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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-26
MINERS KILLED
In BAT E
STRIKERS Ar STANFORD cry
WHICH SCENE OF AWFUL CARNAGE, THE MOST HoRat
SINCE CIVIL WAR.
Disputes THREE HUNDRED MINERS WHILE
ON WAY 10 THE MINES rosmAk Arrests. FIERCE
TIE EnsuEs WITH DEADLY RESULTS q a5l Id @
UNITED STATES OTHERS WOUNDED
nm IIIA
BATTLE ExpEcrEn noMErr-sTR1kERs
rdpRIsoNED COMRADES.

Charleston. W. Va, Feb. ss.-Joseph.
Hciser and Lueian Lawson, two of the
rioting miners. died last night, bringing
the number OF dead up to thirteen.
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mines and swatehfur deputy mar.hals
armed to the teeth patrol the county
to prevent repetition Of the outbreak
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-26
MEET TO pay MIR. MscARry.

The board of directors of the Young
Mcn's Christian Association met at :
o'clock this evening in the Association
rooms. The object OF the meeting Is =
close the deal with \. B. Alecarty fer
lis lot on West Pike street. which vii.
become tliessite for the building the ~.
seciation win have erected Flc deed
has been prepared and signed. and i
ready for delivery. That win be sJc1se
this evening ~ the meeting aud lie
money, $4,000, paid 10 SIr. AIccs,rts. -
Gerald Burns, who has been in Ten.
.nessee the past Six months. retnrneti
home 'i.sst night 80
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r1Duc1ARY.

Lloyd Stout has qualified as guardian
OF Lloyd H. Young, infant of Layernia
Young, deceased; bond. $500. with
Jesse D. Kennedy as surety.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-26

aIissaLaud Russuissel, of Bnckhannon.
Is the guest Of relatives here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-26
MARR1AeE LICENSES.

Mornings licenses have been isuned n
:followz
Pefmstils 4. Ilqught and Grace Bus
sev.
Oscar q. Moore and Leila E. Riley.
Jasper y Pnpem and Rahama aGin-
bridgeport this morning and returned
this afternoon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

winter or two ago il was found that
snow caught in the caves and around the
ornamentation of the dormcr windows.
backed into the building walls when
melted, and dTenched the file rooms OF
the top stcry. So il was decided THAT a
special construction should be under
taken to prevent the recurrence OF this
mishap. 4 scanoIding was built f-rn the
apex OF the roof and men were put to
work. High up in the air. as they are.
it is impossible to tell TO what degree
the construction has gone. As they have
been at work for several months, II is
fair to infer that they are about to take
down the scafTolding Calculating ac-
cording 10 the earlier labor f. will re-
quire about 4 year further 20 rcEOve
this temporary construction. In hat
event, the remedy will have covered two
periods of freeze and thaw.
Two Views of the Monument.
Two qualities Of the washington
Monument give 1t an especial interest to
Washingtonians.
The first Is the occasional glitter CT
the aluminium tip. On bright DAYS.
especially in the spring, this "a aches the
sunlight and sends it shimmering into
the eyes of those who walk me reefs.
It has been called a daylight star. The
newspapers have commented upon it
again and again. Yet it. no doubt. has
been unnoticed by more than half OF
those who live within sight OF II.
The second aspect If the Monument
which excites wide notice is. that It is
always outlined against the sky at
night The darkness is never SO deep
the light Is never so gray, as to obscure
it. In the one case it stands impressive
and white. almost as though illuminated
from the interior. In the other, it's
two faces invariably present the con-
tTast OF half light and deep shadow 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

* * WINGED MESSENGERS. SUPERSE

Of the enemy. These birds were taught
to Fly straight at the pigeons and kill
them before they could start forth on
their mission. The carrier pigeon when
first released always flies high in the
air and wheels around a few times to
get its proper bearings before starting
forth on its swift Journey. It is at this
critical moment that the falcon or hawk
overtaEcs ard destroys it. But the in
PRODUCTION OF wireless teIegraphy is
changing all this. From late reports
nearly all the European nations are
talking of abandoning their pigeon ser
vices There is no longer any need Of
the birds. The line of development in
sending secret messages viii be in the
direction of electric impulses communf-
Gated to The air, and the pigeons viii
return to their original field of pleasure
and sport.
The German army. in the annual i'm
periaI maneuvers, has been the FIRST to
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mediate work, the wagons were equip
ped with telephone receiving appara-
tus and Morse recording machines.
Kites to Elevate Wires.
The two wireless posts kept the officers
stationed there in constant communica-
ton with the field officers as they led the
different divisions of the army through
the msneuvers. The messages were sent
over q distance varying from ten to
thirty miles. The telephone connection
with the aerial kite wires enabled the
officers to talk freely throughout the
whole of the campaign. The use of the
kites for carrying the wires up to a great
height marks a new departure in wire
less telegraphy. and it practically makes
it possible for armies in the field to com
municate with each other as freely as on
the sea.
Kites carrying aerial wires are eonsid-
cred by military experts the safest CT all
means devised for establishing communi-
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put wireless teGegraphy to test IN 4 prac-
teal way for military purposes. In or
der to prove the efficiency OF the new
system OF communication, Two military
stationary wireless posts were estab-
Hshed, and three portable outfits carried
by the soldiers. The latter were estab-
Hshed in army wagons. drawn by six
horses. The aerial wires fo- receiving
messages were carried up in the air by
means Of kites built for. this purpose.
and even on q quiet day the kites could
be made to fly when the horses were
dragging the wireless wagon along at a
moderate speed An electric receiving
and transmitting cabinet was mounted
on the wagon with the coil, key, sni
sending apparatus.
From the time the wagons started on
their journey constant communication
was kept up between them and the sta
tionary posts. Besides an ordinary tell
graph receiver and transmitter for :m-
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cation between widely separated d.
visions Of an army because Of their prae-
teal immunity from damage from shots
balloon may be punctured and de-
stroyed. but the passage Of a score Of
bullets through box kite would not ma
terialIy iniure it. The Germans have
perfected a kite with fat, soft wood
sticks, strengthened by slender steel
rod. which offers the greatest amount OF
freedom from injury by bullets Six or
seven Of these kites are flown in tandem
fashion to carry the wires to sufficient
height in the air. The German military
authorities use In the field the Braun
Siemens- HaIske wireless system, and
they claim that the attunement of both
the receiving and transmitting tnstru-
ments is such as TO provide absolute sec
recy. Balloons were also tried at the
imperial maneuvers. but these were no
better than the kites. and far more ex-
pensiYe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

buildings with a view tc advertising on
the brick walls exposed rather than
improve the property with interest
paying structures. The rent on one
wall space in Chicago was given re-
Gently al $50 900 year. But in Wash
ington the community can be reached
so much more satisfactorily IN other
ways that the walls are comparatively
undesecrated. It viii require no very
sharp eye to discover what feature in
this view toward the Capitol from Ninth
and F Streets has suggested this com
ment.
No part Of the city is more concerned,
or more likely 10 be affected by the
plans OF the Park Commission, than the
section compreh ended in the view south
west from the roof of the Washington
Loan and Trust Building All the fore
ground must improve itself. But that
section across Pennsylvania Avenue. #
the Commissions design be executed
will be transformed. At present its
central figures are the home of the
Postofhce Department and the Wash
ington Monument. rising in such prOx-
unity as 10 seem a single AXIS lot the
picture Near by are practically all the
manufacturing concerns Of washington.
In spite Of the well-known legislation
on this subject they pour forth day
after day waveriRg columns of smoke
and unite 70 form the one commercial
aspect Of the Nations Capital With
the adoption OF the Park Commission
plan these viii all disappear and
smoke will cease to be a feature of this
landscape
Looking Toward the Postoffice.
In the picture Of the Postofiee Build
ing can be seen lines Of scaffoldiug sur
mounting the gable east of the tower.
These tell peculiar and interesting
story of official thoroughness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

blockade runners employed a number Of
pigeons TO communicate with the shore
at desirable points. The United States
army carried no pigeons in Cuba. but a
number have been in use in the Philip
pines. where they have shown their
value in number of ways. Some of the
extreme outposts were connected with
by carrier pigeon messengers during the
troublesome days of the war. and since
the declaration of peace, efforts have
been made to improve the system.
When the English invaded South
Africa they carried several hundred
pigeons with them, and these were used
IN many ways. Pigeon quarters were
established at Cape Town and Lady
smith. and from these places the pigeons
carried their messages through the air.
So important were the pigeons becoming
as var messengers thai the German and
French armies were training falcons
and hawks to catch the liberated pigeons
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paused q moment, apparently weighing
The picture Of our Government in prac-
teal operation against the general pros
perity and progress Of our working
classes.
1T is the dome of your Capitol" he re-
piled ct is the most impressive struc-
ture I have ever seen. After you have
lived in Hindustan or travelled among the
Chinese. if you have any Angio-saxon
blood in your veins at all, the sight of
that beautiful white dome will make you
homesick in a way no man can describe"
The Capitol and Library.
Near the Capitol the sky line is broken
similarly. and yet differently. The new
building Of the Congressional Library is
so skiIITuUy designed and admirably con
structed as to suggest an immediate as
ISOLATION with the Capitol and still en-
nance its beauty. This dome flames like
a torch. II rises from a structure Of the
same general lines as its neighbor- But
it is so fashioned that, despite this like
ness, each building possesses a distiuc-
tive character and a separate existence,
sion. From Congress Heights and the
Long Bridge these two buildings, which
are actually only square apart, seem to
be separated by half a mile.
In the foreground of this view is the
peculiar Strasburg spire of the Metro
poIitan Methodist Episcopal Church.
Few Washingtonians realize that this
building and Luther Place Memorial
Church we're both erected with the help
Of fellow worshipers throughout the
United States.
Wall advertising has not get assumed
any distressing proportions IN Wash
ington. It makes its appearance, how
ever, in this view to the eastward. IN
New York advertising agencies have
purchased vacant lots aud adjoining
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offensive 10 more than one Of the senses
There is hardly q locality between the
Anacostia and Rock Creek where house
holders look from their back windows
by choice This is bad enough, but when
the uglincss OF such rear construction
raises itself to the view Of the entire
community the oflense is deplorable-
The present outlook is that this viii
never be remcdied by the improvement
Of the buildings. and can never be hidden
until Washington's business community
is built up soIidIy.
From the Center Of the City
The approximate center Of the city is
Ninth ard f Streets, and the justice Of
these observations is moro than indi-
Gated By the view in any direction from
the Washington Loan and Trust Build
ing.
North. south. east. and west the same
panorama presents itself. Jagged roofs,
impressive structures, disproportiorate
piles. and slender spires are spread in q
confused mass before the eye The col
lection is Heterogeneous in every sense.
IN the OiueE ud9S u '+4S eiA+ '44S -'i'-
sonic Temple was one Of the most i'm
pressiye non-goYernmental buildings in
Washington. It looked down sternly and
secretiveiy upon neighbors two or three
stories in height. It was enthusiastically
the most pretentious building in +
Street. Today it is little more than an
incident in the view taken for The Tines
toward the north.
C Street, which for twenty years was
the scene of much entertainment and
society. now opposes to its neighbor a
structure of two stories more height
and equally great architectural preten-
slons- Even this was found too small TO
meet the office needs OF that square. and
within the past year or so. an addition
was constructed 10 the McGiH Building.
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monument 500 feet high and built Of
white stone. cannot be hid
More churches can be seen in the
view 10 the northwest apparently, than
in all the rest Of the city combined. The
sky line almost bristles with them.
Moreover. there are several churches
within sight which have no spires. The
view is still further notable for the fact
thatfn the foreground alone it compre-
heDds three schools and two OF the larg-
est business houses in the community.
The city is here hemmed in by a con-
tinuation OF that line of hills which
guarded the Capital during the period of
the rebellion
: From these hills is one Of the most
pleasant and beautiful approaches TO
the National Capital Most American
.'eities are without any avenue OF en-
trance which is distinctly attractive and
beautiful But Washington has followed
line OF consistent growth TO the
northwest Much Of the land open for
further expansion in this direction is
nov held for sale subject 10 close re-
striction as to the character Of its pros
pective uses It seems assured, there
fore, that the section toward which the
eye is turned in this last view viii con
tinue to be the locality of the city's
most beautiful homes.
An Interrupted Skyline.
By a singular mischance one of the
most conspicuousIy disfguriag sky
scr ners of the community is poised IN
the middle Of this very district It is I'm
possible to escape It. Every hill from
the Chain Bridge TO the Reform School
focuses the gaze upon it. It's back is
not only plain, but inslstentIy ugly In
this one building lies the text for a cen
fury Of preaching against buildings
which do not even pretend TO beauty. It
is TO be hoped the future may produce a
strong public sentiment sufficient TO
compel the abolition OF such dislgure-
ments as this aud 10 prevent the perpe-
tration OF any further designs OF the
same nature
These four views have one redeemins
quality. They are frightened, coIored.
and adorned in the summer. Even the
most preposterous Flat iron" assimi-
lates interest and lack Of o1ense when
surrounded By beautiful trees. The
coming OF spring, therefore. means that
the four views OF Washingyon's skyline
viii be somewhat relieved to the eye,
even if unchanged to the camera. Here.
then. are the evil and the remedy hard
in hand But the disciple Of the besuti-
ful will still lament that u this climate
and this life. buildings thrive and grow
with much greater ease than the trees
which adorn them
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Northwest From Washington Trust Building

which. by reaching back toward F Street
nearly doubled its size. A few years ago
this view would have been broken By The
plain and rather heavy tower OF The
Fourth Presbyterian Church. which then
stood on Ninth Street only a block and
q half away Today that factor IN the
skyline has disappeared. and in lis stead
is series OF small low business stTvc-
lures
The most prominent break in The sky
line of this view is the spire Of the
Church Of the Ascension a Twelfth
Street and Massachusetts, Avenue Be
yond this the city loses itself in -adis-
tinct structures. and the low line Of
hills which General Mcclellan chose as
the northern line of Capital dcfenses
during the civil war. Il is not an at
tractive sight
i View to the Eastward
Eastward two OF the finest buildings
in the world. church O. national in
terest. and the graceful contour OF the
hills beyond the Anacostia River give
the view more interest. The eye rests
naturally on the dome Of the Capitol
James Whtcomb Riley spoke for him
self alone. when he said:
It's grand, first time you see it. but
it changes by an by"
The average American, as that term is
accepted these days, never tires of il He
has little or no knowledge as to the figure
which surmounts it. It stands in his eye
for the beauty and soIidity of the Gov
eminent in which he is an fnteger
Away down in Texas there are pictures
Of this same dome IN all the railroad sta
tions. Up in Maine it consorts with mar
BILE top tables and haircloth furniture.
A distinguished traveller who came to
Washington from the Punjab was asked.
at the end of his stay what had i'm
pressed him most in America. He
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

IT He Russian painter. Veretscha-
gen, left America after his first
visit TO the New World, almost
angry over the recollection of our sky
serapers. He came back TWO or three
years later and obtained several desira-
bic commissions This may have changed
his point Of view. At any rate he seems
to have undergone a change of mind
concerning American architecture, as is
evident in the following story:
yeTetschagen stood On the Cunard Line
pier talking with friend and looking at
the Statue of Liberty.
When I came 10 America. said he. I
thought the New York sky lines marred
beyond possible redemption by two or.
three ugly, ungaiuly sky -scrapers,' But
now" and here the painter looked
around cautiously and lowered his voice
to whisper, 1T begins TO look grand
American cities are not all alike. By
the testimony both Of natives and for
signeTs Washington is the most beautiful
Of all But it, also, has been undergoing
a transition from a community Of low
buildings TO one which has extended up
ward, rather than sidewise. Within the
past few years over three hundred apart
ment houses have been erected, and most
Of these are sufficiently high TO inter
rupt the sky line Of the city. There have
been three notable hotels constructed.
That section of the city comprehended by
the Mall, G Street. Eighteenth Street,
and John Marshall Place, has been
studded with high Office buildings
A Change of Sky Line
The consequence is a complete trans
formation of Washington as viewed
from any height which indicates its sill
houette against the sky. The Capital
has not yet begun to look grand, as the
Russian expressed it. There Is still too
wide an area reflective of the ante-beI-
Ium period OF its existence. Indeed. the
City of Magnificent Distances has
earned that sobriquet in another sense.
The old sweep of avenues through va
cant lots and the juxtaposition OF howell
and mansion are practically things of
the past In their stead has come the
association Of high, gray stone Office
structures, and low, broad bricked bust
ness houses. IaboriousIy converted from
original use as dwellings
Another element mas operated against
the use Of sky-scrapers as q means Of
aGornment- Not even here have Ameri-
cans yet learned the needfuI lesson tha,
buildings must be ornamental behind as
we'll as before. The interiors of ninety
nine out OF one hundred city blocks are
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ed TO fly twice a week to Paris, and
others liberated in the city fly to their
home in the lofts along the border line.
England, France, Germany, Russia. and
Italy have carrier pigeon services in
their navies. and at the regular fleet
maneuvers messages are constantly sent
from the vessels to the shore and back
again. So carefully has the system been
developed that it would be difficult to
cut of Communication between war
ships and the mainland. or between
Two armies in the field
During the Siege of Paris.
In several wars the services Of the
carrier pigeons as messengers OF i'm
portance have been demonstrated. The
first which excited unusual scientific at
tention vas at the siege Of Paris. when
messages were carried out of the be
Ieagured city repeatedly by the birds
Even in the siege of Richmond few
carrier pigeons were used, and the old
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

Changes in the
Perspective That Have Been
Brought About BY the Erec-
ton Of Hundreds Of Tower
ing Business Buildings and
Apartment Houses Within
the Past Decade. :. :. :.
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Looking Washington

! Complete Transformation
From What It Was a Few
Years Ago How the City
Looks to 4 Spectator From
Any Height Which Indicates
Its Silhouette Against the
Sky. :. :: :: :. :. :.
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" He adoption OF the wireless tele-
graph system for transmission of
messages apparently sounds the
doom OF the carrier pigeons in army and
navy services both in this country AID
Europe; but the relegation Of the birds
back TO the paths Of peace and good
viii cannot be regretted by their breed
ers and lovers. It seemed like an anach-
ronism Of nature ever to have converted
the innocent pigeons into war messen-
gers. but the ezigencies of modern mill
tary service demand that every posi-
BE agency. contribute toward the one
great aim.
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Much Used in Europe.

In Europe war pigeons have been used
on much larger scale than in this
country. On the boundary between Ger
many and France there are more than
two score pigeon lofts where carrier
pigeons are kept. These birds are train
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-26
COurtship.

Janet had nodded the domestic af-
fairs of a Boston family for so many
years that the news of her intended
marriage had much the effect of an
earthquake. "Have you and David
been engaged long?" ventured the
mistress of the household.
"One week when next Sabbath
comes" stated Janet, briefly.
"And-and had you any thought OF
marrying before that?" asked her
mistress.
''Times / had and times | had not"
said the impurturbable Janet, "as any
person will. But a month ago, when
/ gave David a wee bit Of the cake I'd
been making, and he said to me
Janet, have we the recipe firm in
your mind, lass, SO you could make it
if Mrs. Mann's book would be far
| from your reach?' I knew well ths
| time was drawing short.
"And when," said Janet, closing her
eyes at the recollection, 81 said to him
David, lad, the recipe is copied in Il
little book of my own and l saw the
CLINT in his eye, J. reckoned 'twould
be within the next month he'd ask
me."-Youth's Companion.