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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-12-19
NJ ARK SAYRE.
Ravenswood, w. Va

COMMISSIONER. S NOTICE.
Josie TAYLOR against Emily Davis,
Ethel Davis, Minnie keSter, Bruce
H. Davis in his own right, aud as ad-
OF Dudley II. Davis, de-
ceased. Berkely Davis, administrator
de boniS non Of Dudley II. Davis, de-
ceased, and Raymond Davis, infant.
The above named parties and each
~ them will take notice that 10 pur-
suance of an order of the circuit court
N Harrison county. entered on the
18th day of September 1907 the IN,
dersiuned as a commissions! Of Sald
court, will, on the
22SD DAY or DECEMBER, 1907,
at his office on Court street, IN the
city OF ClarkSburE, West Virginia,
execute the said order OF reference IN
the above StyiGu cause whereby he Is
directed To ascertain, audit and settle
the accounts OF Bruce II. Davis, form
or administrator Of Dudley II. Davis.
deceased. MS administration and 70
audit and settle the accounts OF NJ.
Berkely Davis, administrator de b0nls
non Of the said Dudley II. Davis. de-
ceased. as such administrator ana 70
ascertain and report what moneys
each and all II said heirs aud DIS
tributes have received, and what
they are yet entitled to receive from
said estate. And also ascertain ana
report whether there are any liens
and rhnrges against said estate, their
amounts, To whom payable and order
Of payment, and all other masters
thai may lie dee med pertinent, az
which time and place all parties IN
terp>ipd are rcOuiTed to appcat.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-12-19
Approaching Wedding

The following invitations we're
mailed today
DR.. and Mrs. David Porter Morgan
request the honour of your pres
ence at the marriage Of thesr
daughter,
Gertrude Elizabeth,
to
Mr. Virgil Lee Highland
on "Wednesday, the thlrty-hrst Of
December
at hali.past five O'Clock
at the First Baptist Church
Clarksburg, West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
The Isthminn prohlem.

When a nation decides TO commit
itself to such gigantic project as
that of piercing the Isthmus of Pana-
ma it is well that the field should be
carefully canvassed before the work
is undertaken. There is large ele-
ment OF benefit. too, when such a
monster enterprise affords the oppor-
tunity for an alternative.
Rivalry has its advantages. II
arouses discussion and results in in
vestigation. For this reason the in
terjection of the Panama proposition
at the moment when the Nicaragua
route for the waterway practically
had the right Of way has had its edu-
cational and other good effects.
Congress and the people know a
great deal more about the isthmian
situation than they would have known
had the Panama factor not been
brought to the fore. While some acri-
mony has developed and there are still
live problems involved, the issue will
lie more intelhgently solved because
of the fuller discussion caused by the
effort to dispose of the French inter
ests
President Roosevelt and the Con-
gress wish to serve the country in
making ali all-important decision on
The canal controversy. This is one
OF the instances in which delay is not
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
LECTURES DURING LENT.
Eighth Annual Course to Be ii eld by
Churc hnimn's LcnEue.

An announcement has been issued by
the Churchman's League of the Protestant
Episcopal Church giving the programme
for the eighth annual course OF lectures
on every Tuesday during Lent at tho
Church OF the Epiphany. The general sub
ject of the lectures will be The Funda-
mental Principles of Christian Unity
as Declared BY the Anglo-American
Churches
The following is the programme as an
nounced:
February 1S-Holy Scripture; THE I'M
pregnabIe Rock OF Holy Scripture" Rev.
]. Lewis Parks. D. D., rector OF Calvary
Church. New York.
February 25-Apostolic Creed: Faith
and Life; Creed and Character Rev.
William R. HuntiIgt D. D.. rector of
Grace Church. New York.
March 4-Holy Sacrament; The Place
of Sacraments in the Divine Ministry Of
Grace" RI. Rev. Charles II. Brent,
Bishop of the Philippine Islands.
March 11-Apostolic Order; The Cod
Given Trusteeship OF Certified Contact
With Divine Grace aud Truth" Rt. Rev.
Thomas T. Gailor, ID. D., Bishop of Ten
ncssee.
March is 3 The Church; "One. Holy,
Catholic. Apostolic" Rt. Rev. ChaGncey
8. Brewster. Bishop OF Come, ticut.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
Code Reform, In.ueratiye.

Since the legal affairs of the Capital
are still in confusion as the result of
new code imperfections, it is crafty
ing to know that the District Commit
tee of the House is to take up the
jury system phase of the tangle this
week. Washington ought to be rid Of
this aggravating uncertainty at once.
Congress is the fountain head of all
local regulations, and as such must
appreciate the responsibility for
keeping in vogue a code that has in
volved the administration of law and
justice to the detriment of many of
the city's leading interests.
The revision of the code should be
accomplished by amendments as rap
idly as possible, since, it seems, the
reform cannot be obtained in bulk.
Every layman as well as every law
yer III the Capital is interested in this
matter. At any day any person is
likely to become involved in the
meshes of the existing predicament.
1t is unjust and humiliating that
the governmental centre Of the coun-
try should be compelled to suffer from
an imperfect condition of the laws
which can readily be remedied by the
Solons.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
YACHTING ON THE ICE.
Mildred Beats Leroy and Baby Ruth
in nThree-Cornered Race

LONG BRANCH, n. j., Jan. i9.-The
ice yacht event on the afternoons card
Saturday was q three-cornered match
race between the Commodore's flyer. the
Mildred; f. E. Taber's Leroy, holder of
the championship, and Charles Gibbons
Baby Ruth. The race was for the chal-
lenge pennant. and was sailed over the
triangular course of twelve and one-half
miles at Goose Neck. The Leroy led
around the first stake on the Rumson
shore. with the Mildred one length be-
hind. several lengths in front of Baby
Ruth. The Mildred led around the sec
ond stake, and then the Leroy slipped in
front a second time by a sharp play
on the part OF the skipper, Wardell. and
rounded the home stake four seconds in
advance of Mildred. covering the two and
4 half miles in seven minutes and twenty
six seconds. The Baby Ruth was one
minutes and fOrty-seven seconds behind
the Mildred. On the final leg of the sec
ond circuit the Mildred took the lead
making the five miles in fourteen minutes
and twenty seconds. ten and cne-half sec
onds ahead of the Leroy. From this time
to the close of the race the Mildred grad
ually drew away from the champion. The
time for the seven and half miles was:
Mildred, 20:30; Leroy, 21:l5; Baby Ruth
90 minutes. For the ten miles: Mildred,
81 minutes fiat; Leroy, so; Baby Ruth
2S:iS. For the twelve and a half miles
Mildred. 23:C5; Leroy, 1890; Baby Ruth.
81 minutes fiat.
d. C. Edwards Isabella won the pen
nant for fourth-class beats of the South
Shrewsbury Club. The distance Of the
race was ten miles over the same course
The Isabella made the distance in twenty
seven minutes and fifty seconds.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
An Epiiemic of Nonsense.

London specialists ON worldwide
politics, who are celebrated for the
gratuitous diagnosis of others eases
and the disregard of their own, are
almost outdoing themselves on the
subject of Prince Henry's visit
Naturally, they are parading the ul-
terior motive and declaring that the
Kaiser is the king-pin of modern Dip
iomats. They speak of the American
nation as having been swept from its
feet by the tiattery of royalty-not.
of course, in connection with the
prospective coronation. but in having
returned courtesy for courtesy when
the German Emperor made advances.
If we could believe our British
cousins the whole american policy
has been nullifed by friendly in
ternational incident. The Kaiser has
pulled the wool over Yankee eyes.
The London Spectator" even goes
so far as to assert that ''the political
seclusion of the United States is fast
drawing to an end" evidently desir-
irg to signify that this nation can no
longer act independently upon any
large question: that il has recognized
European domination in policies of
universal import.
To carry the British Inference to a
logical conclusion one must believe
that Englishmen expect to convince
us that Prince Henry is coming hith-'
er to make the United States Ger
man principality and to carry the
Monroe Doctrine home in bag for
his brother. the Kaiser. We must
also conclude that our sphere of all
American influence has narrowed to
nothing, that the Declaration is OBJ
solete and the Constitution wiped out.
In truth, however, London has been
more disturbed by the diplomatic
courtesy at Berlin than has the OBJ
iect of that courtesy. Since we have
never been accustomed to doing
things by halves, we have determined
to make memorable this visit of
Prince Henry.
The Interior motive is of no interest
to nation of gentlemen, if such a
thing as an Interior motive has exist
ence beyond the fog of the British
Capital. We are not apprehensive
that the entangling alliance question
will poke its unwelcome head into
the matter, notwithstanding the en-
couragemcnt it is receiving abroad,
which looks very much like a belated
effort on the part of certain persons
to spoil the Kaiser's programme for
a festivity to which certain persons
have not been invited.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
The New Washington Campaign.

Every progressive resident of this
| governmental centre will welcome
the symptoms of interest in local ad-
vancement manifested by the Board
of Trade. That organization has
awakened to the realization that vigor
is necessary to bring about results
that have thus far formed only topics
+ of interested but more or less indo-
lent discussion.
\ special committee of the Board
of Trade will present to the chair
men of the special Congressional COM
mittees representing Washington the
following immediate needs of the
community:
\ filtration plant.
y new and appropriate building for
the accommodation of the municipal
authorities.
The extension of the sewerage sys-
tenn.
The extension of the streets of the
Capital according to the system al
ready inaugurated by the enterprising
spirit of the Capital.
Anything that will concentrate the
latent force in Washington is COM
mendable. Individual discussion of
the various projects for the embel
lishment of the city is an excellent
sign, but it will need crusade to pro-
duce something tangible.
If Congress can be converted to
Washingtonianism there is every
hope for the Greater Capital. With
that object in view, every progressive
influence in the city should be CEN
tired upon the solons of Capitol Hill.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
4 Prosperous Institution.

Il can tell you q story of a building, d
bank and burg that hasn't a parallel
in this, or any other country" said Mr.
James A. McGonigle, a prosperous West
ern contractor, TO Times reporter at the
Arlington.
There is now in course of erection
in the little city of Uniontown, Pa. q
place of 1900 souls, freproof office
building of the sky-scraper family. When
finished, as II viii be in a few months,
it will tower TO the height OF twelve
stories, Will have over 40 rooms, and will
cost in excess OF 500, 900. 1t will be
larger than any Office building in Wash
ington, and would he credit to New
York, for 1t is going to be an exceedingly
handsome house.
Its owner and chief tenant is the
First National Bank of Uniontown a
bank that, with capital of 500 O00, has a
surplus of 5000, coo, which puts il No. s
in the roll of honor by which banks are
rated The rating is based on the pro-
portion that the capital bears TO the
surplus. The banks stock is worth 81 0CO
a share.
'uniontown's solid prosperity is due to
its location in the Conncllsville coal dis
trict. Coal rights on property that could
have been bought four years ago for $500
an acre are now held at 81 600 an acre
and many deals have been made at the
last figure. In its coking qualities this
coal is not equaled in the United States.
ond every week 10, 000 cars OF coke are
shipped out 10 the big iron and steel
mills -
The Washington times., 1902-01-20


good deal depends upon tie results of
Gov. JEFF Davis Intervention in the con-
test. He is a warm partisan of Governor
Clark, and the question is whether or not
Clark will be more helped or hurt by the
present Governors active participation.
There is one man in Arkansas, however,
that ! am free to say will never have
trouble when he goes before the people
for election, and that man is Senator
James Fl. Berry.
''Stalwart Republican and ex-Union Off
GER as l am, my personal regard for the
Senator Is SO great that / never want to
see him opposed, and this is the way that
all the Republicans of Arkansas feel
When he got so badly hurt in an accident
while en- route home last November the
sympathy of the whole State went out to
him"
Colonel Fowler was a member of the
Sixth Ohio Battery. and so warm friend
of the late President Mckinley that he
alone of the entire Arkansas delegation
voted for the Canton man in the Mime
aDoliS convention of 1892
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
Meeting His Old Friends.

Mr.. Henry W. Campbell of Detroit,
Mich, formerly Chief OF the Library OF
the House of Representatives, but now
of Boston, is at the Raleigh. Mr.. Camp
bell was at the Capitol Saturday renew
ing acquaintance with the members and
Senator'S.
Since leaving Washington said he
last night, I've travelled considerably
among agricultural communities, and
nothing struck me so forcibly as the ex-
pansion of the postal service The farmers
of the country think there is no part of
the Government like the Postofhce De-
partment. The extension of the rural free
delivery is the most popular movement
ever inaugurated by Uncle Sam. The peo-
pie in the country now receive their mail
like city folks. to use an expression of
an Indiana farmer, and they are in some
places clamoring for more deliveries. At
first rural free delivery was a pure ex-
pertinent, but it has proved such a sue
cess that it has come TO stay"
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.
House Expected to Pass Measure n,
Reported From Committee.

The House will today take up the con-
sideratlon of the urgent deficiency bill
which was reported on Saturday from the
Committee on Appropriations.
1t is not anticipated that the measure
will meet with any hindrance, as the com
nittee, although liberal. shaved down the
various estimates as low as was consist
ent with the absolute needs of the de-
partments.
AS an instance of this, the Bureau of
Ordnance asked for an appropriation of
100000. but the committee cut the amount
down to $500, 900.
The District allowance amounts to more
than S105, 200. Several of its minor items
were made necessary by the new code.
1t is probable that members may ques-
tion some of its items, but it is expected
that the bill will not be long delayed upon
its passage.
The Committee on Appropriations will
shortly take up the matter Of the Dis
trict appropriation bill. but will elm
mate all consideration of the extracrdi
nary expenditures and devote attention
only to the money for current needs.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
FRANK A. MUNSEY.

dangerous 1t will scarcely do to
make a mistake nj the first step.
The services of Il prophet are not
necessary to convince the observing
man that there is to be a water thor
oughfare across the iSthmus. 1t is
inevitable. The rival projects make
il necessary to choose. and to disap-
point some one thereby: but we are
confident that the better will be Sc
lected and that the American people
will accept the decision of their reg
ularly elected judges of the matter
as being the wise one, founded upon
the full exercise of common sense
and made after a thorough study of a
question that, to be candid, has pre-
sented many conflicting claims.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
HEARINGS ON PENNY POSTAGE.
Its AdvOcntes Soon to Appear Before
Senate Committee.

! Senate Committee
and Postroads, of which Senator Masor
is chairman. will shortly begin to grant
hearings to the leading advocates of penny
postage.
Among those who will appear before
the committee is Mr. William f. Lock
wood, of Philadelphia. who. in addition
TO penny postage, will argue in behalf OF
ive-cent kilograms or telephones from
all Government postoffices. now number
ing about 10000; book and parcel post,
postal savings banks the abolition of the
rural free delivery as contradistinguished
from the city delivery, and the abolition
of the Postofiice Department stationery
| shops" and the use of the Government
| stamped envelopes, postal cards, and
newspaper wrappers, and the printing
thereon, in competition with dealers and
printers. and thereby tending to make
| penny postage possible by the saving to
the Government OF something like ST.
100000 annually.
! delegation of envelope manufacturers,
printers, and stationers will also appear
| before the committee in behalf OF the
last mentioned proposition to do away
with stamped envelopes, postal cards, and
newspaper wrappers. They argue that
| the stamped envelopes are furnished for
| sale and not for Government use. and
that this fact, together with the fact that
the Government prints, free of cost, ad
dress cards upon these envelopes, Is an
! unjust and improper interference with the
h,,c cit,ac Ar, inta rsa
| manufacturers, and lithcgraphers; that
| the Government is in business which
should be left to private capital and en-
terprise.
They make the further point that the
Government delivers these goods to it's
postmdsters free OF charge, whereas the
| manufacturers are Obliged to pay for
transportation 20 private dealers, and
that they are unable to compete with the
Government, which dces its business in
this line at a loss. They contend that
printing the address upon stamped en-
velopes and the handling of them is ex-
pensive to the Government, and benefits
the large firms and corporations rather
than the individual.
|. The publishers whose publications are
threatened with exclusion from the sec-
ond-class mail matter are also interested
in this subject, as they believe that If the
use of stamped envelopes, postal cards,
and newspaper wrappers were discon-
tinued there would no longer be def
cit in the postal revenues, which would
enable the department to open the mails
to all publications as second class mail
matter 1t is eontended that the cost of
transportation is the largest item in the
postal expenditures. and that great deal
of this is due to the cost of shipping and
reshipping the goods of the Postoffice De-
partment stationery shop" With the
use of the stamped envelopes, etc, abol-
ished, they. declare that there would no
longer be a deficit in the postal rev
enues.
The friends of penny postage believe
that the new Postmaster General is anx-
ious for an opportunity to aid them in
bringing about reduction in letter post
age. AS long ago as 1888 the Republican
national convention made a demand III
its platform for penny postage.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
FAMOUS OLD CAPTAIN DEAD.
Joe Ellsworth. Who Sailed Puritan
and Mayfiower in Cup Races,

BAYONNE, n. j., Jan. 19-Another of
the famous old guard of cur noted yacht
ing men passed away when Captain Jo-
seph A. Ellsworth one of the Oldest and
best-known yachtsmen in this country,
went to his long rest. He was seventy
one years old. 1t was Captain Joe Ellis
worth who sailed the Puritan, the Bur-
CESS creation from Boston, against the
Genesta for the Americas Cup in 1885,
winning three straight races in splendid
fashion, and again in the following year
he was returned the winner with the
other Burgess model from the Hub, the
Mayhower. which was pitted against the
Galatea, and won two out of the three
events.
The Washington times., 1902-01-20

Washington City the Capital of the United
States, the greatest Government in the world,
is the heart of a landed area which comprises
about seventy square miles, known as the Dis
trict of Columbia all of which is included in
the Metropolitan Police jurisdiction, which is
the fourth largest in the country.
Within the glded municipality of magnif-
cent distances are located the White House, the
homes of the Cabinet officers, the houses of
Senators and Representatives in Congress, the
legations where are established foreign diplO-
mats, extensive institutions of learning, sci
ence and art, the palata domiciles of retired
persons of wealth. the workshops of an army
of civilian Government agents, and the abodes
of nearly three hundred thousand other citi-
zens.
In this locality, having acquired the pro,
grcssive pace which maintains throughout the
land, the laws, regulations, and implements of
civil conduct should be advanced to keep up
with the procession of progress.
Inadequate conditions of municipal char
acter should give way to those more modern
OF city institutions the police organization
is that upon which others must rest, for with
out peace and good order there can be no as
sessment of property, collection of taxes, con-
duet of schools, work of fire apparatus, the en-
forcement of sanitary laws, or holding of
courts.
Aside from that, the citizen and the stran-
ger who make UP the population of the great
Capital should be in their property and
every movement of person. That security
should be afforded with a liberal restraint and
be exercised by an pie means.
An inadequate police force. intended as
that means should be strengthened nrlmeri-
cally; appearance, intelligence of action, and
division as to hours of labor are matters of
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
A PLEA FOR MORE POLICEMEN.
n Major and Superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department.

easy arrangement from proper complement
of operators
The department at the National Capital
should possess not only Il full quota of men,
but it should be afforded every facility which
adds to perfection.
Otherwise the Superintendent must play
game of chess without the men; delicate, try
Ing, compulsory moves must be made, which
i'd to the physical strain which must neces
sari'y follow. Without the men to meet legal
obligations, his field for study and proper dis
position of matters pertaining to organiza
ton and criminal eases is limited.
1t would be in line with progress, and in
4 manner meet modern conditions if Congress
would make provision at this time for at least
twa hundred more policemen and adjust the
compensation of such force as has been recon-
mended.
Departing from the local subject, the SYM
pathy for the establishment Of a national bu-
teau of criminal identification which is mani
fest should resolve into definite procedure on
the part of Congress, and thereby institute
broad spreading web which would entangle
any and every criminal whom ii might be de-
sir;,ble to apprehend.
AS president of the National Police Union
l observe that conditions more than ever
prompt the eradication of politics from pO-
Icing. The police as a political engine is a
dangerous thing; it encourages more conspra-
cics than it discovers or defeats. In this re-
spect it is pleasing to note that efforts are be-
ing made tending TO that end
Despite whatever improvements may be
advanced and carried out in these several re-
spects the life of the policeman will, in meas
ure, always be the same: You shall and you
shant, you will and You won't you're con-
demned if you do, and you're cursed if you
DON'T"
The Washington times., 1902-01-20
BLAcKsMITHs EXPECT TO FLY
Look for New Machine to Make
Thirty Miles m Hour.

PENNSVILLE. N. J.. Jan. 10. - After
several years of hard work and close
study. Charles E. Atkinson and Newell
Gibbon, of this place. have completed
what they believe to be perfect flying
machine. While the apparatus has not
yet been given a trial, the inventors feel
it will so all right. The first trip will be
made to Salem, a distance of six miles,
and they expect to develop a speed of
about thirty miles an hour. The machine
is run by electricity, and is in no wise
complicated. Atkinson is a blacksmith
and Gibbon is his helper.