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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
Parker A lTBER OF
Ar r liz AMBER SYSTEM
German is confident it viii prove

German is. confident it will prove a
vote winner.
At Boston, on the previous even
ing, President Eliot, of Harvard Uni
yersity, was a guest at dinner given
in honor of Booker T. Washington by
negroes constituting the Mems Forum
Of Cambridge. President Eliot was
introduced BY the POSTMASTER with
the statement that for the first time
in history a president Of Harvard.
puts his feet under the mahogany
with black men" Mr.. Eliot, however,
corrected the, POSTMASTER. 81 have
SAT al table With colored men many
times in my Iife," he said u began
when boy IN my fathers house at
the top Of Beacon Hill. IN my boy
hood home ! ate with an old co1ored
man who had been a slave and had
crossed the Canadian line more than
once. Then have had the honor to
sit with DR.. Washington at the col
1ege table on commencement day.
There's nothing new in this asSocia-
ton. Your toastmaster, gentlemen,
was a bit in error in thinking the
conditions of the meeting had any
novelty to me- So we have another
president, the head of the leading edu-
cational institution of the country,
throwing the negro issue in the faces
of the American people-if ex-Gov.
Frank Brown, of Maryland, speaks
the language of sober wisdom. Mr.
Eliot may also be charged with excit-
ing sectional hatred and provoking
"a deadly conflict of the rces,' if
Senator Rayner was not TALKING like
a demagogue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
BRYAN SAYS HE'S
AARON OF DEMOCRACY.
Willing to Assume the Role Providing
the Moses, Who Is So Slow of
Speech. But win Lead the Party
Out Of the Wilderness.

CHILLICOTHE. Mo. Oct 12-W!l.
liam j. Bryan addressed a large out
door meeting in Elm park Monday ar
ternoon. Having been introduced as
the man who some day may be Pres
tdent Of the United States Mr. Bryan
said that he used to think he would be
President, and that he was the Moses
of the Democratic party. But
don't think so now" he said. Moses.
you know, was slow Of speech. and
the Lord selected Aaron as his speech,
maker. I believe that I am the Aaron
rather than the Moses of Democracy
] am willing to be the Aaron of the
party, if our Moses, who has been so
slow of speech, will but lead the peo-
pie out of the Wilderness
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
FoURisn1IN CITE sEss ON.
The United States Supreme Court
s3 Meets to Open I'll Term. 5s

WASHINGTON. d. q, oct. IA
four minute session of the Supreme
Court of the United States opened the
October term Of that body at noon
Monday. The Chief Justice and each
Of the associate justices were present.
Adjournment was had that, in accord
ance with the usual custom, the court
might pay its respects in a body to
the President of the United States.
The only business transacted was
the admission Of fourteen attorneys
to practice before the court. Chief
Justice Fuller announced that the call
Of the docket would begin Tuesday.
Ten cases have been set for argu-
ment The first two Of these Cfrom
the Court OF C1airns) will probably,
be taken up Immediately Other
cases set for argument include the
lEairweather viii case, from the New
York Circuit Court the inheritance
tax case, brought by Vanderbilt, the
Western Union Telegraph Company
vs.. the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
the three newspaper conspiracy cases
from Milwaukee, Wis.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
a CONTRAST
;sfdw the Negro Issue Is Being Thrown
IN Our Faces.
(New York Evening sum
Ienl.y II

##s Atsthe Democratic mass meeting in
u Baltimore on Tuesday night ex-Gov
!. Frank Brown charged the President
with throwing the negro issue in the
faces 81 the American people. $50
ScfaIly and ofEclaIlv,'' said the ex-gov-
ernor,, she has sought to humiliate the
people of the South and what he has
5one cannot be swallowed by the
white men OF Maryland. When the
F9resident Of the United States under
tales TO tell you before his election
]. Sk1at he does not propose TO draw any
& iiue of distinction as to race, color or
previous condition of seryitude. then
ssEs tell you it is time for the blood of
tfle&white men of this country to be
5eome aroused:'' Senator Rayner also
.uhooped things up" for white SUI
SIlremacy. and used this inf1ammable
language 1.-THE President may cause
great and serious trouble-he' may
SOW the seeds Of discord; he may
provoke instruction; he may rouse
the feeling of passion and revenge;
he may i'll the towns and hamlets Of
THE South with turbulence and dis
order; he may reliindle the fires of
prejudice and sectional hatred and
cause a deadly conflict of the races
88sotst let me predict to him that he will
never subordinate the intelligence
and the refinement of the people of
the South to the rule of barbaric ig-
norance and degradation" etc, etc.
launched in Baltimore, and Senator
-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

No fake, but the truth. Mems
Suits and Banister Shoes, less than
the manufacturer can now make them
Co. K
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
& OHIO RAILROAD.
Worlds Fair Every Wednesday
In August, September and oc-
tober-OnIy $500 Round
Trip From Fairmont.

Tickets will be good going in
coaches only on specified trains.
Returning, tickets will be good in
coaches only on all regular trains,
leaving ST. Louis not later than ten
days, including date Of sale.
Call on ticket agent for time of
train and full information.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
Candidate Watson Says Democratic
lonainee Owes His lorninati ion
To Wall Street Influence.
CHICAGO Y:


sssss sHIG5AGo Oct 2 Thomas E.
atson. omine of the Peoples par
fora Presid ent, Monday night adj
sSfssslressad an II aud fence which filed
Princess rink n TO oYerflowing The
boil the Republican and
Dem ocTatic parties we're scored bit
son, and his decIara-
aceiEed ID enthusiasm AIr.
spoke i'd part as. follows
ost striiting feature Of the
prase1a ~ caanDai en- is that there was
more energy displayed in obtaining
ations than there Eas been in
elections III Judge Parker,s
cans pa I'll clITarly, there was ten.
mes more il tfustry, earnesrness,
systematic effort put forth in tile eff
have h i'm named as head Of
the democratic ticket than is now
t3eiEg used to have him elected Pres
fdent. Howaare we to explainit? The
corporation influence TO which Parker
ssoSies is nomination were hell-bent
son having him nominated, but it is a
after Of Indifference to them wheth-
sgshe ese1ected of not. Standing on
the kind of platform that he stands
on, conholled by the kind of influence
which controls him, his election
would mean the continued existence
sEof$the systems just as the election of
Roosevelt would. If Roosevelt be
Parker IS elected the system is not
Hunt IN either event corporate wealth
wins the ballot.
= yaI J B.
politically the country, is govern
ssd* on the star chamber system. That
Parker himself is an output of this
method Of government, no intelligent
man VIII deny. And the reason why
sEhes cannots5take any bold step in any
possib1e direction, nor declare him
asef% openly to be opposed to any prin-
cinIeSof tbs Republican party, is that
mes dare noISoffend the star chamber
eneas who purchased the editors
and delegates and secured the
Ennnfnation for him Altogether the
people, a confidence game as Bry-
S5aR5 called 1T and playing with loaded
dice die as#Bryan called it.
Prohibt tion# campaign led by the
fEhislSey trust; a labor movement, !
I Jed the Bell and Frick and Pea
Dad W; crusade against gambling led
Richard Garfield, OF New York !
and Tom 'Taggart, of Indiana. would |
+ not be more of selfevident and |
a5Eazen attempt TO deceive than this /
\ Ear Sers anpaign, which pretends to |
lie against class legislation and at the |
tine is led and cashed by such /
sbsnst1ciaries Of class legislation as
8 gus e Belmont, the Standard Oil .
Conn aI1y and kindred corporations OF
tie w I15street sort.
Bryan had boIted the ST.
g5ouIs convention and called upon
SDamo crats everywhere 10 rally to his
support against Wall street, Parker's
campaign would have died in its birth.
The Belmonts and Germans, and Oh
Sneys4 and CIeyelands would have been
driven into the Republican camp,
where the belong. Parker has not
ghost OF a chance to be elected, and
The only practical effect OF his contin
ned candidacy is to stand in the way
ofsreaI opposition to the present sys-
TEN
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Remember, you will find the largest
lines of washing machines, wringers,
tubs, &C, carried in the city at J. L.
Halls Hardware Store. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Paint pride is ours in justlhab1e
measure, because we carry Heath &
Millegan's best prepared paint. and
satisfaction is guaranteed by its use.
J. L. Halls Hardware Store. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

See the line of Banister Shoes
s19o. 1t beats them all. c. F. Ran
dali & Co. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
eRYAN's VIEW OF NOMINATION..

y Z 7s *
~ have nothing to take back, j have
nothing to withdraw of the things
that have said against the methods
pursued to advance his candidacy. lt
was plain and deliberate attempt to
deceive the party. The New York
platform was vague and purposely
SO, because the advocates OF Judge
Parker were trying to secure votes
from among the people who would
have opposed his views had they
known them. The nonigia-
ton was secured, therefore, by crook
ed and indefensibIe methods."'--vVll-4
liam Jennings Bryan, in The COM
noner," July 10, 1904. 5I3s 8s5s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Dorothy Dood shoe for women. G. B.
Highland. X
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ARRIVES.
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DEPARTS.
No. 3.-Pittsbu Accom'n 1850 A. NJ.
No. 51.-Conne1lsville Ac'm 2:1OP. NJ.
No. so leaves daily for Morgantown
at 9:O5 p. NJ. No. 81 arrives from Nor
gantown at 6:55 ~. M, daily except Sun
day; at 500 A. NJ. Sunday only.
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the manufacturer. Now on sale. C.
z. Randall & Co. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Quick collections, prompt settle
Reconsideration Claim Agency. X
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

The West virginian respectfully
solicits job printing OF all kinds.
Neat work at reasonable prices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12
DresSmakinq

Dressmaking
At 81 Second street, Fourth ward.
Children's work specially.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Croquet is pleasant past1me. Bro
cure q set at J. =. Halls hardware
store. ,51 ;53.,i *
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-12

Designated Depository Of the United
States and State of West Virginis..Ea
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
MANY TOWNS ARE SUFFERING
High Water Causes Serious Damage In
Parts OF Pennsylvania and Residents of
LOWlandS Homeless.

: Harrisburg, Pa. March 9.-The sit.
uation in the flooded region is critical.
The river has been rapidly rising all
night and is now 21 feet above low
water mark ,-
At Duncannon the iron company is
blowing holes through the ice with
dynamite in the endeavor to open a
channel
. AT Middletown the suffering is
greater than In any other portion of
the flooded region. The borough coun-
Gil has subscribed $500 for the relief
of the flood sufferers and the Y. M. C.
A.. building has been transformed. into
a temporary hospital There is much
sickness among the residents of the
lowlands. ts''.. 5.'s-'7 "'E,''
The famous old Middletown ferry
which has stood many floods, was
washed off it's foundations during the
night.
At High Spire the water is one foot
higher than it has ever been and is
rapidly rising. ->
At noon there were five feet of wa
ter on the. railroad tracks at the sta
ton in Washington borough, with the
river still rising. Nearly the entire
river street is inundated and a large
number of houses are flooded. The
stationmaster was driven from his
home.
At Creswell there are from ten to
twelve feet of water on the railroad
tracks. &.r.r
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
LoWLANDs UNDER WATER.
Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarr
: Continues to Rise.

Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarrs
! Continues to Rise.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 9.-At
q. m. the water in the north branch of
the Susquehanna river was ,28 feet
inches above low water mark and still
rising. All of the lowlands are under
water and the towns on the west bank
Of the river are cut OF. The Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western railroads are completely cut
OF from communication with the city.
Some of the anthracite mines in the
vicinity are flooded.
At Burwood and Westmoor the resi-
dents were compelled to leave their
homes in boats. ,-.,........ .--.....-....~ =.
The railroad tracks at Katawissa,
below here, have been washed away.
Neshopeck creek, tributary of the
SusGuehanna, Is very high and three
county bridges were washed against
the large bridge on the Hazleton divi-
sion Of the Pennsylvania railroad, NOV
ing it several inches.
H The business sections of Plymouth
and Edwardsville are under water and
almost all Of West Nanticoke is sub
merged. zs f s>. 81
@ At Catawissa the water is rising at
the rate Of eighteen inches an hour
and nearly all the streets in the lower
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
LYMAN IS ON THE STAND.
Head of the Mormon Church
Testifies In the Smoot Hearing and
Admits Polygamy.

married in 1884, he had had i've chill
dren, the last being born in 1900.
Several questions by members OF
the committee followed in rapid sue
cession and Mr.. Lyman admitted in
response to them that he knew that
in living in polygamy he was disobey-
ing both the law of the land and the
rule of his church. He said in repl
to one of these questions that he was
not only now living in pOlygamons CO.
habitation but that he expected TO
continue so to live.
referring to the rule of which you
have spoken" Mr.. Hoar said, you un.
derstood the rule or law of the church
to be the law of God, do you not ~
Mr.. Lyman replied that such was
his understanding. ,,6 sgN 81 <e
s'Then you are living and intend to
live in violation Of the laws of God
and man :" .e ~. %}s9. 5a g5 5s5@ MI
II fully intend" said Mr.. Lyman,
ITO be true to the law of my country,
to my God and to my obligations and
covenants with my wives, and have
never done thing that my conscience
did not approve"
Believes His Action Right.
II want, he proceeded, dropping
into q pleading tone of voice, ito make
a brief explanation if you will permit.
My case is different from that of most
other men. I was born in 1910 and I
can hardly remember when my father
was not a polygamist. He was q
friend and an adviser of Prophet
Joseph Smith and was taught by him
the importance and the truth of the
principle of polygamy. He accepted
the teaching and entered into the prac-
tice, marrying six wives in the years
1S45 and 184H, so that my earliest rec
election embraces the life of polyg-
amy. I remember all my fathers
wives as do my own motker and
lived in family thus constituted until
1 grew up and became the head of a
family of my own. Consequently
have known nothing else and I have
felt that it was correct. l have al
ways felt in my soul and heart that it
was correct. I married first in 1857,
again in 1859 and once more in 1884.
! The situation has been very painful to
me and have been greatly panied to
find myself in opposition to the law OF
the country and the church. But I
had made covenant with my wives
to love, respect and Fendear them and
could not find it in my heart to sep
arate from them as long as they were
true to me-" .:
Senator Hoar asked: do you, an
apostle of your church. expecting to
succeed Mr.. Smith in the presidency
and in that capacity to receive divine
revelations yourself. confess that you
are now living and expect to continue
to live in disobedience to the law OF
the country, the law of your church
and the law of God?" -.
The witness replied with q simple
y es." '-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
INVESTIGATORS ] !. REPORT.
Council Committee Finds Only "spo
radio" Graft In Chicago.

Council Committee Finds Only "spo.
radio" Graft In Chicago.
Chicago, March 9.--After three re-
visions the report Of the municipal
graft committee has been given to the
city council Alderman 3. f.. Herr
mann, chairman OF the committee,
handed Ia the document, which con
cludes Ave months OF investigation
into charges Of city hall corruption.
The report finds there Is no graft In
Chicago that Is, no stematic''
graft such as obtains In other cities.
Graft III Chicago is only sporadic. 81"
The report also makes recommends.
lions for the reform Of public evils.
The investigation was started when
Mayor Harrison, Ia an interview last
tall, said that Il ne were to weed out
corrupt ionists he would have grafters
Jumping ont Of every window 10 the
city hall.
The results before the report was
issued Were the suspension or dis
charge Of more than atty city EN-
ployes. the Indictment of q dozen and
the resignation Of numerous others.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
NAVAL FIGHT IS IMMINENT.
japanese Fleet Is Expected to Lie. Off
Vladivostok and Engage Russian Squa-
drOn on Its Return.

u st. Petersburg. March 8. The
Whereabouts OF the Russian Vladivos-
tok squadron is carefully guarded by
the military authorities, but there is
2 strong impression here that when
the seven Japanese warships appeared
on the harbor Sunday and Monday the
Russian squadron was outside, per
haps down the coast cooperating with
the Russian land force near the mouth
Of the Tumen river. If' the Russians
were outside and the Japanese def
aitely ascertained that fact q big sea
night Is probably imminent as 1t Is con-
stdered certain that the Japanese III
that case will lie OF Vladivostok to
prevent the return Of the Russians,
swing battle IL they are caught in khe
open sea. All the harbors along the
coast In which the Russians might
seek refuge are frozen and the squad
ron must eventually be forced to re-
turn to Vladtv0stok for coal. Although
the Japanese squadron is superior in
hunters and guns, consisting of q bat
tleship, four armored cruisers and two
anarmored cruisers. the four armored
cruisers Of the Russian squadron are
among the finest vessels in the Russian
navy, constituting as sister ships q
homogeneous fighting unit. and experts
here are not certain that they could
not take the measure Of the Japanese
ships. 7' ''.s .,1..s ..ssl n r
A naval service organ here argues
1engthily that the present Japanese
naval disposition presages q move
ment on q large scale on the sea Of
Japan. ri. ~ -. ~
L.. --s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
NO TRUTH in REPORT.
Japs Did Not 7ombard vladlvostok {
Second Time. = IL

Japs Did Not 1ombard vIadivostok a
n. I. Second Time. = TX
st. Petersburg, March g. There is
no truth in the report that the jap
anese feet bombarded Vladivostok all
day long Monday. According to the
latest information the fleet simply
showed itself and sailed away without
firing gun.
One reason for the appearance Of
the Japanese in Northern waters ad-
vanced here is their probable desire
to regain possession of the island of
Sakhalien, which was coded to Russia
BY Japan. It IL pointed out that the
whole OF Northern Japan will be
threatened with famine If the food
supply derived from the island Of SAX
halien fisheries is cut OF. Nine-tenths
Of the exports 60 to Japan, in addition
to which Japanese boats have been
carrying on piratical fishing along the
coast, which has exhausted the fish
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
KILLS AN ENTIRE FAMILY.

Berlin, March .9.Lieutenant Carl
Beseke, retired, after long and
steady decay OF fortune. took his last
money and gave splendid dinner in
honor Of his nineteen-year-old daugh-
tors birthday. Beseke then poisoned
his wife. daughter, two sons, respec.
lively twelve and sixteen years old,
cadets at military academy, and
himself with cyanide Of potassium,
which he seemingly inserted in the
mouth Of each in the form Of q pill
after they had gone into q drunken
sleep. .,,sg 81 81. 0
After brilliant career and q mar
riage with an heiress Beseke had
reached the end Of his fortune. He
unn th. srnn CROSS during the war OF
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09

,o,n..t - Il
1S7O-7l with France, married the
daughter OF rich hotelkeeper, there.
Dy having to leave the service as he
married out OF his caste, and started
q newspaper. The lieutenant wrote
well. but the paper was not successful
and ne became sales agent for a man
nfacturer and then manager OF q map
making enterprise. He lived beyond
his means for thirty years. Preceding
the tragedy the Beseke family had q
box at the circus. At 10 o'clock din.
ner was ordered In from q caterer.
beseke was especially gay and tender
and pressed his wife and his three
children to drink lots of champagne.
ne died holding his wife's hand
tightly. ..@...,.- -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
! !. RI. RUSSIANS ARE ROUTED.
Cavalry Force Said to Have Been b,
,ss.ss feated With Heavy Loss. s.s S;;Ss

Cavalry Force Said to Have Been be.
M feated With Heavy Loss. ss
j: Chefoo. March 81 There IL excellent
ground for believing that Russian
land force has been defeated with
much loss on the north bank Of the
river at Anju. III 5H&Slms e s 81 St
The Japanese military authorities ct
Pingyang have suppressed all infor.
nation as to the Russian repulse, but
Korean natives coming down to Che.
nanpo say that more than 1000 Rus.
sian cavalrymen we're attacked from
the north side of the river by Japanese
infantry that descended from Yong.
wong and from the south by artillery.
men. The Russians were reported in
full fight toward Kusong and Chonju
This is confirmed, also from Kasan,
which is at the mouth Of the river
from ANU. It is said that seventy OF
the Cossacks were killed and forty
taken prisoners. "a. .sE 80
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
Great Damage Is Feared.

Schenectady, N. Y, March 9.-The
higher temperature has let loose great
quantities of water into the rivers and
creeks flowing into the Mohawk. The
ice is from twenty-six to thirty-two
inches thick, so when it breaks great
damage is feared. The state authori-
ties are dynamiting the ice two and a
half miles above the city to protect
the Erie canal and local factories.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-09
SAIL FROM NEW YORK. !
Eight Hundred Delegates to conven
ton in Jerusalem. ...p-

Eight Hundred Delegates to conven.
,ss5, ton in Jerusalem. .--.a.
New York, March 9.-Between 700
and 800 delegates to the worlds fourth
Sunday school convention, to be held
at Jerusalem April 10, 10 and 20, sailed
ct 8 p. m. on the special chartered
steamer Grosser Kurfurst Of the North
German Lloyd line for a seventy -one
days cruise Of the Mediterranean.
They represent nearly every state, ter
ritory and province on the North
American continent. A similar con
tingent sailing from England, made up
Of European Sunday school workers,
will meet the American party in the
Mediterranean and In all between l..
200 and 1,400 delegates will attend the
convention. A. Is. WIS see. <.3,,...s-t
With the party from America are a
number of missionaries returning to
their respective fields Of labor in the
Orient. @:fs 3rr..