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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Chokcd With His False Leg.

Columbus, Ohio Especially Using
strap attached TO an artificial leg,
Cornelius Cummins, of Columbus, As
years old, formerly railroad engi-
neer, committed suicide in a room
at the State Hospital, where he had
been a patient for a few months SUI
fering from meiancholia. He had
detached one end OF the strap from
an artificial leg he wore and leaving
the other end attached TO the leg,
ne had braced his foot against the
wall of his room and choked himself
10 death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
To Rar Diseased Nursery stock.

Washington, d. C. (speciaD -
The House Committee on Agricul-
ture will report the bill OF Repre-
sentative Scott, of Kansas, providing
for Government inspection OF nursery
stock at ports of entry, 1t author
izes the Secretary OF Agriculture to
establish a quarantine against the
importation or transportation in in
terstate commerce OF diseased nur-
sery stock or stock infested with in
furious insects.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
May Send warship To Liber,a.

Washington, d. C. (SpeciaD -
The State Department is considering
the question OF dispatching an Amer
lean war vessel TO Liberia, where
alarm is felt for the safety of British
and French citizens employed In the
customs service OF the republic. Al
ready the British Government mas
dispatched a war vessel to MonroY.a
and company OF soldiers. The pres
ent situation. according TO official ad'
vices, may result in passing OF
Liberals 10000 miles OF TERRITORY
into alien hands.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
THE news,
Domestic

DR.. d. L. Burlington, a prominent
physician of Johnstown, Pa, was ar
rested at Sheffield, Pa. Burlington Is
charged with embezzling funds ag-
gregating $4,000 belonging to Wood
men Of the World and Patriotic Sons
Of America at that place. When
found he was working as a laborer
in a lumber camp
Calling TO his sister to witness his
action. Thomas j. McNerny, aged 2S
yeers, OF Oil City, Pa, held aloft a
glass containing carbolic acid. AS
the girl appeared in a doorway, Nc
Nerny exclaimed: Here she goesi"
and drank the poison. He died In
half an hour.
The rule prohibiting the visiting
OF prisoners confined in the Mauea-
wan State Hospital on holidays was
suspended to permit Mrs. William
Thaw 10 visit her son. Harry K.
Thaw, II being the occasion of his
thiry-seyenth birthday anniversary.
The United States Circuit Court of
Appeals of New York refused the
application of Charles w. Morse. the
convicted banker. for bail, pending
an appeal of his case from the lower
court.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
who is to lay the cornerstone for a
federal building at Grand Rapids,
Mich, has been made a member of
the Bricklayers' and Stonemasons'
Union and was presented with a un-
ion card.
As soon as the Homecoming bat
tleship fleet comes within speaking
distance the officers of the ships will
n to- I,s r.sgy.
tend the banquet of the Navy League
of the United States.
The engagement of Sylvia Green,
daughter of Hetty Green, and Mat
thew Astor Wilks, a grandson of
William b. Astor, is reported.
Mrs. Eva Cochran bequeathed
s250,000 to employees of a carpet
mill at Yonkers, n. Y, of which
she was one OF the owners.
Oscar Mundhink, an artist, Of Gin
cinnati, went to a church in which
had been placed statue he created
and wrecked it,
Seven steamers responded to wire
less calls to help the American bark
entine Matanzas, leaking in a gale
off Hatteras.
Mrs. Mary Farmer is to be exc
cuted at Auburn prison the week Of
March 29 for the murder of Mrs.
Sarah Brennan.
United States Senator Isaac Steph-
enson, of Wisconsin, makes affidavit
that his nomination cost him $107,-
1896.
Eleven ships of the North German
Lloyd and Hamburg-American lines
are to be equipped with wireless. :.
Patrick j. Herman, former pres
ident of the failed Fidelity Funding
Company, declared before United
States Commissioner Alexander that
If he were permitted to take charge
of the company's affairs the company
would in six months pay its creditors
In full
A mob of a thousand men were,
ready to burn a negro at the stake
when Sheriff John Logan held them
at bay with a revolver, and saved
the colored man.
The barking of collie dog awoke
the proprietor of the Hotel Del Eu-
rope, in New York, and probably
saved the lives of his guests.
Silas b. butcher, president of the
Hamilton Trust Company of Brook
lyn, died at his home on New York
Avenue, Brooklyn.
Miss Violet Briefly leaped from
the sixth-story window of a business
building in Denver.
Cornelius Cummins choked him
self to death at the State Hospital
in Columbus, o.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
TO STOP KENTUCKY FEUDs.
Great Meeting Will Start Campaign
Against Iawlessness.

Jackson, Ky. Especially A forma!
call has been issued here for a great
mass meeting of delegates from the
AZ counties in Eastern Kentucky 10
gather there on Friday, April 30, and
take action TO stop lawlessness in the
Eastern Kentucky mountains.
Strong resolutions were adopted at
a meeting in which each county vas
asked 70 appoint FIVE delegates. The
resolutions state that capital has
been kept out OF the mountains by
reasons OF the feuds, moonshine dis
tilling and other lawlessness, anc
that such offenses must stop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
10000 Wild Elk Starving

Cheyenne, Wyo, Especially Mem.
bers of the Legislature have received
word that 10000 wild elk are starv.
ing in Jackson County. The deep
snow, covered with hard crust, pre-
vents the elk from getting the grass
beneath, and in their search for food
they are breaking into the haystacks
of farmers. Many farmers are said
to be on guard day and night. The
Legislature will make some provis.
ion for feeding the elk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
FIVE fIREMEN DEAD
IN RUINS At MILWAUKEE
Perhaps a Dozen Hurt When Wall
Of Flaming Warehouse Fails.
TWO OF THEM EXPECTED TO OIF.
Were Fighting Flames From Roof
OF Structure Adjoining Building
Afire When Wall Topples Over
And Crashes Down On Men--La.
borer Runs From Burning Build
ing Saturated With Oil From Ex-
plosion, And A Living Torch.
Died In Hospital.

Milwaukee, Wis. Especially Five
en- injured, two fatally, by the top
ping over of a brick wall while they
fought blaze in the big plant of the
II. w. Johns Manville Manufacture
Ing Company, 225 Clybourne Street.
An employe of the concern. received
Durns In his attempt to escape from
the burning building which resulted
In MS death at hospital. The pc
cunlary loss is estimated at $3.50, 900,
covered by insurance.
Two companies of firemen were
stationed on a wall and roof of the
Waitham Piano Building, south of the
II: w. Johns Manvlle plant. when,
without warning, the rear wall of
the Johns-Manville concern bulged
outward and crashed down. The fire.
men were caught under the mass of
Drlck and timber, which smashed
through the roof of the piano ware
mouse, carrying the firemen to. the
moor below. The dead are:
James G. Cunning, assistant chief
N. j. Whaley, lieutenant.
Joseph Bilinski, pipeman.
James Burke.
John Kraft.
or the injured Otto Ninmer, a
driver' and Jack McGee will probably
die. -
The employe of the Johns -Manville
company who received burns from
which he died at a hospital was
Thomas Pitchs.
The fire followed an explosion of
oil on the second floor of the plant
of H. T. Johns-Manville Company,
which is a maker of pipe and boiler
covering. The stock of the Charles
F. Netsow Company, manufacturers
of pianos and organs, near the Johns
Manville building, was damaged to
the extent of $4,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
THREE BLOWN UP IN TUNNEL
Two Men Are Dead And The Third
May Not Recover.

Jersey City, n. ]. Especially Two
men were killed and one was so
badly injured that he may not re-
cover By an explosion in the McAdoo
tunnel. along the Hudson River.
here. The accident is supposed to
have been due TO a premature blast.
The three men were members OF
a gang engaged in building a spur
TO connect the two tunnels on this
side of the Hudson River.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Big IcicIc Badly Iniurrs Two.

Youngstown, Ohio Especially AR
icicle weighing between 200 and 800
pounds, which fell from the roof OF
the Haseltou furnace, struck Ray
mond Reagan, aged II years, and
Patrick McCan, furnace employe
Reagan Is thought to be fatally In.
jured his skull being fractured. Nc
Can was hurt about the back and
shoulders. Both were taken to the
hospital
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
FOUND 1T HARD TO DROWN.
Would-Be Suicide Swan Ashore
Twice; Then Grabbed Rope.

Chicago Especially Three times
Benjamin Martin, a farmer of Hope
dale, ILL.,, tried to drown. himself in
the Chicago River. Twice he swan
ashore. The third time he would
have sunk had not a policeman
thrown him a rope.
When taken out he became uncon-
scious and was hurried to a hospital.
where he recovered.
He said he had grown despondent
because of the loss of 100000 in
land speculation in Nebraska two
years ago, and because there is now
a mortgage of $4,000 on his farm
at Hopedale.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Cow Died or Rabics

Washington, d. c. Especially. -
The death OF a COW in the District
from rabies and the exposure to in.
lection of two men employed around
the stable has been reported TO the
heath office. Steps have been taKer
to prevent spread of the infection
In the opinion Of health officials, the
COW was probably bitten by a rabid
dog some time last summer or fall
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Volcanic Eruption Getting Serious

volcanic Eruption Getting Serious.
Tampico, Mex. Especially The 40
acres or more which are already EN-.
Draced In the surface of the Berlind
oil and water geyser at Dos Bocas,
near the San Geronimo have been
still further enlarged by a cave-ip
on its east side, which gives the
volcano connection with the water
or Lake Tamihau. The discharge OF
boiling water and oil was increased
by the enlarged opening. An enor-
nous amount of pumice stone Is be-
ing emitted from the crater and it Is
claimed by scientists that these
scenes are the forerunner of an
eruption of lava.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Beaten And ChOkcd

Washington, d. c. Especially. -
Mrs. Eolia Buckley was choked with
a towel and beaten until she was
unconscious by a burglar at her
home here. After committing the
assault her assailant ransacked the
drawers of buffet and stole a pock-
etbook containing $11. Mrs. Buck
ley received such severe treatment
tat she has since been confined to
couch in her home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
SAYS SERUM CURES PAREsIs.
Physician In Ohio State Hospital
Claims Notable Discovery.

Claims Notable Discovery.
Massillon, Ohio Especially In his
address at the sixth councillor dis
trict of the Union Medical Society at
Mckinley Hail. Massillon State Hos
pital, DR.. ]. d. O'Brien exhibited
four patients who are suffering from
paresis and who have been treated
with a recently discovered serum.
All are inmates of the Massillon
State Hospital.
In the clinic, DR.. O'Brien told of
the results of experiments made on
patients by the use of the serum,
which he had found beneficial, he
says.
He told of cases at the Massillon
State Hospital. which, he said. had
been sent away cured, but gave no
names of patients.
The toLr inmates exhibited were
in different stages of paresis.
1t is proposed to test Or. O'Brien' s
methods Of treatment on these four
subjects.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
A Russian Horror

Yrzovka, Russia Especially. - An
explosion occurred in the Catherine
Mine here and 1t wss followed
quickly by fire. One hundred and
twenty-five miners are imprisoned in
the mine. An engineer and three
workmen who attempted to rescue
the victims. have been killed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
wELDING ALUMINIUM. THEY SAY
Torch OF Acetylcne And Oxygen
Gives $500 Degrees.

Cleveland (SpeciaD. A torch,
operated by oxygen and acetylene,
radiating a heat of $500 degrees,
said to be the most terrific known
to science, has been invented here.
BY means of this torch 1t Is posi-
BILE. It is declared. to weld aluminium,
heretofore regarded as an impossi-
bility. The torch makes a flame that
will cut through two inches of solid
steel in less than a minute, and
pierce twelve-inch piece of the
hardest steel in less than 10 minutes.
1t would take a saw almost 20 hours
TO do the work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
WARNS AGAINST NEW TRIAL
Judge Tells Jones To Stick To Lif,
Sentence,

Union, S. C. Especially. W. r.
Jones, who last Saturday was found
guilty of the murder of his wife,
with accommodation to mercy, has
been refused new trial by Judge
Memminger.
The Court sentenced Jones to life
Imprisonment in the State Pentten-
tiary, telling him he would suggest
his taking the term, for If tried again
he believed It would mean his hang
ing.
Jones received the sentence with
composure. He has been remanded
TO Jail. He will probably appeal to
the Supreme Court.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
REGGIO SHAKEN AGAIN.
Walls Thrown Down And People In
A Panic.

Reggie Especially A violent, un.
dulatory, vertical earth shock was
leit here at S.35 P. M. 1t lasted 10
seconds, threw down many damaged
walls and caused panic among the
people, who fled from their huts ter,
ties.
The shock was felt throughout
Caiabria. Nelson Gay, of Boston.
and Earl Dodge, secretary of AM
bassador Griscom, who are engaged
IN distributing American relief here,
did their best to calm the alarmed
populace.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
Sea swallows Its Harness.

Redondo, Cal. Especially. - The
steel pier and coo feet OF approach
of the Starr Wave Motor Company
disappeared In the waves in storm.
The pier, according to the company,
cost 100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
TO CALL CITY UNITED STATES
Italian General Would CommemO.
rate Aid From America.

Rome Especially. - The American
relief party which left Rome last
week, including Nelson Gay Dodge
and Captain Mola, has reached Palmi
and is doing good work.
General Tarditi, the commander
there, praised them for the way in
which the expedition was fulfilling
its charge, and he has had the happy
idea of giving the name United States
to a new city which In time may
of the generous aid given to the pop
ulace by America
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
4O FIce In Night CIothcs.

Denver Col. Especially Fire was
discovered In the Narragansett Hotel,
in North Denver. and 40 persons
were driven out into the cold In their
night clothes. Miss Minnie Schwartz
was rescued while Unconscious.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

Flake grsphits valued at s171,14sl
amorphus graphite valued at $125,1
S21, and artificial graphite valued az
S4S1.23s, were produced In the Unit
ed States in 1907, while an even
greater amount was imported to meet
tho demand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
nIcb Man KIIIs WIG And seIf

Denver, Col. Especially. F. Nc
Carthy, reputed to be wealthy. shot
and killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide at his home, In the
fashionable Hill section. The bodies
were discovered just before noon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
A Wnrlikc Increment

Cettinje, Montenegro Especially -
Twelve Austro-Hungarian warshipi
have arrived at SDizza Bay, close TO
the Mohtenegrin frontier, and 0
cruiser is patroll!ng the coast. Aus.
trian infantry with machine guns
also have arrived at he frontier bs.
tween Herzegovina and Montenegro.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

A British religious Organization 4
trying to transplant a race by en-
couraging the emigration of thi
Lapps from Lapland, where they ar,
in danger OF extinction, to Labradol
and New Foundland.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18
s5o, 600 For italian Orphnns.

New York Especially 1t is an
nounced that $4,000 has been paid
over 10 Queen Helena OF Italy by
the Christian Herald for relief work
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

New Mexico produced nearly S,'
600. 1000, tons of coal last year, with
full quota of miners for the fre
time In several years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-02-18

Net more than one-quarter OF thS
suglr eonsu med in the United STATED
Is produced within It's borders.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-03
CaVrtaDy en- d AtsneO
DE LA HABANA

Gran expectation existia entire la
intelectualidad habanera por escuchar
al eminente literato don Juan Antonio
Cavestany.
Procedente dc Mejico, en- donde ha
dejado una estela de admiration y po-
pularidad, Ell distinguido academico lle-
60 a la Habana a ganar con las armas
de su talento y profunda cultura ell ba-
luarte del Ateneo, cuyas puertas Sc
abrieron de par en- par ante la pode-
rosa falange de prestigios Y dignidades
que escoltaban este sin par caudillo
de la rima
La personalidad literaria del seilor
Cavestany no era desconocida entire la
poblaci6n latina de. la America; sus be-
Has producciones poeticas son abun-
dantes y Sc han prodigado, con todo ell
merecimiento, tanto en- Espaiia como
en- estas rep1blicas donde sobradamen-
te Sc sabe que al ilustre discursante de
aver lie asisten todos los titulos para os-
tentar la representation de la pujante
intelectualidad espaiiola cerca de los
paises que a la sombra de la enseiia
ibera recibieron los priineros destellos
de la civilizacion.
La fgura del senior Cavestany es SIM
patiquisima de porte airOSO, con domi-
nio perfecto de la tribuna, conoce los
resortes para ganarse las voluntades
de los oyentes que insensiblemente Sc
ven subyugados por su florida palabra
y sus delicades conceptos.
Muchas son las netabilidades que
han desfilado por ell trono de la elo-
cuencia que, bien afirmado, tiene la
ilustre sociedad habanera; indudable-
mente que allf Sc ha puesto repetiGas
oeces catedra de elocuencia, pero nun
ca, que recordemos, Sc ha cOlocado en-
csc sitial un orador que con tanta suit
lidad y mana tribunicia haya sabido in
illtrasse en- ell amino del audiioric.
Ell triunfo del seiior Cavestany fue
grandioso cuai correspondia 4 las es-
peranzas que nos habiamos forjado los
que de antique conocemos las valiosas
dOtes que concurren en- el Drominente
poeta espanol.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-03

NADIA piedra donde anida ell viviente es-
piritu de un Arte sublime, para que, 81
la honradez anima sus trast0rnados Jul
clos, tuvieran que confesar admirados
que el genio del Cristianismo es el ge-
MO de la civilization Y la base de verda-
dero progreso, y los cristianos, indivi-
duales agenteS en- la civilizaci6n de todos
los pueblos y de todos los tiempos y por-
tadores de la cultura, y slls guardadores,
ante la arrasante infecundidad de los
incultos pedagogos de todas las revolu-
clones.
para que hahlar de sublime poesfa "
admirable literature, 81 la literature "
la poesia, en- Ia verdadera acepci6n de Ia
Erase, son legitimas hijas del Cristianis-
mo, como el Cristianisma es sobrenatural
hijo del cielo!
Pero. .esa eterna y permanente fe-
cundidad artistica y cientifica del Girls
tianismo, tienen como es consiguiente
una causa, y su poder victorioso disfru-
ia de un vigoroso impulse, superior 4
todas las combinadas fuerzas naturales
Ojala podamos exponer esa causa y
ese impulse que asigna Y asignara STEM
pre- la necesaria victoria al Cristianis-
mo, para que los librepensadores 10 en-
tiendan como 10 entendemos, y Sc delei-
ten, como los deleitamos en- la venture
sa possession de tan admirable concedida
idea.
. ELPDI0 DE MIER.
San Juan, P. R. 1909.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-12-03

cuela de Fulda, de donde salieron les
hombres mas doctos y distinguidos de Ia
antigua Alemania.
Tn cristiano di6 q la Ciencia su raz6n
propia, y otro, hizo de la escolastica de
Arlstoteles ell mayor conjunto arm6nico
de ciencia metafisica que conocen los
siglos.
Tn cristiano descubrio las leyes de ia
gravitaci6n universal, y otro consigui6
pesar ell aire, como 81 ell eter fuera plo-
mo.
Tn cristiano valeroso usurpa los pro-
celosos mares los maravillosos secretos
de Ia Occeania, otro da un Mundo nue.
vo la civilization por conducto de los
Reyes catolicos del imperio hispano,y un
tercero civiliza Mozambique, Goa v
Cabo Verde.
5Quien sino un cristiano, produjo una
verdadera revoluci6n en- ell mundo cien-
tlfico con la Geological
No era un cristiano quien llevoa cabo una
revoluci6n en- la m1sica con ell nuevo Ar
te de Hyden y Bellini?
No fue un cristiano quien puso al al
"ance de los estudios, los fastos del mum
do con la Historic Universal?
p No esotro oristiapo quien produce una
sublime revoluci6n en- ell Teatro con el
genio sublime y salvaje de Shakespeare
Un cristiano,y cristiano mucho tempo
cautivo fue quien ennobleci6 ell roman
ce, cre6 la novela en- SUI verdadera acep-
cl6n artlstica destruyo la risible ca
balleria andante con ell sublime invento
del Quijote.
Otro cristiano levant6 sobre las crea-
clones de Grecia y Roma ell poema epico
moderno, con el maravilloso libro llama
do La Divina Comedaa
Los cuadros gigantescos y admirables
lienzos de Versailles, los pinceles de Mu-
rillo, de Miguel Angel, de Velazquez,
de Giotto, de Espanoleto, de Goya, de
mil otros que nj siquiera pudo sonar nj
delinear la antiguedad pagana, nos ha-
blan del fecundo genio del Cristianismo,
dando la Ciencia y al Arte inagotables
tesoros de riqueza.
ST goza la civilization de la casi ON
nipotencia del vapor 81 Sc ha conseguido
someter y encadenar el rayo al capricho
del hombre; 81 sc utiliza ell gas fiuidico
para los usos de la industria y las necesi-
dades de la vida; 81 la imprenta Aeva en-
graficos caracteres ell pensamiento hu-
mano a traves del tempo y del espacio;
81 81 TELEGRAPH las ondas herzianas tras
miten los humanOs pensamientos grande
distancias, debese todo ESQ q la investiga-
dora Y laboriosa cultura del ingenio
cristiano.
No queremos interrogar q la Arquitec-
tura para que nos exhiba con venera-
ci6n, las filigramas artisticas. de- colossal
grandeza y duraci6n perdurable, no
igualadas por las obras egipcias, ba-
bil6nicas, ,griegas.n romanas. EN- esas mara
vIllosas catedrales que hablan traves
de todos los tiempos, en- todos los climas
en- todos los idiomas de la eterna y
magma grandeza del Cristianismo.
Podriamos Hevar los librepensadores
ante los muros calados de esas joyas 60
ticas que sc llaman catedraIes de Milan,
de Colonia, de Leon y ante las petreas
oiivas delicadas que parecen hender la
altura de los cielos. aquellas columns
coronadas de variados chapiteles que es-
tupefactos han admirado los siglos, aque-
Hos sirasos y cnorunes monstruos de afi-