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districts of the county all held at
the same time to nominate delegates
to the State, Congressional, Judi
cial and Senatorial Conventions,
1t was certainly record breaker
and showed great interest in meu
and measures.
A train was run both ways on the
road from Kingwood and Tunnel
ton, at half rates and free tickets
il you wanted them and the train
from Kingwood looked like the
last Sunday of the Camp Meeting
with the passenger coach and two
box.cars jammed till standing room
was at a premium. Everybody had
their store clothes on and taking
holiday. A big fight was expected
between the factions for Governor,
Judge and Senator. If there was
any candidate against Dayton the
fight would have been at a white
heat but as no one wants all the
postmasters of the District down
on him, this fight is as tame as the
Teter crowd were when they got to
TOWNSVILLE and found out where
they were at and sized up the Daw-
son badges as being I6 to I against
them.
The badge business worked like a
charm and helped to line the crowd
up better than barrel of liquor.
Col. c. w. Wolfe and ]. A. EVERY
worked the racket and went
through the train pinning them on
everybody before it left here, and
caught the Irona and HowesvilIe
crowd as soon as the train struck
those places. The few who held back
at first and hardly knew where they
were at, soon fell into line and
clamored for Dawson badge like
children crying for Castoria, so that
the Teter crowd were completely
"subjued" before the line of battle
formed. They had intended TO
capture the convention and place
the B. & o. brand on the delegates
till they found dawson badges to
the right of them; Dawson badges
to the left of them; Dawson badges
in front of them and Dawson
badges at every turn. They had
slate made up with w. G. Conley
b. & o. Attorney for this county,
as Chairman and DIR. B.. +. Bone
of Tunnelton B. 81 O. Sturgeon and
A. G.. Hughes of the Leader of this
place, special Teter campaign or
gan, for Secretaries Of the conven-
ton but the Dawson badges Is to
paralyzed their slate and they sim
ply laid down without struggle.
The Dawson men organized, elect
ing James Benjamin Brady, Chair
man and A. B. McCrarn and M. c.
Bowermaster, Secretaries. The
Hon. George Myers, member of the
Republican Committee and a G. o.
P. "Jiner" for office and revenue
only, called the mob to order and
named the temporary officers which
was on motion made permanent.
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Printed tickets with a list Of dele
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Both Orators Nee, With Grand and Great
Reception.
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sub-Boss w. A. Watson Made Chairman of
the Meeting
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THE RAMBLER.

His Influence over the People Of Preston lie
Fears is Waning.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-04-07

Is Now Recognized as War Correspondent
and Necessary Evil.
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" FeII0w- CIIL.n. % Reno


When FIST entered this exciting cam.
paign Of joint debating. ] could not lind
words to remain in my memory Tong enough
70 face an audience fortwenty two seconds
With The assistance Of my friends how.
ever have committed speech 20 memory
which has been pronounced gem and 70
vote geter by those who have heard mc
rchearse it Zoo iie woods (ChcosJ base
my claim upon your suffrage. upon tha
ground Of Boss ship aad Sociology Dr.
Pratt. the eminent icxicoiogist loaned mr
the last word Tor which he could Give no
definition other than it was soxdolorer.
Great applausc) have other words 10
spring on you IL they do not escape my
memory. Which borrowed from my friends.
BE prepared TO receive ihom in the frlondly
spirit DO which J SHALL .aGid hem upon
you O. voice "1.ct EN- gof ID TO borrow
a little Of the language of Napoleon Bona
parte. Who was engaged BOZ death aud Hfe
struggle Ike am to-day ! proclaim from
Obs store box that TIE bones of your an.
ccstors ior three centuries past are looking
down upon you and prepared 10 turn over
in their graves the moment you Withhold
your support from the only Boss who was
driven 20 the walls in his aspirations
fSensauon) 7 am not punsicr and ihat
pun was furnished noe BY jim Lenhan who
ran Pennery a. Valley Point before be-
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Provides Himself With Months Rations
and Takes the Trail Of the Debating
Orators.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
CANCER CURED BY RADIUM
William Hoffman. Of Newark. n. X,
Relieved of a Cancer by
R0dium Rays.

New York, Dec. 30.-Radium is re-
ported to have removed a cancer which
spread over the entire right cheek of
William Hoffman, 62 years old, of New
ark, N. Y. When he came here for
treatment several specialists expressed
the belief that the growth could only
be removed by cutting away nearly all
the flesh on one side of his head.
Hoffman's nephew. a physician, pro-
cured tube containing a tiny portion
Of radium. and experimental by plac-
ing it in the patients mouth. He re-
ports that Hoffman complained of a
burning sensation in the cheek. which
became uncomfortable after 40 minutes
The swelling began to go Gown imme-
diately, and the growth began to dis
appear after the treatment had been
continued a few days. A stronger tube
was procured from Paris and at the
end of six weeks the cancer is said to
have entirely disappeared, leaving the
cheek in its normal state.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

Memorial to Father of Oklahoma.
There is project for a monument
to Capt. David L. Payne, the original
Oklahoma boomer. Payne was an Ok
lahoman long before Oklahoma ap-
peared on any map. With his base of
operations in Kansas, he organized the
Oklahoma land company in 1879, ten
years before the run" He made sew
eral descents on the territory in the
next few years, but was always ex-
PEELED by the military. With W. L.
Couch he kept Uncle Sans troops busy
guarding the forbidden land for q
decade.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
DYNAMlTED AT DES MONIES.
Eight Thousand Dollars i'm Money,
Dia mOnds, Watches and jew
elry Out of One SNfe.

Des Moines, Ia, Dec So.-Burglars
dynamited the safe of o. Cohen, jew
eler and pawnbroker, Tuesday night,
and secured $4,000 in cash, diamonds,
watches and other property. The theft
was discovered Wednesday morning
when Cohen opened his shop. The
burglars entered the store from the
rear by means of key. A policeman
shot. at a suspicious character in the
immediate vicinity of Cohen's store.
Tuesday night, and afterwards landed
the fellow in Jail. 1t is believed he
may have had something to do with
the dynamiting.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Immigration FOR 1903
Arrivals At the Port of New York
Pass All Records.
The Total For tho Calendar Year.
G1O,9S0, Surpasses 1902 by
Nearly 55,OOO.

New York, Dec 3O-Immigration at
this port in 1903 has passed all previ-
Gus records. During the calendar year
now ending G19,9S0 immigrants, steer
age passengers, arrived here, as against
547,197 in 1902, an increase of 72,783. 1t
is estimated that some 1000 more for
eigners will land before January l, so
that the total increase probably will be
close on to $4,000.
The year of 1902 was record-break-
ing year, the increase over 1901 hav-
ing been about 139 900. As was the
case last year, the heaviest immigra-
ton was during May, when 92,861 steer
age passengers were admitted at New
York. Almost as many came here in
April. The immigration was larger
every month of the current year, COM
pared with only monthly figures in
1902, with the exception of the current
month. Last December 10000 immi-
grants, approximately. landed here.
This month the number will probably
not exceed $4,000.
Southern Europe contributed by far
the largest proportion CT the total
There was, however, marked increase
in the newcomers from northern and
western Europe, and especially Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark. Italy,
nevertheless, leads all the rest. The
exodus of Italian laborers, with whom
the outward bound steamers were load
ed early this month, has shown a
marked falling off.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Partial Destruction Of the Troy
Club House By an Early
Morning Blaze
TWO PROMINENT TROY LAWYERS
And A BUSINESS. NAN DEAD.
Moses r. ClOuRh, Nestor Of the Rons-
selaer County BAR, and william
shaw, Head Of q Prominent Law
Firm, SuHOcated, and Ben. w.
Kinney Burned to Death.

Troy, N. Y, Dec. 30.-Moses T.
ClOugh, the nestor OF the Rensselaer,
county bar, and the last survivor of the
class of 1848 of Dartmouth college;
William Shaw, head of the law firm Of
Shaw, Bailey & Murphy, AID Benjamin
w. Kinney, manager for the Fuller
Warren company, of Boston, lost their
lives in fire which partially destroyed
the Troy club Wednesday morning. AL
though the doomed men were seen at
the windows, nothing could be done to
save them, so dense was the smoke and
SO rapid the progress of the flames.
Edward Capentier, of New York, was
taken from an upper window by the
firemen and removed to hospital,
where he is recovering from the ef-
fects of smoke inhaled. He was in
town preparing for his marriage with
a young society woman of the city. His
escape from death was regarded as one
of the remarkable features Of the fire.
All the persons killed were occupying
rooms on the upper floor of the club
building, which is four stories in
height, and it was this part the flames
attacked first. The victims had re-
tired about ten o'clock, and were sleep
ing soundly when the alarm was given
by the employees. An effort was made
at once to reach the sleeping apart
ments, but the progress of the fire had
been SO rapid that the help at hand
could not make their way to the top
floor.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by lighted cigarette being
thrown among some combustible ma
terial. The club house was built ten
or twelve years ago at a cost of half
million dollars. The loss by fire will
reach $55, 900.
Mr.. Clough was 80 years of age and
Mr.. Shaw was nearly 20. Both resided
at the club, at which Mr. Kinney and
Mr.. Carpenter were guests.
The police report that while the fire
was at it's worst man was discovered
trying to set fire to the building at the
corner of Broadway and Fifth avenue.
occupied as a news stand. The man
escaped. 1t is not believed, however.
that the club house fire was of incen-
diary origin.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
HAD FORTY EXITS.
Proprietor Says Every Person Could
Have Escaped in Safety.

Proprietor Says Every Person Could
Have Escaped in Safety.
Will J. Davis one of the proprietors
of the theater, was indefatigible in
his efforts to alleviate suffering. He
said:
There was no need as far as I
know, of a. single life being lost.
There were over forty exits to the
theater. The building is fireproof and
If somebody had not screamed Fire!
Fire! l think that all, as far as those
killed In the pa 1ic are concerned, could
have reached the street in safety. And
of those who were suffocated by the
gas, nearly all would have been out by
the time the explosion occurred il
order had been preserved in making
| their escape. AS far as we have
learned, everybody on the first floor
except three escaped, although some
sustained bruises anL other minor in
juries. The great l~ss of life was in
the first and second balconies
These combined seated about 900
persons. The sale of seats had been
! good but was not up to the capacity,
| and as far as can estimate the bal
comics between them held between
$50 and 800 people. The top balcony.
where the cheapest coats were located.
! was the most crowi.ed, and it is here
that the crowd found the most diff
Guilty in struggling toward the exits" I"
1t was declared tonight by the man.
! agemeat of the theater that the fire
was not caused by the grounding Of
an electric wire or any defect in the
| equipment of the th eater. 1t started,
| they claim, by the bursting of a CAL
cium light apparatus. The concussion
was so great that it blew out the sky-
lights over the stage and auditorium.
This statement of the theater manage
me,t is contradicted by many people
| who were in the theateT, and who de-
clared that before the explosion oc-
Cured, theX saw flames in narrow
streak creeping along the wall near
! the upper part of the drop curtain.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Thirteen Hundred Present.

AS near as can be estimated at the
present time, about 1900 people were
in the theater. Three hundred of
these were in the first floor, the bal
ance being in the upper balconies and
in the Railways back of them. The
audience in it's rush for the outer air
seems to have, for the greater part,
chosen to flee to the left entrance and
to attempt to make it's way down the
eastern stairway leading into the lob
by of the tneater. Outside of the peo-
pie burned and suffocated by gas, it
was in these two doors on the first
and second balconies that the greatest
fatality occurred.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
CHINESE HAVE PROMISED.
Chfnese Copy Of Treaty In Soon to be
Forwarded to WASN'T hinGton
for Ratification.

Pekin, Dec. 3O.-The Chinese gov
ernment has promised United States
Minister Conger to soon forward the
Chinese copy of the treaty to Washing
ton, for the exchange of ratifications.
1t is necessary first to obtain the en-
peror's seal. After the treaty is rati-
fed, the opening of Mukden and An
tung tc the commerce of the world can
be pressed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
ONE or WORLDS HEROES
Desperate Chance Taken by Engi-
neer Greenhough to Save Train.
Without q Thought Of His Own Life
He Drove an EnRinc Across =
Burning Bridge.

Crookston, Minn., Dec. 3O.-What
might have been a serious catastrophe,
with a heavy loss Of life, was averted
by the bravery and GOODNESS of a
Crokston man. The large railroad
bridge over the Mouse river, at Surrey,
N. D., caught fire, and the structure.
in a short while, was a mass of charred
ruins. No. 4, the east-bound fast coast
train, was approaching the bridge, and
the crew had no knowledge of the fire.
Telegraphic communication was cut
OF shortly after the fire started, and
the railroad men at Granville were in
a quandary about warning the ap-
preaching flyer. The bridge is about
ten miles east of Minot, and Norwich
was the nearest point upon the west
stopped Engineer Greenhough boarded
light engine, and started out in the
hope that he might reach the bridge
before the fire had seriously weakened
or the fate of his engine he pulled the
throttle wide open, to either go over
and warn the approaching train, or go
through the structure to eternity. The
bridge stood the strain, aud the engine
rushed on to Norwich, where the flyer
was tagged and the crew warned of
their danger.
Fireman Arnold of this city, and
Engineer Mullaly, of Grand Forks COM
posed the engine crew on the fast
train, and both believe that the bravery
of Mr.. Greenhough saved their lives
and their train from rushing into the
river Railroad officials are of the
opinion that the fire was OF incendiary
origin.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
WRECK IN MONTANA.
ern Pacific Derailed at Tus-
cor, Mont.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 30.-A message
from Sand Point, Idaho, says:
No. 4, overland limited on the
Northern Pacific, was wrecked at Tus-
cor, Mont, flag station, just over the
state line, Wednesday morning. Seven
cars were derailed; but no one was in
jured.
to have been broken rail. The North
Coast limited, westbound, will be de-
layed II hours
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
RADlUM AT WORLDS FAIR.
A COncessiOn Asked For the FIX
plOitatiOn of ..the Riddle of Ra-
dunn by Scotchman.

st. Louis, Dec SO.-A concession to
exploit radium at the Worlds fair has
been applied for by Alex. Forbes, of
Glasgow, Scotland. The applicant
asks for a space of at least 100 square
feet, and inc oses circular, of an ex-
hibit he is at present conducting at
the East-End exhibition in Glasgow.
The possibilities of the concession are
shown in a few sentences from the cir
cular. 1t says:
THE riddle of radium. This new ele-
ment is valued at 100000 pounds sterl-
ing per pound. To buy ton of it
Pierpont Morgan, Carnegie and Rookie
feller would be required to realize on
all their stocks and make a common
purse of the proceeds. Even with this
they might have to borrow few mill
lions. Rays are shot out from radium
at the rate of 10000 miles a second,
forming a new record between matter
and motion. The rays are one hundred
times faster than the fastest meteor
known. Perpetual motion at last! A
piece of radium is calculated to con-
tinue in full activity for two million
years. Radium without being energiZed
in any way gives out light, heat and
notion The machinery of the future
will be hitched to radium. Such is the
wonderful luminous power of radium
that Sir William Crookes was able to
read a newspaper by the light given
off by the letters of the word 'radium'
written with a solution of radium on a
Mate IF zinc-hlen6e"
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
WAGONS As Ambulances.

Marshall Field & Co.. Mandel Broth
ers, Schlesinger & Meyer, Carson,
Pirie, Scott & Co. and other large dry
goods stores sent wagon load after
wagon load of blankets, rolls of linen,
etc. The drug stores furnished their
stock to anybody that asked for it in
the name of the people hurt in the
fire. Doctors and trained nurses were
on the ground by the score within half
an hour after the extent of the calam-
ity was known, aid every wounded
person who was carried from the
building received prompt medical at
tentiOn.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

last agonies, all turned to the doors
they could not reach.
From windows at the north and west
ends of the building they streamed.
blinded by the smoke and crazed be-
yond any possibility Of helping them.
selves, further than by taking advan-
tage of aid extended to them from the
upper floors of buildings facing the
theater.
Ladders, planks, ropes. everything
that could possibly serve to assist
these creatures in their battle for life,
was rugged and turned into bridges,
but very few got across alive.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Roadvvays for High Speed.

Now that it has been proved that an
electric car can be run at the rate of
125 or 130 miles an hoar, German en-
gineers are asking whether it will pay
to do SO. Owing to the destructive ef-
feet of such high speed upon a road
bed, it is alleged that the latter must
be built of brick and cement Again,
to avoid the consequences of atmos-
pheric disturbance when one train
meets another, it may be necessary to
allow 80 feet between the two tracks,
thus materially adding to the cost Of
q right-of-Way. .-.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Americas Unique Distinctfon.

Denmark claims point of superior
ity over tho United States by insuring
old maids. But, then, the United
States has no old maids. That for
lorn, dependent class of human species
is extinct in this country, where no
woman is old, every woman is inde-
pendent, AMI all women are assertive
to degree that no man in his sober
senses would dare to condemn.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
ESTIMATES Differ.

It Will be Several Days Before Exact
Figures Can BE Had.
Estimates of the dead and injured
vary. The police account of dead Is
$685. The estimate of the newspapers
is 562. Besides this there are IS peo-
pie missing at midnight, the majority
of whom are probably among the dead
in the morgues AID various undertake
ing establishments. A few Of these
people were burned to death by fire.
many were sunocated by gas and
scores were trampled to death in the
panic. It will be several days before
all Of tbs dead are known and identi-
fed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

One of the curious facts in connec-
ton with the pension roll is the va
ration In the matrimonial habit OF
the warriors In the several wars.
Thus, Of the revolutionary war, which
closed 100 years 1xo. sthers iare no
survivors, but there. ara draWing pen-
sion two widows. It seems extraordi-
nary that the nses .of one couple
should cover. one century and NTH
of another, but 4 the husband was 18
.at the close OF che war in 17e3. H at
81 ne x.arrted Eirl - his widow
uol.ld Be but % now. ~. -
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Where Science Falls Down

club in New York children brought up
on scientific principles" were declared
to be naughty, self-willed. uncontrol-
liable and disobedient. Mothers con-
crosses and school authorities appear
to be veering reluctantly but surely
around to the point of acknowledging
that Solomon knew what he was talk
ing about in his old-fashioned theories
of bringing up children.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
The Distance to Manila.

The distance travelled by the Union
Pacific steamers from San Francisco
to Manila is as follows: From San
Francisco to Honolulu, 2,0S9 miles;
from Honolulu to Hong Kong. 4,917
miles; from Hong Kong to Manila, 62S
miles-total, 1854 miles, The new Pa
cific cable from San Francisco to Ma
nila by way of Honolulu is approx
imately 5000 miles long.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
A White Star Giant

London, Dec. 3G.-It is reported that
the White Star line has ordered a
steamer 755 feet in length, or 80 feet
longer than the Baltic, the largest ship
in the world. The construction of ,he
vessel, it is added, will begin imme-
diately at Belfast
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

One-twelfth of the estimated wealth
Of the United States is represented at
the meeting of the board OF directors
Of the United States Steel corporation
when all the directors ar: present.
They also represent 20 other compa-
MES, operating half of the railroad
corporations whose aggregate capital
tzation is $4,000, ,OOO, 900.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
Cuttinx Down Expe nse,

Chicago, Dec. 30.-On account Of the
closing of the Illinois Steel Co.'s mill
at South Chicago, 500 employees of the
Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern rail-
way, which is operated by the steel
company, have been laid OF, and 13O
more dismissed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
As They See 1t In Rome.

As They See 1t I'm Rome.
Rome, Dec. 3O.-The Tribuna, In
commenting upon the active military
preparations in the United States, con-
meets them with the situation in the far
east, and says it Is the wishes of the
United States to insure the open door
in Manchuria. ..--
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 30.-Geo.
Neil, the twenty-second victim of the
Pere Marquette wreck near East Paris.
Mich, last Saturday evening, died
Wednesday. His death was due prin-
cipally to the nervous shock. although
his injuries were severe. .
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

Kansas City is again complaining of
its cable car curves. One of them is
SO swift that visitors from the coun-
try who don't know how to hold on
are thrown over tho top of the city
hall into the Missouri river.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

Secretary Roses Daughter Dead.
Springfield, ILL.,. Dec. 30.-Mrs. Gilbert
Mccoy, daughter Of Secretary Of State
Rose, died at 1880 Tuesday night, at
st. Johns hospital. Mrs Mccoy was
operated upon Sunday night for appen-
dicitis
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02

When the German empire had been
in existence six years it's debt amount
ed to the insignificant sum of 16,3OO, 900
marks In 1888, when the old emperor
died, it was only 721 ,O00, ,O00-not very
large for a nation of Importance. The
debt to-day amounts, in round num-
tiers, to 1928, 900 900 marks, or, rough
ly speaking, 1856, 5,0OO,O 900. Two-thirds
of this sum has been used for naval
and military purposes.
The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-02
CAUSE or. THE FIRE
Best Reason Given Was a 6roten and
Grounded Wire.

The accounts Of the origia Of the dre
are conflicting and none of them GER
tain, but the best reason given Ii that
an electric wire near the lower part 81
sa piece OF drop scenery suddenly broke
and was grounded: With roar and
4 bound the flames shst .fhro6eh the
opening door over the. heads. nk thu
people on the first floor and, reaching
clear up tU those IN the first balcony,
.c4Qsht them and burned them q
.death Whare they cat