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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
H|GHWAYMEN GET $4,000
PaymaSters Robbed in Two
HOldups.
Spring From Woods Into Back OF
Buggy While Paymasters Were
Driving To Mine or Dexter Coal
Co.-Benten Insensible And Left
On Roadside-Horscs, Buggy And
Money Satchel Gone.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially. - Ed
ward McGann, paymaster, and
Charles N Pommering, assistant pay
master. respectively. OF the Dexter
Coal Company. of Pittsburg, were
attacked by highwaymen at l o'clock
while carrying a $4,000 payroll in a
buggy near the company mines at
Brilliant, o. At a late hour both
men were still unconscious at a hos
pital in Steubenville, o., while the
murderous highwaymen, who escap-
ed with the money, are thought to
be hiding in the hills of West Vir-
ginia, across the Ohio River from
the place of the holdup.
The Dexter Coal Company, from
its office in the Frick Building at
Pittsburg, gave out notice that II
would pay $1,000 reward for the
highwayman, dead or alive, and Of
ficers in Eastern Ohio, Northern
West Virginia aud Western Pennsyl-
vania are busy trying to catch the
highwaymen. who are thought to
have numbered three.
McGann left Pittsburg going TO
Wellsburg, w. Va, by the Panhandle
train, which he left at that point
and crossed the Ohio River in a
boat to be met by Pommering, who
had buggy in which they were TO
carry the money to the Dexter mine,
about two miles back from the riv-
er.
The pair had passed an old school
house far from any other house and
were about Ato enter a wood when
some men, who had apparently been
hiding behind the schoolhouse, ran
after them and, springing lightly
into the back of the buggy, began
beating them over the head with
heavy hand billies.
McGann says Pommering's skull
was evidently crushed at the first
blow, for. with moan, he sank in
to the bottom of the buggy and at
that moment McGGnn was also
knocked to his knees by a blow on
the head. McGann lost conscious
ness for time and when he came
to he was lying by the side of the
road with Pommering some yards
away, apparently dead
The horse and buggy and the
money satchel were gone. Mccain,
on his hands and knees, crawled to
the Dexter coal mine, almost a mile
distant, and told the workmen who
were waiting for their pay. Pom
mering was hurried to the hospital
at Steubenville, where it was found
that. aside from having a crushed
skull, that one of his eyes had been
knocked out entirely. McGann, too,
is in serious condition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
TO ILLUMINATE ToRpEDoEs.
Pacific F1otila VIII Use Them In
Night Practice.

Los Angeles, Cal Especially A
week of spectacular night practices
will be begun by the ten vessels of
the Pacific torpedo fiotilla. During
practice eight torpedoes will be dis
charged by each destroyer while go
ing at full speed and the torpedoes
will be illuminated so that their
course to the mark may be traced
In the darkness. This week the
fiotilla Is at what the men call ping
pong" practice, in which the large
caliber ammunition is supplanted by
service rifles attached TO the guns
and fired at close range targets
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
The News.
Domestic

United States Commissioner Mark
A. Feote, of Chicago, ordered the
deportation of Bob Leong. OF Ell
Paso. Texas, convicted last summer
before Judge Lands of smuggling
Chinese from Mexico.
Thomas Thorne, an actor. we'll
known in Baltimore, committed sui
eide in Chicago where he was play
Ing the poet-reporter in THE Fourth
Estate"
Cold weather and heavy snowfalls
checked to considerable extent
building operations in the principal
ciaes Of the United States during
February
The trolley strike in Trenton, y.
j., was settled when the Trenton
Street Railway Company granted the
men the wages they asked-23 cents
an hour
The Far Eastern Association Medi-
cal Conference accepts the theory
that ber-beri has its origin IN the
polishing of rice.
John J showalter, a Pennsylvania
oil producer so years Old, dropped
dead in the lobby of d hotel az Long
Beach. Cal
Peter Strik.s. said to be a die
couraged lover. was arrested, charged
with dynam.t!ng the home Of Mrs
John shokus, a widow. of Wilkes
Barre. Pa.
a tablet has been placed in the
University OF Pennsylvania. in honor
OF John Nixon. who first read the
Declaration of independence In pnb-
lie.
The body Of Thomas Collier Platt
was Inferred on the heights OF Ever
green Cemetery, overlooking Oswego.
the city Of his birth
Rare Sevres ware, lent by the
French government, will be eXhib-
tied at the French Hospital Bazaar,
to be held in New York.
Women both In favor of and op-
posing votes for women, visited the
General Assembly at Albany, ~ Y
A. w Shirey, who was assassinated
at Little Rock. Ark, bequeths $500,
900 TO the odd Fellows.
Jefferson VI. Andrews. secretary of
the American Sunday School Union,
died in Philadelphia.
Charged with embezzling $780,
900 of the funds of the First Ma
tional Bank of Upton. Ind, Will
liam Fl. Marker formerly cashier Of
the bank, was placed on trial.
Bloodhounds and detectives are
searching for Miss Helen Bloodgood.
who eluded her nurses and disap-
peared from Lakewood. n. j.
Logan NJ. Bullitt the civic re-
former who was arrested by order
OF Mayor Reyburn, of Philadelphia,
was fined ten dollars.
Mrs. Jack Cudahy. OF Kansas City.
whose husband attacked Banker Jere
+. Lillis has refused offers to go on
the stage.
Edward Mccain. paymaster of
the Dexter Coal Company, of Pitts
burg, was held up by highwaymen
and robbed OF $4,000
Crossed electric wires caused
fire loss Of $4,000 at the Westing-
house Machine Company's plant at
pittsburg
Robbers dynamited safe in the
bank az Edna, Kan. and escaped on
a handcar with $4,000.
Excited foreigners caused a run
on the Society OF Savings Bank, of
Cleveland. o.
Three persons wsre killed and 25
injured by the collapse of fire ruins
In Pittsburg
The police force Of Rutherford, n.
II, has gone on a strike.
p tsburg plants have orders for
10000 steel railroad cars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH

The monument erected in Statuary
Hall, in the Capitol, to the memory
of John c. Calhoun was unveiled,
ceremonies being held both in the
House and Senate.
The House Committee agred to
favorably report the Mccall bill re-
contributions and expenses
A medal of honor and "a gratuity
were awarded TO Chief Electrician
William e. Snyder. OF the Navy, for
extraordinary heroism.
The House Committee adopted an
amendment to the administration
railroad bill to prevent stock-water-
ing.
Representative Madden introduced
resolution whose purpose is to
greatly enlarge the powers of Con-
gress.
Chemist Wiley found $4,000, 900
germs on an old dollar note handed
to him for investigation
Former Secretary of the Interior
Garfield stated that MIR. Ballinger,
while commissioner of the Land
Once, submitted to him an affidavit
signed by Clarence Cunningham, in
which he stated that the Guggen-
helm syndicate had no interest in
the Alaska coal lands.
Attorney General Wickersham
rendered an opinion which stated
that foreign steamship companies
whose vessels ply between American
ports and those abroad are subject
TO the corporation tax.
hn arfx
word from Consul Wallace at Jeru-
salem that two American women
were fired upon by Afghan fanatics
and wounded.
Charles II. Evans, who assisted
the congressional committee in pre-
pairing the various tariff bills from
1872 to 1897, died, aged 78 years.
A boatswain and two seamen of
the U. S. S. California were com
mended by the Navy Department for
saving a woman from drowning.
President Taft withdrew the nomi-
nation of John NJ. Mulford to be
postmaster at Lebanon. o.
The United States Military Acad-
cmy Bill. appropriating S1,7OO,OOO,
was passed by the House.
The Indian Appropriation Bill, car
rying about ten million dollars, pass
ed the Senate.
From the joint Committee on tho
Revision OF the Laws Senator Hey
burn reported a bill providing for
the codiflcation, revision and amend
ment OF the laws relating to the ju-
dietary.
The Department of Justice has ac-
cepted the offer OF Pierre Garven,
prosecutor of Hudson County, N. j.,
to furnish evidence in the Beef Trust
cases.
A second attempt TO have the
House pass a bill providing for the
purchase or erection of embassy
buildings in foreign capitals was de-
feated.
An appropriation of 100000 is
provided for the establishment Of
submarine signals along the Atlantic
Coast In a bill passed by the Sem
ate.
A joint resolution was offered In
Congress aiming to investigate the
death OF Lieut.. James M. Sutton. of
the Marine Corps. at Annapolis.
Representative Hobson and Payne
were in a tilt In the House over a
bill TO provide for the construction
or a military road with convict Ia
Dor from the prison at Fort Leaven-
worth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
THE WRECK OF THE MAINE.
President In Favor OF Raising The
Historic Hulk.

Washington, d. C. Especially -
The President told a delegation of
United Spanish War Veterans that
he was heartily in favor of the prop
osition to raise the wreck of the
Maine, in Havana harbor. The COM
mittee consisted of Charles III. Steph-
ems and Mrs. Stephens and Burn
hardt Wall and Mrs. Wall, of New
York; Gen. Nelson A. Miles and sew
eral others. They laid before the
President the resolutions adopted at
the Carnegie Hall meeting. in New
York, February 20, asking for the
removal of the wreck of the Maine,
and Mrs. Wall pinned upon the Pres
ident's coat one of the ribbons which
the society is selling to raise fund
for the wrecking work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
BIG TOBACCO EARNINGS.
Trusts Profits One Half OF It's
$4,000, 900 Capital.

New York (SpeciaD The Ameri-
can Tobacco Company, which is now
fighting the Federal suit for its dis
solution before the United States
Supreme Court, made public its an
nual report for 1908. which showed
that the so-called Tobacco Trust
earned 50h per cent. on its $40,-
100000 common stock.
The net earnings of the Trust"
were sS0.44S,3S4, an increase of
S1,743.979 over last year. which,
after deductions and preferred stock
dividends. left balance OF s20,327,-
296. The report shows that the
company now has a total surplus
of $42,499.140, an amount larger
than its issue of common stock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
II MEN ENTOMDED
BY WALL OF FIRE
Many Miners Are Killed al
WilkeS-Barre.
FAINT HOPE OF RESCUE BEING MADE.
Accident Occurs In The No. 8 Shaft
OF The Lehigh And Wilkes-Barre
Coal Company-Explosion OF Gas
Causes A Heavy Fall OF Rock
Between Seven And Seventeen
Men Are EntoDbed And There Is
Little Hope For Them.


Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Especially. -
From to II men we're entombed
in the No. shaft OF the Lehigh an
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, near
here, as the result of a terrific ex-
plosion of rock and wall of fire and,
at present, there appears to be little
hope of rescuing them alive.
The explosion occurred shortly
after O'Clock in the No. 12 plane,
where a gang of men were putting
together hoisting engine. The
mine was idle all week and the men
were taking this opportunity of put
ting the engine together.
What caused the explosion Is not
known, but it is believed that the
men struck an unknown accumula-
tion of gas with their naked lamps.
The explosion was an exceedingly
heavy one and the fall of rock ex-
tended for some distance along the
plane.
A fire fighting force was organiz-
ed and at IL O'Clock thousand feet
of hose was sent down into the mine
in an effort to play water on the
fre. There was a good supply OF
water. but the fireflghters were han
dicapped by deadly fire damp which
gathered in large quantities.
None of the officials was able to
tell the number of men who were in
the workings when the explosion oc-
Cured.
The officials at midnight reported
that none of the entombed men had
been reached and that the fire was
spreading. They hoped, however
that II the men had not been killed
by the explosion that they have been
able to reach a place of safety.
Every effort is being made 10
reach the men quickly, but the gen.
eral opinion is that the chances of
reaching them are small.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Especially BY
O'Clock A. NJ, the bodies of the
seven mineworkers killed by the ex-
plosion in the No 5 Colliery of the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Com
pany were brought to the surface.
Only two men of the gang of nine
escaped. They were James Hayes
and Martin Williams, who a few
minutes before the explosion had
gone for supplies. A few min
utes afterward they heard the
roar of the explosion and felt the
concussion. They rushed to give aid
to their comrades, but were driven
back, weak and faint, by the fire.
damp,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Carload OF Rabies Given Away.

New Orleans Especially Wednes-
day they gave babies away in New
Orleans. A carload OF the little
tots arrived here from New York
founding and orphan asylums. with
an eager crowd OF claimants await
ing their arrival. In addition to
those who had previously made sue
ceesful claims to baby. many press-
ed about the car in the hope that
there might be some left over"
but those who had applied In ad-
vance got every baby In the car.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Danced More Than II Hours

San Francisco (SpeciaD Six men
and six women were taken to a hos
pital after dancing without Interrupt
ton for IA hours and Al minutes at
the first annual San Francisco dane
ing Marathon" The six couples will
divide S140 The legs and backs of
all were badly swollen, and three of
the women will probably be is the
hospital for a week or more.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Hartman Estate s14o,ooo,o 900.

Albany. y. Y Especially. - State
Comptroller Williams has receive
s675.O0o in partial payment of the
transfer tax on the estate OF the late
Edward II. Hartman.
The transfer bureau OF the Comp
trollcr's Office estimates that the final
settlement will be made on an estat
OF about s140.00O.00O.
The payment Just made is on s7l.-
100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Robs His Stepmother.

New York Especially - Joseph
Greenberg, wild youth of 22, who
stripped rings valued at $500 from
his stepmothers fingers while he
held revolver at her head. was ar
rested after he had attempted to
play the bold highwayman in an up
town saloon. He forced nine men
and the bartender to elevate their
hands with cry of Money or your
life," but someone shouted police"
and he fed after shattering plate
glass with two bullets. Pursued by
a policeman the youth turned and
fired twice, one OF his bullets dan
gerously injured nine-year old boy
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
The dispute directly involv.

The dispute directly involved
over 5000 men.
The increase in wagesc de-
manded by the trainmen and
conductors was claimed by them
to be but nine per cent.
The railroad company claim
ed the increase in pay asked was
fourteen per cent.
The men asked a change in
handling double-header freights
anj the lay-over system of work.
ing men.
The demands of the trainmen
were made in January 1910.
Mediation was opened at the
request of President Daniel Will
lard. of the Baltimore and Ohio,
on March 3.
Conferences were opened FRI
day. March 4. and continued ev-
cry day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
IELEEN IND TIU,UUO GUNE,
So Is Woman, And Savannah Police
Connect All Three.

Savannah. Ga. Especially james
NJ. Doyle, for several years teller of
the Hibernia Bank here, is missing,
as is $4,000 of the banks cash. TAX
en- from its vault at the close of bust
ness Saturday night.
Connected by the police with the
disappearance of Doyle is that of a
woman who left several days before
he did, and with whom the police
assert he was infatuated.
President NJ. A. O'Byrne. of the
bank. said that the money was taken
all at one time and in large bills;
that when Doyle left the bank he
put the time lock on the vault so
that it could not be opened until
Monday morning.
Doyle has wife and several chill
dren here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
PRIZE FOR BEST ACCENT DINNER
10000 Women Sent Recipes To
Chicago Newspaper.

Chicago Especially Twenty thous-
and women tried for prize offered
by a morning newspaper in a menu
contest for the best Accent dinner
for four people.
Mrs. Frank Leslie Eldridge, it vas
announced carried off the laurels.
The following is her menu Ver-
micelli soup, bread and butter veal
frieassee; mashed potatoes: Dutch
slaw; baked apple; coffee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
TO GREET ROOSEVELT. .
P1ttsburgers Plan To Sail To Sea
And Escort His Ship In.

Pittsburg (SpeciaD Pittsburgers
are planning to welcome Theodore
Roosevelt on the high seas as he
approaches his home shores. The
Americus Club and the Young Men s
Republican Tariff Club, of which
Mayor Magee is president, are ar
ranging the trip. A Joint meeting
of the clubs will complete plans for
special trains to New York and the
chartering of a steamer TO carry at
least 1000 persons. 1t is planned
to sail out about "a hours and meet
the Roosevelt ship, escorting it to
port.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
GAYNOR DEFINES LARCENY.
VIII Not Pay Bills For Phones In
Onlcehoiders' Homes.

New York Especially. - Mayor
Gaynor sent to District Attorney
Whitman the bills rendered the city
for telephones used in the homes of
the old Aqueduct Commissioners and
hitherto charged by them to depart
ment expenses. When the Mayor
was asked II II is orime for city
official TO have city-paid telephone
in his home. he answered that lar
ceny Is a crime.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
To End siberian rcrrors.

st. Petersburg Especially. The
Budget Committee OF the Douma has
struck at the root o. the system Of
Siberian exile By cutting the appro-
priation for the administration OF
the system TO a bare $4,000. The
committee admitted that the Govern
ment had greatly reduced the num-
ber OF exiles In recent years and de-
clared that the system was bad and
must 60.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Robbers Escape On Handcar.

Edna, Kan. Especially Robbers
dynamited the safe of the Bank OF
Edna. secured an amount estimated
at $4,000 and escaped on a hand
car after exchanging shots with
number OF citizens. One Of the citi-
Zens was shot, but IL is believed he
was not seriously wounded
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
KILLED IN AUTO CRASH.
Former Virginian Meets Death At
Gary. Ind.

Gary, Ind. Especially Alfred d.
Milteer, secretary of realty COM
pany of this city. was killed; John
Geisel. whose home is at Wi,lnot,
Mimi, was seriously injured and
two other men were slightly hurt in
an automobile accident here.
DR.. Il. e. Geisei, son of John
Geisel, and Ora McNiece, a chaffeur.
were the two who received minor
injuries.
Miltneer Is survived by wife and
eight children. He moved here from
Whaleyville. Va. about two years
ago
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
scoIding Caused Suicide.

Maple Hill, Kans. Especially A
scoIding by his woman teacher was
more than Guy Moses. IA years old,
could endure and he killed himself.
His parents found his body when
they went to arose him so that he
might go to school. 81 don't care
to live, because teacher scolded me-
said note left by the boy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
MAN GOES FREE
| WOMAN TO EXILE
Rey0lutiOnists Fare Better Than
They Expected.
POOR CASE MADE OUT BY GOVERNMENT.
Mime. Breshkovskaya's Convic-
tion Was Due To Her Confession
That She Was A RevolutiOnist--
Tschaikovsky Will Go To Great
Britain. And Nine. Breshkovaska.
vas Exile Will Not BE Severe.

st. Petersburg Especially The
trial of Nicholas Tschaikovsky and
Nine. Breshkovskaya, on the charge
OF revolutionary conspiracy, ended
with the acquital of Tschaikovsky
and the comparatively mild sence OF
exile imposed upon Nine Breshkovs-
kaya. Tschaikovsky' counsel was
so pessimistic with regard to the out.
come that he spentthe interval while
the Jurors retired in planning an APP
peal. Nine Breshkovskaya' counsel
lamented the fact that she lacked
four years of the age exempting her
from hard labor.
The first CLEAN of hope, however,
came when the judges dropped the
charge against the woman of preach
ing assassination of the Emperor un-
der which exile with hard labor was
inevitable on conviction. The jurors
deliberated for 10 minutes Then
the doors were opened and the ver-
dict was rendered. While Nine.
BreshkOvskaya's sentence provides a
perpetual exile, she escaped hard
labor, which her counsel consi iers
a great victory.
A handful of friends surrounded
the prisoners, showering congratu-
lations upon them and exchanging
kisses in typical Russian fashion.
The guards allowed the woman half
an hour with her friends before TAX
Ing her to the detention prison,
where she will await deportation.
The collapse OF the prosecutions
case was due to the utter discredit-
ing or Pateuk, who himself Is serv-
ing life term for murder and 9TH
er crimes, and the failure of the
crown to present other witnesses
VINO could connect Tschaikovsky and
Nine. Breshkoyskaya with revolu-
tionary activity as charged in the
Indictment. The woman, however,
mad pleaded guilty to being a social
revolutionist. The Jurors found that
the business records introduced amp
iy accounted for Tschaikovsk
presence in Russia.
Tschaikovsky will leave here In
three weeks for England. Nine.
Breshkovskaya's exile. as shown by
the experience OF others, will BIO
reasonably comfortable IL money is
forthcoming from either her or her
friends.
Madame Breshkovskaya received
her sentence unmoved. and a mo-
ment later asked the correspondent
to send her greetings and best wishes
TO her friends In America.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Bruce Harris Killad.

Birmingham. Ala. Especially. -
Bruce Harris. alleged wife murder
er. formerly Of Lynchburg Va, was
shot and instantly killed by Detec-
tive c. s. Nations while resisting
arrest here. Harris was wanted In
connection with the murder of his
wife in Lynchburg, September 4.
1909.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
KuIs Hlmself In Hotel.

Colorado Springs. Col Especially r.
Earl a. Thomas. Jr., 80 years old
the son OF Brlgadier General Earl
B. Thomas. commander OF the De-
partment OF Colorado. with head
quarters In Denver. shortly after 12
o'clock fired a bullet into his brain
In his room at local hotel. dying
instantly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Thirteen Was His Lucky Number

only survivor OF the 38 miners in
the Mexican shaft of the Treadwell
mine, where a powder magazine ex-
ploded last Wednesday, is lila Dere-
itch, who wore about his neck a
brass Identification tag bearing the
numerals 49, He Is in the hospital
at Douglas, but will soon be out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Sentenced For Ninety.Nine Years

Kansas City, Mo, Especially Will
liam Jackson, negro janitor charged
with attacking six young white girls.
was convicted In the Criminal Court
and sentenced 10 90 years imprison-
ment. Former Governor A. H,
Burke. OF North Dakota, was fore
man OF the jury.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17

San Francisco Especially. = The
Court of Appeals upheld the conyic-
ton OF former Supervisor M. w.
Coffey, In connection with the graft
disclosures OF the Ruef-SchmitK ad-
ministration. Coffey was sentenced
to five years In San Quentin.