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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
TWENTYK|[LED
AS RESULT Of
FLOOD IN EAST.
Heavy Rains Swell Creeks
and Overflow Into Mining
+. Camps in Pennsylvania
and West Virginia.

pittsburgh. Pa. Sept. 2.-Tventy
persons are known to have ha.r
drowned and many others are missins
following series OF storms which
swept over Western Pennsylvania and
the Panhandle of West Virginia earIr
today. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad
and the Panhandle railroad were badlv
washed out and it as stated that davr
Will pass before traffic can be resumed.
Through trains were marooned DURING
the night in the flooded districts.
Many manufacturing plants are under
water and the property damage viii
be heavy.
Reports from collieries in the Pan.
handle of West Virginia are that ninS
persons have been drowned there and
many more are missing, but the exact
loss OF life cannot be ascertained un-
til the searching parties along the
valley of Hannons creek report.
Houses Torple; Families Drown.
Cherry Valley, mining town on the
creek, was flooded within half an hour
after the rain began to fall Founda-
tions of houses were undermined and
they toppled over into the flooded
streets. George Gillespie, his wife and
four children, were drowned in the
house and the bodies of the children
were found on a mattress floating In
| four or five feet of water
Cannonsburg. Pa, also suffered from
the storm, hardly having recovered
from like experience last week.
Charters creek overflowed its banks'
and swept through the town, floodir
the railroad and trolley tracks, "a
many of the streets. A number "
houses were filled with water but the
residents had received ample warning
and hastened to places Of safety, but
one who went back to recover some
valuable papers was crushed In the
collapse of his house, and boy fell
into the flood when a porch on which
he had taken refuge went down.
Crowd Swept From Roof.
A number of children In the com.
munity are among the missing and sew.
eral men, women and children who
had taken refuge on the roof Of
house on the stream on the edge Of
Cannonsburg, slipped on the shingles
and disappeared in the flood. At
Avella, Washington county. Henry
Crows house was undermined by an
ordinary little stream. Mrs. Grow was
badly injured and Crow carried her
out but before he could return for the,
three children they were swept away.
| After spending it's force south and
west Of Pittsburgh, the storm swung
north to Butler county where great
damage was done but so far as known
no lives were lost.
Oil derricks were blown down, small,
streams flooded and scores OF persons
spent the night in railroad cars held
prisoners between washouts.
Damaging Storm In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 2.-Reports
of serious damage from yesterdays
food throughout northern Wiscon ain,
caused by cloudburst, were receiv-
ed here today Six hundred feet OF
track on the 500 line near Colbrath
was washed out and the Velvet special
was thrown off the track, but no cars
were overturned and no one was in.
jured. Three inches of rain fell at
Medford and railway bridge was
dynamited at Wausau to relieve pres.
| sure on q cOfferdam
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
CORTELYOU AND
LOEB TO TESTIFY

Washington, D. c., Sept. 2.--William
Loeb, Jr., and George B. Cortelyou,
both former private secretaries to Col.
Roosevelt when he was president;
William Randolph Hearst and John D.
Archbold have been asked to appear
before the senate committee investi-
eating campaign contributions when it
resumes hearings late this month.
Efforts are being made to locate the
men who handled campaign funds dur
ing the recent presidential primaries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
MOOSE MEETING
AT SIGOURNEY

Sigourney, Sept. 2.-The progressive
county convention met Saturday and
organized by electing S. E. Chacey as
chairman and G. B. Baker as secretary
and the following eight delegates were
elected to the state convention Sept. A.:
G. Ed Beeman, M. D. L. Scearcy, Rob-
ert Orr, H. c. Yates, F. c. Schipfer. S.
E. Chasey. Walter Edwards and F. l..
Goeldner. ~" -.
The question Of nominating a state
ticket was discussed but the matter
was left entirely to the discretion OF
the delegates.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
CARROLL REVIEWS
GEN. BOOTHS LIFE

Des Moines, Sept. 2.-Governor B. B.
Carroll reviewed the life and work OF
the late General William Booth, found,
or Of the Salvation army at the mem
orial services here yesterday and an
audience which filed the Auditorium
ioined in singing the favorite hymns
of the great religious leader. Several
others. including Mayor Hanna, de-
Ivered short addresses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
DELEGATES NAMED
AT KEOSAUQUA

Keosauqua, Sept. 2.-(SpeciaD.- -
About forty progressives got together
here at the opera house Saturday aft.
ernoon and organized the progressive
party in this county.
The following dcle9ates were select.
ed to attend the state convention:
J. E. Carr, w. T. Dow, S. M. Morris,
C. R. Harlan 7. S Robinson, j. Fl.
Strickling and DR.. r. d. Tobin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
6 DEAD.23 HURT
BY RAIL WRECK
IN WISCONSIN
Nor+b,uos+ern Passenger
Train Derailed in Dense
Woods by Washout Fol-
lowing a Cloudburst'

Green Bay, Wis, Sept l-o on;,nsIv
,,,ara killed. two were ser!ousiy
;ni,,red and twenty-one were 10 m
nn.t yesterday when train NO. ~ "
nu, .le shore division of the ChlcasS
e Northwestern railway was oerd11n1 n1,a
a., 1,ilas north of Lyndhursl' w.,
The wreck was the result VI I"
following a cloudburst - ~. train
h1r,osf every member or Ihe ' tra
% was instantly killed. only no no
occupants of the smoking "a. ;niured.
day coach were among lnos car that
Those in the one Pullman Ia vere
went over the embanKmen. r;ne
thrown out of their bertns' pu' - vas
tn the steel structure OF the Cats CO.,, es.
not smashed and us oc'up"N
caped with slight injuries, l
Wrecked in Dense WOODS +,,a,v
Tbe train consisted almost emu ~;
nf sleeping cars en- route pack ~ an
40 oaen and the south with sporeSlnen
onS families OF the rich who nave 49,
snending the latter part OF the suhAA0'
in the northern woods. .o,,+ IN
Occurring in the dead OF hlsn', s,na ~,
49, n,ids; of the dense woods ana llve
roiIes from the nearest station IL ""'
hours before help could arrive: ;,os
The train was running thirty mllee
ho,r and the locomotive, mall ca,'
taaoae car smoker and day coacn
iast the track. The mail car, passaso
car and smoker turned over.
The six dead: ch.-
CALKINS, w. S., passenger qua
N.1i1 JONES, M JOHN, engineer, Green Bay
Wis. ,n;,ruaukae
BIJsHEY, c. E., conductor, Milwaukee,
Wis. ,,u,1aroso Mil
" BENN;ETT, CARROLL. baggage
man. Amigo, Wis. ,,raa.
SHELDON, STEWART D., express 'ess
messenger, Milwaukee, WIS.
The Wausau team of the W1scoh-
s;n-Illinois Baseball league was IN
the wreck It was sadly dlsarranseu
Nv the accident and the game today
at Green Bay was played with extra
ri+chers filing infield and outneld por
sitions. go, c,;oogo
Nationals, may never pitch anotner
game One of the players, Glen Davess :
shortstop. will probably lose one Oh
his arms. e.,,.x,,s
The list of injured in part toiloWs,
tho others of the twenty.one Delng
only bruised:
rank @ Oregon, Green Bay, fireman;
scalded. u,.,,sou
20 Glen Davey, shortstop Wausau ball
team: arm injured, may be ampu-
tated. r;ob+
fielder; bruised. -,.,hr.
William Kerwin, Wausau pitcher;
sk,,ll perhaps fractured.
John Brown, Wausau second oase
man; bruised. -,u. .,;oh+1v
George Hammerbecker, Chicago,
III - scalped and lacerated; may Ole.
Iohn ]. Jahns, Wales; slightly IN
1ured. ,~ Clinton.
Alex Schools, mail clerk, Cllnton'
vile wis; both legs broken; badly
bruised about body.
Another Fatal Wisconsin Wreck.
Fan Claire. Wis, Sept. "A mes
5000 from Altoona City says that En-
eineer Ralph Thompson OF Altoona
was killed. Fireman Abraham is dead.
or diving, and some passengers were
ininred when passenger train NO. lo
ran into a washout near Camp douglas
today A wrecking train was sent from
Altoona with physicians.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
KANSAS SLAYER
DIES OF WOUNDS

Wellington, Kan, Sept. 2.-Samuel
v. Wood who killed James Thompson
and seriously injured Matt Manahan
near Belle PLANE, Kan, two weeks ago
while trying to kidnap Manahan's
daughter, died at hospital here to,
day. He shot himself three times
when overtaken by a posse Of farm.
ers. The wounds caused blood poison.
ing. -----
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
-Four Daughters of
One Family w e d
at Single S ervic e

; Fort Smith, Ark, Sept "A
; new matrimonial record in
Arkansas was made today
when Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Clark
announced that their four
daughters were married to four
young planters by the same
service last night at the Clark
country place near Ozark. The
; quadruple ceremony united:
Miss Clark, %, to Taylor Nc
Cain, 21. Eve.
Miss Selma Clark, Is, TO
Thomas Welch, %.
Miss Jerusha Clark, II, to
George Powell, 20.
Miss Gladys Clark, 10, to A.
P. Williams, 90.
The brides and bridegrooms,
after attending the wedding
supper, stayed last night at the
Clark residence, and they re-
paired to their several homes,
newly built in the community.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
FT. MADISON
DENTISTS ROBBED

Fort Madison, Sept 2.-The dental
offices of F. A. Woodmansee, j. M.
Hobbs and e. E. Courtright were brok-
en- into last night, and gold alloy to
the value of fifty dollars was taken.
The officers have no clue.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-03
Minister to Siam Dead.

Washington, D. c., Sept 2.-Hamil-
ton King of Olivet, Mich, United
States minister to Siam, died at Bang
kok, Siam, yesterday, the state de-
partment was today informed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Keep Boys and Girls Happy.

We do not believe in making
pleasure the chief end of life, eX-
cept as we make business apleas-
ure, and we know of no greater
pleasure than that which comes
from a sense of having accom-
plished something worth while.
One of the greatest incentives
to accomplishment is gained by
companionship wi tn congenial
friends, and one of the best ways
to hold the enthusiasm of boys
and girls on the farm is to let the
children of school districts meet
frequently at the schoolhouse play
grounds during vacation. After
morning chores, let them pack
the dinner basket and go to the
school grounds for a frolic on ev-
cry other Saturday or oftener.
Plenty of older persons will be
glad to go with them to see that
everything goes right.
Employers of large numbers of
workers are rapidly finding out
the value of recreation like the
foregoing, and are getting more
and better service from the en-
ployees when they know that at
the end of the week they will be
entertained in some pleasing way
at the expense (?) of the Com
pany. Our patient and faithful
horses are satisfied to work for
their food and shelter; not so
with human beings; they have a
higher ideal Of living than that
and environment generally makes
the man. President Wilson, who
S a great educator, insists that
we do not get value for our rural
school houses unless we use them
along some such lines as the
above.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
What The Secret Was.

1t is not many years since flor
lists, and some truck gardeners
had what they called a secret
how to make flowers and garden
vegetable grow like magic. II
was not hard to keep the secret,
because the stuff they used cost
at that time $75 to $100 per ton,
and that frightened others so bad
ly that they did not even remem-
ber the name of the fertilizer.
The stuff is now quoted at from
$50 to $50 per ton, and a ton of
it will fertilize from ten to fifteen
acres.
The secret" magic fertilizer
is nothing more than common nj
trate of soda, and can be had of
any dealer in fertilizer, in 200 lb.
sacks. If your garden is four
rods long by the same width,
forty pounds of it will cover the
whole garden. One cents worth
is enough for several cabbage
plants, as too much will do great
harm. 200 pounds of it put on
an acre of timothy, early in the
spring time, will, in many cases,
double the yield Of hay, and be-
sides, the heavy sod that remains
will pay for the cost of the soda,
because of the fine condition in
which it leaves the soil for a corn
crop.
1t requires nerve" to put Sc
worth of nitrate of soda on a tim
othy acre, but it is one way to
get rich at farming.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Latest from Mexico.

The latest news from Mexico
is to the effect that Huerta will
soon fly the COOP" Rumor say
that he will do so "for the peace
of Mexico" However, it is all
we'll known in Mexico City that
if the Rebels get into the city
they will show no quarter to
Huerta and a lot of his support
ers; and as all indications point
to the early capture of that city,
Huerta's peace" may mean his
own peace, because Villa has
sworn to make two pieces of him
him between the shoul-
ders and the ears.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Fast Trip Overland.

E. G. Baker, riding an Indian
Motorcycle, pulled up to the tele-
graph Office in this place last
Thursday morning at S:45 O. clock
just Is minutes less than ten
days after having left Santiago,
Cal. The Bedford papers say
that he pulled into the Hoffman
garage in that place at 6:45 o.
clock of the same morning, which
would indicate that he spent two
hours between Bedford and this
place. After exchanging a few
words with Mr.. Walter r. Sloan
the operator at this office, Mr..
Baker mounted his wheel and
sped onward, reaching New York
City at 1910 on the evening of
the same day, making that day,
the distance from Greensburg,
Pa. to New York, a distance of
4lS miles, and completing the
trip from Santiago, Cal, a dist
ance of 1862 miles in 10 days, IL
hours, and 10 minutes. For
four consecutive days Baker
rode 800 miles per day, av-
eraging 280 miles during the
eleven days. The best previous
record for a motorcycle was
twenty days. Baker followed the
Lincoln Highway as marked for
construction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
A. J. RENSBURG'S LETTER.


DEAR EDITOR:-Should we not
DO all in our power to stop the
manufacture and sale of intoxi-
eating liquors in our State and
throughout the Nation? Talking
will not do it; there is but one
way, and that is by the ballot.
The Liquor Interest is using the
ballot to defeat the cause of TEN
perance, using the money that
belongs to the poor wives and
children Of the churches to ac-
complish their nefarious aims.
What care they who starves, or
is killed?
see the word "bar" on the
door Of the saloon, and | ask my
self What does it barr" Well
it bars the road to responsibility,
prosperity, and happiness, and
worst of all, it bars the road to
Heaven, for we read in the Bible
that no drunkard can enter the
kingdom of Heaven. 1t un-
bars the road to poverty, misery
and crime: and, worst of all, un-
bars the road to He'll. Should
we not expect the members of
the church, pledged soldiers of
the Cross of Christ, to fight this
battle? If every member of the
Church but did his duty, joined
with the votes Of others who op-
pose liquor, and vote for prohi-
bition, ours would soon be a dry
country. Should not our fidelity
to God be stronger than that of
your party? Go where you may
to any public gathering and you
will see men staggering from the
effects of liquor!
Intemperance spares neither
age, sex nor condition. 1t drags
down the wealthiest to poverty,
the purest and best to crime, and
changes the happiest
homes into abodes of sin, want,
and crime; changes the most af-
fectionate fathers and husbands |
into brutes and murderers. If
This be true, let every Christian
stand up for Jesus and vote for
prohibition.
A. j. r.
This was written for last
weeks News, but on account of
he crowded condition of our col
INNS, we were obliged to carry
t over. - Editor.
|
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Story for Farmer Boys.

We have not written a story"
for farmer boys for several
months, and, for fear they think
we do not think of them any
more, we shall talk to them a
short time this week" just to
show that there are no hard feel
ings."
Boys, do you expect to own the
old farm some day? If you do,
our best advice is-plant trees.
Plant the road side in both direc-
tions from the house, both sides
of it. Remember that lumber of
all kinds is getting scarce and
high in price, and if you plant
locust trees for posts, apples,
cherries and other slow-growing
trees now, they will be very val
liable to you when the farm falls
to you. Perhaps there are stony
corners that cannot be farmed;
but if trees are planted there and
protected from injury, until big
enough to take care of them
selves, each tree will be worth
several dollars to you when you
need lumber for posts or perhaps
for boards, If you know of some
nice walnut trees. and can get a
bushel or two of the nuts this
fall, plough furrow or dig holes
inside the fence along some lane
and drop the nuts on the bottom
and cover them up, plant them
pretty close so that you can thin
out to regular distances, and be-
cause all will not grow. Plant
from trees that naturally grow
long trunks. Walnut trees grown
from nuts do better than trans
planted trees, and by the time
you are middle aged man they
will be worth enormous prices.
Do not let the nuts dry out be-
fore planting. If you cannot
plant this fall, bury them in the
ground until spring, then plant
Early in the above manner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Suggestion To Taxpayers.

On Monday morning a six-foot
intelligent, ablebodied tramp
called at the News office and
asked for copies of the Philadel-
phla papers so that he might
keep posted on the latest news
from Mexico, and the baseball
score. We have since learned
that this gentleman" lodged
Sunday night at the County's ex-
pense, at Hotel De Bum, some
times vulgarly called the County
Jail our kind hearted and wor-
thy Sheriff getting the magnifi-
cent sum of twenty cents for the
honor of lodging him; and as
jim was never known to let any
crltter go hungry, we have no
doubt, gave him a substantial
breakfast-all for twenty cents
while forty cents was charged by
a Justice for the two minutes
work of issuing a commitment.
Sixty cents was in this way spent
y the County in order to accom-
odate this tramp who was not
asked to do stroke of work for
the County in return for kind
ness received. This is a very
fair sample of what is going on
all-the-year-round.
There is no individual to blame
for the foregoing practice; the
law provides for commitment of
tramps to our Jail, and also fixes
the price. The total cost to the
County for a year is not a for
tune; but it suggests the idea,
that if it is good for the tramps
to have sixty cents spent on them
by the county for a nights lodg-
ing, why not good for any tax
payer? If any one of our citizens
wishes to spend the night in
McConnellsburg he must go down
into his jeans and hand over from
fifty cents to dollar to a hotel
keeper; why not apply for a COM
and stay with jim at
the County's expense? Also,
during house cleaning time, why
not let jim take care of the men
and save them from nervous
breakdown and doctor bills? The |
benefits would, in this way, be
'eturned directly to the tax pay
,r. The Sheriff is a good land
ord, and has no county woodpile,
n stonepile to be reduced in ex-
'hange for what the County
night do for his guests. Let's
top with him hereafter, and
lave it charged to the County,
hen tax ourselves to have stone
'roken by the State Highway De-
'artment to build roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
THE CARE OF The EYE.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner Of Health.

Sight is generally considered
the most precious of the five
senses, yet few people make an
effort to take any special care of
their eyes.
In order to keep the eyes
healthy and clear, it is necessary
to keep them free from possible
infection, and to avoid straining
they by over-work.
1t is an almost univorral rabit
to wipe the eyes with a pocket
handkerchief. AS a rule this is
not absolutely clean. AS a result
OF its numerous uses it contains
germs which, if introduced into
the eye, are likely to result in a
more or less serious infection.
When suffering from cold one
should be particularly careful.
Rubbing the eyes with the un-
washed hands, or the use of a
towel which Others have used.
may also result in disease of the
eyes. When the eyes feel hot
and dry, the outside of the lids
should be bathed with cold wa
ter. Avoid the use of eye wash
es unless prescribed and admin
istered under the direction of a
physician.
To avoid straining the eyes
when reading, people of normal
vision should hold the book ff-
teen or eighteen inches from the
face and on a direct line with the
eyes. Never hold a book low.
The strain on the eyes is much
greater when the book is held in
the lap. Those who make a prac-
tice of reading when lying down
should be careful to hold their
book at the proper angle.
Always read by a good light,
and avoid a glare or or any re-
Election from the printed page.
If the light is poor, you will hold
the book too close to the eyes.
Books printed in fine type should
be avoided, as they cause an un-
necessary strain on the vision.
Defects of sight are often re-
'ponsible for headaches and ex-
IRENE nervousness. The people
who wear glasses should have an
occasional examination by an oc-
hist to insure themselves against
changes in the vision.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-21
Make a FrOlic Of II.

We have learned from good
authority that a patriotic citizen
of the County canvassed his neigh
borhood recently in an endeavor
to get his fellow sufferers to VOL
unfairly tax themselves to raise
money to repair some of the bad
stretches of roads taken over by
the State Highway Department,
but which are rapidly becoming
impossible because of neglect.
The chief objection offered by
those with whom he talked was.
that the Highway Department
might interfere on the score that
the work would not be done ac-
cording to that institutions val
liable ideas; and, that, dog-in-the
manageable, tn he Department
might cause trouble. We have
not learned how far the gentle
man succeeded in his laudable
enterprise, but we understand
that sufficient funds were not
guaranteed to make road work
worth while.
Our suggestion to this gentle
man, and others of like public
spirit, is, that they follow the
methods employed in many states
namely, make a frolic of it, and
let as many as use some particu-
lar piece of road, bring plows,
horse scoops, and all kinds of
tools, including wagons and a
good, heavy field roller, and e.
lect one of the men to boss" the
job, and the ladies will go too,
and depend upon it, when dinner
time comes, what they will have
prepared on stone stoves will |
make every one glad he came.
AS the gentleman who made
the first suggestion said, Let
the Highway Department GO
hang" or something to that eff
feet. The News has been preach
ing for months that these roads
will lie as they are for the next
two years, or longer, unless re-
pairs are made by private work.
The only question to decide is,
will it pay better to wallow
,hrough-if that be possible for
,wo years more, or to repair the
'oads at private cost? By pri-
rate cost we mean labor given
Voluntarily as suggested by the
rolic idea. Honor and respect
due to the man who tried to do
omething for himself and neigh
'ors. We sincerely trust that
riends will not let the idea fall
trough. Go to it, gentlemen,
nd when working in McConells-
'urg district, call on us for work
nd some cash-if the latter be
Ieeded.