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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10
COSTLY AUTOGRAPHS.
Columbus Signature Brought 4.ooe
Francs at an Auction.

COLUMBUS signature Brought 4,UoO
Francs at an Auction.
Alta Paris autograph sale in De-
cember, 1890, the signature OF Chris
topher Columbus (which is, prob
ably, one Of the most fantastic sign
manuals ever used brought 1000
francs. Rhe ouly existing piece Of
manuscript in Titian's handwriting
was knocked down at 5000 francs,
and one with Cromwell's signature
attached brought in exactly half
that sum Alfred Morrison, a great
English collector of autographs, was
present at the sale. and paid sum
equal TOD, 900 francs for the only let
ter written by Corneille that las
ever been on the market. The last
letter written by Napoleon TO En-
press Marie Louise was disposed of
at the same sale bringing 1000
francs, and several signatures Of
Louis XIV. and Henry w. fetched
1000 francs each.
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NO MONEY N THEM.
ssuptors Can't Sell Their susts of
Ponular Ernnchmen.

u'p1ors Cant SCH hetr 6uSts OF
Popular Frenchmen.
Tts portrait of NJ. Felix Faure,
president Of France, has just been
commenced by Bonnat, the celebrated
painter and as this is a semi,official
YORK there is no doubt of the artist
neing fully compensated forit. Such
: not The ease, however, with the
many painters and modelers in
mar'..tor clay who at each change
Y IN French presidency have made
many pictures or busts of the new
rhi"i executive or of other promi-
zen men. On the ready sale of which
,a'y hay" built their hopes of for
The >alr Of pictures or busts does
vi seem to follow any fixed rules.
Ev"n The individual popularity Of
Y" occupant of the presidential
char apparently has little to do
"''h i President Theirs, for in.
wa not particularly popular
"'h IT, Parisians. yet images Of
n''n "a better than those Of any
seeding president. On the other
'aaa ''anberta had an enormous
~ Enthusiastic personal following,
NJ ~ likenCsses are not salable.
E'"n though France has been and is
srFeul m its praises OF Russia and
'''f ruler, the statuettes OF the car
~ irug ON the market.
Ioang woman modeler, whose
N'fs ~, several times found a place
I '''- salon, has at this moment on
c"r aand, an even hundred busts of
''..0'rPerier. The '.deplorable
|'p.ra'lon, as a Frenchman would
II y came to her last fall to fash
n, n 'hhSe images, aud she finished
y. ~ Of them two days before the
'aa'lon of her model. and his fall
'72m public favor.
0a'd President carnot was as
tti,,'aa'ed copies of Chapu's bust OF
S 4'al were little in demand; but the
a''sr the tragedy at Lyons forty
N'.d in that city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10
pusLlsAEp IN MIp.ocgAN.



Board an American Cruiser
A newspaper printed on shipboard,
on the rolling decks Of man of-war,
out at sea. beyond the reach Of tele.
GrasNl wire or posi-.
An editor whose desk Is IA the
narrow space below decks, known
TO sailors as tue port brig, whose
glimpse of the outside world is
through q little round glass port in
the ships side, locking out over .
waste OF waters.
Such is the Ocean Wave. pub
lished ssiu the interests OF all good
memo swarsmen around the world,
and for the particular instruction
and amusement OF the officers and
men OF the North Atlantic squad
ron. The paper is edited aud print
ed on the flagship New York sub
scriptions, it Is stated in big letters
on the first page, are payable IN
gold, silver or jewels. No potatoes
or garden truck are taken 10 ex-
change.
The Wave has six pages, each Of
which contains three columns Of
reading matter It is printed IN
four colors-red, black. green and
purple A fine photo engraving %
the flagship Baltimore, OF the Chi.
ma station, is printed, showing that
vessel lying of a Corean. port Cop
les of the paper just received ia this
city were printed while the squad.
ron was at Port-of-Spain, in the
island Of Trinidad Thefeatures are
a story OF the West Indies, some
original poems contributed bvmein-
bers of the ships company, story
OF the visit made to Santa Cruz, de.
scribing the hospitable manner IN
which the islanders received the
Americans and showed them over
their sugar plantations, and an ac-
count of the international regatta
held at Barbados, in which boats
from the American ships New York,
Cincinnati, Raleigh and Essex took
part.
The jolly tars on board the ships
feel proud Of their little paper, and
every issue is carefully preserved to
send home to friends. There is a
humorist on the staff, and the funny
column is full Of salty Jokes which
smack of the sea.
For the printing of this little pa.
per the ships printer, Michael
Quinlan, of the admiral's staff, is re
sponsible. He is a thoroueh.going
seaman, as well as printer, aud can
keep his sea.legs and set type at the
same time Most of the work is
necessarily done while the ship is
at sea, and a such times the press
has to be dashed to prevent it from
breaking away.-N. y. Recorder
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cAINESE LAWS.
Fsowery Kingdom Il Wen Gov
erned, But Largely self Rnlsd-


The home life Of the Chinese, :
said William Russell, Of Shanghai,
appears 70 De little understood out.
side the limits otthe Eaowery king.
dom The most powerful institus
ton 10 China Is ihe family The
most remarkable attribute 81 the
family Is lis ability 10 exercise ju-
dicial powers upon It's members II
a chinaman commits minor Of.
feuse. the law. as We term Il. takes
no cognizauce Of thecase, Thefam-
ily takes upon Itself the punishment
Mithe offender b. tioyging Oh inn
prisoument, and The compensation
Of the injured party Il Is only III
the grayer oiienses, such as murder,
that tliee1Iprit shanded oyei, q lns
diciaf authority.
"rheabilits 81 the Chinese family
to Spstaihits teudal prerogative IS
owing TO is being part aud parcel
Of the land itselt. There are no land
lords 10 China Tie land i the
property al the state and he oe,,,,.
piers nav q small An Ia lie former.
Tor the use n 4, This tax ,nust IS
paid whether the land a cultivated
OF not; N, family therefore MA :
itself responsible for more land tbat
lis members cat, c,.re fe,r Tbe stats
further reserves the riaI,t where Tho
occapiers do not do Justice Ia their
holdings q dispossess them and
relet a. This iand,tax ranges from.
twelve Ia forty cents pei. acre and
the average sixe 81 eaei, holding s
niue aeres Aoart from ANS olebe
each family has tbeinaiieaatle rirl,t
ID two acres Of land. which Il strict.
IL entailed anon the family ana fur.
nislies the site al tho homestead
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WHERE oLD CAR HORSES Go.
Many Go to Europe, Which Is Bur
dened with It's EQUINE Population.

Many Go TO Europe, Which Is Bur.
dened with It's Equine Population.
Just as we are getting rid Of our
horses by substituting electric trac.
tion on street railways. the inhab.
itants of European countries are
complaining that their equine popn.
lation is increasing beyond al rea-
sonable bounds. Electric traction.
has as yet made comparatively little
progress there, and we are dumping
on their shores many OF our worm
out old car horses, to such an extent
that from one country-S Scotland
an energetic protest has just gone
up.
In France they are no. better Of.
Recent statistics show that that
ct1ntry has no less than 1900. 900
horses, and that the horse popula-
tion of the cities about 500. 0OO) is
continually increasing at a greater
rate than the human population.
This, without doubt, is due ID tile
increase of urban street car lines,
which are making much progress ia
France, especially in the smaller.
cities. In Paris there were twenty.
five years ago 10000 horses. now
there are 12O, 900, which travel, col.
lectivclv, every day a distance equiv
alent to two and one half times the
circuit Of the globe.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10
For sale.

Two;story frame house with eleven
rooms, on Chestnut Street, Eeslr Broad
dus College. Four nice building lots
ON Mulberry street near Broaddus
College Two lots on Locust street;
also 81 shares OF Planning Mill stock
$4,000 each The above named prop.
,erty is within half mile OF county court
house and post office. Terms Of sale
easy. For further information see
JASPER PEW Clarksbnrg, West
Y irginia. so-ti.
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wRINKLEs ca Nc wRLNkLEs

WhiNHLES On NO WRINKLES.
One Can Be Smooth and Yet Not
Young.
Some Of the new electrical proc
esses for removing wrinkles do pro-
duceremarkabfe results, said New
York physician the other day, but
they are too dangerous to receive the
COMMUNICATION Of any reputable
physician, and as a matter of fact.
the result. though so remarkable, is
not ut all what the victim hopes.
There is Mrs. -, she has really
had her wrinkles removed, but you
would hardly notice it. except as she
! told you so. The carious thing is
that she does not look u year Young
en-. | say curious, but IL is only so
TO a person who has not correctly
Analysed the look o. age. Wrinkles
may be the most obvious thing
about ii, but they are not the main
thing. What makes anyone look
old Is first, the change, the decline Of
all the chief modclings Of the face,
the falling Of the checks, the henyi.
ness or The scrageiness Of the
throat, the settling OF the aesl about
the mouth. The pain that Is given
in removing wrinkles increases all
this, and is likely to count more
than the ameliorative process. Cleo
patra says, in the play. that she is
wrinkled, and Shakespeare was prob
ably good Judge Of beauty. She,
to his mind, kept hers and her youth
fitness because she was 50 vital, so
well, SO alive, that her face had the
general contours Of youth Women
are on the wrong road when they do
anything painful to make them look
young
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10

Furniture. repairing, pict-
ure frames and turning
are now specialties with j
W. Oden & Co., at their shop and
wareroom. opposite the Sumner
tannery, West End. Persons
needing chamber and parlor
suits, tables, desks, bedsteads
&C.. are cordially invited 10 call.
Any furniture supplied on short
notice. ss-tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10

A rare opportunity to buy
straw hats at so per cent less
than any competitor cap possibly
offer the m at. Just received
from the largest straw hat manu-
facturer East. four hundred straw
hats (samples) which will 90 at
less than the wholesale price.
See my window display. Satur.
day. May 4, 1895. w. NJ. os.
burn. 25.e
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-10
No. Made up.

Manager Ito stubborn actress
Well, is your mind made up to go
on?
Actress-No, sir; it is not.
Manager-Why not?
Actress-1t doesn't have to be.
Thank goodness, it's the one thing
about me that is natural Detroit
Free Press
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Aow Ae Ga Il.

4 understand that your son went
west intending to rise with the com
munity, said the neighbor.
Yes. An he did what he start
ed out fur.
How
He hedn't been there week be-
fore n cyclone struck the town. -
Washington Star.
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no.'l Is said the tree. II sup.
irn,, IN ready, as far as my
IVY 'nN goes. but I've decided not
" cave until spring
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ZOE sALE.

The banking house just vacat.
ed on Main street Terms to suit
purchaser For particulars call
on the President or Cashier
Merchants National Bank. aitf
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08

ncsr section shook as If an earthquake
sho' x had visited the city. Thousands
Immediately poured out from the stores,
offices and houses and rushed
for the hill. There wreck
of great dimensions greeted their
gaze. The side of the street, for a
distance of 800 feet, was literally torn
TO pieces; the windows in the
noighboring houses occupied by n. b.
Waldron, c. L. Godfrey and +. ]. Sheldon
were shattered back and front, and
from top to bottom; large branches OF
the tall elms lining the street were thrown
about promiscuously and cobble stones
and manhole covers, together with tho
wooden covering OF the counterweight
conduit, were blown about everywhere.
The most terrible consequence OF the ex-
plosion was the injury to Thomas +.
Nelson, spare brakeman in the employ
of the Union Railroad Company who
was stationed at the clutch
of the balance weight opposite
Mr.. Godfrcy's house, where
he landed on the sidewalk almost uncon-
bclOus. ASsiStthCS NdlIO HuiChlN auu HS
endeavored TO rise, but fell back
unconscious with blood streaming from
terrible wounds in his head
and face. His skull was
crushed and the side Of his face literally
torn off. He is liable to die at any min
ute.
The injured man was taken to the Rhode
Island Hospital.
Nelson is about Is years old and had
been employed as brakeman on the grip
cars for two or three years.
The explosion led TO more serious con-
sequences than at first reported.
Il. J. Sheldon, who occupies the
half house next to Mr.. Waldron's was
at home at the time, nursing
Mrs. Sheldon, who has been sick some
time. The shock caused the lady to faint
away and completely unnerved her.
:" My Godl never heard anything like
it," said Mr.. Sheldon. Then, speaking
OF the poor fellow who was blown up,
Just think, / came home early and was
talking with him n few minutes before.
He was fine fellow ana every body on
the bill liked him"
In Mr.. Waldron's house two ladies are
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08

Synopsis-Cloudy and more or less stormy
We ther continues 10 prevail over the Eastern
j III Of the country although ftv-
orabe conditions exist Ia the
interior. A disturbance IS evil
dently central at sea beyond the range Of
observation of tue Atlantic coast. Precipita-
tion has been general for the past "a hours in
oil eastern states.
Generally fair and mostly claar weather
covers the West and Northwest, without def
mite storm indication.
No marked changes In temperature have
tai en- place.
The morning readings la New England
average about 35 degrees. Rain and snow
have fallen IN all parts of this district and
rain continues on the coast tolay attended by
light variable winds
WAsHINoToN. March 8.-For New England
Threatening weather; rain or snow. followed
by fair IN western portion; variable. shifting
60 westerly winds; colder in northern and
western portion Saturday morning, and gem
orally col Ter Saturday evening.
Eastern New York-Threatening weather
and rain, probably snow. in northern portion,
flowed by fair SUNDAY afternoons; colder
sunday afternoon and shifting winds.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08

visiting, and one of them is sick. For
tunately the windows in her rooms were
not broken, but she was terribly fright
ened as it was.
Everybody in Charles Il. Godfrey's
house Is upset and every window smas he'd.
A portion of Miss Carrie Richmond's
fence across the street was carried away.
The leak in the gas main is evidently
between Mr.. Godfrey's and Mr.. Waldron's
houses, in the street. Workmen are try
ing TO find il.
The railroad people are clearing the de-
bris from the balance weight trench, and
cars will run tonight as usual.
1t was a luguDrious spectacle to see
"Tommy" Nelson's blood running down
the car track.
There was a special detail of police from
the different stations in charge OF Deputy
Chief Eagan and it required their united
efforts TO keep the curiosity seekers at a
respectable distance.
Ex-License Commissioner Bowen was
the first man to go TO Mr.. Nelson's as
sistance. DIR. Eaton was soon on the spot
and did what he could to relieve the IN
jured man.
Steward A. G.. Delaney of Brown Uni
versity was in the immediate vicinity and
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08
LAST EDITION
TRAIN WRECKED.
Mother and Her Five-Year-
Old Daughter Killed.
Accident Caused by a Tempered.
With Switch.
The Whole Train Derailed and Several
Passengers Injured.

MACON, Ca, March s.-The Florida
vestibule train going south was
wrecked at Scotland, Ca, by switch
which had been tampered with. The
train consisted OF three Pulluans, first
and second class coaches, mail and ex-
press car. Every one of these were de-
rallied. The Pullman aud first and second
class coac hes were thrown on their sides.
One OF the coaches was occupied
by the Roland Reed Company and the
other had "a full complement OF passengers.
Mrs. &. w. Subers OF Pickens, Miss, with
ticket to Ocala, Fla, and her five year old
daughter were killed. The injured are:
ROLAND REED, leg and back badly in
jured.
Miss MARY MYERS, New York, severely
wrenched in back and shoulders.
JAMES DOUGLASS, Brooklyn, slightly
injured.
Miss IsADoR RUSH, New York, slight
ly injured.
JULIAN REED, Philadelphia, slightly
injured.
W. BERRIAN, New York, slightly in
jured.
All OF the above of the Roland Reed
company, who cancelled their date, re-
turned TO Atlanta.
The switch had been turned and
nailed down by unknown persons. Engi-
neer Moore saw this, reversed his engine
and applied the air brakes, but il was too
late. The injuries of Mr.. Reed, Miss
lsador Rush and Mrs. Mary Myers are moi
serious.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08
Gas Leaked Into the Weight Conduit
Near Benefit Street.
Thomas F. Nelson Spare Grpman, Employed in Reeas-
ing the Car Clutch, MortaIIy Hurt.
The Accident Presumed be Caused Dropping Lighted Match
the Conduit five Feet The Street Ripped Open.

There was terrific explosion, heard all
over the center OF the city, al 80 o'clock
this afternoon in the counter weigh
tunnel of the Gable Tramway Company
on College Hill just above Benefit street.
One man, Thomas +. Nelson, an en-
ployee Of the Tramway Company received
injuries that will probably prove fatal. He
was struck by hundreds OF flying frag-
ments OF stone and iron, and his face and
skull was SO fearfully crushed as to be
almost beyond recognition.
The explosion which occurred on Col
lege Hill just east of Benefit street,
was caused by leaking illuminat-
ing gas which got into the balance
weight conduit and was ignited, probably
by a match dropped by Nelson.
A car had just gone down the hill
and Nelson was standing on the
cover 10 the large pulley wheel
around which the cable of the weight
runs.
Houses all over the hill and in the busi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08
SUNK AT A PIER.
Steamer Longfeilow Went Down and
Some of the Crew Drowned.

CINCINNATI, March S.--During a heavy
fog this morning the steamer Longfellow,
belonging to the Cincinnati g. New Or
leans Packet Line, while on her way to
New Orleans, in some way lost her
course and ran against pier of the Ches-
apeake q Ohio railroad bridge and sank.
Seven of the crew are reported miss
ing, but twenty-six cabin passengers
were all Rescued by the company's
harbor boat, which came quickly to the
assistance of the Longfellow. 1t is said,
however, that one passenger, lame man
named Aldrich, of Cleveland, Is still miss.
ing.
The Longfellow is the old U. p. Schenck
transformed. The vessel was heightened
25 feet four years ago and renamed
Longfellow. She was valued at $22, 500
and was insured for $4,000. She was
carrying 500 tons of freight.
The clerk OF the steamer, y. l.. Clarke,
was drowned and James Miller, a colored
porter, was fatally crushed by the collis-
ion. Nearly all of the others have been
accounted for.
Later advices add two to the list OF lost.
One is Gus Shevant, the bar-keeper, who
persisted in an effort to save the
aged clerk. They were seen to
go down together as Shevant
was doing his utmost to hurry him back
to the Carried. The other is the second
mate, whose name is Jas. Kivett.
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INDICTED FOR LIBEL.
Editor and Publisher OF the New York
sun To BE Arrested.
Odessa, Del, Dec. rs, 1894.

WASHINGTON. March s.--The grand
jury for the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict Of Columbia has returned an in
dictment for criminal libel against
Charles A. Dana, editor, and
William l.. Latin, publisher OF the New
York Sun. The presentment was formal
ly made to Judge Cole, presiding, by
the foreman of the grand jury yesterday.
1t is formidable document Of
many pages, setting forth the
malicious motives OF Messrs. Dana
and Latin in crimina,iy libeling Frank
b. Noyes of Washington, treasurer of The
Evening Star and one OF the board of di-
rectors and of the executive committee OF
The Associated Press.
The three counts of criminal libel are
given. The first count is very comprehen-
sive. IT states that on February %, last,
the New York Sun published an editorial
from which the following is an extract:
"The corporation" (meaning The Asso-
ciated Press, sis organized under the
Illinois State law, and the provisions of
that State respecting the personal
ability of the directors are amusing.
We commend a careful study OF them to
the unfortunate newspaper managers who
have been roped in. They may see their
way to making such a thoroughly dis
honest director as f. B. Noyes OF
Washington for instance, refund to them
the amount of the extra assessment out OF
which they have been buncoed."
The attack was made on behalf Of a rival
telegraph association.
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THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE.
CANVASS NOTICE.

The Be ard OF Canvassers aud 4 gstration VII
meet for the purpose OF canyassng and correc., z
the ward lists of voters az O'Clock p, m on the
follow ing dates and at tho following places, viz:
Mar ch 10, ls96-First Ward al Pioneer Han on
South Main street.
NarchIs 1895 Second Ward at the Ward Room
on North Main street.
Narch is. lsss-Tai d Ward Mt the Ward Room
on Smith street
March 20, i69j-- Fourth Ward at the Ward Room
on Fountain street
March a. 1882 FlfJh Ward at the Ward Room
on Beacon avenue
MaIoh q, Isgj-sxth Ward az the Ward Room on
Public street
March p. 1893 Seventh Ward at the Ward Room
on OAKLAND street
March 20, isgb-Eighth Ward at No. &c Harrison
street
March IS, 1s95-Nnth Ward at the Ward Room on
pallas street.
March q, iss5-Tenth Ward at the Ward Room
Atwell's ayeaHC,
said roard viii also meet for the purpose OF the
fnai canvass q ali tho Ward and District lists of
said CITY al their oihoe in City Hall, March q,
1895, at O'Clock a.
By order of the Board OF Canvassers aad Regis
tratlon. CHARLES Il. SMITH,
ms.istd Clerk
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08

is of the opinion that Nelson was blown
several feet in the air.
X. II. Jackson was coming across the
college green and said that the smoke
was so dense that he thought a large fire
was in progress.
III is stated that flying stones broke a
window in the First Congregational
Church corner Of Benevolent street.
The types ratified in The NEWS COM
posing room.
Nelson's Condition..
Upon examination at the hospital il
was found that Nelson had sustained a
compound fracture over the left eye and
the chances of his recovery are extremely
slight.
Mr.. Nelson resides at 45 Whipplc street
where he has a wife aud three children.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08
Missing VIII Found.

ST. LOUIS, March S.-The missing will
late John Norton has been found among
papers of Judge Laughlin, the deceased
actor managers attorney. Mr.. Norton
left the bulk OF his estate to his
sister, Annie j. Hamilton, wife OF Isaac
II. Hamilton of Jersey City. Pierre
Chouteau got Mr.. Norton's share In tho
Grand Opera House, while Attorney
Laughlin is left his library.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-03-08
End of "a Perilous Voyage.

NORFOLK, March s.-The three masted
schooner George l.. Dickson, Captain
Kelly, arrived in port last evening from
Maine, with a cargo of ice, month over
due. She brought the crew of the John
Moore, rescued by her in terrible gale.
The Dickson is battered, destitute of sails
and her crew were worn out. Captain
Kelly was taken to thelhospital very sick.