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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
ALAsKA's HIDDEN WEALTH

Washington, d. C.,-(SpeclaD -
A graphic picture of Alaska with her
millians in gold lying hidden beneath
hundreds OF feet OF frozen earth was
drawn by Delegate James Wicker
sham in a statement before the
House Committee on Territories in
support of a bill for the rivision OF
the Alaskan mining laws. He told
OF the luck of the pioneer prospectoI
and of his pathetic failures the
crudeness and the inadequacy OF the
mining laws in that territory and OF
the frequent resort to the rifle and
pistol. even the occasional summary
punishment OF vlolaters by the
rougher code of the hangman'
moose
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Bolo Wound Causes Death.

Bayonne. N. J. Especially Robert
A. Johnson. long associated with
Claus spreckels In the sugar bust
ness, died here indirectly from the
effect OF blow from a bolo. received
In the Philippine insurrectiop. Lo-
comotor ataxia developed from the
injury. Johnson superintended frri-
CATION work on sugar plantations In
Hawaii and is credited by some with
being the first to introduce irriga-
tion into those islands. He acted a
superintendent Of plantations In
Hawaii. Japan and the Philippines
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Re-
view of Trade says:
Improved financial conditions
serve to strengthen business confe
dence. Sentiment In iron and steel
Is more cheerful now that the United
States Corporation has entered the
market as buyer of pig iron, al
though the situation on the whole IN
this division still remains somewhat
disappointing No cancellations are
reported, however. and shipments
are sustained, except whore sewers
weather has delayed transportation.
Some railroads have found 1t neces-
sary to replenish old rolling stock
because of the wear and tear caused
by an unusually hard winter, and q
Western system alone has placed an
order for rs locomotives. Activity
is especially pronounced In the wire
trade, and the reported weakening OF
prices Is not general"
Bradstreet's says:
Business failures In the United
States for the week ended with Feb
ruary II were 269, against 249 last
week, 2S2 in the like week Of 1903,
326 In 1908. III In 1907 and lSe in
1906"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Live Stock.

Chicago.-Cattle- Market strong
to 10c. higher; steers, $4.7598:
cows, $3.50@5 $50; heifers, $4,000
6; bulls, $4Q5.25; calves. s3@s.25:
stockers and feeders, $3.5005.75.
Hogs-Market strong; choice
heavy, S9.80@9.35; butchers, 1925
@9.35; light mixed, s909.2O; choIce
light, 1920 9.25; packing, s9.2O@
$50; pigs. sS.9O@9.10; bulk q
sales, s9.15@9.30.
Sheep, $5.b0@726; lambs. S7359
s.1o; yearlings, s725@s.Go.
Kansas City. Cattle = Market
steady TO 10 higher; choice export
and dressed beef steers, s6.25 7.50;
fair to good. s5.30@6.25; Western
steers, IS @6.75; stockers and feed
ers. s4@5.90; Southern steers. $475
@6.50; Southern cows. s3@5.2b;
native cows. $396; native heifers.
1915 q 6.25; bulls. S3.65 q 5.25;
calves, $4,000.
Market 8 to 15c higher
Top, $40; bulk of sales, 1880
butchers, $3.50 $40: light, ssSs
@s.s5; pigs. s7.4o@s.1o.
Sheep-Market 10 to l5c higher;
lambs. sS.45@9: yearlings. s7.75g
$50: wethers. 1907: ewes. $500
6.25: stockers and feeders. $4@s.
Pittsburg,, Pa.---Cattle--supply
light; choice. $3.50 @6.75; prime
t6.25 @ $40.
Sheep--supply light; prime weth.
ers. $6.ss@7; culls and common, "
o.; lambs. ys@s.s0; veal calves
@10@1o.5o.
Receipts light; prime hssv'
ies, mediums, heavy and light YORK.
err. ss:6oQ s.sb, pigs. $3.50; rouSaA
tS.5o0s.eo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Gave Away Turnips.

Toledo, Ohio Especially Free tur-
nips were on the menu of many
Washington's Birthday dinners in To-
ledo. A carload OF the vegetables
was distributed by j. G. Bonner, who
was dissatisfied with the price Offer
ed his shipment by wholesalers.
Colonel Bonner advertised his inten-
ton also as sort OF protest against
high prices for the same vegetable
charged by retailers. Probably 600
persons surrounded the car with
baskets, boxes. tin pans. bags and
recepticies OF all kinds and the ten
tons OF turnips disappeared in seven
tv MINUTES.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Washington Memorial Hall.

New York Especial Mrs. Henry
f. Dimeck, president of the George
Washington Memorial Association,
announced that contributions suffi-
cient to practically assure the erec-
tion of the proposed $2.500, 900
George Washington Memorial Hall
at Washington, d. c., have already
been pledged. AS part of the Gel
ebration of Washington's Birthday
the association made public the
names of several Of the foremost
financiers of the country who have
promised substantial sums to the
cause.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Fleet Submarines.
The submarines are for the
"a ESCAPE FROM MINE.
Explosion May. However, Cause
One Mans Death.

Central City, Ky. Especially. - An
explosion of gas in the mine OF the
Iron Mountain Coal Company, three
miles from this place, probably fatal
ly burned Warren Gibbs. a miner,
but "a men, who, with Gibbs, COM
prised the day shift, escaped with
slight bruises.
The men went underground at the
usual hour and were proceeding to
their rooms, when Gibbs, who was
leading the way with, II is said, an
uncovered lamp, hit a pocket of gas.
An explosion followed I'm which Gibbs
was fearfully burned. The other men
retreated hastily. but forced their
way into the workings and rescued
their comrade.
Meantime the woodwork in the
mine caught fire, but the men man
aged 10 reach the surface in safety.
The mine is still burning.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
$4,000 OR DEATH.
Threatening Letter Received BY An
Ohio County Treasurer.

Portsmouth, o. Especially Harry
Bennett, treasurer of Meigs County,
has received letter threatening his
father, Capt. Thomas l.. Bennett. a
well-known river man, and a brother
and himself with death of $4,000 If
not placed in the soldiers monument
in the courthouse yard before Sat
urday night. The letter containing
the threat says:
you have robbed us long
enough"
1t was turned over to the postal
authorities
The treasurers office of Meigs
County was robbed six years ago of
$4,000 by alleged hold-up men, who
locked Treasurer Chase in the vault.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Mrs. cyrus H. X. Curtis Dead.

Philadelphia. Pa Especially. =
Mrs. Cyrus II. X. Curtis. wife of the
head OF the Curtis Publishing Com
pany and the first editor of the
Ladies' Home Journal. died at her
home, In Wyncote. a suburb. Death
was due to heart disease. She was
5S years of age. Mrs. Curtis became
editor of the Ladies' Home Journal
when that publication was started in
1883. She retired from the editor
ship six years later.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
chIoroformed 100000 Chickens.

Kansas City. Mo. (speciaD ~
Aroused by the activity OF a gang
Of chicken thieves that is said to
have chioroformed and stolen 50,-
900 chickens in Wyandotte County,
Kansas. since last Christmas. the
Wyandotte County Horticulture So
ciety has offered $500 reward for
the arrest and conviction OF the per-
petrators OF tho crimes. II IL said
that the thieves soak rags In the
drug. apply the rags to the chickens 4
Bcsi-iis, put them TO sleep and re-
move them from the roosts without
eyen so much as sauawk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Two Killed I'm Wreck.

Denver. Colo, - Especially - Two
persons we're killed. two perhaps
fatally injured, and twenty others
hurt in a collision OF Union Pacific
passenger train and a street car in
Denver. The locomotive OF the pas
senger train, which was running at
high speed. struck the front OF the
street car, hurting the car across the
tracks. The moterman and a woman
passenger were killed, II Is feared
number OF the injured may die.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
To Lay Another Gable.

New York Especially George G..
Ward, vice president and general
manager OF the Commercial Cable
Company. announced that, in view
OF the public demand for Increased
cable facilities and greater speed OF
transmission, the Commercial Cable
Company will proceed at once to lay
an additional transatlantic cable.
This will be the sixth cable which the
Commercial Cable Company will own
between Europe and America, and
will greatly accelerate the trans-At-
lantlc cable service.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Jumps 40 Feet On Skis.

Coleraine, Mimi. Especially. - An
ders Haugen, of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, won the first professional hon
ors of the Nation ski tournament
here, with a score of 271 points.
Oscar Gunderson, of Chippewa Falls,
was second, and Ole Feiring, of Du-
luth, third. Barney Reilly, of Cole
raine, winner of the amateur events,
made an exhibition standing jump
of 119 feet, whereas the longest
standing jump made by profession
al was III feet, by Haugen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Paulhan's Flights Stopped.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Especially -
Louis Paulhan, aviator, who was un-
der contract to make aeroplane
flights in Oklahoma City, received
a telegram saying that the Wright
BROTHERS had procured an injunction
in the federal court in New York
preventing Paulhan from making fur
ther exhibitions. Paulhan said he
would make no more flights until
the case was cleared up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Inauguration Date.

Washington. d. c. Especially THE
Henry resolution, proposing to the
several states an amendment to the
Constitution changing the date OF
the inauguration of the President
and Vice President from March 4 to
the last Thursday In April, was
favorably acted upon by the House
Judiciary Committee by an unani.
NOUS vote. The resolution has been
pending In the committee for several
weeks. The unfavorable weather
usually existing about March 4 was
the most potent argument in favor
of a later date.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Germany Wars On Oil Trust.

New York Especially German con-
sumers have opened war on the meth
ods OF the Standard Oil Company. ac-
cording to DR.. Paul Schwartz, who
arrived In New York from Germany.
He comes to this country TO investi-
gate the independent supply of oil,
with the view of reporting TO the
German government the advisability
OF establishing Government monopoly
In the oil business to crush out the
STANDARD. He will visit oil producers
in Texas, Mexico and elsewhere In
this country.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
NEW APPENDIX RECORD HELD.
Pennsylvania Leads The List At
Seven Inches.

Sharon, Pa. Especially The COM
petition which recently developed for
worlds records in the length of ver-
inform appendices disclosed a new
winner.
The standing is now as follows:
First-Edwin Ross, of Sharon, Pa,
Z inches.
Second-Howard Gould, of Win
throp, Mass, n inches.
Third-George Ross, former
Yale athlete, 6 inches.
Drs. O'Brien, Reed and Kennedy
1t took all three of them to remove
the appendix from Ross at the Buhl
Hospital-believe that the seven-inch
record will stand for quite a while.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
The Father OF 32.

New York Especially ~ claim to
be the champion American father"
said Daniel Bulger, of Flushing, l.. l.
Bulger says he is the father of 32
children. His claim Is based on the
fact that whereas Darling has father
ed 2S children. he has been married
twice, while Mr.. Mr.. Bulger has been
married but once. "My fatherhood
has keep me poor In this world Is
goods" said Bulger. but / do not
regret that. Every one knows that
children are an expensive luxury, and
therefore may be called rich in
deed"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
INDICTMENTS PASSED
AGAINST BEEF BARONS
Twenty-Seyen Big Corporations
in the Grip of the Law.
MANY MIlLIONAIRtS TO ANSWER

Packing Company. The
Swifts, Armours, Morrises And
Hammonds Must Stand Trial
Wealthy Packers Liable To Fine
And Imprisonment-Compelled To
Go Before Jury Or oppose Extra
dition-Fight Centers On Control
OF Beef And Poultry Supply
Through Cold Storage Plants Near
New York.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03

New York Especially indictments
charging conspiracy to raise prices
on foodstuffs contrary to the public
good, against all the officials and di-
rectors of the National Packing Com
pany-the so-called Beef Trust
were presented to Judge Swayze, in
the Supreme Court of Hudson Coun-
ty, N. j., in Jersey City. The in
dictments embrace the six great pack
ing companies and 21 packers, sew
eral of them multimillionaires, social
ly and industrially prominent, were
indicted by grand jury in Hudson
County, N. j., charged with conspir-
acy in limiting the supply of meat
and poultry.
The indictment Is drawn under the
law of New Jersey, which provides,
upon conviction, maximum penalty
of three years in the penitentiary or
1000 fine, or both. The offense
is extraditable, which means that
practically all the meat barons OF
this country must either successfully
resist extradition or come to Jersey
City for trial.
Pierre Garven, the prosecutor OF
Hudson County, announced that he
would forthwith notify the defend.
ants of their indictment, and would
be ready to force extradition in each
and every case where the individual
| concerned is not wiling to face tria
voluntarily. None, he says, will be
spared.
The defendants, as named, are as
| follows:
Corporations:
The National Packing Company.
Armour & Co.
Swift G. Co.
Morris & Co.
Hammond Packing Company.
G. II. Hammond & Co.
Individuals:
j. Ogden Armour.
| A. Watson Armour
Louis b. Swift.
Edward F. Swift.
Charles II. Swift.
Edward Morris.
Ira N. Morris.
Arthur Meeker.
Edward Tilden.
l.. A. Carton.
Thomas e. Wilson.
Thomas ]. Connors.
| F. A. Fowler.
l.. II. Heyman.
Jas. e. Bathgate, Jr.
George j. Edwards
| Fred'k. b. Cooper.
d. e. Hartwell.
Henry 3. Darlington.
A. A. Fuller.
| Lemuel G. Patterson.
The indictment, which bristles in
| its arraignment of the men named,
also refers to divers others as be-
ing responsible. These latter. how
ever, are not specified. The forego-
ing list of names, 1t will be seen,
represents the very backbone of the
great packing industry of this coun-
try, containing, as it does, two Ar
mours, three Swifts, and two Nor
rises. all for the most part residents
OF Chicago, together with less i'm
portant figures in the packing world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
shoots Wrong Man.

Waco, Tex. Especially Charles
Franks shot and killed Josie Dono-
van, fatally wounded Roy Anderson
and Lulu Holt and then killed him
self in a rooming house. Franks
entered the building and saw An
derson talking to the Holt woman
and mistaking him for another man,
opened fire.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Seventeen Prisoners Escape.

Hot Springs, Ark.-C. A. Conlin,
wanted in San Francisco on a charge
of grand larceny, escaped from the
county prison here, at the same time
releasing 16 other prisoners. Conlin
is believed to have left the city in
an automobile. A posse has taken
up the chase.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Germany's First Dreadnouobt.

Berlin Especially The Nassau,
Germany's first Dreadnought, has
successfully undergone severe
test which was highly gratifying to
naval officers. All her guns, large
and small, we're fred simultaneously
with battle ammunition without the
slightest damage to any of her fit
tings or installations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Choir Singer Drops Dead.

New York Especially Mrs. John
Waldron, wife of the president of
the New Brunswick IN. J) Iron and
Foundry Company. dropped dead
while singing in the choir at the
Second Reformed Church, of that
place. Heart disease was probably
the cause.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
GEORGIA DENTIST ACCUSED.
Had Bad $40 Coins And Is Held As
Counterfetier.

Naldosta, Ga. (SpeclaD. - ]. II.
Dodge. a dentist OF Nichols, Ga, was
ordered held under bond of $4,000
on charges duplicating him in a coun-
terfeiting scheme. At the preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Powell here, 1t was testi-
fed that Dodge had on him when
arrested, ten spurious $40 coins.
DR.. IL. T.. Dodge, a brother, ana
also a dentist. was arrested. but the
warrant against him was dismissed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
AN ODD DEATH NOTICE
Declares That Wife Died of a
-. Broken Heart.

New York (SpeciaD D-"Jenks-
On Sunday, February 20, of a bro
ken heart, May, unbeloved wife OF
Thomas jerks"
Miss Ida May jerks In compli-
ance with her mothers wish, today
inserted the above death notice in
the local newspapers.
Mrs. jerks and her husband sep
arated several years ago, and 1t was
the dying woman's wish that her
husband be not permitted to look
upon her face after death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
FOR FARMING IN PALESTINE.
Jewish Agricultural Experiment
Station Incorporated.

Albany. ~ Y. (specisD. The
Jewish Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. with principal Offices In New
York was Incorporated to establish
and support agricultural experiment
stations In Palestine and other coun-
tries.
IL is also 20 promote the advance
ment Of agriculture In arid regions
throughout the world
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Killed 10 i'm 30 Years.

Stockton, Cal.-(speciaD Within
a few yards of the spot where he ran
over and killed a man Christmas
Eve, Albert Phipps, Southern
Pacific engineer, who during 80
years of service had run over and
killed is men and one woman, was
crushed to death in a collision.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Fuse Blows Out; Two Dead.

El Paso. Texas Especially Two
people are dead, one seriously in
jured and several slightly hurt in
consequence OF a street car accident,
caused by the blowing out of fuse.
Flames broke out. the people be-
came panic-stricken, and q number
Jumped from the swiftly moving car.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
TilIman's Mind Alert.

Washington, ID. @. Especially -
The Improvement in the condition
of Senator Benjamin II. Tillman, OF
South Carolina, continues, and his
family believes he is gradually ap-
preaching recovery. He spent good
night. and when he. awoke II was
evident that the favorable turn in
the paralysis and aphasia was pro-
crossing satisfactorily.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
DISHONEST FOR MOTHER'S
SAKE.
The Court Had Mercy, But Youth
Commits Suicide.

Eaton, Ohio (SpeciaD Because
he had used money obtained by cash
ing a worthless check to pay house
rent and buy fuel for his mother,
Gail Grouse, IS years old, had been
released by the court on probation,
but he closed suspension of sentence
by committing suicide.
Grouse passed the check at hotel
at Richmond, Ind, and was arrested.
He told his companions that he felt
he had been disgraced forever. He
drank four ounces of chloroform and
died
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
$50, 900 For Thaw's Creditors.

Pittsburg Especially The first and
partial account of Roger O'Mara,
trustee In bankruptcy for Harry
Kendall Thaw, was filled with Ref
cree Blair. After all items of ex-
pense are deducted Mr.. O'Mara states
that $4,000 remains for distribution
to Thaw's creditors. A meeting of
creditors will be held here March 8.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Earthquake shocks In Nebraska.

Columbus. Neb. (SpeciaD Two
earthquake shocks occurred here at
2 A. NJ. Windows were ratified and
houses shook enough to awaken
nearly all the inhabitants. No dam
age II Ieported.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
Former Congressman Dies.

Washington Courthouse. o. fspec-
ialD Hon. Mills Gardner. aged 80.
former congressman and member OF
both branches OF the Ohio legisla-
ture, died here. He was one OF the
last Lincoln electors IN Ohio.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-03
TO Be THE BIGGEST
WARSHIP AFLOAT
Secretary Meyer Outlines An
Ambitions Plan.
the HOUSE COMMITTEE IS WILLING.
1t Would Place The United States
In Possession OF 4 Monster Fight
ing Machine That Would Put
The Present Dreadnoughts OF The
World In The Shade - To BE
Equipped With 14-Inch Guns -
The Naval Program.

Washington. D. c. Especially The
building OF world record-breaking
battleship Of no less than $4,000 tons
displacement at cost OF approxl-
mately 100000, and the making
of the United States the leading nav
al power Of the world are planned by
Secretary OF the Navy Meyer.
This was what Secretary Meyer is
said to have told the members Of
the House Naval Committee was his
ultimate plan and what he would ask
Congress to authorize next year
The members of the committee stat
ed that the Secretary's radical plans
for naval advancement were favor
ably received by the committee
At the session Of the committee
even the stenographer was barred,
and the Secretary discussed freely
with the members his plans for the
Navy. He said that 1t was his pur-
pose that the United States should
not follow in the wake OF any other
nation in naval aivancement, but
that in essential particulars 1t should
take the lead. The Secretary did not
refer in this instance particularly to
naval strength Ia number Of ships
or armament. but to various features
OF improvement OF the efficiency of
ships and guns.
Big 1I-inch Guns.
The giant battleships which Sec
retary Meyer wants the United States
to build waits until next year only be-
cause the naval experiments with IA
inch guns have no- been completed
and the department desires 10 know
the result Of full experiments before
planning for the armament OF the
giant Dreadnought. Tentatively, it
is planned to arm this great battle
ship with a battery of fourteen IA
inch guns OF the latest type.
The Secretary said his plans for
the enlargement of all the dry docks
of the country as outlined to the
committee some weeks ago were
made in contemplation of the
great enlargement of the battleships
and he wanted the docks built to ac-
commodate ships of great size. The
committee has already indorsed The
Secretary's plan for dock enlarge
ment and the Naval Appropriation
Bill is expected to carry the several
million dollars necessary for that 2ur-
pose.
1t was tentatively agreed by the
committee that the naval increase
this year. based on the Secretary s
recommendations. shall be as fol-
lows:
Two 27,000-ton battleships, equip
ped with either 12 or IA inch guns.
One repair ship.
Two colliers.
Five subms rines.
Fleet Submarines.
The submarines are for the Pa
cific Coast and are the first of a fast
feet of those vessels which will be
provided within the next few years.
The plan to place 10 additional sub
marines on the Pacific Coast next
year was favorably considered. The
Pacific Coast congressional delega-
ton. which told the committee some
weeks ago of the practically defense
less condition OF the Western coast
against foreign men-of-war, appealed
strongly to the members, and the
submarine fleet has been decided
upon.