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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
Revolutionizing the Navy.

Boston Globe.l
The Navy is coming to take a more
and more important part in war Not
perhaps SO much on account OF its
imposing size and visible power, as
because of the new contrivances that
have come to view for demolishinS
rivals by unseen submarine forces. A
good example in illustration was seen
last week in an interesting test IN
the waters off Newport by the subma-
rine torpedo boat Shary, attached to
the torpedo station, in an attack ar
ranged between her and the gunboat
Hist. The Hist was sent on Beaver
Tail and told to prepare for an attack.
She was in command Of Lieut.. G.
ENGLAND. while the officers from the
torpedo station went out on the tor
pedo boat Winslow to watch the al
fair AS soon as the Hist had taken
up her position watches were set.
and every effort was made to pick
up the submarine. =
The Shark ran out into the bay and
submerged, picking her way through
the periscope. She was not seen once
by those on board any Of the vessels.
and the first known Of her where
abouts was when she came to the sur
face off the Hist and SiSnalled that
she had fired torpedo. She was Civ
en- the victory. She could have cas-
lily blown her adversary to pieces
without detection.
Sooner or later the navies OF the
world are to be revolutionlZed by
such agencies. We see the first indl-
cations of it in the pending war in
the East, and all the advanced nations.
especially our own, are at "orh per
fectine the new submarine devices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
The Story Of a DereIict.
New York;

New York;
Henry Miller, a patron Of the City
Lodging House, was found dead IN
a cell at the Madison street police
station early yesterday morning. He
had been picked up in an apparently
drunken condition in Seward Park
early Saturday night.
Miller was an opium eater. He was
about IS years old. and had the ap-
pearance of a man who might have
amounted to something once, upon a
time. Some of his lodging house as
socates tell interesting stories of the
mans past. but the adventures they
recount may have been the fruitaSe
of his dream life. when the dope was
working.
These lodging house stories, com
piled. gave Miller a history somewhat
as follows: He came to New York
IS wears ago from Troy and entered
a brokers' office. \ year later, he
married a rich widow. After that he
threw cases of champagne out OF no.
tel windows to hear the Jingle as
the bottles smashed on the street be-
low: he bathed in other champagne
that was not smashed and once took
a hack ride. up Broadway from the
Battery TO Harlem, opening bottle
of champagne at every saloon along
the route. How long it took to make
that journey lodging house chronicles
were unable to tell.
The mans body lies unclaimed at
the mOrgue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
WILL REFORM
German Women Determined to Re-
form Aristocracy-Worse Than
the Court Of Versailles.

BERLIN, Aug. 21.-The club OF Ger
man women Of royal and princely
blood which has just> concluded its
meetings at the Hotel Hohenzollern
il this city has decided to inausurate
crusade against the growing immo-
rality in aristocratic circles.
558 It is no secret that the moral con-
& ditions at several courts in Germany
are even worse than those at the court
OF Versailles during the times OF
Louis XIV. and XIV, and the action Of
the club, whose honorary president is
the present empress, is generally com
manded. I, iIss{ 5 .fs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
cIIILDRE|lS DAY
At WORLDS FAIR
FEAR REBELLION
GERMANY AND RUSSIA AFRAID
THAT POLAND MAY AGAIN
STRIKE FOR LIBERTY.

BERLIN, Aug. 21.-The Kaiser is
greatly worried at the; alarming re
ports from German government Off
Gals in Prussian Poland, who state
that the people of those provinces are
in a state of great unrest and who
are secretly conspiring with their
countrymen in Russian Poland in the
for1orn hope of throwing OF the ha-
tired German and Russian yoke.
In many places prominent Polish
agitators and patriots are openly
preaching rebellion against their op-
pressors and Russians and Germans
have repeatedly been insulted and at
tackled by Polish mobs.
Strong military forces are being
moved from other parts of the empire
and stationed in Polish cities, but this
has so far only served to excite the
Poles still more.
Leading German papers are warn
ing the government to be ready to
meet 1ong-prepared rebellion, the
probability of which increases with
every new defeat of the Russian arms
in the East.
It is also said that Polish societies
in the United States are contributing
large amounts of money to the treas
ury Of the revolutionists.
Also in the Polish provinces of Aus
tria the revolutionary movement is
growing stronger every day, and IN
house in Warsaw. which was recently
searched by the Russian police, thou
sands of circulars were found which
prove the existence of strong revo-
lutionary organization which is pre-
pairing to strike another blow for the
restitution of the kingdom OF Poland.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

Union.
CONNER Mt or Leading Newspapers on a.
Variety of Topies-Wiliiams
and Davis.

Washington Start
When Champ Clark, on his way to
Esopus. was asked as to the length
be short; that curiosity conferred in
what Judge Parker had to say. John
Sharp Williams at White Sulphur
Springs proceeded upon the other
idea. He took the stage and held 1t.
He gave his views in extenso- If
he had been the candidate for both
places on his party's national ticket
he would probably not have occupied
more time. He started with the land
ing Of the Pilgrims, and came slowly
and laboriously down to the present
day The country was not curious
on the subject of Mr.. Williams at
titude on public questions, although
this latest deliverance may serve
purpose. 1t knew that he justified
the denial by the South of the right
of the colored man to the suffrage, but
it did not know that he found that
justification in the country's treat
ment Of the Indian. 1t assumed-a
safe assum ption-that he approved OF
the Boston Tea Party but was in
ignorance, of course, as to the Strlk-
ing likeness existing between that al
fair and the Indianola postoffce affair
and SO on. But what of Mr.. Davis?
Echo answers, what? Whether he
was paralyzed by the length and char
acter of Mr.. Williams address or he
interpreted the occasion in spirit of
self effacement is question. Certain
it is that he left the occasion wholly
unimDroved. An indefinite talk OF
quarter of an hour, and he was
through And yet he has been in pol
itics for so years, and national
figure during two-thirds of the time.
We are told that the speech was sub
m;tted to Mr.. German before delivery,
and received his approval. This ap-
pears altogether likely. 1t reads as
if it might have been prepared in the
cyclone cellar at Laurel, with the one
object in view of keeping the coun-
try guessing as to the authors opln-
ions and Intentions: But Mr.. Davis
has another chance. Maybe he will
say something in his letter of accept
ance.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

In command during the action Third bird,
IL during his absence the second I: in 2
command had brayely and success
fully led the Japanese feet to victory
the world would rightly have regard
ed the suppression Of the fact in the
official reports and the organized at
tempt to deny him all credit as an ex-
hibition of injustice and favoritism.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
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NOTICE.

If You see a nice ,oking
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse. elegant harness,
nobby run-a-bout, carriage or trap,
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match, you can wager ten to one it
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind
FRED s. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night <
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

ripe and fresh, makes Jina Martins
soda so popular. The fact that all
these syrups are absolutely pure ap
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health. The water used is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever.
age SO wholesome and delicious. Try
a glass of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

Is not caught by careless chasing =:
but by cease1ess saving. In pla1 lEs
words, put your dollars into this banEss
and you'll have your own year hencs1
with four ca per cent interest added
Multiply that by dollars and the yearsss
and you will find what yosa oWn e:
decade hence It's as plain as a. p q
when you bring your first dollar here
Bring it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
EVERY YoUNGSTER is WELCOME
ON AUG. 2so OCCASION Will Will
BE kNoWNsAS SENATORIAL
.cHiLDREN'S DAY."
IITTLE ONES FROM EVERY SEC
on oFTH ES COUNTRY WILL
BEsADMiTTED FREE OF
cHARGE.

ST LOUIS, Mo.,SA Aug. 22.-The sue
cess Of the several "chi1dren's days"
when hordes OF youngsters apparently
SO thoroughlyS enjoyed themselves at
The Expositio has in effect given the
zofIicials a standard that is of great
assistance in arranging for Nation
sa1 sGhldren,s Day, which will be OBJ
served on Aug. 20. Every effort is
being put forth to eliminate all hack
neged features from the days program
and have the main events Of more
than ord mary interest to children.
On MAT iona1 Children's Day" the ex-
position gates Will be open for the
tree %admittance of every child in the
United states under fifteen years Of
age. The Jefferson Guards will be in
stTucted to especially look after chill
sdren on that day, and it is announced
not only viii special entertainment be
provided, but special measures will be
taken to insure protection in every
wayzto the children.
Recognizing the fact that parents
probably will not3be able in every case
I to accompany their children, the expo
5sition management makes the provi-
sion that five children accompanied by
one adult viii be admitted free. Ar
ssrangements are now being made with
the railroads to secure low rates from
Y ali parts Of the country in order that
children generally may have opportu-
nftysto visit the exposition just before
beginning the coming. school term.
sS The national commission and the
board OF lady managers have taken a
great interest in the project, and the
members Of both bodies are assisting
4 in arranging the special program.
Director OF Exhibits F. J. v. Skif
to-day said: The Exposition simply
viii be turned over to the children on
Aug. 20. Children are not destructive
I and do not hack and cut for the pur-
pose Of securing souvenirs, and the
Worlds Fair oficials desire the chill
sdren of the country to feel that that
is distinctly their day, and they are
& to enjoySit in their own way to the
fullest extent. =
Prices to attractions within the
grounds will be reduced to children
Eon National Children's Day." said
Secretary w 3. Stevens. Nothing
4 lSoS5Ie1eTuuuOHe2 10 insure me lllle
folk a good time.
ss Swiss Day was observed Friday at
the Worlds Fair with exercises in Fes-
5tivaI Hall, in the various Swiss sec
lions in the exhibit palaces. and with
& open-air entertainments.
sS resident Francis of the Exposition
delivered the address Of welcome. Re
marks We're made in English, French,
German. Italian and old Roman. Sew
3eral selections were rendered by a
chorus Of i've hundred voices, includ-
ing the National Anthem of Switzer-
land. The open-air entertainments in
8cluded an exhibition by Jack Glen
lister, the champion swimmer of the
world, and a sham battle by the Gull
yer Naval Cadets.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
JOSEPH scHUSTER,

Contractor for Cement Sidewalks,
Cellar Floors, Yards, Retaining Walls
and Steps. Stable Floors and Cellars
made water tight, specially.
Residence-Spence street, nesr* N2rr
pie avenue. F. M. Phone, 5sA.y p
o. Box, 476. Fairmont, W. Va ss5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

We handle straight line of furni.
ture, window blinds, mirrors and pic
lures. Fairmont Furniture Co. OPP
posite postofhce.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
dollars is

A second prize OF fifty dollars is
very liberal; and third of twenty
i've is a really handsome gift. See
page eight Of this issue. sss W "a x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

have some good bargains on Fair
mont avenue. Call and see me. h.
II. Lanham. =
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United States District Courts-The
Northern District.
Judge-John J. Jackson. ~
Clerk-Jasper Y Moore.
District Attorney-Reese Blizzard
Assistant District Attorney-E. M
Showalter.
U. S. Observation-Disclosures D. Elliott.
The Southern District.
Judge-Benjamin F. Keller;
Clerk-Edwin M. Keatley.
District .Attorney-George w. Atkin'
son.
Assistant District 'Attorney-Eiliott
Northcott.
U. S. Marsha1-John K Thompson
United States Senators.
Stephen B. Elkins and Nathan B
Scott.
Representatives In Congress.
First district-Blackburn B. Dove
ner.
Second district-Alston G. Dayton,
Third district-Joseph H. Gaines.
Fourth district-Harry c. Wood,
yard.
Fifth district-James A. Hughes.
stare government.
Governor-Albert B. White.
Secretary of State-Wm. M. o. Daw-
son.
Superintendent of Schools-Thomas
C. Miller.
Auditor-Arnold C. Scherr.
Treasurer-Peter Silman.
Attorney General-Romeo H. Freer
Adjutant Generals. B. Baker.
Commissioner of Banking-M. A
Kendall.
Commissioner of Labor. V. Bar
ton.
Chief Mine INSPECTOR. w. Paul.
Supreme Court of Appeals.
George Poffenbarger, president
Henry C. McWhorter, Henry Brannon
Marmaduke H. Dent, Warren Miller.
C1erk-William B. Mathews:
County Government.
Judge of the Circuit Court, Second
Judicial Circuit-John w. Mason.
Judge of the Intermediate Court
U. S. Kendall.
Prosecuting Attorney-Charles Pow
ell.
Sherif-Marcellus A. Jolliff.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court-R. B
Parrish.
Clerk of the County Court-Geo. NJ
Jacobs.
County Surveyor. H. Wilcox.
County superintendent of Free
Schools-Carter L.Faust.
County Court.
w. E. Cordray, president: Festus
Downs, S. E. Fleming.
Fairmont District.
Justices Of the Peace-L. G. Ben
nington, E. S. Amos.
Constables-L. C. Jones, F. NJ
Swisher.
Board of Observation-Disclosures indie
pendent District.
E. NJ: Showalter, PRESIDENT; O. S
Mckinney, NJ. J. Lantz; T. w. Boyd
ston, secretary.
City Government.
Mayor-George W. kinsey.
City Clerk. Engle.
City Collector-Charles L. Barnes.
City Treasurer. E. Powell.
City Engineer-J. NJ. Prickett.
City Assessors. E. Billingslea.
City Solicitor-A. o. Stanley.
Chief Of Fire Department.. Frank
Reed.
Water Commissioner. Howard
:Swisher. 55 Il
Street Commissioners eo.H. Rich
sardson. !:$ I'll
Health Ofcer--Harry Robin son.
Chief Of polio James p. MORGAN
Ss$SS5j
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CITIZENS, DOLLAR SAVINGS BAssse.-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22

SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-22
THE WEST YIRGINIAN'S
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York
Secretary Of State-John Hay, OF
Ohio.
Secretary of the Treasury-Leslie
M. Shaw, of Iowa.
Secretary of War-Wm. II. Taft, OF
Ohio.
Attorney General-W. H. Moody, Of
Massachusetts.
Postmaster General - Henry G.
Payne, OF Wisconsin.
Secretary of the Navy-Paul Nor
ton, OF Illinois.
Secretary OF the Interior-Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri.
Secretary of observation-disclosures
Wilson, of Iowa. ..
Secretary Of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf, OF California.
President Of the Senate pro tenn
pore-Wi1liam P. Frye, of Maine.
Speaker of the House of Represen-
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Chief Justice-Melville w. Fuller.
Associate Justices-John M. Harlan,
David J. Brewer, Henry P. Brown, Ed
ward D. White, Rufus w. Peckham,
Joseph Mckenna, Homer Day, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr.
United States Circuit Judges-Na-
than Golf and Jeter C. Pritchard.
United States District Judges-John
]. Jackson and Benjamin F. Keller.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-20
Vertical Grain Flooring.

vertical grain yellow pine flooring"
read the sign on the fence Of the lum-
Der yard; and Vertical grain floor
tng? said man in the Office, ''why,
that's nothing new.
"But you never heard Of it before
Well, vertical grain flooring is sawed
from logs that have first been quar-
tered; as quartered oak is sawed.
Flooring sawed in the ordinary way,
with it's grain lying fiat, is more or
less liable to splinter; vertical grain
flooring, sawed from quartered TIM
Der, has its grain con edge, the rings
that mark the imber's growth show
ing in parallel lines, for which reason
vertical grain flooring has sometimes
been called comb grain flooring
Vertical grain flooring does not
splinter, but will wear smooth down
to the beams on which it is laid; and it
makes a very durable and handsome
flooring besides.
Vertical grain yellow pine flooring
Is laid in places where the floors are
subjected to great wear and where
freedom from splinters is especially
desirable. 1t has been used for school
room flooring and it is used in stores
and office buildings, and In fine kitch-
ems. It costs more, Of course, than or
binary flooring. With the regular
flooring at $27 to $50 a thousand YER
teal grain flooring would cost $3.50 to
$3.50 8 thousand.
"Maple flooring, costing $40 to $45 a
thousand, is now also used to fill the
same requirements for a good floor,
but there are people who still prefer
the vertical grain yellow pine" New
York Times
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-20

been in the diplomatic service and his
father was consul to Egypt in the days
Of Mohammet Ali. Ferdinand was
himself educated for diplomacy. and
It was because Of his ability rather
than because he was q cousin Of the
Empress Eugene that he did diplo-
matte service in Spain, Italy, Egypt
and other countries. 1t was to Said
Pasha, who had just been appointed
viceroy Of Egypt, that de Lesseps pre-
scented the project Of the Suez canal.
Said Pasha entered heartily into the
plan, subscribed for a large share Of
the stock which was sold sixteen years
later to England in it's movement to
get control OF the important water
way. Gladstone was friendly to the
undertaking from the outset and help
ed 1t il that way Of his which was so
effective. He was the great friend Of
de Lesseps and was like the people Of
France in regarding him as man Of
answering integrity. Powerful aid
was honestly given to the Suez enter
prise and the viceroy poured money
into it as needed
The Panama affair was a complete
reversal. It's pretended friends were
grabbers Of the hungriest and most I'M
scrupulous type. They ruined the I'M
dertaking and the man who entered
upon it with sincerity and a spotless
character upon which the unscrupu-
lOuS associates banked while robbing
the subscribers. He was beyond the
psalmist's allotment Of years to man
and physically incapacitated, mentally
weakened and leaning upon an incom-
petent son to look after his affairs
when they most needed the superYi-
sion Of man who would sanction
nothing questionable. He never knew
that the son was a party to disreput-
able methods, that he himself was con-
victed of misrepresentation of funds
and sentenced to five years imprison-
ment, or that while he sat paralyzed
at home the finding was reversed by
the court. He did know that the IN
dertaking was doomed to failure and
the burden Of his lament was that so
many Of the poor Of France had suf-
fered loss where he confidently ex-
pected to give them profit. He saw
them gathered about him as he gazed
into the embers Of his CRATE fire dur
ing his last days and his mind went
to them rather than to the friends
who called. His honor to-day is held
above reproach among the great body
of the French people and they pro-
nounce preposterous the suggestion
that he was a swindler He was tech
nically such because Of the position
which he nominally filed, but the con-
Eincing evidence is that he was a vic
tim, not conspirator; a worthy man
among rogues that included his son.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-20
Coop for Growing Chicks.

Where chicks are raised in consider
able numbers, it is necessary to pro-
vide protection for them While they
are on the range, and house such as
is illustrated and described here may
be produced at small cost. Make a
number of them and scatter them over
the range. Obtain a number Of small
dry goods boxes, making the roof or
any material one has on the farm or
buying the cheap hemlock lumber and
covering the cracks with laths or tar
red paper. In the gable end cut a
large hole for ventilation and arrange
the opening in the front so that some
means will be had for closing 1t SO
that the storm may be shut off.
If one has but few coops a sllo-
ing window may be used to close the
front; if many coops are made the
opening may be closed by a sliding
door made of thin material. During
the summer, if this solid wood door
was used it would be advisable to
make the ventilation opening larger
and cover it with some coarse mesh
wire netting. Unless one has had eX-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-20
The Best Of Minority Leaders.

Never has a Republican speaker pos
sessed the good will Of the opposition
in the House as Uncle Joe Cannon has
it to-day, and surely not since Mr.. Car
isles time has a Democratic leader on
the floor had the Republican good will
and admiration bestowed upon John
Williams in the present Congress.
It was no small task to hold togeth-
er and in harmony the discordant ele-
ments of his party throughout the ses-
sion. but he did it adroitly, tactfully,
successfully. He is not theOrist, but
he tolerated the theories Of others
without stamping them with the party
brand and giving them the full approx
al of his leadership. He was not led
off into any socialistic vagaries, for he
knows a thing or two. and among 9th
err things he knows an initiative from
a referendum when he sees them, but
he made no display Of purging his par
ty of it's socialist adherents. His steady
purpose seemed to be to occupy such
rational grounds on the issues that
have divided parties and created fac
tional confusion, as to rally around one
standard all the scattered forces Of
Democracy for the impending cam
paign. That he did this skilfully, un-
der all the circumstances, Is universal
ly conceded.-Leslie's Monthly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-07-20
Loss from Bitter Rot.

The losses from bitter rot of apples
are seldom appreciated, but the men
that have investigated them declare
them to be simply enormous for the
entire country. Professor Blair Of the
University Of Illinois, said last fall
that the losses from bitter rot in four
counties Of Illinois had totaled for the
past season $1,5OO,OOO. This was in
the four counties of Marion, Clay,
Richard and Wayne. Bitter rot is a
fungous disease and can be controlled
to some extent by spraying. It is time
that apple growers awoke fully to the
enormous tax they are every year pay
ing to the fungous diseases that raw
age orchards. Could farmers eiiini-
nate even this one scourge Of bitter
rot we would add millions of dollars
to the value Of the apple crop.