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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
MONUMENT
To Francis H, pierpont Has Been Com.
pleted and Placed in the Caption
at Washington, D. C.

The committee which was in charge
Of the erection 81 the marble shaft to
ne memory OF Governor Francis H. Pier
pont. which is now placed in the Capt.
pol building at Washington. viii soon
meet in that city to formally accept the
statue from the sculptor and turn it
over to tho government. the gift of the
state.
The exact date Of the meeting is not
known at this time, but it will likely be
ncld aoout the last OF the month. Prof.
I. c. Miller and someone holding the
proxy OF General C. f. Smith, of this
city, who is a member of tine committee,
viii be in attendance as will Governor
White, and number OF Charleston peo-
pie.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13

1t may he necessary, even this year,
to call an extraordinary session Of the
association West Virginia Bar Asso-
eiation) to save the State from the dis.
grace and disaster OF an unfit rcpresen-
tation upon the Supreme bench. This
the closing wall of writer in 'sThe Bar"
the organ OF the confederated lawyers Of
the State, as uttered in the February
number Of @The Bar
Now people Who have much acquaint-
auee with theworldknow that for honor
and ability the politicians compare fay
orably with the lawyers. Again nearly
all OF The Ebert -wyers in the State are
active politicians Again. why are not
the members of the Legislature the spec
ial objects for nomination. Why not
begin at the foundation and have just
aud common sense laws enacted. II
right laws were enacted at tie beginning
tae Supreme Court would have but httle
to do in Interpretation. Whenever a
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
Sweet Melody Flour
STICK, GRIT AND DIG.

taese are the very necessary essen
tials If You would have success in any
important task Of life. The firm Of
Ioar & White, the correct clothiers,
learned this secret and have adopted it
with energy. 1t Is The reason they have
won the big success they have ATTAINED
m the clothing business. They watch
the market each day with active thought
TO get the latest and best things the
market affords and TO get the right price
every time, the people soon learn Il
know = good thing when they see il
and prove The same. Il j. not luck bui
pluck that serurs- these values. 1911
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
His Negotiations With the Powers
to Adopt a Plan for the Neutral
ization of China is Consid-
cred ShreWd and Pru-
dent Strock of
Diplomacy.

Washington, D. C., Feb. Should
Secretary Hays suggestions as con
yeyed in his circular note TO the powers
prevail, ne win have added another and
perhaps the most important achievement
to his distinguished record as diplomat.
Great Britain and Germany have already
aequieseed in his proposition, and other
nations will probably follow in short or
der. Austria-Hmgary, China aud Italy
are almost certain TO adopt the plan for
the naturalization of China. France
viii wait upon Russia, and as for Japan,
i is one Of the objects for which she has
been negotiating indirectly and is now
fighting.
I Its practical effect will be for the
world powers to take up thc negotiations
broken oil by Russia and Japan, and to
settle them forever. Naturally Russia
will be adverse to tiis plan, but it is
proPhesied by some of the shrewdest dip.
lomats in Washington that even she, in
the end, will submit, and then France.
who in all matters international Is re.
gardcd here as tied TO Russia's apron
strings, will meekly follow. A more
opportune moment could not have been
chosen for making the suggestion. The
old spectre OF war over Turkey and the
Balkans appears as real to European
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13

ships Of war, has dropped from her list
Of available asset as least Ss5, 600, 900,
and in a greater proportion weakened
a credit already shaken. 1t is pointed
out that her resources, enormous as they
are, must be as in all partially develop.
ed countries, Of the crudest nature, and
not easy to realize upon. While, as a
rule, the money-lender knows neither
creed nor patriotism, France has been
loaning her savings to Russia upon a
sort of sentimental basis when the Dor
rover had exhausted more logical
grounds. Germany Is interested in Rus
sia only as capitalist with all the cash
tied up in Investment which she cares
to risk, and Great Britain is not likely
to loan or to be asked to loan. For
these reasons the diplomats look upon
Mr.. Hays proposition Us possible of sue.
cess.
Japan, through Minister Tallahira, at
this post, has already ayowed that should
she prevail over Russia her only action
would be TO turn htck Mnnchuria TO
China. He Is quite confident of the is
she, saying that Russia's army in Nam
churia is greatly overroted; is not over
100000, while Japan can put 100000 men
into the field.
So far as operations l.. - U7itfi
.ates 50, steps as yet have been taken
only to establish communication with
Korea and Japan, through dispatch boats
running from .npse countries to Admiral
cruiser squadron lying at shang-
hai In addition, to The army officers
announced yesterday as 1a6pSS,saated 1aili-
tary attaches, Lieut.. S, b. NJ. Young ana ,
Major General Alfred f. Bates, both re.
tired, win observe .eid operations with
the japanese army through an official
capacity. This has been determined
subject to revision should either Russia
or Japan object
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13

All persons having any Of our Ice
cream freezers, please notify u at the
store or by mail We viii cali and ges
them. Respectfully, < 7. s~aeer-
sepstf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
Sweet Melody Flour.

Dancing every Friday and Tuesday
evening from s to IL at the Elk Bridge
hail. Come and enjoy the new music
just received, since the. last dance. Most
pleasant dance bah IN town. Floor I'M
sxcelled. Violin and electric player mu-
SIC. jan7tf
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
sure Cure For piles

Itching piles produce moisture ant
,ause itching, this form, as well as blind
bleding or Protruding piles, are curec
by DR.. Bo-sahlso's Pile Remedy. Stop
itching and bleeding. Absorbs tumors
lOc a jar, at druggists, or sent by mail
Treatise free. Write me about you
ase. DIR. Bosanlso, Phila., Pa, For sal
ny Stone & Mercer, druggists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
Sweet Melody Flour

" D. Stuart is buying and selling
horses at his large barns on Traders q
lay in the rear Of the Central PresSy
terrain church. where the Clarksbure
Transfer was formerly located. lie aims
to have some horses on hard I'll the Time
He win take a few bosrdsrs at the barr
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
SELLING
rabbits That Have Died Of Diphtheria
Are Unscrupuleus Persons in
Nation, Illinois.

Nation, H.. Feb. Thousands Of
rabbits have died in this vicinity of
diphtheria recently, and Inscriptions
persons have gathered them up and sold
taem. Hunters say The cotton tails are
lying dead everywhere, and it is danger.
Gus TO kill amy and eat chem for fear
they are infected with the disease.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13

Cut this out and take st TO C. c.
Stones drug store and get free sam
pie of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. the best physic. They cleanse
and invigorate the stomach, improve the
appetite and regulate the bowels. Reg
ular- size, 25c. per box.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-02-13
NOMINATION. FOR SUPREME
JUDGE BY The BAR
iCommunlealed.l

class attempts, as class, whether law
yers or not, TO dictate who shall hold
oa,ce they will soon find that the peo-
pie will not tolerate their dictation
The Republican Party, by its commit
tee in Wheeling, showed its ability by
voting down the proposition to have
Lawyer Glass nominations. Glass nom.
nations for Supreme Judges, by Bar As
sociations. is the entering wedge Of ty-
rany whereby the people will soon be
deprived of the right to govern. This
il written on the birthday of Lincoln,
and these. his words, should be RING in
the cars of the whole people: That
government Of the people, by the peo-
pie. and for the pOplc, shall not perish
from the earth.r
West Virginia has no use for govern
ment for lawyers. Of lawyers and BY
Lawyers. even on The Supreme benc,
however, learned ose lawyers think
they are. Xxx
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
MRS. BOTK|N
IDENTIFIED
Drug Clerk is Positive She is the
Woman Who Purchased
the Arsenic

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.-In the
Botkin trial today the defendant was
unqualfiedly identified by F. S. Gray
the drug clerk as the woman to whom
he sold a quantity of arsenic in June,
1898. He declared he remembered the
woman because he had seen her in the
store in company with John Dunning
the husband Of one of the prisoners
victims.
His positive Identification almost
caused the prisoner to collapse. Mrs.
]. ]. McGinnis formerly clerk in the
candy store could not positively iden-
tify Mrs Botkin as the woman who
bought the box of chocolates but be-
lieved she was however.
Detective McVey, the Dover officer,
who worked up the evidence in the
east denied that Former Chief of Po-
lice Lee told him that he had ordered
Chemist Wolfe to report that he had
found poison in the candy and also de-
MED that he had heard the threat made
by Cook Pennington of the family that
he intended to kill the family by plac-
ing poison in the coffee.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
INCIDENT IN
B0TK|N TRIAL
Attorney for Defense Tries to
Rrowbeat a Witness and
Judge Interferes

,special Telegram to Evening Teller.)
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24.-The
potkin trial was marked this morning
nv a sensational verbal encounter be-
tween Attorney Knight for the de-
fense and Mrs. Grace Tuchler, one of
the chief witnesses for the prosecu-
zion. knight asked her a number of
ouestions concerning her life before
marriage. With tears in her eyes she
vigorously denounced Knights ques-
toning as cowardly, ungentlemanly
and insulting.
The court rebuked Knight and re-
fused to permit him to continue to pry
into the witnesses private life. Mrs.
Tuchler as Grace Harris, was clerk in a
drv goods store where Mrs. Botkin is
alleged to have purchased two hand
kerchiefs one which was sent in the
candy box to cover the contents. Mrs.
Tuchler identified the accused as the
woman to whom she sold the ma audker-
chiefs.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
new RULING
IN FRAUD CASE
Government Allowed to Rest It's
Case on the Indictment
Without Further Proof

Especial Telegram to Evening Teiler.)
SAN FRANCISCO. March 24.-Fred-
erick Hyde and Henry Dimond were
placed on trial before the court Of
Commissioner Heacock this morning on
the charge of conspiring to defraud the
government OF land whose value In es-
timated at many millions. Immediastely
after the case was called the attorney
for the government submitted the In
dictment and then said that the gov.
ernment would rest its case.
The defense objected but Judge Hea-
cock decided the government could rest
its case on the indictment without 60
ing to the expense of oral testimony.
The ruling will stand despite the pro-
test OF counsel for the defense who
claim great injustice is being done
their clients inasnuch as they are
called to prove the negative fact which
does away with the presumption OF
innocence and shifts the burden of
proof from the government to the de.
PENDANTS.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
COMMUNITY
OF INTEREST
Old Plan Will Be Revived by the
Railroad Masnates to
Secure Old Results

Especial Telegrem to Evening Teller
NEW YORK, March 4.--With the
dissolution of the Northern Securities
company the western railroad mag
mates 1t is believed have resurrected
the community of interest plan. II
provides for the interchange of direct
same relations will obtain as when the
securities was in force. The tremen-
dous buying of the Union Pacific re-
Gently is said to have been by a mag
nate heavily interested in the Great
Northern who wants to be elected a
director in the Union Pacific.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
FIGHT TO Be
CONTINUED
Miners Will Now Contend For
the Original Demands
no Compromise

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
TRINIDAD, Col March 24.-Miners
district Is. after securing permission
from Major Hill, met in special con-
vention today. Hill stipulates that no
infiammatory speeches are to be made
The sentiment is now that the fight
will be continued for the original de-
mands. There is no trouble here or at
Telluride where the troops are on
guard The Stevens injunction against
the citizens alliance interfering with
the return of the deported miners is
not yet put in force by the sheriff.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
EDWIN ARNOLD
IS DEAD
Noted English Author and Journ.
aIist Died in London
Today

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.) }
LONDON, March 24.-Sir Edwin
Arnold the well-known author and
journalist who has been seriously III
for some days died this morning.
Arnold was born in 1882 and edit
Gated at oxford. where he took the
Newdegate prize for poem entitled
the Feast of Belshazzar in 1852. In
1851 he joined the staff of the Daily
Telegraph with which he has ever
since been connected. He is he autho,
of poems narrative and lyrical, and
numerous translations from the Greek
and Sanskrit His Light of Asia Is
a poem presenting the life and teach
ing of Gautama, the founder OF Budd-
hiSm.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
ATTACK ON SHIPS SUBSIDY
IN POST OFFICE MEASURE
Appropriation to Carry Mails Knocked Out by
the House Today...SoIdiers Home
Board Confirmed

fairs authorized a favorable report or
board of managers for the national
soldiers homes Martin, MacMahon ol
New York, ]. NJ. Holley, Wisconsin
William Warner, Missouri, w. r
Shafter, California, w. f. Palmer, Ne
braska and Franklin Murphy, New
Jersey.
The house committee on merchant
marine made a favorable report on the
Frye bill extending the coast-wise
trade laws to the Philippines. but ex'
empting the inter-island trade of the
archipelago.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
new MURDER
MYSTERY
Solution By Police Who Find
Bodies of a Woman
and Child

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.y
LONDON. March 24.--The police ct
Kensilrise this morning found q trunk
In boarding house containing the
body OF a woman and q child who
disappeared two months ago. The re-
mains were covered with several inches
of cement
A lodger named Crossman was at
once suspected OF the murders but
when the arrest was attempted the
man dashed into the street where he
was pursued by a crowd when seeing
escape was impossible Crossman drew
razor and cut his throat and died at
the feet Of the ofYicers.
The police are digging In the garden
on the belief that other bodeis will b
found.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
BURTON IN
A CLOSE BOX
Testimony Today Looks Bad for
Him in the Case
on Trial

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
ST. LOUIS, March 24.-The testi-
mony considered strongly against Sen
ator Burton was brought out by the
prosecution today when w. d. Ma
honey testified to paying $500 to Burton
on a certain date, when he met Burton
at a Washington hotel. being intro
duced by H. c. Dennis. president of the
Rialto Grain company. Burton asked
that all communication between him
self and the company be destroyed as
some one might place wrong con-
struction on it because of the sena-
tors official position.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
HAYES HAS
RETURNED
Bank Wrecker Made a Dramatic
Entry into the Town Where
lie is not Wanted

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
RIVERSIDE, March 24.-Tom Hayes
'ne pank wrecker, who returned last
night made dramatic entry into the
riverside country club, wet and muddy
irom long tramp in the rain. He was
not hunted openly. 1t is charged the
oi'leiais knew where he was and if
pubic Indignation had not reached the
u"hger point he would not have re-
turned until after the grand jury had
issued It's report on municipal graft
ing"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., March "a
While considering the postoffice ap-
preparation bill in the house today Rob-
inson, democrat of Indiana, attacked
the subsidy of $45.O0O recommended but
for the transporting of mails from San
Francisco to Tahiti. The appropria-
ton had heretofore been sneaked
through congress in "A cowardly man
ner.
Robertson moved to strike out the
subsidy which carried.
The house committee on military af-
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
bR|STOW'S
SNAP RECORD
Congressmen Receive With Plea
sure Evidences of BrisuOw's
Family Snap

Especial Telegram to Evening Teiier)
WASHINGTON, d. c., March "a
Members Of congress in their mail TO-
dav received cards printed on both
sides purporting to show the record
OF Bristow in the guise of Franklin
county, Kan, directory. 1t names NM
self and four relatives on the payroh
WITH an aggregate sum Of $500 annu-
ally. Bristows partner. Allen, Is also
a candidate for congress. The card was
circulated With great gleo.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
CONVICTED
OF PERJURY
Witness in the Fair Will Case
Will Serve a Term of Three
Years Each

Especial Telegram to Evening TelIer)
PARIS, March 24.-The court hear
ing the evidence in connection with the
Fair will case today condemned Fred
eric Masse and Louis Muranne, cyclists,
who gave false evidence at the hearing
in New York to three years in prison
and fine of fifty francs aeh. They
testified they had seen the Fairs killed
that Mr.. Fair was the first to expire.
1t was proved that the men were not
n. the .cene when the accident oc-
CURED.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
Fire in Dry Goods Store Damages the
Stock $4,000

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller. ,
KANSAS CITY, March 24.-Fire this
morning did 100000 damage to the
Jones Dry Goods department store.
One of the firemen was seriously in
jured. The fire was caused bv a
stroke of lightning
A. V. Merrill. spectator, may die of
conclusion of the brain as the result
OF "A stream of water striking him.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
Government in Charge

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller)
RIVERSIDE, March 24.-The bank
is in the hands OF Government Exam
iner Wilson and the chance Of re-
opening depends upon the action Of the
government. The bank officers oner
no reward for Hayes capture.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
CRUISER WAS ToRPEDoEp
Cruiser eayan Destroyed and not the
Torpedo Boat Skori

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller. }
BARLIN, March 24.-The Schlesswig
Zietung announces that it was not the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skori
that was blown up by floating tor
pedo at Port Arthur harbor but the
armored cruiser Bayan. Almost the
entire crew of seven hundred men were
killed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
NO DAMAGE TO FLEET
IN THE RECENT BATTLE
IOgo'S Report Just Received Tells of the Com.
bined Attack Made at Port
Arthur Last Tuesday

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller }
TOKYO, March 24.-Togo's report of
the Fort Arthur attack of the 22nd re-
ceived tonight says that the combined
fleet acted according to a plan while
the destroyers under fire sustained no
damage. The battleships Full and
Yoshimi were directed to make an in
direct bombardment against the inner
side of the port. During this attack
the enemy's fleet came out to draw us
near the forts. Many of their shells fell
near the Fuji but the ships sustained
no damage.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
K0uropakin will do nothing raSh He saws: "Re natfnt

the same applies to the alleged engage
ment at Port Arthur on the nineteeth
in which six hundred Russians are al.
legged to have been killed or wounded.
A Liaoyang Dispatch states that Kou-
ropatkin was welcomed in the trans
Baikal territory by LLinvitch by a tel
egram saying the troops are thirsting
for revenge. South Manchuria south
OF Korea are reported quiet.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
SEVERE STORM
IN MONTANA
Trains Blocked by Slides and
Drifts, Cattle are Dying
in Awful Blizzard

Especial Telegram 10 Evening Teller.)
BUTTE, March 24.-A severe snow
storm continues throughout the state
with slides to delay the trains.
The Great Northern passenger coll
lided with snow plow, today and
three of the train crew We're injured.
Cattle are drifting before the blizzard
The losses will be- greater than for
twelve years it is expected.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
NO TRUTH IN REPORT
General Plug Denies That the Japs
Have Crossed Into Manehuria

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller. :!
ST. PETERSBURG, March 24.-Gen-
eral Plug telegraphs from Mukden, to-
day, stating that there is no truth in
the report that the Japanese have
crossed the Tatung Pc Soa pass or
had an engagement with the Russians
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
PARDON FOR AQUiNO
Taft Thinks the Filipino Insurgent Has
Suffered Enough

Especial Telegram TO Evening Teller.)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. March "a
Taft has recommended that the presi-
dent pardon General Aquno. the Fill
pino insurgent, who was court mar
tailed for ordering five American pris-
oners shot. resulting in the death of
three He has served three years and
denies ever having issued the order.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
Queen Tries the Menu

Especial Telegram to Evening Tellsr.)
LONDON. March 24.-The Queen to-
day visited the Alexandria trust res
taurant established by Sir Thomas
Upton and ordered four-pence
hapenny dinner served.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
NEWS FROM SEOUL
Russians Move South to the Anju River
and Arc Stopped by Ice

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller. }
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Minister
Allen at Seoul cables: Port Yongam-
pho will be opened to the trade Of the
world by the Korean government. A
thousand Russian have moved south to
the Anju river. but floating ice makes
crossing difflcult. There have been few
encounters with but slight casualties.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
Wreckage Of the Lamorna

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
VICTORIA, March 24.-More wreck
age from the lost Lamorna indicates
that she was probably wrecked three
days ago on the star light reef off
Uclulet bay. There is but little doubt
that all We're drowned
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
BUILDING cOLlAPsEs
Thirteen Workmen Buried in the Ruins
of q Theater

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
BERLIN, March 24.-The Flora va
riety theater which is being demolished
collapsed today and thirteen workmen
were killed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
KoURoPATkiN's PLANS.
Will Put Three Armies in the Field
for the Campaign

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
ST. PETERSBURG, March 24.--The
Berlin report of the Bayan is denied
here. General Kouropatkin will have
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-24
WILL PRESS THE SUTTON
Roosevelt Will Set the Wheels ooinn
at ot. Louis

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.l
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The
president today acceeded to the res
quest Of the Louisiana Purchase com-
mittee to start the machinery Of the
worlds fair by pressing the button at
noon. central time, April IL.