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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
DISTURBED BEES REVENGE.
Sting Two Horses To Death And
Close Drivers Eyes.

Washington, D. C. Especially An
army of $4,000 bees disturbed in
their hives by a pair of horses made
wild by couple of bees, which had
been stinging them, which then ran
in among the hives, upsetting them,
caused the death of the horses. The
negro driver was terribly stung, but
lives. His face is swollen to twice
its natural size and both eyes are
closed. When the bees began to
pour out of their hives he ran, but
was pursued by hundreds Of the
honey gatherers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Two Burned To Death.

Coudersport.-Cla Buck and
his son Bernard were burned to
death in fire. which destroyed their
powder factory, operated by the Buck
Manufacturing Company in this
town. The origin of the fire is a
mystery.
The elder Buck was the inventor
of so-called safety" powder, which
was manufactured at the plant by
secret process carefully guarded,
Only few days ago Mr.. Buck had
told the secret of his process to a
brother. He took his son into the
mixing room of the powder mill tG
explain the process to him. 1t is
supposed that something went wrong
with their manipulation of the in.
gradients and that the fire started
in the mixing room.
All the employees of the plant es
capped. The bodies of the two Bucks
were found after the fire was ex.
tinguished burned almost beyond
recognition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Twelve-Year-Old Safecracker.

Denver, Col. Especially .-Postoflice
inpectors have been ORD cred from
this city to Palmerlee, N NJ, to take
charge of one of the Youngest safe
crackers in criminal history. Tho
prisoner, who has confessed to the
robbery of the Polmerlee Postofiice
is a 12-year-old Mexican lad. He
broke open the safe like an expert
enced yeggman, took what money it
contained, but left the stamps and
other government papers. Accord
ing to the boys story, he was care
fully trained for the robbery by a
gang of Mexicans.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Wasn't Cured; Shot Doctor

st, Louis Especially DR.. John NJ
Grant, one of the best known physi.
clans of this city, was shot twice by
Aloyius w. Rayne, a driver for 0
department store. Ono of the bul.
lets passed through DR., Grants body
The other struck his head. Rayne,
at the police station, said he had
been patient of DR.. Grant, and that
the treatment he had received had
failed to cure him OF nervous
trouble. He said tho physician SEEM
ed to neglect him. DR.. Grant will
probably recover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Form Sunshine Club.

Reading.-A. L. Reichenbach, of
Allentown, potentate of Rajah Tenn
pie, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, o'
this city, is urging the formation of
Sunshine Club. The qualifications
for membership is first that the mem-
Der own an automobile and that the
owner give an auto ride to at least
one poor man, woman or child, who
would not otherwise thus be favored,
in each of the months from June to
October.
1t is conservatively estimated that
there are 100 machines owned by
members of Rajah Temple.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Look Out For straw Itch.

Washington. d. c. Especially .--
People who use straw mattresses run
the risk of being attacked by the
straw itch, disease said to be new
to American physicians. II Is a Pc
culiar itching srupuve disease which
has been proved to be duo to the at
tack OF small straw and Grain IN
fasting mite. Public attention has
been called to the subject by h pub
lication In the last icsuo OF the Gov
ernment public health reports by
Joseph Goldberser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

The House Committee on 1mmi-
grafton took favorable action on the
resolution providing for an investiga-
ton of conditions in New York City
in connection with the naturalization
of aliens.
The Public Buildings Bill, carrying
authorizations for $1S,500,000, and
an additional 100000 for continu-
ing contracts, was agreed on by the
House Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds.
The appropriation for raising or
removing the wreck of the battle
ship Maine from the harbpr of Ha-
vana was increased from 100000
to 100000 by an amendment to the
Deficiency Bill.
The resignation of James Flynn
| Statesman as American minister to
| Bolivia, it was stated at the state
Department, was caused by family
and business reasons.
A House bill materially amending
and strengthening the general law
regulating the construction of dams
across navigable streams was passed
| by the Senate.
President Taft accepted an invita-
| ton to address the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress in Washington
next December.
The House Committee on Labor
decided to favorably report Dill
creating q department of labor.
A resolution for information from
the Attorney-General tending to
show a conspiracy in restraint of
trade among the companies of the
Steel Corporation was passed by the
House.
The House and Senate Committee
on the judiciary favorably reported
the bin TO retire Justice Moody, OF
the Supreme Court.
James Stricklin, a supposed Cum
berland crank, made a second at
tempt TO see President Taft. He
had a pistol in his pocket.
The bill to authorize the issuance
of certificates OF Indebtedness to the
amount of s30,0O0,000 to complete
reclamation projects was adopted by
the Senate as a rider upon the pend
| ing administration land withdrawal
| bill.
Representative Shepherd, of Texas,
! introduced a resolution in the House
to investigate the practicability and
cost OF an aeroplane or airship mail
route.
The Secretary of the Navy has
loaned the converted yacht Aileen to
the State OF Rhode Island for the use
OF the naval militia. OF that state.
Senator Lodge introduced in the
Senate a bill to retire Associate JUS
tice Moody of the Supreme Court,
with full pay.
Richard Parr may get from the
government 100000 as his reward
for furnishing information in the
sugar frauds.
Plans for the erection of a monu-
ment TO Commodore John Barry have
again been halted.
Finland has reimposed the duty
on pulpwood, which was suspended
last year for six months.
Senators Hepburn and Hughes on.
posed the conservation policy and
sarcastically attacked former Chief
Forester Pinchot.
The conference report ON the Rail.
road Bill was presented TO both the
Senate and the House.
Senator Cullom introduced q reso,
luton to postpone payment OF the
corporation tax.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
THREE HUNDRED KILLED.
Terrible Destruction BY A Cloud
burst In Hungary.

Budapest, Hungary Especially -
Nearly three hundred persons were
killed and several villages annihilat-
ed by a cloudburst in Krasso-Szor-
eny, a county of Hungary, border
ing on Pennsylvania, Rumania and
Servia. The capital of the county,
which is mainly peopled by Ruman-
ians, is Lugos.
1t is expected that the death roll
will be greatly increased when COM
munications, which have been al
most completely cut off, are restored.
Bridges, telegraph and telephone
wires in the district have been de-
stroyed, and it is feared that many
of the survivors of the food will die
of starvation or exposure before 1t
is possible to send assistance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Holdup by Masked Men.

Cleveland, o. Especially Five
masked men held up and robbed FL
mer Demarest, superintendent, and
Charles Feters, foreman, of the
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
near Newburg. securing a pay satchel
containing $1,000. In an exciting
pursuit by a sherlff's posse over 10
miles, during which shots were ex-
changed and one member OF the
posse wounded. one OF the robbers
was captured and the money re-
covered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Election Board Held.

Wilkes-Barre. - In court here
Judge Fuller held the five members
of the Election Board of Warrior
run Borough in $1,000 bail each
for trial to answer the charge of
making fraudulent return at the
primary election.
According to the testimony at the
hearing citizens were recorded as
voting who died over a year ago,
others were not residents of the dis
tries and still others were on the list
OF voters who swore they had not
voted. 1t was also alleged that the
return sheets were padded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Joins Union To Wed.

Latrobe.-Charles Holigan, while
leading his bride, Mary Isvet, to the
altar was held up by number OF
striking miners at Bradenville and
forced to join their union before
they would permit the wedding tc
proceed. The strikers followed the
couple into the church and there ad.
vised the bridegroom to accede to
their demands. Upon his refusal
they kidnapped him and took him
to their headuarters at McChesney
town.
Later in the day Holigan returned
to his bride and the ceremony was
performed. Holigan says he Joined
the unoin against his will.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Killed BY RattIesnakc.

Chicago Especially Death caused
by a ratslesnake bite ended nearly
week of torture endured through
religious fanaticism by oliver Pugh,
60 years old, of Zion City. Pugh
was bitten by the snake last Wednes-
day, but true to the teachings of his
creed, refused to take antidotes for
the poison or medicine of any kind,
relying on the prayers of his fellow
religionists to cure him. Pugh was
former alderman of Zion City, 60
ing to Zion in the days when John
Alexander Dowie was overseer
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Atc Himsclf mo- Dcnth.

Marion, o. (Special) DR., II. L.
Bonner. 60 years old, big eater and
ready digester, died of diabetes
brought on by his many eating con-
tests, 1t is said In one contest he
ate a double steak as heavy as a
roast, 12 large potatoes, two dishes
of onions, two loaves of bread. a
pound of butter and finished with
three dozen hard-boilod eggs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Bucks Democrats Reorganizc.

Reading.-The Democratic County
Committee reorganized by the elec-
tion Of the following: Edward
kremp, chairman to succeed j. Ed
ward Miller, who held the position
for some years; Alfred Gunkle, sec
retary, and John A. Merkle, treas
urer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
CLOUDBURsT IN BERLIN.
Twenty Persons Struck BY Lightning
And Great Damage.

Berlin Especially. - The worst
cloudburst in many years caused
hundreds of thousands of dollars
damage in Berlin. Cellars every
where we're flooded and street cars,
omnibuses and other traffic stopped.
The subway was filled with water.
The tables and chairs of outdoor
restaurants were swept away.
For a time the water was three
feet deep in most of the principal
thoroughfares. Twenty persons were
struck by tightening, but so far as
is reported none was fatally Injured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
To Reduce Rate OF Mail Matter.

Washington, d. c. Especially -
Postmaster-General Hitchcock ap-
pointed a special committee to IN
vestigate and report upon the fcasi-
bility of increasing the limit of
weight and reducing the rate of
postage on fourth-class mail matter.
The committee is composed of
Charles II. Falloway, Herbert s.
Wood and Charles Fl. Mcbride
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
May Prohibit White Phosphorus

Washington, d. C. Especially -
President Taft has referred to Repre-
sentative Mann the question of pro-
hibiting the use of white phosphorus
in the manufacture of matches in
the United States. 1t is claimed that
harm is done by the poison in phoe-
phorus matches. which sometimes
brings about necrosis of the law.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Floods Drown Hundreds.

Constantinople (SpeciaD. - De-
spatches received here say that ter
rible floods have swept over the
province of Erzerum, Turkish Ar
menia. Half the town of Hassan-
kaleh has been wrecked by the tor
rents, hundreds of persons having
drowned. The rise of the waters re-
suited from heavy rains.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

Pottsville.--Charged with causing
the disastrous mine fire at the Thom-
aston colliery. which threatened to
destroy the operation, Richard
Quinn, OF Hecksherville. was arrest
ed and committed TO prison without
bail. The defendant admitted hav-
ing entered the Leelor Slope with q
were blown into the pump house by
naked lamp on his miners cap. II
is alleged that sparks from the lamp
were blow into the pump house by
the wind and started the hre. 1t
is also alleged that a number OF
mine fires have been started through
negligence on the part OF employees
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Killed While Joy Riding.

Trenton, n. ]. Especially George
Richardson, of Walnut Avenue,
Trenton, one of three men who were
Joy riding in an automobile here,
was killed in consequence of a wheel
of the machine breaking down.
Richardson was thrown out on his
head and his skull was fractured.
He died while being taken to a
hOsDital
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

Easton.--At the opening of Crimi.
nal Court District Attorney McKeeD
announced that he had no evidence
to connect James Maughan, the
State Constable indicted for the kill.
ing of Hungarian striker at the
Bethlehem Steel Works. and moved
that the jury be directed to acquit
the defendant. This was done and
Maughan walked out OF court a free
man. Three witnesses subpoenaed
by the State failed to identify Maug-
han as the man who did the shoot
ing. All picked another trooper.
Mountjoy. as the man who fired the
shot that killed the Hungarian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
For Monument To Garfield.

Washington, d. c. (SpeciaD.-A
monument to the memory of James
A. Garfield at Long Branch is pro-
vided for by a bill passed by the
Senate. The measure appropriates
$4,000 and contemplates that like
amount shall be raised by the Gar
field Monument Association. The
bill has not passed the House.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Ball Player Seriously Injured.

Shenandoah. = Oliver Capper,
Sunday School base ball player.
while about to bat, was struck by
the ball on the left temple. He was
unconscious for some time. He suf-
fers from shock and bruises of the
face. and it is feared his skull is
fractured.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Teacher Kept Wedding Secret.

Sham okin. = Acknowledgment was
made of the marriage of Miss Sue
Kline, a well-known school teacher,
to w. r. Heckert, Of Altoona, the
ceremony having been performed at
Hagerstown. Md, last December.
The event was kept a secret because
the bride wished to finish her term
as teacher
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Joy Kills Aged Woman.

Bethlehem.-Th joy following the
unexpected arrival OF relative from
the West whom she had not seen
for Fl years, proved fatal to Mrs.
Emeline Meyer. The aged woman,
who was 6S years old. was stricken
with apoplexy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Bank President A Suicide.

Wooster, o. (SpeciaD Louis E.
Yocum. aged 60, president of the
Wooster Citizens National Bank,
committed suicide by shooting him
self in the mouth. Dependency
over i'll health is assigned as the
cause
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Big Theatre Deal.

Norristown.-According to advices
from New York, Klaw and Erlanger
have concluded negotiations with
Nathan Appel for the purchase of
his entire interest in the Grand
Opera House, Norristown; Academy
of Music, Lebanon; leases of the
Academy of Music. Reading, and
half interest in Majestic Theatre,
Harrisburg.
I 1t is expected that the quality Of
the plays to be produced here will
be improved.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Wife OF Vice President mi

Iowa City. Ia. Especially Vice
President Jamea S. sherman, on ac-
count of his wifeB Illness, has can.
celled his engagement to deliver tho
Iowa University commencement ad.
dress. President Northrup. OF Mime.
sofa University. will speak in hs
stead
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Held For Mans Death.

Lebanon.-Oscar A. Stauffer, of
Palmyra, was arrested on a charge
Of manslaughter and furnished $2,-
600 bail before Mayor George S.
hearing here before Alderman Rob-
ert l.. Miller.
Stauffer is charged with having
run down and killed Harry Dennis,
of Sunnyside, on the Berks and Dau-
phin Turnpike, while driving his
automobile at high speed. After
striking Dennis the automobilist did
not stop, but continued his run west
ward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Score Chester Athletes Allure.

Chester.-The church element Of
this city is up in arms against the
practice of young boys who belong
to the Chester Young Mems Chris
tian Associations athletic depart
ment, exercising on the streets with
nothing on but sort of bathing
suit. The compliments declare
that the appearance of the scantily
attired boys is indecent and should
be prohibited by the police authori-
ties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
$40, 100000 Mortgage Recorded.

Doylestown.--The mortgage for
s1b,O00,000 given by the Lehigb
Valley Traction Company to cover
an issue OF gold bonds through the
merging OF Ave trolley roads in
Bucks. Montgomery, Lehigh and
Northampton Counties was record
ed here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
steel Company,s Dividend.

Pittsburg.-The Board of DIrec-
tors OF the Crucible Steel Company
declared a regular quarterly divi-
dend OF per cent. together with
"a per cent, both in cash, and in
addition scrip dividend of 10 per
cent payable to holders of preferred
stock as of record June 81. The
payment of the 10ss per cent. is
the hrst payment against 26% per
cent. deferred dividends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
An Ayiator's Terrible Death.

stettin. Germany Especially Herr
aobi, flying here in Farman BIZ
plane, lost control OF his machine
whIle $50 feet In the air and plung-
I'd 10 the ground. The heavy engine
In the aeroplane fell upon him and
ne was horribly crushed, dying al
zaoat Instantly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Murdered Gets Respite.

Harrisburg.-The State Board OF
Pardons granted the application for
a rehearing in the case of Cecil lie.
grange, under sentence of death in
Philadelphia for first degree mur.
der. The case will be heard in Sep
tember. Application will be made
to Governor Stuart for a further re-
spite until that time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Pleads Guilty.

Reading.-In Criminal Court here
BENJAMIN F. Hunsicker. now OF
Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to the
larceny of funds from the Reading
Iron Company. His peculations while
holding responsible position With
the corporation amounted to $4,000
He was frmerly president of the
Reading School Board and a leading
politician.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Queen MARY Posslhle Rerent.

London Especially Premier AS
quith introduced in the House of
Commons a bill appointing Queen
Mary, regent. in the event OF the
demise of King George during the
minority OF the Duke of Cornwall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

South Bethlehem. Katherine
Kevopka, aged three weeks, died of
lockjaw. She Is the youngest person
In local medical annals to succumb
to tetanus.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

TIE p-oGnct!cn OF wine in Italy
n 1905 was l.O93.e1O, ,95s gallons,
aaainst i,2G4.G72.560 gallons IN
1905. The Department OF Piedmont
supplied 2g.047.05i and i46.07b,-
$50 gallons, respectively, for the two
years,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

Grasshoppers have their organs OF
hearing at the base OF the abdomen
that II, AT the same place where the
corresponding organ OF the Noctpidae
has heen discovered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Muhlenberg's Degrees.

Observation-Disclosures College
Graduated twenty-one men and con-
ferred these honorary degrees:
Doctor of laws, Judge Frank NJ.
Trexler, Allentown; Rev. c. e. Lind
berg. president of Augustana Col
lege, at Rock Island, Ill.
Doctor of literature, Captain H.
NJ. M. Richards, Lebanon.
Doctor of divinity, Rev. S. A. X.
Francis, Philadelphia, and Rev. c.
NJ. Eshjorn, New Haven, Conn.
Master of arts, Prof. G. L. Gruver,
Keystone State Normal School, Kutz-
town.
The orator of the day was DR..
Merrill Edwards Gates, of Washing
ton, former president of Rutgers and
Amherst Colleges, now secretary of
the United States Indian Commis-
sion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
see Of Pennsylvania
Unique Suicide.


Pottsville. unique was the
suicide of John Fisher, aged 52
years, gigantic farmer, said to
be the largest and most power
full tiller of the soil in Schuylkill
County, at his farm in North Man
helm Township, several miles south
of this place. He had been despond-
ent for some time and frequently
spoke of ending his life.
Waiting until his wife and seven
children had left the house, he went
into the kitchen and put heavy
charges into his double-barreled
shotgun. Then seating hin..elf on
a chair, he placed the butt of the gun
on the floor with the muzzle pressing
against his abdomen.
Bringing his feet suddenly down
on the trigger, the weapon was dis
charged, almost blowing away his
abdomen. Death soon followed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23

OF the 2S2 steamships which car
ried steerage passengers across the
Atlantic the first half of 1908, I43
were equipped with wireless instru-
ments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-06-23
Miner Held For Fire.
so Clerk Accused OF Taking 81 900

York.--Fremont Johnson. trust
ed young clerk in the Office of the
York Carriage Company, was arrest
ed by Chief of Detectives White on
charges of taking more than 81 900.
Johnson. whose salary was SO
week, is accused of padding the pay
roll. He was recently married.