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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14

Chicngo.--Cattle - Market steady
to 10c. higher; steers. $6.1O@S.50;
cows. s5@7; heifers, $4.25 @7.50;
bulls. s4.50@6.25; calves. s3@9;
stockers and feeders. $4.75 @ 6.7b.
Hogs-Market &c. higher; choice
heavy. $10.S5@10.95; butchers.
$10.80@10.90; light mixed. $10.65
@10.75; choice light, $l0.70@
1880; packing. $10.75 @10.s5; pigs.
$40. .l5 @10.40; bulk Of sales, 5000
@10.S0.
Pittsburg.--Cattl supply light;
choice, 1910 @,S.s5; prime. s7.75@
8.
Sheep Supply light; prime weth-
ers, $7.1007.26;< culls and common,
$3@4.50; lambs, $708.50; veal
calves. $s.50@10.
Hogs--Prime heavies. $11.100
11.15; mediums, $11.o5@11.10;
heavy Workers. $11Q11.05; light
Workers. $10.s5010.90: pigs.
$10.7b q 1890; roughs. y10@10.16.
sheep-Market l6 to csc. lower;
lambs, s8.5O@10; yearlings. $50
$40; wethers, e70S.50; ewes. &6.7b
08.10; stockers and feeders. - @ g..
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
FOUND POLE ONE YEAR AGO.
Peary's First Anniversary Brings
Congratulations,

New York Especially Gen. Thorn
as II. Hubbard, president of the
Peary Arctic Club. in recognition of
the first anniversary of the discov-
cry of the North Pole by Command
er Robert E. Peary on April G. 1903,
sent the following telegram to the
president of the Chamber of Com
merce Of Marion, Ind:
The Peary Arctic Club congrat-
rlates the Marion Chamber of Com
merce on Its opportunity to hold
hrst annual celebration attainment
North Pole. II lends you Peary
for this date only, and invites you
to join Its later celebration of his
toric events"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
BIG HATS WEIGH LITTLE.
Why Railroads Have Raised Rates
On Them.

Washington, D. C. Especially -
Women's hats have been growing
larger and larger every year. They
have also been growing lighter and
lighter in weight. So that wom-
ans hat weighs less and takes up
more room than 10 did 10 years ago.
A freight or express car will hold
only a tenth of the hats It once did,
and the carriers raised the rates to
make up the difference.
That is the answer of the railroads
and express companies to the COM
plant of the Millinery Jobbers' AS
sociation. which was heard before
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. 1t was purely question OF
hats, into which the length of the
pins did not enter. The milliners
say the rates are too high and the
carriers say the evolution of the
headgear simply made them put on
the increase.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

The Pennsylvania and eight other
railroads were made defendants in
petition filed before the Interstate
Commerce Commission by the Lack
awanna Steel Company, and from
other companies, alleging discrimi-
nation on coal rates.
Gossip INDUCED itself in its usual
spring fashion and had every mem
ber of the Presidents Cabinet ex-
pecting two intending to resign. All
these rumors were vigorously de-
MED.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
withdrew from all forms of dispo-
sitions approximately 27,736 acres of
land in Wyoming which are suppos-
ed to contain deposits of OIL
A military reservation probably
will be created in Arizona for the
benefit OF the National Guard of that
state, to be used as target range.
President Taft cancelled his en-
gagement to visit Indianapolis on
May s.
Chairman Lodge, of the Senate
Cost OF Living Committee, introduc-
cd a bill restricting cold storage
periods and requiring the period of
cold storage to be marked on food
articles.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs rejected the Senate bill au-
thorizing officers of the Army and
Navy to accept gifts and decorations
from foreign powers.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee acted favorably upon the SEN
ate bill for the protection OF the
seal fisheries OF Alaska.
The House adopted the conference
report on the bill to amend the EN-
ployers' Liability Act.
Reports show the Navy League of
the United States to be in flourish
ing condition.
Senators Warren and Hepburn
had a clash in the Senate over the
formers bill authorizing the disposal
of surplus waters of government ir-
rigation projects to corporations.
The will OF the late Justice Brew
err, of the United States Supreme
Court, was fled for probate. His
home In Washington and most of
his personal property was bequeath-
ed to his widow.
Books. magazines and other pub
lications printed in raised letters for
the blind will be sent through the
mails free of postage II bill pass
ed by the House is approved by the
Senate.
Robert S. Sharp. collector of In
ternal revenue at Nashville. Tenn.
was appointed chief postofiice inspec-
tor
Chairman Payne, OF the House
Ways and Means Committee. refus-
ed to call a meeting 10 act on the
Tolke bill. which would place cat
tie and meats on the free list for
one year.
President Taft received deiega-
tion OF 80 business men OF Bethle-
hem, Pa, and during an address to
them he stated that he does not be-
lieve in boycotts
| A bronze tablet has been present
ed by the Naples section OF the ltal-
ian Naval League to the officers and
men OF the United States warships
which rendered aid In calabria and
Sicily after the earthquakes In 1909
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
MAOMAN KILLS
A MISSION WORKER
Frank Skala Assassinated After
Sermon on MartyrdOm.
HIS COMPANION WAS ALSO SHOT.
Eearfsl Crime OF Half-witted Man
In Pittsburg-Prominen Mission
Worker Is Shot Down Just After
He Had Declared Himself Ready
10 Die For Christ-John Gay, Who
Was With Him, Is Seriously
wounded-No Apparent Motive
For The Crime.

Pittsburg Especially A sermon on
"Martyrdom," in which Frank Skala
editor and prominent mission worker
had declared himself willing 70 lay
down his life for the Christian cause
was followed by his assassination In
a highly sensational manner, and
the shooting down also of a fellow
church leader, John Gay.
Arm in arm, the two missionaries
were leaving the little Congregational
Church in Woods Run, a suburb, al
the head of more than a hundred
foreigners. A raggedly dressed and
collarless man poked his way through
the crowd as 1t reached the corner
OF Eckert Street and Mcclure Ave.
nue., AMI when he was but a ster
behind the leaders he pressed a re-
volver TO Skala's head and fired
twice. The bullets took effect in the
Jaw and temple, and In the midst
OF his followers he fell dead
Gay, who threw up his right hand
as If to ward off the weapon, was
struck. first, in the thumb, and ther
a second bullet was buried in his
head. He fell unconscious across the
lifeless body of his colleague.
For a moment--for several mo.
ments--the assassin stood over his
prey in a crazed contemplation oi
the deed, flourishing his revolver
while the panic-stricken crowd fled
to shelter behind posts and door.
ways
The madman was Jan Radowvitch
character known to most OF the
mission for his shiftless habits
slovenly dress and radical opinions
just From Sunday School.
a moment before he had meekly
read from juvenile leaflets in the
Sunday School led by Scala; pre-
viously he had sat in back pew o
the church during the regular ser.
mon, and at the commencement o,
the services Skala had shaken ais
hand in greeting. In all this Rad
owvitch had given no warning Of
his murderous intent.
There were no police in sight wher
the murder was done, the church
people were too frightened to grasI
the assassin and after the wild -four
ish OF his weapon and stamping his
foot on the bodies. he made off dowr
the avenue to the Fort Wayne Rail
road tracks and was soon lost tc
view. 4 large armed posse of police
detectives and church people was
soon in pursuit. but up to a late hou,
tonight they had found no trace o.
him.
After the madman's disappearance
the mission crowd reassemblet
about their fallen leaders and pas
sionately mourned their loss ska
las body was removed to an under
takers rooms and Gay was taker
to st. Johns Hospital. His wount
Is a dangerous one, but It is believ
ed at the hospital that he will re
cover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

r. G. Dun G. Co.'s Weekly Review
of Trade says:
While the trade development ia
irregular, revealing diversified con.
ditions in different sections of the
country, the volume as whole Is
SO large and makes such steady gains
over last year that there can be
no question as to It's substantial
character. Business activity depends
so largely upon confidence, which is
the basis of credit, that anything
that Is uncertain Is disturbing To
confidence. Whatever hesitation
may have existed in the industries
and the markets has now been large.
ly eliminated. The labor situation
is much less acute, and notices OF
wage advances by railroads, and
leading industries promise much for
the future. The influence OF pre-
vious uncertainties was mostly felt
in the speculative market.
Bradstreet's says:
Trade reports are rather more ir-
regular with distribution rather less
active than in the preceding two
weeks. Retail trade so far has been
better than a year ago, but from
many centers reports are of the
volume of jobbing trade not being
up to expectations, for which high
prices and Industrial unrest are as
signed as reasons. The two features
really attracting chief interests have
been the outburst of activity in ag-
ricultural sections and the many
movements toward readjustment in
industrial lines. In the industries
some diverse movements are shown.
Recent reductions of prices by
jobhers have brought out varying re-
sponses. Northern cotton mill cur
tailment is considerable, though less
marked than at the South because
of different goods produced. On the
other hand, favorable development,
so far as purchasing power is con-
cerned, is the granting of higher
wages to 100000 rail employees.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14

Passaic, y. j. Especially Gilbert
Trehou died here from a solar plex-
us blow received In a boys prize
fight. With brief intermissions he
had been unconscious since he was
lifted out of the ring and carried
to a hospital
Frank Keizer. who is named in a
warrant as the other principal, is
missing, and the police hear he has
fled to Canada. Henry Knackstedt,
said to have acted as referee, who
is also superintendent of Presby-
terian Sunday School here, was ar
rested and released in $500 bail.
Trehou and Keizer were both
nineteen years old, both pupils OF
the Passaic High School and both
of good family. Reports Of their
quarrel differ, but the patchwork
story pieced together by the police
is that there had been bad blood be-
tween them for sometime and that
they agreed 70 settle their differ
ences with the gloves.
Word was passed about among
their friends and Tuesday night a
small crowd met in vacant lot be-
hind an oil tank and squared off
the ring. Lanterns we're hung on
the ropes, seconds were chosen and
a timekeeper and referee named.
The hat was passed for a purse To
the winner and the collection given
to a stakeholder,
The boys stripped and went at 4
hammer and tongs. According to
eye witnesses, in the seventh and ia
tai round, Keizer caught Trehou
flush on the jaw with heavy swing.
Trehou staggered and before he got
his feet again Keizer shot in body
punch just below the end OF the
sternum. Trehou went down and
lay groaning The referee counted
ten and still the boy lay fiat.
The crowd perceived that some
thing was wrong and began to melt
away into the darkness. One OF
Trehou's seconds and the timekeep-
er stuck by him, and when they
could not revive him, carried him
to a hOsDital
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
A BATTLE WITH
BANK BURGLARS
Posse in Auto Chase Train Ban.
dts Boarded.
THEY HAD BLOWN UP A BANK
Entire Population Aroused BY Ex-
plosion In Bank OF Coal City,
Ill.--Highwaymen Leap On A
Freight Train With Plumber
Pursuers Use Autos And Pitched
Battle Follows-Three Bandits
Wounded--Two Escape.

Chicago Especially Five masked
bandits, escaping with $4,000 stolen
from the Bank of Coal City. at Coal
City, ILL.,, exchanged shots with a
posse of citizens, three of the rob-
bers being wounded and captured.
Coal City is 63 miles southwest OF
Chicago. The entire population was
aroused by the explosion in the bank
and the ensuing pursuit.
The marauders entered the town
on a freight train, and began OPP
erations by tying Barney Ghetto, the
night watchman, and Washington
Frye, the night engineer of the elee-
trio plant.
The robbers then blew up the
bank building and shattered the safe
with a great charge of nitro-glycerin,
and, after selling the contents of
the safe, leaped on Sante Fe
freight train with their plunder,
which was partly in stamps. Three
hours later three men, suffering from
wounds inflicted by small shot were
arrested at Morris, Ill.
The wounds were received. 1t is
reported, when a posse. formed along
the line of the Sante Fe, came up
with the fugitiyes. AS the train
carrying the bandits pulled out OF
the town, Ghetto succeeded In cut
ting his bonds and, rushing to the
telephone, notified Eugene Miller,
the night watchman at Macon, sew
en- miles south of Coal City, who,
with DR.. Il. d. Watts, was at the
station at the time, lay in wait for
the robbers. Watts was armed with
repeating shotgun and Miller car
ried a revolver.
At Mazeon the freight train stop
ped to switch cars. The bandits
leaped from the train and hid in a
clump of shrubbery near the track.
Miller and the physician discov-
cred their hiding place and opened
fire, which was promptly returned,
about 25 shots being exchanged.
When the train started the bandits
leaped aboard and again escaped.
Immediately the sheriff at Morris
was notified. A number of automo-
biles were pressed into service and
the pursuit began, the machines fol-
lowing the road along the Sante Fe
right of way. For a time the mo-
tor cars sped directly alongside the
train, members of the posse occa-
sionally firing at dark objects which
were thought to be the bandits.
When the train came to q stop
at Verona, near Morris, the sheriff
and his men searched the cars.
Three of the fugitives were found
in an otherwise empty baggage car.
All were wounded. The other two
had fed. 1t is believed they leaped
Off the moving train from the side
opposite the posse and escaped with
the booty secured from the bank
The prisoners were taken to Morris,
where they refused to give their
names or discuss the robbery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
THAw WAS WORTH 500, 900.
Mother A Witness In Suit BY Coun-
sci For Fees.

New York Especially Mrs. Mary
Copeley Thaw, mother of Harry
Thaw, was a witness in the suit
brought by Clifford w. Hartridge, a
lawyer, for alleged counsel fees in
Thaw's trial for the murder of Stan
ford White.
When counsel asked Mrs. Thaw
II her son was Independently
wealthy at the time he hired the
lawyer. she replied:
He had some money OF his own,
but not near so much as the news
papers stated"
what was he WORTH"
''I should say about 100000"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
STEEL BARON FRANK
HOFFSTOTT IS INDICTED
Head of Bank and Pressed Steel
Car Co. in Graft Scandal.
Grand Jury Recommends The Pre-
sentiment of Frank N. Hoffstat
Said To Have Paid Big sum To
City Councilman To Name Bank
As Depository For City Funds
Bank President Winter Made No
Defense To Charge OF Bribing
Councilman With $4,000.


Pittsburg Especially The climax
promised in the Pittsburg graft ex-
posures came with the presentment
by the grand jury of a lengthy re-
port, in which is recommended the
indictment of Frank N Hofestat,
president of the Pressed Steel Car
Company. a wealthy citizen and one
of the most prominent business men
in the country.
The court ordered indictments
drawn against Hoffstat in accordance
with the grand jurys presentment,
namely, on two counts of bribery
and conspiracy to defraud the city.
The presentment reads that Hoff-
stat shall be ordered to appear as
witness "and in case he does not
do so Immediately. that the district
attorney of Allegheny County pro-
ceed forthwith to extradite him"
The presentment concluded with
an order that the investigation con-
tinue along the lines already pursued,
which is taken to mean that more
men higher up are yet to be named.
simultaneously in open court came
plea of Emil Winter. president of
the Workingman' Savings and Trust
Company that he had no defense to
the charge that he gave a 100000
bribe to former Councilman Morris
Einstein.
Findings OF The Jury.
The following in abbreviated form,
are some of the most startling find
ings in the grand jury's presentment:
l. That Frank N. Hoffstat. presi-
dent of the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany and president of the German
National Bank of Allegheny. and
prominently identified with other
banks, paid to Charles Stewart, a
former select councilman, the sum
of S52,5O0.
2. That the money was a bribe
used in influencing the votes of coun-
cilmen to pass an ordinance naming
three banks in which Hoffstat was
interested as official repositories of
city's millions.
3. That the arrangement for the
payment of the money to Stewart
was made in the spring of 1908, and
that the late James W. Friend. at
that time an official of the Pressed
Steel Car Company. was an associate
in the transaction.
4, That the original plan which
Friend had, was to obtain the serv-
ices of William A. Blakeley, who was
then practicing attorney here, but
who is now the district attorney in
charge of the graft prosecutions, as
a stakeholder of the bribe money
until the ordir -nce hac passed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
WOMEN AS JAILBREAKERS.
Release Two Men. And Have Auto
Ready For Flight.

Denver, Col. Especially Aided by
two women. who are thought to
have smuggled saws with which to
cut the bars of window and pro-
vided an automobile for their fight,
two military prisoners escaped from
the guardhouse at Fort Logan.
The men were w. T. Shaw. await
ing sentence for robbery, and j p.
Smith, an army deserter from Fort
Leavenworth, arrested recently at
La Junta. Col.
Soldiers. securing the country for
the escaped men, learned that they
fled in an automobile with two wom-
en-. A dozen other prisoners declin-
ed to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to escape.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Victim OF A Maniac.

West Palm Beach, Fla. Especially 4.
Louise Weybrecht. ~ years old.
who. with her mother, Mrs. o. w.
weybrecht. was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Frank V. Pierce
here Ia dead. Mrs. weybrecht Is
still alive. and II Is said she has q
fighting chance TO recover. The
body OF Pierce. who committed sui
eide after wounding the woman and
her daughter. will be taken to st.
.Albans. Vt. where his mother lives,
for burial. II is now believed he
was insane
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
To Sing Sing For Life.

New York Especially Life terms
in Sing Sing as habituai criminals
were given In Brooklyn TO Harry
s. Britton. so years old. civil en-
gineer, and Philip Render. 10 years
old. Render has spent 26 years be-
hind the bars, while Britton has
served 13 years In fiye states. Brit
toms chief scheme had been adver-
tising for governess 10 care for
two children In q distant city and
making on with the money given
him TO buy her railroad ticket. The
theft Of cot Of harness was Rem
der's latest oifense,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Horse Jumps Through Car.

Cincinnati. o. Especially "A run
away horse jumped through the rear
entrance OF street car at Fourth
and Main Streets here, injuring half
dozen passengers. The rear plat
form of the car was wrecked, the
doorway was splintered and broken
glass was sent flying through the
car. When police and flremen ar
rived they found the horse so tight
iy wedged into the car that the
wreckage had to be cut away with
axes before he could be pulled out.
None Of the passengers was seriously
hurt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-04-14
Wholesale Markets,

New York.-Wheat-S irregu-
lar; No. red, 125c. C. /. (. and No.
Northern, 1854 (. o. b. opening
navigation.
Corn-Spot easy; steamer, 64%c.
asked and No. A, 62A, both in ee-
'ator export basis; export No. 2, 60
lominal
oats-spot easy; mixed, 26@32
bs., nominal; natural white, 26@32
lbs, 40 q SIC; clipped white, SAG
AZ lbs, 501s @53.
Butter-Creamery specials, 34@
34kt,
Eggs-State, Pennsylvania and 9TH
er nearby hennery, white fancy, 23@
25c.; do, gathered white, 221a@
% "; do, hennery, brown and mix
ed, fancy. 23@231s; do, gathered
brown, fair to prime, 22@23; West
extra firsts, 22@221a; firsts, 21h
@22 Southern firsts, 1@21h.
Poultry-Alive quiet; fowls, 20c.;
turkeys, 14@20. Dressed firm;
Western chickens, 16@17c.; West
ern fowls, 15@1Sh; Western tur-
keys, 17@23.
PhiIadelphia.--Wh quiet but
firm; contract grade, March, 119A
@121hc.
Corn-Quiet but steady; March
and April, 64R @65c.
Oats-Weak; 1ac. lower; No. Q
white, natural, 50@50kc.
Butter-Firm; fair demand; extra
Western creamery, 35 hc.; do, near
by prints. 96.
Eggs-Steady; fair demand;
Pennsylvania and other nearby frsts.
T. c., &c. at mark; do, current re-
ceipts. in returnable cases, 21c. at
mark; Western firsts, f. C. 90 at
mark; do, current receipts, f. c., 21
at mark.
Cheese-Demand active; prices
firmer; New York full cream.
choice. 17A @17%c.; do, fair to
good, 1914 OFT.
mand; fowls, 19@19hc.; old roos-
tiers, 1906. Broiling chickens, 33
q 35; ducks, 1903; geese, 12 q 13.
Dressed Poultry-Firm and ac-
tive; fresh killed fowls, choice, 1914
a @19c.; do, fair to good, 17@1
old roosters, IA; broiling chickens.
nearby, 1904; do, Western. 21 a
%; roasting chickens, 15@21;
turkeys, 24@25; do, fair to good.
23.
BaItimore.--Wheat- red
Western, 1.13%c.; No. 2 red.
1.19h; No. red. 1.15h; steamer
No. 2 red. 1.12%; steamer No. 2
red Western, 1.13%.
Corn-Spot, 65@65Ac.; April,
65 " @659s; May, 66ss @67%.
Oats-We quote. per bu.: White
No. 2, as to weight, 1914 Oslo;
No. 8, as to weight, 4Sh @5Q: No.
A. as to weight. As " q 46h.
Rye-We quote, per bu.: No. Q
rye, Western. domestic, SEQ S9c.;
No. rye, Western, domestic, SIG
SO; bag lots. as to quality and con-
dition, 70@S0.
Hay-We quote per ton: No. 1
timothy. $22; No. 2 timothy. $21;
No. timothy, $1S.5O@20; choice
clover mixed, s21; No. / clover mix
ed, S20.50@21 No. 2 clover mixed.
$40 20; No. clover. $20.50@21;
No. clover. $1,000.
Butter--We quote. per lb.:
creamery, choice. Si@s2; creamery.
good, 2s@30 creamery, imitation.
2l@23.
Eggs-we quote, per dozen:
Maryland, 21c.; Virginia, 21; West
ern, 21; West Virginia, 21; South
ern. 20. Duck eggs, 28c.
Live Poultry-We quote, per h.:
Old hens, 20c.; chickens. choice,
young. 20@22; do, winter, Q lbs.
and under. 25@2s; do. spring. 1
lb. and over 35. Ducks-Large,
zoe; small to medium. IT: do. Mus
covy and Mongrel. 16@17.