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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
CONCERTS BY MASSED BANDS
Prizes Asoresstins $4,000 to Be Dis.
tributed at tho Worlds Fair.

Never were musical events I'm Amerl-
ca planned upon such an elaborate scale
as those OF the Worlds Fair. A series
OF concerts VIII be given by competing
bands I'm contest for prizes offered 10y
the Worlds Fair. These contests will
take place I'm Festival Hall. Sept. II
to II.
Nine cash prizes. aggregating $4,000.
are offered for the successful bands
The prizes are divided so as 20 give to
the organization scoring the highest
number OF points $3,25O; 81, 800 Will be
given 20 the band scoring the second
highest number OF points and 1900 TO
the one getting the third highest num-
ber
The above division is made for bands
In Glass A, which consist OF twenty
members. In the b class $4,000 will
be given in priEas-hrst. $500; second.
$500; third, 5000.
Glass @. which includes bands OF thir-
ty-fve members. will enjoy the division
OF $12.75O. For the organization scor-
Ing the highest number OF points a
prize Of $4,000 has been named. The
second prize Is $4,000 and the third So.
700.
Bands employed by the Exposition
are not permitted to contest All play
ers must be bona fide members. and
each musician must have been enrolled
at least three months prior 10 the date
OF the contest. Each band must send
to the bureau the name OF its members
and n nominal entrance fee.
Festival Hall concerts by massed
bands will be given at 1880 each day
during the contest. I'm which oil contest.
ing bands will take part under the di-
rection OF a distinguished conductor
All bands entering must agree to play
one concert I'm addition TO the compel.
ing concert and massed concerts
A separate programme has been pre-
pared by the Bureau OF Music for each
class, and each band will play through
the full programme OF Its class. The
numbers In all three programmes are
by eminent composers and are chosen
with the view OF bringing out the quail.
tiles OF the bands performing them. The
list Of composers includes Wagner Gou.
nod, Ofrenbach, Verdi. Saint Saens. Bl.
ret. Strauss and Leoncavallo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
MONUMENrUNYEILED.
WOodmen ~ the World UnypH Monu.
meuH 70 the Memory Of Dr MT
POWELL ~ NcWburg.
From Grafton sentinel.

From Grafton Sentinel
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hundred and 6nv w.,5o,.n .,1,. wi,
aecompar,el by lh.i, ,,i.,l. ...,,.dt t.,,,
thi. civ on sg.eisr ,,.i, f,, v.,.,,,, =,
remember D,. Af r.. p,,,r ,yt, d,,,u.3
this life eaIv las, s,,i,c i.y r.y.'i....,
beautiful monument ,, b,. ,,.,,.., h.f..
at the town. a LARGE r,o,J had si..,t,
gathered ro s,tn..s ,b. ir.r.,.iy. ~.,.oo
nies and acesn,g7pv tb. local cs,,,,,n..
cemetery. The w. % W. p,,i t.s5.5
the procession. f.il.v,J by ,bs r,.,,l.. .,s
the family of ,he deceased in esrrsg.. and
numerous friend,. which sweIl.d n. lio. of
march TO about efx hundred. Geo ~ p,.
was nisste, of e.remoni-s and l,. b.,gGf,l
ritualislic program for such an oe-,.i,, ,,s
rendered without a hitch. Isdg. Hi, gs.
introduced and delivered One address. Stain,
briefly that Doe bad spent his earle manhood
near the town. fbat be was srr,,BYi,5 Dad,
,t5.r,.. f.f..4. ...f ..tt
o'E'''@''',n nag D" ''''l ~. o''''o2 Tor ihc
purpose of fulfilling s promises. chat DO had
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
SECTIONAL BITTERNESS.

Il can understand how q statesman
can believe in a protective tariff and
in a centralized federal government,
but cannot comprehend how a patriot
can advocate a policy calculated 70
provoke race conflicts IN the South and
TO array the different sections Of our
common country IN bitterness against
each other" lsenator Bailey In Brook
lyn.1
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
ON A WAR FOOTING.
President Rooseveit's Strenuous
Peace Policy Suspicious.

The question: Is the United States
being prepared for wRrg may we'll be
asked. Joseph Pulitzer In his open let-
ter TO President Roosevelt, says:
I'VE are spending more money now
on our navy than any other country
In the world. except England: a third
more on our army than Austria-Hun-
gary. with nearly 4o0,o0o men under
arms, and twice as much as Japan In
time OF peace. and more on army, navy
and pensions than Is spent for the
same purposes by any OF the over
loaded military powers OF continental
Europe without exception. Our navy
is costing us sos 1000. 900 this year.
France. hitherto the second naval
power In the world. is spending S6i,-
100000 on hers. and Germany. under
your illustrious counterpart, the En-
peror $50 100000. On it's face. our ac-
uvity looks as II We were preparing for
certain war.
we arc building thirteen battle
ships to England's ten. Germany's sew
en- and Frances six. and thirteen great
armored cruisers, practically battle
ships, to Englands sixteen. Frances
six and Germany's two. We are lust
finishing half "A dozen smaller cruisers.
We have more nrst-class battleshlps
already built than any other country
In the world except England. ana tho
English editor OF Brassey's Naval An
nual says that In ten years at the pres
ent rate we shall displace Great Brit
ain as the first naval power OF tho
globe. Yet you keep prodding us on.
How much do you want2 Fifty years
ago our navy consisted OF few wood
en- frigatos. and our peaceful merchant
fleets covered the seas. To-day we have
over 100000 tons OF steel battleships
and cruisers. and our merchant marine
In the foreign trade has shrunk until
It Is hardly larger than tho navy that
is supposed to protect It,"
81 am not speaking to Democrats
this is not a party matter. Your
schemes arc personal, not partisan.
Your boasted Americanism Is really
Europeanism. II is the very antithesis
OF the true American spirit. You are
proposing to EuropeaniZe our institu-
tions. Not content with the extraor-
dinary increase in the powers and pat
ronage OF the President OF the United
States, you propose TO become prac-
tically the President OF the whole West
ern Hemisphere. The accidental head
Of one republic. you would make your
self the head OF twenty-one. In tho
name OF James Monroe, the strict con-
structionIst OF the Constitution, and
under a hypooritical pretense Of duty,
you assume preTogatives that would
turn Hamilton pale and that would
make Monroe rise In his grave de-
fy any OF your euloEists, from the brill
liant and distinguished Whitelaw Reid
downward, TO show one line in the
writings OF any previous President Of
any party Justifying your proposed
suzerainty over tho Western HOmi-
sphere. But II you fall 10 Hnd any
warrant for your policy In the ConstI-
tuition OF the United States or tho
practice OF your predecessors. you may
find II abundantly in the quarter from
which you borrowed the policy itself
IN Europe" [Jos. Pulitzer In New
York World.l
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
or A MILITARY PEOPLE.

1--WE are not military people. bent
on conquest, or engaged In extending
our domains In foreign lands, or de-
sirous OF securing natural advantages.
however great. by force; but people
loving peace. not only for ourselves,
but for all the nations of the earth.
THE display OF great military arms-
mcnts may please the eye and for the
moment, excite the pride OF the citizen,
but II cannot bring the country the
brains, Drawn and muscle OF a single
immigrant. nor induce the investment
here Of q dollar Of capital. or course.
such armament as may be necessary
for the security OF the country and the
protection Of the rights Of It's citizens.
at home or abroad, must be main
tained. Any other course would DO
not only false economy, but pusillani-
nous. protest, however, against the
feeling, now far too prevalent, that
by reason Of the commanding position
we have assumed in the world, We
must take part In the disputes and
broiIs OF foreign countries; and that
because we have grown great wo
should intervene in any important
question that arises In other parts Of
the world I also protest against the
erection OF any such military establish
msnt as would be required to maintain
the country IN that attitude. We
should oonhze our international actlvi-
ties solely 60 matters In which the
rights Of the country or OF our oiti-
zens are directly involved. The IL
not q sltuation Of isolation. but OF IN.
dependence" Iron Judge PsrksFf
speech OF aoceptance1
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
PHILIPPINES AT
WORLDS FAIR
Complete Exhibition Of Island People and
Industries Covers Forty.seven Acres
and Is independent Of Larger Show.

Not even I'm the heart OF Manila city
could there be found forty-seven acres
Of Philippine territory as interesting as
that amount or space covered by the
islands display at the Worlds Fair.
Here is an exposition within an ex-
position. little wheel that revolves
independently OF the larger one encom-
passing H.
Scores OF buildings are filed with ex-
hibits. native life is depicted by as
many different villages as there are
tribes on the islands. military drills are
given by Philippine troops, and con-
certs are rendered by native bands.
For its amusement features the Philip
pine exposition has the humorous Igor
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
M nhrisllnn ehnL.h.. ID Con.lanlLnonIa.

The Christian churches at CouIanlinople.
Turkey. and YOkahoma Japan have long
used the L0nemaD s Martinez Paints Tor
painting their churches
Liberal contributions OF the T.. 81 NJ. Paint
viii BE given Tor such purposes Wherever a
church Is located.
y. NJ. SCohcld Harris Springs IS. c..
writes painted our old homestead with
l. & NJ twentysiX years AGO Not painted
since looks better than houses painted iu
the last four years
W ID. Barr. Charleston w Va. writes.
Painted Frankeuburg Block with T.. & 81
shows better thaQ any buildings here have
ever done stands out as though varniAed
aud actual cost OF paint was less than @ 90
per gallon. Wears and covers like gold
These Celebrated Pants are sold by d
a Herring. Kingwood B u. Wolfe. Reeds
vile u II Huggins. AlbrightsYille.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
WHAT is LIFE.

ln the last analysis nobody knows bu, We
do know that it is under strict law Abuse
that law even slightly pain results Irreg.
ular living means deraneemcnt Of the or.
gans, resulting iu Constipation, Headache
OF Liver trouble Dr. Kings New Life Pills
quickly rc.adiusts this. its gentle. yct
thorough. Only 7sc.
Sold by a, Leuhart Of KinewOOd
Cooke Supply Co., Of Howesyllle
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
wbatsin Name,

Everything is ln The name when 10 comes
to Witch Hakel Salvc u g.. Dewitt IS Go.
oi Chicago discovered some years ago how
to make g aalvc from Witch Hazel that is a
specific Tor Piles For blind bleedIng. itch.
ing and proirudiug Piles. eczema cuts
burns, bruises and all skin diseases. De
Wits Salvo has no equal. This has given
rise 90 numerous worthless counterfrifs.
Ask fof DcWirs-ihe genuine.
Sold by Sricklers Drug Store. and WIN.
w. Dent. Of Ncwburg
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
How's mist

Wo oaer One Hundred Dollars Reward
ior any case Of Cstarrh that cannot he
cured hy Halls Catarrh Cure.
CHENFY & Co. Toledo. @
We thc undersigned. have known r
cheney Tor the last rs years aud believe
hiw perfectly honorable in af business
Transactions and financially able 90 carry
oni any o1Ngaiions made bv DIS firm.
WALDiNG. kfNNAN 81 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druegists. Toledo. O
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken interosltv
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF che system Testimonials sont
Druggists ~ "'
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
EEARELL ID AnAINsI -

Bedridd alone and destitute. Such.
loo brief wa the condition 0f an old soldier
by name Of Havcus Versailles. o. For
years De was troubled with Kidney disease
and neither doctors nor medicines gave
him relief At length be tried Electric
BttCrs 10 put him on bis feet Boo short or
der and now be testi6es I'm on The road
TO complete recovery Best on earth for
Liver and Kidney troubles and forms OF
Guaranteed.
Sold by ] a. Leuhart Of Kiugwood
Cooke supply Co, Of Howesviiic.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
Rlom ll. 10 q. pnnnDs

1nc of iho most remarkable cases OF
cold deep seated on thc lungs causing
pneumonia is that OF Mrs Gertrude r
Fouucr Marion. lnd who was entirely
cured by tho use OF One Minute Cough Cure
Ghe says "rhe coughing and sfraiuiug so
weakened mo that I ran down lu weight
from ff8 10 o. pounds tried a number of
remedies 90 no avail until I used one Min
ute Cough Cure. -Four bottles Of this won.
derful remedy cured me entirely OF the
cough strengthened my lung and restored
me 10 my normal weight health aud
strength"
Sold by stricklcrs Drug Store. and WIN.
M, Dent Of Newburg.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29

WANTED-ludustri0us man o. woman as
permanent representative Of big manufac.
turing company, % look after iis business
In This county and ad Dining territory
Business success and established.
Salary SEQ. 90 weekly and expenses salary
paid weekly from home ofhce Expense
money advanced. Experience not essential.
Enclose self addressed envelope. General
Manager, Como Block Chicago. g
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29

Wanied-A saleswomau TO work in
general sio'eI more particularly dry goods
snd notions Address The Argus once A.
once.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29

When tccthing most babies slomachs are
disordcrcd. Dr. Fahuey's Teething Syrup
cures and prevents this trouble
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
WEST YIRGINIA's GREATEST NEWS.
PAPER ONLY S3 90 FOR A YEAR.

Ihe wheeling Daily IDtellIgencer
Again Marks an Epoch in West YIr.
ginia journalism with It's Pirst an.
nual Bargain Day, Wednesday, Oct
9Th. 1904
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-29
TURNER,
Licensed AuetiOneer,
Twelve Years Practice)

Offers bis services 90 the people Of PrestoE
county az f3 90 per day except Court
House Work az customary price
Address. MANowN w. VA
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-10
Nav Register At Any Time.

The following, written in response to
the query of Richmond News-Leader re-
porter, is reproduced for the benefit of
many inquiring citizens:
Dear SIr.-Replying to your inquiry of
even date herewith in regard to the pro-
visions of the law for registration Of
voters. pursuant to the requirements of
section 20 of the constitution, l have the
honor to state that section rs, page sos,
of the acts of I902I03'O4, prescribe that
each registrar shall annually, on the
third Tuesday in May, at his voting
place, proceed to register the names of
all qualified voters within his election
district not previously registered in the
said district, who shall apply to be regis
tered, and shall complete such registra-
ton on the same day; and that thirty days
previous to the November election the
registrar shall sit one day for the pur-
pose OF amending and correcting the list,
etc. The registrar shall at any time
previous 10 the regularda OF registration
register any voter entitled to vote at the
next succeeding election who may apply
to him to be registered.
Section so also prescribed that any
voter who has changed his residence may
apply in person or in writing to the reg
istrar of his former election district at
any time up to and including the regular
days of registration for transfer upon
which he may be registered in the pre-
cinC, diafrict to which he has moved,
provided he has acquired tho requisite
residence therin. The right to registrar
under section rs presupposes, of course,
the possession by the applicant of the
qualifications as to residence, prescribed
in section IS of the constitution, and
also that he has, in obedience to the re-
quirements of section 20 of the constitu-
ton, personally paid to the proper Of
ficer all State poll-taxes assessed or as
sessable against him under this or the
former constitution for the three years
next preceding that in which he offers
to register.
The other qualifications Of section 20,
which | cannot undertake to enumerate
here, are much more rigid than were the
requirements for registration under sec
ton 10. Those persons who registered
at either of the registrations held last
year and the year before under the
ordinance of the constitutional conven-
ton will never be required to register
again; nor will they be required to show
a receipt for the poll-tax, except for the
year 1903, at any election in which they
may offer to vote in the year 1904
The only persons exempt from the
payment Of the poll-tax as a prerequisite
to the right to vote, assuming, of course,
that they are registered, are those who
served in the army or navy ofthe United
States or the Confederate States or any
State of the United States during the
civil war.
| have the honor TO be,
Very truly yours,
9 TANTFP
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-10
Mount Vernon Not For Sale.

"Washington's old home is to be sold.
Look it up. Big story"
A number of Washington correspon-
dents of western papers received mes
sages Of this character yesterday, and
furry resulted in newspaperdom which
was not abated until more explicit ex-
plantations were obtained. Then it de-
veloped that an enterprising real estate
operator in Washington had inserted adj
vertisements in number of western
papers reading as follows
Late President Washington's estate
for sale; residence, outbuildings; $50
acres magnificent farm near railroad
and river; bargain"
A polite, cadayerous, sandy mustached
man in charge Of the real estate Office
informed a representative of The Tri-
bune that 1.-THE farm | advertised was at
one time-a part of the Mount Vernon
estate. 1t is at Snowden's, about three
miles from Alexandria, and has been in
the hands OF the Snowden family for
forty-three years"
w HO OWu6u IL DclOft Tue DltOM
den's?" the visitor asked.
II do not know" the real estate
operator said frankly, "but there is no
doubt about it having been a part of
Washing.on's estate. He owned every
thing in that part of the country. I'm
awfully sorry that that place isn't in
England. | am an Englishman myself,
you know. Now, over where came
from if had that farm for sale I'd get
rid OF it inside of twenty-four hours and
sell it for four times what am asking
for it. Over in England, you know, they
are willing to pay more for old associa-
tons than they are here. But don't think
TlIhave any great trouble in selling this
place. / advertised it in thirty western
papers. The people in the West have
more money than they have in the East.
Besides that they are good deal more
liberal. Now if you say anything about
this farm don't tell them it is Mount
Vernon, for it is not. The purchaser
won't find any of the Washington relics
in it, either, Pm afraid, for the curiO
hunters cleaned up Virginia pretty we'll
years ago. But it is bargain without
The relics. ~ New York Tribune.
THE property advertised is probably
the farm of Mr.. w. H. Snowden at
Arcturus, in Fairfax county, below this
city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-10
Evacuating Niuchwang.

The Russian evacuation of Niuchwang
continues. Reinforcements for General
Kuropatkin are being hurried forward
to the extent of 100, 600 men, thus Civ
ing him combined force Of about 300,
900 in Manchuria.
The next great battle is expected at
Lao Yang, unless, as has been reported,
the Russians also retire from that I'M
portant position. 1t is officially an
nounced at st. Petersburg that the
general will remain there for the pres
ont
The japanese NV for rs known
have not yet made any move towaro
Niuchwang, but they will certainly oc-
Lcupy it when the Russian evacuation is
complete.
1t is reported that the Russian advance
from Feng Wang Cheng has begun, and
that they will next be heard from in the
vicinity of Lao Yang.
Meanwhile the japanese are tighten
ing their grip upon the lower part Of
Liaotung peninsula in the vicinity OF
Port Arthur, as indicated by their re-
ported investment of Dalny. 1t is said
that the Port Arthur garrison's food
supply will not last longer than three
months.
Viceroy Alexieff has transferred his
headquarters to Hardin, and it is prob
able that he will soon return TO st. Pc
tersburg, as his services are no longer
of any special value so far as the war is
concerned.
The Daily Telegraph's Seoul cores
pondent says: at is believed here that
a portion of the Russian VladivostOk
fleet has been successfully shut out, and
is now in the sea of japan trying to
evade the japanese.
The London Times says: "The
specter haunts the minds of Russians
that IN some critical moment China may
suddenly declare herself openly on the
side of Japan. This dread is naturally
increased by the news of the Japanese
Victory ION the Yalu, and the Novoe
Vremya in a recent leading article only
thinly DISCUSSES its anxiety by adopting
violently minatory tone. The real
danger in the situation, it says, lies in
the effect the japanese victory may have
upon China, and it urges Russian diplo-
matte agents to put forth every effort to
pacify the minds of the Chinese. The
Chinese government, it says, should be
reminded that a breach of neutrality COM
mitted al la time when Russia had suffered
a temporary reverse would constitute an
especially heinous ofenses against inter-
national equity. The Novoe Vremya fur
Their suggests that the representations of
Russian diplomatic agents in view of the
peculiar character of the Chinese govern
ment be enforced by military demonstra-
tions.v