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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03
Orange Blossoms.

GLOWING marriage licenses
Ee been recorded since our
treport.
Russell A. Robinson, age "a, to
y West, age 81.
William Kelley age 81, to Jane
ummond. age %.
Arsva B. Yates age 26, to Lucy
Swiger, age 25.
arthur D. Hess age q, to Ida
Ascraft, age 10.
Blu Bartlett age %, to Nellie
titan, age IS.
Claude E. DAWSON age %, to
|ttie NJ. Richmond, age 10.
Charles G. Durratt age 20. to
ueva M. Blair. age 25.
Thomas G. Bragg age 40, to
Kirby, age So,
Rlbert Palmer age 81. to Can
ia Nutter, age 90.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

You can see the prettiest stock
of holiday goods in the city at
the book store in Traders build
ing. . OF
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03
AT REST.
Death OF the Venerable james Lynch.

Mr.. James Lynch. who died
last Sunday evening was one
of the Oldest citizens in the coun-
ty, being at the date of his death
in his s4th year, having been
born in August. 1914. There are
perhaps not to exceed six persons
in the county of greater age than
his, in fact the writer knows but
two. To show the great period
covered by his life it will be re-
membered that at the time of his
birth James Madison was Presi-
dent, the fourth who had filed
the position, and that since his
birth there have been twenty
presidential elections, in sixteen
of which he voted. and during his
life-tim the nation has grown
from infancy to what it is to-day.
From early youth he has been
actively engaged in business even
down to his last years, was scarce
iy ever sick though enfeebled by
age. He was a we'll known figure
on the street until about ten days
ago he fell at his home near the
mouth of Browns creek. where
he had spent a life time, from the
effect of which fall he died. Two
OF his ribs were broken, causing
a shock to thesysteln, from which
even many Younger than himself
would possibly have not recover
ed. He was q man of unusual
judgment, as is clearly shown by
the fact that while acting as JUS
tice of the peace, which position
he filed for many successive
years, with such men as Adam
Bumgardner, Arthur 9. Dever
and Hiram j. Lynch, who died
many years ago. and others, his
Judgment was seldom appealed
from and then was always sus.
tanned by the superior court.
During the war he was selected
as delegate to the Wheeling
convention, which re.organized
the state government out of which
West Virginia was developed.
This convention, however. he did
not attend, as at that time he
was engaged in the then profit
able business of cattle dealing.
He was an adent supporter of
the free or public school system
established Immediately after the
war and that too when his old
leighbors and friends were hostile
TO it, but not withstanding this
difference of opinion his tact was
such that he incurred no enmity.
His popularity was shown by
the large gathering of his neigh
bors both old and young at his
home early Tuesday morning, the
date of his interment, which took
place at noon of that day in Elk
View Cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

as. Wilson, son of Capt. Jas.
llson, of Grafton, was arrested
: jailed at Parkersburg the
Der day on a charge of forgery.
was formerly a machinery
'nufacturer and is well known
Ong the oil well supply people.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

No sooner do we get foot ball
+ base ball out of the way than
|tbett and Fitzsimmons en-
bee the opportunity to break
p print again.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

leave Dawson City or Starve''
is the terse notice the Canadian
authorities have posted at Daw.
son City, to warn the gold hunt.
ers of the impending famine.
The bitter mockery of being sur
rounded by gold which only waits
the picking up, and yet unable to
get enough food to live on, sug-
gests that money is not the only
thing in life, after all.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

Eighty quarts of nitro-glycer-
Exploded in an open field in
|ntucky, and yet, as far as
own, Joe" Blackburn wasn't
Fhin a hundred miles of the
Pt.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03
BEAUTIFUL PRISONER
Said to Have Come From Harrison
County.

HUNTINGTON, WA, Dec. p
A small brunette woman, giving
her name as Helen West, is be-
ing held in Jail here on a charge
of being an accomplice in the
burglary of a store, supposed to
be located in Harrison county,
twelve miles from Clarksburg.
The woman reached the city on
last Friday nightover the Chesa-
peake 6 Ohio railroad. and regis
tered at the Florentine hotel as
Helen West.
She declares that she never
was in Harrison county and says
her home is in Chicago. A dress
worn by her bears the mark of
Chicago firm, while her shoes
have the imprint of Foreman &
Co., Vine street. Cincinnati. She
is absolutely mum as to her real
identity and is certainly an in
teresting prisoner. being highly
educated and refined.
John T. Reynolds swore out
the warrant for her arrest and
Immediately left the city after
arrest. presumably for Clarks-
burg or Harrison county.
The case is enshrouded in mys.
terry, as no one saw Reynolds ex.
cept Squire Miser, who issued
the warrant.
LATER.
1t has been shown that Miss
West was a reporter of the Gin
cinnati Post and her arrest was
all a fake. She was playing de
tective IN order to obtain a con-
fession from the girl who is con-
fined there on a charge of MUIR
der. She was in the cell two days
with the FARRELL girl alleged to
had murdered Vinson. and she
claims that Miss FARRELL is in
nocent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

Mary FARRELL, the pretty blonde
confined in the Huntington Jail,
charged with the murder Ct Col.
Vinson. has received several let
tiers from sympathizers during
the past week. An attorney in
Maryland wants to come here
and defend her. A man in an
Indiana town has written, asking
for a correspondence, with a
view of matrimony, and Park
ersburg man writes, proposing to
furnish her with money for her
defense. She says she has an
swered all the letters, and is
awaiting proposition from some
one to 60 on the stage. This,
she says, she would accept. -Ex.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-12-03

Go to Nusbaum's for anything
you want in the line of Christmas
goods ond holiday novelties.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
GROTND TO DEATH UNDER CABLE CA".
An UNKNOWN MAN HORRIBLY MANGI.ED IN
COLUMBUS AVE.

AN UNKNOWN MAN HORRIBLY MANGi'Ep IN
COLUMBUS-AvE.
man was ground to death beneath Columbus
ave cahle-car at Eightieth-st last night Cable
car No $40 was going north. and was close by
Fightieth-st whcr man suddenly loomed up OUT
Of The darkness and passed between the tracks
The rripman OF the car. Edward klotterback' OF
No 60 Amsterdam ave- applied his break. sounded
the gong and shouted to the man But the car
struck him. and he dragged seventy-hve feet
before the car was brought 10 a stop. by tha'
time he had been jammed under the fender
Four passengers and two policemen who hurried
M helped to raise the car, and the man was Hi'eu
back The body horribly mangled
TO all appearances the man laborer. APP
narentlv he vas about thirty-fve years old lie
va slightly above medium height ana "elGhcn
oLout one hundred and forty pounds his halr was
dark ard his mustache black. He wore blue ever
ais leather belt blue flannel shirt; faded black
cufawav coat trimmed with braid, and derby nat
In a uockct of the overa.ls was one leather glove
I'm, nothing @ Sc was found in the clothing.
Policeman Tieinan. Of the West SMty-elShth-s'.
station rode with the gripman to the end OF the
line and then took him prisoner 10 dhe sta'toii ti
The police sent out an alarm In the eHort 10 ma
who the man was.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
DEAD ~ MOUNT NORRIS PARK.
A PECULIAR CASE APPARENTLY OF SUICIDE BY
SHOOTING.

A PECULIAR CASE APPARENTLY OF SUICIDE BY
SHOOTING.
Tho BODY of an unknown man. about thirty years
Old was found at o'clock last night on the mound
in Mount Morris Park. Lying beside the body was
a revolver with five empty chambers. The police
are Of the opinion that the man committed suicide
by shooting but the conspicuous place in which the
body was found and where the shooting must have
happened lend a peculiar phase to the case. and
investigation may disclose some other cause OF
death.
Iust after o'clock Park Policeman Stanley had
occasion TO walk across the mound AT point op-
posite the belfry tower and East One-hundred-and-
tv,entv-second-st. He what he thought was
a man lying under tree a short distance away.
apparently asleep. The policeman walked over and
shook the man several times. calling on him 10
awaken and git out Of here
But the man woke not. and the policeman leaned
over and examined the figure closely. Tnen ne
saw that the was either dead or close to
death and he hastened 10 call ambulance A
surgeon and ambulance soon arrived from the Har-
lem Hospital but the doctor had nothing to do.
.'Nhv that man has been dead for five or SIX
hours" remarked the surgeon, and he turned ana
walked away before removing the body to the
Morgue the policeman made hurried examination.
lie found AT least one large bullet hole just over the
ear on the right size OF the head. The brown deroy
hat which lying near by hdd a metal oand'
looking like aluminium on the left side or the ma I.
hand on this was engraved capital letter III.
The body was clothed in an outing shirt a stand;
ing white collar with plain wnie four-ln-nand
cravat a black diagonal coat and waistcoat. cheap
gray striped trousers and heavy black laced shoes.
The hair was thick and black. The hands were
spparontlv hardened by manual labor.
The place where the body was found Is favor
ito snot for children to play and at various times
Yesterday there were hundreds within hearing and
Sight Of the spot That some OF the inquisiiiVe
Youngsters did not the body the police think re-
markable , . a., ,r,.,
Norrne 4 more critical examination was made. This
brought forth two documents that may lead TO the
discovery of the mans Identity. one was PHI
.Tohn Hunter a gripman. for some windows broken
in Car No O This gives the police the impression
-, Tho suicide may be Hunter. VINO despondent
upon receipt OF the bin. concluded 70 XII himself;
IIrntor and was signed by John Schucks. No 925
Stoinway-aVe. Long Island City.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
4 HAIRCUT BY LIGHTNING.
CURIOUS PERFORMANCE of DuTCHEss COUNTY
TIIUNDERBOLT

CURIOUS PERFORMANCE OF A DuTCHEss COUNTY
THUNDERBOLT.
Poughkeepsle. n. Y, Aug. II (SpeciaD.-Durns
the thunderstorm which ragged In the eastern part
of Dutchess County on Sunday afternoon lightninS
cut up some curious pranks. Mary barns were
struck and destroyed by fire. At Millerton, FRANK
SIlvernaiIs summer resort. the Central House was
struck The lightning went down the CHIMNEY INTO
the kitchen. and passed through the dining-roonl
and the billiard-roOm In the hotel at the tHe
were the proprietor and several members or the
Julian Comedy Company. one of the women mem-
bers was shocked and unconscious Tor some
time.
At Pawng party OF three met with pecuIlar
experience. In the party were Bert Spauidihe' HIS
sister Sadie and a man friend. They were return
ing from the Quaker Hill camp meeting. ana Wheh
tho storm overlook them they sought shelter IN
barn on William LudingtOns pla heaVy DOH
of lightning struck in front of the large open aoo. @
near which all three were standing Ihey were
knocked down. as also their horse for -"
short time they nearly unconsclouS. Ipon
recovering Miss Spauding found that her uicSSs
and wraps W. badly torn. Mr.. Sp1uldinS soIL
watch and chain were mutilated. and the hair was
singed from one side Of his head. The other youIlS
man suffered greatly from shock. l hey were re-
moved to the home of George A. Taber; whete d
nhvsician administered the proper remedies
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
NEWS FROM ANDREE CONFIRMED.
THE PIGEON THAT WAS SHOT ALSO BORE
LETTER FROM THE EXPLORER.

Chrstania. Aug. 11.-Information received
here confirms the story, published in dispatch
from Hammerfest, Norway, saying that one OF
the searchers for Herr Andree met the sealing
vessel Aiken about July 22 and was Informed
by her captain that one Of the crew had shot
a carrier pigeon, between North Cape and Seven
Islands, on the north coast of Lapland, bearing
n message from the explorer addressed to the
"Anonbladet" Of Stockholm. which read as fol-
lows:
Eghty-two degrees passed. Good Journey north
ward. ANbhEr'
The date Of the message was illegibe.
The pigeon also carried letter addressed 10
the "Aftonbladet," but the captain OF the Aiken
declined to surrender either the dispatch or the
pigeon, and continued his voyage northwarn
The captain is familiar with Andrees plans anu
is greatly interested i'm them.
The news arrived here indirectly. The captain
Of the Aiken communicated the Information re-
ferred 10 To the commander of the ship lnJeporg'
OF Tromsoe, the latter transmitted the news 10
the commander IF the steamer Express. upon
which the Lerner Polar Expedition was coming
home, and the Express finally passed the news
along to the steamer Lofoen, which brought IL
here.
NJ Machuron, who prepared Herr Ahdree
balloon SAYS it was arranged 10 start the nrsl
carrier DigeOn tWenty-fOur hours after the as
cent and he believes that the bird shot by one
of the crew Of the Aiken was probably the nrst
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
TTTCHBL re RAILROAD SHORTAGE.
MANY THINGS EXPLAINED BY THE PAPERS OF
THE DEAD AUDITOR

MANY THINGS EXPLAINED BY THE PAPERS OF
THE DEAD AUDITOR.
Boston. Aug i7.-The directors OF the Fichburg
Rauroad Company held meeting here to-day be-
hind closed doors 1t was expected that the report
NJ th. expert examination OF the books % the
cornoration would be- presented. but at the last
,nor,nt il Was found that IL would be several days
Irfnr, the report could be completed The matter
~ th. election v president OF tho road 10 tn
,he vacancy resulting from the death or Henry :.
Marcy Vas discussed IN on informal way. but
ntcitl action Wa deferred pending the consiGera-
,fou OF the report dS 10 the condition Of the com
rrny's accounts. Robert Goldman Was elected tenn
hor1ry chairman of the Board. ana adjournment
followed. -
george II. Torroy. counsel for the road was seen
hV an Associated Press representative to-day He
.tiI. Although the shortage gi..u out a feW
days ago was between $1,000 ana Sl5oN. think
4, HiU bc iOund to be much lcrs The p,pcr. dis
covered In the desk Of the late auditor have thrown
much light many subjects and | have not the
least doubt that Il Mr. Anthony were alive today
he could elucilate matters that there would not
be any shortage whatever"
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
An INSURANCE VENT RES FiILi Hk.
RECEIVER ASKED FOR THE MAssAcHvsETTS
BENEFIT LIFE ASSOCIATIONS

RECEIVER ASKED FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS
BENEFIT LIFE ASSOCIATIONS.
Boston. Aug. 17-Major George s Merrill. tho
Massachusetts, Insurance Commissioner presented
a petition in the Supreme Court this afternoon
for the appointment OF receiver for the Massa-
chusctts Renoft Life Association. on the ground
tha, the further continuance Of the association In
business would not he for the best interests Of the
pocyhoders.
The directors Of the association were summoned
IN attend a special meeting to be held nj the home
office here to-day They met. and after discussing
the situation and realizing It's hopelessness Ma ior
Merrill dictated letters. The first letter was
.o President Roker. and 1t Informed him that the
state Insurance Department was Informed that
uent after proper demand. OF claims and dues
na bc WAS consequently ordered 10 suspend all the
hmStness of the association until all these claims
,.nr, fully paid. He also directed thai no
vi for assessments should he Issued and all
IA money received by the officers of the CORPORA
,,nr should be deposited In bank or trust con-
pany. ,...o. ,,as .ddross., =. =,
,.aiu,lfon Attorney General OF the Commonwealth
~ ,rforrnad the Attorney General thar COuuls-
~ IN ~ Merrill had Just ordered President Rolker
slo' r r,isncnd further business. account of the
", stion having failed TO meet legal claims. and
- recuest was made 10 the Attorney ncral
U ma ,,lv 10 the Supreme Court for Injunction
10 1nl' the Massa achusetts Benefit Life and the
aa5Snnintment Of receiver TO close up It's affairs
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
STP4NGLED IN 4 BICYCLE FRAME.
4 BABYs PECULIAR DEATH WHILE oUT OF HIS
MOTHERS SIGHT.

. PARY'S PECULIAR DEATH WHILE CT pr HIS
MOTHERS SIGHT.
1eropoa Jones the eleven months-old son OF
1oro,,e Iones A streetcar conductor, living on the
mid door of the tenement-house at NO. Ii3
craenwicb-st met death last night in peculiar
manner A few days Jones got the bicycle
tovar and after many consultations with his wife
ho purchased bicycle. For safeAeepihs the
ooeuro WAS stored away in "A bedroom
Iaet night Mrs Jones was hurrying 10 get her
husbands suppei and at the same time making an
onor, 10 watch little Jerry. lie was asleep IN the
bedroom and twice had almost fallen from the hed'
Mrs Jones looked about for an object to pace
alongside and keep the youngster WITHIN pouhds'
and che wheeled up the bicycle. which made an
ideal safety railing. Then Mrs. Jones returned -
her work.
She went 10 wake the baby an hour later, ana
when she entered the room began 10 scream. the
hahv had awakened in his sleep. and in rollng
oho,, the he'd had fallen out. His feet were cauSh,
hntXoen the sprocket wheel and the frame ana
The chjId's body fell forward. face doWn"arn;, ~
the diamond part Of the frame. The rusl ot hlo2i
10 the head and the crampcd poSilon .Wh'h Hd"SS
il almost impossible for the child 10 hf'a'he' h'u
killed him ,... t.,o. eror,
Jones when he arrived few minutes later rom
work was almost overcome Win erle1. Iir loph ~
l the wheel ont Of the fat and asked q n'lgnDoI II
he wanted ii The latter said he would take care
Of IL temporarily and later Jones might sell II.
Yes I'll sell it," said Jones. "or III give II AVN.
| can't ride a bicycle with such memory chhslAS
i
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
NEW SISTERS or CHRISIIAN CHARITIES.
An UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
RECEIVED AT WILKESBARRE.

An UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES
RECEIVED AT WILKESBARRE.
Wilkesharrc. Perm, Aug. I.-An unusually large
number Of candidates to-day received into the
Order Of Sisters Of CHRISTIAN Charities at Nal
lirckrodt Convent. At low mass the postulants
were dressed in white and after mass they were
attred in black The ce.ebrants OF the mass were
Father Otterbein. Of Saratoga. y Y. with Father
Osman of Philadelphia. as deacon. Priests wer"
present from all parts OF the state The candidates
took the voHs of chastity. poverty and obedience
While living nr)strate on tho floor of the sanctuary
Among those whe received the white Veil were
Barbara Timmns. OF Brooklyn. who will hereafter
he known as Sister Melania, Magdaene Reinhari.
Ncw-York Sister Sebaatina; PauliuS h"rman
New-York Sister Thea. Clara StenZle. Anster-
dam y y Sister Frassta; clara schwartz Jersey
civ SISTER Fcccssima: Elizabeth Schleor. Eliza
beth y J. Sister Marcaana; Mary Reil Hartford,
,onn sister Septima. Anna PeiZ. Detroit. Mich,
sister Theotonia christine Reisscr Detroit. Mich.
sister Expcdita: Caroline Koerber. Akron. Ohio
sister I.udurigs: I.udwinia Dietrich. Akron. ohio
Sister Charitona: Mary Amberg, Chicago, Sister
Kosalira. . a.
over a hundred guests came from New York.
Brooklyn Philadelphia. Detroit and other places
attend the ceremonies.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
WILL BOSTON LOSE HER WOOL TRADE?
MERCHANTS OF THE HUB INTERESTED IN THE
AUCTION SALES HERE.

MERCHANTS OF THE HUB INTERESTED IN THE
AUCTION SALES HERE.
Roston Auy II (SpeciaD.-The first auction sale
NJ wool al the recently established Wool Exchange
In New York will occur tomorrow. II Is OF pecu-
lar interest to the Boston wool trade. because II
marks an innovation in wool-selling methods IN thS
couutrv regarding the advisabilty Of which there
is far from uranimi,y Of opinion. Boston sa!
the merchants here Is the natural centre OF Inc
greatest wool manufacturing interests OF the couh-
fry Notwithstanding the inducements which are
heinr held out by New-York dealers TO facilitate
trading in that city. comparison Of the "dl'. OF
wool at the principal seaboard markets in the last
ivo wears will show the relative importance oi
Now-York in this traffic In 1895 Boston S0lI -
$50 900 pounds; New-York. 7ol"w, and az M fmIidu1, S
phia 720S 000. In 1896 Boston SOD ~ i?o" p9ai1
Now.York 53Joi.0N and Philadelphia' %slNtr". @
The stocks Of wool held at the close OF ls Were;
rounds rounds A. the close Of 1895 they were: Boston
i1i&lO 900 pounds; New YORK 20 ooo io,,d
since sins Isnuaf% es ,3 3SM- S noundH on "'
There those here who thlnk thf & cNc,,aI ~, ,5
idea, if established mere woHia ptors pros nav he taken
The nrescnt position Of wool surprises even those
ions regarding its future Everything has con
spired TO enhance wool values this year n,, ne
to ;he drouth which has prevailed there, and whlch
has caused death of go OvJ sheep as wen as 10
Is also short so that the domestic holders have
things practically their own way up to Ihe ioroi63
Thouch the woollen mills generally ana in large
stocks Of wool, they are now IN the marhei' pic-
nbances Of having to pay still higher prices for
wool imported under the tarlfi Ihese lfdhsdc.loS 10
in wool at enhanced values % t RON mills In a.
word woollen manufacturers are upon the eve OF
prosperity in their bu;ness which BIDS Ear to
prove more lasting ana WllHal more S"'i'i"O'oi!
than WAS the boom OF le92
New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
HILL TRIBES ROUTED.
THEIR POSITION ATTACKED BY lhr
BRITISH GENERAL BLOOD
THE REBELS UNABLE TO STAND BEFORE Az Ar
TrILERY FiRE-TWO BRITISH OFF,
GERS KILLED-IND1A VOLCANO.

simla. Aug IA reconnaissance In the S"a.
Valley discovered the enemy to be intrenchen
in ;he hills between Jalaia and Landaki' coh-
frmnC the reports Of the gathering in force oI
the Upper Swatis. Bornewals and Handustm
fanatics. General Blood the British commander
brought his field guns into action against the
stone intrenchments Of the enemy. demolshihg
these works. whereupon the .nsurgent tribes
men fed.
London. Aug. 1S.-A dispatch 10 THE Times
from Sma says that at least three thousand
tribesmen were engaged in the battle In the nils.
The batteries prevented them risking fight AT
close quarters. but about one thousand held on
for some time Then, as the infantry attack
developed they fed and when the other TWO
thousand their line Of retreat threatehen'
they moved rapidly away.
Lieutenant GreaVes, of the Lancashire fuSi. i.
liers. and Lieutenant MacLean, adjutant OF
Guides. We're killed. and Captain Palmer was
seriously wounded.
Lieutenant MacLean met his death while try :
ing to carry away the body OF Lieutenant
GreaVes .
The dispatch adds: THE whole border stlli
seems to be in a state of fanatica unrest.
a dispatch from Simla says that General
Blood directed the centre of the attack Coohe,
MekeJohn occupying the heights to the right
of the enemy's position
The Swatis We're strongly intrenched. ana
maintained steady fire: but the British column
carried the intrenchments with great dasn, anu
the enemy fed.
1t is believed that General Blood Will order
further advance tomorrow.
There is no longer any doJbt that the AlrldIs
are deeply involved in the rebellion. whlch aS
yet is in no wise suppressed
Such is the condition of things now tnat tne
slightest check to British arms would be the
signal for a general revolt.