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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-03-26
Ills Kind of Sportsman,

you referred to your friend as
dead game sportsman"
Eyes. He always buys his birds in
the market house. Dead game is his
speciality" Washington Star.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
HORRIBLY BURNED TO DEATH.
Mrs. Thomas Lees Dress Caught
afire and Burned Entirely off
before help arrived.

Mrs. Thomas Lee was burned to
death in most horrible manner Sat
urday afternoon at her late home
about 4 miles north Of Bridgeport.
She and her two small boys we're at
home alone. The woman's dress caught
attire in some unknown manner. One
of the little boys scaled out, Mamma,
your dress is on fire" She ran to the
kitchen and dashed pan of water on
the blaze, and the little boy grabbed a
bucket of water and threw the con-
tents on the flames, which were rapid
ly spreading. This proved Intellectual
and the woman wildly ran out to a
small stream near the house, but this
was frozen over. Her screams brought
Mrs. Steel and other neIghbors to her
assistance, but, by the time they ar
rived. every stitch ofclothing on her,
except her stockings, was burned.
The woman was carried into the
house and physician was summoned.
He found her body burned into crisp
and could not even find above the
knees a single spot unburned and
large enough to make a hyperdermic
injection. The frightful accident oc-
Cured about 3 o'clock in the after
noon and the woman fingered in great
agony until IL o'clock that night,
when death relieved her sufferings.
Mrs. Lee was daughter OF James
James, and about 30 years Of age. She
had two small sons, the elder of whom
is only years. OF age. Interment
was made Monday at the Shinn's rur
cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
WRONG ORDERS GIVEN TRAINMEN
Almost Result in a Frightiul Freight
Wreck West Of Adamston.

saturday morning Operator Dan
Coyne at WiIsonburg gave an east
bound freighBCrew wrong orders, and
instead of holding the train there to
allow west bound freight to pass, he
Instructed it to proceed. A moment
after the train had passed, he re.
membered that the wrong orders had
been given and he telephoned to
Adamston to have that or the other
train tagged down there, but his mes
sage was too late. The west bound
train had passed. The two trains
sighted one another on the Cork
straight" and there was dexterous re-
versing OF engines and promiscuous
scattering Of the trainmen. AS many
as could get away fed to the hills
However, the trains were brought to
a standstill within a few feet of one
an other and no damage was done.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Ease on Valuable Maryland
Property Expires. and she In
herits a Portion of it from
her great grandfather.
Ter Share Reported
At $4,000 Dollars
But there May be Heirs not Yet
heard Of. Estate has an esti-
mated Value Of 100000.

Plttsburg papers contained dis.
patch a few days ago from Maryland
Stating that the great grandfather Of
Mrs. John Kennedy, Of this city, nam
ed House, let lease on valuable prop
erty lin Washington and lFrederick
counties, Md. The lease has just expired
and the property reverts to the heirs
Of House and is valued at 100000 or
more. Mrs. Kennedy has employed
the law firm OF Davis s. Davis to in
ycstigate the matter and look after
her interests in the estate. 1t is re-
ported that her share of the estate
will amount to $4,000 but it is not
certain how many heirs House had. A
Mrs. knight Of Mt. Glare, it is under
stood, is also one Of the heirs and may
get $50 900, too. Mrs. Kennedy's pros
pective fortune will come in very
handy, as she and her husband have
been in very ordinary circumstances
the past several years. Kennedy is a
well-known painter
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
ABIG SUIT OVER OIL TERRITORY.
Charles 8. Henne Sues to DispOssess
the South Penn Of theMartln
Farm.

A big and important chancery suit
has been brought In the circuit court
by Charles B. Henne, of Pittsburg,
against the South Penn on company.
Henne is represented by Messrs, Van
Wrinkle s. Ambler, of Parkersburg, and
j. E. Law, of this city, and the South
Penn by its attorneys A. B. Fleming,
Of Fairmont, and others. Dispositions
were taken Wednesday in the law
office of j. E. Law. The object Of
the suit is to disposSess the South
Penn OF the T. ID. Martin farm OF los
acres on Cat Fish. The property in
question is valuable oil territory, and
the controversy grows out OF leases
both parties have had and now claim
to have. The South Penn was the
first to lease the farm and put down
we'll, which was pronounced u dus-
ter. After that the company ceased
to pay rental, claimingthe completion
of we'll conformed with a clause in
the lease, which terminated the pay
ing OF rental at that time. Henne
leased the farm subject to the South
Penn lease. The South Penn some
time after the first well had been
drilled in drilled in two other wells
on the farm, which are good pro-
ducers and the farm since then has
been regarded valuable property.
Henne, having paid rentals and claim
ing the South Penn had abandoned
the property and lease, thinks he is
entitled to it and has accordingly
brought suit TO dtspossess the South
Penn,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
TRIED The GAME ON MISS Schultz
But She Proved too Shrewd for them
and she beat their game.

The strangers who worked the short
change game on Luther NJ. Patton
and John T. Griffin several days ago,
tried it on Miss Mary Schultz to their
sorrow. They entered Miss Schutte's
fathers store at Adamston and one
asked for 30 cents worth Of meat,
handing over the ever-handy $4,000
bin in payment. The other remark
ed that he need not have the bill
changed, as he had some small change
himself. But Miss Schultz had her
hands on the $50 bill and changed 1t
for the fellow, taking out the proper
amount for the meat. Beaten at their
game, they hung around little while
talking on various subjects, and then
left, telling her they would call later
for the meat they had purchased.
They never came back. She has the
meat on the clear.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
COAL ACTIVITY N ELK DISTRICT
Thousands Of Acres Being Option
ed at Fair Prices. "A political
moral.

The saying that it rains on the just
aud unjust can soon be fully appreci-
ated by Elk district, that stronghold
Of democracy. For the activity in coal
speculation and development McKln-
ley prosperity has brought the coun-
try is on the point Of striking this dis
trict, aud farmers who never dreamed
Of selling their coal are about to have
market for it at fair price. ThouS-
ands of dollars will likely come into
the district, and democrats and re-
publicans alike up there will be indie
pendent.
Harry NJ. Clayton, Of Fairmont, is
at the head of the movement to sell
the coal in Elk district. Hehas already
abuut 2 600 acres optioned at an aver,
age OF S25 per acre and wants 5000
acres. He thinks, II that acreage is
secured, he can dispose of it to New
York capitalists.
This field lies along the routes sur
veyed both by Baltimore s. Ohio ant
Short Line railroads for railroads from
Clarksburg to Belington. The Goa
| is 100 feet below the surface and shat
mining would be necessary.
With two railroads, or even one, anC
the coal in process of development
| what may not be the possibilities 0
Elk district Let the democrats u
that way "render therefore unto C;eSa
the things which are C;esar'S' and Civ
republican party due credit for tn
opportunity to turn coal into money
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
WHoKNoWsAL CowAN OR COLLINS
A Str ange Colorado Murderer Says he
Lived in CIarksburg Years Ago.

Dispatches from Denver, Colorado,
say AL Cowan, a Slugger, has killed
several women in the fashionable
portion of that city, within few
months. He attacks them in public
places and beats them to death with a
club. Five OF his victims are dead
and three more are reported dying.
His capture is reported, and he says he
is from Clarksburg, w. Va. He
states that he left here in 1883 and
that priests betrayed and ruined two
OF his sisters and prosecuted his
mother to death. Ali OF his victims
are Catholics. His name is also given
as AL Collins. Diligent inquiry has
failed to corroborate his statement
that he once lived here. The records
do not show that al Cowan or Al
Collins ever lived here and old
residenters have no recollection Of
such an individual or such an oc-
currence as he describes. The case is
a mystery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
CLARKsBURG. W. va. MARCH l. 1901.
THE GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS
List Of State Officials and Members OF
Chief Executives staff.

Governo-elect White announces that
he has determined upon the following
appointments
Secretary of State, Hon. VIM. NJ. o.
Dawson, Charleston.
state Librarian, S W Starks, Charles
State Bank Examiner, NJ A Kendall
Petersburg.
Fish and Game Warden, Capt 3 r
Smith, Hinton.
Janitor, Rev J W Grifitts, tG A RI
Point Pleasant.
Commissioner of Labor, V Barton,
&c A RI Wheeling.
chief Mine Inspector, J W Paul.
Davis.
Charleston.
His staff appointments are
Brfgadier General S B Baker, Adju-
tant General, Petersburg.
Brigadier General, Morris Hork-
heimer, Commissary General, Wheel
ing,
Brigadier General, G D Elliott, In
spector General, Parkersburg.
Brigadier General ] E Dana, Pay
master General, Charleston.
Brigadier General j w NJ Appleton,
Quartermaster General, SaltSulphur
Brigadier GeneralN S. Burlew, Chief
OF Ordinance, Charleston.
Brigadier General w N Miller,
Judge Advocate General, Parkersburg.
Colonel r L Somerville, Assistant
Quartermaster General Pennington.
Colonel Colin II Livingstone, Assist
ant Commissary General, EIkins.
Colonel John d Hewitt, Assistant
Commissary General, Bromwell.
Colonel d E Abbott. Assistant
QuartermasterG General, Huntington.
Colonel George r Shirley, Aide-de-
Camp, Bluefeld.
Colonel Sidney Thanhouser. Aid
de-Camp. Parkersburg.
Colonel Thos G Pownalt, ABIDE
Camp, Romney.
Colonel C Karl Kunst. Abide
Camp, Clarksburg.
Colonel w * Bodley, Aid-de-camp,
Wheeling,
Colonel W b McMcchen, Abide
Camp, Wheeling.
Colonel + Kent Loomis, Abide
Camp, ParkcrSburg.
The commissions take effect atnoon
March 4th next.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
A GANG OF YOUTHFUL THIEVES
They Rob Hen ROOsts, Cash Drawers
and the Planning Mill.

A gang Of youthful thieves here have
been discovered. They are, Cecil, son
of jim McAtee: George, son Of Bert
McAtee: Frank Fogg and Joe Roane,
colored. They are mere boys. Cecil
McAtee is the oldest Of the gang and
he is but - years of age. They were
detected by telling upon one another.
Within the past two or three weeks,
they robbed the chicken roostS of Mrs.
Boring, w. S. SierS, Mrs. Roane and
b. Hildebrand. Last Friday night
they stole IA fowls from L. S. Cars.
kadOn's back yard. In this instance
they struck matches and held them
under the fowls bills, choking them
so they could not squawk. They dis
posed of the fowls at meat shops and
grocery stores. They say they sold part
of the Carskadon fowls at the Glen
Elk hotel and the remainder at the
Hub restaurant, but their statements
are denied by the proprietors. How.
ever, the Glen Elk hotel man says
fowls were purchased there Of a man
the night the Carskadon chickens were
stolen. They also confessed to steal.
ing two dollars and a half worth 4
rope from the planning mill and two
dollars in cash from the money drawe,
in Boring's bakery. Nothing has been
done with the boys, They may be
sent to the Reform school.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
TRANSACTIONS SILL LIVELY
an Coal Territory Deeds for Several
tracts Recorded This Week.

Transactions in coal territory in
Harrison county are still lively.
The American Coal s. Coke COM
pany had deeds recorded for acre
purchased of Sarah c. Cunningham
for $50: A. % acres, of John l.. Swiger
S6793O: 1888 acres. Of George W.
Swiger $685.. 45; Al acres, of Thomas
Moore $667.5O: and 3O.37 acres, of
Thomas Hawker $445 SIS; total acreage
about $50 acres; total purchase price.
$27, IA 70: average price per acre, SIS.
The tract lies along the Short Line
railroad.
j. F. Dye has sold to Joseph L.
Barnes, James R. Barnes and A. j.
Cochran, Of Fayette county, Pa,
2OS.S4 acres OF coal in Tenmile dis
trict for 81, 54s, or $3.50 per acre.
Messrs Barnes and George L. Hibbs
have purchased of Godfrey r. Nuzum
1875 acres of coal in Clay district for
sl,792.20 of Perry q. Nuzum 4252
acres in Simpson district for Sl'OB3'
and of Jahugh Nuzum in the same
district 2O.374 acres for s4s4.35: total
acreage, 9ss acres; total price, about
S34 per acre.
L. II. Hoult. Lamar Q. Powell and
T. A. Deveny, all of Fairmont, who
own abount 1000 acres of coal along
the Short Line, have made additional
purchases of Francis NJ. Rogers, 25.s2
acres, s3s7.3O; G. A. Kelley and Amos
Payne, l2l acres, $3.50: Thomas 3.
Edgell, 80. 46 acres, sl,54l. 63; Sylvester
V. Lyon, 55.ls acres, sS27.7O: Cora b.
Whiteman, 1865 acres, s54,90 and d.
d. Stout, 8 acres, $Ss. 90; total acreage,
l79 acres; total price, 2,936.o3; average
price per acre, $3.50.
1t is reported MesSrs. Hoult, Powell
and Deveny have disposed OF their
holdings in the county at fair profit,
but the report can not be verified.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Fellbetween the Cars ofamoving
Freight train and the Entire
train and Another Passed
over the body.
Remains Scattered
Along The Track
5odywas Dragged Some 20 yards
with both feet and one Leg
Severed.

Edward Southworth, of Parkershurg,
met horrible death at the B. s. O,
depot here at 5:45 O'Clock Thursday
morning.
Southworth was front brakeman
on fast freight east, and, as the train
passed through here, he attempted to
climb from the top of a box car to
the tender, falling down between the
cars. The accident occurred at the
crossing between the two depots and
the body was dragged east 20 yards or
more to the county overhead bridge.
The entire train OILS or 20 cars pass.
ed over him and so did the way train
following. Both feet were cut Off and
the right leg close the body. His arms
were badly mangled, face somewhat
scratched and the body badly mashed.
The yard party discovered the body
shortly after the accident and the re-
mains we're picked up along the track
and turned over to the Stealey Osborn
undertaking establishment, and pre-
pared for shipment on the afternoon
accommodation to Parkersburg.
Tho unfortunate man was son Of
Lloyd Southworth, Of Parkersburg,
and about % years Of age.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
SWIFT & CO, WILL BUILD HERE
Biz Beet Concern Of Chicago will get
a Site OF the 3. & 0. for the
Purpose.

Swift s Company, the big beef con-
cern, of Chicago, who have had a
branch Office here the past two
years and built up an extensive trade,
are negotiating with the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad company for site
north of the railroad and opposite the
Spanish cannon with view to build
ing there on this spring large storage
house. |. G. Stone, OF Chicago, car
route inspector for the concern, was
here Thursday morning to close the
cal, but was called away by wire be-
* lit was completed. The building
MIST several Thousand dollars.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Carried An Ugly Gun.

James Watson alias Big Jim, a color
ed Short Line employee, broke quar-.
antine at Wallace and came to Clarks-
burg. Guard J. w. Gordon saw him
on the street here Tuesday and he
was arrested on a warrant sworn out
before Squire S. w. Gordon charging
him with earring concealed weapons.
A United States Colts revolver, 10
calibre, was found on him. The Squire
fined him s25. He paid it. Jim had
had smallpox but he was rushed OF to
the pest house and thoroughly fumI-
gated as precautionary measure.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Taken to the Reform School

10y Sullivan, aged IA years, son of
Mrs. Duncan Bonnell, was taken to
the Reform School for boys, at
Pruntytown, Tuesday, by Jailer L. L.
Lang. He was committed about a
month ago by Squire NJ. S. Riley on
the charge of incorrigibillty preferred
by his mother, and had been In jai
from that date until Tuesday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-03-01
Death OF a POlander.

G. f. Cavalier, a Polander, brought
from Gypsy, February 8, TO KeSsler
hospital, died in that institution at
$3.50 o'clock, Wednesday evening, of
typhoid pneumonia. His body lies at
the Stealey-0sborn undertaking es-
adjustment awaiting advices from
relatives said to be living at Elkins.
He was about 35 years Of age.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-02-27
TREASURE Still THERE
One Farmer That Was too Smart For
the Bunco-Steerer.

There are folks who imagine that
every farmer Is dead easy TO swindle,"
said the broad-shouldered agriculturist
while the llghtningrod theory was un.
der discussion, but they make great
mistake there. Any travelling swindler
will find ten victims in town to one in
the country. The farmer has to get
his eyeteeth cut early In the game or
lose his acres. There IS hardly day
in the year that some one is not trying
to get the better of him, and most of
us can see through stone wall as well
as any other class. Lord save ye but
I'll bet | turn down more rascals In Il
month than any lawyer, doctor or mer-
chant does in five years. Do you see
these l;nuckles? Well, l bruised them
against n fellows head only four days
ago, and it was rather a funny thing.
He was well-dressed, soft-talking
stranger, and he drove up to my place
and took me out to the barn for n psi
yate interview. l rather expected he
wanted to sell me gold brick, but he
had better thing. After good deal
of mystery he said:
Mr.. Thimpson, there is a treasure
of 100000 In gold buried on your farm
and if you'll give me 81 900 I'll locate
the exact spot
THAT trick is as old as the hills.
have turned 1t down twenty different
times. You see, they always want
their $1,000 In advance. Then they tell
you not TO dig until the moon Is full,
and so have time to get away. When
they don't do it that way they have
box planted for You to dig up. There
is no key to 1t, and while the farmer
IS taking ii to town TO have 1t opened
the fakir is travelling the other way.
They won't wait for their thousand out
of the box, and always have a good
reason why. This chap said the hun
dred thousand was stolen from bank
years before, and his conscience would
MT let him touch coin. My con
science didn't come into the deal at all
you know.
II was just getting over a boil on my
neck and was sill feeling angry, and
/ determined to give that chap 4 les
son. He was willing TO go with me and
point out the field in which the treas
ure was buried. lie led the way across
the pasture to 4 corntield, and said 1t
was somewhere under the ten acres of
soil. He was asking me if | could raise
the thousand when | let drive at him.
He went end over end and got up and
started on n run. There was a barbed
wire fence around the lot, with my old
dog holding the only gate, and we had
fun for about an hour. At least it was
fun for me. He had some spunk and
was u good runner, but he'll never for
get that hour as long as he lives. |
had been swindled on a patent gate,
Bohemian oats, parlor organ, Leg
horn chickens and other things, and
made him pay up for all When l
wanted breathing spell the old dog
kept him on the run, and got his hat
and pieces of his coat, trousers and
shirt nailed up on the barn door as u
warning to other chaps of his profess
sion. He dropped n wallet with $50 In
it and l don't hardly think he'll come
back for it. | think he'll head for the
West and a new set of people. and go
out of the buried treasure business
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-02-27
The OrIgIn of nasebaII.

The origin of baseball, "our national
game" is not definitely known, but the
first club organized to play 1t was In
New York In 1S45. Singularly enough,
this club, like the one first organized to
promote rowing, was called the Knick-
erboeker club After 1851 other anna
teur baseball clubs began to organize,
including the Atlantic. Mutual, Union,
etc. In 1857 convention of delegates
from 10 clubs in and around New York
and Brooklyn was held. About ten
years later. at the annual convention of
the National association in 1866, 202
clubs from II states and the District OF
Columbia were represented. Tho col
lege baseball associations were started
about 1862 or 1863. Amateur baseball
throughout the Union was at Its height
in the years 1868, 1866 and 1867. Pro
fesslonal baseball was recognized In
1865. and the first games were played
In 1860 -Harper's Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-02-27
EOlliup Top0IIe

II horse puts his tongue over the
bit use n straight bit. Get a thick
piece of sole leather inches long and
2 inches wide. Trim off the ends
rounding. Punch two small holes a
half inch from the edge on each side
and tie on top of bit with leather
string. Dip the leather In melted
rosin before using. to prevent saliva
from affecting the leather. Place bit
on top of tongue. Take side pieces of
head stall up pretty well.
II the horse runs his tongue out I'M
der hit, take a straight bit, drill two
holes through It inches apart in front
side of bit. Get a piece of No. 10
wire. @ Inches long. bent half round:
rivet the ends In the holes; then form
II in the shape of bowl of a spoon.
When you put on the bit pull the
tongue through between the wire and
the bit. seing that the space is large
enough for 1t TO set easy. | have tried
this and know II Is a suecess.-J. B.
Eaton, Seneca Co., O.