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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

New York (SpeciaD Paul Nor
ton, president OF the Equitable Life
Assurance Society and Secretary OF
the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt,
died of a cerebral hemorrhage in the
Hotel Seymour here Thursday night.
His wife and his elder brother, JOY,
we're at his side Is minutes after he
was stricken, but he never regained
consciousness and at 6.45 o'clock, an
hour after he was stricken, he died.
There will be no autopsy.
Mr.. Morton himself had no idea
that his life was in danger, but his
family, his physicians and a few close
friends knew that his condition was
precarious and that II he did not take
care of himself grave results would
follow.
Joy A. Morton gave full account
of his brothers. i'll health and sudden
death.
Paul and ! took luncheon to-
gether at noon" he said Il had
Just come on here from Chicago, and
Paul met me at the station. We went
to the Equitable building together.
where, at Paul's request, attended
a meeting of the board of directors at
which he presided. Then we had
luncheon together in the building,
and sat together talking until per-
haps $50 o'clock
81 had other business and so had
he. See you at the house at G or a
little before said, and we parted.
| never saw him alive again"
Mr.. Morton was to have started on
vacation trip to Europe February
22.
Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon said
that from the antecedent history and
the symptoms there was no doubt in
his mind that death was due to
arterial sclerosis, a hardening of the
walls of the arteries, terminating in q
cerebral lesion
The death was reported to the cor
oner's Office in the usual stereotyped
form.
Few, If any, of the directors of the
Equitable had news of the death until
they were informed by the newspa-
pers. +. w. Bloomingdale, Robert
De Forest and Frank S. Witherbee
the last named also of the executive
committee, were all deeply shocked.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Life Skctched In Brief.

Born in Detroit, Mich, May %,
1857.
Taken to Nebraska City when
six months old.
Got a position with the Bur-
lington Railroad in 1872 at SIG
a month.
Became assistant general
freight agent on the Burlington
at q.
Promoted to general passen-
ger and general freight agent.
Engaged in the coal and iron
business in 1890.
vice-president of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company and
president Of the Whitebread
Fuel Company, 1880 to 1896.
Became third yice-president Of
the Sante Fe in 1896.
Was made second vice-presi-
dent of the Sante Fe in 1898.
Appointed Secretary of the
Navy in 1904.
Resigned to become president
of the Metropolitan Street Rail
way in 1905.
Elected president OF the
Equitable Life Assurance Com
pany in 1905.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

III Paso, Texas (SpcciaD Fight
ing continues at Galeana, south of
Casas Grandes, and runners brought
the news to Casas Grandes Sunday
that among the dead were many wom-
en- and children, killed in their homes
as the Federals fred on the insurgents
N the houses. Unless these couriers
are greatly excited it promises to bo
the bloodiest battle of the present in
5urrectlon when all losses are totaled.
Reports say that the dead and
wounded will total 800. Casas
Grandes is still in the hands of the
Federals but the inhabitants are not
certain how long It will be held,
1t is claimed now that the rebels
are attempting to take all towns
along the III Paso Northwestern road
south of here and hold the line in
order to use 1t to take supplies to
their troops from I'll Paso. Juarez,
opposite FL Paso, according to these
statements, Is to be taken. As in
dioating that the Mexican govern
ment places credence in these reports
1t sent another hundred cavalrymen
to JuareZ from Chihuahua Sunday.
Fiscal guards in Juarez reported
Sunday that 200 revolutlonists
crossed the Rio Grande at Guadalupe
east of FL Paso Saturday going
south. This report was made to
their commander.
Reports from Guerrero and
Ojinaga show the Federals in as seri-
Gus condition there as at Galeana.
Navarro is completely cut of from
chihuahua and the rebels boast that
their retreat from Guerrero was to
draw him further away from his base
Of supplies and then annihilate his
command He has been cut of for
week and the rebels are attacking
his commands in all the smaller
towns, around Guerrero and Temo-
sachic, assisted in their attacks by the
Tarhuamara Indians.
At Ojinaga General Luque has had
% send out all the troops he can
spare to reinforce the small garrisons
he placed in the smaller towns and
S now said to be surrounded himself
Oy rebels at Ojinaga. The loss
among the Federals around Ojinaga
Is known to have been heavy OF late.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
The
Fulton County News
McConnellSburg, Pa.
AMERICA AND IRRIGATION.

Ours is the foremost country in the
world in the reclamation Of its arid
land. To the untraveled easterner
she extent of the irrigation Of west
,ern lands under direct government su'
pervision is unknown. The work Of
individual and corporate concerns
raises the actual reclamation of arid
3Rnd in the west TO an enormous to-
ssal acreage. Most of this work has
been accomplished within the past
decade, while each year the plans for
gtfll further pushing the conquests Of
artificial irrigation are extended, says
the Pittsburg Gazette-Times. That
ths prestige in this important depart
nent OF home building belongs to the
United States is further demonstrated
by a request recently submitted to
abe state department by the Austria.
hRn government. Australia has sew
nral wide extended areas OF arid
hand. The reclamation OF much OF
This has been undertaken, but the first
difficulty that confronted the govern
n1eut was lack Of expert knowledge
of the actual work to be done and of
the means used to secure the largest
and surest returns on the money In
vested In this dilemma Australia
burned to the United States, where ir-
rigation on the broadest lines has
been ably demonstrated under gov.
Hrnment control
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
GATHERING OF THE LEADERS.
Harmony Banquet OF the Democrats
a Success.

Baltimore was the scene Tuesday
of the greatest demonstration in the
history of the Democratic party since
its national convention of 1908 in
Denver.
1t was the Jackson Day National
Democratic celebration which began
at l o'clock in the afternoon with a
mass-meeting in the Lyric and which
ended after midnight with the close
of the banquet in the Fifth Regiment
Armory.
The most striking development of
the many during the day and night
was the inauguration OF a movemen,
for holding :he Democratic National
Convention in Baltimore next year
II marked the passing of Hon.
William Jennings Bryan as a Demo-
cratic party leader and as a possible
fourth-time candidate for the presi-
dency, as far as the sentiment of the
speakers-notably, Senator Bailey, OF
TeXas-could relegate him to the
rear. Mr.. Bryan himself was not
present, nor would be indte a letter
to be read at the gathering.
Still another striking develop
ment was the expression of a decid-
ed preference for Governor Judson
Harmon, of Ohio, as the Democratic
candidate for president next year.
At l o'clock the doors of the Lyric
swung open and the waiting crowd
rushed in. The first sight in the lob
bies which greeted the throng were
the posters urging female suffrage.
The Lyric was beautifully deco
rated. American flags were in evil
dence. Gen. Murray Vandver,
chairman of the Democratic State
Central Committee, called the meet
ing to order and introduced Gov.
Austin l.. Crothers, who presided.
The speakers were:
GOV. JUDSON HARMON, OF Ohio.
SENATOR JOSEPH w. BAILEY,
OF Texas.
HON. CHAMP CLARK, of Mis-
souri,, prospective Speaker of the
House of Representatives
The tenor of all the speeches was
that as a result of the November elec-
tion the Democratic party had been
placed on probation; that the people
would watch its course with great
care, and that it must live up to Its
promises to win continued support.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

Representative Oscar w. Under
wood, of Alabama, was unanimously
nominated for chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee. His name was
proposed by Representative Champ
Clark.
The caucus. adopted the Foster
resolution clothing the Ways and
Means Committee with the power Of
naming the standing committees Of
the House, subject to caucus ratitica-
tion.
A great ovation. was given Champ
Clark when Mr.. Wilson, of Pennsyl-
vania, in a speech declared that he
would gladly vote for Clark for presi-
dent.
About 210 Democrats were present.
Mr. Hay, OF Virginia, presided and
Mr.. Ashbrook, of Ohio, was secre-
tary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Three Boys Drowned.

Lowell, Mass. Especially Three
skaters who ventured on thin ice
were drowned near here Sunday.
William Hancock, aged ~, lost his
life in a pond at Methuen, and
Nicholas G. McNulty, aged 10, and
Patrick II. McCue, II years old, were
drowned in the Concord River. Nc
Nulty and McCue, who we're playing
hockey, broke through the ice to-
gether In vain effort to rescue
them William H. Carey, aged IS
years, and man who declined to
give his name.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Young Woman ItiIls Father.

Gravette, Ark. Especial Nellie
Allen. the 21-year-old daughter Of
John B. Boyer, wealthy planter,
shot and killed her father following
an exchange OF half a dozen shots
with the parent. The father, she al
leges, was advancing with knife on
her husband Of few weeks, John
Allo. Rushing into the house, the
young woman secured a revolver and
Just as the father was in the act Of
stabbing young Allen she fired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Train Kills Woman.

New York Especially A subway
train running south on the north
bound tracks because of a block
struck Miss Violet Darcy, a stenog-
rapher, as she was leaning over the
edge of the Twentty-third Street Sta
ton Sunday in an effort to see If a
northbound train was coming. Her
head was crushed in and she was in
stantly killed. Her body was hurled
into the crowd on the platform, bowl
ing over several people like tenp!us.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

Workmen in demolishing an ancient
house situated in the Rue de Stras-
eourg. opposite the old Mont de Piete
nj Nantes, have made an interesting
discovery which is likely to attract
considerable attention. since the find
was at once dispersed by the men. It
consisted of a number of gold and sill
wa coins OF different epochs. The
most interesting bore the eflgy OF Al
yhonso VIII. king of Gallcia and Cas-
tile. who reigned from 1926 to 115S.
They bear on the exergue an inscrip-
xion In Arabic in these terms: THE
Emir OF the Catholics is aided by
Allah, and Allah protects them" The
afnd Is interesting in more ways than
sune. and It is likely that economic
writers will not fail to make use of
these coins TO show the trade rela'
1ions OF Nantes about the period of
Sehe Hundred Years War.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Need More Funds.

Washington, d. C. (Special) Re
questing that Congress provide addi-
tional funds for continuing the work
of raising the battleship Maine in
Havana Harbor, Secretary of War
Dickinson has written letter to Sen
ator Hale, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee, calling at
tention to the fact that the appro-
priation of 100000 made at the last
session of Congress will be exhausted
in about six weeks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
ATLANTA JOURNAL INDICTED
Said To Have Violated Postal Laws
In Mailing Sample Copies.

Atlanta, Ga. Especially On the
charge that sample copies of the
semi-weekly Atlanta Journal we're
mailed on several days in 1908 as
though they were copies for sub
scribers, a Federal grand jury We'd
nesday indicted the Atlanta Journal
Company, James R. Gray, president
of the company, and John d. Sim
mons, c. II. Babb and V. p. Harper,
employees. The indictment in no way
involves the daily or the Sunday
Journal. The amount involved is
said to be 500 postage charges.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

The defendant In a case before
Judge Bacon. who objected to being
described as a gentleman, may be
scommended on his refusal, TO be
nAbeled with term which even Sir
James Murray is shy of defining, says
sthe London Chronicle There is the
sold legal definition. "all above the
rank OF a yeoman." and there Is Sir
William Blackstone's description of a
gentleman as "one who can live idly
and without labor" There Is also the
historic definition given by witness
mt the trial of Thurtell for the muir
Ger OF Mr.. Weare as "one who drives
:. gig" And the cabman probably ex-
presses the average opinion as to
what constitutes a man, gentleman
'when he says: you're gentleman,
sir" TO the spendthrift who does not
ask change for half crown on a
lshilling fare.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Has Given Nearly S2O0,O00,00o.

Andrew Carnegie on Decem-
Der IA established a $l0,OOO,OOO
fund to encourage worldwide
peace.
At that time it was estimated
that the ironmaster's benefac-
tions aggregated $1S7,0OO,OOO.
Among the most notable gifts
had been the following: Car
negie Institution, of Washing
ton, $15,O00,OO0; Carnegie
Foundation, $15,000,00O; Ii
braries in the United States,
SAL, 100000; Libraries in for
eign lands, $10,000,00O; Car
negie Institute, Pittsburg, $16,-
900, 900; Scotch universities,
$1O,OOO,O00; hero funds, $5,-
600, 200; Carnegie Steel Com
pany employees, $5,000,0OO, and
Dunfermline endowment, $5,-
100000.
Others were these: Polytech-
mic schools, Pittsburg, S5,5OO,-
600; Peace Temple at Hague,
$1,75O,OOO; Allied Engineers
Societies, s1,5O0,000, and
Bureau OF American Republics,
S750,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
WORKED HER FARM AT O3.
Oldest Native Resident OF Pittsyl.
vania County, Va, Dead.

Danville, Va. Especially 49, Mrs
Judith Coleman Anderson, the Oldest
native resident of Pittsylvania coun-
ty, who was born in May, 93 years
ago, died at her home near Danville
Friday. She was twice married, but
both husbands preceded her to the
grave many years ago.
Mrs. Anderson lived on her farm
Miss Jane Reid, an aged friend, being
her only companion. She was con.
fined to her bed only two days, and
up TO her recent illness attended to
her own household duties and man.
aged the farm. She leaves no direct
descendants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Carnegie Hero Mednls.

Pittsburg (SpeciaD. = TWenty-siX
awards in recognition of acts of hero
ism have just been made by the Car
negie Hero Fund Commission, 1G
bronze and 10 silver medals, besides
cash awards being authorized Nine.
teen of the awards were made in
rescues or attempted rescues from
drowning, three from fire, two from
suTocation in wells, and one each
from train wrecks and shooting. IN
nine instances the heroes lost theh
lives and the award is made to q
member Of the family.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Turned Over To Prohibitionists.

Canton, N. C. (SpeciaD Mayor
Custis, of Canton, has turned the con-
troll of the town over to the prohi-
bitionists, asking them to demon
strate how the North Carolina prohi-
biton laws can be enforced. He has
cited two ministers and number of
laymen to appear before him and be
sworn in as special policemen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Stabbed And Killed,

Pittsfeld, Mass. Especially Dur
Ing a quarrel over a trivial matter
Sunday, James McKeever, youth of
IA years, is alleged to have stabbed
and instantly killed Francis Donovan,
playmate of the same age, while
hey were on their way home from
church. McKeever, it is charged, ac-
,uSed Donovan of some slight remark
and drew small pocket knife and
stabbed him in the neck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Money Put In Right Place.

Washington, d. C. Especially -
President Taft received telegram in
forming him that San Francisco had
raised $4,000 for the American Red
Cross. He has replied to William w.
Morrow, chairman of the endowment
fund, as follows: II congratulate
you on the contribution to Red Cross
from San Francisco Of $4,000. 1t
is pa.-lnG money in the right place"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Denounces the Press.

Columbia, S. C. tSpeciaD Weak
from illness, Coleman Livingston
Blease, of Newberry, was inaugurated
Governor Tuesday. Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor Charles A. Smith, of Timmons-
vile, was also sworn in. Governor
Blease devoted nearly half of his
inaugural address to a denunciation
OF the press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
WALSH ASKS FOR PAROLE.
Banker Not Eligible Under Law Untii
September 10, 1911.

Leavenworth, Kan. (SpeciaD -
John R. Walsh, the former Chicago
banker, serving a sentence in the
Federal prison here, has applied for
a parole.
Under the terms of the parole act,
approved June 25, 1910, prisoners
must have served one-third of their
sentences to enjoy the benefits of the
law.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
LODGE Wins LONG FIGHT
Senator From Ma sachuSettS Fer
a Fourth Term.

Boston (Special) Horny Cabot
Lodge won the hardest fight in his
political career of nearly 80 years
Thursday and returns to the United
States Senate for a fourth term, with
the support of LAG out of 279 mem
bers Of the Massachusetts Legislature
or six more than the number neces.
sary for choice in the joint conven.
tion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
BOTH DEAD IN BED.
Two Members OF Coast Artillery
Corps AsphyNiatcd.

Providence. r. |. (SpeciaD -
Joseph Scott and Chester Pouns,
members of the Ninety-sixth Com
pany, Coast Artillery Corps, station
ed at Fort Adams, Newport, were ac-
,identally asphyXiated at local ho-
eel. The men were on leave of
absence and registered late last
hight.
A chambermaid found both dead
N bed with the gas cock wide open.
The supposition is that one of the
men bumped into the gas cock in
the dark and turned 1t on. Scott en-
listed in 1909, giving his home as
Caution, Ky. Pouns, who had been
In the service since 1908, came from
Town Creek, n. G.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
RESCUE 155 CHILDREN.
Firemen Drag Little Ones Out OF
Beds and Down Ladders.

Binghamton, N. Y. Especially -
Fire in the basement of the main
building of the Susquehanna Valley
Home imperiled the lives OF 1856
children and the Is attendants and
officers of the institution, and but for
the bravery of the teachers, the fire.
men and, in instances, the children
themselves, grave loss of life must
have resulted.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
$1,000, 900 For Naval Base.

Washington, d. c. Especially A
$2,OO0,OO0 appropriation for the new
naval home at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, including not exceeding
100000 for a naval hospital, of
which $4,000 is Immediately appro-
priated, was agreed upon for inclu-
sion in the naval appropriation bill
by the House Committee on Naval
Affairs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Kaiser Kicks Against Tax.

Berlin Especially The Reichstag
debated the second reading of the
governments unearned increment tax
bill Friday and adopted an amend
ment subjecting the German SOW
ereign houses to the tax. The gov
ernment is strongly opposed to this
innovation in German constitutional
ism.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Nursery In Church.

Fort Wayne, Ind. (SpeciaD To
enable the parents of babies to at
tend church services Rev. II. B. Mas
ter, of the First Presbyterian Church,
Sunday announced that nursery, in
charge of three kindergarten teach
ers, would be conducted in one of the
church social rooms during the hour
Of service.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
BUBoNIC PLAGUE IN PEKING.
Disease Slowly Spreading In Man.
churia and Northern China.

Peking Especially The first death
in Peking since the outbreak of the
present epidemic of bubonic plague
occurred in a missionary hospital Fri
day. There have been earlier re-
ports that the disease had entered
the capital, but not until Friday had
a fatality been directly due to the
plague. In Manchuria and Northern
China the plague is slowly extending,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
STEEL HEAD GETS $4,000.
Salary OF Farrell Only Half That OF
Schwab and Corey.

New York Especial Although
Charles NJ. Schwab and William f.
Corey, as president of the United
States Steel Corporation, received
100000 a year, James A. Farrell,
the new president, will receive only
$4,000.
The Finance Committee OF the
corporation is empowered to fix
salaries, and Mr. Farrell's salary has
been placed at just one-half OF what
his predecessors received.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Young Girl n Suicide.

Hattiesburg, Miss. Especially Miss
Maud HiXon, pretty 1S-year-old
girl, respondent because of i'll health
and the thought of being separated
from her sweetheart, telephoned
goodby to the latter, George Bony,
Saturday night and Immediately
drank an ounce of carbolic acid. She
died Sunday at noon. Her father
had come here to take the girl to
their home at Red Level, Ala.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Irish REFLECT Redmnnd.

Dublin (SpeciaD At a private
meeting Tuesday the Irish Parlia-
mentary party reelected John e.
Redmond chairman. The other Off
GERS were also reelected and the
resolutions governing the party were
reafiirmed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

The meanest man has been found in
New Jersey. In quarrel with his
wife no took the false teeth from her
snouth and kept them, saying he had
tpaid for them. Naturally In court
ixhe made a biting charge against him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

A veterinarian on Long Island re-
sused to take an anaesthetic for an
Epcration because he wished to watch
at that he might get surgical points.
A man like this is just the kind not
aikely to inflict needless pain on
Dthers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26

Radium has also come down among
abe other necessaries Of life, a grain
srd II having recently sold for $4,000
gSun, at that rate, the time is not
clearly in sight when families can af-
aord TO lay in an entire winters sup
ply with reduced prices for cash.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
Train Hits Cow: 20 Hurt

Fort Smith, Ark. Especially .-Thir-
ty persons we're injured, four prob
ably fatally, between Hartford, Ark,
and Monroe, Okla, when a Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific passenger train
struck a COW.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
RICHES TO FIND
MORE WORLDS
Carnegie Gives $40, 100000
More For Scientilic'WOrk.
PLEASED WITH SUCCESS OF INSTITUTION

Facetiously Objects To Being Inter
rupted and Asks Scientist Out Oi
Room, But Hands over Big Dona-
ton With the Hope That II VIII
"Interest" Caller Until Carnegie
Has Time To See him-lrOnnas-
ter Enjoys Incident.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-26
YOUTsEY DENIED PARDON.
Governor Wilson Believes Hin
Guilty OF Murder OF GoebeI.

Frankfort, Ky. tSpecial) Cover
nor Wilson has refused pardon to
Henry e. Youtsey, convicted of the
murder OF Governor William Goebel.
The Governor says he believes
Youtsey is guilty Of cruel murder
and therefore refuses to grant the
pardon.