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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-18
A Terrible Death.

A youth named John Martin,
son of Albert Martin. residing at
Sideling Hill, Pa, met a most
horrible death Friday afternoon,
being cremated while tied to a
gate.
The boy and his two sisters
were playing in the barnyard,
and had placed an old gate in an
upright position between stack
of straw and a stack of fodder.
The gate represented a horse
stall, and John was tied to it for
a horse. Que of the girls had
some matches. She accidentally
set the stack of straw on fire, and
in an instant the flames We're
leaping in every direction.
The little girls. almost fright
ened to death, tried to release
their brother, and in doing so
knocked the gate down, which
being heavy,upinned the boy to
the earth. BY this time the
flames were all around them, and
not being strong enough to re-
lease their brother they fled to
the house, and giving the alarm
forgot to state that the boy was
being cremated.
By this time the barn was on
fire, and the men of the house
set about to save the live stock,
never dreaming that the child
was being cremated by the flames.
After he was missed the children
told their story, and the boys
charred body was found.
With corr only worth Is cents
per bushel feeding cattle $3.50
4 per 100 lbs. good fat cattle
A.75@5.25 and half fat cattle
49, o@4.s5, it seems strange that
farmers should continue to sac.
rifce the latter. If they could
turn around and replace these
cattle at less money, or even the
same prices, or if corn was scarce
and worth 4o@5oc. per bushel,
the situation would be easier to
understand. but as it is it is q
conundrum.-Drore1' Journal
George DO you love me ?
Clara-None of your business
George-Excuse me I; it is my
business.
clara-Well, then, you ought
to know your own business.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-18


No doubt the Senate will APP
prove the bill passed by the
House to allow the use Of pri-
vate postal cards of the same
size and weight of those furnish
ed by the department, with the
addition Of q lie. stamp. Many
business houses will then com.
pete in designing striking postal
cards other own, and the pos
ter artists will have a new field
in which to display their
originality.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-18

The Presidents message is
principally notable, after all, in
the way of showing how many
important things the next Ad.
ministration will have to deal
with on account of the neglect
and incapacity of the present
one.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-18

Hoods Pills are the best fami.
~ cathartic and liver medicine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-12-18

The Washington Times is now
agitating for the change Of the
name of the Congressional Lib.
rary to the National Library.
That library is SO good, it argues.
that it should be nanonalized. SO
The evening times., 1896-10-13

ners and meet each other for the finals
Both of these men are players OF the top
notch variety and the outcome is matter
Of the purest conjecture, though Driscon
at present has the odds
The winner of the finals will meet Cham
pion Davidson for the District honors, and
whichever Of the two wins Davidson will
have his hands full to hold the champion
ship he has captured for the past five years.
Davidson is playing better. il anything.
than ever, and has been making creditable
showings at numerous tournaments during
the spring and summer, and is expected to
win fresh laurels in the coming contest.
Preliminary games will be finished by
Friday afternoon, when the finals for dou-
blcs will be played. On Saturday at
O'Clock the finals for singies-will come
off on the club grounds, NJ street. between
Seventeenth and Connecticut avenue.
The dra wings for the preliminaries be-
tween the doubles will not be made until
just before the games start. But four
teams have entered, Davidson and Met
calf, Driscoll and Goodfellow, Wilson and
Wilson, and .Geogh egan and Steel, and to
Driscoll and Goodfellow will probably fall
the laurels. The prize for singles is a sill
yer bowl valued at 500. Prizes for the
other events have not been determined
upon as yet.
The grounds this morning were wet and
heavy, but will be doctered before the
opening game this afternoon with dry
sand and sawdust, and it is hoped that
they will he in perfect condition before
the finals are played.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
DIVORCED TO BE AN ACTRESS
Domestic Drudgery Assigned as Rea-
son for the Desired Separation.

Atlanta. Ga, Oct. 13.-Mrs. Blanche
Estelie Wilder has been granted a divorce
from her husband, because he would not
allow her TO go upon the stage. Mrs.
Wilder. who is pretty little woman OF
twenty years. told the jury her story.
Her troubles were all brought on because
she wanted to be an actress singer in an
opera compauy-but she never got before
The fGotlights. although she was willing
to marry Wilder upon his promise that
he would give her an opportunity to display
her talents in THAT line.
The pretty plaintiff. who was Miss Blanche
Shea before her marriage with Wilder, told
the court that she had known the de
PENDANT but a week before she gave him
her hand IN matrimony. At the time OF
her meeting with Wilder, who was IN
actor of small reputation, he professed
to be engaged in organizing an opera COM
pany. and agreed to give her an engage
ment If she would marry him. He also
promised to deed her farm and an orange
grove in Florida as q further erinducenent.
She accepted his proposition IN good faith.
Then her husband at once pinned her down
to the ordinary drudgery Of domestic life.
andrefused to let her even look ut a theater.
As Mr. Wilder made no appearance iu court
the divorce was granted by dcfault.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
PROMPTED FROM A SPIRIT LAND.
Washing ton state Backwoods Boy
wonder breaches Fluently.

Tacoma, Wash, oct. 13.-A marvellous
boy preacher has arrived in town from the
backwoods OF COwlitz county. lie has been
holding a few meetings here in an obscure
way, and last night made ms debut before
an audience OF several hundred.
Charles Anderson is his name and he is
Just fifteen years old, but ne ratified off
his sermons on occultism and spiritualism
with a nuency and profundity that would
do credit to older speakers. Several local
preachers who had been invited to hear
him last night were astonished at his pre-
cocity, and carefully inquired regarding Lis
antecedeuts and education.
He was born and cared III COwlitZ county
He has always dspla yed a desire to be
quiet and alone; to wander off in the woods.
The spirituaIsits took him up two years
ago 10 develop what they called his In
tense mediumistic powers"
Then he took to speaking. He says it is
inspiration; that the angels whisper words
of wisdom to him. II is now under instruc
tior by Mrs Georgia CoIiey, who Will soon
pilot him to San Francisco.
The other night, after introductory cere
monies. Anderson placed his hands over
his eyes and walked to the corner Of the
stage, where he stood tren bling for a few
minutes. He thenstarted his discourse with
great rapidity. He talked about the evolu-
ton OF the mental man during the last half
century. grinding ont heavy clauses and
long words. II did not seem To know what
he was saying.
Only once did he refer to the inspira-
ti1n. when he said: The principles you re-
ceive today arc from the angel world
The address lasted forty minutes, when he
suddenly stopped, clasped his hands, trem
,,ied and fell in a chair. seemingly collapsed.
Anderson says he can bring on the inspira-
ton any time by few minutes quiet.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
TENNIS FALL TOURNAMENT
Final Arrangements Completed for
Bachelors Club Contest.
Result of Ora wings Announced for the
Struggle Which VIII Begin In NJ
street Court This Afternoon.

Arrangements were finally com pleted
this morning for the fall tennis tourna-
meut of the Bachelors Club, when the
tennis committee announced the result of
the drawings.
The tournament, which will begin at
O'Clock this Afternoon, will decide the
championship of the District, and the
groups of tennis enthusiasts present were
excited spectators, as the committeeman
Messrs j. c. Goodfellow, McPberson, A.
C. Davidson, and w. p. Metcali-drew from
the vase the tell tale slips of paper bear
ing the names of the entries and their
opponents.
The result was satisfactory, and Dame
Fortune succeeded in mating material for
the hottest variety OF contests. The first
name was Mr.. Clarence Wilson and his
partner w 7. Metcalf. The other pairs will
be NJ. Thompson and j. C. GoodIeliow, T. A.
DriscOll and 7. c. Wilson and f. GeogheEan
and j. S. Davidson.
Each of the preliminary games will be
hotly contested. In the first the probabili-
ties are that Metealf will defeat Wilson.
Both are clean, careful players, but MetcaIf
has more OF the heady variety of dash
than his opponent, and has in this trait
the advantage.
Possibility points to a victory for Good
fellow in the second game, as his 0pf ohent,
Mr.. Thompson. lacks experience, though he
Is strong. defensive player, and uses the
lob with great skill. Goodfellow is an old
hand and a strong player. having few su-
periors in driving the ball from his back Hines.
The third contest is conceded to Driscoll.
who puts up a tremendous offensive game.
He is Just home from the Intercollegiate
championship game at New Haven. whers
he won second place for Georgetown Col
lege. being defeated for first after a hot
struggle by whitner. of Harvard. Eleven
colleges were represented. and Driscoll's
sho wing in this contest places him in the
front rank OF collegiate tennis players.
The fourth contest will iDall reliability
be bagged by Geoghegan, whose strength
lies in his net playing. His opponent.
Davidson, is a nervy player, a brother of
the present District champion, and shows
the earmarks OF Conner.
According to these predictions. gath
cred from members OF the club who are
well posted as TO the relative merits of
the cont tants, the semi-final games
will be between Mctcalf and GoodfellOw
for the third. and Driscoll and Geoghegan
jr., for the second.
The probabilities for this series are that
Goodfenow and Driscoll will be the win
The evening times., 1896-10-13
GOOD FOR JANE SMITH.
Made "a Thief Give Up His PluTder
and Beg for Liberty.
Rochester Post Espress.

Miss Jane Smith is II plucky girl. Her
mother keeps a boardiBghouse at 122
South st. Paul street, while Jane is u clerk
in one OF the big dry goods stores
Mrs. Smith and the rest OF the house
mold were at dinner at $50 p. m yester-
day in the basement The from door on
the second floor was open aud the door to
the sitting room had been carelessly LETT
unlocked. Jane returned from the store
while the others were at dinner. She
went in by the front door and was passing
on 10 her own apartmen Mt when she glanced
into the sitting room. There was IA strange
man there. Such a sight is not unusual in
a boarding house, bat TINS particular strlngs
man was in a peculiar attitude. He had
pulled out bureau dra wer aad was rapidly
inspecting its contents Jane took In the
situation at a glance and walked into the
room. The strange man heard her step
and turned from his work. By the time
Jane entered the room he was by a table
some feet distant from the bureau.
Beg pardon, he remarkedind dulcettoaes,
ARE YOU the In ndlady? | wish to see about
obtaining board-''
You don't want to see the landlady,"
Jane returned, in cold. mfeeling tones that
sent a shiver down the fellows back, 'hui
/ want you To empty your pockets of tue
stuff YOU took ont ofthat bureau
Although very nervous, the fellow had
sufficient hra vado in his make up to try to
work the -'iDjured innocence racket
What do you mean, iniss?'' he began in
defiant tones, but lie dared not look the
angry girl in the eye. She paid no attention
to his cXpostulatious. but coolly demanded
that he empty his pockets or else she would
call a policeman.
AT this the fellow weakened Don thaye
me arrested; don't disgrace me, he walled.
Miss Smith told him to disgOrge his plum
der and she would think the matter over.
The would-bc sneak thief handed over two
pocketbooks and some jewelry. He pleaded
so hard for mercy that Jane finally opened
the front door and told the fellow to go.
IIe peeded no second invitation, but flew
down the steps, and the last Jane saw OF him
lie was going across Court street bridge.
Jane went to her room, took off her hat
aud gloves, then went down to the dining
room and told her mother she ought to be
more careful in locking up the room when
meals were 90 in the basement.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
MANY DELEGATES THERE.
Annual Christian Missionary COnven
tiOn at Rockville.

tiOn at Rockville.
Rockville, Md, Oct. 13.-Thc Christian
Missionary Society of Maryland, Delaware
and District OF Columbia opened its nine
teenth annual convention yesterday in the
Church OF the Disciples or Christ, Rev. c
Shclburne, pastor. A large number OF dele
gtaes We're present.
The devotional exercises We're begun.
under the charge Of Mr.. Alexander New
conner of Washington county, Md. After
this Rev. W. ]. Cocke of Uniontown, Pa,
and formerly the evangelist in this State,
was invited to preside over today's session.
The whole day was occupied by the p . III
ers and is called Preachers Day. Rev. c.
Shelburne ofthis city made the first address.
His subject was 1.-The Work OF the Holy
Spirit in the Modern Church,
Then follow e d other addressesu upon equally
interesting subjects. Rev. W. S Hoye, OF
Beaver Greek, spoke on The Divorce
Question:" Rev. b. A. Abbott, of Baltimore,
on ''The Plan OF Current Literature in
the Preachers Education Rev. Peter
Ainslie, of Baltimore, on ''Mouey and the
Kingdom;" Rev. W. ]. Wright, Of Washing
ton on How to Reach Men," Rev. El-
more Harris, of Boonsboro, on 1.-The Bible
in the Preachers Life;'' Rev. Jesse De
IIoff, of Aldino, on Tendencies OF the
Christian Endeavor Movement" Rev. E.
B. Bagby, of Washington, on The Pastor
and the Children;" Rev. P. A. Cave, of
Hagerstown, on 1.-The Church aud Politics."
Rev. j. A. Hopkins, OF Clayton, on Church
Governemntr
AT the evening session Rev. DR.. F. d.
Power, of Washington, delivered very
interesting address on The Story OF a
Tw enty-one Years Passionate" to a
crowded house. The convention proper be-
gins Today and i'll continue until Wed
ncsday evening.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
Welded TO HIS FIRST LOVE.
Sam Ryan, Irish Comedian, Marie
an Heiress.

sShul -1dffleN
an Heiress.
New York oct. 13.-Samuel ] Ryan, Irish
comedian, is married, and he married an
heiress too. They Were swectbearts twelve
years ago in Cincinnati, but Were separated
by the conventional stern parents. They
drifted apart and neither saw nor heard OF
one another until last Saturday. Then
Miss Alma Carl, who lives at No. lib East
One Hundred and Nineteenth street, but who
was visiting friends in jersey City. dropped
in at a matinee performance, wholly uncon-
scious that the star was the man whom she
had loved and to whom she had pIighted
her troth half n decade ago.
With her friends, Miss Carl took her seat
in the box, and when MFR. Ryan nj ade his
first appearance, she gazed at him a mo-
ment, gave a gasp and promptly tainted.
The recognition had been mutual and Ryan
Immediately forgot his lines.
After thc performance Miss Carl met Mr.
RYAN and he dined with her at the home
of her friends.
The old love returned, and on Sunday
night, just as the Rev John L. Scuddcr
had returned to the parsonage from the
Tabernacle Church, there was a ring at
Miss Carl.
The usual questions and answers were
gone through with, and Samuel j. Ryan
and Alma Carl were pronounced man and
wife.
Miss Carl said her father was dead and
her Ilother was travelling in Europe. Mrs.
Carl, In years agone, had opposed q union
with an actor, but when a cablegram was
sent To her at Vienna she wired back con
gratulations and a blessing.
The happy couple returned to this city
Immediately and TOOK up their residence
In Harlem.
Mrs. Ryan is a tall, statucsque blonde,
twenty.six years old, with a decidedly
pretty face and deep blue eyes. She is
possessed OF considerable property in her
own right a nd will inherit a least 81 so 900
more on the death of her mother.
Mr.. Ryan is thfrty-two years old and has
been on the sta ge since he was child.
The evening times., 1896-10-13
FOUGHT IN THE CHURCH.
Caiored ROugils Made an Unpr0voked
Assault on a Deacon

Several colored deacons OF colored Meth
odist church iii northeast Washington were
in Judge Milier's police court this fore
noon 10 testify against William Contee, a
tail mulatto. who was charged with severely
mauling Deacon Andrew Hawkins
1t was testified that Contec and several
other youths entered the church and inter
rupted the service. Hawkins demonstrated
with them, and, he claimed, the gang. led
by Coniee. lay in wait for him at Twelfth
street and Maryland avenue northeast. and
assaulted him.
Deacon William Anderson declared that
ne was in 1.-The amen corner" when the
trouble commenced. land the '.seekcrs" coli-
gregaied there were alarmed at the row.
The assault upon Hawkins was uIprovoked.
and Judge Miller fined Coutee $40 or thirty
days in jail.
The evening times., 1896-10-13

Mr Patenotre, representative Of France,
second husband was alive, and what was
worst of all, this second husband was the
divorced party.
1t was for this reason that Mrs. Van
derbilt and Mr.. Belmont could get no clergy
man to marry them-because i'll the eyes of
| the Episcopal Church, to which they both
| belonged, no valid and binding marriage
was possible between them. So they went
| to Mayor Strong. who united them.
Society first expressed its disapproval
through Mis-. Aslot, who gave a dinner.
and not only failed to invite Mrs. Belmont,
but In order to emphasize her position
numbered Mrs. Belmont No. / among her
chosen guests.
Perry Belmont gave big dinner at By
| the.sea, ON August 2s. This was in honor
Of his cousin, Miss Tiffany. The most fash
ionable people In Newport were present,
but o. II. r. Belmont and his wife were not.
But the most striking proof of the ignor-
Ing OF the Ollie Beimonts occurred at New
port September 8, when they gave a mag
nificent entertainment on the anniversary
OF the battle OF Lake Erie, from the hero Of
which the Belmonts are deacended through
their mother. There was a gorgeous din
not member of the Belmont family at
tended.
It is reported that the Duke of Marl-
borough is weary of being made Use OF to
bolster up the aspirations of his mother
in-law-hence their non-appcarancc last
summer.
With her biggest prop, the duke, gone,
with a reduced income, with Newport and
New York society agaiDsth her and the rec
ord of one colossal and lamentahle failure
staring her in the face, people in society
ask: Is this the end OF Mrs. Belmont?
Has Alva Smith reached the end OF her
rope? Has the great Vanderbilt family
finally triumphed in Kidding itself OF her
and of driving her into retirement? These
are questions that only the future career
of Mrs. Belmont will serve to answer.
The evening times., 1896-10-13

The sudden departure of Mrs. Oliver II. P.
Belmont, from Newport, and the advertising
OF the sale OF her house and carriages in
New York, together with the fact that
Marble House is on the market, has but one
Significance.
In plain words, Mrs Belmont is social
failure. The position she set out to MAIN
tain against all odds since her divorce from
william X Vanderbilt has met with COM
plete collapse.
When, early in 1895, Mrs. W. X. Wander
bilt sued her husband. for divorce, all the
Vanderbilt family took sides against her.
Their power and wealth were such that from
March 3, 1885, when the decree was grant
ed, the other most influential sections of
New York society were inclined to be neu-
trail.
During the summer OF / S95 Mrs. Wander
bilt opened n campaign in Newport in an
effort to make her position sure, which was
brilliantly successful. Her trump card was
the young Duke of Marlborough. He was
presented at a grand bail gwen by Mrs.
Vanderbilt at Marble House, the splendid
palace given to her by her former husband,
and all of Newport flocked thithcr.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, then Mrs. Willie K. Van
derbilt, recently divorced. had ignored
theV apderbilts when she married III or daugh-
ter TO the duke. Not one Of them was in
vited to the wedding. The word had gone
forth from the house OF Cornelius that the
Vanderbilts should stand together and have
nothing more to do with this woman, al
though she it was who had raised the
Vanderbilts from social obscurity to the
greatest prominence.
But there was one thing which Mrs. Bel
mont either overlooked, ignored or regarded
will contempt. That is the feeling which
permeates even the Four Hundred about
divorced persons. Not only was her former
husband still' living, but the wife OF her
The evening times., 1896-10-13
DIED..

BURGESS Departed this life on Mon
DAY, october y, at $40 p. IN, Eliza, the
peioved "ite OF William Burgess, after u
long and painful Illness.
Funeral from her late residence, Thurs
day morning at O'Clock. thence to st.
Cyprian's Church. Requiem mass for tES
repose OF her soul. VIII be said.
May she rest IN peace.
DAWSON-At 1880 a. NJ, octobe
3, Mahala Jane, sister OF n. L. Dawson.
No. go Maryland avenue northeasJ.
lDterment at her home, Independence.
KaDs.
COSTELLO beloved wife Of
jeremiah Costello. Monday, October 12, ut
1 81 p. m, at her late residence 62i Sixth
street northwest. after a long and painful
Illness, in the rifty-fifth year Of her age.
Funeral from st. Patrick's Church.
Wednesday, October Ia, at $50 a. m,
with requiem high mass. Relatives and
fri ends invited to attend.
tBUsuon and Plttsburg papers please copy.)
STEPHEN Carroll stephen.
nineteen years OF age, son or benjamin
ID. and Charlotte III. stephen.
Recommendations oil pa rents at O'Clock
14th inst, at Riverdale
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon His love has given.
Although the body molders here,
The soul is safe In heaven.
ALLSwoRTH- Florence L., wife OF Al
bert l.. AliSwnrth. aged twenty y-five years,
at 80 a. m, Monday.
Funeral will take place Wednesday at
O'Clock p. m, from late residence, 919
Eighth street northeast.
Gone but not forgotten.
WERNER Sunday. october IL, 500,
DR.. Philip 7. Werner. father ar Edgar S.
Werner and or Mrs. Raymond L. Ford. in
the scveIfy-sixth year uf lis age
Friends invited To- funeral on Tuesday,
october 1872 p. m, from his late residence,
No. sos Massachusetts avenue northeast.
Interment private.
o'BRIEN-At Providence Hospital, Sun
day. October ! |, at 30 p. m, Daniel j.
O'Brien. faithful hGsbard OF Margaret
O'Brien-
- N,Dtice of funeral hereafter Item
ENSW0RTH- AT her home. on Crescent
street. October IL. Mrs Katherine Ems
worth.
Brief funeral services viii be held at
Lees crematory chapel, 332 Pennsylvania
avenue. Tuesday. the 9th, Mt 3:15 p N.
Friends invited
WALKER on FRIDAY, October .. 1896,
suddenly ut 2:3O O'Clock p. M, Harry W.
Walker, aged twenty-onc years
... Funeral Tuesday, october IL. at p. m-,
from the chapel Of J. William Lee. under
taker, No 332 hnsylvania avenue north
west. Rechabtcs. relatives and friends
are requested to attend.
Massachusetts papers please copy. LO-
cation of family desired.) 1t
WAUI-On SUNDAY October IL 1886,
at g:l5 a. M, John H., sou of the late
John and Bridget Wahl. aged forty years
Funeral from his late residence. No.
1881 seventh street northwest. on Tres
day october IL. at 3 O'Clock p. IN. Rel
atlves and friends are respectfully invited
to attend.
HENKEL-Sunday. October IL. 1896. at
1895 a. IN, LiSettc, beloved vile OF Philip
Hcnkcl, fifty-two years Of age.
Funeral from residence, No. 124s Penn
syIvapia avenue southeast, TUESDAY. October
1'3, at 2 p. m. Friends respectfully invited
Please omit flowers 1t