THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURG. PA. TEACHER SLAIN n This Department Our Readers in Fulton Oounty and Elsowhero May journey Around the NAorld With the Camera on the Trail of History KVlaUfng: Happonings. Lad She Expelled Charged With Wanton Crime. TRIED TO REFORM HIM DR. MARY WALKER LEARNING THE STEPS OF THE TANGO USING CANAL LOCK CHAMBER AS DRY DOCK FOR SUBMARINES Mutilated Body Of Lydia Beecher Found In the Bushes At Poland, N. Y. She Had Cone Out At Night To Mall a Letter. for Of BY FORMER PUPIL V t U ; ' , ' . i I 1 fV I 7 f - st " -of 1 w -'it yr hi , it A y . t v J f' i i ' . L ' ' ( 1 k A ! ' S v v Kivo of 1'uuln Sum 'b HUbmurlnos wlilch will Kimrd the I'uclllc fiitnuipo 1 tlio runul are ri'sliiiK dm Oib Moor of the upper lot'k cliaiulxir of llio Gutuii locks. Workmoh itr biiny ovorhaullriK. piilnllnt! und rfpaltliiK Hie veHsln prior to thuir taking up tliclr duties as Kiiurdlatis of thu I'aclllc opproach of tin; canal. MISS JULIET BREITUNG X'. CimiMMii''"tit'l'-''''''''''''M''M''''''''''M''"'''''"l"''-l''l''l''l'llll'''lll'''lll'll l- Marv Walker, the crand old lady of the womau a sunraKO cause, who adopted male attire upwards of fifty y;iis a no. Is shown In the Illustration taking Instruction in the tango. Or. Walker does not frown on the modern dancf, ns these pictures illustrate. ToFIjis t.j' XV j' F M : A 55 ' t V ft f I'dlltlcul und military circles In firent llritstln are Just now torn with excitement over the situation In Ulster. Tin' I'nionlsts In tltat province are determined to meet with force any attempt to compel them to suhmlt to a it Rmeriiment of Ireland as provided in the home rule bill. The picture shows 1,200 volunteers drumis ai nun- LAUNCHING OF DREADNAUGHT OKLAHOMA If It P WAu'Cw fit V i -?w ?ii uVY) 1 ' lido Kam'g latest giant fightliiK ship was launched at the yard of the '0 York Shipbuilding company at Camden, N. J., March 23. Miss Korena J. ruc. daughter of the governor of Oklahoma, Is shown in the picture Just i'for slm sent the dreadnanght dow n the .ways by smashing a bottla7 of c"niiimgue ncrogg tila bow. . Eccentricities of Blue Blood. J"B. Mlgbupp Do you believe it le rue that Kmperor William is having rn o milk from his farm at Potsdam failed In liorlln from wagons with ' Maine painted on them? Mrs. Wayupp I shouldn't wonder, fl.i notl,l"8' Why. even my grand m"' did the same thing. A Disappointment. Mrs. Myles Did you ever take the trouble to' examine the Doctor Klliot's five feet of books? Mrs. Styles Yea, but I was disap pointed in them. "Why?" "There was no book on bridge whist among them." VISCOUNTESS D'AZY J nm.t: , i x BRITISH ARMY IN TURMOIL OVER ULSTER if: ' J le i- :1 li K - ( ! v. v :f The wife of the naval attache of the fcYench embassy at Washington re cently gave an elaborate costume ball at the national capital. The picture shows the viscountess dressed as a primitive woman of ancient Gaul. An Appropriate Action. "It was quite fitting for the Judge to suspend sentence lu the case." ' Why bo?" "Because It wu a hanging matter." The beautiful daughter of Kdward N. Hreltung, the prominent banker, emphatically denies that she wbb mar ried to Max Frederick Klelst, a gar dener of Manlstliiue, Mich. Dr. Slat tery of Manlstluue swears he married a ci uple giving the above numes. The matter has caused a profound sensa tion. The present whereabouts of the gardener Is not known. MADAME DA FONSECA wit, - r-tmt-tsis: Madame da Fonseca is the wife of the new military attache of the Bra zilian embassy at Washington. She la the latest addition to that cosmo politan social circle and has become a great favorite. Wholesale resignations among otlicers of the lirltlsh army, who refuno to flKht lu the event of civil war in l ister threatens to throw the army Into an upheaval ns great as that which threatens the cabinet. Col. J. E. B. Seely, secretary of war (left), resigned when the government repiulmted hla guaranty that forco would not ho used against the Clster men. Lieut. Col. Arthur F. Bailey (center), commander of the "Queen's Own Hussars," re signed rather than light against Vlster. Field Marshal Sir John French (right) commander of the army In Vlster, has resigned because of the repu diation of the guaranty. FederaTleague pjiagnates draft schedule 1 . ' ' :4 liinuiilliH.liiuiiminiiilli.i;!..:.. I t it H i J S3 The picture shows the baseball magnati-s of the Federal league engaged on drafting a schedule for tho new league at the recent meeting In Haltlmopo. From left to right Kdward W. dinner, president of tho Pittsburgh club; Robert B. Ward, president of the Brooklyn club; Walter F. Mullen, vice president of the Buffalo club; U. C. Madison, president of tho Kansas City club; William A. Kerr, treasurer of the Pittsburgh club; James A. (illmore. prosldent of the Federal league; Walter 8. Ward, treasurer of the Brook lyn club. REBEL DESERTERS FLEEING AFTER BIG BATTLE a 1 rFzi i Many of Villa's follower took to flight after the big battle at Torreon lu which the federals were successful. More than 2,500 men were killed and wounded In tho battle. Lit tie Falls, N. Y. F.ugene Gianlnl, a 17-year-old boy, just out of a pro tectory, confessed, tho police assert, that he was the murderer of Miss Lydla needier, teacher In a country school at Poland, whose body was found In a dump of woods in the out skirts of Uiat village. The boy, who had been expelled from Miss Beecher's school some time ago snd had been pleading with her for reinstatement, admitted, t lie police say, that lie struck the young woman with a monkey wrench and then stab bed her to death with a knife. He told the authorities where the weapons might he found. Only a bare outline of the confession whs given out by the police pending the putting of his admissions into writing. Miss Beeclier. who was the daugh ter of the Keveietid and Mrs. William A. Beecher, of Seiinett. near Auburn, and who was only 20 years old, taught school in Poland for two years. Gianlnl was one of her most trouble some pupils. On her complaint he was expelled from the school last June and sent to St. Vincent's Protectory, in I'ticH, from hich he was released a month ago. He sought out his former teacher. told her he intended to do better and Importuned her to visit his pnrents, who are reputable and well-to-do peo ple in Poland, to explain how he might be reinstated in the school. Miss needier had been studying fc.r missionary work and it is believed that In her desire to reform him she w alked with him and was killed. Charles (ilaninl, father of the youthful prison er, was a furniture manufacturer of 'ew York, tlrst coming to Poland to spend a summer and finally taking up his home there, about live years ago. lie Is an ornithologist of some note and lias contributed articles on that science to magazines. The parents of tin murdered girl ar rived in Poland to take their (laugh ter's body home. They bad been ad vised that Miss Iieecher was seriously 111, but were grief-stricken when on passing through Syracuse on the way to her they saw a newspaper telling of the murder. TFlAIN ROBBED BY LONE BANDIT. Loots Express Safe Near Depot and Escapes. Columbia. S. C.--A lone bandit looted the express safe of the Seaboard Air Line train No. 2, Tampa to New York, here, taking one package, said to be of small value, and Jumping from the train as it slowed for a crossing. The robber made lils escape. The mail and passenger coaches were not disturbed. The robbery occurred Just us the train was pulling out of Co lumbia and the robber forced the ex press messenger to open the strong box by holding a pistol to Ills bead. INCREASE FOR ARMY SUPPORT. Senator Thomas Refers To Conditiont On Southern Border. Washington, I. C The Senate pass ed the annual Army Appropriation bill, carrying $101,750,0111), about $7,500,000 more than tho House bill and about tho same amount over the last Army Appropriation Hill. "I would not yield to these big increases," announced Senator Thomas, of Colorado, "were It not for the disturbed conditions on the Southern border." R. R. CARS MUST BE SANITARY. Senate Passes House Bill To Regulate Condition. Washington, 1. C. The Senate passed the House bil directing the Inter-Stato Commerce Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury to pro mulgate regulations for keeping In sanitary condition all Inter-State pass enger cars. Surgeons of the Publio Health Service are authorized to enter cars at any time to enforce the regulations. TO PROTECT CHESAPEAKE BAY. Cape Henry Land Ii Valued By a Jury At $180,104. Norfolk, Va. A jury In the Federal Court here placed $180,104 as the value of land at Cape Henry needed for a fort to protect the entrance to Chesa peake Pay. The original price asked for the property was held to be too high by the government and it was de cided to secure it by condemnation proceedings. Congress appropriated $150,000 to purchase the site. ROBBERS KILL ONE, WOUND TWO. Open Fire On Eight Men Returning From Wedding. Johnstown, Ta. When they refused to hold up their hands at the com mand of four masked men near Barnes boro a party of eight men was flred upon and one of their number wa killed and two others probably fatally wounded. Tho five uninjured men, cowed by the wounding of their com panions, Vere robbed of their pay en velopes, amounting In all to nearly $200.
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