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DIED FROM RABIES
ON A B. e. o. TRAIN.
Distressing End Of . Little Boy
While Being Taken to
Baltimore.
Mother Brought Body Here-A Cat
Had Bitten the Boy Last April.

From a Cumberland Paper.
Joseph Ray Irons, aged II years,
son of l. b. and Ella Irons, of
Dellslow, w. Va, died last
night at 9 O'Clock on the Duquesne
Limited, Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
as the train was near lockwood, "a
miles above Cumberland. Death
was due to hydrophobia, from a cat
bite right under the nose, last April.
A dog had previously bitten the cat.
The boy had first developed symp-
toms of hydrophobia on Saturday
at midnight and a physician advised
that he be sent to Baltimore for
Pasteur treatment at once, laying
that the disease could hardly develop
in its worst form before two weeks.
The mother started with him for
Baltimore yesterday and the boy
made no display of violence except
once when he pressed his mothers
arm between his teeth. The dress
protected the flesh and no impression
was made on the SKIN. She said
Darling, would you bite your
mother1" He shrank back and
after a stare lasting several seconds
said: "No mother, l would not"
Just before he died the boy froth-
ed at the mouth but otherwise gave
no indication that he was suffering
from the rabies. Undertaken G..
Stanley Butler was advised of the
death by wire and he had an
ambulance at the depot shortly after
the train arrived. The body was
prepared for burial and was taken
by the mother on the train leaving
here at 7 o'clock to West End, near
Tunnclton, w. Va, the old home of
Mrs. Irons, for burial.
The grief-stricken mother bore up
under the ordeal with remarkable
composure. The passengers and
persons about the station were very
sympathetic and gave her all the
assistance possible. Mrs. Irons
said she had no fear of serious
consequences from the bite until
Saturday midnight. The little boy
was handsome, with long auburn
curls. His father, l. b. Irons, is a
contractor.
The death having occurred in
Pennsylvania, no inquest will be
held here.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10
THE RAILROADS AND TIE COAL
STRIKE.

In refusing SO persistently to deal
with the miners the operators would
seem to be challenging public opinion
rather boldly. For these operators
are, in effect, the railroads them
selves. Contrary to established prin-
ciples. and to the laws of most States
and countries, the roads have gone
beyond their legitimate functions as
common carriers, and have assumed
monopolistic control of a necessary
article OF traffic and ordinary use.
This relation of the railroads to the
mining, shipping, and marketing of
coal is at the basis of the whole an.
thracite trouble. In the wild scram.
bic, some years ago, for the acquisi
ton of coal lands, and the control
of what were formerly Independent,
coal-mining companies, fictitious
prices were paid and immense sums
OF money were invested upon false
economic principles. The existing
combination is for the purpose OF
making the public pay interest and
dividends upon a huge volume oil
improper capitalization. But fol
this artificial S;tuot;nn yh;ck
ally, IT not technically-constitutes
the most fragrant violation of the
Sherman antitrust law to be found
in the whole country, the public
could have cheap coal, the miners
could have fair wages, and the rail.
roads could charge a reasonable
price for transportation.
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ETHEL c. AVERY.


The railroads of Indiana, il IS
said, have been c~on6scating all the
coal coming over their lines and are
keeping it loaded in cars on sidings.
AS a consequence there is a shortage
of cars and it is claimed that there
IS already a practical tie-up at the
mines. This action of the railroads
is due TO al apprehension that there
will be a general suspension of min
ing. tits contended that the railroads
are thereby playing into the hands
OF the miners in the event Of a gen.
eral tie-up.
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coon SAMPLES
Of Republicans Politics In West
Virginia.

The C~larksburg Herald, a re-
publican paper, has sprung a sensa.
ton among the republicans of
Harrison county by the publication
OF afidavits tending to show that
Omer w. Swiger, a candidate for
the republican nomination for clerk
OF the county court, was counted
out at the recent republican primary.
The returns of the primary election
shows that he received but 8 votes
at Romine's Mills precinct to a. for
Highland. The Herald publishes
the sworn statements of nineteen
persons that they voted at that
precinct for Swiger and says six
others stated that they did so but
have not made oath to it. Highland
was the machine candidate and his
nomination vas reported by a large
majority. II is claimed the same
tactics were used over the county
and the exposure of the fraud in
counting the votes has caused a
sensation in Harrison county, where
it is openly asserted that Swiger was
deliberately counted out by the
ring. This suggests a story told by
Seator Charlie Osenton of Fayette
county. Tom Branigan was clerk
at a republican primary election in
that county. A certain candidate,
who had been promised liberal sup
port, found when the returns were
in that he had not received a vote
at Montgomery precinct, where
Branigan vas clerk. The candidate
went to several of those who had
promised TO vote for him and asked
why they had not kept their promise.
They insisted they had voted for
him. Then he saw Branigan and
asked him how it happened that all
these men had voted for him yet the
returns showed that he had re-
ceivcd no votes. "Hell," said
Branigan, Il wasn't clerking for
you."-Ex.
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HE GRABBED A LIVE WIRE.

From the Oakland Republican.
Electrician Sylvester Albright,
who owns and operates the Terra
Alta electric light and power plant
at Terra Alta, had a very narrow
escape from death by electrocutIon
Saturday night. One of the arc
lamps would not light and he
lowered it TO find out what was
wrong. No current was on at that
Particular light and while working
with the carbon he unconsciously
grasped the wire, and just at that
moment the current came on. Mr..
Albright, in the excitement attend.
ing the incident, grasped the wire
with his full hand also and became
fastened to the current. The arc
lights there have the side drop and
the lamp when lowered is very near
one of the supporting poles. In
some fortunate way Albright's feet
became planted against the pole
and a hard struggle suffced to re-
lease him from his dangerous posi-
ton. He fell heavily to the ground.
Friends conveyed him to a drug
store where restoratives we're adj
ministered. His escape was a very
narrow one, not a case out of hun
dred being spared to tell a tale of
an experience similar to Mr..
Albrights.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10

An exchange digs out the follow
ing questions that will keep most
people guessing: "You a see any
day a white horse but did you ever
see a white colt? How many differ
ent kinds of trees grow in your
neigbnIhood and what are they good
forH Why does a horse eat grass
backward and cow forward? Why
dose a hop vine wind one way and
a bean vine the other? Where should
a chimney be the larger at the top
or bottom, and why? Can you tell
why a horse when tethered with a
rope always u~nravels it, while a COW
always twists it into a kinky knot?
How old must a grape vine be
before it begins to bear? Can you
tell why leaves turn upside down
just before a rain1 What wood will
bear the greatest weight before
breaking?
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Deer Park Motel, Deer Park Md.


Most delightful summer resort Of the
AUeghenies. Swept by mountain breckcs.
z.Soo feet above sea level. Absolutely free
from malaria. hay fever and mosquitoes
Reached without change OF cars from all
principal cities via Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail.
road. Every modern convenience Rooms
en- suite with private baths Electric Lights
Long Distance Telephone. Elevators.
Turkish Baths. Swimming Pools. Golf
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Billiard Rooms. Magnificent Drives Com.
Piete Livery Service. Annapolis Naval
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additional cOnvcniencos and renovated
throughout. All cottages have been taken
Tor the season. Open from lunS zfst TO
September goth.
For rates and Information address
W r. BURwEIL. Manager.
y 20 Central Building Baltimore. Md.
untilrJune Tst After that time. Deer Park.
Garrett County Md
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10

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PLAY BALL.

"Play ball !" Again the cry goes up
From where the umpire stands,
And forward strikes a husky chap,
A willow in his hands.
A sphere of horsehide c%leaves the
Like a missile from a gun
The batsman swings and looks
amazed,
The umpire says "Strike one I"
Again the batsman makes his poise,
The pitcher throws a fit
Then with the bat the ball collides.
And thousands cheer the hit.
The rooters yell till they are hoarse.
The cranks their score cards dot.
While peppers at the knotholes
smile
And those who bet wax hot.
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TO 7lave given up would have mean,
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Mass For years She had Cgdured untold
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could scarcely breathe aud sometimes
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WANTED SEVERAL PERSONS OF
Character and good fcpHi1Gon in each
state Zone in this county rcquircdj To- repre-
sent aud advertise old established wealthy
business house 81 solid financial standing
salary st3oo weekly with xpcnscs add.
tionai all payable in cash each Wednesday
direct irOm head Offices Horse and car
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Enclose self addressed stamped envelope.
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A VICTORY FOR

iheie Is rejoicing among MasSa-
ehusetts women eve the passage by
the Legislature of the bill making
mothers joint guardians of their
children with the fathers. Under
the old law, the husband had the
sole control and disposal of the
minor children, SO long as he and
his wife lived together. The mother
had legally no voice at all as to what
should be done with them. This
sometimes led to great hardship.
In the debate in the Massachusetts,
Legislature over the bill, Senator
tones of Middlesex described a
case in which a Chinaman married
a respectable Irishwoman. When
their first baby was three days old,
the husband gave it to his brother to
be taken away to China and brought
ND there. The mother, through the
Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children, appealed to the
Courts; but the judge decided that
Athe husband was within his rights.
He was the sole legal owner OF the
baby; he had the sole right to say
what should be done with it.
Lucy Stone began to ask for the
repeal of this law as far back as
1S47, and the Massachusetts Woman
Suffrage Association has petitioned
for it year after year. Fresh at
tention was called last year to the
need of a change in the statutes by
the Naramore tragedy. A tender
hearted and hardworking young
mother killed her six children, in a
fit of distraction caused by the
determination of her shiftless and
drunken husband to separate them
from her and place them out among
strangers. The case aroused much
Indignation.
The bill 70 make mothers equal
guardians of their children was en-
dorsed this year by the Massa
chuserts Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, the State Federation of
Women's Clubs, the Woman's Relief
Corps, the State w. c. 7. u, the
Children's Friend Society, and more
than 100 other societies, with an
aggregate membership of $4,000
women. The only association of
women that has ever ranged itself
on the wrong side of this question,
SO far as known, is the "Massa-
chusetts Association Opposed to the
Further Extension of Suffrage to
Women" 1t has for years been
circulating a leaflet in defence of the
old law excluding mothers from any
voice in regard to the disposal
of their children.
In the debate in the Legislature.
the conservatives predicted all sorts
of dire disasters if the measure
should pass. Its advocates were
characterized as "sentimentalists
and woman suffragists," and one
member exclaimed: eff you want
TO enact legislation which will dis
rupt the home and sunder the
tendefest and most sacred relations,
pass this bill" Nevertheless, il
passed both House and Senate by
overwhelming majorities. Governor
Crane mas presented the pea with
which he signed ii to Representative
George II. Fall, who introduced and
championed the bill. Mr.. Fall says
he shall give this historic pen to the
Suffrage Association.
Massachusetts is the twelfth State
to grant equal guardianship to
mothers. In 80 out Of the As States
OF the Union, the father still has
the sole control and custody Of the
t. minor children.
ETHEL c. Avery.
The railroads of Indiana. il Is
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10

The population Of the State OF
South Carolina is shortly to be con
verted by law into a light artillery.
The 'fotlng" Of weapons after July
will handicap a mar somewhat in
the performance Of ordinary subIu-
nary vocations, as the law says /:
"No person may carry a pistol
about him either concealed or un-
concealed, unless it is at least 20
inches long and weighs at least
three pounds.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10
And those who bet wax hot.

"Mark Twain" at the wheel in the
pilot house of 4 Mississippi river
steamboat during his visit to St
Louis has brought renewed attention
to the river in quarters where the
steamboat and the steamboatman
have not been thought Of for wears.
Steamboatmen all along the Mis-.
slssippi and its ~navigablc tributaries
are already preparing for the Worlds
Fair in 1904 and are making ar
rang :mcn!s 10 haa He an immense
passenger traffic during the Exposi-
tion. All this has the effect OF
putt 'g new life into the steamboat
business, which may be the begin
ming of an era of lively times on the
old Mississippi. A Mississippi
steamer can accommodate from
TWO to W. hundred passengers, and
during the Worlds Fair they will
be N shape TO handle an immense
traffic If only one-half the new boats
contemplated are placed in service.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10

Colds arc sometimes more troubicson g
in summer than 10 winter. IT'S so hard 10
keep from adding TO them while coolir 2
on after exercise. One Minute Coue6
Cure cures az once. Absolutely safe, Acts
Immediately Sure cure Tor coughs. colds
Group throat and lung troubles Tunnel.
ton supply Co. Vim Dent. NoWbure
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According to B. G.. jenkins, f.
r. A. s., an English scientist, the
destructive outburst Of Mont Pelee
was due to the influence of the sun
and moon pulling together. MI.
jenkins is quoted as saying;
"There is much evidence that mat
ter in a fluid condition exists under
the earth's crust, and it is a perfectly
legitimate inference that IL the sun
and 0 raise the water OF the
ocean and produce spring tides,
they will, when pulling together.
sometimes cause the wave Of molten
matter under some weak point of
the crust TO break through in the
form of an eruption"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-07-10

a drunken man staggered into
church n Sunday and sat down in
the pew of one Of the descons.
The preacher was discoursinp abou,
prevalent popular vices. Soon he
exclaimed: "Whcre is the drunk
ard?" The drunken man was lust
Tar enough gone to- think the call
personal, so, rising heavily, replied:
Here | am" and remained while
the drunkard's character and fate
were ~eloquently portrayed. a few
minutes later the preacher reached
another head of his discourse, and
asked: "Where is the hypocfite."
Gently nudging his Ieighbor, the
drunkaad said in an audible whisper.
Stand up, deacon, he means you
this time. Stand up and take it
like a man, just as | stood. II will
do you good"
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STATE o. ONO CRY o. rorrDo ,

STATE o. ONO. Cry o. TofEDo.
LrcAs County,
" J. CHENEY & Co. makes oath that he
IS the senior partner 81 the firm Of p l.
CHEVY q Co doing business To- the Civ
81 Toledo. County and State aforesaid and
tuat said hrm viii pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
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the use Of HALLS CAThRRh CURK.
FRANK L. CHENEY.
sworn 60 before me and subscribed fo ms
presence this 9Th day of December. A. -.
1895.
J a W. GLEASON.
SAL Notary Public.
-
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WEST n
TRAIN

No. u. j. The regular accommodation going
west and stops ~ al stations.
No ) u fhe summer acc ommo 'ntlon and
does not 60 on tli June 81
Trains marked 3. stop regularly. and trains
stop.
u D. MkKrIs. Manager Passenger Trafnc.
9. " MErzLEH, Act at Tunneltou.
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