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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Resume Night Riding.

Paris, Ky. (SpeclaD There has
been a fresh outbreak OF night rid
ing in the Bluegrass country, accord
ing to Judge ]. ]. Osborne, OF Gym
thiana A tenant on the farm of
T. ]. Mcdowell, who had steadfastly
refused to join the pool of tobacco
growers, was taken from his home,
stripped to the waist and given thir-
ty lashes. He was then ordered to
be in Brooksville the next day and
sign over his tobacco or suffer more
severely. He complied with the re-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
PLEADS GUILTY OF REBATING.
Southern Pacific Railroad Fined
$1,000 In Los Angeles.

Los Angeles. Cal. Especially The
Southern Pacific Railroad pleaded
guilty in the United States District
Court to rebating and was fined
$1,000 by Judge Wellborn.
Through Attorney C. NJ. Durbrow,
of San Francisco, the company enter
ed plea of technical and uninten-
tional guilt. The maximum penalty
woud have been $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
BRYAN HAS SILVER WEDDING.

Lincoln, Neb. Especially Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Bryan observed their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary at
Fairview, the house being decorated
with flags and flowers. Messages and
presents from all parts of the world
were received.
Their three children and two grand
children were At home and the form
er aided in receiving the long line
OF neighbors who called.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
BOTH WIVES SUICIDES.
A Clergyman And His Matrimonial
Misfortunes.

Sarnia, Ont. Especially The Rev.
Evan T. Evans, whose wife commit
ted suicide at Penwyllt, Wales, came
to Sarnia three years ago from
Wales, as rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church.
A year ago his wife returned to
Wales. After her departure Evans
was married to Nellie Davis, 40 years
old, a clerk in the registry Office and
member of the church choir. Evans
said he had secured a divorce from
his first wife. A month after her
marriage the second Mrs. Evans was
brought back to Sarnia by her moth
er and committed suicide a few
weeks later.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
HURLED OUT OF A
FLYING AUTOMOBILE
One Man is Killed and Another
Badly Hurt.
THE CAR SUDDENLY OVERTURNED.
James Bates Lost His Life And
Herbert Lyle, The Well-knowD
Racing Driver, Was Hurt While
Travelling At Rate OF 90 Miles An
Hour In Long Island Derby
Every Existing American Record
For Speeding Broken,

Riverhead. l.. l. Especially The
smashing of every existing American
record for automobile racing on the
open road and spill which cost the
life of Mechanician James Bates and
serious injuries to another, Herbert
Lytle, a well-known racing driver,
marked the running of the Long
Island Automobile Derby. The event
was a stock car sweepstakes and
was run over 22 miles of hitherto un.
tried road at the eastern extremity
of Long Island, between Riverhead
and Mattituck.
The casualties were caused by the
skidding of the Apperson car, driven
by Lytle, as it neared an easy bend
in the road, two miles west of Mat.
tituck. Lytle and Mechanician Bates
had completed less than two-thirds
Of the first lap when the 60-horse.
power engine, tearing down a slight
declivity at a rate of 65 miles an
hour, suddenly lurched to one side
into deep sand and overturned
Lytle shot clear of the car and
landed 20 feet away on his back.
Bates, however, clung to the machine
ed turtle. Both men were uncon.
scious when picked up, and 1t was
thought at first that neither had q
chance for life. Bates never regained
consciousness and died an hour later,
but Lytle was unable to recognize his
wife and baby, who were hurried to
his bedside at the hospital immedi.
ately after the accident, and there is
hope of his eventful recovery.
The racing Throughout was the
fastest ever witnessed in open-road
contests in this country. In the class
for cars selling at $3.50 to $4,000,
five laps, 1873 miles. Louis Chew
rolet in a Buick won in 1 hour and
81 minutes, SO $40 seconds. break
ing all records of the class. His speed
averaged slightly in excess of 70
miles an hour. Finishing second to
Chevrolet in this class, Robert Bur-
man. also driving a Buick, covered
the distance in hour 46 minutes 2 "
seconds. or at rate of "a miles an
hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
oVTCTDE Nv oIUHI OF DIU CItOWD
Man Jumps From Viaduct Before
Naval Parade Spectators.

New York Especially In sight of
several thousand persons assembled
to view the Hudson-Fulton naval
parade. John II. Bell killed himself
by leaping fnom the top OF the River
side Drive viaduct, 100 feet high.
Bell was 40 years old. A short
time ago nervous trouble caused him
to resign his place as a manager OF
local dairy company
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Girl Found Dying In Wilds.

Sante Fe, N. NJ. (SpeciaD Miss
Gertrude Montgomery. who came
here from Shreveport, La, where she
taught in college for five years, died
in this city, having been attacked
and shot on the outskirts of the
town. Three convicts at work on
the highway in the vicinity have
been accused.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
TWO HANGED IN NASHVILLE.

Nashville. Tenn. Especially. -A Al
Sunrise William Mitchell, a white
man. convicted of the murder OF
Squire w. II. Hindman in Rutherford
County. and Cecil Palmer. colored
sentenced 10 death for criminally as.
saulting a woman near Lebanon
Tenn. paid the penalty for their
crimes on the gallows.
These were the first executions
under the new law which 2royides
that all hangings in this State be held
at the State Prison.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
EX-MAYOR EBY SENTENCED.
Must Serve 18 Months In Federal
Prison At Atlanta, Ga.

Philadelphia Especially Abraham
C. Eby, formerly mayor of Burke
vile, Va, who was convicted recent
ly of using the mails to extort money
from the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was sentenced to 1S
months in the government prison at
Atlanta, Ca, and to pay a fine of
81. Sentence was imposed by Judge
Mcpherson, in the United States Dis
trict Court.
Eby, in letters to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, threatened the
destruction of dynamite of the Nor
folk and Western Railroad unless he
was paid $4,000. Eby was lured
TO Philadelphia and arrested. At
the trial his counsel pleaded insanity
as a defense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Business Man A Suicide.

Cleveland, o., (speclaD.-Sylvan-
us Bourne. aged So. president and
treasurer of the Bourne G. Knowles
Manufacturing Company, makers of
iron specialties, committed suicide in
his office at the plant by shooting
himself in the head. 1t is thought
worry over the illness of son
prompted the act.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Bank Robbed OF $4,000.

Glenwood Springs. Colo. tSpec-
iaD.-Tw men entered the Citizens
National Bank here and. after hold
ing up two clerks, robbed the safe
and escaped on horseback with $1O,-
900. The men entered as though
they were customers. While one
man covered the clerks the other
looted the safe and the cash drawer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Mrs. Depew Tn Auto Smash.

Paris Especially Mrs. Chauncey
NJ. Depew met with a painful acci-
dent while riding in an automobile
on the Champs Elysees. A public
taxlcab collided with her automobile
and Mrs. Depew was cut on the fore.
head by broken glass. 1t was at
first feared she might lose the sight
OF an eye, but this danger is now
past, and, with the Senator, she will
sail for New York Saturday
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Children Witness Murder.

Pottstown, Pa. Especially After
quarrel with his wife at the sup
per table, Samuel Troxwell. aged
35 years. OF Obey Line, near Boyer
town. went upstairs. secured a pistol
and returned to the kitchen OF his
home. where he shot and instantly
killed his wife. He then turned the
weapon on himself. inflicting a
wound from which he died in a few
minutes. Two small children OF the
couple witnessed the double tragedy.
Troxwell. who was farmer. has had
frequent Quarrels with his wife re-
Gently.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Gets $500 Pearl with oyster.

Plainheld, N. j. Especially While
opening oysters at his oyster shop
here Garret Van Name found a pearl
the size of a hazel nut. Local Jew
elers placed a value of $500 on II
and Van Name refused $500. Last
season he frequently found pearls ID
oysters. One he said he sold io'
4OnA
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Bubonic Plague Again.

Sacramento. Cal. Especially 1T
has been reported to the State De-
parment OF Health that Manuel Avil-
la. Portuguese boy living near
Niles, Cal. was discovered to be III
with bubonic plague. The report
was made on the case by DR.. Rupert
Blue. OF the United States Public
Health and Marine Department.
This Is the second case OF bubonic
plague reported from this locality
within two months. The first was
that Of a boy named Mendoza. who
died.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Suicide BY Burning.

Buffalo. N. Y. Especially Mrs.
Lydia Snyder, an inmate of the
Buffalo State Hospital for the In
sane, died from self-inflicted burns.
While Miss Cooley, a nurse, was
making out report by the light OF
a shaded attendants lamp. Mrs. Sny-
der grabbed the lamp. poured the
oil over her clothing and set fire to
1t. Miss Cooley and Miss Scott. an
other nurse. were badly burned In
trying to smother the flames.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
SPlNIAEOS MEET
| SEVERE REVERSE
A General And Other Officers Killed
By Moors.
They Fall Into An Ambush Set by
The Moors And A Bloody Battle
Follows - Spaniards, At Great
Loss, Hold On Until The Arrival
OF Reinforcements. Which Finally
Beat Of The Moors-News Kept
From Spanish People.

Melilla Especially. A Spanish
force from Zeluan. accommodating in
the direction of Sokel Jemis. en-
countered the Moors and met with a
serious reverse. Gen. Diez Vicario,
three other officers and IA men were
killed and 1872 men were wounded.
| The Spanish force was under the
command of General Orozco The
officers who lost their lives were
a lieutenant and two captains The
Spaniards were ambushed by the
Moors.
The division under General Tovar,
supported on the left by General
Vicario's brigade and on the right
by two squadrons of cavalry and
battery of artillery, had made a re-
connaissance into the Beni-Buifrur,
and it was on their return in the di-
rection of Zeluan that the Spaniards
fell into the Moorish ambush and
were attacked furiously. The fight
ing was fierce and bloody. The
Spaniards held their own until the
arrival of reinforcements, consisting
OF two companies of infantry and
battery of machine guns, with the
aid of which they succeeded in beat
ing off the Moors, but at heavy
total in dead and wounded.
Madrid Especially. - The latest
Spanish defeat in Morocco in which
Gen. Diez Vicario lost his life Is not
yet known to the people of Madrid,
and the authorities are carefully sup
pressing the details of the activities,
which indicated that the Moors were
resuming the offensive. 1t is now
known, however, that the Spaniards
retired from the summit of Mount
Guruga because of the sudden ap-
pearance of 1000 Moors, whose at
tack was expected momentarily. The
enthusiasm that followed the an
nouncement of the possession of
Mount Guruga is dampened today by
the reports already made public, and
the people will be further dismayed
when they hear of the reverse of
yesterday.
Tangier, Morocco Especially -
News has come in here from the
interior to the effect that the noun
tain tribes of the MaZa region are
hurrying to the support of the Riffs.
who are fighting Spain around Melil-
la. 1t Is said that the tribesmen are
acting upon orders from Mulai Hafid,
the Sultan of Morocco, but this is
not credited
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Two An.oists Killed.

New York Especially Parker Nor.
ton. owner OF the Mlneola Press. and
Edward Baker. proprietor OF the
Mineola Garage. were Instantly killed
In an automobile accident near
MIneola. l.. T. The two were return.
ing TO the village with the balloon
OF Leo Stevens, the aeronaut. wbici
rad juit descended from a long flight
across New York City and Long
Igiani.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
MenIeo Loses SEQ, GOO. GOO CROP.

Mexico city tspeciaD ,-Unpre.
cedented cold weather in the valleys
in the vicinity OF this city has de-
stroyed the corn crops. II is estl.
mated that the loss viii reach i20..
DOO 900
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
May use EngIIsh In Church.

Burlington, Iowa (SpeciaD.--Ac-
ton which may lead to the use oil
English in the church services In.
stead of German was taken by the
general conference OF the German
Evangelical Synod of North America.
A resolution was passed permitting
the language best understood in the
community to be used in the young
peoples societies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Flags Are In Colors.

The seal of the United States ap-
pears just above the globe, on which
is etched the map of Japan, while
gracefully arranged below is a
group of anchors, trident, and flags
of the United States and Japan
enameled in colors.
On the reverse appears the same
inscription in japanese characters.
This was originally transcribed by
His EXcelleny, Baron Takahira, Jap
anese ambassador to the United
States. The engraving was repro
duced exactly from a photograph of
the original writing. linden this
inscription ia the seal Of the Navy
Department of the United States, and
second group OF anchors, trident
and the official naval ensigns of the
United States and Japan, the two last
enameled in colors. On this heml-
sphere of the globe is etched the
map of the United States.
The loving cup rests on a mahog-
any base, to which Is applied, in sill
yer, the seal OF the United States
and of the Navy Department, en-
circled by wreaths OF laurel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Exile barcelona ReyoiutIonists.

Paris Especially. - The "Matin"
publishes despatch from Cerbere.
on the Spanish frontier, saying that
the authorities OF Barcelona are maxi
ing use OF the most drastic meas
ures 10 rid the city OF suspected reyo-
lutionists. Hundreds OF Republican
and anarchist suspects are being ex-
He'd TO the provinces without hear
ing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
To PRISON For Idfe.

Hinesville. Ga. Especially Charles
A. Gordon was convicted OF the muir
der OF VIM. Faulling. Jr.. and sen
fenced to life imprisonment. Tne
sensational testimony OF Mrs. Faui-
ling that Gordon had confessed 20
her that he killed Faulling brought
the case to an unexpected close.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

Bunting - Police Have Iit.o
Trouble With Crowd.
new York Especially - Throuvh
streets ablaze with bunting ana ,,no,
with the greatest crowd ever gathor
ed In New York thoroughfares q no
rade of 10000 men and I'd a.
passed before the envoys of 81 He
tIons participating in the Hudson
fulton celebration. And in its ,ass>
ing, which occupied two hours Tine
the epoch-making scenes of three
centuries, representing gigantic &c,
ures of wood, plaster, paint and
tinsel were reviewed.
After a day and a night of ro,.
the skies cleared, the sun came ont
and, with just enough crispness ~
the air to add zest to the crowd thn
most spectacular land feature of tbo
celebration was held without an rn ro
toward incident. NH
From One Hundred and Tent,
Street, alone Central Park west. III.
ty-nlnth Street and down Fifth Ave.
nue. to Washington Square, in tha
lower part OF the city, the route of
the parade and distance of over
five miles, it is estimated that more
than two million people gathered
On roofs, towers, poles, at windows
and from grandstands erected for al
most the entire length of the route.
the more fortunate viewed the spec.
tacle, while an enormous crowd surg
ed against the police lines drawn al
the curb.
AS a parade it was as democratic
as 1t was historic; as cosmopolitan as
1t was democratic. Mayor George
B. Mcclellan and Herman RiJder.
vice president of the Hudson-F Fulton
Celebration Commission, headed the
line and covered the entire distance
afoot. There was no military show.
no distinguished personages in We
hiclCs; ALL with the exception of the
plantoons Of police mounted on
shiny-coated bay horses, were afoot.
A bit of confusion at the start OF
the parade put a number of the
floats out of their order, so that In
some instances the historical sequence
was considerably upset, but the
good-natured crowd did not mind
this. A number of the patriotic
scenes were wildly cheered. Among
them were: Pulling Down the Statue
Of George ILL.," publishing the Con.
stitution." "Storming of Stony
Point" Capture of Andre" and
Washington Taking Oath of Office"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

The names of the 16 vessels Of
the Japanese Navy, which entertain
ed the American battleships. are ap
piled in gold around the upper rim
of the cup, while those of the II
vessels of the United States Atlantic
Fleet are similarly applied arount
the base.
U. S. Atlantic Flee:
Connecticut (Flagship),
Kansas,
Minnesota,
Vermont,
Georgia,
Nebraska,
New Jersey,
Rhode Island,
Louisiana,
Virginia,
Missouri,
Ohio,
Wisconsin,
Illinois,
Kearsarge,
Kentucky.
Imperial Japanese Navy:
Mikasa.
Full,
Asahi,
Sagami.
AZuma,
Yakumo.
Nisshin,
Kasuga,
Katori,
Kashima,
Tsukuba.
Ikoma,
Soya,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

The library or the late Prof. Simon
Newcomb was sold TO the College Of
the city OF fiew York for $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

Robins statue II Victor Hugo wa,
unveiled 10 the garden OF the PaIaii
Regal. In Paris.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

Presented to the officers and
Men of the Imperial Japanese
Navy by the officers and Men of
the United States Atlantic Fleet.
in grateful recognition of the
generous courtesies received dur
ing their visit to Japan in Octo-
ber, Nineteen Hundred and
Eight
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
AER0PLANES WIN
BALLOONS LOSE
Wilbur Wright Circles the Statue
Of Liberty.

Both Curtiss and Wright Make Sue.
cessful Flights, The Latter Flying
Three Times In The Presence OF
A Vast Throng-The Dirigiblcs
Start The $4,000 Race To Albany,
But The Aeronauts Come Down
Boats Tow Baldwin From Hudson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07

The oostmarks of Belgium adver.
tise the International Exposition oil
1910
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
TWO MILLION SEE
THE GREAT PARADE
hudson Rivers History Depicted in
Big Pageant.

Marvellous Floats, 81 In Numhor
With Their Escorts OF po,r,o.,'
Societies, Move Along New yort,s
streets Between Human Wall.
Five And One-half Miles Lone
The Buildings Are Ablaze w,,h
Bunting - Police Have Ii,,,o
Trouble With Crowd.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-04-09

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
not known to many students in
the University of Missouri. The
money has been in the care of j.
g. Babb. secretary Of the Uni
versity, four years. In this time
no song has been offered that ia
worthy Of the prize, says the
University Missoprian. The
money was subscribed by faculty
members and students ia session
of t904-1905. II was given to
Mr.. Babb's hands TO be awarded
by q committee. The words Of
the song must bs original, while
the music may or may not be
original.
| W, F. Gean, bent with old age,
leaned on q counter in the Coun-
ty Recorders office at Poplar
Bluff one day last week and ask
ed q clerk II he could have a mar.
risgs license changed. 1t seems
that Gean had applied for, and
treceived, a license to wed Mrs,
/ Sarah SCOTT about one month
ago, but later decided that he
and o Mrs. Sarah Husband want
cd to double UP, and wanted the
license changed as a matter oi
sconomy. Some men are unable
! to find even one woman that will
marry them, but this old man
surely deals from The bottom ol
the deck, az ne found two who
are willing to marry him ip less
than Q month.
Morris David, aged about 4f
years. was run over by Q Broad
way street car In Cape Girardeau,
the night Of March 20. From the
reports, II ssems highly probable
that the man was murdered and
placed on the track ip the hope
Of his body being so mutilated az
10 destroy much Of the evidence
of the crime.
Representative Hale introduced
q bill against q drug stores
maintaining a colored or stained
glass prescription case, obscurine
the rear part Of the store. This
the Lexington Intelligence says
; would be tough on the loaferi
} who 60 into the drug stores tc
J hide from their wives.
Mrs. Stella Mclaughlin wal
instantly killed reeenHy neal
Windsor by q falling tree. Th'
: tree on which Mr.. Mclaughlin
had been chopping, struck TN
woman and threw her against thu
stump sf another tree, fracturinl
her skull and breaking her neck
, In the Ozarks are many cave
in. which hsYe been found mani
relics such as stone implement
and utensils. These caves af'
> supposed 10 have been the dwell
ing places Of men In the ston'
age, and POSSIBLY af the "moun'
, builders"
The Southeast Missouri Drum
,Emsrs win pull on their snnps
/ meet in May this year at caruth
; srsyiils. The Democrat OF ths
) city said last week that ? com
: mittss Of citizens viii arrange B
4 itaka nara OF than In eyery va,