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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24

which was to be % miles long and from
20 10 p feet deep. Over eight miles of
The canal had been completed at that
time and The construction was being
pushed II was proposed to establish
ary dock and naval station at La Porte
which would cost from $4,000 900 to $10,-
100000
But Galveston refused to be pushed
Oh the island or be run out of business
by little thing like the Gulf of Mexico.
something OF the Chicago spirit possess
60 her, Ii Hollands 1000 spare miles
territory, much of it below the sea
level ana which supports ,000,0 900 souls,
could be projected by 100 miles of dikes
along the Zuyder Zee, surely Galveston's
'e" miles. five 10 II feet above the level
OF i4e sea, need not be abandoned be-
cause once in its history the water had
risen no height of 10 feet and the wind,
'Lt heIcest known TO annals, had blown
i-' miles / hour. The protection of
HoHaAo. the elevation of large portions
vi NlltdSo, and of nearly the whole of
sacramento, Cal, proved that the Gal
'g,oA problem was merely one of engi-
leer.n9 detail.
.NsFtE Tor single hour, even during
que earliest period of the awful storm,
Las galveston entertained the thought
qua. @As city would be wholly or in part
abandoned Eight days after the storm
vessels We're loading at the wharfs. The
'g.-. papers never missed an issue, al
'-'--a Tor few days their editions were
''--r sheets, the size of hand bills, run
y" on 700 presses. The banks opened
avg business on the third day Mer-
e--4.s ordered new stocks of goods as
5'l. az .1a telegraph lines were opened.
81. -a. lr-u said hiatt herebuilding of the
'1'...aa bridge would take two months,
Old. Do " days trains were running regu-
+ -..o the city.
galveston is the natural water gate
way 20 'he southwest The city is built
BARROW strip OF sand 80 miles long
-.. tle 10 three miles wide. 1t has been
,a.a i1at the city was born of geo.
5-.-. aud commerce and that she can
L While there are a great west and
'aaf 80 TO sea. The economic
which made Galveston the fourth
export port Of the country still
Tile years business following
m showed substantial increase
..0 Ear preceding. Cotton re-
&. August 81 1901. was s2177. 1888;
-.Fea to August 81, 1900. was
The grain exports for 1900
l+alg,37S bushels. that for the
re- The storm, $4,000. were 49,
easae.s. At least $4,000 600 has
gen. % repairs and restoration OF
i1ae the storm Of 1900
.-s al-absorbing problem has
-a protection Of the city from fur
alton In 1902 s1.7l5.2l7 were
.'I permanent protective improve
ZIG appropriation made by con-
- l2r deepening and widening the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24

der the command Of the governor Of the
different provinces, and there is no CO
operation between Them. This force
numbers less than 200. 600 men. though
ms paper strength is more than 500 900.
This makes the total army Of China num-
Der about 300, 900 men on the present
peace footing, with paper strength. or
war footing, OF close TO 100000
That the Chinese army al It now ex-
lists, with all its crudeness and super
stitions, is useless, or even worse was
proven by the war with Japan. That 1t
is possible TO make a soldier Of no mean
ability Of the Chinese coolie was proven
by Gen Gordon. but China will have TO
take long step forward and forget the
approximations Of centuries before she
can do in "a large way what Gen. Gordon
did with a small force. With militant
Japan as drill master II Is possible
that the army of the empire may be made
into a formidable foeman for Russia.
but IL cannot be done IL war comes
quickly. gar.~ia .a5
China. with It's 100000 900 eople.
fcJuld easily dominate the east, and pre-
vent her own disintegration, If she sue
ceeds In making soldiers OF her raw ma
terlal, but to do so must be the growth OF
generations and not the work 81 a day or
official edict. and the chances are the
rtloderhized arnyy.saiptnot cotnt IN time
TO save the empire.
DANIEL CLEvER~oN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24
WESTON will within thu

J: !: !: !: !: !: !: !: !: !
WESTON will within the
~ next three years be in posi-
XIV ,ion 10 bid defiance to the
uSlE- worst storm and tidal wave
AKI which the Gulf OF Mexico can
~ pick M. The 17-foot sea wall
-, eplf side of the city has been
iaCIDs aonnleted, and the work OF rising
avn, -. of the city 10 the level OF the
.1o II this barrier is to begin aecoiuihs
wv .ta terms OF the contract, WITHIN the
/" eo DAYS The board appointed by
leA' -orerror has awarded the contract
~. his work The plan which the con-
y. .tors propose is to construct canal
un, s.o, deem from the bay inside ard
-, 5oo feet from the sea wall. They
a 's,jmare that it will take II 100000 cubic
80 of filling to raise the city TO the
"a ~ the sea wall. This gigantic en-
.iresripg feat will, when completed, take
,,ro.o as one of the nine wonders OF
~. world and will cost the county under
-, contract price of 1872 cents per cubic
s 'a nearly 100000, for which the
cy will issue BE- ds.
a, the time of the awful catastrophe
- Santemher 1900, when the city was
.Ir,osr wiped out of existence and 5000
~osidents perished, the prediction was
ante generally made that the city would
never be rebuilt; that the thriving me
,ronlis had received a blow from which
sba would never recover. Industrious
ravspaper men and magazine writer's
order such captions as THE Solving of
ca'yestons Problem" "The Lessons of
cqlyestons Flood, etc, told how Gal
vestop's site might be abandoned for a
ssfar location. La Porte, the only ele-
waited point on the Texas coast, being
u 10 40 feet above the mean sea level,
Uas picked out as the probable location
NJ The new Galveston. Twelve members
of the rivers and harbor committee of
congress, with Chairman Theodore f.
Burton. of Ohio, at its head, inspected
La Porte. A ship canal was projected
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24

smopth-bore muskets. while practically
one-hHf the men in each regiment are
banner bearers and not armed at all, OF
methods of commissaria. nothing is
known, nor is there such a thing AS hos
pitfalls or medical service. The reasons
for this state of affairs lie. In great
measure, to the fact that funds appro-
priated for the army have been misap-
piled, and gone to enrich boodling off
cials.
The Manchu army, which is practical
iy the only imperial army OF China.
numbers from $4,000 to 100000 men,
though on paper II boasts of 300, 900. OF
these about 10000 are stationed In gar
risons in Manchuria, and some 5000 in
Picking This army Is the support Of the
Manchu dynasty. and Is recruited al
most exclusively from tho Manchus and
the Monguls.
The provincial army, called the Green
Flags, consists of Is corps, one for each
province. These various corps are un-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24

The orthodox church of Russia is
said 10 be enormously rich. IT is esti-
mated that the national debt Of Russia,
which amounts TO 81 100000 900, could
easily be paid by the church, and yet
leave # not altogether impoverished.
one OF its great sources Of income is the
sale of consecrate5 candles. Thus the
cathedral Of Kagau. IN St Petersburg,
during the last Easter season, sold no
fewer than 33 G92 consecrated wax can
dies at prices ranging from three ko-
peaks to one romble apiece.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24

II was a warm moonlight night when,
with few picked men Of my squadron,
I set out to reconnoiter the enemy's po-
sition.
We had only general knowledge Of
the country: we were aware that In
front OF us was a wood Of moderate size,
behind It open meadows and titled land
and adjoining the latter farmhouse
which we suspected 10 be the principal
hiding place and storeroom OF ammuni-
ton of the Franc-tireurs.
The wood, however, proved larger and
more difficult to traverse tsan we ex-
pected. and although we used every pos
sibIe precaution We were OTTER dis
turbed by sounds as II the enemy were
at hand and watching us.
We were already considering whether,
under the circumstances. 1t would bead
yisable 10 pass sut Of the protecting
gloom Of the forest into the bright
moonlight. when the rising storm Gov
erred the sky with clouds. Transforming
the brilliant moonlight into the most
intense darkness.
We had reached the edge OF the woods
and stopped :. moment irresolutely gaz-
ing on. upon the dark. silent plain
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-12-24
Warning from the
Other World ~ ~
A Cavalry Officers Narrow Escape from
Trap in the Franco German War.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

f. are living in an age of discov-
w cries and solutions of great mys-
tsries. Who, so years ago, would have
dreamed of the existence of the X-rays
of all the marvels of electricity, of
bacilli and serums?
Yet the human intellect is far from
having attained the goal of its desire OF
investigation, On the contrary, The
wonderful discoveries of the great scien-
fists have but stimulated and urged ii
more swiftly than ever along the great
race course whose prize and goal are in
vention and success!
What marvel If the learning of the
twentieth century, which has already
made so many impossible things posi-
BILE, seeks to transform the pretense OF
conjuring up ghosts into earnest and to
cast light even into the gloom Of the
grave?
Ghost stories are told by the thousand,
and. If the tales of old women could be
believed, we should all have walked
long ago in blaze of light and known
that precisely at II o'clock" skeletons
danced in the churchyards and pallid an
cestral danes wandere.. restlessly
through every old castle.
But such tales would possess abso-
lutely no interest for the public, who de-
sire to see this subject treated seriously.
Therefore the following one is related
on the authority OF persons whose char
acter is a guarantee of trustworthiness.
The incident was related by Joseph
Victor Won Scheffel, the famous author
Of "Ekkehard," by an intimate friend.
a cavalry officer, whom he called S. and
described in the following terms;
"His character excludes the possibi-
lily of any distrust. A thorough soldier,
very practical in his mode Of thought,
frank to bluntness, yet genuinely re-
ligious; man who, though he never
talks of his piety, in the hour OF need
sends forth a prayer from the Utmost
depths OF his heart.
He was a cavalry officer and during
the campaign of 1870 and 1871 was prin-
cipally engaged in pursuing Franc
tireurs. a service for which lis caution,
GOODNESS and courage bordering upon
recklessness, rendered him specially fit
ted
"The following story was told me
with his own lips"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
w. NJ. Freese.
Real Estate Broker.

offices, 2 aud 8, Moore Building.
FOR RENT-one i've room house
on Mulberry street with bath attach
ed. One six room house on Water
treet, and two rooms with private
saith attached.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10

S. A. Lewis did not go to Charles
ton last night as was his intention.
Business matters detained him. He
will 20 tomorrow morning.
Judge Edwin Maxwell and Jasper
s. Kyle, delegates from this county to
the Legislature. viii leave Monday for
Charleston.
FOUND = Saturday morning a
watch charm. Owner can have same
by proving ownership and paying for
this advertisement. Address or call
on J. G. Caywood. 1o-1t
Captain John Hileary, editor of the
Buckhannon Republican, was here
this morning, enroute to Elkins and
Belington to look after some business
matters.
Have your eyes examined and spec
tacles accurately fitted by DR.. Hard
man, oculist and aurist. Fordyce
Building. Jan. 1o-o2-1y
Dexter G. Powell is one of Salem's
prominent business men in the city
today.
DR.. Hardman, eye, ear, nose and
throat specialist. Treatment, surg,
cry, artificial eyes, spectacles and x
Ray examinations and electric treat
ment. Fordyce Building. Jan. 1o.o2.ly
DR.. George L. Summers, who has
been clerking at Stones drug store
several months, left this morning for
Huntington. IIe will engage in the
medical practice at a coal mine near
that city.
The clarksburg Building and Loan
Association Is now ready to receive
subscriptions for stock. The treasur-
er's Office at No. / Rookery Building,
near Traders Hotel, is the place to
Investigate this safe and profitable
system of Investment. The treasurer
will be in the Office until p. m. Sat
urday. Jan. s-w and diff
Arthur Thompson is here from
Buckhannon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Fine Stationery and Engraving

The Telegram is pleased to announce
that 1t has made arrangements with
one of the largest engraving establish
ments in the United States who make
a speciality of engraved cards, an
nouncement cards, wedding invita-
.tIons and monogram stationery and is
now prepared TO furnish this class TO
work at the lowest prices. Anyone
Desiring fine stationery can save money
by sending their order to the Tele-
gram Office. If
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Winter Tourist Tickets, Season
iso2-3-8altimore & Ohio

The Baltimore s. Ohio Railroad has
placed on sale at all pridcipal offices
east Of the Ohio River, Tourist tickets
to points in Alabama, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North
Carolina and Texas; also Havana,
Cuba, and Nassau, N. p, at reduced
rates. For additional information
call on agent Baltimore s. OHIO R. R.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Gut Glass For Weddina 6lfts

one of the most precious offerings
hat can be made. Rich, brilliant,
beautiful and incomparably radiant
m the stdeboard our cut glass has a
;harm of its own. Each piece is hand
;ut in the latest patterns and extreme
y artistic In effect. Our prices are
extremely low for high class goods in
his line.
F. A. ROBINSON & SON,
800 Main Street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
GET INSIDE.
Your Friends and Neighbors In
CIarksburg win SHOW yo,, Ho,

Your Friends and Neighbors In
CIarksburg win Show you How.
Rubbing the back won't cure back
a liniment may relieve. but can't
Baekache comes from the inside
from tine kidneys.
Doan,s Kidney Pills get inside
They cure sick kidneys.
Here is Clarksbnrg proof that this
&. Z. johnson, miner, of sl4 Jackson
street, says II have never had a
strong back, something necessary to a
man who follows my occupation, and
OF late years l have suffered a great,
deal from attacks OF pain across The
lofnS, each succeeding one more severe
and prolonged than its predecessor.
MY BACK mas been so lame and sore
that when bend IL was all / could do
TO straighten and after 1 contracted
cold IL was sure TO seat itself in the
lolns and misery very feebly expresses
what / endured. Thinking that Doan's
Kidney Pills might help / went TO
Wells u HaymakeriS drug store for a
box more out of curiosity than expect.
ing results. The treatment agreeabIy
surprised me. / never used medicine
whlct gave such; untouched relief as
Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Johnson
can speak just as positively about the
remedy as /. She used it for symptoms
of undoubted kidney complaint and
The results received proved that for
weak or over excited kidneys nothing
can equal Doan's Kidney Fills. -
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y,
sole agents for the United State,
Remember the name oan sand
take no substitute. Jan. 6 deod-w1t.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
R E M o d EsLIN.G

Sheriff John a. Fleming returned
last evening from Fairmont, where he
spent two days on private business.
Editor G. a. Baker, of Salem, who
spent the day here yesterday. returned
home last night.
81. B. Davis, of Doak, was here last
night on his way to Uniontown, Pa,
to see some capitalists, who are taking
up large coal field in Doddridge
county.
Mayor L. G. Grille went to Fairmont
this afternoon to spend Sunday With
friends.
Don't buy a typewriter of any name
or make before seeing me.-C. E. Lay,
westert Union Telegraph office.
jan 81 W
Mrs. Wallace B. cosgrave, has been
the guest of friends in the city.
The Misses Flndlay OF Mt. Savage,
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Charles o.
Findlay on Mulberry street.
Miss Davis, of Grafton, who was the
guest Of the Misses Kobleaard, has re-
turned home.
Miss Columbia Duncan has returned
from zlnesvilie, o., where she had
been visiting Miss stansberry.
Miss Stafford. of Pittsburg, is visit
ing Miss Lille Hart.
DR.. W. L. Henderson has moved his
office from the Sier's building to the
Rookery building on Third street, in.
loom Nue.. dec so-1m
Mr.. and Mrs. George Grant Oliver
have arrived home.
Mrs. sprigg D. Camden, of Parkers-
burg, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Waldo P. Gor, at waldomore.
Mrs. Robert L. Morrison has re-
turned fro Parkersburg.
w. M. Porter successor to Camper
s. Emlong, the milliners with T. j.
Lynch & Co. offers big bargains in
trimmed and untrimmed hats. Max
ing room for a fine and up.to.date
spring stock. dec31-tf.
Mrs. Dorsey R. Porter will return
Saturday from a months visit in
Berryville, Virginia.
Mr.. A. P. Dennis has gone to Rich
mond.
Miss Martha Basel has arrived
home from Wheeling.
Mrs. Benjamin R. Blackford and
little daughter, Eleanor. returned to
Parkershurg Tuesday.
DR.. Hardman will give to his eye,
ear, nose and throat patients X-Ray
examinations and electric treatment
If required without extra charge.
Jan. loosely.
Col. John W. Carpenter came in on
the morning train from Salem and
spent the day here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Funeral of
James Palmer

James Palmer, aged 50 years, who
died Friday afternoon at Glen Falls,
was buried in the Nutter cemetery on
the Thomas G. White farm on the
.Buckhannon road this afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Torn Down

Carpenters finished today tearing
Town the old building on the corner Of
Pike and Third streets. recently va
Gated by the clarksburg Produce Com
pany and Others. The superintendent
of the new building has lot of stone
on the site for the foundation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10

Rev. W. NJ. Blair, of salem, is a
visitor in the city today.
Mrs. Ray Randolph is here from
Salem shopping.
Miss Tiny Heenan, of Salem, came
in this morning and is the guest of
relatives.
Miss Ida Brooks left this morning
for a visit of two weeks with her
mother near Bridgeport.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Nugget Will be Sold

John a. Tierney, administrator of
the estate of the late Harry cahnl, is
about to sell the Nugget saloon. He
has two prospective purchasers, name
~, Duffy s. Nellis and Murray s. Han.
non. There is hitch as to the lease
of the building.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10
Fine Horses Shipped

East bound B. s. o. passenger train
No. 4, which passed here Ito o'clock
last evening was composed of ten
coaches, there being three extras, ELL
ed with blooded horses being shipped
from Cincinnati to Cumberland and
other point in the east.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-01-10

All persons owing the firm of =. G.
White s. Son will please call and set
tie within the next thirty days. If
they do not they will ind their ac-
counts in the hands of the Adjusting
Company, of Chicago. Call at $50
East Pike street. jan Tat
The oasis., 1903-09-12

Morenci Standard: Glib Tompson and Sam McMillan have a very promising gold property within less than a mile and a half of Nor enci. The vein is narrow, but is exceptionally rich, and if the pre- sent values hold out the property will become desirable. Some samples have been exhibited in Morenci, and they are full of bright free gold. The rock shown will run many thousand dollars in gold to the ton and is free milling. The vein is in the hills on the west side of the Morenci Southern railroad near the loop at the entrance of the canyon. The owners are doing some work on the property to open it up, and from all indications they will be well repaid.
The oasis., 1903-09-12
MINING NEWS.

Prescott courier; ledge of nlgl grade ore has been struck in tn, Eureka claim of the Eureka Colo and Copper company, located about eight miles south of Jerome A sample from the ore body gives returns of $S7.4S per ton. The ledge is over five feet wide, and al carries mineral. There is two feet of the high grade ore. Good re- suits in free gold have been horned from all along the ledge
 Tucson Star: Over one hundred men are engaged in work at or near Gro Blanco at present. The Tres Amigos is working forty men Thirty-tive men are at the Gold Zone property Twenty on the old Orc Blanco and twenty at the Old Glory. Machinery is being re- ceived at the Tres Amigos mines and at the Old Glory. Most of the machinery is being brought from Tucson though considerable comes from Nogales.
 Prescott Courier: The Interna- tional Onyx and Marble company, composed of Denver, Colorado, and London, England, capitalists, has purchased the Big Bug onyx fields and yesterday made payment of 5000 on a purchase price which is stated to be S150,000 The sale was handled by Hon. T. c. Norris of Prescott. These oynx fields are most extensive and afford the rare translucent sea green onyx in al- most unlimited quantities. The onyx fields are located near Mayer.
 Phoenix Gazette: Col. Charles Rampf is in the city, coming in from his diamond claims on Upper Camp Creek yesterday. Col. Rampf is still sure that he will find dia- monds in his claims, and of good size and value. He has not been able to do great deal of work de- veloping the claims, but has found what he says are small diamonds of good grade. He has brought sev- eral of these specimens with him, and will have them examined by experts. Considerable fun has been had at different times out of Col. Rampf's diamond mines, but he keeps right on working, paying no attention to the jokes. Mining men say that all Rampf has Is white quartz in a malapal forma- ton.
 Yuma Sentinel: The report has reached this city that the Planet Copper Company, operating the old Planet property on the Bill Williams Fork, this county, have very recently opened up large body of high grade copper ore in a new shaft. The shaft referred to is the second and last sent down on the west side of the Planet gulch and opposite the old workings. The examinations of the present company showed strong indications that the ore bodies crossed the gulch and would be picked up on the opposite side in equal, if not greater, bodies. The first attempt resulted in no material discoveries down to 200 feet. The second shaft was located about 200 feet farther to the south, and, consider ing the depth it had attained in April, has probably exposed the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-02-13
PROBATE COURT.

In the estate of John b. Russell. Of
Massillon, a petition to sell real estate
has been filed and private sale Or
dered
In the estate of John Betz, of Paris
township. appraisement has been or
dered.
In the guardianship of Ella and FL
mer Yoder, OF Nimishllen township
inventory has been filed
In the estate Of Joseph ]. Piero, ~
Canton, inventory and appraisement
have been filed.
In the guardianship of Sarah 4,
Young, Of Bethlehem township. the
first partial account has been filed.
In the estate of John Kurtz. of Law
renee township, private sale of person.
al property has been ordered.