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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Fort Monroe, Va. (SpeciaD -
Eleven men of the Coast Artillery
are dead as the result of the blowing
out of a breech block in one of the
big guns while the fort was engaged
in target practice. A half dozen
others are in the post hospital, one
of whom may die.
The exact of the explosion Is not
yet definitely determined, although a
board of inquiry was appointed i'm
mediately after the disaster by or
ders from the War Department in
Washington.
The toll of death, it is believed,
would have been larger had 1t not
been for the heroism displayed both
by the officers and men in the bat
terry. The wounded forgot their
hurts and aided the uninjured in
stamping out the burning powder
that threatened the sacks in which
the charge for a second shot had
been brought up.
The explosion took place in Bat
terry De Russey, No. 1 gun doing the
damage. The gun was in charge of
Capt. James Prentice, who had with
him Lieuts. George p. Halves, Jr.,
and George l.. Van Deusen. Lieuten-
ant Hawes had gone forward from
the breech to examine the range
wheel when the charge was exploded.
He was thrown down and momentari-
ly stunned, but otherwise unin-
jured.
Eight men were killed outright,
their bodies lying scattered around
the emplacement. Under the pail
the wounded writhed and moaned.
Captain Prentice and Lieutenant
Hawes foresaw a further sacrifice
of life II the other charges caught
from the smoldering sparks and the
two sent out a call for surgeons,
while they attacked the flames with
their bare hands.
Captain Prentice reached the en-
placement first. and before looking
into the extent of the damage he
pushed his way through the smoke
and sparks and carried out a bag of
powder. He then was Joined by
Halves, and the two completed the
task of averting a further explosion.
During this time Lieutenant Van
Deusen lay crumpled beneath the
gun, his leg broken in two places.
He was suffering agonies, but when
his brother officers sought to remove
him he would not permit them to
touch him.
See to the men first" he order
ed, and, propped against the gun
carriage, he aided in directing the
work of the rescue party and the
surgeons.
Col. C. P. Townsely, commandant
of the fort, promptly ordered an in
vestigation. While no decision had
yet been reached, Colonel Townsley
advanced his theory of the disaster.
'It is evident" he said, that the
explosion occurred during the inser-
tion of the breech block into the
breech of the gun and before it had
been rotated and locked in place.
The safety devices on the gun are
intended to make a premature dis
charge impossible. Just how they
failed to operate probably never will
be known to a certainty. Every
member of the detachment who
could explain 1t was killed"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

The story runs, relates the Brook
lyn Eagle, that once upon a time a re-
porter hurried into a Manhattan
newspaper Office, rushed up to the city
editors desk, and said: 81 want to
give you a column about a man s
jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge to
the water" The city editor respond
ed coldly: Make it two sticks. I'll
give you two columns If you'll bring
me in story of a mans jumping
from the water up to the Brooklyn
Bridge. Anybody can jump down"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
GOLD OUTPUT NOT LARGE.
Not Enough TO Support The Men In
Idatarod, Alaska.

Seattle, Wash. Especially "A fair
estimate of the seasons output of
the Iditarod district, I believe, will
not run over $4,000, certainly not
enough to support the more than
1000 men now there" said Briga-
dier General Marion p. Maus, COM
mander of the Department of Colum-
bia. upon his return from a tour
of inspection of Alaskan military
posts, including a special trip to the
new gold fields.
Some method of supervising the
rush to this gold field should be de-
vised" said General Maus, for
there is bound to be much suffering.
Alaska has now reached the point
where it is a case of big development
projects. The day for the small
miner is over, because there are no
more places where a man can get
rich by a little scratching"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
MADE TO TAKE A BATH.
Rich Miser OF California Had Not
Washed For Ten Years.

Red Bluff, Cal. (SpeciaD Charles
Wood, considered to be wealthy, hav-
ing $4,000 in the bank and owning
valuable farming property, was
obliged to take bath, pay a fine of
$40 and serve FIVE days in jail for
using profanity in public. The or
der for the Jail sentence and bath
came after Wood declared in court
that he would pay the fine, but no
court could send him to Jail, make
him take a bath or quit profanity
Clares Wood was forced into the
tub and thoroughly scrubbed. 1t was
his first bath in 10 years, so he said
He has gone about the streets for
years, ragged and in filthy condition
This is the second time he has been
arrested for profanity and sentenced
to pay a fine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
=" Foreign

French police officials now believe
that Dr.. Crippen has reached Bar
celona, Spain. The Scotland Yard
detectives have followed every clue
without. success.
Thieves aboard the Hamburg
American liner Amerika robbed Eva
Stradford, of New Jersey, of jewels
valued at $4,000.
The House of Commons passed the
new civil list of King George, which
amounts to over $2,000,000 a year.
A serious mutiny occurred in the
prison in Madrid, which required
military force to SUPPRESS.
Marshal da Fonecsa, president
elect of Brazil, who is touring Eu-
rope, arrived at Berlin.
A young woman believed to be
Miss Leneve, the companion of Or.
Crippen, accused of killing his wife,
committed suicide in a hotel in
Bourges. France. Crippen is sup
posed to have been In Vernet-les.
Bains, France. under the name OF
Tarbot.
The Chinese government in its
reply to the announcement of the
Russo-Japanese convention express
es satisfaction at the purpose of both
Russia and Japan to continue the
oDen-door
The annual report of the German
Shipbuilders' Society is pessimistic
in tone. as 1t does not show the
same advance in the trade as has
been made in England.
The British court officers of arms
proclaimed that the coronation OF
the King and Queen will take place
In June, 1911.
has appointed q new cabinet, the
members OF which are supporters OF
Zelaya.
German gun factories are swamp
ed with orders for arms for Argen-
tina and other South American
states.
It is officially reported that the
Portuguese troops have completely
subdued the Chinese outlaws on
Colowan Island. on Macao.
The British minister to Brazil will
be asked to serve as arbitrator in
the Peru-Coiumbian boundary dis
pute.
Lightning struck an airship while
In flight. near Barcelona, but Avia-
tor rhomann escaped without injury.
The Porto Rican Bar Association
held memorial services for the late
Chief Justice Fuller.
A new French camera takes In,
stsntaneous pictures under water
with q magnesium light.
A speed indicator vhich perfcrma
ths same service for vessels - 3,
spssdometsr for automobiles 4 al
rnsiisA inventioa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Chicago Especially Death came
to Ira G. Rawn, president of the
Monon Railroad supposedly from a
bullet fired by himself, but certainly
on the eve of possible exposure as a
central figure of what is declared
may be one OF the greatest railway
scandals of the country.
Counsel for the Illinois Central
Railroad, when confronted with a
verbatim copy of questions and an
swers at a recent investigation OF
the company's affairs admitted that
the foundation had been carefully
laid with intent to show Mr.. Rawn
as primarily responsible for years
of crooked car contracts. His an
swers. however, had been steadfast
denials of the implied charges.
The Chicago police have dropped
the investigation into the death OF
Rawn. Herman Schuettler, acting
chief Of police, said that he was
satisfied that Mr.. Rawn had COM
mitted suicide. Acting Chief Schuet-
tier announced his decision after
long conference with the detectives
who had Investigated the Winnetka
tragedy. All the details point TO
suicide, according to tn detectives.
Members of Mr.. Rawn's family
say he was killed by burglar.
The police are working on theo-
ry that Mr.. Rawn killed himself.
AS a basis for their suicide theory,
the police advance the following
reasons:
They point to the fact that Mr..
Rawn was operating vice president
of the Illinois Central Railroad at
the time fraudulent car repair con-
tracts were put through and that
recently he has been drawn into the
Illinois Central graft investigation
as a chief witness.
They say that the action of Mr..
Rawn's relatives in refusing the aid
of the Chicago detective department
to search for the alleged murderer
is suspicious.
They declare that there exists
lack of convincing evidence that an
intruder had actually been in the
Rawn residence.
Mrs. Rawn, wife of the dead man;
r. G. Coburn. his 'son-in-law; Mrs.
Cobum and two children and three
maids were in the house when the
tragedy occurred. Mrs. Rawn says
that her husband was aroused from
sleep at 100 o'clock in the morn
ing by a noise on the first floor of
the residence. She says Mr.. Rawn
picked up a revolver in his room
on the second floor, started down
stairs and was shot on lelding
halfway down. Both Mrs. Rawn and
Coburn say that two shots were
fired. A minute search of the front
hall and adjoining rooms OF resi-
dence, however, show but one bullet,
that fired from Mr.. Rawn's revolver
and which, apparently, had passed
through Mr.. Rawn's body just below
the heart.
Coroner Peter Hoffman took per-
sonal charge of the investigation in
to the death. He refused to say
whether he thought the case was
one of murder or OF suicide He
state. however, that powder marks
had been found on Mr.. Rawn's night.
gown, indicating that the bullet
which killed Mr.. Rawn was fired at
close range.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Says the New York World: Mod
crate users Of the automobile who
respect the rights Of others, chauffers
who are skilled and sober, need new
legislation as much as does the man
who walks or the playing child. They
need it for protection not only from
the road hogs but from the indis-
criminate anger of the public, which
is now unable to discriminate be-
-~een those who use autos and those
who abuse them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Three Lives Lost In Fire.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Especially -
Trapped In bed with her week-old
baby, Mrs. Grace Wilson was burned
to death when fire destroyed the old
Ledyard block. at South Division
Street and Fourth Avenue. A nurse,
Mrs. Amelia Keoney. who tried to
rescue mother and baby, received
burns which proved fats' an hour
later. The saby died In the hos
pital. The buildinv was two stories
In height and contained . tailoring
shop on the first noor and dwelIings
cbove. The nrs started In TIE tail
Or shop.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Performed In Court.

Hamilton. o. Especially william
Deonso, trick jumper, was per-
former and Judge Murphy was au-
dience and critic in the latter's court
here. Deonso was hurt in railroad
accident. He sued the company and
won $1,000 damages. He had been
jumping In and out of barrels for
livelihood, but after the accident
claimed that he could no longer do
that trick. so he perfected a new
performance. The railroad alleged
that the new trick was more difficult
than the old one. Deonso perform
ed his later effort in court and con-
vinced the judge that. while 1t SEEM
ed difficult. any child could do IL
with q little practice.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
SUFFRAGISTS AFTER GAYNOR.
Missionary Reports She Has Hopes
OF Converting Him.

New York (SpeciaD Serious eff
forts were made to win Mayor Cay
nor over to the suffrage cause, and
the missionary, Miss Mary A. Donnel-
ly, district captain in the Woman
Suffrage party, went away with the
conviction that the Mayor was, to
say the least, hopeful case.
Mayor Gaynor was most gra-
cious." said Miss Donnelly after his
honor had bid her a cordial good
day, "and he accepted both a Suf-
frage party and 'Vote-forAwomen'
button"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Horsewhipned BY A Girl.

Yonkers, n. Y. Especially As
Miss Grace Hewison, 1S years old, of
Tuckahoe Road, a member Of Yon-
kers' fashionable set, was driving a
team along the Speedway in her
phaeton a man held up the horses
and tried to jump into the vehicle
The section is lonesome, and though
Miss Hewison was all alone she kept
her wits, and, using the whip on
the hold-up man, she succeeded In
driving him away.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
The Moon And Time.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially The
moon has lost its legal standing in
Pennsylvania. Joe Closhen, through
his counsel. sought release from Jail
on the ground that, according to
lunar reckoning. he had served the
months time to which he had been
sentenced. Judge Robert 8. Frazer
ruled that in legal or criminal mat
ters the moon has ever since 1921.
by ruling OF the Supreme Court,
been suspended by the calendar as a
measure of time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
SUSPEND RATE RAISES.
The Western Trunk Line Will Wait
Until November.

Washington, d C. Especially The
proposed increased rates of the West
ern Trunk lines will be suspended
until November /, next, as the result
of an agreement reached between
Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and Chair
man w. b. Hosmer and a dozen
members of the Western Trunk
Lines Committee.
The terms of the agreement are
similar to. those between the COM
mission and the Eastern Trunk lines
announced some time ago.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
OVER 100000 CHICAGOANs.
Population OF Western Metropolis
According To School Census.

Chicago Especially. - The popula-
tion of Chicago has passed the g.
100000 mark, according to esti-
mates based on the 1910 school CEN
sus just made public. The total
minor population of the city is 814,-
115, an increase of 66,76S over the
census of 1908.
Based on the minor count. the to-
tai population is 100000. Chill
dren OF German parentage take the
first rank, followed by Poles, Rus
SLAMS and Irish.
The total population according TO
the school census of 1908 was l.
922,336. In 1904, the population
was l,7I4,144.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
TO HUNT BROKEN HEART.
Rejected Suitor Drops Dead At
Girls Wedding.

Chicago Especially DR.. II. G. w.
Reinhart, coroner's physician, decid-
ed to make a pathological examina-
tion of the body of John Tyka, to
determine definitely that grief broke
his heart after he danced at the we'd
ding of the girl he had loved since
childhood
Tyka, who was 81 years old, had
been engaged to Bertha Kowalski,
who recently accepted marriage from
John Kiupa. She asked Tyka to
the wedding. He appeared, danced
with her and dronpe, dead. "Brok-
en- heart" was given by physician
as cause of death
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Shot Down by Her Husband.

Chicago Especially. Thomas
Dougherty. assistant foreman Of the
Illinois Steel Company, shot and
dangerously wounded his wife and
then committed suicide. They were
recently married, but had separat-
ed. Mrs. Dougherty. who is a mem
Der OF the choir OF the South Chi
cago Methodist Church, was on her
way to concert and was being ac-
companied by Clarence Longacre.
cousin. when she was fired upon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Gun FactOrics Swamped.

Berlin Especially. - German gun
factories are fairly swamped with
orders, according to the military ex-
pert Of the Taegliche Rundschau. A
delivery has just been made to Ar
gentina OF 100000 Mauser rifles.
while an order for similar number
has been received from Brazil Sew
eral other South American states
have made smaller contracts. Tur-
key. Servia and Roumania are all
purchasing machine guns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Canada's Rest Customer

Washington, d. G. Especially The
United States is the largest custo-
mer for the product OF Canadian
mines. according to figures reported
to this Government by Consul Fred
erick NJ. Ryder. OF Rimousky. Dur
ing the year ended March 81, 1910,
the exports OF mineral products from
Canada TO the United states were
valued at s33,4ss.4e4. or s3.5 per
cent, OF the total exports OF mines
while the exports 90 Great Britain
amounted to sS.s2o,b7s. or s.5 par
cent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Lost with Ala Al Hand.

Long Branch, N. J. Especially -
Finding himself being carried TO sea
by a strong current. Joseph Juliano.
bathing master at the Hollywood
baths, let go OF his hold on the buoy
that held John Fetz. German wait
er at the Hollywood Hotel. and
the young man was carried to sea.
Fetz. who was 20 years old. arrived
at the baths overheated and was
warned not to enter the surf, which
was nlled with driftwpod. He laugh-
Cd at his adviser and . half hour
later he cried for hslb - be was ~
ing carried out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Pittsburg (SpeciaD .-Lorrie Long,
aged IA, "puller" employed in the
Park Steel Mills here, was horribly
burned while asleep on bench at
his place of employment by a four
inch white-hot billet of steel, which.
IL is alleged by the boy, was placed
inside of his shirt against his back
by crowd of negro boys also en-
ployed at the plant, and with whom
there is a feud of long standing.
The lad may die.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Sfn0.OOO Diamond Found.

New York (SpeclaD A report
reached Maiden Lane from Johan-
nesburg, South Africa, of the finding
of another large diamond at the
famous Premier Mine. The gem is
said to weigh more than 191 carats,
and Is described as a pure white
stone. fiawless, and measuring two
inches in length by about three
fourths of an inch thick. It is esti-
mated to be worth S150,000 uncut.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Dentist Attacks Sugar.

Asbury, Park, n. J. Especially -
That the human race is degenerating
through general use of sugar was
the declaration made by Robert
Roessler, NJ. D., of Hoboken. at the
session of the New Jersey Dental
Convention. THE manufacturing OF
the sugar of commerce" said DR..
Roessler. shows plainly that 1t is
nothing but concentrated crystallized
acid. which is very dangerous to the
general welfare"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Girls Braver Than Man.

Winstead. CT. Especially While
picking berries on the mountain side
near the Barnum. Richardson & Co.
furnace in East Canaan, Misses May
and Julia Foley heard rattle in
the bushes and, looking down, saw
a rattlesnake coiled and ready to
strike. Stepping back out of danger,
one of the girls watched the snake,
while the other ran to the furnace
for help. She returned with a man
armed with a shovel, but when he
saw the snake he became frightened.
Miss Julia Foley then seized the
shovel and, with well-directed blows,
severed the head OF the snake.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
100 Persons Injured.

Dublin Especially Several cars OF
an excursion train on the Great
Southern Railway broke away from
the locomotive and running wild
down an incline. crashed into pas
senger train. Many persons jump
ed from the runaway cars and tum-
bled down the embankment. About
100 persons were injured, most OF
them slightly. A score OF the in
jured We're brought here for medical
treatment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
A Big TWELvE-INCH
ARMY GUN BURSTS
E.eyen Killed and Six Injured
at Fort Monroe.
THE TRAGEDY STOPS THE WAR GAME

During The Target Practice The
Breech-lock OF A Twelve-inch Gun
Is Blown of And The Entire Gun
Crew Is Moved Down--Several
Bodies Cut In Two And The Dis
membered Parts Blown Into The
Water-Wives OF Officers And
Men See Their Husbands Slain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

Washington. Ind Specially As
a means of raising funds with which
to erect a new church in the west
end OF the city the congregation OF
the Second Methodist Episcopal
Church will operate grocery store.
The congregation has purchased the
store and the pastor, Rev. william
Hogon, has been put In charge. The
name has been changed to The
Square Deal Grocery" The preach
or ia not a novice in the grocery
businesa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
ExpeIs AiormOns,

Berlin (SpeciaD. - Mormonism
will make no headway in Germany.
for 81 Americans, who have been
propagating the Mormon faith here,
were arrested and expelled from the
country. The law Under which they
were expelled was that which gives
the government the right to send
over the frontier undesirable aliens.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

He who says that the world is on
the whole growing worse misleads
the people who believe him, and, says
the Christian Register, so far as his
influence extends, puts an obstacle in
the way of progress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Kills Bride And Self.

Danville. Ill. Especially While In
a fit OF insane jealousy Frank suth-
erland. aged 65 years. shot and kill
ed his wife, aged so years, and a
bride Of less than three weeks, and
then turned the revolver on him
self, firing one shot into his brain
and dying instantly. There were Ave
bullet wounds into the woman's face
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Kentucky Town Goes Dry.

Louisville, Ky. Especially. - A
count of the votes cast in the local
option election shows that Fulton,
KY, went dry by IT votes. High H.
cense leaders have not yet decided
whether to contest the election in
the courts. Fulton had been dry for
three years Car"olltor KY, went
wet by "a votes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Army And Navy Mourns.

Eleven men died after an ex-
plosion of a 12-inch gun at Fort
Monroe.
They were trying to beat the
firing record, and so many of
the crew are dead the cause may
never be known.
All were members of the Six
ty-ninth Company, Coast Artil-
lery.
In the presence of high army
officials they were taking part in
a defense" of the entrance to
the Chesapeake Bay.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
Bryan Says He viii Not Lead Bolt

Chillicothe, Mo. Especially Viii
liam j. Bryan made a general denial
here of the story sent out from Lin
con, Mob, that he would lead a bolt
from the Democratic convention in
Nebraska and organize a rump con-
Vention
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28

The commendable thing to Rams
Horn about a bantam rooster is, that
he puts every feather and toenail he
has into his crow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
George w. To Face Josephine.

Paris Especially. - The French
Government accepted a bronze copy
of Houdon's statue of George Wash
ington, which was presented by the
State of Virginia, through NJ. Jus
serand, the French Ambassador to
the United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-28
James Arthur Crane Dead.

Westneld. Mass. Especially. -
James Arthur Crane. a millionaire
paper manufacturer OF this town and
cousin OF United States Senator
Crane. died after a long illness here.
He was so years old. Mr.. Crane
was a member OF the paper manu-
featuring firm Of Crane Bros.