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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-16
As foretold day or SO ago, Ern Nor

As foretold a-dny or SO ago, Ern Nor
ris, or rather some one for him, tried to
square himself and the gang around
him with the public; but the story Is
SO ridiculous and its falsity so uppar-
emit ON its face that all who read it
see it is mere fabrication. There is
scarcely line of it that does not con-
yict him. He asserts that he was the
victim of conspiracy, and yet the pco-
pie whom he accuses knew nothing
about it until some time after it had
happened. If there had been any pos
sibility of public Indignation, the hun
dred or more people who witnessed the
disgraecful affair he brought on, would
have shown it at the time. If the
crowd had not thought he was at fault
they would have taken hand and stop
ped the fight in its incipiency, but they
saw that he sought trouble, and, as he
was SO anxious to engage in saloon
fight. they stood back and let him get
his fill of it. The American people new
er let an innocent man suffer without
some interference. If he had not been
Mt fault and brought the affair ON, there
were people there who would have seen
that he was not imposed upon. 1t is
nm Outrage upon the many people who
were there for him or any one else to
say that he was not Mt fault and that
he was not responsible for the fight and
the terrible beating he got. If he knew
just what public sentiment is in the al
fair. lie would keep his mouth shut and
not make accusations against others.
but that is merely rcsorted to to preiu-
dice the minds of the people and throw
them off the track, if possible. 1t is an
easy matter to lay ones sins Mt the door
of others but that does not change the
situation and does not fool the peo-
pie. This man Morris actually refers
to himself ms reformer and yet he
has record abhorrent to an honest re-
forEer. He has howled for IN enforce
ment of the laws, and yet he wilfully
violates them md boasts about IL.
Where has there ever been greater
pcrsonificatien OF hypocrisy: He says
he took two drinks; that is more than
this p,per said about him, and vet he
says we conspircd against him. 1t is
nm actual fact, and the man who gave
him what he so justly deserved, will tell
You, that the editor of this paper never
knew linn nor did he know the editor
Of this paper, until the Monday morning
following the fight, when the editor hap
pened to run across man with slight
scratch on his nose and asked him ii he
was Wilson. That, is how far that al
legged conspiracy went. Because the
name of the saloon was not published,
is no evidence of conspiracy. That the
proprietor should want to protect his
house from the unenviable reputation
Morris had brought upon it, is not an
evidence of conspiracy. That the edi-
tor Of this paper should consent to leave
the name out, Is not an evidence of con
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-16
Thomas Jefferson's
Rip Van Wrinkle" "

Thomas Jefferson who is to be seen
at the Grand opera house. Tuesday,
Feb. II, in Washington IrvIng's mas
ter piece, rip Van winkle?" has just
returned from tour of the Pacific
coast where he has been meeting phe-
nomenal success. Nearly every place
he went the house was sold out long
before he reached the town and, the
standing room onlyp sign had been
put out before the doors opened. But
that is nothing new for Mr.. Jefferson
as he rarely plays to anything but a
crowded house anywhere. either east
or west. When the people sac the
name of Jefferson announced to APP
pear in RIP Van Wrinkle" they know
a rare treat is in store for them and
they turn out in droves to see him and
such is pretty sure to be the case here.
Seats are in big demand and it is
safe to say every part of the house viii
be filed.
From sire to son the name of Jeffer-
son and "Trip Van Wrinkle" will live
for generations to come, as Thomas
Jefferson is now thoroughly established
as worthy successor tohis illustrions
father, Joseph Jefferson. he gives
such splendid performance of that
delightful old vagahond RIP as
only a Jefferson can give, that he can
so on for years to come, for the
theatre-goinu public never tires OF old
rip and his dog nschneider.n
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DIR. Hartman, eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist. Treatm emit, surg
cry. artificial eyes, spectacles and X
Ray examinations and electric treat
ment. Fordyce Building. Jan. 1o-o2-1y
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ACTING MAYOR
Was City Clerk Roy Alexander This
Morning.

Owing to the absence of Mayor Grille,
City Clerk Roy Alexander filed the du-
ties of Chief Executive at police court
this morning. Three plain DRINKS Were
lined up before Roy. Fines as usual
were addressed, but none of the prison
ers paid up, and they were sent to the
county bastifrs to work them out.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-16

Aswe sat in our Office looking out Of
the window we saw cop with eiti-
zen in tow. He was taking our towns
man to the city prison. There was a
downporu of'rain and the thought nat
urally came to us that the fellow would
have shelter anyway, but this was fol.
lowed by a shudder, when we thought
of the place to which he was being taken.
If there is any place in the city towhich
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one would object to be taken to IL Is
certainly the cells in which the city
prisoners are dumped. There nre no
comforts there. These two cells are
noted for their baroness. A board is
about all that il found for a bed and
both the drunk and the sober, who are
so unfortunate rs to be incarcerated
there must, put up with that for bed.
AT times and very often is it the case
u half dozen or more arc huddIed in
these two small cells. They have the
opportunity TO tear one another to
pieces, and il is o miracle under the
circumstances that actual murder is not
committed within the walls of this very
repulsiye place. The fact that a man
Inns violated the law and has been ar
rested is no reason TINT he should be
subjected to the torture of being i'm
prisoned in such place. If TINT is re-
gardcd as punishment, and such it is,
ne should mot be fined. The truth of
the matter is in a nutshell that the
city prison is n disgrace TO civilized
community. 1t may be that nothing
better can be had, but it does appear
that a city with the weal..l and progress
of clarksburg should not lay itself La
bic to prosecution by the humane of
ficcr.
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Hyou need any harness for you,
teams, no matter Of what kind, You
will find it always on hand at Rey
nolds, Main street. He keeps an up
to-date harnessestablishment. s-30tf
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Senator snyder of Ohio county win in
troduee plll this week in the Legisla-
trre to remove the state capital from
Charleston to some other part of the
state. 1t is time clarlssburg is acting
in the matter II we want the capital
we ought TO be going after it.
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OF the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
People Talked About.

Blanche Walsh has secured a di-
vorce in New York from Alfred Kick.
a
The national convention OF photog-
raphers has elected G. r. Reeves of
Anderson, Ind, president.
louisa Bellamy Culver, the New
York artist, is dead at Denver, Col.
She has a long line of illustrious an.
cestors.
Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford has
sailed on the ~Transpacifc steamer
Ventura. She will make a twoyear
trip around the world.
J. P. Hall, professor of Greek at
Manchester college, St. Paul, and grad
uate of Princeton, has resigned to be.
come an instructor in his alma mater.
Oliver Everett Robert, for twenty
FIVE years in the United States assay
Office in New York and formerly Unit
ed States consul at Hongkong, Is dead
at his home in Orange, N. j., from par
alysis.
Ex-Gov. F. r. Lubbock, Confederate
war governor Of Texas, and past ninety
years Of age, has been married for the
third time. His second wife died one
year ago.. Miss Lou Scott of Abilene,
Texas, is the bride.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
Che News
Washington Notea.

Alleged frauds by the American Ice
company in supplies furnished the
government are 20 be investigated.
The reports that August w. Machen,
under indictment for frauds in connec'
ton with postal contracts, has fed,
are denied by his counsel. .
Consul General Guenther writes
from Hamburg that the enforcement OF
tie German meat inspection la wis al
most entirely cutting off importations
from this country.
John. F. Cornell, sixty-three years old
and a veteran clerk in the Office of Au-
ditor Henry A. Castle, has bee MAJ
rested for opening Capt. Castles mon
ey letters and appropriating their con-
tents.
John Schroers, director of the st.
Louis worlds exposition, has assured
6 scretary Shaw hat the exposition
would be opened to all visitors in May,
1904, all reports to the contrary not
withstanding.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
BIG IRRIGATION WORKS,
C.. p. r. Will Expend $40, SOC, 900 on
New Selections of Land,


Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 10. - 1t is an
nounced that an agreement has been
made whereby the Canadian Pacific
railway is 500 to make excepting
500 900 acres, its last selections of land
in the Northwest Territories. This Sc
lection will cover more than 5000, 900
acres, extending easterly from Cal
gary to Langeun, and cover 4 tract Of
las miles long by so wide, along the
main line, in the semi-arid belt. The
Canadian Pacific purposes to expcnd
$3.50 an acre in irrigation works, or a
total Of $40, 500, 900. This lard was Sc
lected deliberately instead of the more
fertile areas remote from the main line
which might in the future make bust
ness for a competing line. The re-
naming 5000 acres, it is understood,
will be selected along the route of the
Manitoba & Northwestern Railway
line. 1t is the understanding that the
irrigation project is to be taken up at
once, and that actual work may be
commenced next year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
{ From Abroad,

The opponents Of the Panama
canal treaty in Colombia now claim
that the Hay-Herran convention is IN
constitutional.
The balloon Deutschland, the larg-
est balloon yet built, has been engaged
to make ascents from the st. Louis
fair grounds next year.
Bands Of ladrones are attacking the
native constabulary and collecting
tribute from Filipinos who support the
American administration.
The British government board OF
trade is opposed to MI. Chamberlain's
scheme Of giving the British colonies
preferences based on the taxation of
foods.
General Pando has resumed the
presidency of Bolivia and has granted
amnesty to all political prisoners ex.
cept those connected with the recent
Oruro outbreaks.
The governor of the province of
Kherson, Russia, has been instructed
by the ministry of the interior to pro-
hibit all meetings of Zionists and to
forbid collections and subscriptions in
aid Of Zionist aims.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
Casualties.

Five Italians were drowned at Vul.
can, Mich, through the capsizing Of
their boat.
Four boys were drowned in the Ma
gaguadavic river near st. John, N. B.
A squawl sunk their sailboat.
Lightning struck the John Helm
company building at Tony, Wis, and
put seven men into a brief sleep.
Henry F. Spaulding, from West Or.
ange, N. j., plunged into the Erie
canal with his automobile and was
drowned.
Humphreys & Hogan's canning fac.
tory at Portsmouth, Ohio, blew up,
killing three workmen and injuring a
dozen others.
Satt Forks, a town thirty miles
southwest of Blackwell, Okla. was ut
terly demolished by a tornado. No
one was killed.
Fire which started in the store of
Former State Senator J. G. w. Havens
destroyed several business houses in
the center of Point Pleasant, N. ]. The
damage is 500, 600.
Thirty OF the young men and women
from New York city encamped at Can
andaigua lake, N. Y, for the study Of
natural science, are suffering from poi
son received in either milk or meat.
Walter Bates, second mate of the
Goodrich steamer Georgia, was found
dead at Milwaukee with his head
crushed. The body was lying face
downward On the grating of the engine
room.
Fire at Grand Rapids, Mich, de.
stroyed Radcliff & Co.'s four-story
brick warehouse, entailing a loss OF
over 500, O00s The building was filed
with valuable furniture owned by To-
cal dealers.
Little Ted Kendall, who disappeared
from the home of his parents at In
~dianaoplis, was found dead in a cis-
tern cal the Kendall home. Rewards
a~ggregating $1,100 had been offered
for his return.
The machinery department, compris.
Ing the main building of the Piqua
(Ohio) plant OF the American School
Furniture company, was destroyed by
fire, with a loss of $4,000. The insur-
ance is $25. 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
RIVERS ARE VERY HIGH.
Traffic Between the Two Kansas
Cities ls Suspended.

Kansas City. Mo-, Aug. 1S-Notwitn-
standing the fact that the Kansas nv
or at this point had risen a loot ID
twenty-four hours up to 2 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon, when 1t became STA
tionary, and that a further rise is eh
posted to-day, no great damage Is ike
ly to occur. West of here at Lawrence
and Topeka the Kansas river has risen
slightly since Saturday night, ana u
Salina and Junction City its trlou'
taries. the Smoky Hill and the Repup-
lican rivers, are rising at a steaoy
gate and sending the water this way
Most of this water will reach Kansas
City within twenty-four hours, pu'
while a further two-foot rise here ID
predicted a fall from that time on I"
looked for. Traffic between the TWO
Kansas Cities is still suspended as .ne
temporary public bridges are unsaie'
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
AN AWFUL RfC0Q
BULGARIAN GOVERNMenr...
THE POWERS WHAT rupv..1
is GOING.
TERRIBLE CATEGORY OF M,pnl
TORTURE, iNcENDIARIsM, pe
LACE AND GENERAL op.
PRECISION.
TERRIBLE CATEGORY OF MINI,
IUEKtl'S IDEA OF Reforms
fOT.TE Is CHALLENGED IN n.
PROVE A SINGLE CHARGE
MADE.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 1S.-The Bm.
gariaa government has presented .
memorandum to the powers sett,,.
out at great length the condition .,
affairs during the past three months
in Macedonia since the Turkish gsl
eminent undertook TO ~inaugurate tho |
promised reforms. The most precise
details, dates, places and names os
persons are given in the memorandum
the whole constituting a terrible cate.
cory of murder, torture, incendiarism
pillage and general oppression com.
mitted by the Ottoman soldiers and
officials. These particulars were OBJ.
tanned entirely from official sources
such as the reports Of the Bulgarian
consuls and agents of the Bulgarian
government, and in many instances.
the reports made by Turkish authori-
ties. The Bulgarian government guar.
antees the absolute truth of every
statement, and
ChdiiehSeS the forte
to d%isprove a single charge made in
the memorandum. Altogether, the
memorandum gives particulars Of no
less than 131 individual and general
cases of excuses and outrages com,
mitted by the Turkish authorities.
In summarizing the specific details Of
the outrages mentioned, the memo
randum declares that wholesale mas.
sacres were perpetrated by regulars
and Bashi-Bazouks in the town of Sa-
lonica and the villages of BaldevO,
Banitza, Echourilovo, Karbinza.
Moghila, Smerdesch and Enidje, while
the scenes of carnage, pillage and IN
cendiarism were everywhere terrible
At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgariani
were shot and killed with swords OF
burned to death. Over $50 houses and
the churches and schools were set or
fire with petroleum and p~illaged, the
property being sold by the soldiers
and bashi-bazouks in neighborinl
places.
Great Britain Takes II Up.
Constantinople. Aug. 1S.-The Brit
ish ambassador has called the atten
ton of the porte TO the serious sltua
ton in Macedonia. He pointed on
that grave consequences may atten
fresh murders of consuls or forelGl
subjects. The ambassador had a
audience with the sultan Friday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
KILLS TIE TREATY
col oMsIAN SENATE REJECTS
THE PANAMA CANAL
AGREEMENT.
CIVIL WAR MAY Be RESULT
DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES THE
ENTIRE iSTHMUS MAY
SECEDE.
CAUSES GREAT tAClItMtN'
REJECTION IS A HEAVY BLOW 10
PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE
lSTHMUS.

Washington. Aug. ia cablegram
dated Aug. u has been received at the
state department from Minister Beau
pre- at Bogota. saying that the Panama
canal treaty has been unanimously re-
jected by the colombian senate. Pres
ident Roosevelt was Immediately ad-
vised of the news, Mr.. Beaupre's tele-
gram being forwarded by Acting Sec
rotary LOOMS to Oyster Bay.
Very little additional information
concerning the action of the Colon
bian senate could be obtained at the
state department.
The reason given for the rejection OF
the treaty by the Colombian senate, it
is said here, was the alleged en-
croachment on Colombian sovereignty,
which it's opponents contended would
result from the treaty.
Civil War Will Result.
Panama, Aug. 19.-It is confidently
predicted here that civil war will re-
suit from the defeat of the Panama
canal treaty by the Colombian con-
gress.
the Liberals, who recently were de-
feated after a long struggle, and also
by many Conservatives in favor of Sc
cession by the department of Panama,
which includes the entire isthmus, in
order that the construction of the
canal may be assured.
That the government fears a revolu-
ton is shown by the appointment of
Gen. Lucia Valagoo, a distinguished
army officer, as military commander
of the department of Panama.
What Will Become of Panama?
Panama, Aug. 10. - The unanimous
rejection of the Panama canal treaty
by the senate has caused a profound
impression here in all circles. The
question ON all lips is what will be-
come of Panama? The only c~onsola-
tion the isthmians have is that the
rest of the republic, with the ex-
change at a very high figure and with
an upward tendency, will suffer a great
deal more. 1t seems that the govern.
ment never expected the treaty to be
ratified, and it was not supported at
all in the senate.
Rejection a Heavy Blow.
Colon, Aug. 19.-The rejection of the
canal treaty by the Colombian senate
has produced tremendous excitement
on the isthmus. 1t was generally be.
lieved that the treaty would pass with
some notifications. There is good
reason to suppose that the majority of
the members of the senate regarded
the Spooner amendment tt build
canal by the Nicaraguan route if the
Panama route was rejected by Colon
bia, as a mere threat on the part of the
United States. They are convinced
that the Nicaraguan project is impossi
BILE, and that the United States will
again deal with Colombia. The rejec
ton is a heavy blow to property w
ers here who have been investins
heavily OF the prospects of the treaty
being ratified.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
FOR DECENcY AND STRENGTH.
President Roosevelt Talks to Society
Of Catholics.

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-Pre".
dent Roosevelt delivered the principa.
address at the quarterly meeting u
the Society of the Holy Name "a
Brooklyn and Long Island, held mere
yesterday. Decency of speech and coz
duct constituted the them OF his ao'
dress, which was enthusiastically ~
plauded by an audience Of more tnap
1000 persons, chiefly men. During Tue
afternoon special trains brought nun,
dreds Of members of the society "
Oyster Bay from Brooklyn and Wes'
ern Long Island. Threatening Wea'n'
er kept many away, but, although o
light rain fell during the exercises tne
crowd remained banked about u.
flag-decked stand on a beautiful nii'
opposite st. Dominic's Cathoio
church.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
Sultan ls Defiant.

Manila, Aug. 10. - Mai. Robert 7,
Billiard has demanded redress from
Sultan Deseen, the tribal leader of the
Lanao Moros. Although protesting a
warm friendship for America, the su).
tan recently surrounded a small de-
tachment OF United States troops nav.
ing him a friendly visit with a strong
Iorce OF warriors and offered battle.
MS men insultingly bearing an Ameri-
can flag. So far the only ren,v fron,
the sultan to Maj. Billiards. demands
has been defiance.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-08-21
VILLAGE
Christians Suffer at Hands Of Blood
thirsty Bashi- Bazouks.

Christians Suffer at Hands Of Blood
thirsty Bashi.Bazouks.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 19.-The river
near Monastir, Macedonia, is said to
be full of the mutilated bodies of
women and children who have been
m~assacred by bashi-bazouks.
A dispatch received here from Uskub
says that 600 bashi-bazouks, under
the command Of Albanian chiefs who
are VIGOROUSLY cruel, have pillagcd
and destroyed a number of Christian
villages in the districts of Debre and
Ol,rida. The Turkish authorities, it is
added, connived at the Cutrages and
furnished the Bashi-Bazouks with old
uniforms in order that they might ap-
pear to De regular soldiers.
They fear it may excite popular
opinion in Bulgaria, and they point out
that such emphatic. outspoken criti-
cism is usually reserved for mani
festoes issued
On the Eve Of War,
although it is regarded as being quite
improbable that the memorandum was
a prelude in the present case to any,
thing more serious than increased
tension. Most of the diplomatic repre-.
sentatives at Sofa visited the foreign
office here and received assurances
from the foreign minister that Bull
garia had not the slightest desire to
antagonize Turkey or any other power,
but that it merely wished to show un-
mistakenly where belonged the re-
sponsibility for the Macedonian revo.
luton.
Orders have been issued for the mo-
bilization to-day Of two divisions of
reserves. 1t was rumored that thew
will be employed in strengthening the
forces on the frontier to prevent the
passage OF Bulgarian bands into Mace
donia. The officials, however. state
that this is unfounded, and that
the reserves were called out to IN
dergo their customary training of 6f.
teen days.