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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Hon. Louis Bennett, of Weston,
came in last Tuesday, to look after
his real estate Interests, and to he In
attendance at court
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

a MIR. Adams passed through town
the first of last week with wagon
load of withe rockers.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

course.
/: is significant that when bust.
ness mans estate is settled these DAYS
life insurance is generally found to he
a very important part Of it, often all
there is Of it. Life insurance in one
of the great companies yields good
rate Of interest as an Investment
apart from the protection i: affords.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

A lawyer in court room may call
man liar, scoundrel, william or a
thief, and no one will make a com
paint when court aciourus. If a
newspaper prints such reflections Oh
mans character there is libel suit
or dead editor. This is owing TO
the fact tina, people believe what an
edlter says. What a lawyer says cuts
no fgure.-.Willis Point Ind.) Cmon.
cle
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Al liardman 81. has been in this
country Tor the past few days attend
ing 60 his numerous lines of business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

A little daughter Of Homcr Riddle
and wife, of Fairyiew, aged about ~
years, died Sunday of last week, OF
quinzy, and was buried Monday at
Tho 5luuptown cemetery The be.
reaved parents have our sympathy
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Rev. ID. X. Ponng and wife, of
near Russell, returned last Tuesday
from an extended visit to friends aud
relatives in Barbour county.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Editor G. II. Craddock has gotten
costly ensconced in the 5. T. Stump
residence above town.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

j. p. Scott cuntemplates the erec.
ton OF d line business building ON the
lot he recently purchased from he
Odd Fellows in the near future.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Miss liey Nulln has been staying
in the post office during postmaster
Pickering's absence.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

We are sorry to note the death of
Mrs. Isaac Harris. which occurred at
her home on Wolfrun on Steer creek
last Monday, of typhoid fever. The
deceased was daughter of En-
Wright, and was highly respected by
all who knew her. Besides her par
ents and }broihers and sisters, she
leaves a husband and three small
children te mourn her loss.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Oke Stump has a splendid line OF
furniture. lfyou should need any.
thing in his line, give him call.
Patrouize home industries. lie can
can do as we'll by you IS furniture
houses ia large places
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Mrs f.. Chenoweth and children
returned recently from visit with
friends at Chenille.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

TO THE DEAF.--A rich lady, cured of
her Deafness and Noise ion the Head 10y Dr.
Nicholsons Artificial Ear Drums, gave
10000 dolls. GO his institution. so that peO-
pie unable 90 procure the Ear Drums may
have them free. address, lhe Nicholson
Institute, $50. Eighth Avenue, Ncw York
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Circuit Clerk Hail and Prosecut-
ing Attorney Hays, came ia from
Anoldsburg the first Of last week, in
order to have every thing in tip top
shape about their offices for court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-10-15

Louis Il. Ayers was here last week
in the interest Of the w. Va. Nor.
umental Co.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
CANADA ATTRACTS SETTLERS
Nearly $4,000 Located This Year
$4,000 From United States.

QUEBEC, Nov. 3O-Nearly $4,000
new settlers have located in the Do
minion during 1901, of whom $4,000
came from the United States. This
latter immigration is due to the ex-
istence on this side of the line of such
vast tracts of unceded lands in the
fertile belts now opened up by rail
way communication, while the choic-
est locations on the American side
are taken up. The absence of taxa
tion in these new districts is also an
attraction. In no previous year has
there been anything approaching to
the number of immigrants from the
United States that came to Canada
this year. In 1897 only 712 immi-
grants came here from the States.
The next year showed a big increase.
when s.119 came from the other side
of the line. In 1899 the number was
l1.945.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02

as long as the present depression
lasts burglary is an element that
must be reckoned with like fire.
John Littfelt, manager of the burg
larry department in -la-Chapelle of
a Munich insurance corporation,
says:
1T is matter of record that dis
bursements to policy holders on ac-
count OF stolen property have more
than trebled during the last year.
Locksmiths. tinkers and persons
skilled in the use of small tools have
ceased endeavoring to earn a legiti-
mate income and are employing their
talents in robbery. Servants fire.
Quently resort to theft to recoup
themselves for reduced wages"
Other insurances people say that,
inasmuch as many skilled mechanics
have turned burglars, ordinary pre-
cautions, such as safes and strong
boxes are little better than useless.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Herald. Vol. XVII. ". ~.

vine law. and any means Of preven-
tion, however heroic. Ii but to pro-
mote the fulfillment of Gods plan
Says Meredith:
Blessed the man whose life how sad
soe'er
Hath felt the presence and still keeps
the trace of
One pure woman with religious care"
If woman in her sadness had to
look to such memory 1t would be
rather chilly comfort In most cases.
What is soul without purity,
A rose with a worm at its heart
from which the petals fall when kiss
ed by the gentlest breeze; a fallen
star; a desert where life is not;
an ocean gone dry; a mountain void
of gold and silver treasure; pol.
luted stream: rayless sun: a dead
and gnarled oak; an infected castle,
where only animal life exists; a char.
mel house; human shell, in which
grows nothing immortal.
A soul without purity is like these.
and purer souls are what we want,
purer lives. not good society" but
pure society.
LILLIAN HARTMAN JOHNSON.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
ENGLAND SMILES A SMILE.
But the Frenehmen See Nothing in
the Incident to Laugh Over.

LONDON, Nov. 30.-England is in
smiles today over the awkward pre-
dicament Ambassador Cambon OF
France was placed in while attending
Thanksgiving dinner at the Ameri-
can embassy. Many notable Britons
and Europeans attended. The en-
suing speeches were enthusiastic for
England and America and for an
Anglo-American alliance.
The king and President Roosevelt
were warmly toasted and it was de-
clared that the English speaking peo-
pie would yet rule the world. All
this the French ambassador had to
listen to- much to his disgust.
The great mistake was made in In
viting the French ambassador to the
dinner Secretary White tried by
tactful utterances to smooth over the
incident, but 1t still rankles in the
hearts of all Frenchmen.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
MAN MARRIED TO HIS SISTER.
West Virginia Mother Makes a Start
ling Confession in Court.

MORGANTOWN, w. Va. Nov.3O--
For many years Minor Field, citi-
zen of Preston county, this state,
courted Martha Webber, an attrac-
tive woman of this place, and re-
Gently married her. Yesterday while
on a business trip to Morgantown he
was arrested upon warrant charg-
ing him with unlawful marital rela-
tions.
At the hearing today before JUS
tice Hayes, Ann Webber, the mother
of Martha Webber, upon oath, testi-
fed that both Martha Webber and
= Minor Field are her children. making
the marriage that of brother and sis
ter. After taking all the evidence
Justice Hayes held Field for the
grand jury, and he is now in jail
He protests his innocence of any
knowledge of the relationship, and
says that when Ann Webber told him
of 1t before the marriage he took 1t
~as a jest. According to Ann Web
bers statement. she placed Field with
strange family when he was a small
child and never divulged the secret
of his birth until day or two before
Athe marriage.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
The Way of a Tornado.

A tornado that was remarkable
both in appearance and action was
one that travelled from Texas across
Oklahoma and Indian Territory in
May, 1896 A man in Sherman,
Oklahoma, who had exceptional op-
portunities for observing the storm,
inasmuch as he was caught up in it
and carried several hundred yards be-
fore descending to earth again. is
certain that it was not funnelshaped
He says of it: 1t looed to me like a
great ball of vapor rolling over and
over toward me. When l first saw IL
distinctly it was at hill perhaps an
eighth of mile away. 1t seemed to
be about $50 yards wide and one hun
dred feet high. The motion was that
of ball rolling over and over, not
spiral and it came on very slowly,
perhaps thirty miles an hour. What
ever the ball or cloud struck was lift
ed right off the ground. saw 1t
pick up house after house between the
hill and me, and the cloud seemed to
be full of flying boards and timbers.
When the ball reached Mrs. C.'s, the
up off its foundations. The house re-
mained intact. until it was about
twenty or twenty-five feet from the
ground then it burst open, and the
fragments flew in all directions. 1t
looked like an exploding bomb. The
corn and cotton standing a hundred
feet on either side of the storms path
were uninjured but whenever the
cloud struck the higher ground II
spread out covering a wide sArip OF
The surface.
When the cloud struck me went up
lightly and easily. and the sensation
was not unpleasant. but / came down
| hard and was badly shaken up. al
though not seriously injured. On the
| highway north of Sherman, fence
wires were torn from the posts and
pounded into the hard surface of the
road distance of two or three in
ches.,.-(Earl w. Mayo In Ainslee's
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
TO STOP WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
United States Is Asked to Join the
European Governments.

LONDON, Nov S0.-W. A. Coates.
secretary of the National Vigilance
Association, backed by the Earl of
Aberdeen, Lady Battersea, Lord Kin
nard and numerous other notabili-
ties, is about to endeavor to induce
the American government to Join the
European government in sending dele
gates to a congress in Paris this win
ter to formulate a plan for abolishing
the white slave traffic.
President Loubet agreeably to the
suggestion of the National Vigilance
Association. has invited the govern
ments OF Europe to take part in the
proposed congress. 1t is said that
all, including Great Britain, have ac-
cepted.
The success of the scheme so far
as it has gone has encouraged its
supporters to attempt to make the
Paris meeting representative 81 both
hemispheres by enlisting the coop
Grafton of the United States Mr.
Coates said
America should ally itself with
Europe in this enterprise. because the
white slave traffic is essentially an
international traffic and therefore de-
mands International treatment. I'm
der the existing laws and arrange
ments among nations civilization is
wholly unable to purge itself of the
pollution of this business, neither can
it exercise any restraint on those en-
gagged in the traffic.
"Syndicates in Germany. Russia
France and Great Britain deal in hui
man beings as ordinary traders deal in
merchandise. The profts of the
traffic are amazingly large. The
Paris congress will attempt to reach
an agreement to have offenders tried
wherever arrested. all other nations
possessing evidence submitting it to
the court and aiding the prosecution :"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
WOULD BAR coRsETs
Movements for French Law to Forbid
Women Under 80 from Wear
ing Them

PARIS, Nov. 30.-Dr. Philippe
have bill introduced into the cham.
Der placing corset manufacturers un-
der state control. Before a crowded
audience composed of Psychologists
and womens club Marechale de.
clared that 25 per cent OF young wo,
men who wear corsets die of pulmon-
ary diseases, Is per cent suffer from
organic arrangement throughout their
entire life, while only 80 per cent re
tain their health.
A hygienic commission appointed
by the municipality of Paris has al
ready taken SO many steps to bring
about the adoption of healthier cos
tune by women that DIR. Marechale
expects his bill to be strongly sup
ported.
The first article of the proposed
measure forbds women below 30
years to wear any kind of corset, un-
der a penalty OF three months in pris-
on and fine of not more than 1000
francs ($193). The second article
permits women older than 80 to wear
corset.
Article ILL., compels mas,tactarers of
corsets to give to the state officials
the names and addresses of all pur-
chasers of their goods. 1t renders
dealers in corsets liable to short
terms of Imprisonment If they sell
corsets to women about to become
mothers. 1t also provides for the
confiscation of their entire stock.
Should they be guilty of second
offense it forbids their continuing
business.
investigations made in 5000 cases
by means of the X-rays," says DR..
Marechale demonstrate the fearful
ravages the corset makes in the fe-
male body. The feminine race has
woefully degenerated physically and
morally through using these instru-
ments of torture.
Should the hygienic commission
accept my ideas l propose at later
period to draft bill regulating the
weight of women's hats, which have
reduced the brain capacity of women
fifty centimeters during the last 1000
years
Next will come crusade against
shoes which have rightly been called
foot corsets,' and which are gIadu-
ally Ie;orming the race.
History shows that other nations
talk, leaving France to accomplish
real practical reforms. Therefore we
are compelled to take the initiative
in this matter in order to set an ex-
ample to the rest of the world"
Paris cynics reproach DR.. Mare
chale with trying to revive the sump-
tuary laws of the French revolution.
The hygienist replies that the popula'
tion of France is diminishing so rap
idly that it is necessary to enact radi'
cal measures.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
IMPORTANT AGREEMENT.
Between San Miguel Mine Owners
and Miners Union

Special Telephone to The Herald
TELLURIDE. Nov. 30.-One of the
most important agreements ever prp
n,uTnted In this county was made
lnhi't this afternoon. which means
settlement of labor troubles for at
least three years. On Thursday
evening the mine owners and opera
tors of San Miguel county assembled
and with representatives of the Min.
ers Union agreed upon schedule of
wages and rules for the next three
yeare. The action was later ratified
by the Miners Union and signed by
all parties concerned. This after
noon the notices are being posted
There is great satisfaction express
ed over the outcome. as 1t means
peace and harmony for the next three
years, The wages are practically
the same as promulgated some
months ago by the Miners Union.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
HE SETTLED THE ARGUMENT.
A Woman's Picture In Johnson's In
side Pocket Probably Had to Do
With Shooting.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30.-GeOrge John
son this morning shot and killed hisa
lifelong friend. Robert hewitt. The
men quarreled over a book, and the
argument growing heated. johnson
pulled his gun and killed hewitt
Seeing what he had done. the man
rushed wildly from the house. coat
less and hatless. in search OF q police
man, to whom he surrendered.
Mrs. hewitt says the trouble. was
over a book, and that the men were
the closest of friends. But there
was found In the pocket OF Johnson
photograph of Mrs. hewitt with some
tender words upon II. and the police
are inclined to believe that Jealousy
prompted the murder.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
WE'RE THE REPORTS sweLLEDa
President Ramsay Of the Wabash In
sists They Were.

DETROIT. Nov 30.-President
Ramsay of the Wabash still insists
that the reports Of the deaths in the
Wabash wreck have been frightfully
exaggerated He declares today
that the complete list will only be 81
killed and l2 seriously injured.
A revised list OF those killed Is also
furnished. After all the charred re-
mains are gathered together expert
undertakers declare they can only
make OF the entire gruesome mass
~ adult and one infant body.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
LOOKS LIKE
ACQUITTAL
T estimony in the Bonine Case
Today Very Favora-
bic for the
Fair Defendant Who Proves
to Be an Excellent
Witness.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-The i'm
that Mrs. Bonine, the alleged murder
ess of young Ayres, the census clerk
will be acquitted.
The testimony today seems to be
going all her way. Her remarkable
fortitude, GOODNESS and general unemo-
tional characteristics under the most
trying circumstances are making her
many friends.
The court room this morning pre-
sented strange appearance. 1t
was filed with every thing from the
room of Ayers, including the blood
stained carpet, his trunks, the plas-
ter from the blood despatched wall
as well as the wrapper that Mrs. Bon
inc Wore that night.
If Mrs Bonine murdered Ayers
then her wrapper must have shown
signs of blood. as it was everywhere
in the room. Il was a clean wrap
per, however. The prosecution con
tended that it had been carefully
washed by the murderess 1t was
turned over to an expert chemist for
investigation. He testified today
that the wrapper had not been wash
ed, and that he had not found so
much as pins head of blood upon
it II could not have been removed
so as to be free of detection without
the use of chemicals and boiling it in
vat for Il long period. This, the
expert declared had not been done
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Early
this afternoon the prosecution clos
ed its case in the Bonine murder
trial. The last witness was the ia
ther of young Ayres. who told of his
motherless boy who had come to the
city and fallen into the hands of a
rather wild set of people. He said
he was good. honest lad, with the
very best nature in the world. The
father came on from Michigan as soon
as he heard of the boys death, and
on arriving here had long talk
with Mrs. Bonine whom he believed
was the destroyer of his son. He
talked to her quietly and gently told
her of the boys life and his goodness
and asked her to aid him in finding
his slayer. Mrs. Bonine listened to
his story utterly without emotion
She smiled occasionally. but had not
a word of sympathy nor did she ex-
press any feeling in the matter. She
was the nerviest woman, said Mr..
Ayers, he had ever seen in his life.
The witness was not cross-examin
ed, and Gould for the state declared
the case closed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
The Coal Oil Was Out Of Reach.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-While
their mother was away this morning
Nellie Kelly and her baby sister.
aged years and l year. found box
of matches and began playing with
them. In lighting the matches the
children's dresses caught fire. Re-
turning, the mother tried to subdue
the flames. Both children were
burned to death. however. and Mrs.
Kelly Is believed to have been fatally
burned
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
GERMAN EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERY.
Industrial Crisis in the Country Is
Said to Be Breeding Crime.

BERLIN. Nov. 3O.-Burglary and
thievery in Germany have increased
200 per cent as a result of the indus
trial crisis, according to insurance
companies engaged in underwriting
personal property. 1t is stated that
many honest workingmen. chiefly
mechanics. have been driven by hun
ger and destitution into the criminal
ranks.
a The insurance people are flooding
the country with circulars warning
the people OF the universal danger
that confronts them, and stating that
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
stiII Another Trust.

NEW YORK. Nov. 3O.--A new trust
is forming here for the manufacture
OF all kinds of school apparatus. The
combine is pretty generally complete
and will control the business Of the
entire country II is headed by J.
r. Teller. brother Of the senator of
Colorado.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Found Life a Failure.

DENVER, Nov. 30.-Tired of life
after a succession of failures, broken
resolutions and remorse following a
period of gambling. Arthur Griffith
a popular young clerk in the office OF
the Colorado Packing company's Of
flee. shot himself through the brain
last night and was found dead this
morning by his fellow clerks.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Took His Money and Beat Him Up.

LEADvILLE. Colo. Nov 9O.--Yes-
terday footpads met o. O. BegIe, a
restaurant keeper. robbed him of all
the money on his person and beat him
so badly that he will probably die.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Still Coming Sampson's Way.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Admiral
Sampson yesterday received the de-
cision of the court emitting him to a
share of the prize money for the cap
ture of the Infanta Theresa and other
vessels during the Spanish war.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Henderson for Speaker,

WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.-The Re
publican caucus this afternoon re
nominated Mr.. Henderson of Iowa for
speaker of the house and all the old
officers of the lower body were re-
nominated The Democrats re-nom-
mated Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee
for speaker and the old officers.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Witch Killer Sentenced.

PARIS. KY, Nov 30.-The motion
for new trial in the case of Solomon
Hotens. the witch killer. was over
ruled and he was sentenced to hang
on February IA.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
White Winged Peace Has Come.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-The presi-
dent of the Panama railway company
yesterday received this cable from
the Isthmus: Trouble all settled" :"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Cadets Battling for Supremacy
on Gridiron at Phila-
T. delphia.
President Roosevelt and Other
Notables Witnessing
the Game.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3O.-There
will be great football game on
Franklin field today between the ca.
diets of Annapolis and West Point.
1t is expected to be record breaker.
Never has SO distinguished crowd oi
people met on sporting field. The
president arrived at noon and will
witness the game. Among the other
distinguished arrivals are General
Miles, Admiral Dewey, Commander
wainwright and General Joe Wheeler
and others. A box has been reserv-
ed for ex-President Cleveland and
Dan Lamont, who will attend if the
health of Mr.. Cleveland will permit
sold and the crush will be enormous.
The game will be lost sight of in the
brilliancy of the audience.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3O.-At the
noon hour there was an enormous
crush at the gates of Franklin field.
The crowds were already pouring in
for the great football game.
Ten private cars are just outside
the fence, including those of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, General Miles. Secre-
tary Root. Admiral Dewey's and the
car for the cabinet officers. There
are 20 Pullmans here crowded with
Washington society. and four train
loads are on their way from New
York.
The betting largely favors West
Point, who are booked as sure win.
ners
Il am strictly impartial" said Pres
ident Roosevelt. gleefully. He is an
enthusiast over the coming sport and
evinces as much interest as a boy.
= PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30.-The
game is a very beautiful one and a
much more even contest than was an
ticipated. The president was vocif-
erously applauded when he left his
box and ran down the side lines fol
flowing the players.
The first score was made by the
army. Daily kicking a goal from the
field. Ten minutes later the navy
made touchdown amid wild cheer
ing. and the first half closed to 5.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 3O.-Final
score: Army. IL; navy, 5,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02
Silverton News.
SiIverton Bureau

Durango evening Herald.
Special Telephone to The Herald
SILVERTON. Nov. 30.-Snow to q
depth OF from three to four inches
covered the ground this morning
About o'clock the clouds rolled
away and 1t is bright and clear this
afternoon with prospects of continu
ed fine weather.