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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
NAvY'S GREATEST FIGHTER
Delaware. Heaviest warship In the
World, Launched.
Diamond State Girl Breaks Wine As
Monster Slides Into The James.

Newport News, Va. Especially In
the bright, glorious sunshine and
balmy breezes like those of an April
morning the monster battleship Del
aware, the biggest and heaviest war;
ship ever given to the seas, was sue
cessfully launched into the James
River, shooting from her berth as
lightly as a canoe.
with this wine / christen thee,
good ship, Delaware" said the spon-
sor, Miss Anne p. Cahall, a relative
of Delaware's Governor, as she dash
ed a bottle OF sparkling native Della
ware champagne against the tower
ing vessels starboard bow. The ship
had already been freed from her
braces and had slipped a few feet
down the ways. The flags and pen
nants of the navy, the builders, the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
dock Company and OF the State of
Delaware were unfurled to the
breeze from the ships false tops and
the whistles of scores of craft in
the river screeched their welcome to
a new defender of American waters
and the queen, or king, more proper
ly speaking, of all the seas of the
world. For the Delaware, as she was
launched, was bigger than any war
craft ever heretofore sent into the
water.
Although a sister ship of the
North Dakota, launched last Novem-
Der, she went in more than 1000
tons heavier than the former, which
was heavier than any other vessel
ever previously launched
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Foreign

Rear Admiral Sperry approved the
findings of the court-martial which
tried Captain Qualtrough, of the bat
tleship Georgia, at Gibraltar, on a
charge of intoxication. While the
findings were not made public, 1t
is rumored that the officer has been
disgraced and possibly he will be
dismissed.
Debate in the French Chamber of
Deputies concerning the anti-govern-
ment manifestations at st. Pierre
Mquelon resulted in a vote of con-
f1dence in the government to carry
out reforms in the colony.
President Leguia accompanied by
the members OF his STAFF and For
eign Minister Porras and Minister of
War Ontaneda, of Lima, Peru, called
upon Rear Admiral Swinburne.
The disabled Mexican revenue cut
ter Josevus Linantour was saved by
wireless telegraphy.
A new treaty has been signed by
the G 3rman and Venezuelan govern
ments.
Another earthquake shock is re-
ported to have occurred in Montreal.
The compromise arranged by one
of the committees Of the Internation-
al Naval Conference in session in
London, defining what constitutes
IAN enemy" is not approved by the
State Department at Washington.
French exports TO the United
States in 1905 aggregated $91,776,-
65S, a decrease of $50, ,994, as
compared with 1907, the falling off
being due to the financial stringency
In this country.
Fighting has occurred in Abyssinia
between followers of a brother of the
Emperor and forces under the father
Of Lig Yosu, the designated heir to
the throne.
Moscow police arrested a man Civ
ing the name OF Richard r. Stevens,
of Washington, d. c., on the charge
OF associating with revolutionists.
NJ. Nemeshaleff has accepted the
portfolio Of minister Of Russian rail
roads in succession to Lieutenant
General Schafihausen.
Cipriano Castro, former president
OF Venezuela, who underwent an cp-
Grafton in Berlin, has left the sani-
tarium well.
Odd Fellows Temple at Chatham.
Ont, was robbed OF Jewels and
copies Of secret work of the order
stolen.
Carrie Nation was fined $3.50 by
a London court for destroying a
cigarette advertisement in a car.
Count Cassini nearly "a years in
the Russian Diplomatic Service, has
applied for retirement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
WILLS HIS ALL TO JOHN ID.
Jersey Mans Only Condition Is That
Oil King Find His Wealth.

New York Especially In the eff
fects of John Crom, formerly OF
Shamong Township, N. j., has been
found the following will, duly signed
and executed March Is, 1906:
81, John Crom, do hereby give
and bequest all my real estate and
personal property, horses, cattle,
gold mines, farms, railroads, steam
ships, canalboats, telegraph lines, oil
well, ocean cables, airships, cram
berry bogs, cattle ranches, auto
mobiles, and also my castle in Spain.
also my castles in the air, TO John
d. Rockefeller, providing he can find
them.
John p. Crom.
"Signed in the presence of witness
es: William Handspring. Spring
Williams, William Earlyspring, Will
liam Cantspring and William With
out-aSpring.
This is to certify that I, John
Crom, being in right mind, sign this,
my last will"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

The House Committee on Public
Buildings approved request made
by Representative DENLY that ST.
500 be diverted for the construction
of an annex to the possoffice at De-
troit.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds agreed to a
favorable report on the Rodenberg
bill to purchase the Oldroyd collec-
tion of Lincoln relics.
President Roosevelt received a re-
port from a commission appointed by
him last spring to revise and codify
the laws applying to safety of life
at sea.
The statehood bill to admit Ari-
zona and New Mexico into the Union
as separate states was favorably acted
on by the House Committee on Ter
ritor.es.
An amendment appropriating
100000 to enable the United
States to participate in an exhibition
at Brussels in 1910 was reported to
the Senate.
A resolution demanding an investi-
cation of the Steel Trust was intro
duced in the House by Representa-
tive John Wesley Gaines (Dem.,
Tenn.)
The Secre. airy of the Treasury will
make another call on the temporary
depositaries to be paid on or before
February "a.
President Roosevelt issued state
ment reiterating his belief that the
Secret Service should not be hamper
ed.
John Norris. of the American
Newspaper Publishers As5ociat' on,
sent a letter to the House committee
charging the Paper Trust with mis-
representing the wages they pay.
The War Department wants Con-
gress to pass a retirement bill for
civil employees of the Philippine gov
ernment and charge the expense up
to the Filipinos.
A bill was introduced In the House
requiring all ocean-going passenger
vessels to be equipped with wireless
telegraph instruments.
The scores of the battleship feet
practice al Manila show a notable
Increase in efficiency.
To defray expenditures for fitting
VIC SdplloI lot lHt lHduBuTdliO0 OF
William ii. Taft, a JOINT resolution
was agreed in the Senate appTopri-
ating $4,000.
Senator Bacons resolution estab-
fishing the line of succession 10 the
presidency by amendment TO the Con.
stltution was reported favorably.
The Senate passed a House bill
declaring February ~, 1909, the
centenary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, a legal holiday.
Representative Sperry introduced a
bill to appropriate s1.000,00O for a
federal building at New Haven.
William Loeb is slated to become
collector of the port of New York.
The Secretary of tho Treasury sub
mitted to the House estimates of ap-
preparations required for the remain
der OF the year.
An opportunity will be given the
House to act on the Sherley Bill
amending the bankruptcy laws OF
the United States.
The petition for rehearing In the
New York gas case was denied by
the United States Supreme Court
Charles II. Brent. bishop of the
Philippines, was elected Chairman OF
the International Opium Commission.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
ANTI-JAPAN :SE Bill!
IS BADLY BEATEN
The Drew Measure Fails BY Vote
of 48 To 28.

Sacramento, Cal. Especially Al
ter a debate extending from IL
o'clock A. NJ. until P. M. the
Assembly by a vote of 4S to 2S re-
jected the bill drawn by A. NJ. Drew
barring aliens from ownership Of
land in California.
The bill had been amended at the
request of President Roosevelt and
Secretary Root so that the clause ap;
plying to Japanese only was elimi-
mated, making the bill apply to all
aliens, but the measure arouse such
a storm of opposition that long be.
fore the debate was closed by Mr.,
Drew it was apparent that the
measure would be defeated.
In substance the objection to II
was that it would drive at least ST.
100000 of foreign capital out
of the state and might jeopardize
the present friendly commercial re-
lations with Japan.
The supporters of the bill contended
that the State was being overrun
by thrifty Japanese, who were grad
ually gaining an impregnable posi-.
tion as landowners, and whose gov
ernment was trying 10 dictate to Cal.
ifornia regarding legislation.
Sensational Speeches.
Two sensational speeches were
made, one for and one against the
measure. Assemblyman Grove l..
Johnson, of Sacramento, eX-Congress.
man, and author of four bills segre.
eating Japanese in schools and resi-
Dental districts and preventing
aliens being members of corpora
tions, made an impassioned appeal
for the enactment of the Drew bill.
At the climax Of his speech he walk
ed backward from his seat to the
lobby rail-, and, selling in his arms
golden-haired girl of three, held
her aloft and declared that he was
lin favor of this as opposed to the
Japanese menace to our institu-
tions."
Nathan G. Cole. OF San Francisco,
who was elected with the endorse
ment OF the Ulon Labor Party, op-
posed the Drew bill on the ground
that II was in conflict with the state
Constitution, that it was inimical to
union labor and that It was not
favored by the national administra.
''N'I' WHicH nc Sdlu WIS QGdllnR with
a delicate problem and should be
supported by the people of califor.
MIA.
III Roosevelt Came.
Dramatically confronting Assem-.
blyman Drew, he said.
IF President Roosevelt should
throw open the doors of this Assem-.
bly, chamber and, laying his hand on
your shoulder. should request for
reasons of state. that ven withdraw
this bill, you, Mr. Drew. ~ patriot.
ic citizen OF the United States, would
assent without a murmur."
This sally was received with 1grea.
applause.
In reply Mr.. Drew. closing his ar.
grment for the bill. declared that he
bad received letter from the Presi-
dent In which the President stated
that he was not opposed to the bill
as II had been amended at his re-
quest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Prohibition Astir In Iown.

Des Moines Especially .-Represen-
tative c. A. Meredith introduced in
the lower house of the Legislature
a joint resolution demanding that
steps be taken toward amending the
State Constitution so as to prohibit
the manufacture and sale in Iowa
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
Meredith represents the prohibitory
forces OF the State. and this Is re-
garded as the beginning OF the cam
paign for prohibitory amendment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
BLAZE IN Charlottesville
-Four Business Buildings Destroyed
and Others Damaged.
University OF Virginia Students Aid
Firemen To Subdue The Flames.

Charlottesville, Va. Especially -
The most destructive fire that has
visited Charlottesville In 80 years
wiped out four business houses and
damaged much other property, en-
failing a total loss of over 100000.
The fire was discovered at about
4.30 A. M. in the building of the
Charlottesville Hardware Company,
on East Main Street, and soon spread
to the Gilmore Furniture Company's
establishment, next door These
structures, two of the largest in the
city, we're soon In ruins. The flames
continued their course westward,
first destroying a vacant store room,
the property of Phil Oberdorfer, and
later the clothing establishment Of
j. b. & W. H. Wood and the shoe
store of James N. Waddel.
The local firemen made the fight
OF their lives in an effort to save
the Peoples National Bank, on the
corner of the block adjoining the
Gilmore Furniture Company. They
were in some measure successful.
The two top stories were partially
gutted, but the bank proper suffered
only slight loss. the damage being
due mainly to water.
The Wheeler Building, just across
Main Street from the bank, caught
fire in several places, but the flames
were extinguished The fronts of the
five store rooms en- this side of the
street were burned out. Just be-
fore daybreak it looked as If the
fiames would make clean sweep to
Union Station, but the firemen stuck
to their task bravely and a half hour
later the fire was well under control
Five thousand people watched the
fire, including several hundred stu.
dents from the university, who aided
in subduing the flames.
The largest losers are: Charlottes.
Vile Hardware Company, 100000;
Gilmore Furniture Company, S50,.
600; J. B. & w. H. Wood. clothiers,
$4,000; j. NJ. Wade,l, shoe dealer
$4,000, and the Peoples National
Bank, $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
A BARE-FOOTED HEROINE.
Girl Saves Two Children And Home
From Flames.

Pittsburg, Pa. tSpCciaD - With
feet bare because her mother was
too poor to buy shoes for her, Annie
Lubowitz, 10 years old, walked twice
across the burning floor rof their
home at 1909 Our Alley and rescued
her baby brothers The cradle in
which a six months old child lay
sleeping was blazing vigorously when
barefooted Annie rushed through the
flames, lifted the little brother from
the burning bed and carried him TO
safety. Again she dashed into the
blazing room and led out another
brother. six years old, who was too
badly frightened TO escape alone.
Then Annie summoned neighDors,
who sent in an alarm and saved the
rest of the house She was not seri-
ouSly hurt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Alabama Plstol Law Void.

Montgomery, Ala. Especially The
Alabama law which prohibits the car
rying OF a pistol less than "a inches
In length was declared unconstitu-
tional by the State Supreme Court,
the opinion reversing a recent de-
cis!on. The law applies to officers
OF the law. as well as to civilians,
and the decision declaring the law
null and void was rendered in the
case OF Lon Taylor, a constable, who
had been found guilty OF carrying
an unlawful weapon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Killed stcpmother; Paid $3.50.

Way Cross. Ga. Especially .-Kincb
Williams, young man who, in No
vember, 1904, shot and killed his
stepmother returned here. after be-
ing fugitive from justice for four
years, surrendered to the sheriff and
was given an immediate trial. He
was allowed TO plead guilty to shoot
Ing at another" and was fined $3.50.
or nine months Imprisonment. He
paid the fine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
WILLIAM j. BRYAN HURT.
In Danger OF His Life In Automo-
bile Accident.

Tampa, Fla, Especially While re-
turning from Sutherland College,
where he delivered his lecture, The
Prince of Peace" William Jennings
Bryan came near losing his lite.
The machine in which Mr.. Bryan
was riding exploded a tire on a
bridge near Tarpon Springs, plunged
into trestlework and threw the occu-
pants out. Mr. Bryan, on the side next
to that which struck the woodwork,
was jammed against a rail and suf-
fered considerable injury. 1t was at
first thought that his leg had been
broken, but when he arrived at Tam
pa an examination revealed that the
leg was only badly bruised.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
THE WORLD CRUISE.

Sailed from Hampton Roads
December 16, 1907.
arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Bra
I'll, January, ~, 1908.
Arrived at Punta Arenas,
Strait Of Magellan, January 81.
1908.
Arrived at Valparaiso, Chilli.
February IA, 1908.
Arrived at Callao, Peru. Febru-
airy 20, 1908.
Arrived at Magdalenna Bay,
March u, 1908.
Arrived at San Francisco, May
G, 1908.
Arrived at Honolulu, Hawaii,
July 16, 1908.
Arrived at Auckland, N. T.,
August 10, 1908.
Arrived at Sydney, n. S. W,
August 20. 1908.
Arrived at Melbourne, Victoria,
August 20, 1908.
Arrived at Manila, October 2,
1908.
Arrived at Yokohama, Japan,
October IS, 1908.
Manila, October 81, 1908.
Arrived - Second Squadron -
at Annoy, China, October 30,
1905.
Arrived at Colombo, Ceylon,
December 12, 1908.
Arrived at Port Said. Egypt,
January 5, 1909.
Arrived at Naples, January 10,
1909.
Arrived at Villefranche, Janu-
airy IL, 1903.
Arrived at Malta, January IA,
1909.
Arrived at Marseilles, January
Is, 1909.
Arrived at Gibraltar, January
81 and February /, 1909.
Sailed for home, February G.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
BIG STORM SWEEPS
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES
SCORE or PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
Vivid Flashes OF Lightning And A
Heavy Fall OF Hail Accompany
The Wind, And Daylight Is Turn
ed Into Darkness During The Con-
tinuance OF The Storm - Big
Buildings Culver.

Louisville, Ky. Especially Death
for probably score of persons.
losses of hundreds of thousands of
dollars in property and the crippling
of many telegraph wires resulted be-
tween noon and dusk from a series
of small tornadoes which swept the
South Central States from the Ten
nessee line to the Texas Panhandle.
The storms were accompanied in
most cases by rain, hail, darkness,
terrific lightning flashes and sheets
of rain.
Most of the towns where losses
of life occurred are off the railroads,
so that news from them has been
coming in slowly. Known casualties
are:
Stuttgart. Ark.--Mrs. Garfield and
a child of Will Story. Mrs. Story is
reported fatally injured.
Sulphur Springs, Tex.-Mrs. James
Ardis and Mrs. G. Caldwell
From Rolling Fork, Miss, just
before the telephone wires broke,
word came that four had been killed
Booth, Miss, reported to Birming-
ham that six had met death there.
In other towns, such as Ennis and
Waxahachie, Tex, and Boscoe, La,
many dwellings are said to have been
demolished by the wind.
Arkansas and Upper Louisiana
rice fields were injured TO the extent
of many thousands of dollars, while
the larger cities experienced rains
and darkness and lightning bolts and
made large buildings culver.
At Chattanooga there was a ter
rinc storm of hail.
Reports from Birmingham state
that several persons were killed by
a tornado at Cullman, Ala.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Tornado Kills Six Persons. .

Birmingham, Ala. Especially Re
ports have reached here that a tor.
Iado struck Booth, Miss, killing
elk persons and destroying much
property. a dispatch from Stuttgart,
Ark, says a storm struck that place
today, killing two persons and injar.
ing a number OF others. Two rest.
dences aud barn were blown down
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
SPECIAL FUND A JUNK HEAP.
All Kinds OF Expenditures Made
From "War Deficiency"

Washington. d. C. Especially -
President Roosevelt's request that the
reply to tie Foraker resolution, call
ing for an itemized statement of ex-
penditures made from the war de-
ficiency fund of 1899 be considered
confidential, may be ignored by the
Senate.
Several Senators who have exam
ined the statement sent in say that
it shows that the fund had been
used as financial junk heap" that
several "junkets" were paid for from
this fund and that in certain in
stances the fund was used to pay
for the entertainment of military visi-
tors from other countries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
SUICIDES ODD FAREWELL.
Leaves Itimized Bill OF His Account
With The World.

Cleveland, o. (SpeciaD THE
world, debtor, in account with Ed
ward Melian, creditor. To one life,
ruined; to carbolic acid. 10 cents;
to hell, one eternity. This account
may be squared by giving me a de-
cent grave"
This is all that remains TO tell
of the identity of a man, who died
by his own hand in lodging-house
here. The inscription, written on a
torn and dirty scrap of paper, was
found on a chair in the suicides
room.
The man who died was not of the
lodging-house type. He was fairly
well dressed. His thin face was that
of man of refinement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
ON THE LAST LAP
y. OF A FAMOUS CRUISE
Big Fleets Departure From Gibraltar
Splendid Sight.
REAR ADMIRAL sPERRYs ADDRESS.

Gliding over A Sunlit Sea. The 10
Huge Battleships, With The Geor-
gia Leading, Arouse Enthusiasm
or Crowds OF Spectators by Their
Perfect Alignment-t,OOO Miles
OF the American Coast The Fleet
viii BE Met And Escorted By The
Atlantic Squadron.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
SAID TO HAVE so WIVES.
Harry j. Bauman Gets Indeterminata
Sentence In Chicago.

Chicago Especially Charged with
having married and swindled so
women in as many cities of the Uni
ted States and Europe, Harry ]. Bau-
man, alias DR.. Herman Brandt, was
given an indeterminate prison sem
tence by Judge Clifford in the Crimi-
nal Court here.
Bauman is said to have wives in
New York, Watertown, n. Y, Troy,
n. Y, and Mahanoy City. Pa.
The prosecution asserted that he
had swindled his many wives out OF
$4,000, and on the witness stand
he smiled when asked II his matri-
monial ventures netted him more
than the amount mentioned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Eagle Steals A Child.

Utica, n. Y. Especially While
playing in the barnyard of her home
near Gouverneur, the 5-year-old
daughter of Josiah Olmtree, was
picked up and carried skyward by
bald eagle. The outcries OF both
parent and child frightened the bird
and It dropped the girl on the roof
Of the harm
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
DAKOTA's 2-CENT LAW PASSES.
Railroads Said To BE Ready To En-
Join IL In Every County.

Pierre. S. d. Especially The Two
Cent Rate bill, as an emergency
measure, going into effect at once,
was signed by Governor Vessey. II
Is reported that the railroads,
through the United States Court at
Sioux Falls. will at once seek in every
county OF the State In which the rail-
roads operate an Injunction to pre-
vent the law going into effect.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Spain TO Build Squadron.

Madrid (SpeciaD, - The Cabinet
has decided to accept the tender OF
Vickers' Sons G. Maxim, the English
shipbuilders, for the construction of
the new Spanish squadron, on condi-
tion that the firm consents to certain
notifications. The amount OF the
contract Is S40.000,000,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
WRIGHT HAS NEW MOTOR.
Stays Up Six Minutes And Notices
Improvement.

Pau, France Especially Wilbur
Wright's aeroplane has been equip
ped with new motor, which has
turned out to be a great improve
ment. The aeronaut, having made
thorough test of his machine,
brought II forth and made the first
of a series of flights before a large
crowd of spectators. He was in the
air for six minutes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
CattIc And Sheen Drown

Marysyille. Cal. Especially Five
hundred cattle were drowned by the
Hood waters on tne Stanford ranch,
near Tehama, and 1900 sheep perish.
ed near Colusa. II is estimated that
the damage in colusa County will be
In the neighborhood of $1,000, 900.
The loss In Butte County is estima.
ted at about 100000, and In Glenn,
Tehara, Sutter and Yuba Counties
approximately a quarter OF million.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
Tecthing Al 7s Fatal.

Plttsburg Especially Cutting her
third set OF teeth at the age of 10
years and complications produced by
It are assigned as the cause OF the
death OF Mrs. Therese Suckheld, at
.f~rf~ f~~-.-~~t
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11
BIII To Regulatc Rcd Sheets

Lincoln. Neb. Especially After an
exciting session, the lower house OF
the legislature passed Representative ,
Sinks bill compelling hotel proprit-
tors to furnish bed sheets nine feet
long.