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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03
ssAaEEfNB TOM IS
NOW A CAPITALIST.
Mr. Schwab's SIS Gift Starts a Suit
that Finally Enriches unfor
4; tunate Newsboy

NEW YoRK, Dec. Blind Tom"
Angus who for many years has sold
papers at the West Twenty-ninth
street ferry, was made happy yester-
day when his counsel, L. E. Herr
4, ma nm, Jr., Jersey City, notified him
4 thai he was $4,000 Weather.
Sixteen years ago, when living with
Il his parentsin the Lafayette section Of
8$5Jersey City,sAngus attended a public
;sS$gchool While running to his home
y one afternoon playmate William j.
iSJungHng accidentally threw ammonia
into his face It destroyed his sight
ssstsd his school days We're ended. He
xzr1ned permission to sell papers at
the Pennsylyani Ferry at the foot of
West Twenty-third street. and he
IA 1rrlde b ofmortab1e living.
sgsss IN 1901 Charles NJ. schwab pur-
VI newspaper from the blind
gave him !: e five d ollar7 III and
arsld him toS keep I'll e n change. A s cab
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03
EDWARD W. RURDIcK
TO MARRY ACTRESS
Corporation Lawyer Gets Licens
In Philadelphia to Wed Miss
Nellie POLLS.

VI. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec g.
Edward w Burdick, of New York, ap-
peared at the marriage license
clerks office at the Cit Hall and took
out a license to marry Miss Nellie
Fills, an actress, of Chicago. Where
and when the wedding will take place
could not be learned. Mr. Burdick is
a wealthy corporation lawyer with
Offices at No. Al Wall street, New
York.
Miss Follis is well known because
of the important parts she has taken
in several musical comedies. Origi-
nal1y she was a chorus girl in THE
Chaperons,' and attracted the atten'
ton of GeorgeW. Lederer, who after.
ward gave her the role of Violet Smi,
lax.
She has since played leading parts
in "The Billionaire. Around the
Town" and other musical plays.
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mONONaAR DsvasED n.

MON0NGAR DGVGSFs n.
No. 5.-Arrives at Fairmont 5:35 P. M.
No. 1.-Arrives at F'airmont 1910 P. M.
No. 3.-Arrives at Fairmont 7:45 a. NJ.
No, 2.-Leaves Fairmont- ITO a, NJ.
No. 6.-Leaves Fairnont- 1:53 P. NJ.
No. 4.-Leaves Fairmont. 1855 P. NJ.
All trains are daily except Nos. 3
and 4 on the F., M. and P. branch,
which are daily except Sunday.
For sleeping car reserv ations and
information Concerning tickets and
rates, consult
T. B. HENDERSON,
Ticket Agent.
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leETlEga 50
oioksS FoR Duel
He and iss BioaraP her Quarrel First
About the t.tNy ORR, q b er,
VS. Choice Of Weapons.
:Eg. fI. I !, J, !. 81! TIL
oerapher Wants swords---Me ear
while Each IS Saying Things.

DENVER, Col, Dec "a quarrel
between Adjutant General Bell and
Willard P. Hatch, who was to have
written a. book recording the formers
strenuous life, has delayed the issu-
ance of the book and promises to cul-
inmate in an affair upon the field of
honor. Each is ready to fight.
Hatch at first threatened a lawsuit
for what he claimed TO be due him
General Bell retorted that Hatch
should "cut out" the lawsuit and
fight. Hatch acquiesced and, assert
ing the right of the challenged party,
selected swords because he is skill
ed swordsman- The General demur-
red to swords. He prefers revolvers,
with which he is familiar. The dsa-
greement regarding weapons has de-
layed the meeting.
Hatch says he was to get 5000 for
the biography-$10O in cash and 500
in thirty days-in return for. which
he was to write a book of five hun
dred pages He says he got a one
hundred dollar check and cashed it,
but cannot get the rest of the money
or any material from the General with
which to begin work. General Bell
says the biographer is many things,
and that it cost him $500 to make that
discovery, but it will cost him no
The biograp11er was roundly de-
q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03

we want to feed Marion county
with Marion flour. Help it along. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03

Renew! Renew. Renew your sub
scriptions for the Ladies' Home Jour
nal and Saturday Evening Post at the
Before-Nmas Bazaar First NJ. E.
Church, Dec 9th and 10TH
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Paint pride Is ours IN justlnable
measure, because we carry Heath &
Mi1legans best prepared paint, and
satisfaction is guaranteed by its use.
}. L. Halls Hardware Store. K
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Croquet Is pleasant pastime. Pro
cure set at J. L. Halls hardware
store. =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03

You know well your ladies were
pleased last Xmas because you got
their presents of the big Xmas
goods man,
CLYDE S. HOLT. \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03

Some nice lots on Hamilton Hi for
sale. at a good bargain. II. H Ian,
ham <
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tsattfs, + ~ VI IS Compelled to
VI axe u Vacation.


tor 81 the Federal Mining and
,.o1npa amy En-:
the Missouri Pacific.
abroad Compa an
ector of 5$the STANDARD Oil Com
355.
resfd emit of the American Postal
I anl News aper Tube Company
ustee ~ the University of Chi
HEAD of Bible class Of two hun
s1res1 ana members.
Rises al lf=past six o'clock
York rom nine to three o'clock.
lnncheon costing thirty cents or
less a then returns towork until
frugal dinner and goes to
8ed usually not later than ten
Rockefeller, Jr.. thirty-one
old and the wealthiest man of
/ I'M the world, has succumbed
III pYerWorll The strain Of ceaseless
industry in connection with some Of
xtensiVe financial enter
IN Eexistenc his devotion to
lsIeTt Fairs, and the$yast resDon-
sii5EII resting on him in various
have at last told on him and
going abroad for vacation of
I three months.
shen he reluctantly announced this
tact his Bible class $of the Fifth
Ayenue Baptist Church Wednesday
there was unanimous express
of regret, but little surprise.
Eyeryone who heard him had been
iering how. he had contrived SO
iii sustain himself under the ire
zmensious weight which ne has been
carrying for years, but there was re-
ipicIng the Intelligence was con-
That his health was not seri-
threatened and that he was
snereIy tired
controls billions Of Dollars.
pert fnanciers have said that
sun Rockefelle as his fathers sue
the elder having virtually sur
cred ali his interests to his son,
IN control something like a thou
and mil ions of dollars, a sum which
IlS decade or two will naturally in
serSaaaas ran extent unheard OF in his
tory especially as 1t is not unusual
znr Rockefeller investment to turn
iDnts profit Of forty per cent.
They declare he could corner the
world wheat supply and bring an in
tional war to an end; could buy
close the greatest banks in the
tates and thus precipitate
sIanit could ruin thousands by in
he price of the commodity,
he absolutely controls.
SSPTecision is the keynote of his
{ III ter. is pale, Of medium
:sIeight rather thick set, weak eyed
I and spectacled and always clad in
S3pIaIn black clothes. He does not
ssa1oIe and never tasted wine. When
was married to Abby G. A1drich,
ughter OF Senator Aldrich, on Oc-
9o1.. all liquors. we're left off
9 the menu at his request.
kissing summer and winter no later
than half past six o'clock, he is at
Sshisz Office by nine. works there until
threa IN the afternoon and then goes
Broad street cafe for luncheon.
neal never costs him more than
cents. After luncheon he goes
back to the office until about five,
VI then5to his home, at No. IL West
sSSSEesty our;th5 street, opposite that OF
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-03

Pipes, tobacco and cigars, L,arneys
Lloyd IS. S14 Main Street. *
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why not let the Marion Claim
Agency collect that claim for you? Z
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-13
he WORRIED IN ! 884; 58
HASN'T SLEPT SINCE

Passaic has a rival OF Trenton's sleep
less wonder. He is Jacob Gasoline. sixty
seven years old, who says he has n r.t1
slept In twenty years Castelnes = fanny, y,
tneiEhbors and physicians testify to the
truth Of his statement. He has cons ulted
physicians In Passalc, Paterson and else ,es.
where, but mono has been able to make n IKE
him sleep. 385 Z. & .
IN Gasoline was born in Holland but came
to fPassaic with hts parents when q small
boy. He was strong lad, and FOR years nj
worked on q farm. When he was q young
r,a,, lle says he was able TO SO several
days without sleep lie tells OF g pe!ns
sack River, and says he worked day and
night ali summer with but e few hours ll'''.
sleep each day. s 4 W.
s45"A.bout that time" he continu % my
wife was taken Ill. and my expenses were
SO heavy I could not make aglivirg Tor
my family and pay the doctors bills. . 1
often lay awake a good part OF the nighf
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CHAPTER xvI-contlnued.

And now both niangoncls were at work
from the galleys. but so covered and pro-
tcctcd that, save at the moment OF dis
charge, no glimpse could be caught Of
them. A huge brown rock from the
aeEocse sang over their heads. and
plunged sullenly into the slope OF n wave,
Another from the Norman whjzzed into
the waist. broke the back of horse, and
crashed Its way through tho side OF the
vessel Two others, dying together. tore
a great gap in the ST. Christopher upon
the sail. and brushed three OF Sir divers
men-at-arms from the forccastle. The
master-shipman looked at the knight with
troubled face.
THEY keep their distance from u.s.
said he, Our archery Is over-good, and
they Will not close. What defence can
we make against the stones?"
II think may trick them" the knight
answered cheerfully, and passed his or
der to the archers, Instantly five Of
them threw mp their hands and fell pros.
trate upon the deck. Ono had already
been slain by bolt, so that there We're
but four upon their feet
THAT should give them heart" said
Sir Nigel, cycling tho galleys which crept
ured swing OF their great oars. the water
stems.
"Thcy still hold aloof" cried Haw-
tayne. 5
Then down with Two more shouted
their leader THAT will dor Ma fol! but
they come To our lure like chicks to the
fowler. To your arms. men! The pennon
behind me- and the squires round the
pennon. Stand fast with the anchors In
the waist and be ready fora cast Now
blow out the trumpcts and may God s
benson be with the honest men!"
AS he spoke roar of voices and roll
OF drums came from either galley. and the
water was dashed into spray by the hur-
ried beat OF hundred oars. Down they
swooped, one ON the right, one on the
left. the sides and shrouds black with
men and bristling with weapons In
heavy clusters they hung upon the fore
castle all ready for a sprng--faces white
faces brown, faces yellow, and faces
black. fair Norsemen, swarthy Italians
fierce royers from the Levant. and fiery
Moors from the Barbary States, OF oil
] huea and countries, and marked solely BY
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Laura Merrynan Crane, daughter Of Mrs.
Henry Ryand Crane, Of Baltimore to
Mr.. George lIllman Whitfield.
THE wedding will take place yVednes-.
day afternoon. October 26th, at $3.50
o'clock, in Eutuw Place Baptist Church.,
Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. Whitfield was formerly OF Balt-
more, but is now NJ aresldent3 In this city,;
and is general superintendent OF light
and power at the Virginia Passenger and
Power Company's plant. He is a. brother
of DIR. James M. whitfield lsF
After November 18th, Mr.. Whitfield and
his bride will be at home at 70. 1l6 North
Third Street.
Out-of- Town Society.
4 Formal announcement has been made OF
5theSenga cement OF Miss slIcleniT. Barney,
the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs, Charles
Tracy Barney. Of No. CT Park Avenue
New York city, to Mr.. Archibald stevens
Alexander the son OF Mrs. Archibald
Alexander, of Castle Point, Hoboken. This
Is one of5the most Important enga gements
of the season. Miss Barney is the niece
of the late William c. Whitney and Mr.,
Alexander Is a grandson of the late Ed
win a. Stevens, OF Castle Point FIe is a
Princeton graduate In the class of 1902. 4
Among the guests at the wedding OF
Miss Marion Lee Peabody to Mr.. James
Lawrence, Jr., OF Groton. Mass, which
took place Tuesday lin y Trinity Church.
Boston, were Mrs Davidson, wife Of the
Archbishop Of Canterbury:3theaRight Rev
John Percival, Lord Bishop %ofsI Iereford
and Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan Z! +. g 4 Az
The bridesmaids. Misses Elizabeth p.
Lawrence, Sallie Lawrence Ellens ". Joy
and Dorothy Forbes, were; dressed alike
In pale blue Liberty satin, the full skirts
with short trains and the flow4noclled5 bod
Ices filled ir#with lace and made. with sur
plice folds and with lace $frlled5 sleeves.
They wore large pale blue picture hats
trimmed withfiule and long bird aor para I
disc feathers. Beneath the brims We're
clusters of white roses, They carried
large bouquets Of roses. 81 ri ~ rs.
Mrs, Franklin Farrell, OF Ansonia, Conn,
gave a luncheon in the d b$nqllet room
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thu cog came laundering and crashing
among the HyinR royers Here and there

thu cog came laundering and crashing
among the flying rovers. Here and there
they rushed with wild screams and. Gu rses.
diving under the sail, crouchlng Behind
booms, budding into corners like rabbits
when the ferrets are upon them. as help
less and as hopeless. They were stern
days. and IL the honest soldier. too poor
for a ransom, had no prospect OF mercy
upon the battlefield, what ruth was there
for sea robbers, the enemies OF human
kind, taken in the very deed. with proofs
OF their crimes still swinging upon their
yard-arn,. Il IA
4. But the fight had taken a new and q
strange turn upon the other side. Spade
beard and his men had given slowly ba ck
hard pressed by Sir Nigel Awkward,
by foot the Italian had retreated, his
armor running blood Mt every joint, his
shield split, his crest shorn, Ills voice fall
len awaygto a. mere gasping and scroaklng.
Yet he faced his foemen with dauntless
courage. dashlng In, sprlnglng back. sure
footed, steady handed, with point which
seemed to menace three at once. Benten
back on to the deck OF his own vessel,
and closely followed by n dozen English
mon, he d!sengaged himself from them,
ran swiftly down the deck. sprang back
into the COG once more, cut the rope which
held the anchor, and was back inNsn
instant among his crosabow-lnen. At the
same time the Genoese sa llors thrust with
their oars against the side of the cog,
and a rapidly widening rift appeared be-
tween the two vessels.
"By3st. George" cried Ford, I'VE are cut
/ Oft from Sir Nigel,p
He Is lost" gasped Terlake. Come.
let us spring for It." The two youths
! jumped with all their strength to reach
the departing galley, Ford's feet reached
tho edge of the bulWarks, and his hand
elutchlhg a rope he swung himself on
| board. Terlake fell short, crashed In
among the oars. and bounded off into
tho sea Alleyne. staggering TO the side,
was about to hurl himself after him, but
Horde John dragged him back by the
1girdle AZ. Z, 80 s'.y +.
You can scarce stand, i. LAD, far less
jump" said he, See how the blood rips
from your hassinet.t ST. ,sg 81
my place Is by the nag" cried iAlleyne,
yainly struggling TO break from the oth-
er's hold, ", 81
ere you could reach Sir Nigel's side"
| The vessels We're Indeed so far apart
now that the Genoese could use the full
sweep of their oars, and draw away rap
| Idly from the cog.
| My God. but 1t Is noble fight! shout
ed big John. clapping his hands, They
have cleared the poop, and they spring
into the waist. Well struck. my lord!
Well struck Aylward! SEQ to Hack
| Simon, how he storms among the shipmen!
But this spade-beardI is q gallant warrior,
He rallies his men upon the forecastle,,
He hath slain an archer, TIA! my lord Ia
upon him, Look to It, Alleyne! See to
the Whlrl and glitter OF it!'
by heaven, Sir Nigel is down." cried
the squire. II
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5A . ~
the common stamp Of a wild beast Zero
city. Rasping upon either side, with
oars trailing to save them from swapping.
they poured in a living torrent with horrid
yell and shrill whoop upon the defenceless
merchantmen. u N ]. 3i NJ - 5
But wilder yet was the cry, and shriler
stu the scream, when there rose up
from tho shadow of those silent bulwarks
the long lines Of the English bowmen. and
the arrows whlzzed III n deadly sleet
among the unprepared masses upon the
pirate decks From the higher sides OF
the cos the bowmen could shoot straight
down, at a range which was so short az
to enable q cloth-yard shaft to pierce
through mail-conts or to transit x q shield.
though 1t We're an inch hlck Of tough-
ened wood. Ono moment Alleyne saw
the galeys poop crowded with rushing
figures, waving arms, Eexultant faces; Sthe
next 1t WAS a blood-smeared shambles,
with bodies piled three deep upon each
other. tho living covering behind the dead
to shelter themselves from that sudden
storm-blast Of death. On either side the
seainen whom Sir Nigel had chosen for
tho purpose had cast their anchors over
the side of the galleys so that the three
vessels, locked In an iron grip. lurched
heavily forward upon the swell. a8
| And now set inga fell and fierce fight,
one of a thousand OF which no chron!cler
has spoken and no poet sung. Through
! all tho centuries and oyer all those south
ern waters nameless men have fought in
nameless PLACES, their sole monuments q
protected coast and an unrayaged coun-
| try-side, s a,
Fore and aft the archers had cleared
| the galleys' decks. but from either side
the royers had poured down into the
waist, where the seamen and howmen
were pushed back and so mingled with
their foes that twas impossible for their
comrades above to draw string to Gel1
them. TWAS a wild chaos where axe and
sword rose and fell, while Englishman.
1 Norman, md Italian staggered and reeled
on a deck which was numbered with bod
| les and slippery with blood, The clang q
blows, the criestof the STRICKEN, the short
deep shout OF the islanders ard the
/ fierce whoops OF the{roYers, rose together
/ In deafcning tuT,ult while the breath o.
4 the painting men went up the wlntIy
air like the smoke from y furnace. The
giant Tote -noire, towering above his fel'
| lows and clad from head to foot IN plate
Of proof, led on his boardeEs, wayne
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POLICY KING HAS I.
LEFT sing sing
"Al..' Adams, After Serving Out
Term, Was Released on
Tuesday. .Bs

Especial to The Times Dspatch.)
| 81 NEW DIRK. october 12.-Albert J.
Adams the policy king whom Cap.
tain Norton Goddards Anti-Policy
League dethroned after, q long and bitter
struggle, was Il released from Sing Sing
prison at 6:26 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. He came directly to, New York, /
spent a couple Of hours with his attor--l.
ney and real estate agents, and then.
went to Join his family, several members
Or which are said TO be waiting for him.
at Mount Carmel, N, Y.
Beyond a few words spoken to re port
ers as he was entering the carriage which
took him away from the prison gates.
he made no 8 tatement. The single sem
Tstence Of this remark was a mild protest,
against his linprisonment, and entirely
lacked the old-tIme defiance Of the man
| who felt secure because OF the immense
sums which he paid for protection.
Tor the last year and half he
said, IT have been in an awful position;
which, in my opinion. was no fault Of
mine SSSSss 5S
There will be no further proceedings
OF any sort against Adams. His policy
operations ceased when the police raided
| his real estate office al No. f40s& West
Thirty-fifth street, and secured the ev-
idence which resulted 4 in his conviction.
There Is no one in New York who will
be better pleased to see Adams lead
an upright business life than the men
|3who sent him to Sing Sing for Jromot-J
ling the 1neanest and most ruinous form
| OF gambling that was ever devised
1--WE have absolutely no feeling against
| Adams, = declared Captain Norton G oCldard.
"He has suffered full punishment. ms the
| law decreed, for his errors In the past. and
That past should be dropped. know
of no further proceedings that will be
brought against him, and # I certainly
hope he will improve this opportunity
OF leading an upright life, He will
mot be watched personally, though we
are still keeping an eye on the general
policy situation" u
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Miss Florence Tyler. who has been Wis
returned to her home in Staunton. 3,5
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"Up!' roared John. @ 1T was but
felnt. He bears him back. He drives,
him to the side. All. by Our Lady, his
sword is through him! They cry for
mercy, Down goes the red cross, and up
springs Simon with the scarlet roses!!
The death OF the Genoese leader did in
deed bring the resistance to an end. Amid
a, thunder OF cheering from cog and from
galleys the forked pennon iuttered upon
the forecastle, ana the galley. sweeping
round, came slowly back, as the slaves
who rowed It learned the wishes OF their
new masters. isB
The two knights had come aboard the
cog, and the grapplngs having been
thrown on, tho three vessels now moved
abreast Through all the storm and rush
OF the fight Alleyne had been aware Of
the voice OF Goodwin Hawtayne, the mas
tcr-shlpmnn, with his constant Hale the
bowline! Veer the Sheet" and strange It
was to him to see how swiftly the blood
stained sailors turned from the strife to
|the5ropes and back, Now, the CO.'S head
was turned Francewards. and the ship.
man walked the deck, q peaceful master
mariner once moro. *
'Theregis sad scath done to the cog, Sir
Nigel said he Here is . hole In the
side two ellis across, the sail split through
the centre. and the wood as bare as a
frlar's poll In good sooth, ! know not
what, i shall say to Master Witherton
when ] see the Itchen once more
BY st. Paul! 1t would be n very sorry
thing II we suffered you TO be the worse
OF this days work, 4 said s!r Nigel, You
shall take these galeys back with YOU,
and Master Witherton may sell them,
Then from the moneys he ahall take as
much as may Ike good the damage, and
the rest he shall keep until our l1ome'
coming, where every man shall have his
share An image OF <silyer fifteen Inches
high i have vowed to the VIRGIN, to be
placed IN her chanel within the Priory,g
for that she was pleased to allow me TO-
come upon this spad e-beard, who seemed
to me from what I have seen OF him, to
be a very sprIghtly and valiant Gentley
man. But how fares II with you, Ed
:rIcson r. gay 63 I'll Al n
''It ID nothing, my fair lord, ii said
Alleyne, who had now loosened his basil,
net which was cracked across by the
Norman's blow. Even as he spoke, how,
ever his head swlrled round, and he fell
to the deck with the blood gushing from
his nose and mouth. X
''He will come to anon said the
knight, STOPPING over him and passing
his fingers through his hair. Il 8 have lost
one very valiant and gentle squire this
day, can III afford to lose an other How
many men have fallen ~
u have prioked on the tally. said Ayl-
ward, who had come aboard with his,
lord. There are seven 5of the Winchester
men, eleven seamen. your SOU Ire. young
Maste Terlak Ike, and nine archers
And Of the othera?
s.They are all dead-sayeE only the Nnr-
man knight who stands behind you hat
would you that we should do with him 2"
tJt 4it