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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
From the Grafton Sentinel.

From the Grafton Sentinel.
Nh. Clyde Shaekleford, Of Newburg, re-
Gently moved to the J. L. Neweomb prop
er'y, at this place, and has position with
the b. & o.
Ellis Menear, of Evansville, was shopping
in our city, Tuesday. Mr.. Menear, although
from Preston county, is neighborly with
Taylor, and a staunch friend and subscriber
of the Sentinel.
DIR. L. +. Lanham went to Charleston.
Wednesday, to attend meeting of the State
Board of Health, Of which he is a member.
He was accompanied as far as Parkersburp
by Mrs. Lanham, who will spend few DAYS
there visiting friends.
Bro. J. Slidell Brown, editor and propri.
etor Of The WEST VIRGINIA ARGUS, pub
lished at kingwood, and one of the brightest
newspapers in the State, was Grafton Wis
itor Saturday. The Sentinel acknowledges
pleasant call from Mr.. Brown, while here.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. is
said to be contemplating the purchase of the
Morgantown & Kingwood railroad, which
runs from point near Morgantown into the
coal fields The road is to be extended still
further into the field, 50 as to tap tracts
aggregating 10000 acres.
The eleventh victim of the Pennington
mine horror has recently died. In connec.
ton with II curious coincidence is reported.
All the men killed were members OF the
company at Pennington, Company of the
First Regiment. So many men were killed
that Il was found necessary to muster the
remainder Gut of the service, and this has
accordingly been done. There were but 2s
men in the company before the accident
occurred.
X. Ruliin, of Washington, ID. c., a coll
ored lawyer of considerable em,nence. il is
reported will locate IN Clarksburg TO prac
tice law aud TO look after his large real
estate interests. lie is said to be the wealth
lest man of his race. his wealth being esti-
mated at 1000, 600. lie owns two large
tracts of land in Randolph county, this State,
on which he has paid tax of s26,SsI.oo
lie also lays claim TO 10000 acres in liar
rison county, through a patent issued by
Gov. Randolph, of Virginia, in 1886, but
will have big fight in litigation with hun
bred farmers who occupy the land, before
he gets it, IL ever.
Mr.. Theodore +. Lynch. father of Miss
Lulu Lynch, the eighteen -year-old girl who
accidentally shot aud killed her sister-in
law, Mrs. John Lynch, at Newburg, wednes-
day of last week, was in this city last SAT-
urday aud had in company with him his
daughter, the unhappy author of the terrible
tragedy which has thrown two families into
such overPowering grief Mr.. Lynch was
taking his daughter to Ohio, among friends
there, m order to get her away from the
scenes Of the terrible accident. Since she
bred the fatal pistol shot that SO suddenly
snuffed cut the life of her sister.in-Iaw. Miss
Lynch has been on the point of insanity.
She IS completely broken down by grief
over the affair, aud her relatives thought il
best to send her away from the scenes of the
tragedy, in the hop, that the chlnye would
have beneficial effect
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
CARNIVAL ATTRACTIONS.
Some OF Them Described by Director
General Benson.

In speaking of the various at
fractions that will be booked as
special features during Carnival
week, Wheeling, July 8-r5, Direct
or General Benson mentioned the
Glass Engrayers, who will Establish
a glass engraving plant on the street
and do simple engraving and special
designs during the week.
One Of the novelty features in the
way of show will be sigfried, the
man of many faces, now on the
Pan-American grounds, with his
visions Of art. II is admitted that
no man in the world today can
exual him in changing Of facial OK
preston.
The Conderman Ferris Wheel
will be placed at some central point
upon either Main or Market street,
and towering in the air almost
equal to the height Of the highest
building, and carrying It's thousands
Of passengers, will be somewhat Of
an attraction.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

Although Judge Springer, attorney
for the Kiowa, Commanche and
Apache Indians who are protesting
against the carrying out Of the
treaty providing for the opening Of
their lands, IN Oklahoma, 20 public
settlement, has not received much
encouragement from the authorities.
he Is still pushing the matter 4
delegation Of Indians arrived in
Washington today TO personally
present TO Mr. Mckinley the pro.
test Of what they claim To- be
majority Of the tribes, and a suit
against the Secretary Of the Interior
will be heard next week in the
Supreme Court Of the District Of
Columbia. Officials say the lands
will be opened according to Pre-.
gram.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The Terra Alta Republican paper
used up a half column of editorial
space last week in patriotic heroics
on our criticism of the recent
Supreme Court decision and in the
first editorial column gets off the
following irreverent remarks itself
on the subject
Porto Rico must be satisfied with
the flag now and lay for the consti-
tuition later on
If the Constitution does not
catch up with the flag it won't be
Col. Bryan's fault.
i we understood that Supreme
Court decision properly the consti-
tuition followed the flag to the first
cross road and then switched off.
When the administration papers
themselves can treat the matter so
lightly and poke fun at our highest
judicial body what can you expect
from the opposition
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The ". j. Times takes our crit
icism Of JOS position on the dancing
question at the University, in such
a meek and lowly manner that we
rather feel ashamed Of going after
it like we did The editor thinks
we did BIN an injustice in declaring
that ihe criticism Of the Times was
inspired By zeal for the Conference
Seminary and that the paper want
ed students % leave The University
and go 10 the Seminary ON account
Of the dancing az thc former place
We do not want 90 misreprcscnt
The Times or place 10 n false
light and we arc glad that Bro
Rohrbaugh has explained himself
more clearly, for wc have always
had a very high opinion Of both
the editor and the business manager
Of the Times
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The trial Of the case Of Dr. Har.
tigan against DR.. Raymond has been
postponed from Saturday until Tues
day. IT is to be tried this time II
the plaintiffs can get it done. The
Caldwells, Of Wheeling, who we're
part Of the counsel for Raymond,
have thrown up the job and il is
said that John Basel, Of Clarks.
burg has done the same thing. Mr..
w. S. Meredith Of Fairmont has
been retained by the defense. New
Dominion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

DIR. A. ]. Lyons, of Parkersburg
was elected Superintendent of the
Hospital for Insane, at Spencer, to
succeed DIR. Guthrie who goes to
the Home for Incurables, at Hun.
tington, as the new Superintendent
there to succeed Mrs. Ruffner, of
Charleston.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
KingwoOd, June 20, 1901

The case Of J Wesley Beatty of
this county, which went to the SUI
preme Court on a writ of error will!
not be heard this term, and is con-
tinued over to the next term which
will be in September.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
NrRDEns nf racrIyarIos

Ma. EDiroR 81 see thatthe vac.
oinauon question IS ag.taied In
your paper : hercvith enclose a
letter from the Boston Traveller. ~
June 4th, which / think you would
do well 70 publish The writer. Str
Small, has, in an the leading Baiti.
more papers, endeavorcd O. en-
Tighten people hcrcabouts. IIe
brings the matter home Co people
better than any writer In the coun
Try that have heard Of / have
just received a picture Of a beauti
full young girl, daughter Of an Iowa
bank president. that was killed by
vaccination. We have also had
several deaths hereabouts from the
same cause.
FRANCIS b. LiyEsEy,
Sykesville, Md.
Here is the letter from the Boston
Traveller
REvACCiNAuoN.
To the Editor
We have heard very much about
vaccination being a preventive Of
smallpox in times past, but tina.
word now is giving place TO reyac-
cination. The doctors have found
that a single vaccination would not
save the individual from having the
"loathsome disease" neither would
Il fill their purses so rapidly as de
sired, hence the need of having the
operation repeated. This phase of
the subject was finely illustrated by
DR.. Stuart Close, in an address on
vaccination, delivered by him FEB.
10, before the Homeopathic Med
ical Society of the County of Kings
New York. He says in this address
that the doctors very soon abandon
ed Jenner's ground that one vacoi.
nation was sufficient, for the other
that the vaccine matter would only
render a person immune for a num-
Der of years, and this term has been
growing shorter, until finally the
chief of the Contagious Disease
Bureau of Brooklyn, speaking not
as the scribes and pharisees, but as
one having authority, says that re-
vaccination should be performed |
annually. But it seems that this is
too long a period to the surgeons of |
the War Department, since they
have been having the soldiers en-. |
gagged in the late Cuban and Phil |
ipplne wars vaccinated "every five |
or six weeks" DIR. Close says, al |
have this upon the best authority |
that of men who have undergone it |
at the hands of their regimental
surgeons, and who are under my |
care now for the terrible results of |
such a practice. Poor, pitiable |
wrecks of once superb physical and |
mental humanity they are, too ! l |
have patients under treatment now
who were vaccinated ten times in a
little over year, and who witness
ed the vaccination of their comrades
This certainly should obtain immu-
nifty from smallpox if there is any
thing in ordinary vaccination. Yet
within few weeks from the time
our army landed in Manila small
pox was epidemic among the men,
and has remained so ever since,
with a large number of deaths to its
credit" | commend The above |
quotations from one of their broth
er physicians to Doctors Abbott |
and Durgin, the only two of the
profession, who at the recent hear
ing on the bill to repeal the COM
pulsory vaccination laws of Mass,
made any public attempt to ;'save |
vaccination from reproach."
]. +. SMALL.
Provincetown, Mass.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

1t is reported that Prof. Robert
A. Armstrong is candidate for re.
instatement to a Professorship in
the University and we hope uthe
Board of Regents will do the proper
thing and elect him as he is one of
the best men ever connected with
the University and was only turned
out to CRAFTY Raymond, but it also
brought about Raymond's downfall
in connection with the University.
and now if Armstrong goes back
we can declare with the Bard of
Avon that call is well that ends
we'll"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

Ben +. Stewart. Private Co. +,
4Ist, Regulars, arrived in San Fran
cisco few days ago on the trans
port Hancock, and the Regiment
was mustered out of the service on
June rs. He is expected home
next week, after two years service
in the Philippines.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
special aeeiing ~ ihe Coramiiiee % the
soldiers Rennion Association.

30. Aner. Yau uiIi favor aa hy nseri.
Iug n1ficc ~ ths mectug. ss ahosr inII
Gated. bob Yuur rapff Ihe mrcIng aiI De-
held ut Take leffa Site. laiy gd. fqoI. AL
O'Clock p. m. a fah attendance a &C.
sired. A. g.. sr0rr. Chairman.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20


Nothing more autocratic has
occurred in official circles for a long
time than the announcement that
the Commissioner and Assistant
Commissioner OF Patents would
grant no hearings during July and
August. 1t is fit sequel to Boss
Platt being allowed to put a polit-
ical figurehead in charge OF the
enormous business interests of the
Patent Office. That order, if not
set aside by higher authority, will
delay the business of every inventor
whose case requires a hearing for
more than two months and pile up
class of business already in ar
rears, which will be future incen-
tive to improper and unjust decis-
ions. These men will continue to
draw their salaries during July and
August and the government will
continue to make a profit on the
Patent Office. The injustice of
such conditions is apparent to all
and the rumpus it will raise will be
heard in Congress next winter. The
only possible reason for the order is
that the Commissioner of Patents
and his assistant wish to take things
easy for those two months, without
regard to the interests of those who
will be affected by the order. 1t is
an outrage, which should cost the
Commissioner his place.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The State Board of Agriculture
organized last week by electing
Rev. J. O. Thompson as Secretary
at a salary Of $1,000 per year. His
term begins October rst and part Of
bis duties will be 20 edit and publish
the Farm Reporter a publication
gotten out under the control Of the
Board Of Agriculture. Rev. Thomp-
son was for long time editor Of
the Mountain Echo Of Keyser and
well known TO many Of our people.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The impression prevails among
the labor leaders, who are already
al work preparing 10 bring pressure
upon Congress a. rs coming session
70 reenact the Chinese exclusion
law, which expires next May, that
the administration is secretly, IL not
openly, against recnactmcnt. al.
though they DO not care 90 talk
about IL for publication al this stage
Of the fight. They hint, howeve5.
that il the administration opposes
reenactment there will De some
lively times in Congress. which viii
have an effect on next years Con
gressional campaign.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

a bitter controversy has been on
for some time between the West
Union Record and The Derrick
Herald, of Doddridge county, and
about the meanest, most outrageous
stuff we have seen in print for a
long time, appeared on the fIst
page of the Herald last week. That
kind of rot in paper will soon kill
it off; and we advise the editors of
the Herald to drop it and stop the
controversy, before the readers all
stop their paper. We have known
the editor of the Record for several
years, and we believe him to be a
gentleman, and the low and degra-
ded attacks on him, through the
Herald, only hurt that paper instead
of Bro. Smith.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

Mrs Lynn il Pullman has fled
suit In the Circuit Court for divorce
from her husband, George NJ Pull
man, one Of the famous twin sons
Of the late George VI Pullman, The
great palace car magnate, u Chi.
cago.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

After thinking the matter over
the Cubans accepted the Plat
amendment just as il passed Con
Rrcss, and their action has been
officially communicated TO the War
Department
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The Wheeling News seriously or
sarcasiicaIlY we are not sure which,
remarks that it is appropriate to
promote Dr. Guthrie from the spcn-
Ger asylum, whose patients arc sup.
posed TO be durable through efficient
medical skill, TO the Home for In.
curables where such is supposed
not 20 be the case Now what doe
The News mean ,-Ez.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Third Term Business and the
Asrirants for the Presidency.
News and Notes About Other Matters or
Importance.
Fron or regular correspondent.

From our regular correspondent.
WAsHiScroS, June II, 1901
Mr.. Mckinley again demonstrated
when he knocked the bottom out OF
the third-term bucket by declaring
that he would not again accept the
nomination that he is one of the
shrewdest politicians in his party.
Tie knows there are breakers
enough ahead Of the Republican
party without the addition of a
third term elephant. as he frankly
Acknowledged when he said: 'rThere
are now questions Of the gravest
importance before the administra-
ton and the country, and their
consideration should not be pre-
iudiced in the public mind by even
the suspicion OF a thought Of third
term" Mr.. Mckinley knows there
are several public questions of i'm
portanee which may wreck all
chances Of the Republican party to
elect the next president, and wish
to impress tina, fact upon the minds
of some of the prominent members
of his party who act as though they
thought the administration owned
the country and could do ony,hing
they pleased without jeopardizing
the future success of the Republican
party. The immediate effect OF Mr.
Mekinley's announcement was
sort Of hutiering activity among
those who are cosxing the growth
OF boomleis for the next Republican
nomination for a number OF men,
including Senators Fairbanks, of
Indiana; Hanna and Foraker, of
Ohio Platt, of Connecticut; Lodge.
OF Massachusetts; Cullom, OF Illi-
nois; ex-senator Spooner, OF Wis
consin; Governor Odell, Of New
York; and Judge Taft, OF Ohio,
Chairman of the Philippine Com
mission. A notable thing about the
situation is that there isn't the
slightest evidence Of a Roosevelt
boom in Washington. Mr.. McKin-
ley has said that he didn't
want another nomination himself,
but he hasn't said that he didn't
wish to name the man, and he
won't say so. Shrewd observers
will ascertain Mr.. McKinley's favor
lite before betting on the name of
the next Republican candidate.
Representative Richardson, of
Tennessee, the Democratic leader
in the House, who is in Washington
said of Mr.. McKinley's anti third
term announcement: "1t is what
anybody could expect. No man is
good enough to be elected Presi.
dent three terms. IL is a rule that
has never been broken and never
will be. / think Mr.. Mckinley is
too good a politician to ever under
take to violate that rule or prece-
dent"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The Parkersburg sentinel contains
a card from Mr.. T. f. Lynch, of
Newburg, denying that his daugh-
ter, Lulu, who accidentlyshot and
killed her sister-in law, was a fugi-
tive from justice and had gone to
Ohio for fear of arrest, as she had
gone to stay with relative on the
advice of physician, to get her
away from the scene of the tragedy
for fear of the trouble and worry
affecting her mind and health.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

At the meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture at Charleston last
week, J. o. Thompson, of Keyser,
was elected secretary. The follow
ing veterinaries were selected as
consulting members DR.. l.. n.
Refer, of Wheeling; F. P. Ruhl,
of Fairmont; S. E. HERSHEY, of Key
ser; J. c. Calender, of Parkersburg
w. M. Stanley, of Charleston. The
former consulting members were re-
tanned with the addition of Prof.
T. c. Atkeson.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

DR.. ID. B. Puunton, a graduate
Of the West Virginia State Univer-
sity, fifty one years old, a Baptist
in religion and an ardent Republi.
can in politics, for eleven years
President Of Dennison University,
was last week elected President Of
the State University, by the prac-
tically unanimous vote of the Board
Of Regents As he is native
Prestonian We are naturally proud
Of him and our people viii rally 90
the support of the University more
enthusiastically than ever before
Prof. PuHnton was born over about
independence and is selfmade
man.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
A FAMILY AFFAIR.

The celebrated Major Field con
cluded to hunt some more congen-
ial cline and fixed up his business
affairs last Saturday morning and
departed that afternoon for parts
unknown accompanied by his wife
sister.
They drove to Oakland and took
No. 20, for no one knows where,
and sent the team, which belonged
to Mrs. Polly Field, back to this
place by boy. The only wonder
Is he did not sell the team, but per-
haps was afraid of being traced and
the horses recovered.
A warrant was sworn out at Nor
gantown for them both and sent
here to be served just about the
time they left. He alleged, when he
procured his license at Morgantown,
that he was the adopted son of
Daniel Field, this county. This
was not true, as Field was killed in
the army about 1904, and as the
Major gives in his age at SO, he
could not have been born until
about '6S and besides, was about
9-years old when the Fields family
got him. Anyhow Daniel Field
never saw him, as he was dead be-
fore the Major was born; and the
latter was brought up by the widow,
"Aunt Polly" Field.
The joke is on the County Clerk,
at Morgantown, for issuing the Ii
cense, and on DR.. Leech, the NJ.
L. pastor in marrying them, but, of
course, these parties were innoc ent
as the names were given in as Miss
Martha Watts, of Monongalia Co.,
and Minor S. Field, of Preston Co.,
and they did not know that there
was any relation between them.
1t seems now that the Major was
counting the girl all the time she
was here in Kingwood and all the
time claiming to be filled with broth
erly solicitude about her welfare.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20
GROOM mas DISAPPEARED.

Parsons. WA. June -. News
reached here o-day that the we'd.
ding Of Miss Rosa Beckner and Al.
Morton, both Of Hambleton, w. Va
and both thought to be excellent
young people, which was TO have
taken place last week. was indef.
nitely postponed because the groom
failed TO appear, and il was learned
that he had taken a train for parts
unknown. lie has not been heard
of. Two hours and a half before
the hour set for the ceremony he
started after the license, a mile aud
half away, and said he would soon
be back. The people Of the house
spread the wedding feast, the bride
put on her wedding attire, the min
lister came to the house, and all
things were ready for the groom,
and they waited but in vain. A
messenger was sent to look for the
man fearing something had happen
ed him, but he learned on reaching
Parsons that the man he was look
ing for had gone away on the train.
Morton was native of New Eng
land; the bride is a handsome and
worthy young lady of this county
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

HE ARGUS stated recently in re-
gard to the decision OF the Supreme
Court on the Porto Rico case that
the Court had decided that "Con-
gress was superior to the Constitu-
ton" The "Preston" Republican
takes exception TO this IN a half
column editorial on granting Cuban
independence, which has nothing
whatever to do with the case in
point or the recent ambiguous and
amphibious decision Of the Supreme
Court which seems TO have been
guided more by the election returns
than anything else in making up its
decision.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

The Republican papers in their
desperation on the wool subject
hunt up quotations from Boston or
some other distant place on the
finest kind of imported or tub
washed high grade wool and publish
1t to try to prove that wool is selling
at fair price but what the farmers
right here at home want to know
and what concerns them is what
they can get for their wool right
here where they have to sell it and
the price in cash and not in trade
or store goods. When the Republi-
can papers give the local price at
all it is trade or store goods which
is two or three cents more on the
pound than for cash.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-20

Fertilizers--For sale by l.. ". Albright.
Two hfst-class brands --Lelrs Dissolved
Bone and tccOnomizcr. Call early sad Sc.
cure what you want, for Oats, Corn, Back.
wheat and Garden Truck.