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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Cost 100000 To DO Nothing.

New York Especially 1t cost the
city of New York 100000 to ac-
complish nothing A special COM
missioner investigated" Bird S.
Colcr as president of the Borough
of Brooklyn, declared him incompe-
tent and recommended his removal.
Governor Hughes, however, in view
of the fact that Coler's term expires
December 3 next, took no action in
the case. The amount OF money OK
pended in the inquiry was brought
out at Mr.. Coler's own request al
a meeting of the Board of Esti-
mates, Of which he Is a member, and
he voted against allowing It.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE.

A consignment OF s250,OOV s0''
was engaged for export to Brazil
Cant increase wages without ~
creasing freight and passenger ra,eo,
SAYS President Brown OF the Ne"
York Central,
Philadelphia as a port shows W
handsomely. In November the w.
ports were $7.883.73S against ~
021,34l last year, while exports. We We
Ss,6S5,066, compared with Wv"
AT in 1908
Bank OF England reduced II ~
count rate from s to Az per cen H..
Although President Oscar y ms
ray, of the Baltimore and OHIO, VIZ
reelected, II is firmly believed -
financial circles he will resign 'eu
shortly and become chairman OF W
Board of Directors. ~
All three Goulds and al
friends including Alvin w. kre'0n "a
tired from the Western Union posS "a
Of Directors. They we're succes>str ~
BY T. N. Vale, u. N. Bethel ana sn,
American Telephone and Teiesa.fs
party. A rumor says the Gouia p1
Is trying 10 get out Of the Misso'''
Pacific and all its railroads
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Homicldc Aftcr Hunt.

Pensacola, Fla. especially After
spending day in the woods on a
hunt Thursday. Emory Williams and
Seaborn Critchheld. well-known
planters. near Boniface, quarreied
and Critchfield was instantly killed.
They began to fight over the di-
vision OF the game. Critchfielj drew
a knife and iunged at Williams, 1t
Is said, whereupon Williams pulled a
revolver and shot the other dead.
Williams was exonerated- by a coro-
ner's Jury.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
TO EXAMINE DIR. COOKS DATA.
Danish Scientists Delegated To
Receive Documents.

Copenhagen Especially. - Rector
Torp, of the University OF Copenha-
gen; Chancellor Salomonsen ana
Prof. Ellis Stromgren have been deie-
gated to receive the North polar
records of DR.. Frederick A. COOK, on
behalf of the university. These rec
ords are being brought here by Ut.
Cooks secretary. who arrived d.
Christiansand.
AS soon as the papers are IN tne
possession of the men named, con-
sistory will be held, at which conu
mittee of examination will De az
pointed. The president OF this com
mfttee will be Professor Stromsren'
and the other members Will be maui
up of scientists and explorers Su0D
as Commodore Hovgaard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
= OreLon

Won Schoen, secretary for foreign
AFFAIRS OF Germany, informed the
Reicnstag, that Count Bernstorff,
German ambassador to the United
States, in his sTeech in Philadelphia
simply undertook to destroy the
specter of a German colonial empire
in South America.
Notices we're posted az the weav-
ing mills in the Bolton, Wigan an
Leigh Districts OF England that short
time working schedules would go in
to effect next week, owing Ito the
prohibitiye price Of cotton" Many
thousands OF operatives will be af-
fected.
Suffragettes secreted themselves in
odd places in Albert Hall, London,
one woman hiding I'm the big organ,
preparatory to making q TRADE on
Premier Aisquith when he spoke
there, but they were all dislodgd,
The German Chancellor, in a
speech to the Reichstag, spoke OF the
relations OF Great Britain ana Ger
many and OF the steadfastestness OF
the Triple Alliance.
The Nobel peace prize Is divided
between Baron de Canstant, of
France, and NJ Beernaert. former
minister Of state OF Belgium.
The legal dispute between Count
de Castellane and his former wife
over the education OF their son con-
tinues In the Paris Court.
The Roosevelt hunting expedition
in Africa has collected 6,6S3 large
and small mammals and birds.
Baron Sonninot has named a new
Italian cabinet to succeed that of re-
firing Premier Giolltti.
All railway trafic In Southern
Germany has been Interrupted by a
great snow.
Zeppelin, the aviator, is III at
Stuttgart, Germany. from an ulcer on
the neck.
Premier Alsquith. in speech In
London. pledged that the Liberal par
ty would grant self government TO
Ireland.
IL Ia reported that President Ze-
laya has issued instructions to his
military commanders TO shoot every
American caught fighting In the army
OF the revolutionists In Nicaragua.
Mrs. EmmeiIne Pankhurst, the
Engiish woman suffrage leader. was
given an enthusiastic welcome by the
suffragettes OF London on her return
from the United States.
George w. Woodruff. United
. States district Judge OF the territory
OF Hawaii. cabied his resignation
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
New italian Cabinet.

Rome Especially Baron Sidney
Sonnino, the ex-Premier, who was
called upon to form cabinet to re-
place that of Signor Giolitti, has
made a tentative selection. Unless
unforeseen difficulties arise, the new
cabinet will include Admiral Bettolo,
Luigi Luzzatti, ex-Minister of the
Treasury; Deputy Martini, Signor
Salandra, ex-Minister of Finance;
Finnocchlaro Aprile, ex-Minister of
Justice, and Deputies Wollemborg
and De NaYa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Three sufrocated In Mime.

Johnstown. Pa. Especially Three
men died OF suffocation and 21 9TH
ers were overcome and rescued with
difficulty in a peculiar accident at a
mine OF the Shoemaker Mining Com
pany. 15 miles northeast OF this city.
All are foreigners. Fire broke out
In the fan house at the mouth Of
the shaft. Tho place was deserted
and tine flames gained headway be-
fore being discovered. Meanwhile
the fans were In operation. pumping
air TO "a men inside the mine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

r Copenhagen Especially Dir Torn
rector of the University of Conen.
hagen, said that the charges publish.
ed In the New York Times apaius,
DR., Frederick A. Cook are based ON
pure fiction. Nevertheless. he ada
ed, he would accept the offer to ey.
anime the documents prepared h.,
Loose and Dunkle, which the Times
has agreed to send to Copenhagen
Walter Lonsdale, secretary to DR.
Cook, who brought the explorers
records to Copenhagen, also declared
that the accusations published IN
New York and London against Dr
Cook were totally unfounded. He
said that the papers delivered To
the University of Copenhagen con.
tanned the original observations
made by DR.. Cook during the expe.
dition without alterations.
Mr.. Lonsdale stated further that
the explorers report was founded on
these and dictated by DR.. Cook to
him, no other person having any.
thing to do with it. Loose and
Dunkle, Mr.. Lonsdale added, were
guests at the Waldorf-Astoria dur.
ing DR.. Cooks stay there, but the
explorers acquaintance with them
was slight
The committe which will examine
DR.. Cooks records is composed Of
the following: President, Prof.
Ellis Stromgren, director of the
astronomical observatory; DR.. c. F.
Do oetropAr,aar a.
the observatory; Gustav Holm, ex-
plorer; Prof. A. b. Yensen, presi-
dent of the school of navigation;
DR.. Royder, director of the meteor
illogical office, and Dr. F. A. Eng
strom, director of the Lund Observ-
atory.
A summary of the affidavits Of
persons claiming to have aided DR..
Frederick A. Cook in the preparation
of his Polar data, published in Lon
don and New York, was read here
with amazement. Scientific circles
are inclined to be incredulous re-
garding the charges and some per-
sons like Dr. Carl Burrau, the
astronomer, consider them so i'm
probable that their effect will be to
strengthen confidence in DR.. Cook.
In an interview, DR.. Barrau said.
Passages in the story telegraph
ed here give me the impression
that the matter is thoroughly un-
trustworthy. Take, for instance
the statement about Capella. Ca
pella neither rises nor sets in the
Polar regions, but remains fixed
over the horizon. In order to make
observations at the North Pole
more extended and more detailed
knowledge is necessary than is en-
joyed usually by the average ships
captain.
1T will, however, be easy for the
university to determine the truth or
otherwise of the charges"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
SKELETON IN ASYLUM ATTIC.
Grand Jury Urges superintendent
Dismissal As Incompetent.

Newark, n. j. Especially A skele-
ton in the attic of the county insane
asylum here has proved 50 effective
a witness that the grand jury handed
down today presentment character
izing DR.. Daniel NJ. Dill. the super
intendent as incompetent and recon-
mending his removal.
DR.. Dill was unable to account for
the skeleton, which is that of a
woman. No woman, according to
his books, has died in the institu-
ton since 1891.
The grand jury reports tartly that
IL the skeleton is not that of an in
mate 1t must be that Of n visitor.
and recommends that the investiga-
ton be continued
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
To Train stAmuering Pusils.

Chicago Especially A unique ex-
pertinent in the training OF hundreds
Of stammering children who attend
the Chicago public schools Is being
planned by Mrs. ella Fiagg Young.
superintendent OF schools. and sew
eral medical specialists OF Chicago.
Investigation shows that there are
1900 stammerers In the public
schools. Mrs. Young will present a
recommendation at the next meeting
OF the Board OF Education that spec
ial teachers be assigned for stam-
merers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Boy Hanged by His Collar.

spartanburg, S. c. Especially -
With the band of his jacket collar
caught in a small hook in the door.
9-year-old w. M. Pendleton was
found dead from strangulation in
the bathroom of his home. 1t is
supposed that the boy climbed on a
chair to reach towel and fell of,
the collar of his Jacket catching on
the hook. The boy was the son OF
Rev. w. II. X. Pendleton, who came
here from Wytheville, Va, to become
rector OF the Episcopal Church of the
Advent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Took s3, 1870; Got Six Years.

Columbus. Ohio Especially. -
Grayson H. Osborne. former en-
ploye OF the Huntington National
Bank, OF Columbus, who confessed
to embezzling $2S.000, and Donald
c. Abbott. formerly employed by the
New First National Bank, of Colum-
bus, who confessed a shortage OF
$3.50, were indicted by Federal
grand jury. Abbott appeared in
court later and pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to the Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary for six years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Flew A Miles In 81 Minutes.

Paris Especially Maurice Far
man. a brother OF Henry Earman,
the aviator, made what is claimed
TO be a cross-country flight In a
straight line of record length. AS
cending at a suburb OF Versailles In
a biplane OF his own construction
Farman few to Chartres, a distance
of a miles. In SO minutes. He
maintained a height averaging ESQ
feet
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
OIL TRUST ASSESSED $4,000.
Costs OF The Governments Prose-
cution OF IL.

st. Louis Especially. - Costs
amounting to $4,000 were assessed
against the Standard Oil Company
in the United States Circuit Court
as a result OF the recent prosecution
by the Government.
This does not include $4,000
which the Standard paid some time
ago. The oil company was relieved
of paying s15,526, the costs of the
records furnished TO the Govern
ment's attorneys.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
BREAD CHEAPER ABROAD.
Englishman Can't Understand Why
IL Costs More In Chicago.

Chicago (SpeciaD Cost OF bread
in Chicago has proved a puzzle to
J. R. Cahill, an investigator for the
labor department Of the Board of
Trade of England
Mr.. Cahill told of his bewilder-
ment before the City Club.
Il can't understand" said Mr..
Cahill, how we can buy bread in
England for one-third the price you
pay in Chicago, when you send us
our wheat You have to pay five
cents for four ounces of bread, while
we get a loaf weighing ca ounces
for 10 cents, One four-pound loaf
never costs more than II cents. and
usually only 10 cents. | confess |
can't understand it."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

Princeton. y. J. Especially Fifty
six millions Of miles away from the
earth, 14G,000,OoO miles from the
sun and more than three times as
large as the earth In diameter
these are the facts which have been
determined by zaccheus Daniel, 'OS,
graduate student Of Princeton
University, about the new comet
which he discovered on the even
ing Of December last, while perch
ed on the roof of the Princeton OBJ
serYatory sweeping the heavens,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
MINERS ORGANIZER GUILTY.
Albert Ryan, Who Killed Two,
Pleads That Way In Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal (Special) The
trial of Albert Ryan, formerly an
organizer for the Western Fedora
tion OF Miners. who killed two men
and wounded a third in a local ho-
tel on the night of July Is, came to
an abrupt ending in the Superior
Court here, when Ryan pleaded
guilty to murder in the first degree.
Judge Davis must sentence the
prisoner TO hanging or life impris-
onment.
Ryan was adjudged sane by jury.
His victims were Otto C. Miller and
Harry e. Snyder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

ations While Conscious And Feel
No Pain Or Distress-Severe Test
For Roumanian's Theories - In A
New York Hospital.
New York Especially A little
boy, less than years old, lay on
the operating table at the hospital
of the New York Society for the
Relief of the Ruptured and Crippled,
Around the table were so physicians
and surgeons, among them the best
known of their profession. Jonnes-
co, the Roumanian surgeon and
apostle of painless surgery, stepped
up to the table, smiled reassuringly
at the little chap, patted him on
the shoulders, and gently turned him
on his back The boy smiled brave
ly back at the surgeon and the New
York medical men leaned forward
a trifie, watching intently. Jonnes-
co was giving demonstration of his
theories.
The slim needle of a hypodermic
syringe glittered for q moment in
the Roumanian's hand. He pressed
the point of it into the boys back.
low down on the spinal column. The
boy flinched and the medical men
looked at each other. Jonnesco wait
ed less than two minutes, then bow
ed to DR.. Virgil p. Gibney, retiring
to give DR.. Gibney elbow room.
DR.. Gibney, celebrated ortho-
pedic specialist, took hold of the
boys right foot and began to use
the knife. 1t was case of infantile
paralysis. The boys right leg was
crippled and uselesH. 1t was nee
essary to make incislons around the
Achilles tendon and stretch it. In
such cases ether is used customarily,
for the operation is so delicate and
painful that complete analgesia must
be obtained to prevent movement on
the part of the patient and to do
away with suffering.
While DR.. Gibney's hands moved
swiftly and surely the medical men
talked among themselves while
watching the boy who lay perfectly
conscious, his face covered by
towel. Jonnesco spoke rapidly in
French, explaining this or that phase
OF the operation as it was connected
with the uses of his anesthetic. Oc-
casionally someone, DR.. Gibney or
Mr.. Soutzo, Professor Jonnesco's as
sociate. spoke to the boy. Once he
was asked:
How do you feel?"
There was perfect stiffness in the
big operating room. The surgeons
waited intently for the boys answer.
1t was so quiet that the cries of
the newsboys on the street came up
roariously through the windows.
"Aw right" said the boy, his tre-
Bile muffled bit by the towel over
his eyes and face.
DO you feel any pain?"
1T doesn't hurt at ALL" said the
boy. Il feel fine"
Jonnesco smiled quietly, trium-
| 3hantly. The medical men glanced
around at each other again. Some
of them, as was to be seen easily,
were enthusiastic. Others shook
their heads as If still in doubt
After about 25 minutes the opera
tion was completed and the wound
bandaged. The little boy was car
ried back to his cot. They took
/ the towel off his face. The surgeons
! looked to see II there were traces
Of pain there or signs of nausea.
There wasn't the slightest indication
of suffering or sickness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
CHURCH IN GROCERY BUSINESS
Hopes To Pay Debt Win Profits VI
The Store.

Evansville, Ind. tSpeciaD. - Inc
congregation of the Twelfth Avenue
Baptist Church, in this city, laa
opened a grocery store ana lnoS' oS
market in building near the chu'vn, ss
and the profits of the sales VIII W ~
used to pay off the church dgps' TSs
which amounts to about $4,000. iue
pastor, Rev. F. G.. Birdette' has ~
pealed to the members to patroni''
the venture
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
SPONGE IN BODY FOUR YEARS.
Surgeons Forgot To Remove II And
Then Couldn't Find It.

Milwaukee Especially After suf-
fering four years with surgeons
sponge sewed up in her body Mrs,
John H. Fertig, of this city, is
dead.
Four years ago Mrs. Fertig was
operated upon for tumor. The
physician forgot to remove a sponge
from the wound. Another opera
ton, in an effort to find the sponge
failed.
A year later portions OF the
sponge worked out through Mrs'
Fertig's side. A third operation
located the sponge, which was found
hardened and imbedded In the wom-
ans abdomen. This operation was
followed by her death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Commissioner blackburn Resigns.

Washington, d. C. Especially. -
1t was officially announced at the
War Department that former Sena-
tor. ]. G. s. Blackburn had re-
signed as a member of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, and that his res
ignation had been accepted by Presi-
dent Taft, effective December A.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Legally Brother or Father.

Chicago Especially Joseph Wal
do Dux. Jr.. months old. legally
became the brother OF his father
here. when Judge Petit. In the Cir
cult Court. signed decree OF adop-
tion giving the child to its grand
parents, Joseph Dux and his wife
Tho ehild's mother ia dead and his
father lives with the elder Dux, who
is now the legal father OF his sons
anu
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Girl StenOgrapher Burglar.

Los Angeles, Cal. Especially A
girl stenographer, who gives the
name of Mary Moll, was arrested as
a burglar. The detectives said she
confessed two robberies. saying she
had lost her position and was forced
to become a burglar TO avoid starva-
tion. The girl said she came here
from Buffalo, n. Y, recently and
that her home was in Titusville. Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
Must Treat Fairs Alike.

Washington, d. c. Especially in
a decision the Interstate Commerce
Commission suggests that when rail-
roads make a special excursion rate
to state or county fairs or TO large
State meetings the rate be symmetri-
cal with other rates of similar Kind.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
APPLES VS.. THE COCKTAIL.
Doctor Says YOh Can Forget That
Yulctide Thirst.

Des Moines, Iowa (Special) DIR.
Samuel Baily. OF Mount Ayre, a
prominent member of the National
Medical Society, declared before the
State Horticultural Society that ap-
pie eating kills the taste for cock
tails and other strong drinks.
He says II is the meat eaters who
become addicted to strong liquors,
and that fruit-eatlng should be en-
couraged as a solution OF the liquor
problem.
The society indorsed his theory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

Alton. III. Especially Alvin J.
Hoskins. q farmer. said that he had
received word that the United States
Government had purchased his range
finder and distance appraiser for
100000. The invention simpiines
the firing Of big guns In the navy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
THREE TIMES AS
BIG AS THE EARTH
New Comet That Mr.. Zaccheus
Daniel Discovered.
360OO,OO0 MILES AWAY FROM Us.

While Appearing So Much Larger
Than The Earth The Astronomer
Says 1t Does Not Contain One
Thousandth Part OF The Matter
Or Solids That The Earth Does
Saw A Star Millions OF Miles
Away Through II.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
TIE ICE TRUST
IS FOUND GUILTY
Assessed Highest Fine Under
the Anti-mOnOpOly Law.
MEANS DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATION.

Jury Finds American Ice Company
Restricted Competition And At
tempted To Create y Monopoly
Court Imposes The Maximum Sem
tcnce-Counscl For Defense Says
The Verdict Is The First step In
Tho Ultimate breaking Up OF The
Corporation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

For the first time since the German
Empire was founded. In 1871, the
number OF emigrants fell. last year,
below 10000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16

New York CSpeciaD The Amer
lean Ice Company. one of the great
est corporations which lives by deal
ing in the necessities OF life. was
found guilty In the State Supreme
Court of restricting competition in
and attempting to create a monopo-
ly of the sale OF ice. The jury wGs
out one hour and forty minutes and.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
The CHARGES OF cAp1Arl LOOSE
Dr.. TOrp Says Latest ACCUSE.
tionS Are Fiction.

Rector OF University OF Copcnhagor
Willing To Examine Documer,.
Prepared BY Loos" And Dunl,le-
Both Men Allege They Helped To
Prepare Fake Data, And yav,.
gator Asserts The Explorer Neve,
Reached The Pole-Danes place
No Credence In Report.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-12-16
SURGERY ROBBED OF ITS IERRORS.
Prof. JOnnescO Shows Three
Painless Operations.

Fifty Surgeons And Physicians OF
New York Witness Administra-
tion OF Stovainc And Strychnine
To Patients Who Undergo Oper-
ations While Conscious And Feel
No Pain Or Distress-Severe Test
For Roumanian's Theories - In A
New York Hospital.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-19
LIFE GROUND OUT
BY STREET CAR
n. e. KEITH, YOUNG sTENoGRA-
PIER VICTIM OF ACCIDENT AT
GRAND RIVER AND ASH.

Harold l.. Keith. aged "a, employed
as stenographer by R G. Dunn &
Co., and rooming at No. 513 Trumbull'
ave, was struck by Grand River car
at Assist, at $3.50 Thursday night.
sustaining injuries which caused his
death few hours later in Grace hos.
pital
The young man had worked later
than usual Thursday night. and left
the car at Ash-st., to save few steps.
running directly In front OF a car go
ing in the opposite direction. He. was
thrown several feet, and when picked
up was bleeding from the mouth and
nose. He was carried into a nearby
AZ Ayery-ave., who vas passing gave
temporary relief He was hurried to
Grade hospital, where he died at IL
O'Clock.
Keith's home was at No. 81 Lin
coln-ave., Mt. Clemens, where he lived
with his mother and sister. He came
to Detroit six weeks ago. His father,
who is separated from his mother. is
the publisher of the South Bend Morn
ing News. The young man was for
four years In the employ OF the Rapid
Railway In Mt. Clemens. and part of
that time was barn foreman His
mother and sister were sent for, and
they arrived shortly before he died.
The remains will be taken to Jack
son for burial