry
all the materials for the construction
of about 500 houses, and 1t VIII
require not less than six steamers Tor
the entire amount purchased. If pos
sible, the department intends to send
with each vessel several civilian house
carpenters with plans to assist in the
erection of these houses
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
+ Oreign

SHAFT Khan, a Persian prince in
the Russian service committed sui
eide because he had been relieved
of the command OF the Fifteenth
Dragons.
The American and British min
listers in Peking, China, formally pro-
tested against the dismissal OF Yuan
Shi Kai.
A misunderstanding between Chile
and Peru resulted in the recall of
the Chilian minister TO Peru.
The death is announced in Berlin
OF Ernst Won Wilderbruch the Ger
man poet and dramatist.
Fifty-siX men were killed by fire
damp in the Auka coal mine. near
Veszprin. Hungary.
Earthquake shocks are reported to
have occurred in various parts OF
South Africa.
New cases OF cholera are reported
daily in Russia
Commercial relations between
France and Venezuela we're ordered
renewed as a result of the negCtla-
tions OF Jose de Jesus Paul. the
Venezuelan representative 70 Paris.
a slight earthquake was experience
ed throughout Lombardy, Venetia
anu unfdhFs ~ udldEt was uOHtf
but the people were much alarmed.
The Chilean government officials
at Aylca, Chill, entertained the
American delegates tc the PAN
American Scientific Congress.
The new Cuban Congress held It's
first meeting, which was devoted 70
the passing upon the credent' ais Of
the members
All political prisoners in Peru
were set free In consequence of the
decision OF the Supreme Court.
An aeronautical profcssorship has
been established at the University of
Liettlngen
The French government favors n
bill providing that all executions be
In private.
The adjustment OF the Austrc-
Turkish controversy is not pleasing
TO Russia.
Seventeen nations have accepted
the invitations extended by the Meth
erlands to attend an international
conference on the subject of bills OF
exchange.
Mrs. George Guy Chetwynd, daugh-
ter OF the late Charles Secor, OF New
York City. secured decree In Lon
don for restitution OF her conJugal
rights.
Seven Chinese were drowned when
the French liner Polynesian ran
down and sank the Dutch steamer
Djandi at the wharf in Singapore.
A lieutenant OF infantry and TWO
firemen rescued from the ruins In
Reggie a three-year-old gir' who was
not only alive. but well.
Pierre Bietry. OF the French Cham
ber Of Deputies. was sent TO prsen
for breaking the seals on his news.
paper ONCE.
Sven Hedin. the Swedish explorer.
who is returning home from Tibet
via Russia, was received by the Czar.
Tram cars OF the AmeSican-C Cana
dian Company were burned In BIO
ganeiyo by mob.
A surgical operation was perform
ed ON Bh Arthur Conan Doyle In
london.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
COAST PANIC STRICKEN
Earthquake Shock Felt Along Niles
of Mountain Range.
Mt. Baker Belches Eire-Cable Com
munications Cut Off.

Seattle Especially Efforts to re-
establish communication with Nome
Dawson and Valdez, Alaska, are be-
ing made to ascertain the amount
of damage caused by the seven sec
onds' seismic disturbance which
shook the Sierra Madra Mountains
from Tacoma, Wash, to far north
ern points. The Alaska cable has
gone down and no reports have been
received.
With the shock in Washington
State came the reports from outlying
districts that 500 miles of noun
tain range felt three distinct quakes.
Mount Baker, the tourists landmark,
belched fire and smoke. The noun
tain gives forth acrid fumes and the
crater of the century-extinct volcano
is full of redhot lava.
BelIingham Panic-stricken.
At Bellingham, Wash, the citizens
were panic-stricken and rushed into
the streets when the first shock oc-
Cured. Hundreds rushed into the
streets. Walls cracked, plaster fell,
chimneys toppled and tall towers
swayed.
At Blaine buildings and stone were
rocked and in some cases badly
cracked.
At Fort Townsend windows were
shattered by the score, roofs fell in
and a panic ensued among the citi-
zens. The siege guns mounted in
the fortifications settled on their
swivels,
In Tacoma two distinct shocks
were felt.
At Everett reports state the shock
lasted IL seconds.
Port Angeles, Everett, the Tatoosh
Island Lighthouse. and the weather
station in the Fuca also report dis
turh noes.
The earthquake started with a
light tremor and rumbling culminat-
ing with a severe upward shock. Oc-
cupants of the Ewell Block of Port
Angeles fed into the street Along
the water fronts at Bellingham and
Everett 1t was believed that the large
steamers had bumped into the docks.
Officers at Fort Worden state the
investigation so far made shows no
damage to the Notifications, al
though both Fort Worden and Fort
Flagler were badly shaken.
The parting of the Alaska cables
occurred several hours earlier than
the shock here. Investigation will
be made to ascertain II there was
any connection between the circum-
stances.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
KAISER SHOWS HIS TEETH.
Wants Share If Persia Is To Be
Taken Over BY Powers,

London (Spe ciaD Emperor Will
liam has at last voiced his opposition
to the Anglo-Russian program for
monopolizing the control of Persia S
affairs, according to information
from official sources.
Germany has covertly hinted to
Russia that the Kaiser will demand
a hand in Persia's government in
case other powers attempt to divest
the Shah of his authority.
The Emperor admits that he as un-
informed as to the plan that the Rus
sian and English foreign Offices are
supposed to be working out for the
reform of Persia's internal affairs,
but he intimates that any attempt
to act in the dark will meet with
failure.
This move by the Kaiser is be-
lieved to be the first sign of the long
expected clash over the contemplate
ed control of Persia.
Reports from Teheran say that
Gen. Firman Firma has not yet en-
gagged the revolutionary forces at Is
pahan in battle, and that the rebel
lion Is spreading throughout the en-
tire southern half of the empire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
TWENTY DEAD IN
HEAD-0N CRASH
Locomotives Stood on Ends and
Coaches TeIescoped.
ENGINEER MISREAD HIS WATCH.
A Passenger Train Flying Down
Grade on the Denver and Rio Grande
Runs Into Freight Train Laboring
Up Incline-Engines Jammed Into
0ne Piece of Machinery.

Glenwood Springs, Col. Especially
Twenty persons were killed, and
80 injured, many of them seriously,
In a head-on collision between west
bound passenger train No. and an
eastbound freight train, on the Den
yer and Rio Grande Railroad, be-
tween Dotsemo and Spruce Creek, 22
miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9.36
O'Clock p. NJ.
All unidentified are women or chill
dren and bodies are badly mangled.
While nothing official has been CIV
en- out as to the cause of the wreck
1t Is said to have been due to a
Misunderstanding of orders on the
part of the engineer, Gustaf Olsen,
of the passenger train. Olsen, how
ever, claims he understood his in
structions perfectly, but that he mis-
read his watch, thus encroaching on
the time of the freight train, which
was being drawn by two locomotives,
the first of which was in charge of
his brother, Sig. Olsen.
When news of the catastrophe
reached Glenwood Springs every
available physician and nurse in the
city was pressed into service and a
relief train was soon on the scene.
The work of rescue was Immediately
begun.
A pathetic feature of the accident
was the killing of father, leaving
two small children, the elder four
years old, the younger two. The eld-
er boy told a nurse at the sanitarium
that his father called him Bennie,
and this is all he will say. From a
fellow-passenger it was learned that
the family was going to Grand juno
tion to visit relatives. 1t is supposed
that Mr.. and Mrs. Kettle, whose
names appear among the dead, were
the parents of these two little ones
who were badly injured.
Another sad case was that of the
destruction of an entire family with
the exception of an infant of three
months. This helpless child was taxi
en- care of by a family at Shoshone,
who intends to adopt the sole sur
vivor of a once happy family.
One of the remarkable incidents
of the wreck was the almost mirac-
ulous escape from the ill-fated chair
car of a Mr.. Stall, a Pueblo (Col.)
salesman. Mr.. Stall escaped without
a scratch, but is on the verge of COL
lapse as O result of the nervous
shock.
Another heartbreaking scene was
enacted in the wreck zone when kind
hands gently lifted 4-year-old Alice
Williams from the death clasp of
her mothers arms. Near by lay the
body of the father, decapitated, and
on every side were lifeless bodies,
victims of the disaster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE

Chesapeake & Ohio has arranged
for the sale of large issue of new
bonds.
Chesapeake G. Ohio's new bond is
sue will be $30,000,000 of pei
cents.
Four per cent. interest will here
after be paid en- deposits by the Firs.
Penny Savings OF Philadelphia. John
Wanamaker is the president.
Standard OILS net profits in 1908
approximated $80,000,000. Divi-
dends paid out amounted to $40, 0,000.-
600.
II is figured out that in 1908 the
value of electrical equipment turned
out in the United States was S22S.-
100000, decrease of 27 per cent.
compared with 1907.
Wall Street had a rumor that
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
will become president of the Consoli-
dated Gas Company OF New York on
March 4. Mr.. Cortelyon, when seen
in Washington, refused to confirm or
deny the report.
w. c. Brown was elected president
ern TO succeed w. II. Newman. He
was also elected president OF the
Lake Erie a. Western. A few days
ago he became president OF the New
York Central, which is the daddy
OF the Vanderbilt lines.
The Iron Trade Review" says:
"The principal developement OF the
week was the appearance OF the New
York Central lines In the market
with an inquiry for $4,000 tons OF
steel rails. The International &
Great Northern Railroad is inc uiring
for 22, 900 tons. and the Great North
ern for 5000 tonA
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
Kills Them One BY One.

Mankato, MINI. (Special james
York, a quarryman, murdered his
four children at his home and then
hanged himself. The crimes were
committed apparently with delibera-
tion. The children descended from
their sleeping quarters at different
times. AS each came down the
stairs the father killed him or her.
1t is supposed York was mentally
unbalanced.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
TO DRY UP SOUTH CAROLINA.
Three Bills introduced In The
Legislature.

Columbia, S. c. (SpeciaD The
fight of the Prohibitionists has start
ed in the General Assembly. There
were introduced three bills in each
house as follows:
To provide Statewide prohibition;
To provide for the closing up and
the disposition of the stock OF the
county dispensaries in force now
under the Local Option law.
TO license liquor drummers at
$4,000.
Another bill to provide for the en-
forcement of the law will be intro
duced.
That the question is about evenly
divided is the general opinion. On
this issue much interest centers in
South Carolina.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
BuIIets Aftcr Handshake.

Nashville. Tenn. Especially .-Eu-
gene A. Laurent, of this city. was
killed at Artesia, Miss, by Charles
Smith. a wealthy planter of that sec
tion. Laurent travelled for a ST.
Louis hardware house. II is said
that Smith was one OF Laurent's Gus
toners and that Laurent was in the
act OF shaking hands with him when
he pulled pistol and fired two shots.
each taking effect. Laurent was a
son OF Edward Laurent. a prominent
architect OF this city.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

Desiring further information with
regard to the schedule of duties on
files, the House Ways and Means
Committee subpenaed Samuel NJ.
Nicholson, of Providence. r. l., to
appear before 1t.
No change in the form of govern
ment of the Isthmian Canal Zone
is to be recommended to Congress
at this session by the House Commit
tee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce.
The Revenue Cutter Service an
nounces a competitive examination,
commencing April next, for the ap-
pointment of 15 cadets of the line
and 4 cadet engineers.
Strong opposition is expected to
to the enactment of a bill granting
an American register for the Pacific
coastwise trade to the barkentine An
dromeda.
Representative Charles s. Lands,
of Indiana, declined to discuss the
published report that he had been
offered the position of public printer.
The President sent to the Senate
the nomination OF William r. Comp
ten to be United States marshal for
the Western district OF New York.
The Senate Committee on Agricul-
ture authorized a favorable report on
the McCumber bill providing for the
inspection and grading of grains.
Admiral Dewey, who has been con-
fined to his home for the greater
part of two months with an attack
of sciatica, has considerably improv-
ed.
To make the rate OF postage On
third and fourth-class matter on
rural free delivery routes equal to
two cents a pound is the object of
a bill introduced by Representative
Foster, OF Vermont
No definite line can be drawn be-
tween old and new automobiles of
different value by railroads in their
classification of freight rates ac-
cording to the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Scores of men whose life work has
been devoted TO minute study of
the problems OF forestry, attended
the twenty-eighth annual meeting of
the American Forestry Association.
Despite the frequent calls OF COM
mittee meetings, grave doubt is ex-
pressed as to whether there will be
any copyright legislation at this ses-
sion OF Congress.
An appropriation of $161,01S,00
for pensions was agreed on by the
Committee on Appropriations in the
drafting OF the annual pension ap-
preparation bill.
The House Committee on the Ju-
dietary agreed to favorable report
on the Parsons Bill for an additional
Judge for the Southern district OF
New York.
Arbitration treaties with Bolivia,
Ecuador, Uruguay and Haiti were
reported favorably to the Senate
from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations. The Senate passed a bill
permitting the use OF the pension Of
nee for the inaugural ball In connec-
ton with the Inauguration OF Mr..
Taft.
Secretary Root signed arbitration
treaties with Costa Rica and Chile,
through Seniors Calvo and Cruz.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
House Spanking Takes.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
The demand for copies of the Con-
gressional Record containing the
proceedings of the House, when the
Secret Service portion of the Presi-
dents message was laid on the table,
has been so great that members can
not comply with it. To meet the
further demand, Representative
Langley, of Kentucky, has introduc-
ed resolution calling for an edition
of 100000 copies of the Record
If the resolution is adopted, as it
probably will be, this will be the
largest edition of single Record
ever issued.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
Quits Cigarettes. Dies.

Hazleton, Ind. Especially Edward
Lane. 20 years old. died here as the
result OF keeping a New Years reso-
luton, In which he gave up the use
of cigarettes. He was addicted to ex-
cessiye smoking and was urged to
stop them with the new year. So
accustomed had the young man be-
come to their use the denial of them
affected his nervous system serious
iy. hui no determined to do with
out smoking. thinking the keen de-
sire for them would pass away.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
DEADLY FIREDAMP AGAIN.
24O Men Eentombed In A Coal Mine
In Hungary.

Veszprim. Hungary Especially -
In an explosion of fire damp in the
Auka coal mine here, which was fol-
lowed later by a dust explosion and
fire, 240 men were entombed.
Sixteen living miners and the bod
les of 40 dead persons thus far have
been brought out of the pit.
The fire has been held 10 one To-
cality and 1t is hoped that the re-
mainder of the entombed miners will
be rescued alive.
The town of Veszprim lies 60
miles southwest of Budapest, and has
a population of some $1,000. COM
posed mostly of Magyars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
Five Perish In Flames.

Ashland, Wis. (Special). = Mrs.
Nathan Sherrard, and four children.
aged one, two. four and six years.
were burned to death at Echlin's
Lumber Camp, 20 miles south OF
Ashland. Sherrard, the camp cook,
arose at o'clock and began to
prepare breakfast for the 100 men
In the camp. leaving his wife and
children asleep. Sherrard rushed
into the burning structure IN an ef-
fort TO save his wife and family, and
was dragged out frightfully burned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
90, 200 Died Al Messina,

Messina Especially. - An official
estimate of the dead in Messina due
10 the catastrophe of December 28,
made by Stuart X. Lupton, the Amer
lean Vice-Consul. on behalf OF the
American Embassy at Rome, places
the number at 10000. Mr.. Lupton
estimates also that there are still 1 o.
600 people In the city. The work OF
getting Information concerning In
dividuals who were in Messina at
the time OF the earthquake is OK
tremely difIlcult, as there are un-
doubtedly still tens OF thousands un-
der the ruins.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
After Express Companies.

Washington, d. c. Especially -
Holding that there may be some
question of unjust discrimination in
yolyed In the matter OF express com
panies dealing in exchange. money
orders, etc. the Interstate Commerce
Commission refused to dismiss the
complaint OF the American Bankers
Association against the express COM
pany. At the same time the COM
mission declined TO issue subpoena
as requested by the complainants, de-
claring that the information about
the express company's business
sought TO be obtained did not seem
TO be necessary at the present time
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
Woman Blown To Atoms.

Leadville. Col, Especially. - Mrs.
Richard Lauterbach. wife of a pros
pector, was killed, and Miss Esther
Schuster, a guest of the former, at
her home, near Mitchell, 10 miles
west of here, was badly injured when
mysterious fire in the Lauterbach
cabin set off several sticks of dyna
mite. The explosion blew Mrs.
Lauterbach to atoms, wrecked the
log cabin and severely hurt her wom-
an companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
No Crop In Graveyard.

Norfolk, Va. Especially = Agree
ing to give the ground "two good
coats OF fertilizer. for use OF a por-
tion of Forest Lawn Cemetery for
the planting of a big radish crop
for spring shipment to the North and
West, John l.. Lambert received d
reply from the board of control tell
ing him that the compensation Of
fered the city was inadequate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
shock Reg stercd AT MANILA.

Manila (SpeciaD The instru-
meats OF the Government Observatory
here recorded severe earthquake
shock at a distance from this city.
IT is estimated that the seismic dis
turbance must have occurred at least
1900 kilometers from Manila.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
U. :. Consulate Moved.

Washington, ID. c. Especially =
Orders have been issued by the State
Department to Vice Consul Stewart
X, Lupton 10 re-establish the Mes
sina consulate at Catania. The name
is all that remains OF the former
consulate IL the ruined city, and
even this would disappear II the
State Department were authorized by
law to establish the post at Catania
The present change, therefore, is
only one OF domicile, 1t being i'm
possible to reopen the consulate In
the ruined city.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
Clothing For Naval Prisoners.

Washington. d. c, Especially The
Naval Committee has reported favor
ably the bill introduced by Mr.. Hale.
which provides for suitable civilian
clothing and cash gratuity to naval
prisoners on discharge. Enlisted
men have been released from naval
prisons without money or suitable
civilian clothing. Not infrequently
they become public charges.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
TAKE PRINCE AS FORGER.
Russian Nobleman Said To Have
Gotten S25O,OOO.

st. Petersburg (SpeciaD Prince
Bebutof. a well-known figure in So
ciety, has been arrested at a fashion
able gathering on a charge of hav-
ing forged checks for a total amount
of $250,000. 1t is alleged that the
Prince organized a gang consisting
of certain club members and govern
ment employees who took part in
what is said to have been a most
ingenious scheme of fraud. Two
well-known ladies are alleged to be
implicated.
The Governor of the Russian part
of the island of Sakhalin, NJ. Jalupoff,
is accused of swindlng and extor-
ton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-21
No General Rivers And Harbors Bill.

Washington, D. G. Especially The
House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors voted against a general ap-
propr' alton bill for river and harbor
improvements. The committee will
report a bill providing for carrying
on important work already begun
for surveys of urgent projects pro-
posed and for any emergencies which
may arise This bill probably will
not carry to exceed $4,000. 600.