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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
UGLY WRECK NtnsHIHAs1oA.
Passenger Train CoIIids With Coal Train.
Tralnmsn Hurt.

About three O'Clock Wednesday af-
ternoon an ugly railroad wreck oc-
CURED at the Scion mines one mile
south of Shinnston and it seems mi
raculous that it was not very disas-
trous. The passengertrain from Fair
mont ran into an open switch at
lively rate of speed and collided with
a coal train standing on the siding.
Passenger engine No. COZ and freight
engine 1909 we're both badly demol-
ished. Ralph E. Smith, the passein.
ger engineer, had an ankle broken but
was not otherwise hurt. James w.
Taylor, the brakeman,was badly cut
about the head but hlsinjuries are not
fatal either. TIE passengers were
badly shaken-up, and Mrs. Robert
Monroe, Of Marshville, received scalp
wounds The mail car was almost
completely telescopedby Clerk Fisher
who was in the car, was slightly injur-
ed. The wreck is ascrbed to the negli-
gence Of the freight crew in leaving
the switch open, though just how it
came to be open, is not definitely
known. Trains were delayed about
three hours.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10

was also raided and the gambling para
phcrnalia was contiscated by the Off
Ger and shipped here. Allen was re-
qufred to give bond Of $1,000 for run
ming gambling joint. The bonds
were given and the men were released.
The warrants we're sworn out by f..
j. Ehret, Of Salem.
Last Saturday Harry McCleary, bar
tender at Duff's place, was arrested in
the raid Deputy Sheriff Curkendall
made, upon warrant sworn out by
Ernest Randolph, Of Salem, and is.
sued by Squire j. B. INNS. The
Squire exacted the usual bonds of him,
but in default he was committed to
jail.
The speakeasy people have most all
started restaurants in their places,
and it is now hard to determine
whether the patrons go in to eat or
drink.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
tired TO Beat Railroad Conductor.

Saturday afternoon Frank Yerkey,
an italian. purchased railroad ticket
at Enterprise, for Monongah. Upon
the trains arrival at that place he
failed to get off and refused to pay his
fare any farther. Officer William
Findlay was on the tain and took
Yerkey in charge at Fairmont. He
was taken before magistrate who
fixed his bond at 800. In default he
was committed to Jail to await the
action of the grand jury. For some
time Italians have been pursuing this
course and extreme measures will be
taken hereafter to break 1t up.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
.cHIEf Of POLICE sTEALEY DEAD.
succumbed wednesday Afternoon After
-Four Days illness.

Chief Of Police Edward L. Stealey
died at 2:3O o'clock Wednesday after
noon, after only a short illness. The
news was a great shock to his friends.
who were legion, as but few knew OF
his sickness at all.
Mr.. Stealey was in his usual health
last week and the very picture OF
health and manhood. BE went home
Friday night. That night he was
taken i'll, but no alarm was felt until
Tuesday when he grew very much
worse and continued to sink until the
death summons came. The cause Of
his death was catarrh Of the stomach.
The dead chief was son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward L. Stealey, pioneer set
tiers, and was born and reared here
His father died several years ago. His
mother, now in her seth year, sur.
wives him. The other members of
the Stealsy family are Mrs. I. G.
Brady, who was his twin sister, Miss
Fannie Stealey, and Nathan G.
Stealey, all of this city; Mrs. T. s.
Hursey, of Washington, d. c.; Mrs.
J. M. Wiley, of Waynesburg, Pa; and
William Stealey, of Piedmont.
About two years ago he married Miss
Mabel Lyon, daughter of James M
Lyon, president of the West Virginia
bank. She and a one-year old son sur
yive him also.
Mr.. Stealey was 3S years of age
He was machinist by trade and fol
lowed his vocation in .Pittsburg sew
eral years He also engaged while
in the secret service. He returned
here and was engaged In the under
taking business, until nominated ant
elected chief of police last spring OF
the republican ticket. His majorit!
over his opponent, John Howe, wa
unprecedented. He entered upon hi
duties as chief the middle of las
April and at once became a very popu
lar officer, and proved himself through
out very capable chief. he was O
genial disposition and possessed grea,
personal magnetism. His enemies
were few and his friends we're counted
by the hundreds.
Funeral services were conducted a
the Lyon residence at 10 O'Clock thi'
Friday morning and interment wa!
made in the /. o. o. F. cemetery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
BURGLARS use CALoR0FoRl.
lohn Burkett's Residence BuryIarized.
Ninety Dollars Taken.

John Burkett's residence on Me-
chanic street was burglarized Wednesz
day night. Mr.. andMrs. Burkett at
tended the theatea and did not retire
until 12:15. When they arose Thurs
day morning, they discovered that
burglars had visited them and had
been in their sleeping chamber. The
dresser in the room had been ransack-
ed and $50 in cash stolen therefrom.
Mr.. Burkett's Trousers were found
down stairs in the reception hall, to-
gether with two stick pins that had
been taken from the lewelry case as
well as some small change. Upon ex-
animation it was ascertained that the
burglars effected an entrance by pry-
ing open the pantry window at the
rear Of the house..
The indications arethat the burg
lars upon entering the room chloro-
formed Mr.. and Mrs. Burkett. The
alarm clock was set for 6 o'clock and
about that hour the alarm rang, but
in their stupor they mistook it for
the o'clock whistle. They fell asleep
and did not awake until the O'Clock
whistles sounded.
When Mr.. Burkett arouse he found
himself in dazed condition, and his
wife was in even worse shape. In
fact, her condition was such that the
attention Of physician was neces-
sary. She is somewhat improved but
has not fully recovered.
There is no clue rs to who the
burglars were.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
Mckinley Day Named.

Governor White Wednesday issued
a proclamation naming January 10Th
as Mckinley day and suggesting
that the school children of the State
make contributions to the Mckinley
monument fundAthe money to be sent
to the State superintendent of schools.
He also suggests that services be held
in the various churches on the Sunday
preceding, when collections for the
fund shall be taken up and the re-
turns made to State Treasurer Silman.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
COAL FIELD SOLD FOR sls5. 600.
Purchasers Are Twenty Well to do
Persons Of Fayette County, Pa.

The coal sale exclusively reported
by the Telegram last week has been
consummated. The seller is Joseph
E. Barnes, of Uniontown, Pa, and the
purchasers are James Mcdonald and
nineteen other well-to-dc citizens Of
Fayette county, Pa. The field sold is
81, 900 acres at Wallace on the Short
Line railroad and is shaft coal several
hundred feet beneath the surface.
The price paid by Mcdonald and assoc
ciates was sl35,0OO, or about 1856 an
acre. The purchase was made as an
Investment and the new owners will.
not develop the property at present.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
oYREcElyEs FATAL INJURIES.
Was Run Over by Coal Cars at
Two Lick Mines.

Calvin Armstrong, aged ID years,
son of John Armstrong, was fatally
injured at Two Lick coal mines on the
w. Va. s. Pittshurg division of the
B. $50. railroad about noon Wednes-
day. He got tangled up in the ma
chinery on the outside Of the mines
in some inexplicable manner and was
thrown in front of coal car. The
car passed over him and crushed his
legs to such an extent that amputa-
tion near the body was necessary. He
died at 2 O'Clock "Wednesday afternoon
Funeral services were held Thursday
and interment was made in the GEM
etery at Mt. Glare.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10

The part of tramp is being played
by Willie Dunlay, very clever com
median, singer and dancer. His as
sistants in the fun-mahing are Mat
Shafer, as the German section-gang
boss, and Pete Cnrley as the police
man, both able comedians and spec
ialty artists. The charming soub-
rette. Miss Kittie Harrison, adds much
life to the performance, while Others
of the cast are Margaret Mayiield
Marie Elmar, Jessie Shaefer, Pete
Curley, John Buckley and Others of
equal ntte. At the Grand Tuesday
night, January IA.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10

No ! on the G Stark farm and has a
l6 barrsl pumper.
In the Sale n district the United
States Oil company has drilled in its
No 8 on the Williams farm and has a
producer flowing at the rate of seven
barrels an hour from the Gordon sand.
In the extreme northeastern end
of the Wolf Summit field, the same
company has completed and shot its
No 2 on the Edward Fittro farm and
has 50 barrel producer. This loca-
tion is Slightly in advance OF develop.
ments on the northeast.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
Masquerade Party.

Miss Martha Seely, younger daueh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. Thomas B. Seely.
gave masquerade party in the par.
lors OF the Traders hotel last Friday
night. About seventy-fve OF her
schoolmates we're her guests and en-
joyed immensely her hospitality.
They found her to be most charm
Ing and delightful hostess. Elegant
refreshments were served, and the oc-
casion was pronounced the cleverest
the children here ever attended.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
DAVIS POCKET BOOK RECOVERED.
Man and Woman Found ii and Kept it
three weeks before giving it up.

A. W. Davis, of Kincheloe, who lost
his pocket book December 10th on his
way home from this place, writes us
that he has just recovered it. The
pocket book was found by man and
his wife living on Isaac's creek, as
they we're coming to Chrksburg at an
early hour next morning near the old
Colonel Marsh house on the Milford
road. They kept itdust three weeks
before saying anything to any one
about the find. Then they returned
1t and It's contents to MI. Davis, and
we're rewarded. The pocket book con-
tanned 1924 in money. tax receipts and
other papers.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
.BLKINS DENIES
SALE OF ROAD.
Seventeen Millions Dollars is a
very small sum. sayshe ,forsuch
valuable property as the
railroad and coal lands.
Col. Tom Davis, Says It's Sold
rother Of Henry G. Davis, Re
ported as Saying Railroad is
sold to the Wabash Railroad
system at greaterprice.

Senator EIkins answered to the
gative Wednesday night with en-
basis, when asked by a newspapaper
Irrespondenct if the West Virginia
entral railroad had been sold. This
|sposes OF a rumor which has been
arsistently circulated in one form or
lother for several weeks. The latest
port to which the Senator's atten-
on wss called was to the effect that
he road named had been sold. recent.
to the Pennsylvania company. OPP
rating through the Baltimore and
hio, for s17OO0,0OO. The transfer,
ccording to the rumor, embraced the
ailway franchise and 10000 acres Of
bal, less small interest reserved
long the line OF the road. The num-
er Of miles of road alleged to have
cen transferred was about 140, or
khatever the distance may be from
cumberland to Belington. When the
enator was told the price his COM
bany was stated to have received in
he deal, he said I:
Seventeen millions is the price
they said we got, is it? Well. that
you'd be a very small sum, for all
that it is said. we sold. The report is
not true"
The Senator further intimated that
the proposed trunk line through the
State is on a safe footing.
Col. Thomas B. Davis, brother Of
Henry G. Davis, was seen
at the residence at Keyser, Tuesday
night and said:
"Yes, we have sold the West yir-
ginia road and we are well pleased
with the sale. The papers of this
are, however, in error in
many things. We got much more
money than the nrice stated, which
was seventeen millions. or course
am not at liberty to say anything but,
said the Colonel with smile, sit is
certain that the Wabash will extend
f.om GAINESVILLE, Ohio, via Parkersburg
to Elkins, W. Va, over the West vir-
ginia Central and that from Elkins
the Wabash will build TO Tidewater. :"
This positive statement would int
cate that the Wabash or Gould inter.
esis are positively The purchasers Of
the West Virginia Central.
Continuing, Col. Davis said /:
Throughout the negotiations Sena-
TOR Elkips has had the interests of the
State u West Virginia foremost, and
the deal which has been made will be
to the best interest of the State at
large. as well as to the shippers along
the line and to the employees Of the
railroad. The present organization of
the road wi not be changed by the
interests which have purchased it. y
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
mrs. JAMES DUNN PASSES AWAY
Alter aIingering Illness Of Stomach
Trouble-An EstimabIe woman.

~ James Dunudied at $3.50 o'clock
Monday morning at her late home on
East Main street after lingering ILL
ness of stomach trouble. Funeral SER
vices were conducted at the residence
WednesdaYafternoon at 2:3o o'clock
by Rev. DR.. Birmingham, Episcopal
minister, OF Wheeling, assisted by
Rev. S. X. Arbuthnot, pastor of Goff
SSNien.orial NJ. e. church, in the pres
sence OF large number of sympathetic
and sorrowing friends.
fNEerment was made in the l. o. o.
cemetery.
Mrs. Dunn was born in England and
ws' sisterof the late Richard Pike.
81 1me to this country when young
M ia. Her married life extended
over fifty-thrce years. She was in her
Filth year.
The aged husband, one daughter,
Miss Anna Mildred Dunn, of this city:
land three sons, namely, Richard
Dunn, of Wheeling: John Dunn, of
New York;and James Dunn, of SUIT
hn. editor Of the Braxton Central,
\ifvtYegher,
MIS- Dunn was a very estimable
Qtu 81 and had a great many friends
mourn her death and deeply
ppAthize with the bereft family.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
satiobal Incident Occurred in
sWSss Street IN Rear 81 Judge
Colts new hotel at about 8
O'Clock Monday night.
n Found Dead IN Basement
the sWager hotel where its
notherh Aais ecreted II Much
Srnutilatst 6y rats. coroner's
jury Acquits woman.

Edsg May Oughton, aged Is ors20, of
bhfeld, w. Va, a domestic at the
lei hotel, gave birth to a male
In Hewes street back Of the new
ihotel, at about 8 o'clock Monday
III. She left the infant lying where
Nas born after wrapping IT up In an
E6n, and returned to her room in
sEottage in the rear of the hotel.
6ftly afterward Charles Hicks,
0Eed q laborer on the Golf hotel,
Rrsi d racket, he says, which sound
like The crying of a baby. he was
iiiswsy to get a bucket Of water
HIRAM up against the bundle. He
Sscared and returned to his room
III glantern. Then he proceeded to
Yestigate. He opened the bundle
til a stick and says the child cried.
at once went to police headquar-
and notified the officers. Police
81 Myers and Simns, and later
i9gess and Howe, investigated the
liter. The baby was not found at
spot shown them by Hicks, but
Esigns were suspicious, and they
titinued their Investigations. Final
Myers and Sinms went to the girls
81 and she behaved in such a mys-
i6us manner that Policeman Howe
Eher % jail.
b jail,she told Din Peck and Howe
Z she would not tell them where
sinfant was, as she could not de-
6g fireplace, but would accompany
b to the spot. They found the
d hidden 10 the basement of the
hen at the hotel. She had re-
led to the place, where the child
born, and carried 1t into the base
1t, where she concealed it. Rats
"a eaten much flesh from the right
ia. IKE body was turned over to
& & Stealey- u Undertaking Company
bout midnight, and the woman, who
as In a critical condition was, by
der OF Mayor Kelley, taken in a cab
Kessler hospital.
Coroner w. P. Camp began investi-
tion Of the case Tuesday morning
dheld an inquest Tuesday after,
bon.
IThe evidence developed that the
bung woman had been at the hotel
aly d few weeks, and the night OF the
lcident started to make visit at
FilIiam Quinlan's in Glen Elk, but
d accountof sudden sickness had to
ira back IN the road. The examin-
u physician, DIR. Peck, said the child
fight nave breathed, but was OF the
pinion that no violence had been
sed to cause death. There we're no
larks Of violence. except a fracture of
be skull, which the Doctor explained
resulting from natural causes.
The jury after viewing the body
ndhearing the evidence said by their
erdict. that the child came to its
cath through unintentional neglect
1.-THE mother, Rose Oughton. The
erdict generates the young woman.
The child's body was buried in the
utter's field.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
SALEM SALOONS
RAIDED AGAIN.
War Has Begunin Earnest by the
Temperance People Against
the Whiskey Traffic in
that Town.
Three Men Arrested By Officer.
Gambling House Pulled and Out
ga No.,f;ena%nd and Rroupf1f
Three Men Arrested By Officer.
Gambling House Pulled and Out
fit confiscated and Brought
Here. Warrants Sworn
Out by Salem People.

Deputy Sheriff M. B. Curkendall
raided Clement Allen's place at Sa-
lem Tuesday, and arrested Allen and
his bartender, Russell Wright. They
were brought before Squire S. w.
Gordon Tuesday evening. He held
them both under bonds Of $500 each
to answer indictments and not to sell.
Allen also had a gaming house in
connection with his speakeasy. This
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
Rev. Peters Goes to Texas.

The American Baptist Publication
Society will send Rev. L.. E. Peters,
Sunday school missionary for this
state, to Texas this winter to hold a
series of Sunday school Institutes.
The branch house in Dallas will ar
range his itinerary. He will start
Feb. and will return about the mid.
die OF March.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
County Book Board Meetings

The comfy book board will hold a
meeting here this Friday. The mem-
bels Of the board are DIR. Sc. Swartz,
Rev. T. L. Gardiner, John G. johnson,
Prof. Orie McConkey, t. Parrish,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
CI.ARKsBURG. W va. JANUARY 10 1902
SEVERAL GOOD PRODUCERS IN OIL
News this week from varisus Fields
Encouraging.

one mile South of Salem in advance
OF deyelonme nts, the South Penn
company has drilled its wildcat on the
Is NJ Paatt farm to the top Of the Cor.
don sand. Should this come in q pro-
Iducer 1t will show quite an extension
10 the south Of developments. In the
!Sala,.,, OSTRICH the South Penn has
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10
Big Enrolment at Broaddus.

Broaddus Institute opeued.the win-s
ter term last Friday with large en-
rollment. All the former out of the
city students are back and many new
ones have come in. Tho enrolment
thus far for the winter term exceeds
one hundred and fifty. The prospects
are very Gathering for successful
term.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10

Prof. R. A. Armstrong, Samuel Eli
oft, C. A. Lawson and County Superin-
tendent M. B. Newton. The object of
the meeting is to select text books in
spelling, reading, arithmetic, algebra,
geometry and physical geography, for
the next five years.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-01-10

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets. 4.
Cnndy CnthartLc. cure constipation forever,
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-10

river? In a short distance the Santa Ana river has taken from it three or four times as much water as flows from the mountains, which is due to re- peated use of the same water. Who shall say that the water here used for reclaiming a million acres of desert land shall not be used to reclaim other millions of acres now wasting in reg ions where no water is available for irrigation? F.. F. HOWE.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-10
Makes Him a Hero

Despotism has always been blind to impending fate. Charles I and Louis XVI might have saved their heads by the use of little discretion. But their experience is being re-enacted, despite the lessons of history. The American people are growing sick and tired of industrial despotism, and yet James !. Hill has taken step tending to force the issue between the trusts and the people, with President Roose- welt in the heroic role of Cromwell, defending the people against the mod ern despots. A Washington dispatch to the Los Angeles Herald says:
 "All Washington is talking today about remarkable breakfast winch took place almost within the shadow of the White House aud at which Pres ident Roosevelt was the guest of honor. At o'clock this morning the presi- dent left the White House and walked across the square to the residence of Senator Hanna, where he was soon after joined by Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, and the trio immed- lately sat down to breakfast. It is but fair to say that politics were discussed with as much avidity as the viands upon the table.
 1.-The conference was an important one and lasted for some time, but what decision, if any, was reached is not Republican national committee. Payne is vice chairman. Payne is also Roosevelt's political manager.
 "The occasion for the conference of the Great Northern railroad and the central figure with J. P. Morgan in the Northern Securities company mer- ger Hill came to Washington and most of the representatives from the northwest states. He took breakfast and dinner with Hanna He did not % to the White House, he is very bit ter against Roosevelt. He formerly dined there, but now he uses his strongest language to denounce the president.
 ''It is reported on excellent authority that Hill brought to Hanna the ulti- matum of Wall street. He came to pray, urge or demand that Roosevelt cease his campaign against the rail roads and trusts. In event of refusal he warned him that the railroad inter- ests of the country would see that another than Roosevelt is nominated in 1904, or that the railroad interests would throw their support to the Dem | ocrats He called attention to the fact that in Washington state the campaign is to be anti-railroad lie fears this will be the case in all the northwest states. Hill professes to believe that the presidents course is inimical to business interests and menace to the country's prosperity. 1t is reported that the president is not moved at the threat or prospect of railroad opposition. He says he is simply enforcing the laws as he finds them.''
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-10
Ice Factory Building

Work is progre ssing on the ice fac tory building east of town, the build inp to be 25 by 54, with a lean-to F feet wide along the length of the building.