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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
Molly's Queer Brood.

Leechburg.-Four little kittens, two
newly born Dummies and two little
s%peckled guinea chicks are strange
bedfellows on the farm of Edward
King in Manor township, and Mr..
Kings attempt to separate them has
proved futile.
Recently molly" the King familys
big Maltese cat, went to a haystacs
not far from the barn and there ar
ranged a soft, cozy place for a litter
of kittens. Not wishing to disturb her
members of the family never went
neal the place. One morning "Molly
came marching into the house with
the strangely assorted family. The
feline mother had evidently taken pos
session of a guinea hens nest; but,
how the bunnies entered the abode Is
a mystery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
BANKING BY MAIL.
An Innovation In the Government
Postal Savings System.

Observation-Disclosures by mali is
the latest innovation entered into by
the government in connection with the
postal savings system. Hereafter de-
posts may be made by mail and with
drawals likewise effected through the
same agency, When the postal saw
ings system was first put in operation
postmasters were forbidden TO permit
deposits by such persons as were not
patrons of the p~ostofice in which they
sought to bank. This was found to
work a real hardship on a certain class
of would-be depositors and Postmaster
General Burleson accordingly abro-
gated the rule. Postmasters through
out the country now are being advised
of the change.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
Millionaire Dies Of Burns.

Pottstown.-As a result Of burns re.
ceived in an explosion when empty.
ing alcohol into a lighted stove, used
to cheer up her room under an over.
cast sky. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Grant
widow of John b. Grant, said to be
the richest woman in Berks county,
died at her home at Douglassyille
Women servants who went to her as.
sistance lost their self possession, and
when n of the men laborers finally
beat out the flames she had sustained
fatal burns.
Mrs. Grant was the only daughter Of
the late Colonel NJ. II. Messchert, a
multimillionaire, with vast real eS.
tate holdings in the business centre
of Philadelphia, and she was the prin.
cipal beneficiary of his fortune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
NICARAGUA TO
Be PROTECTED
Secretary Bryan Outlines a
New Policy.
PROPOSAL A BIG SURPRISE.
Exclusive Canal Rights and Ninety.
Nlne-Year Lease To Naval
Base Among the Pro-
visions.

Washington.-A new policy toward
Nicaragua, involving the virtual con
troll Of the affairs OF that republic by
the United States through a protec'
torate similar to that now exercised
over Cuba, was outlined by Secretary
Bryan at a private conference with
members of the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions Committee.
Mr.. Bryan's proposal, coming as a
complete surprise to most Of the mem
bers Of the committee, has been taken
by many Senators as the first pro
nouncement Of a general policy on the
part Of the Administration to extend
American control over the countries
surrounding the Panama Canal and to
assure the stability Of Central Amer
leap republics and the domination by
the United States Of their relations
with other great powers.
Secretary Bryan went before the
committee with a revised draft Of the
proposed Nicaraguan treaty, negotiated
first In the Taft administration by
which the United States would ecu
exclusive canal rights across Nicaragua
and a new naval base in exchange for
a 100000 gold payment.
As a new feature Of the treaty, how
ever, the Secretary of State proposed
that language similar, If not inden.ical,
with the so.called PLAT amendment"
relating to Cuba be injected in the
treaty, giving the United States sweep
ing control of N~icaraguan affairs and
the power to regulate her foreign re-
lations and her finances.
Under the proposed plan Nicaragua
would agree In substance:
THAT var should not be declared
without the consent of the United
States.
THAT no treaties would be made
with foreign governments that would
tend TO destroy her independence or
that would give those governments a
foothold in the republic.
That no public debt would be con-
treated beyond the ordinary resources
of the Government, as indicated by
the ordinary revenues.
THAT the United States should have
the right to intervene at any time to
preserve Nicaraguan independence or
to protect life or property"
THAT the United States should have
the exclusive right to build a canal
across Nicaragua and should have a
99-year lease to a naval base in the
bay Of Fonseca and to the Great Corn
and Little Corn Islands in the CARR.
bean, with the privilege of renewing
the lease"
u. S. Would Pay s3,ooo,o oo.
The United States in return would
pay Nicaragua 1900, 900 to to be used
in public works and education.
It is understood the Nicaraguan
Government is willing to enter into
the proposed treaty because OF the sta,
bility 1t would give to the present
Diaz Government and to the proposed
reorganization of the fiscal affairs of
the republic. 1t is understood a re
funding Of the Nicaraguan debt, for
which about $15,000.00 is required,
does not form a specific part of the
negotiations laid before the Senate
committee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
$625,oo o NECKLACE STOLEN.
Sugar Substituted In Package For
Rich String OF Pearls.

London.-The theft of a pearl neck
lace valued at $625,00O was reported
to the Scotland Yard authorities. The
pearls are alleged to have been stolen
during transit by post from Paris to
a dealer in London. The robbery was
discovered in London, when the regis.
tered packet in when the necklace
had been dispatched was opened. The
case contained only pieces of sugar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
HELPED MARSHALL PRESIDE.
Little Boy Sits On vice-President's
Knees During Senate Session.

Washington. Thomas Marshall
Sutherland, who said his age was
free and a half" sat on Nice-Tresi-
dent Marshalls knees and helped to
preside over the Senate during a lively
session. Tommie is the son of Rev,
Alexander Sutherland, formerly Of Co
lumbia City, and now of Berkeley
Springs, w. Va, and is the Vice.Presi-
dents namesake.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
Bees Sting Kills Quickly.

Bristl.-John Pickering, a well
known farmer OF W%oodbourne, was
working on the farm when he was
stung on the back of the neck by a
large bee, and within fifteen minutes
died. DR., Heritage, of L%anghorne, gays
death was the result of paralysis Of
the heart, caused by the pain 'nd
shock, but the case is the first of Is
kind ever known in this vicinity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
Hill Mishap Kills 'CycIer.

York,-Carey Wilmer, the fifteen
year-old boy who was run down and
injured by an automobile on The
Wrightsville Pike, died in the YorA
Hospital, Wilmer was thrown from
bicycle while descending a hill d.
rectly in the path Of an automobJe
driven, is is said, by IL. T, Mingle, Of
Harrisburg. one Of the pedals OF WIZ
mer's machine locked with the pedal
on a bicycle ridden by a companion
and this caused the accident,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
PRISONER is REWARDED.
Wilson Frees Man Who Captured
Escaping Fellow-convlct.

Washington. - The loyalty of a
prisoner acting as a trusted sentinel,
who risked his life to capture an es.
Gaping fellow-convict, caused the Presi-
dent to free Benjamin Bell, serving a
sentence Of II months and 20 days in
the District of Columbia Jail for rob.
berry. While Bell was on guard a
prisoner armed with a knife scaled the
stockade surrounding the Jail. The un.
armed prisoner.sentinel overpowered
the fleeing man and returned him to
Jail. The superintendent reported to
the President that he did not believe
there was an officer in the station that
would have done as well.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
Autoists Admit Accident.

Stroudsburg The mystery in the
death of John Corley, of Analomik,
who was found by the roadside near
that place in a battered condition,
has been partially cleared by the APP
pearance before the District Attorney
of John Brewer, chauffeur, and a
party of motorists, all OF Cresco, who.
admit running over the man accident
ally, but claim that he was not seri
ously hurt when they picked him u
and that a stranger approached
this time and took charge Of the
jured man.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
MERCY FOR T. 3. VICTIM.
President commutes the Sentence OF
a Federal Prisoner.

Washington.-The plight of a fed
eral prisoner dying of tuberculosis and
whose life might be prolonged a few
days or even months by freedom
caused President Wilson to commute
to expire at once the four-year
sentence of James A. Perrin, convicted
at Cleveland February "a last of en-
bezzling letters while a postal clerk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
ENToMBED MEN RESCUED.
Five Miners Buried Since Wednesday
AS Result OF Cloudburst.

Eveleth, Minn.-The five men who
were entombed at the Spruce Mine
here Wednesday night, as a result of
a cloudburst, were rescued Thursday
night. The imprisoned miners we're
located by tapping on a pipe which
had been drilled 40 feet into the mine.
After the first signals were heard the
work of excavating was resumed with
double energy, and the men were soon
located and brought to the surface.
While they had suffered greatly, 1t is
believed all will ecove
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
TRAPPED BY FIRE ON 9TH FLOOR,
TWO Young Men and Girl Taken Down
With Clothes Ablaze.

New York-Two young men and n
girl, trapped on the sixth floor OF a
burning loft building in West
Twentieth street, stood helpless amid
the flames until their clothing caught
fire. They were ablaze when fremen
took them down S5-foot extension lad.
ders to the street. The three were
badly burned and with three others
were taken to hospitals.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
TURKISH TROOPS ADVANCE.
They Cross the Frontier Line Into
Bulgarian Territory.

Sofa.-Turkish troops crossed the
new frontier line between Bulgaria
and Turkey, running from Enos, on
the Aegean Sea, to Midia, on the Black
Sea. They already have penetrated a
distance of nearly 20 miles into the
Bunarhissar region. the Bulgarian
troops Offering no opposition. The
Christians in the district are alleged
to be fleeing before the Turkish
troops, owing to their excesses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
THREATS MADE BY GERMANY.
To Take Initiative In Mexico II United
States Does Not.

Mobile, Ala.-Buyers on the Mobile
Cotton Exchange representing Ger
man firms said they had received code
messages from Germany stating that
the Berlin Government had made rep
reservations to the United States con
corning the Mexican situation. The
messages were said to state that If the
United States did not move to restore
peace in Mexico Germany would take
some initiative to that end.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
A eIeANfIc E E
One Weighing $500 Pounds Just Fin.
ished In New York.

Utica, N. Y.-The finishing touches
on a cheese weighing $500 pounds. the
largest cheese ever made in New York
State. If not in the world, were nut
on at the Gowdy factory in Martins.
burg. Two days milk from two fac.
tories were required for the mammotb
cheese, which was made under the di.
rection of Horace A, Reese. of Low.
Vile. 1t will be exhibited at the State
Fai. in Syracuse in September
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
COTTON EXPORTS.
100000 Running Bales Were Exported
From United States In June.

Washington.-A special census crop
report gave the following estimates
for cotton consumption during June:
Consumed, 466,914 running bales. In
manufacturing establishments on June
30, 1,296,657 bales, and in Independent
warehouses 611,519 bales. Imports,
5000 equivalent 5O0-pound bales; ex-
ports, 223,921 running bales. Spindles
active during June, ~30,057,910.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
hastens Woman,s Death.

Wiconisco,-Harry Thomas, thu
tie boy who fell from a tree, ,
picking cherries, and had his eye
ly l%acerated, was taken to Harr'
for treatment. The doctor r.
there is a slight chance of his r
ing sight of the injured eye. T
from which he was picking I
vas in the yard of Miss Anna
Miss Stalks has been quite
some time, and was expectef
but a few days. The shocl
Harry's fall, tended to
death.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
FLYING BOAT MAKES 900 MILES.
Beckwith Ravens Completes Trip
From Chicago To Detroit,

Detroit. - Beckwith Ravens COM
pleted a flying boat trip from Chicago
to Detroit. He followed the route
planned for the Chicago-to- Detroit
aviation cruise and covered 300 miles.
1t is said to have been the most re-
markable trip ever undertaken by
flying boats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
CARTRIDGE KILLS CHILD.
Exploded BY Bonfire Into Which II
Had Been Thrown.

Camden, N. J,-While playing around
a bonfire near his home here Preston
Slaughter, s years old, was instantly
killed. when a cartridge thrown into
the flames by another boy pierced his
heart, Harry Smith, II years old, was
taken into custody charged with throw.
ing the cartridge into the fire, but
WAS later paroled in the care of his
parents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
TRAIN RUNS INTO HOUSE.
Sleeping Girl Awakens To Find Box
Car In Her Room.

Car In Her Room.
Chicago.-Miss Clara Marsske was
sleeping the u%ntroubled sleep OF a
care-free schoolgirl, when suddenly
something entered the room. 1t was a
railroad train. The Marsske home
stands straight at a railroad embank.
ment and directly in the path of a
freight train which LETT the rails, sew,
eral cars tumbling down from the
tracks. One of them tore through the
front of the house and stopped direct
ly in front Of Miss Marshes bed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
MoToRMAN HURLED FROM CAR
Fifteen Passengers Hurt In Collision
With Drove or Cattle.

Uniontown, Pa.-Motorman William
Nicholson was hurled from his car
over a high embankment near here
when the a collided with a drove of
cattle that had wandered to the tracks
Of the West Penn. Traction Line. The
car left the rails and hung over the
embankment, while panic reigned
among the hundreds or more passeng.
ers until they were rescued.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
SPEEDY DESTROYER.
AyIwin Makes 1888 Knots An Hour
In Trial Trip.

Philadelphia.-The torpedo-boat de-
stroyer Aylwin, built at a Delaware
River ship yard, proved herself to be
one Of the fastest vessels of her type
that has been constructed for the
American Navy. The Aylwin went
over a measured course off the Della.
ware Capes at a speed of 31.33 knots
an hour. Coming up the Delaware
River to the ship yard the Aylwln
made speed spurts at the rate of 37.7
knots an hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
GENERAL DIAZ NOT AN EXILE.
Mexican Leader On Special Embassy
To Japan.

Laredo. Texas.-Rumors that po-
litical exile is involved in Gen. Felix
Diaz's special embassy to Japan to
thank that Government for his par
~ticipation in the Mexican centennial
are denied in a message from Diaz re.
celved here. The message said: "Ac.
cept mission to Japan solely and ex-
clusively to give thanks for the EN-.
bassy of that Government to our
recent centennial, Any other motive
is unfounded and entirely false"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

With the aid of 100 special police
S%unbury captured and jailed twenty
thieying train riders.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

A swapping turtle bit a triangular
piece out of the hand of sheriff John
IL. Glass, OF Northumberland county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
SNAPSHOTS AT
STATE NEWS
All Pennsylvania Cleaned for
Items OF Interest.
REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD

Farmers Busy In Every Locality
Churches Raising Funds for Many
Worthy ob%Ieets-ltems Of Bust
ness and Pleasure that lnterest
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

The 11-inch mill and puddle furnac.
es of the Blandon Roller Mills Will
resume operations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
MILLS BLOWN UP.
Two Plants Destroyed, But Fortunate.
W No Employees Were In BUILDINGS.

ly No Employees Were In Buildings.
Wilmington, Del.-Two rolling mills
OF the e. |. du Pont De Nemours Pow.
der Company, on the B~randywine,
blew up shortly after 8 o'clock, about
half a mile from where the Eastern
district handicap trapshooting meet is
being held. About 1000 pounds of
sporting powder in the process of
manufacture went up. The mills are
started and stopped from the outside
and no employees were inside.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

st. Matthew's Lutheran Church at
Catawissa will expend $4,000 In i'm
pro yements.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
HIRED NEGRO TO KILL WIFE.
Then Led Mob Which, a Few Hour,
Later, lynched Slayer.

Andalusia, Ala.-Sam Spicer, Jr.,
was found guilty of numbering his
wife. Mrs. Noble Spicer, and his pun.
nishment was fixed at life imprison.
ment. Spicer, who is 80 years old,
was charged with having hired Joe
Green, his negro chauffeur, to kill
Mrs. spicer, and it was testified that
spicer. a few hours later, led the mob
which lynched Green.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04
ENGINE CRUsHEs AVIATOR.

Young Birdman.
Chico, Cal.-Thaddeus Kerns, a 20
year-old aviator, was killed when the
engine of his biplane exploded 70 feet
in the air. When the wreckage hit
the ground the radiator crushed the
aviator's head, while other parts of
the biplane pierced his body.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

Young Clarence Ressler, OF Arter's
Station, is in the Packer Hospital,
Sunbury, being treated for a copper
heads bite.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-03-04

Exclusive of State aid, Blair coun-
ty spent nearly 81, 900, 900 for school
purposes and road and bridge i'm
provements last year. The total for
schools was S4S7, 900, of which Altoona
paid 1881, 900, while the sum for roads
and bridges was $493, 600, of which AL
toona contributed 1927, 900.
The National Federation OF Paper
Box Manufacturers met in Reading
and reports submitted showed a -four
ishing state of affairs.
Israel Young, the old gunsmith of
Boalsburg-and the last of his kind
IN Center county-is a veteran of the
civil war, a genius in his line, and a
game old sport, whose stories Of the
long ago, when game and fish were
plenty, almost tempt one to wish him.
self back in the days of the old
smoothbore and before machine guns
we're invented.
Evening star., 1912-12-09

Among the many ways in which tricks
may be picked UP at the bridge table by
an expert there is probably none so ef-
fective and yet little understood as
"ducking." The principle is this: When
there is no hope of establishing a long
suit by playing the winning cards early.
and no way of getting in again after your
winning cards are gone do not play the
winning cards until they will catch all
the cards that are out against you.
One continually sees player who holds
nothing in the dummy but six cards to
an ace and king. with only two small
in his own hand, try to drop the Q J
10 in two leads. although he should
know that such thing is impossible if
he would only stop to think about it for
a moment. If there are five cards out
one adversary must have three, and if
these three are only nine high they stop
the suit.
Some players try to get a suit like this
cleared by forcing discards. but no good
player is going to discard from weakness
when he sees a suit like that lying on
the table waiting for him. If the declarer
could clear it he would play it at once
The right way to make such suit is to
let the adverSaries in the first trick, the
declarer then still has a card of it to
lead. and # the ace and king do not bring
down all the others in the second and
third round the suit could not have been
made in any case.
Here is one Of the most remarkable
Evening star., 1912-12-09
Latest American Fashions
BY CORA MOORE.

Who doesn't want pretty and att
tractive blouse? Surely every one,
when planning her wardrobe, if it in
among the essentials which shall make
the costume complete. There are such
dainty fascinating things to be had in
the line OF blouses. Chiffon and taf-
fetas lead in popularity for dress s-up
wear, but this year there seems to be
Il happy medium struck in those which
are made of white brocaded satins, for
while this material would seem dis
tinctively for dress occasions, it is be-
ing employed in tailored waists which
are exceedingly good looking. and be-
ing rich in fabric, they need no trim
ming other than soft frilIs at the neck
and wrists. or possibly row of small
crystal buttons.
In the sketch today is shown a smart
blouse suitable for formal affairs. also
uncOmpromising enough for ordinary
wear with Il tailored suit 1t has a
body portion of ivory white charmeuse
made perfectly plain with kimono
sleeves extending below the elbow and
there gathered into a plain cuff The
sleeveless OverblOuSc is of copenhagen
blue chiffon. with the back draped
around the waist and tied in front.
Silver soutache braid trims the neck
and lower front portion of the chiffon
overblouse
BY the way if YOU are planning a
blouse as an accompanying feature OF
your suit do see that 1T does ac-
company il: that is, have it match in
color the suit material or be either a
shade lighter or darker. and then. of