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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
DUDLEY BUCK
PASSES AWAY
Was Leading American Composer
Of Church Music.
Wrote Cantata For 800 Voices And
Orchestra or $50 Pieces At Phila-
delphia Centennial Exposition -
Author OF More Concert And
Choral Selections Than. Any Other
American--Assistant To Theodore
Thomas.

New York (Spe eciaD.-Dujley
Buck. whose name was seen, perhaps,
oftener than that of any other Ameri-
can composer on concert and choral
programs, died suddenly at the home
OF his son, Dudley Buck, Jr., the
the violinist, in West Orange, N. ].
The composer was born at Hartford,
Ct, In 1889, and on March 10 last
he celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday.
His father was a shipping mrchant,
ana mad planned similar career for
his son. One day the boy Dudley
borrowed from one of his fathers
clerks a work on Thorough Bass"
and then, on a happy day soon after,
youthful school fellow lent him
flute. There is a legend that the boy
musicians thoughtfulness for others
ran to the extreme of doing his first
practice on the flute high up on the
branch of cherry tree, so that his
iiist false notes would not annoy the
family as much as they annoyed him
self.
The piano that came to him when
he was 16 drove fom the boys head
any last thoughts he may have had
n
teacher in Hartford named Babcock
took Dudley in charge then to give
him his first lessons. About this
time he entered Trinity College,
Hartford, and soon afterward took
up his duties as organist of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Hartford.
1t was evident to his parents by
this time that the youths lifework
was music and they determined that
his training should be of the best.
Wherefore he was taken out of Trim
ity College in his junior year and
sent to the Leipsic Conservatory when
10 years old. Here he met as fellow
students Sir Arthur Sullivan, Carl
Rosa, John Francis Barnett, s. B.
Mills, Madeline Schiller, after whom
he named his daughter, and others
who later became famous.
After his three years of German
training Mr.. Buck studied, for a
year in Paris. He returned to Ameri-
ca in 1862, and after the death of
his parents he went to Chicago as or
ganist, composer and teacher. Later
Mr.. Buck went to Boston as organ
list of st Paul's Church there, and,
later, of Boston Music Hall, the
highest honor a Boston musician at
that time could attain.
While he was adding to his repu-
tation in Boston he attracted the at
tention of the late Theodore Thomas,
who was then conducting the concerts
at the Central Park Garden in this
city Mr.. Thomas. in 1875, invited
Mr.. Buck to become his assistant
conductor, which the young composer
accepted, but not until he had first
gone to Cincinnati as organist of the
May Festival.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Sis,O03,52I FOR CANAL.
Panama Commission Wants That
Amount For 1O10-11.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
The Panama Canal Commission has
submitted to the Secretary of War
All estimate Of appropriations, aggre-
eating $4S,OG3,524 for work on the
canal during the fiscal year begin
ming July !. 1910 OF the amount
asked for, 15,504,036 is for skilled
and unskilled labor and s20,21S,9S3
Is for materials and supplies used in
construction work
The total appropriations made by
Congress up TO this time on account
OF the canal are s210.070.46S.
Colonel Goethals, the chairman and
the chief engineer of the commits
sion, has declared It to be his opin-
ion that the great waterway will be
completed by Janaury /, 1915, and
has estimated the total cost at $375,-
100000, which. however, includes
the cost Of sanitation and civil gov
ernment and the $50, 100000 pur-
chase price.
The unusually large amount asked
for the new fiscal year probably Is
due to the fact that work on the
waterway has entered a more adyanc-
ed stage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Wholesale Markets

New York.-Wheat-snot .
NO. 2 red, nominal elevator. easy;
red, nominal Z. o. b. afloat! NJ NJ Z
Northern Duluth, 1O9IS w. l
afoat; No. hard winter "T'ItaaI ,aa
nominal f. o. b. a1oat. -'4"N
Corn-Spot easy; No. 2 old 7ao
IN elevator and rs delivered nor,t
nal; No. 2 old. 72%c. middle 't1,' 0n
tober. and new, Ga winter sbinmou,
(. o. b. afloat. P'HeH'
Oats-Spot steady; mixed A,u
% 42c.; natural white. 42645. ci,ni
ped white, 43k @4S. ''p'
Eggs-Easy; receipts 1oO.e
cases. Western firsts, 24G 25c -'gTO sso
onds, 221s @231h. ''''
Poultry-Alive steady; Western
chickens, 16c.; fowls, l6; turkeys
IS. Dressed dull; Western chickens
lao 19c.; fowls, 13b@1G.
a-Wheat-Firm n
1880 109c.
Corn-Quiet, unchanged
441s @45c.
Butter-Firm, fair demand; ex.
ira Western creamery, 32Ac.; do.
nearby prints, "a.
Eggs-Firm; Pennsylvania and
other nearby firsts. free cases, 27c
at mark; do, current receipts, in re.
turnable cases, 25 at mark; Western
firsts, free cases, 81 at mark; do
current receipts. free cases, 2SG26
at mark.
Cheese-Steady; New York full
creams, choice, 1910; do, fair TO
good, Is 5@15R.
Live Poultry-Quiet but steady;
fowls. 15 a 16c.; old roosters, l1Hs
Q12; spring chickens, 1916; old
13 a IA; do. spring, 14@15.
Baltimore-Wheat - The market
for Western opened steady; spot
1.13; October. 1.O8A; December.
1.07%.
Settling prices were: no 2 red
Western, 1.16; contract ; 50, l,l3;
No. red, 100; steamer 2 red,
1.01 "; steamer No. 2 red Western
LOS.
Corn-Western opened steady
year, 81 Nc; January, 81. The mar.
ket ruled dull. with little life on
either side.
Oats-We quote per bu.; White
No. 2, as to weight. A; No. 3, do'
42k @43; No. 4, do, 4O94Oh'
Mixed-No. 2. 42Q42h; No. g.
401s @41. =,
Hay--We quote per ton: No. !
timothy, large bales, SIS; do small
blocks. SIS; Nc 2 timothy. as to TO-
cation, s16.50@ IT; No. 3 timothy
S14.50 1850; choice clover mm'
ed, $17@17.50; No. clover Mixed
$16.50@17.
Butter--We quote per lb.: Cream
cry fancy, 31@32; creamery choice,
29 q 30; creamery good, 27q2S;
creamery imitation, 22G25.
Cheese-We quote, jobbing lots
per h.. 17A @17Kc
Eggs-We quote, per doz, loss
off: Maryland, Pennsylvania ana
nearby firsts, 27c; Western fTsts'
27; West Virginia firsts. 81; souta,
ern firsts. 26. Guinea eggs. lSw
lac.
Live Poultry-We quote, per ID:
Chickens-Old hens, heavy, lOG',
do, small 20 medium, l5E olu
roosters. 10; do, young, II. DueSs
old. 12c.; white Pekings, OLD io'
spring, 8 lbs. and over, 1SQ Ia oO'
small, IL.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

Pauline Chase, the actress, whom
j. NJ. Barrie Is credited with desire
to marry, is really Pauline Bliss,
we'll known in Washington.
The revenue cutter Thetis las been
assigned to take station in Hawaii,
and will proceed there on her re-
turn from the Bearing Sea.
State Department officials declare
that former Representative j. Hamil-
ton Lewis has no connection with the
State Department.
Ernest Lyon, the American minis
ter to Liberia, is in the United States
on leave.
Mr.. Fletcher, charge d'affaires at
Peking, has been instructed by the
State Department to express to
China this governmental regret on
account of the death of Chang Chih
Tung
Naval officials are encouraged over
their success in securing fine class
of recruits and over the satisfactory
condition of the enlisted personnel.
The new body of three tariff ex-
perts authorized by the last tariff act
organized by electing Lester d.
Spier, of Boston, as executive secre-
tary.
1t is believed that Secretary Of
State Knox has cent for Charles r..
Crane, the new minister to China, to
tell him he talks too much.
Less than 80 per cent. of the
whole number of officers in the Uni
ted States Army are graduates of
West Point.
The military surgeons listened to
an address by Surgeon Inspector
Bunyo Tomatsuri, of the Japanese
navy.
Mr.. John Il. Carter. son OF Mr..
Bernard Carter, was appointed Uni
ted States minister to the Balkan
states.
DR.. w. r. Vance, dean of George
Washington University Law School,
has accepted a professorship at Yale.
Admiral Dewey resented the
charge made by former Representa-
tive Lands that the American Navy
Is bluff.
The revenue cutter Bear is on the
way to Nome, Alaska, TO bring home
the stranded Americans.
Thomas C. Merrill resigned as
disbursing officer of the Census Bu-
reau.
santo Domingo is going to revise
its tariff downward.
Lewis r. Payson, representative
from Illinois in the Fifty-frst Con-
gress, is dead.
Walter II. Watson, of Philadel-
phia, has been appointed a customs
Inspector. with headquarters at Phil
adelphia.
No further JOINT maneuvers cf the
Regular Army ana national guards
will be ordered by the War Depart
ment.
During 190S-9 more fish and fish
eggs were distributed By the Bureau
OF Fisheries than ever before.
Capt Harold Jones described tho
field service of the medical corps OF
the National Guard as a Joke.
The prelect .or the erection Of a
statue TO General Count Pulaski has
received temoorary setback. a IN
The work OF teaching the Signal
Corps officers OF the Army at Coll
lege Park was begun In earnest. Will
bur Wright is the Instructor
The Midvale and the Bethlehem
Steel Companies each will receive
contracts for furnishing large mum.
her OF guns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
THIRTY PERISH
IN AN EXPLOSION
Some Fifty Men Entomhed in a
Mine.
A Terrible Disaster At Nanaimo,
B. C.-Sprcading Fire Prevents
Rescuers From Completing Their
Work-All The Men Rescued Are
Badly Injured--Mine Extends Out
Under The Sea.

Victoria, b. G. Especially Thirty
miners are known to be dead as the
result of an explosion at the Exten-
sion Mine of the Wellington Colliery
Company near Nanaimo. The death
list may be even larger, as so min
ers were entombed by the explosion
with slight chance of rescue. The
shock was terrific, but its effect was
confined to the slope wherein 1t oc-
CURED. All of the men in the other
slopes and levels escaped.
No bodies had been recovered up
to late hour. Fifty men were en-
gagged In rescue work, but spreading
flames stopped them. The rescuers
hoped the flames would die down
soon as to permit the rescue of the
entombed men, but their chances
seemed hopeless.
The explosion was due to fire
damp, the timbers in two levels at
once igniting and the fire spreading
with great rapldity. Residents Of
Nanaimo have been prevented from
going to extension where the disaster
occurred and only rescuers, miners
and officials are on the scene.
The mine is situated so miles
north of Victoria, near the seacoast.
Some of the chambers run under the
sea. They are owned by Governor
Dunsuir, of British Columbia.
Over 5000 men are employed in
these collieries, which are the second
largest in Canada.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
SPAIN ASSURES FRANCE.
No Intention OF Expanding Her
Operations In Morocco.

Paris (SpeciaD. - The Spanish
Ambassador to France, the Marquis
del NUM-, has again formally assur-
ed Foreign Minister Pichon that
Spain has no intention of departing
from her original program regarding
Morocco, as communicated to the
Powers.
Alexandra Leroux, member of the
Spanish Chamber of Deputies and
leader of the Barcelona Republicans,
who is now returning to Spain for
the opening of the Cortes, after two
years spent in exile because of his
bitter denunciation of the govern
ment, declared in an interview in
Paris that all the Liberal elements
in Spain were concentrating and that
revolution was not only possible,
but necessary and easy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE

Bank OF England rate Of discount
was increased from 2 y 10 per cent.
In nine months Southern textile
plants have planned expenditures of
S21, 100000,
Gross earnings of many railroads
are now running ahead OF the 1907
record figures.
In twelve years the duty paid on
all steel rails imported in the United
States amounted 70 $1,S00,000.
Great Northern's earnings for Sep
tember Increased $965, 900, which is
the largest gain the company ever
reported in any month.
Fifth President w. w. After
bury, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
is home from a vacation spent aunt
ing in Canada and Maine.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad has
voted 10 increase its capital by is
issuing S30,000,000, par value. OF
new stock. The etock will be sold
to shareholders at s125, the present
market price being $1Ss.
Only 3,s6G Connellsyllle coke
ovens are now idle out of total OF
$4,000. At one time 10000 were
out OF blast. and more are working
now than at any day since the 1907
panic.
OF the Pennsylvania steel rails for
1910 delivery. Cambria and Penn.
sylvanIa steel will each make 41.S00
tons. u. s. Steel $4,000 tons, Beth
lehem 1870 tons and Lackawanna
1850 tons.
Cambria Steel bought $4,000 tons
OF Bessemer pig iron from Western
furnaces at $3.50 ton at the
furnaces for delivery in the first hall
of 1910. This very big purchase Is
said TO have surprised Iron men.
Anthracite coal shipments In Sen
tember We're 4,416,120 tons. a de-
crease OF 794.927 compared with
September, 1908. Jersey Central re.
turned the biggest decrease OF any
company.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14

New Orleans Especially THAT an.
other disaster has befallen Mexico
was the word brought by the
steamer City Of Tampico, the crew
of which report that between 1000
and 1900 people were drowned
along the coast of Yucatan in the
West Indian hurricane that recently
swept the gulf. A tidal wave swept
in from the gulf, flooding the low
lying islands and the coast for a
distance of about a thousand miles.
The islands and the coast were in
habited by fishermen. They and
their families were carried back into
the gulf by the torrent of waters
that poured over them.
So complete was the devastation,
as the sailors of the Tampico report
1t, that no work of rescue is to be
undertaken. The coast has been
swept clean of fishermen's huts and
the island in some cases have been
stripped even of their trees.
The full story of the disaster is
just reaching the island community
the sailors say, and the news has
caused terror among the more ig-
norant inhabitants. Following the
receipt of the news of the flood in
Monterey, in which thousands were
drowned, many of the people fear
the country is under a curse and
that still other terrors will develop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
GENERAL DELIVERY MAIL.
Washington Postmaster Thinks Its
Use Should BE Restricted,

Washington, D. c. Especially TO
protect young girls from demoraliz-
ing influences attending clandestine
correspondence Postmaster Barnes.
of this city, is seeking authority from
the Postofiice Department to material
ly put a stop to the practice of de-
livering letters addressed to fictitious
names by limiting the use of the
free delivery window to any one per-
son to 80 days. An investigation
quietly conducted by the postmaster
has shown that of the 1904 letters
recently called for by women at the
free delivery window during two
days, Ill bore fictitious names,
eight of these claniestine communi-
cations being called for by young
girls under 1 G years of age.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
FIFTY WoRKMEN HURT.

Ballston, n. Y, Especially Fifty
workmel, bound from Ballston to
Schenectady, were injured, many OF
them badly, in a collision between
trolley cars on the Schenectady
Electric Railway here.
The collision was due to a fog and
took place at the outlet station
south OF Ballston. The so workmen
were all In one car and not one OF
them escaped injury. The motor
man was fatally crushed. The in
jured men were removed TO hospi.
tails IN Schenectady and Saratoga.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Eats Dog Meat And Likes II.

Minneapolis. MINI. Especial. -
After Mrs. John Kruski had her hus.
band arrested ON the charge OF
cruelty. he denied her accusations
but later he admitted TO sergt. j
". Lalier, IN the office OF the HUI
maao society. that he ate dog meat
ara liked II. Kruski said he pro-
cured a small dog from the Janitor
took II home. killed II ald ate II.
Hc denied that he insisted on his
wife eating any OF Il. but said he
saw ro reason why she, should not.
He declared II was nice, tender
meat. tasted well and made him
stvens-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
A Bomb At A Wedding.

Riemke. Germany Especially -
During dance given in this village
following a peasant wedding an un-
known man. thoroughly disguised,
suddenly appeared on the scene, and
from tho doorway threw bomb
among the dancers. Eight persons
were severely wounded and several
others slightly injured by the cxplo-
sion. II is presumed the man acted
through motlyss Of jealousy. He
made his escape.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14

New York (SpeciaD Unique in
the history of religious movements
is the National Missionary Cam
paign, which will be launched this
week by the Laymen's Missionary
Movement, representing the laymen
of all the Protestant churches in the
United States
In rs principal cities, East and
West, North and South, mems mis-
sionary conventions will be held, at
which an aggregate attendance OF
more than 100000 men is expected.
Ten thousand men are now serv-
ing on local committees in prepara-
zion for the meeting. President
Taft heads the list of 200 speakers
who will be heard throughout the
winter. This list includes promt-
nent public men. officers of the
Army and Navy, newspaper men,
bankers, business and professional
men, ministers, mission board secre-
taries and missionaries.
The announced object of the cam
paign is to arouse the Protestant
churches of the United States to a
realization that the opportunities for
missionary work all over the world
are greater than ever before and Sc
cure especially the cooperation OF
the men of the churches in a great
increase of support for the mission
ary board and societies. The Lay
mems Missionary Movement does not
raise any money, but seeks to stim-
ulate men of all churches to give
more generously through their reg
ular church channels.
Opening OF The Campaign.
The campaign will open at Buff
falo, n. Y, on October 16. The
meetings during the first two weeks
will include Cleveland and some
of the cities Of the East and South.
In November the circuit will swing
along the Eastern Coast and include
Providence, Boston, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. 1t will
swing as far West as Detroit in De-
cember.
Three or four days will be spent
in each city. The Washington con-
yention will be of national import
ance. It is there that President
Taft will give his testimony to the
value and success of the missionary
enterprise as he has seen 1t in the
Far East. Chief Forester Pinchot
Is chairman of the Washington con-
vention committee. Ambassador
Bryce and other speakers of nation
al and international repute will be
on the program.
A whole week will be devoted to
New York City during the first part
OF January. The promoters expect
that the greatest aggregation of
missionary speakers ever assembled
will unite In the campaign in Great
er New York. After this meeting
the work will be divided between
two teams of speakers and stimuli
taneous conventions will be held
South and North, the double series
eliminating in a great National Mis-
sionary Congress in Chicago, May g.
6. This meeting will be held in
the Auditorium and 5000 represen-
tative laymen and ministers will be
present Speakers from all over the
world will be heard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Seventeen Die In Wreck.

Topeka, Kan. (speciaD Seven
teen persons were killed and 10
severely injured in a collision be-
tween a freight train on the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
near here. The dead are II Mexi-
cans, four section foremen and two
brakemen. The injured are all
Mexicans and are at the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Hospital. It
Is believed some OF them are fatally
injured.
The work train was backing into
Topeka with so Mexicans riding on
the fat cars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Explosion Kills Eight.

Roslyn. Wash. (specia) AT least
eight men were killed and three per-
haps fatally injured in a gas explo-
sion in coal mine No. 4, of the North
western Improvement Company, here.
When the explosion occurred a col
umn of fire was thrown hundreds OF
feet into the air, ignitinE the shaft
plant and adjoining buildings. I'm
den the intense heat the hoist OF
the shaft crumbled and fell. Cinders
were blown in all directions, several
buildings In parts OF the little min
ing town taking fire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
A J|LTED MODEL
KILLS HERSELF
Tragedy at French vilIa Of An
American Painter.
The GIRL FAMED FOR HER BEAUTY
ID. Ridgway Knight, The Painter,
Says She Had The Most Beauti-
full Face He Had Ever Seen--She
Was Posing For Pictures Which
He Values At $5O,OOO-Lover, On
Learning Of Her Tragic Death,
Tries To Commit Suicide.

Mantes-Sur-Seine, France (Spec-
iaD The villa of Daniel Ridgway
knight. the American painter, at
Rolleboise, overlooking the Seine,
was the scene of a dramatic tragedy.
Armande Pisoni, a 17-year-old girl,
renowned throughout the country
side for her beauty and who served
Mr. Knight in the double capacity of
domestic and model, after being pub
licly Tilted at village ball by her
lover, Gustave Fortune, returned to
Mr.. knights home, took the paint
er's shotgun and, placing the barrel
under her chin, blew off her head.
Mr. Knight found the body Of the
girl the following morning upon his
return from Paris.
Before killing herself Armande
wrote a pathetic letter to her father,
a chimney sweep in Paris, and to
her sisters adjuring the latter to
avoid love affairs and never to be-
lieve mans word. She also left
a letter to Mr.. Knight asking for
giveness for the trouble and annoy
ance she was causing him in COM
mitting such a deed in his home.
The coroner returned a verdict of
suicide during temporary fit of
madness. When Fortune heard Of
the tragic death of his sweetheart
he tried to kill himself.
The funeral of the girl was the
occasion of a remarkable demonstra-
tion of affection for her. The entire
population of the village attended
the services and followed the coffin
TO the grave. Mr.. Knight paid all
funeral expenses. He said that the
girl had a face of the most remarka-
BILE beauty he had ever seen. She
was posing for pictures Mr.. Knight
is painting, which he said are valued
by him at $4,000. One of them is
for John H. Converse, president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, at
PHILADELPHIA.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
PELLAGRA IN NEW YORK.
Army Surgeons Say Disease Comes
From Impure Water.

Washington, d. C. tSpeciaD "A
few cases of pellagra have recently
been discovered in New York, ac-
cording to Capt. Joseph f. Siles,
United States Army surgeon, who,
with Surgeon Henry j. Nichols, has
been conducting a series of expert
ments at the Illinois State General
Hospital for Insane, in Peoria, and
elsewhere.
The experiments have convinced
army surgeons that the commonest
origin of pellagra is not to be found
in spoiled or fermented corn, but
in impure water. The patients affiict-
ed with the disease had, 1t was found
on investigation, first undergone an
affiiction of the intestinal tract re-
sembling dysentery, the result of TAX
ing impure water.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-14
Infant Prodigy At Harvard.

Cambridge, Mass. Especially The
youngest aAd smallest student who
ever matriculated at Harvard Uni
versity so far as known entered col
lege special student. He is VIII
liam j. Sidis, Of Brooklile, the IL
year-old son OF DR.. and Mrs. Boris
Sidis, natives OF Poland. Young
Sidis is a mental prodigy, particular
ly in mathematical studies. he hay-
ing already mastered all the elemen-
taiy branches. sidis attended Tufts
College last year.