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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

HIl
Attorney =. P. q Hunting son,
better known as the Bad Eagle 81 eatseli
county 8 here talking poiftie Nlr.
Fitch only 4 few day aso declared him
self in an interview sis Z warm Scott sup
porter for the UniEed States senate.
Ais Elise Warren 81 Weston. arrived
in the city wednesday might from AIoun-
tain Lake Park, to visit with Miss Gay
EstilI lew days before returning e her
home.
Jesse g. Lawson, q Bridgeport spent
4 few hours in The city this morning
booking after business matters.
Eppl Bartlett, a prominent CITIZEN Of
Simpson district, was here today attend
ing TO business.
Rev Edward Fellers Is here today from
Salem.
Jesse +. Randolph was here last night
from Salem, looking after business mat
tiers.
afr. and Mrs. N. w. Smith win return
in few days from a delightful sojourn
in Atlantic CITY.
Mrs. F. II. NfcGregor, of Parkersburg
is in the city on a visit to relatives,
Mrs. Chaules Alexander has returned
home from visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hunter II. Moss, Of Parkers-
burg.
M. B. Davis Is here today from Lost
Creek, attending the institute and trans
acting business.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

new and large industries that are now
building and others that are under con-
tract to locate here, and you can readily
see she is or soon viii be "Greater
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
ENTRY BOOKS OF FAIR
CLOSE SATURDAY EVENING

The entry books of the West Virginia
Central Agricultural and Mechanical so
ciety close next Saturday evening, in
stead of next Monday evening, rs pre-
viorisly reported. Secretary James y.
Hess viii be at mis- office in the Harmer-
Lynch block every day until that time
for the purpose of receiving the en-
tries. Parties who wish to make en-
,trie Should see. him before the books
close.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

value we have to offer for residence loca-
tions.
One Of the best homes on Quality
Hin" new and modern, most pleasant To-
cation n the city.
@ouit your guessing" This property
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

Wanted-A position as houseKeVPeI'
seamstress or houscmnid by young
widow with two small children. ANY
honest work that win support herself
and children viii be eagerly accepted
and faithfully done. Please address nt
once Mrs. Lutte Neir, Stotler building.
Glen Elk. ClnrIssburg. au213tdwIt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

Our advise is, 'Don't wait until there
is another heavy advance in Real Es-
tate but buy now"
Who win pick this PLUMP
as feet fronting on Pike street, and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
COMES TO cLARKsBURG TO
HAVE EYES TREATED

Mrs. wier. wife OF President wier, Of
the Buckhannon seminary, accompanied
by her daughter, arrived in the city this
morning. They will be the guests Of
Rev. and Mrs. Arbuthnot for several
days, during which time Miss Wier will
receive treatment from DR.. Louchery for
her eyes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
HAGGERTY GOES
TO SCENE OF STRIKE.

Mine Organizer Thomas Haggerty left
Thursday morning for the scene of the
strike among the miners in the Elk Gar
den or Lower Potomac mining districts.
He goes as representative Of that the
United Mine Workers of American, and
to look after the interests of that organ
ization there.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
Conditions

Each competitor must sign his
or her name and address on the
postal card. Tho postal card
must have no address IN y hsIt
must lie enclosed ! - enNrlup
J and uiai!ed - tlr Jrn..S Shep-
herd e., CiarkSbur.- W Va.
The writing must be- i',gtblc uii-
der Il mi.l7;scppn aud l,tSr not
be cr.sscn Each cnuiprtitor
must put down tile number Of
times the sentence has been
written
You can use any pcu aud amy
ink.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
~ RI7iNG G0NTES |

When Open-Augusr 24th.
When Observation-Disclosures.
Who may EnJer-A nyUn
What to du-Write: water
mans Ideal Fountain Pen" the
greatest number OF times ON a
postal card.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27

Don't lose sight of the fact that
clarksburg mas today brighter prospects
than ever before, Her future is not spec
uIative, it is plain as the Handwriting
on the Wall" Just consider the many
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-08-27
KINGS pAueHTERs.

Will hold their weekly sale Of pies. cakes.
salads and bread like mother used to
make" At Hnyman 4 Costen's grocery.
August 20. 1903. nu27-2t
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

feet. said light or light, shall show white in
front. but may be colored on the sides.
This ordinance was adopted by the Board OF
Aldermen August 81. 1897. and approved by the
Mayor within two days.
Section 4 of the Chicago City Ordinances pro-
vides:
1t shall be unlawful for any owner or Or yer Of
any wagon. truck. dray. cart. carriage. cab. ON
nibus. bicycle or other wheeled vehicle to use the
streets Of the city Of Chicago without having dis
played after the hours Of s D. M. during the
period commencing with April 1 and ending Oc-
tober 81. after 6 p. m. during the period COM
mencing with Novembe I and ending March 81,
one or more lights or lanterns.
Philadelphia has the following ordinances re-
garding the lighting of vehicles:
Section 1. The Select and Common C7u,cf's o.
the city OF Philadelphia do ordatn that sixty days
after the passage Of this ordi :ance all vehicles
when driven or propelled on the highways OF
Philadelphia shall carry. between sur set and sun
rise. q light or lights In a conspicuous position.
SO az to readily be seen from In front. excepting
those proceeding at a rate OF speed not faster
than a walk.
Sec. .. ANY person or persons violating the pro-
visions Of this ordinance shall be liable to a pen
atty of five (0 dollars for each and every onense
to be collected before any magistrate in the city
OF Philadelphia, as like penalties are now by law
coIlectible.
Approved the fifth day of March. A. z. 1898.
CHAS. Il.
Mayor OF Philadelphia.
This ordinance was amended in 1899 as follows:
An ordinance to amend ordinance entitled IAN
ordinance requiring all Fe'iie'es. "heh uiNeh
or propelled upon the streets. to carry lights
after dark approved March .. 1895.
Section l.. The Select and Common Councils
Of the city OF Philadelphia do ordain that Sec
tion l of the ordinance entitled An ordinance
requiring all vehicles. when driven or propelled
upon the streets, to carry lights after dark ap-
proved March 5. 1898. be and the same is hereby
amended by adding the following to the end OF
the section: Provided. the provisions Of this sec
tion shall not apply to s!eiehs.
Approved the twenty-fourth day OF March. A.
D.. 1899. CHAS. F. WARWICK.
Mayor Of Philadelphia.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

with small ponds and there was no end to
the shooting season.
II had been hunting several day. that De-
Cember and had not made much of a repu-
tation for myself. l bagged a few teals and
an occasional spiketail. and at intervals I
would bring down a bigger one.
We'll. one morning l awoke and It was
as cold as Greenland. I thought it wouid
be useless to look for winged game that
day, but / wanted to do a little rabbit
shooting. I got up and before breakfast
started along the hedges and found a couple
OF cotton tails.
Il suppose I had walked about a mile
from the house when 1 heard a strange
noise out In one of the fields.
Il walked in that direction and soon saw
about a quarter of a mile away a good-sized
pond. I knew the racket came from there
and I got over AZ fast as my legs could
carry me. ;
IF I live to be 500 years old I'll never
forget the looks OF that pond. Il had frozen
over during the night and hundreds OF
ducks were imprisoned by the sheet of ice.
when they tried to fly as I came upon
them the ice held their legs fast. A few OF
them did get away. but l got most of them.
1 didn't fire a shot. / just walked out and
dubbed the birds to death. 1 could hardly
step without crushing a duck.
when 1 got tired of clubbing them I be-
gan pulling off their heads. and after work.
Ing Tor more imam an HOuf i Hdu u pue OL
game that would fill a dump cart.
'It was the greatest hunt I ever had and
I don't believe there is a man In the State
that ever bagged more game in one day. l
never counted the birds. but 1 think 800
would be a very safe estimate of the num-
Der l killed.
But those days have passed. The ponds
have been drained and the prairie hunter
who can now bag half a dozen ducks in
an all-GAy hunt considers himself pretty
lucky"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
His Money Was Mutilated.

A thrilling tale of strife in a Philadelphia
boarding-house and the humiliation Of
United States greenbacks In the struggle
was contained in a letter received by
Treasurer Roberts recently in Washington.
1t was short and to the point. running as
follows:
"sir: 1 had a fight with the boarding Lay.
and in the fight she grabbed the bills. and
tore them in half and threw her half In the
fire. through madness, ana l kept my hell.
P. S.-PIease send value Of 100 dollars"
The experts Of the redemption division
are inclined to believe that the fighting
clearinghouse woman outgrabbed the
boarder. for the latter had only some small
fragments to present for redemption.
They were measured up and found to
worth about e.
He win be reimbursed to hat amount
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
0acRBUScH NO ZSt
mr. 6ESTASZ2RZAH
1 mRl66EPE

Kind of a Joke on me. too. for I'm
cracked up as the best shot in town"
called at Busch's store. where the bold
advertisement. Guns and Ammunition,
was displayed. Busch seemed a trihe skep-
teal when asked about the robbery.
Don't you know that a man experiences
more in five seconds ike that than ne Can
tell in FIVE years. he said.
Il suppose some think that I ought to
have gotten out some of my guns down.
stairs.
Perhaps I ought. hut my daughter was so
frightened she almost had Mysteries, and
nv wife pulled me away from the front
window and wouldn't let me go. downstairs.
What can a man do when his wife acts
like that"
He continued. narrating what he had seen
from the side window.
Elsewhere in the town was found the
same semihumorous view of the robbery.
Doctor Stierberger. a graduate of a st.
Louis medical college. lives with his sister
and mother beside the bank.
He admits that he experienced. for the
first time In his life. a sensation which can
be termed only fear.
He heard the pistols popping in front OF
the bank: then came Funke's contribution
from another direction
He thought the town was surrounded and
refrained from interference.
THE JUDGE" HAD
NO MONEY TO LOSE.
There's a story told on another man who
bears the title of Judge. He rooms with a
Deputy Sheriff.
The latter awoke and aroused his COM
paniOn. saying:
Wake up! Robbers are blowing open the
bank. judge"
1t IL reported that the Judge replied. be-
fore again subsiding into slumber:
We'll. l haven't any money in the ank."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Union. Mo-. Dec. 30-How the bank rob-
bers came to Union. how they bombarded
the town, and how they enriched themselves
$1,000 in twenty minutes last week. to
Franklin County citizens is only less mirac-
ulous than the chance" by which the ma
RAIDERS made their escape.
Union has experienced nothing SO absorb
ing since wartime. unless, perhaps. it was
the Duestrow trial. and a trial, even with
q hanging for a sequel. is dull compared
with the safe-blowers' visit.
In the dead Of night came the desperadoes
and brief was their stay.
But such q cannonading and booming and
swearing as they kept UP during this short
interval, according to the townspeople!
You would have thought them forty
strong, and such was the general belief I'M
til sober analysis reduced the number to
three at the most. or. to what is most
probable. a mere twain.
design Of the robbers was carried
out in every particular.
Accordingly a retrospect of the episode
makes safe-blowing look simple. and that
method Of stealing money appear easy.
As for the conclusion OF the story-how
the desperadoes got ~away-Union admittedly
is laughing at itself. SO others will be par
doned for q go~od-natured laugh at Union.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

AS I ride down upon the car.
/ find it quite amusing
To read the signs upon the boards.
Which people are abusing.
They tell me what I ought to eat
And what l should be wearing:
Upon a scene of housetops gay
1 find my eyes are staring.
Some kinds of soap serve quite as well
For washing or for bathing:
And also shampoo for the hair.
And excellent for shaving.
A champagne ad. appears to view,
A scene of joy and laughter.
The next one shows what one should take
To cure 1.-The morning after"
Some rosy cupids come in view.
In antics most diverting:
Next you can have your teeth removed
By dentists without hurting
And then, of course, we all should wish.
For teeth both white and pearly;
And read with great delight of what
VIII make the hair quite curly,
To have your floors as smooth as glass
Would seem to be quite easy:
And to the cleaner you can send
A garment that's quite greasy.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

As the. Transit Company operates 300
miles of trackage within the city limits.
this total of eighty-three fatalities a year
makes its quota one fatality for every
three and one-half miles.
This total of ~eighty-three deaths includes
three employees. who were killed in shops
and sheds; two passengers. who jumped of
moving cars. and one laborer. who jumped
off the Frisco bridge at Vandeventer ave-
nue. the day after the Fourth of July. on
which he had been celebrating extensively.
Although he had been working on this
bridge all during its construction. an ap-
preaching car. a block away, caused him
to jump thirty feet to the ground from the
bridge.
He died from the injuries received, and
his death Is recorded on the Coroner's books
to the Transit Company.
The Transit Company has no right-of-
way at all. save a little strip Of territory
the length of a block near Easton avenue.
All Its lines move through and converge
in rowded thoroughfares.
In round figures. the mileage of the
Transit Company for all its cars per day
IL $1,000 miles. a mileage more than three
times larger than it takes to circumscribe
the globe.
Vehicles. including automobiles, killed q
total of forty-six persons.
The record for the year 1902. from month
to month. is aa follows.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

Editor Clark Brownie Is Postmaster,
something of a lawyer and a Union oracle
had a cheerful fireside. and l sat by the
stove and listened to the citizens talk about
the robbery.
Browns sanctum was accessible to all
and the town characters happened along
one after the other.
1t was natural that several should be
eyewitnesses of the depredations. and that
others We're auditors of the same. for
homes were numerous adjacent to the
bank.
CLARK BROWN CHATS
ABOUT EPISODE
II think it's human nature" said the
editor, ito be a little afraid when you
don't know just what you're fighting.
"a brave mans not so brave when taken
unawares. You see these fellows rode into
town. and when they got started on the
bank kept popping away with their forty
fours till you couldn't tell whether there
was two or twenty.
Il don't think any man who didn't go out
was exactly afraid-just a little scared.
Hearing was better than seeing"
e O.. Griese was one who lived diago-
nally across the street from the bank. anil
who was Weakened by the first explosion.
which destroyed the door of the vault.
He listened to Browns generalities with
increasing agitation. He said:
Il wasn't scared: nc. I wasn't. / got up
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

BY far the greatest number of street-car
fatalities occur in the summer. between the
hours of / a. m. and daybreak. and in the
winter. between the hours of 3 a. m. and
daylight. by cars running into wagons.
The two street railway arrangements or
st. Louis claim that unlighted wagons are
responsible for the preponderance of these
accidents.
Collisions between street cars and We
hicles are also responsible for most of the
deaths.
II nine cases out of ten where milk
wagons figure in collision with street cars
the accident occurs before daybreak. when
milkmen are asleep, or drowsy, as they jog
along either in the track or close to 1t.
Records show an almost clean sheet for
milk-wagon collisions in the day time.
Black or. dark-colored wagons. with all
curtains down at night, cannot be distin-
guished from the color Of the ground even
at a small distance. and the possibility for
collisions is greatly enhanced on rainy,
sleety nights. when sleet coats the windows
Of v%estibules until they become almost i'm
penetrable.
One Of the startling fatalities recorded
for the Transit Company is that Of a NOV
a picnic last summer.
The collision took place on EtZel avenue,
a badly lighted thoroughfare.
Rain fell in torrents that night.
The van was black as Ink, will all Its
curtains dow and no lights.
Nearly every motorman on the street cars
Of st. Louis is emphatic in his statement
that the Welsbach street lamp gives a very
poor light in the center OF the street.
The records Of the car companies are an
excellent commentary to this statement.
There is about one fatality in districts
lighted bv arc lights to fifty fatalities in
districts lighted by Welsbach lamps.
LIGHTS ON WAGONS.
The onlv remedy for street-car fatalities
from collisions with wagons IS to light the
wagons. In a list of large cities St. Louis
and Kansas City are the only ones that are
thus far unprovided with a lighting ordi-
nance.
Only hacks are required to carry lights
there.
New York. Philadelphia, Boston. Cincin-
natl. Chicago and many other smaller cities
have ordinances providing for the lighting
Of all vehicles.
In New York section 8 Of Rules Of the
Road provides as follows:
Each and every vehicle. excepting licensed
trucks. using the, public streets or highways OF
this city shall show. from one hour after sunset
until one hour before sunrise. q light or lights. 10
placed as to be seen from the front and each
side: such light or lights to be Of sufficient iliu-
minating power to b visible at . distance Of 90
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

| and stuck my head out of the window: I
didn't get under the bed. I'm no coward.
Il didn't say you were a coward" said
Brown.
well, I'm not" declared Griese.
But, Griese. why didn't you get your
| gun and take a shot at the fellers?' asked
a farmer.
IN tell you why answered the other:
my wife was scared to death.
] "She grabbed hold of me and wouldn't
1 let ne go out.
Il tell you. you don't know what II is TO
have a woman holding on to YOU like that.
and I care a sight more about my wife
than about killing bank robbers"
At this stage Charles Funke. an aged
veteran, joined the gathering.
| He lives in the house with Griese. and
! has the distinction Of being the only man
] in Union who used his pistol on the mem
| orable occasion. A quizzical questio1er
] sought to embarrass him..
They say. Mr.. Funke.' spoke the In
quisitor. that YOU thought there was a
Niger In your wood pile and banged loose
! at him"
Nav. that's not right: leastwise It's not
| correct" replied F,nke.
81 woke up the same as Griese and heard
the bangin' over by the bank and l guessed
as they were b!owin' it up.
$50 l got my pistol and poked it out the
window between the Stats. aiming at a man
l saw on the corner, and fired four times.
Il would "a gone. out after EN-. but as
Griese said. his wife wouldn't let us"
What Funke says Is right announced
Griese: "he shot four times"
PIsANI ATTEMPTED TO
MAKE AN INVESTIGATION.
At this j%uncture in stepped Ed Pisani.
whose home Is a half block from the bank.
and who. also. 1t seems, entered the lists
against the robbers.
There's Pisani.' said Brown. addressing
himself to me. He saw some of it. too. He
can tell you"
That's right continued Griese. with n
suspicion Of malice. tell him why you
didn't use your shotgun"
Pisani blushed a triae. but his statement
revealed at least that he had conquered
his wife.
ME and Andy Greifeld," explained Pr
sani.. heard the racket and suspicioned
what was going on. So We jumps into our
clothes. grabs my shotgun. My wife didn't
want us to go. but we. runs out into the
stubble field between us and the bank. One
Teller was standing out in the street blaz-
ing away with his pistol. He sees us and
shouts: Look out for them fellers below
there
II says: Andy, we better get under
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
HUNTERS STORY OF THE
DUCKS IMPRISONED By ICE.

"Every time it gets cold I want to get out
on the prairies and hunt ducks" said a man
to a friend in a downtown restaurant last
week.
II went duck hunting once and made a
reputation for myself that time and for
the last ten years I've wanted to repeat my
old trip.
IT was visiting down in the corn belt one
December.
THE ducks that year flew across the prai-
rfes by the millions. OF course, most of
them had gone further South by that sea-
son OF the year, but hundreds of them stil
remained.
Thc ~prairies in those days were dotted
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

! would be alarmed and would be colgregat-
! ing downtown in a very few minutes.
He had a pistol in each hand. With these
he ran hither and thither. a hundred feet or
so back and forth along the streets inter-
secting at the bank corner, firing all the
while.
Oscar Busch. whose hardware store Is
opposite the bank to the east. appeared in
his window on the second floor.
! Busch became the robbers mark. and
| the entire front of the stor. was dotted
with bullet holes.
REITERATED TO A LESS
| EXPOSED WINDOW.
A huge sign. Arms and Ammunition
fared forth over the sidewalk by the
| Busch place of business
But these were for sale. and were not
an arsenal with which TO annihilate bril-
| ea-ds.
So Busch retreated to a less exposed
window. where he watched the operations
of the robbers. By reason of this espion-
age the hardware dealer is now the best
historian of the affair in Union.
The safe-blower. as described. again van
ished into tine smoke of the first explosion.
Busch could see the red light of the
lantern slimmering from out the vault en-
trance.
Inc same operation with the nitro
slycsrin and the soap must have been
performed on the safe.
Then another retreat and another BOOM"
Again the rohber dashed into the smoke
and again reappeared.
"All right" he cried.
Have you got it?" shouted the other.
Yes. --- Let's git"
Away they rode. two on the one horse
say some. firing as they went. with $1,000
in currency and 5000 in drafts and checks.
Soph's horse was found next day five
miles distant. near the Frisco tracks.
1t is thought that they boarded a train
between Moselle and st. Clair. where the
grade is so heavy for westbound Frisco
ireights that they move at a snail's pace,
Search has revealed no trace or clew. Her.
man Zeck. a barber shop proprietor, had
some very realistic Impressions.
Il ran a big risk he said meditatively.
Hearing the noise / came down into the
shop. turned on the lights and stepped to
the window.
Il had my pistol in my hand. Somebody
was banging away outside. but l couldn't
conceive what for.
Il was just scratching some of the frost
off the pane to see out when a fellow with
two pistols came running by the store a
pumping away on both guns. not a bit par
ticular whom he was shooting at.
We'll. / put out the lights and went up
stairs.