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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Less Gold From Alaska.

Washington, d. C. (SpeciaD A
marked falling off in the production
Of gold in Alaska. due to the failure
of the placer mines in the Fairbanks
and Seward peninsula districts, is re-
ported in the preliminary statement
of the Geological Survey upon Alaska
mining conditions for 1910. The
production of gold during the year
has been approximately $16,36O,OO0,
compared with s20,371,00O in 1909.
rhe decline is blamed upon the work
ing out of the beach placers about
Nome, and other placer mines.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
SUGAR TRUST OFFERS 500, 900.
Wants To Compromise After Dis
covery OF Drawback Frauds.

Washington, d. C. Especially -
Recent disclosures in the draw
back" frauds against the government
have put the Treasury Department in
position practically to dictate the
terms of compromise with the sugar
refining companies. The American
Sugar Refining Company's recent Of
fer of 100000 may not be accept
ed, in view of the fact that the gov
ernment is said to have evidence to
compel the return of not less than
S1,0O0,000.
1t has just become known that at
recent conference with Attorney
General Wickersham, attorneys for
the sugar company offered 100000
in settlement and declared that was
the last cent" The offer was de-
clined and the 100000 one came
soon after.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
TRAIN HIT BUGGY; WIFE DEAD.
Husband Thrown On Pilot, Rides Six
Miles Still Holding Reins.

Lemoyne, Pa. Especially Thrown
on the pilot Of the engine Of the
southbound fast Hooking Valley pas
senger train, which struck and de-
molished the buggy and Instantly
killed his wife, who was riding with
him, John Bartelshein, a wealthy
farmer, was carried to Pemberville.
six miles distant, where he alighted,
dazed from the shock and exposure
to the cold, but otherwise unlnjured.
When he alighted from the engine
he still held part Of the broken lines
in one hand, together with the lap
robe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
SEVEN KILLED.; SCORE HURT
Over a Ton of Powder Explodes
ut III PasO, Texas.

El Paso, Tex. (SpeciaD .-Attempt-
ing to blast away Stag pile at the
El Paso smelter. workmen accident
ally exploded 2,400 pounds OF blast
ing powder and came near wrecking
the plant OF the American Smelling
and Refining Company, second largest
in the world, damaged 1t considerab-
ly, caused a loss of probably seven
lives and the injury to over score.
Property was damaged severely in
the immediate vicinity of the explo-
sion, and windows were broken three
miles away. Many small houses OF
Mexicans in the vicinity Of the smell
ter were badly damaged, and In
these most of the injured were To-
Gated.
About 20 men were tunneling be-
meath the Stag pile when the explo-
sion occurred, and the tunnels saved
those who escaped with their lives,
as the Stag merely poured down
around them and they survived until
dug out.
At dark Guillermo Dominguez and
Florentno Naitarro had been taken
out dead and as nothing could be
heard from five men unaccounted for
and believed to be in the tunnel No.
3, nearest the explosion, they are all
supposed to be dead. Those in other
tunnels had talked from their pris-
ons to their rescuers. All are Mex
leans.
Marcenti Hermanos, Mexican wo-
man living in a small house near the
smelter, was sick in bed when the ex-
plosion occurred, and its force
wrecked her house, and the wreck.
age fell on her. She was taken to
the smelter hospital, where she died
later. Por6rio Vorak, Maturn Mar
quez, Louis Marquee and Domingo
Minjares and their families suffered.
Most of all the children were more
or less hurt in these small homes
and Mrs. Mature Marnuez, who was
sweeping her house at the time, was
thrown to the floor and hurt.
The operations OF the smelter were
not interfered with, although all win
dows we're broken and holes were
torn in the roof by the falling Stag.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
GIVES EMPLOYEES 100000.
T. G. Plant, Shoe Manufacturer, To
Retire From Business.

Boston, Mass. Especially Thomas
G. Plant, the Jamaica plain shoe
manufacturer, is about to retire
from the firm bearing his name, and,
in pursuance of a policy he inaugural
ed in the nature of merit system,
he gave to his employees vast sum OF
shining gold fresh from the mint, ex-
ceeding 100000. This gift will be
followed later in the year by sec
ond distribution of $4,000 to the
employees. Although the news OF the
distribution came through the en-
ployes, it was confirmed at the office
of the company.
In letters he sent with the gifts Of
gold to the several hundred employees
Plant said: 81 believe length Of
service, to a great extent, expresses
the individusls' loyalty to his en-
ployer. express my sincere appre-
citation of your loyal services"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
A SELF-SUSTA|N|NG BASIS
But P. 0. Department Expendi-
lures Exceed Receipts.

Washington, ID. C. (SpeciaD -
That Postmaster General Hitchcock
Is determined to put the Postoffice
Department on self-sustaining ba-
sis Is evidenced in the annual re-
port of Third Assistant Postmaster
General James G. Britt, just made
public. Though the expenditures of
the department for the past year
still are in excess of the receipts,
there is a marked decrease in the
expenditures for the past year when
compared with those of year ago.
The total postal receipts for the
fiscal year 1910 aggregated $224,-
12S,657.62. This is an increase of
$2O,566,274.55, or 1910 per cent,
when compared with those for the
preceding year.
The expenditures for the past year
amounted to 229,977, ,224.50, an ex-
cess of expenditures over receipts of
$5,848,566.SS. To this deficit should
be added the sum of S32,915.07 lost
by burglary, fire, bad debts, ETC.,
making a total deficit Of $5,SS1,-
4S195, decrease Of $11,59S,-
2SS.52 when compared with the def
cit of the fiscal year 1909.
The Third Assistant Postmaster
General di"cusses in detail the diff
ferent bran.hes of the postal service
which come under the jurisdiction OF
his Office. The financial system, the
supervision OF the manufacture and
issuance of postage stamps, postal
cards, etc, the money-order system
and registry system and the classi-
fication of domestic mail matter are
all taken up fully in the report.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Has Doubled Output Of Entire
United States i'm 1860.

Charlotte, N. c. Especially In an
address at the annual banquet of the
Greater Charlotte Club Richard II.
Edmonds, editor of the Manufactur-
ers Record, in discussing matters
bearing upon the South and its prog
ress, said
Despite all the disadvantages un-
der which we have labored, despite
much of the unwise agitation of all
kinds of the last 10 or II years, agi-
tations which have created false i'm
pressions about the South, this sec
tion has achieved wonders of which
1t may well boast. Sometimes we
have talked about being too poor to
develop our educational facilities, and
yet the South is now spending for
common-school education largely
over S5O,O00,OO0 year, against
5000, 900 as the total amount thus
expended by the United States in
1860, when the population of the
country exceeded by 100000 the
population of the South at present.
"In its cotton mills this section has
twice as many spindles as the United
States had in 1860. 1t is making
three and a half times as much pig
iron as the United States then made.
Last year it produced almost as much
grain as the whole country raised In
1860, and its total farm products ex-
ceeded by 5000, ,O00,0 the value of
the agricultural output of the United
States at that time. We have two
and one-half times as much railroad
mileage and six times as much money
In bank deposits as the whole coun-
try had in 1860"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

These are the days for sausage
There is no use for person to stick
up his nose at sausage, for sausage
is good when 1t is made right. 1t is
the response of the food world to the
polar breeze that blows through the
morning. It is as sweet as a plate
of Strawberries on a mild June day.
But It must be made right Good sau-
sage is an art product. 1t is made
up Of judgment. taste and skill. It is
n combination of ingredients that cor
relate with one another as the fra,
GRANGE and the blush OF the rose. The
butcher doesn't understand this. Gen.
orally he throws In some scraps and
odds and ends, and especially the odds,
dabs of some salt. pepper and sage,
grinds 1t out, and the confidlng Gus.
toner buys 1t because 1t is sausage,
says the Ohio State Journal. He does't
hike It very well, but he eats It.
and everything goes. The 9th.
-er day we saw customer in meat
shop direct the making of his own
sausage. He selected the meat, simon.
pure cuts of the best parts. had 1t
ground and took 1t home to season 1t
there. That man knows how to take
care of himself He knows art from
kA
true sentiment Of sausage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
WED 90 YEARS; NEVER FUSED.
Aged Hubby Says Only Way Is to
Marry Young.

Cleveland, Ohio Especially - Mar
riage is a success, say Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Dubinsky, respectively so and
II years old, who celebrated their
sixtieth wedding anniversary Tues
day.
The Dubinskys were married in
Riga, Russia, when he was lad of
20 and she a lass of II. Dubinsky
says the only way is to marry young.
Both say that they never quar-
relied. They are hale and hearty and
hope to live to celebrate their seven
tleth wedding anniversary.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

The announcement that the two
ends of waterway by which 1t will be
possible for vessels to avoid passing
outside OF Cape Hatteras have been
Joined, so that completion of the route
IS a matter of but short time, is OF
special interest. Cape Hatteras is one
of the most dangerous points along
the American coast, particularly at
certain seasons, and anything which
can lessen It's terrors for mariners
or passengers will be most welcome
change Incidentally the canal in
question will form one of the links in
the Atlantic deeper-waterway sys.
tenn. which Is destined to play most
important part In the development Of
the country's commerce and as an
adjunct to the national defense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Chicago (SpeciaD A life net,
improvised from a mans overcoat, at
tenement fire here. saved the life of
baby. Mrs. A. Dekanavisky, the
mother of the child, jumped to the
sidewalk from an upper story and was
severely injured. Two neighbors,
who also Jumped, were hurt. Mrs.
Dekanavisky was about to jump with
her baby when Fred Hoffman. man
ager of nearby apron factory, jerk
ed off his overcoat, spread 1t out in
the hands of by-standers, and shouted
to the mother to drop the baby.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Remove not the ancient landmark"
Is a Scriptural Injunction to whose
value the United States is only begin
ming to subscribe In earnest, says the
Omaha Bee. Spasmodic efforts at
preservation have been made here and
there. the most notable being in the
case of the Yellowstone, but the in.
sensate greed of the utilitarian world
has wrought heavy damage In many
spots OF beauty and wonder ere the
people awoke to a realization of the
wantoness. The Palisades of the Hud.
son have ypeen saved after years of
desultory fighting, during which COM
mercialism was steadily at work scar
ring the noble features Of the Hudson.
Similar destruction of the famous Del
aware Water Gap has been averted
with the utmost difficulty. Only pri'
vate enthusiasm and ability to pay
saved and perpetuated the Garden of
the Gods. which wealthy patron has
Jus presented as a Christmas gift to
Colorado Springs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
To Catch Dynamiters.

Los Angeles, Cal. (SpecialD -
Though it was officially announced
Monday that the damage sustained
by the plant of the Llewellyn Iron
Works as the result of Sundays
dynamiting will not exceed $4,000,
the members Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association held q
special meeting to devise plans for
investigating the explosion. The
poi' e have made no arrests and an
n nced that they have no suspects
under surveillance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
A Model Hospital.

Chicago Especially. = The new
Emergency Hospital building erected
by the Iroquois Memorial Assoca-
ton at 81 Market street in memory
of the 600 persons who lost their
lives in the Iroquois Theatre fire De-
cember 30, 1901, was presented to
the city of Chicago Friday, which was
the seventh anniversary Of the dis
aster. The building is said to be the
finest and most complete small hos
pital in existence. 1t is of fireproof
construction, four stories and base
ment and contains 20 rooms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Two Killed by Powder Flash.

Butler, Pa. Especially An explo-
sion of 150 pounds of blasting pow
der at quarry near herSkilled Tony
Rossl and Peter Guanni, two of the
blasters, and fatally injured Andrew
Russina, an assistant. The latter was
blown 25 feet. Both feet were torn
off his body and his head and body
were lacerated. The explosion is
thought to have been caused by a
drill striking cap in an unexploded
charge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Pullman Porters Ask Raise.

Chicago Especially About zoo
pullman car porters met In Chicago
Tuesday for the purpose, it is said,
of forming union. The meeting
was secret and very little of the pro-
ceedings became public. The union
when 1t is fully organized will be
along the lines of labor unions gen.
orally, and will also have death
benefit. The porters have already
sent a request to the Pullman COM
pany for an increase in wages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Ice Breaks: Judge Drowned.

Springfield. III. Especially .-Preci.
tated into Shoal creek when the
ice broke under the weight of his
horse and buggy, Judge Milton NJ.
Creighton, of the Montgomery Coun.
ty Circuit Court, of Litchfield, drown
ed Thursday. Another jurist riding
with him escaped. Judge Creighton
was brother of Circuit Judge James
A. Creighton. of this city, and Circuit
Judge John Creighton, of Fairfield,
Ill
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Murderer stabs Keeper.

Trenton, N, ]. Especially William
d. Turner, deputy keeper at the state
prison, was fatally stabbed by Domin-
ic Menango, convicted murderer, Of
Passaic county. 1t is believed Menan-
go bore Turner a grudge and waited
his opportunity The convict called
Turner to him and stabbed him twice.
Menango was overpowered and plac-
ed in a dungeon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

Washington, ID. G. (SpeciaD -
An international railway commission,
with supervisory authority over the
railroads operating between the Unit.
ed States and Canada, practically is
assured. After many months OF
negotiations between the govern.
ments of the United States and the
Dominion of Canada, a conclusion
was reached Friday which means
that, in the course probably Of few
months, regulatory authority will be
extended over railway operation be-
tween the two countries.
For several days chairman Martin
A. Knapp, Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, and the Hon. J
p. Mabie, chief commissioner of the
railway commission of Canada, have
been in conference, as the represen.
tatives of their respective govern.
ments, on the subject of the creation of
an international railway commission
The commissioners reached an agree.
ment last Wednesday. Since that
time they have been working out the
details Of the report
Chairman Knapp and Judge Mabie
called at the Department of State and
presented their joint report. AS 1t
Is a diplomatic matter, the commits
sioners were directed by the State De-
partment not TO make public at pres
ent the result of their negotiations.
The text of the report, therefore, is
hot available.
Commission Recommended.
1t is known. however, that the
commissioners have agreed as to the
advisability OF the creation of an In,
ternational railway commission,
which shall have supervisory author
ity over the railway lines doing an
international business between the
two countries. This authority is to
extend to the regulation of interna-
tional rates, both freight and pas
senger, and by the exercise of the
powers conferred upon 1t, the inter
national commission may prescribe
through routes and Joint rates and
through bills of lading between
points in one country to points in the
other. The commission will have the
authority over all international trans
portation and may be appealed to by
shippers or carriers in either country
for relief from what they may deem
oppressive methods or regulations, or
excessive or unreasonable rates.
The principal subject under con-
sideration by the designated repre-
sentatives OF the two governments
was the method by which the COM
mission should be created. 1t finally
was decided to recommend that the
arrangement between the two coun-
tries should be concluded by treaty,
rather than by joint legislation. In
the nature of things, it will be neces-
sary to have whatever treaty may be
negotiated submitted to the Senate
of the United States. No serious diff
iculty in that regard is anticipated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Earthquake In Greece.

Athens, Greece Especially I'M
mense damage to property. with
probable loss of life, has been occa-
stoned in the province of Ellis by con-
tinuous earthquake shocks. The
movements OF the earth have been
unusually severe, hundreds of
houses and stores having been
thrown to the ground. There is
great panic in the province, and much
suffering. Troops will be dispatch
ed to the aid of the people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
KILLED BY NITRoGLYCERIN.
Charge Containing % Quarts Put in
Hot Water.

Washington, Pa. Especially Will
liam c. Maloney was about to shoot
an oil we'll in Cross Creek township
when he complained that the nitro
glycerin was too thick.
He placed the explosive in bar
rel of hot water and was completing
preparations for the shot when the
charge exploded.
Maloney was blown to pieces, and
the derrick at the we'll wrecked. His
horses, although knocked down, were
not hurt. The charge contained 25
quarts of fluid. Maloney had been
a shooter" for 10 years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
1o.Yenr.old Boy Hangs Self.

Cleveland Especially Ralph Shan
non, 10 years old, died at his home
here in convulsions from an attempt
to hang himself because his mother
would not allow him to go to a
motion-picture show. When his
mother told him he must stay at
home he went to a woodshed in the
rear of the house and tried to hang
himself with skate strap. His
mother rescued him, but the boy
went from one convulsion into an
other.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Gas Wrecks Home.

Pittsburg, Pa. Especially An ex-
plosion of gas, followed by fire, Mon
day, caused the death of two persons,
injured another. and wrecked the lit
tie home of Mrs. Laura Bryan. a
widow, at Coropolls. Six other mem
bers of the family had narrow
escapes. A rubber hose, 1t is sup
posed, became detached from pipe
allowing the gas to escape until
ignited by fire burning in an adjoin-
ing room.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
3 CHILDREN PERISH IN FIRE.
Mother Away, They Are Trapped by
Locked Doors.

Glasgow. Ky. Especially On re.
turning home from an errand Sun.
day Mrs. Robert Boles, of Wisdom,
Ky, found her home in ashes and in
one corner of the ruins the charred
bodies of her three young children.
When Mrs. Boles left home she
covered the fire and locked the doors.
The children had apparently tried to
escape, but we're trapped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Gem For Mrs. Taft.

Washington, D. c. Especially -
Among the earliest presents received
at the White House for Mrs. Taft
was one which came as testimonial
from her associates, the women of
the Cabinet The gift was a beau
tiful ring, set with rubies and dia-
monds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

A Worcester (Mass) man. 81 years
old, has been sentenced to the house of
correction for ten months because he
kissed widow who is 70 years of age.
The old theory that women, after pass
ing a certain age, become thankful for
such attentions must be all wrong.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Lives Saved From shipwrecks

Washington, d. c. Especially .-Ac-
cording to the annual report of the
general superintendent of the life
saving service, just made public,
6,601 lives were saved and 1,463
disasters to shipping at sea were aid
ed during the course OF the year.
Fifty-three lives were lost.
More than $10,051, 100 was saved
to the companies owning vessels.
The entire cost of the service was S2,-
249,395.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
o TONS OF BAD EGGS SEIZED.
Board of Health viii BE Asked to
Destroy Them.

New York Especially Nine tons
of liquid eggs" were seized Tuesday
by federal officers in the cold storage
plant of the Merchants Refrigerator
Company, Jersey City.
The warrant of seizure, which was
issued by the United States Commits
sioner, described the eggs as filthy,
decomposed and putrid animal mat
ter" The Jersey City Board of
Health will be asked to destroy them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Yes. The Lion Yawned.

San Francisco Especially While
visiting the winter quarters of wild
animal show here, John Kellert, of
Knights Landing, Cal, was told that
he could make lion yawn by tick
ling his chin. John tried, with the
result that he is now in hospital
nursing a hand from which two fin
gers are missing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Two Killed In Pistol Fight.

Cypress, Fla. (SpeciaD Jim"
Whit. of Altha, Fla, shot and fatally
wounded Stephen Johnson, a neigh
bor in a quarrel over trivial mat
ter Sunday. Whit was in turn shot
and instantly killed by the mother
of Johnson.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Poisoned At Communion.

st. Petersburg Especially BY ac-
cident a priest in the Lutheran
Church in the Peterhof district filled
the communion cup with chemical
compound instead of wine. AS re-
suit. three of the communicates died
Thursday and more than score are
in a serious condition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
Father OF 81 Dies.

Grafton, Mass. Especially Frank
King, father of 81 children, died here
Thursday at the age of 104 years and
"a days. He was born in Quebec,
and until two days ago, when he suf-
fered shock, had never been sick q
day
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05

We are glad to have that newspa-
per clipping giving the information
that "fies will not alight on picture
frames II you keep them well rubbed
with oil" but 1t would be just like us
TO lose II before next summer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-01-05
,,ossin0 Fire Costs $1,000, 600.

Messina Especially Fire among
the wooden buildings along the har-
bor was got under control Friday af-
ter a loss of approximately $1,000
OOO The postofllce, telegraph office
and railroad station were among the
buildings destroyed.