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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
INSTRUCTED UNCLE SANS MAZE
When He Fought Lee Rufiin and May
Get Double Dose.

Lee Runin, coloied, post office en-
ploye, and Andrew Farmer, coloreds
had a misunderstanding several days
ago and they came to blows Wedness
day morning on the street, as Rutfil4
was delivering special delivery letters.
Rurin had a warrant issued for Farm
er, charging him with assault and
battery. Squire Riley tried the case
Wednesday night and fined Farmer SS.
Thursday morning Ruin Instituted
proceedings against Farmer betole
United States Commissioners Spates
and he was held nbond of $500 for the
federal grand Jury at Parkersburg.
The government charge against him Is
the obstructinR Of United States mail.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
CIARKsBURG W. VA. NAY 16. 1902
TRAPpER BoY's LEG CUT OFF
In an Accident at the Highland Coal
Mines.

John Snider, q trapper boy in the
Highland mines below shinnston, met
with a horrible accident Tuesday
evening In the mines. He was hiring.
ing out trip, as it is called, when he
fell OF the car, and 1t ran over him,
cuttingotf his right leg. The boy
was picked up and carried to the out
side and taken TO the Miners hos.
pital at Fairmont as speedily as pos
sible. His sufferings we're Intense,
but he wlllrecover and will, OF course,
always be compelled to use crutch.
The canvas making fast speed when
the accident occurred, and there was
nothing that could save him. He is
very young, which is inhls favor as to
recovering.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
FIRE ON CAIN STREET.
Big New Building Set Afre BY I'm
known Party.

The big fourstory frame house Tom
Riley and Others are having built on
Cain street was discovered afire at 4
o'clock Thursday morning. Thealarm
was sent in and the department re-
sponded promptly. The blaze was soon
put out. but not until fifty dollars
worth of damage had been done. The
fire started in the basement and went
to the top of the building. 1t is be-
lieyed to have been incendiary. The
contractor is Hugh Dean, OF Bridge
port, and the building is being erected
alta cost of $1,000. 1t is about COM
pleted. There is no clue as to who set
the building afre..
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
SUMMER RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Important Change or Two on the Mo
nongah division.

The summer schedule Of the B. s. o.
will go into effect next Sunday. The
changes are not very important, ex-
cept one or two on the Monongah d.
vision. The train that leaves Clarks-
burg late in the afternoon will go to
Fairmont. Be there until 900 and
then runto Moreantown, This will
stay there until O'Clock and return
on its Southwark run. The first nam
ed run is daily and the other daily
with the exception of Sunday.
The train south from Fsirmont on
Sunday will run through to Yves.
ton. Itleaves Fairmont at s o'clock
in the morning.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Accused Of wife Beating.

Annie Goedich swore out, warrant
Thursday morning in Squire s. w.
Gordon's court against her husband.
Frank D. Goedich, charging him with
assault and battery. Constable Nc
Chung arrested him here Thursday af-
ternoon and put him in jail. He re-
sides at Ocean mine and is a.Slav. His
wife is German, He will likely be
tried Saturday.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Late OIL News.

The U S on company,s No onthc
] W Williams farm in Harrison coun-
tyis due.
T Gartlan and O'Day Bros. have
drilled in No 1 on the Ellen Gutter.
farm and have a 50 barrel producer
The Southern OIL company has An
isbed its No 8 on the B w Williams
farm in Harrison county and has so
barrel producer.
The South PENIS No 8 on the ] G
Barnes farm, nearSalem, Is holding up
at $50 barrels a day and Is the best
producer in the field.
The Southern OIL company's No 4
on the Joseph L Bailey farm canaan
a producer "Wednesday night. &.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
OIL co. IN coAn BUSINESS.
South Penn will Put in big Plant
neahPRiIippi.

The South Penn OH Company has
two stenographers at Philippi and a
large corps of engineers and abstrac-
tors of titles. This company is tax
ing up large coal field, extending
south and east from Philippi. They
expect to put in a large plant within
a few hundred yards from Philippi,
near the new colored school house on
the railroad, and large number Of
coke ovens WILDE built there. This
will be one OF the largest coal concerns
in Barbour county, and operations
will begin soon.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Cam Had Them Staring

Cam Osborne, of Clarksburg, was
here Sunday. He came through on an
automobile. This is the first horse
less vehicle OF the sort that ever came
to town, and it was quite q signu to
our curious citizens many of whom
gathered about to watch 1t run with
out ''push.e or pull-e." Mr.. Osborne
took time while here to give q friend
or two pleasure run.
Like lightning round the city
square. Weston independent.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Found an Old Spanish Coin.

S. j. Slmons found an old coin a
few daysago as he was planting corn
ON the A,C Dcvers farm in Simpson
district. 1t is dated 1881 and is, there
fore, III years old. 1t Is a piece Of
Spanish money the size ofour half dol
lars. Mr.. Devers tore down an old log
house e0 years ago on the spot where
the coin was found and II had likely
been buried there ever since until
Mr.. Sfmops found 1t.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Came in a Gasser

The Home Petroleum Company, Of
Shipnston, drilled in its well on the
Mrs. Eta Martin farm Wednesday at
a depth Of little over 2,4o0 feet.
They got only a small flow OF gas,
probably enough to supply fifty fam
lilies. Its the intention to drill an
other westof this well.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Conway Coal Company.

The Conoway Coal Company, Of En-
has been chartered with an
authorized capital Of $4,000, of which
$500 has been subscribed and $50 paid
in. The incorporators are William j.
conoway, Everal T. Tetrick, Willis E.
Tetrick. James f, McIntire and Ho-
mer c. Michael, all of Enterprise.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Editorial Association In Iune.

The dates for the holding of the
State Editorial Association in Wheel
Ing have been fixed for June %, 20 and
q, The board Of trade OF that city,
and the local newspaper men will en-
tertaiu the members of the associa-
ton and promise to give them the
best they have lpshop-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Married in December.

AubreyL. Hustead, formerly of this
city, whoha been foreman of de-
partmcnt OF the Westinghouse works
in Pittsburg for some time, was mar
ried last December to an accomplished
and popular young lady Of Pittsburg.
The happy couple are housekeeping
and are enjoying all the felicities Of a
happy marriage. His many friends
wish them a long and happy life.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16

and fighter in that party, when 1t
meant somethingto be a republican.
II the party gives him the nominal
ton, it will have been bestowed itupon
one worthy Of the honor and his cleo
ton would mean competent conduct
Of the Office of circuit clerk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
U. c. I. Council Leaves.

Quite number of the local council
Of U. G. T. left Thursday evening on
No. IL for the meeting of the Grand
Council meetingat Wheeling. Others
went this Friday morning. Some
thirty five or forty went in all. The
meeting began Thursday and contin-
ues two DAYS,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Baptist Church.

Rev. R. B. Mcdaniel will preach
next Sunday morning on 1.-THE AIDE
quate Power OF the Church." and at
night on "Choosing a Life Partner, a
Lesson ofthe Marriage Altar" being
the third sermon on "Cholces."
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Wanted Him Semitic Reform School.


Kay Mckinley, a lad aged II years,
was arrested Wednesday by B. 80.
Officer Tindley for stealing coal, and
put in jail. His friends desired him
sent to the Reform school at Prunty-
townand proceedings OF that sort have
been Instituted in Squire Riley's court
by Mary Runion. His relatives are
dead and he has noone to look after
him, He appears to be very bright
little fellow.
But the Squire released the boy
Thursday morning upon his promise
toilet the b. s. o. railroad company
alone and 80 to school.
t. -. y y .
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
COAL & COKE RAILWAY
incorporated by ElkIns Davis Syndicate at
Charleston.

The secretary of state Wednesday
issued charter to the Coal s. Coke
Railway Company, of Elkins, for the
purpose OF building railroad from
Elkins, in Randolph county, to Glen
vile, Gilmer county, in order to open
up some new coal territory. The cap
ital stock is s5,ooo,Oo0, all subscribed
and paid In, and the incorporators are
Senator Stephen &. Elkins, ex Senator
Henry G. Davis, Arthur Lee and G. S.
Robh, OF EllSins, and G. NJ. Hendley,
OF Washington, d, O.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16
Plead Guilty 10 Assault.

Squire Riley issued warrant
"Wednesday accusing Lee Dodd OF as.
sault and battery on one Of his fellow
citizens. He plead guilty Thursday
and paid fine OF SO and costs.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16

That throbbing headache win leave s
ifyou take one 81 Youngs Headache
Powders. Sold byG. G. Stone and
D. Sturm& CO. sSsLts
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16

G. g. Stone sells Youngs Headache
Pc wders, 2S-tf.-
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16

Read advertisement OF fine river
bottom farm tor sale In thisissue.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-05-16

Isaac Jackson. Esq.. Of lane Lew,
WINS a city visitor Thursday.
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
The Pygmies of Africa.

In the course of an article on the
zine" Sir Harry II. Johnston says: 1t
is just possible that this type of pygmy
negro which survives today in the re-
cesses of inner Africa may even have
oyerspread Europe in remote times. II
it did, then the conclusion is irresistible
that it gave rise to most OF the myths and
beliefs connected with gnomes. kobolds,
and fairies. The demeanor and actions of
the little Congo dwarfs at the present day
remind one over and over again of the
traits attributed to the brownies and
COLLINS of our fairy stories. Their re-
markable power of becoming invisible by
adroit hiding in heritage and behind rocks,
countries of making their homes in holes
or caverns. their mischievousness and
pranksh good nature, all seem to suggest
that it was some race like this which in
spired most Of the stories of TeutOn and
Celt regarding IA dwarfish people of
quasi-supernatural attributes. The
dwarfs of the Congo forest can be good or
utlSHDOES 10 tHe ulS people,
according to the treatment they receive
If their eltish depredations on the banana
groves or their occasional thefts of to-
bacco or maise are condOned, or even if
they are conciiated by small gifts of such
food left exposed where it can be easily
taken, they will in return leave behind
them in their nightly vistations gifts Of
meat and products of the chase, such as
skins or ivory. 1 have been informed by
some OF the forest negroes that the dwarfs
will occasionally steal their children and
put in their places pygmy babies of ape
like appearance-chang in fact
bringing up the children they have stolen
in the dwarf tribe. These collections of
pygmies, which one can scarcely call
tribes, certainly exhibit from time to
time individuals of extraordinary stature.
and with features not strongly resembling
those of the pygmy type.
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
Platt Rumor Revived.

The engagement of Senator Thomas c.
Platt. the senior Senator from the State
of New York, and Mrs. Lillian Janeway.
widow of the late DIR. Janeway. OF New
York will shortly be announced accord
ing to report which has gained cur
rency in the social world OF Washington
within tho past few days.
The story of the engagement was ex-
clusively published In The Times during
the Christmas holidays. Although II
created much comment at the time both
Senator Plat and Mrs. Janeway refused
to make any comment upon the report
Mrs Janeway formerly lived on New
Jersey Avenue, near the Capitol. and dur
ing the Illness of the late Mrs. Platt
was a constant attendant upon that lady.
She and the Senator had been fast friends
in early childhood and on being brought
together again. at the time when the
Senator most felt the need of one in
whom he could confide, the friendship
ripened upon the death of Mrs Platt and
they have been constantly in each others
company ever since
Last November Mrs. Janeway resigned
her position in the Congressional Library
and removed from the house on New Jer-
sey Avenue to apartments in the Glor-
cester. opposite the Arlington, where she
has remained ever since.
Mrs. Janeway and Mrs. Barney, Of this
city, accompanied Senator Plat on his
recent trip to Cuba. She is an extremely
handsome woman and is universally adj
mired in this city for the taste she dis
plays in her gowns.
Although rather retiring and dis!n-
clined to offer condolences she has host
of friends in this city.
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
DIR. Rainsford on The Pooz.

DR.. William 5. Rainsfortl. of New
York, who usually talks to the
point when he says anything Mt all.
says that what the poor people of
that city need is better homes.
better food, cheaper dress, and
wholesome recreationS. And IL
adds:
| Want is a curse. | am at the
point of swearing when 1 hear
cold-heartcd philanthropists talk
about want as "A spur in the
side"
In this DR.. Rainsford is exactly
right. Being poor is not Il re-
formatory agency in itself, though
some people seem to think it ought
to be. 1t takes just as much
genius to be poor as to be rich. if
not more-that is. if one is to sup
port the condition gracefully. Any
body can be poor or be rich after Il
slipshod and easy-going fashion,
but to be really artistic about it
! requires study, thought, and nat
ural ability.
Anybody who thinks that the
poor of New York, or any other
city, would be more inclined to vice
if they had comfortable beds. I'M
crowded rooms. pure food, and
plenty of it. and good music and
reading. had better go and live
without these pleasant things for
week and see if he feels any more
sanity at the end of it, \ great
deal of fault is found with the de
sire of the poor for fine dress. The
fact is that this is about the only
outlet which their love of beauty
and comfort can find. \ tfve-dol-
lar bill will do considerably more
toward dressing a human being
than toward furnishing a room or
settling the months board bill.
and if there is no comfort i'm the
room, the human being that lives
in it is quite likely to put on
clothes as fine as are attainable
and go out of the house for pleas |
ure. With comfort at home, good !
reading and good associations. |
many tenement house women
would be content with plain dress
and homely fare.
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
People of Wei Hai-Wei.

Il was in Wei-Hai-Wei a few months
ago." said Mr.. Arthur Brannon. an Eng
lish gentleman, who has resided in China
for many years, to Times reporter, at
the Shoreham.
1T is. as you know, a British posses
sion. but its population of over $50. 900 is
mostly Chinese. They are a poor, simple,
illiterate peasant class. and their knowl-
edge of the world hardly extends beyond
their own little plots OF ground Their
system of life is primitive. every argu-
ment being referred to the village elders
for settlement. The people seemed to
care not straw whether they were ruled
by King Edward or by their own Emper-
or at Picking
From extended observation I have
come to the conclusion that the learning
of China is greatly overrated l know
that in the country districts not more
than 30 per cent OF the men can read.
less than that fraction can write, and the
smattering they get as children is soon
forgotten in the eeaseIess drudgery of
tending the rice and barley fields. How
ever, their wants are few, and in their
case ignorance may be bliss
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
The Study Of Forestry.

There is a queer situation at the
school of forestry recently estab-
lished in connection with Cornell Uni
versity. This school was established
by tire State with an eye to the pres
ervation and care of the Adirondack
is Il constitutional provision which
forbids the cutting of timber except
in a restricted section, and to teach
forestry without cutting and re-
planting trees would be good deal
like teaching a person to broil
chicken without allowing him to take
the chicken out of the coop. OF
course, such things have been tried,
in the course of our various fads of
education. There was city in which
the teachers in the public schools
were required to Instruct the pupils
in the motions of swimming, without
any swimming tank or any wafer be-
ing used. Journalism is taught in
some colleges without the use of any
printing )TcSS VI any newspaper, anu
sometimes the teacher never occu-
pied Il responsible position on Il daily
paper. Somebody seriously proposed
IA while ago that there should be
course in motherhood at girls col
leges, so that the young women might
be prepared to take care of their
children when they came to have any.
But none of these things have been
successes.
The common sense plan would be,
one would think, to put the North
Woods under the care of the Cornell
School of Forestry, and let the pupils
learn by practical experience how
such a forest should be managed. In
cidentally it would be good for the
trees to have the care Of such Il body
of students. An amendment now be-
fore the Legislature proposes that
that body authorize the removal of
certain trees and the making of GER
tain roads, and place the woods under
the scientific care which is given to
forests in Europe. If this amend
ment is made, the school of forestry
will be satisfied, and so will the
friends of the Adirondack preserve.
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
Method Wanted for Drying Peat.

Some of our university scientists are
at work to devise a new method of dry
ing peat" said Mr.. r. ]. Weaver, of Ann
Arbor. Mich. at the Raleigh.
There are millions of acres of peat
bog lands in this country. and if an eco
nomical process can be found whereby the
peat can be freed from water. the public
will be immensely benefited. as it will
prove a satisfactory and cheap substitute
for coal
las it is taken from the boys about so
per cent of the peat is water, but when
dried, a pound of it has the heat-produc-
ing power of three quarters OF pound
of coal, and in its combustion leaves no
cIinkers. In the experiments spoken OF
it is first run through rollers. which
takes out 80 per cent of the moisture.
Then it is placed on trays, kept at high
heat. and blasts of hot air driven through
the pulp. leaving the product perfectly
dry. Afterward it is pressed into bricks
OF from five to ten pounds weight. and
about the same density as bituminous
coal The professors who have been con-
Quoting the experiments are sanguine
that they have solved the question salts
faCtorily, and patents for the machinery
will be applied for"
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME.
Eulogy Over Dead Bill.

Representative Jackson. the lone Demo
cratic member of the delegation in the
House from the Sunfiower State is an
ardent advocate of Government owner
ship of the telegraph lines. At the begin
ming of the session he Introduced a reso-
luton providing for the purchase and
operation of such lines. 1t went to
committee and was never heard OF again
until Mr.. Jackson ihad It read as a pre-
face to his speech. and then he took occa-
sion to deliver over it the following
eulogy: ytr
1T is a beautiful custom, which has
existed from the time when the mind of
man runneth not to the contrary, that
the friends of the deceased should on
and fittingly in his memory. In conform
ity with this ancient custom, and in rec
sponse to my own feelings and convic-
tions. l desire to say a few words as to
the life of this resolution. its hopes, its
aspirations, and its untimely fate
Laughter | regret that its life is seem
ingly OF short duration, and that ii is o
be cut down in the heyday of its exist
ence. 1t possibly did not live long enough
to exert any influence per Sc. 1t was not
all it should have been: it was not all it
would have been had it received the at
tention of more loving hearts and the as
sistaDce OF more helping hands. 1t came.
and has now apparently passed away.
leaving us to wonder whether or not it
has left its footprints SO that others who
may come after can by some heroic effort
accomplish its object and purpose.
1T is also custom when speaking in
memory of the dead if the deceased dis
played any acts of heroism on the eve
of his death, or gave utterance to some
soul-inspiring words, that these should be
duly extolled. But, Mr.. Chairman. my
subject did not rave an opportunity either
to display heroism or to speak a word. II
was subjected 10 the most cruel punish
ment Observation-Disclosures in the
pigeonholes of this committee. So much
Mr. Chairman, for its life and its fate
save and except who knows that the time
may yet come when the vicious rules of
this House will be so far modified that
there will be grand and glorious res
direction Of its victims. Applause on the
Democratic side.l sir as this resolution
has been cast aside as thing of no mo-
nent, beg of you to remember that the
one the builders rejected became the
chief cornerstone
The Washington times., 1902-03-28
Congratulations for Mr.. Tompkins.

Representative Tompkins of Ohio is
being warmly congratulate upon the out
come of the contest made against him
by Representative John J. Lentz, be-
fore Elections Committee No. .. The
committee has decided that Mr. Tompkins
was fairly elected, and is entitled to the
seat which he now holds. The district
he represents has Icing been a Democratic
stronghold, and Mr.. Tompkins is the first
Republican to succeed there for many
years The fight was one of the hottest
waged in any of the Congressional dis
tricts at the last election, and when the
smoke had cleared away it was found that
Nr. Tompkins was eighteen votes ahead
of his opponent who had twice before
been elected to Congress from Columbus.
Mr.. Lentz began a contest. and WAS
represented by two very able lawyers,
Hon. Frank Monnett, ex-Attorney General
of Ohio. and Mr.. Jackson II. Ralston, of
this city. Mr.. TomplSins defended him
self. His case was the only one brought
before tie present Congress where the
contestee was Republican, and the
committee has decided in his favor.
Mr.. Tompkins is very popular with the
members en- both sides Of the chamber.
and his friends are glad to know that he
is to remain member of the House. Now
that this fact is practically established,
they expect him to abandon the reserved
air which has characterized his attitude
in view of the fact that he is a new
member, and one with contest on his
hands. and they hope that he will be
heard in debate. as ne is forcible and
elopent sneaker